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That The Seeing May Be Made Blind

Peeking Through the Blinds will be an opportunity for people to take an “inside out” approach to dismantling racist constructs in their areas of influence. It begins with the work of self-inquiry. This is facilitated through guided a guided meditation led by Kara Dansky of 1,000 Arms. There will also be a time of reflection and an opportunity for those gathered to share their awareness. The post below gives a little background into our intent for doing this. This is reposted from a blog I did in August.

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As I said in the video above, on Nov 15, 2016 I will be co-facilitating an experience with Kara Dansky of 1,000 Arms and Brian Rocheleau of The Blind Cafe where we will invite people to have an encounter with themselves with regard to issues of race. The foundation of the program will be based on a mindfulness meditation approach.

I did a conference call with them today and each of us talked about why we are interested in doing this event together. Each of us comes from an entirely different background and have found ourselves together at a particular time in our individual journeys where we feel compelled to use our energy in a way that creates safe space for people to address tough questions. Let’s face it. There’s a lot of division happening right now. Not that it hasn’t been happening throughout history. It’s just that this is…

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  1. Can You Be Racist In the Dark? – The Roofless Church Avatar
    Can You Be Racist In the Dark? – The Roofless Church

    […] Let’s face it, no one knows what’s ahead after this election. Whether you voted for Trump or not, we are all in the dark. The only thing that’s obvious right now is that we are “other”ing each other and being divided. Protestors are out denouncing the election–even some who didn’t vote (I don’t get the whole “I didn’t vote but I’m protesting” thing), so-called racists are out trying to make themselves feel better by putting other people down (that’s just sad and apparently even Trump agrees), friendships between people who voted differently are being strained (when we could be the ones offering hope), and people on either side are unwilling to listen to each other. Talk about darkness! Talk about not being able to see what’s ahead! Talk about an opportunity to start shining our inner lights and dissolving the belief that differences breed division.  The fact is that we have a lot more in common that we are not seeing. And all we need to do is close our eyes to see it. […]

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