Peaceful, Centered + Connected
At the heart of immunity, the body's cells learn to recognize disease without being overcome by it. How interesting and fitting for Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown to use the word “immunize” when speaking to the fear that accompanies the witnessing of violence and aggression.
What are we witnessing?
Immunity doesn’t bypass the virus or bacteria; instead, it seems to acknowledge its presence as an unstable and unhealthy part of the whole. Ideally, through this recognition, the majority of cells remain in their natural state of health, and the whole organism rises above the pending threat.
The fear that accompanies what we are witnessing must not be overcome or disconnect us from the feeling of being tethered to something transcendent. If this happens, the whole body weakens.
Who are you?
It is reported that Martin Luther King, Jr. carried a copy of Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited with him every time he marched. Grounded in true identity, stabilized, and fortified by a new courage that stirred from a 42-year-old woman's connection to the seat of the Eternal, more than the fear of the times. Her refusal to give up her spot on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus - not because she was physically tired, not because she was old in age, but because she was in her words,"tired of giving in" - the collective body rose when Rosa stayed seated. She sat there connected and whole in the midst of disease.
Yield to Love
When given the opportunity to set a criminal or Jesus free, the crowds chose the criminal.
King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail was addressed to his “dear fellow clergymen.”
The confusion and division caused by a religion that has become more about Jesus than about the religion of Jesus, his Wisdom, and his ways is not new. Narrow is the gate.
And you...
You’re witnessing much.
Beloved child.
Tethered to the transendent.
Stable and whole.
Stay seated.
Rise.
Grace + Ease,
Tia
A New Way to See the Good News
A new way to see the Good News offers a short passage that may offer a fresh perspective or insight into the ancient collection of poems, letters, and stories known as the Bible.
"Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!”"
⎻ Matthew 27:20-22
A Breath Prayer
Pause. Take a moment. Find your breath. Close your eyes.
Inhale: What shall I do with Jesus?
Exhale: I yield to Love.
New Good Things
