Spiritual Grit Ep 19 Sacred Action as Women of Color w/Daisy Hernandez
Jun 3, 2020
55:11
In this episode, I speak with writer, spiritualist, activist, and professor, Daisy Hernandez, about how the we work we do within ourselves affects our actions on the outside, especially in the wake of growing protests sweeping our nation that call for justice in the murder of George Floyd and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Our spiritual identities don’t have to be separate from activism. Neither do our writing or our cultural identities as women of color have to be separate. They all can actually be one and the same. If action is enacted from a place of love, from a groundedness in ourselves, then perhaps that action can help change the world. At one point, we discuss perception and perspective. If our perceptions create the narratives of what’s happening around us, how can we be more intentional about how we see things, especially in mainstream media? What aren’t we seeing? And can we bring those things to light? It is also important to understand that sometimes BEing is more important than doing. Who are you BEing? How are you BEing? “As women of color, the fact that we exist is already a political act.” Take a listen to this rich conversation that I hope brings you encouragement! // Hafiz’s “Now Is The Time” and Minal Hajratwala’s Facebook post that begins “I love the young women walking out calmly…” // Find Daisy here: daisyhernandez.com // Her new book, In Search of the Kissing Bug, is coming out from Tin House Press next Summer 2021! YAY! Keep a look out for it! An excerpt was published in National Geographic (the link is on her website). “The World Is Here In My Spine” https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/focusing-on-posture/?fbclid=IwAR2JwZZ9oZ9fnV6VImSGX31rTegci6Nem15hyCyK91Ybyf2qbYVEcIOJqSk // Daisy’s story On Being: https://onbeing.org/blog/daisy-hernandez-what-i-learned-about-the-heart-from-a-man-who-lost-his/ // Gina Sharpe, co-founder of New York Insight Meditation Center ginasharpe.org // Suggested action to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement and for justice for George Floyd and all those folks who have died at the hands of white oppressors: Donate to bail funds to get protesters out of jail: https://bailfunds.github.io // Free sacred healing circle for people of color this Sunday, June 7 @ 7pm ET. Register at suryagian.com/free-sacred-healing-circle to get access.