...hear me out...
....escuchame...
...i begin... again... and again... as with all things... as with all Life before and after me... in the name of ALLAH... the Most Compassionate the Most Merciful... to whom is our Return... and ALLAH reminds through the words of my yogi sistren how important fear of te Divine is...
...she said this in our catch up.. in our kitchen... her daughters learning from the july heat... preparing their meal as part of their home school unschooled way...
...in the name of ALLAH...
...we spoke of the cancellation she'd been receiving... of the turmoil and lash out of her two best friends lost to alcohol... of others, former students who became casualties of capiltalism and the branding it requires... the erasure of a past and teachers... especially teachers who are still alive and well... for frear of being out-competed...
...in the name of ALLAH...
...what do you think it is?... i asked
...they are lacking fear of God...
...i was surprised to hear this... as she is not muslim... nor an adherent to her own christian background...
...in the name of ALLAH...
... fear can be healthy... a fear of the unknown... many times we speak only of Love... but there is the reality of fear... the fear of dying... of not knowing what will happen... of what is next... of what the doctr will say... of the knife we ay have to go under in surgery... of being pulled over by the cops... of your loved ones leaving you... of being canceled by a friend...
...yet... how does this fear lose presence in the face of That which is behind it ALL...
...yesterday was beautiful... as i was rooted in Work and rituals... in grounding in asana and prayer... and writing... and medicine man Work... today has already been in that vain... asana through injury with hope in the Divine intervention... prayer for longevity and health without suffering fro my folks... for family for my brother and i...
...and now this writing... this that extends my shadows... the crevices of my small and large intestine... the villi of my space travel...
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