WEBVTT - The Struggle is Real

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>me your girl, Danielle Moody, recording from the home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>It's fuck it Friday, right, and much in the same

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<v Speaker 1>way that I am kind of switching up how I

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<v Speaker 1>think and consider woke Wednesdays about planting and grounding. Midweek

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<v Speaker 1>fuck it Fridays has been a mix right of feel

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<v Speaker 1>it Fridays and anger. And if you've been listening to

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<v Speaker 1>my show for you know, quite some time now, you

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<v Speaker 1>can hear and maybe you have begun to understand that

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<v Speaker 1>I am personally in the midst of transition. And why

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<v Speaker 1>is that? Because for years now I have harbored such anger, rage,

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<v Speaker 1>and negative toxic emotion around this country, our flailing, backsliding democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>the greed and disgust that I have begun to feel

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<v Speaker 1>around excessive wealth and exploitation of workers. The fact that

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<v Speaker 1>everywhere we look we experience a climate disaster and crisis

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<v Speaker 1>that has been labeled as historic. Folks, as you close

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<v Speaker 1>out this year, just think, like, go back in some

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<v Speaker 1>of your social media postings and see how many climate

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<v Speaker 1>crises there have been in the last several months. And

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<v Speaker 1>there was a time when my rage and anger was

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<v Speaker 1>useful as things have begun to deteriorate at the rate

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<v Speaker 1>that they are, my rage and my anger has become

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<v Speaker 1>for me a toxic anger that has been holding me

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<v Speaker 1>down and back right in so many ways where I

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<v Speaker 1>found myself back in old patterns of consuming so much negativity.

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<v Speaker 1>And by negativity I mean the news, and for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I read a lot. But what makes things really bad

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<v Speaker 1>for me emotionally is when I just have the tea

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<v Speaker 1>in the background on cable news running for hours, when

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<v Speaker 1>I find myself just bursting into tears because I can't

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<v Speaker 1>peel away from the tragedy porn that is playing NonStop.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I want to offer for all of you

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<v Speaker 1>listening as I move through what makes sense for me

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of doing this work while also really truly

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<v Speaker 1>not just for shit's sake, and not just to say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we need balance and we need these things. We actually

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<v Speaker 1>don't need balance. What we need is more love. What

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<v Speaker 1>we need is more peace, What we need is more joy.

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<v Speaker 1>What we need is more people to do internal work

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<v Speaker 1>so that they don't take their shit out on everyone

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<v Speaker 1>else around them. That's actually what we need. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>need a balance of negativity and positivity. As things become

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<v Speaker 1>increasingly bad, which is what we are experiencing, we need

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<v Speaker 1>to think about ways to add more beauty, more light,

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<v Speaker 1>more health, more wellness into our lives because the struggle

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<v Speaker 1>is real. And I don't just say it as to

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<v Speaker 1>be like fufu you know, uh spirituality, this, that and

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<v Speaker 1>the other thing. There is a reason why I am

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<v Speaker 1>saying it. There is a reason why I am practicing

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<v Speaker 1>and embodying it, because, folks, what we are collectively experiencing.

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<v Speaker 1>Over two thousand children have been murdered. By the time

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<v Speaker 1>of this recording, that number will probably be three thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and plus and counting. I read Ahman mohedeen yes post

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<v Speaker 1>on Instagram of his friend, a fellow journalist in Gaza, who,

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of reporting in his full combat gear,

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<v Speaker 1>found out that his wife and kids were killed by

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<v Speaker 1>an Israeli airstrike. When I say that we are experiencing

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<v Speaker 1>and dealing with some incredibly heartbreaking, tragic, desperate grief, this

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<v Speaker 1>is what I'm talking about. But marinating in it right

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<v Speaker 1>and having such rage inside of us isn't going to

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<v Speaker 1>solve it, because trust me, if it was going to,

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<v Speaker 1>it would have already I am now, just now, after

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<v Speaker 1>so many years of study and reading and being in

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<v Speaker 1>politics and policy and all of these things, finally actually

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<v Speaker 1>getting what leaders like Martin Luther King were talking about

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<v Speaker 1>when they were talking about creating beloved community. When he

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<v Speaker 1>was saying that darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light

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<v Speaker 1>can do that. Like it's finally clicking. It was just quotes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>It was just words for me. Oh, that must be nice.

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<v Speaker 1>But if somebody's beaten me over the head with a

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<v Speaker 1>fucking billy club, you know my action is not going

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<v Speaker 1>to be nonviolent. But I have come now, folks, over

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<v Speaker 1>the last eight years of yelling and screaming and fighting

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<v Speaker 1>and resisting and being a warrior princess of the resistance,

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<v Speaker 1>and realizing that I am doing some serious emotional, mental,

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<v Speaker 1>and physical harm to myself. You know, I look and

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<v Speaker 1>am looking for and reading texts of different spiritual practitioners, leaders, thinkers,

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<v Speaker 1>scholars and understanding now in a real, in a real

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<v Speaker 1>and true way. Why just resisting and just being anti racist,

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<v Speaker 1>being you know, anti this and anti that, and fighting

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<v Speaker 1>against homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia, anti Semitism and all these things

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<v Speaker 1>is not really moving the needle, because you need to

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<v Speaker 1>create spaces of ease and rest to actually be able

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<v Speaker 1>to imagine and dream of new worlds. Just the consistent

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<v Speaker 1>fighting against is just doing this. It's just rubbing thiss together,

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<v Speaker 1>creating more friction. I'm not saying at all that I

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<v Speaker 1>have any of the answers, but what I do know

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<v Speaker 1>for myself is that even when I find myself screaming

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<v Speaker 1>and yelling in rage, I have a different sense and

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<v Speaker 1>ability to be able to then let it go and

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<v Speaker 1>detach from it. Not because I don't care, it's simply

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<v Speaker 1>because I care too much. I am a deep EmPATH,

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<v Speaker 1>which means that I take on the emotions and the

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<v Speaker 1>experiences of people around me, and that shows up in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of ways. Physically for me, I've had to

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<v Speaker 1>manage my own anxiety and depression and grief. But how

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<v Speaker 1>can I be of service if I'm saddled with all

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<v Speaker 1>of that. I can't, and so that's why I find

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<v Speaker 1>myself wanting to explore love and healing and dreaming spaces

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<v Speaker 1>because this shit, this ain't it. I don't understand how

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden came out so aggressively over the killing of

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<v Speaker 1>the six year old Palestinian boy and talking about hate

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't live here, and you know, and all of these things,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm just like, our tax dollars just went to

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<v Speaker 1>kill over two thousand children because the hate that Netanyahu's

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<v Speaker 1>is that he wants to exterminate and destroy has killed

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<v Speaker 1>five thousand people, five thousand civilians. Because matching Hamas's brutality

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<v Speaker 1>with your own brutality, who the fuck is that serving?

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<v Speaker 1>Who is that serving? Who is that helping? They want

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<v Speaker 1>to say that there are two hundred hostages that are

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<v Speaker 1>still being held by Hamas, So you think that your

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<v Speaker 1>response then should be to demolish two million people and

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<v Speaker 1>think that those hostages are somehow gonna miraculously return to

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<v Speaker 1>their families. There's just not logic that is being utilized

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<v Speaker 1>right now. It is just ego violence and hatred that

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<v Speaker 1>is creating this chaos and devastation that is being experienced

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<v Speaker 1>by everyone, but particularly those people right that are trapped

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<v Speaker 1>and have no place to escape to. You think that

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<v Speaker 1>if that reporter who lost his entire fucking family while

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<v Speaker 1>he was reporting on the devastation that was taking place,

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<v Speaker 1>that if he could have sent them away, he would have.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not allowed to leave They're just being moved around

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<v Speaker 1>like fucking pinballs while bombs are dropping from the sky.

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<v Speaker 1>An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually finally fucking get it. You cannot meet violence

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<v Speaker 1>with violence. There is too many lives that are lost

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<v Speaker 1>when that is the attitude led by greed, hatred and

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<v Speaker 1>toxic masculinity. We don't need to put out more hate

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<v Speaker 1>into the world, more rage, It doesn't change anything. Compassion, love, expansion,

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<v Speaker 1>those are the things, Those are the tools. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>we think right now that books are being banned because

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<v Speaker 1>a thoughtful mind, a critical thinking mind, to those that

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<v Speaker 1>want us to be sheep and narrowed, is a dangerous mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you think that mainstream media is so hell

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<v Speaker 1>bent on showing just one side pain and grief because

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<v Speaker 1>if we were to see everything, then we would demand better.

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<v Speaker 1>Because there is no one with an actual beating heart

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<v Speaker 1>that can look and see the devastation that is happening

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<v Speaker 1>and say to themselves, only one side deserves our empathy

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<v Speaker 1>and compassion. Because so long as we're able to continue

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<v Speaker 1>to dehumanize, to narrow our thinking and our care and

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<v Speaker 1>only put it towards one group of people and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not just talking about the absolute horror that it's taking

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<v Speaker 1>place in Israel and Gaza. I'm talking about in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. I went to bed last night, as many

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<v Speaker 1>of you did, and there was a mass shooting in

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<v Speaker 1>Maine that took the lives of over two dozen fucking people.

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<v Speaker 1>What are we doing, hey, clients on the rise shootings?

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<v Speaker 1>People aren't in so much fucking pain. It does not

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<v Speaker 1>serve us to put more pain out in response to it.

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<v Speaker 1>I keep thinking every time that I am in meditation,

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<v Speaker 1>out on a walk, or just in conversation with folks

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<v Speaker 1>that are in a place of struggle, that what would

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<v Speaker 1>the world look like if instead of pushing outwards we

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<v Speaker 1>cleaned up what was inside. We are a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>open wounds walking around harming each other because we refuse

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<v Speaker 1>to get to the core and the root of our

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<v Speaker 1>own pain. What is this saying that says that if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to change the world, see change in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>see change in yourself. What we think, what we say,

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<v Speaker 1>what we consume matters. There are folks right now that

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<v Speaker 1>think that they are progressive, but are okay with genocide,

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<v Speaker 1>are okay with war. Because you have all been lied to.

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<v Speaker 1>We have been lied to and told that violence begets violence,

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<v Speaker 1>and that must be the way. It's the same lie

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<v Speaker 1>right that CEOs and shareholders have told workers. My god,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have rest, if you have healthcare, if you

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<v Speaker 1>have a decent wage, then you'll be lazy. America won't

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<v Speaker 1>be preve if someone causes you harm and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>cause them harm equal or greater to the harm that

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<v Speaker 1>they cause, than you are weak. What it is madness, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>It is madness. We are being led by a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of fucking mad men who many believe that compassion and

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<v Speaker 1>empathy right and pausing and reflecting and making changes to

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<v Speaker 1>your operation a sign of weakness. What Israel is doing

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<v Speaker 1>right now is not making them safer. It isn't so

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<v Speaker 1>I just you know. It's the same fucking rationale right

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<v Speaker 1>of Republicans and the NRA that say more guns make

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<v Speaker 1>us safer. If more guns made us safer, America has

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<v Speaker 1>more guns than people in this country, we would be

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<v Speaker 1>the safest country on the planet. We are not. We

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<v Speaker 1>are actually the least safe country. But every time there

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<v Speaker 1>is a mass shooting, people buy more guns because if

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<v Speaker 1>they have a gun, I gotta have a gun. Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>We have got to find a way to break this

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<v Speaker 1>cycle of madness, and it begins with us as individuals.

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<v Speaker 1>What are we consuming, what are we digesting? What are

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<v Speaker 1>we regurgitating? The push right now, folks, is to make

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<v Speaker 1>us as small, thinking and as narrow as possible. So

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<v Speaker 1>resistance then looks like expansion. If the powers that be

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<v Speaker 1>desire for you to share in their hatred so that

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<v Speaker 1>they have justification for their violence, then resistance looks like love.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to understand that we are all being played,

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<v Speaker 1>and have been being played by people in power who

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<v Speaker 1>have been manipulating our emotions to feed their own greed,

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<v Speaker 1>to justify their own harm. We have got to find

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<v Speaker 1>our way out of this. You know, yesterday the Republicans,

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<v Speaker 1>the absolute clown show circus that is the Republican Party. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>after three weeks elected speaker. And I see all of

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<v Speaker 1>these organizations, all of these people posting, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>he's terrible, blah blah blah. His name is Representative Mike Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>been in Congress since twenty sixteen. Is an absolute abhorrent person.

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<v Speaker 1>Voted to overturn the election. Opposes same sex marriage, opposes

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<v Speaker 1>gay people in general rooted for the Muslim ban. The

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<v Speaker 1>list goes on and on and on. Folks. When I'm

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<v Speaker 1>seeing people post and their outraged, I'm like, what the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck did you all expect? Did you think that there

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<v Speaker 1>was a moderate in the bunch? Do you believe honestly

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<v Speaker 1>that there is a Republican right now who doesn't believe

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<v Speaker 1>all of those sentiments and policies that are about narrowing

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<v Speaker 1>our lives, making enemies of our neighbors, causing as much

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<v Speaker 1>harm and pain as possible, because you see, when people

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<v Speaker 1>are in grief and despair, then they lose the will

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<v Speaker 1>to actually write push for progress because they just succumb

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<v Speaker 1>to what is. Because when you decrease people's ability to

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<v Speaker 1>conjure hope, if it's with a mustard seed or not,

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<v Speaker 1>you own them because they can't seepass what's in front

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<v Speaker 1>of them, they can't dream of something else. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>dream when you're living a nightmare. But I said, why

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<v Speaker 1>are people surprised? Why are we acting surprised? When I

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<v Speaker 1>say this to you, I really want you to understand

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<v Speaker 1>I do not give a fuck who the Speaker of

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<v Speaker 1>the House is. I do not care because what I

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<v Speaker 1>know is that whoever is holding that gavel, so long

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<v Speaker 1>as an R is after their name, they are a

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<v Speaker 1>danger to every single person in this country, including themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>So I am not going to waste my energy on

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<v Speaker 1>one person when we need to develop the consciousness of

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<v Speaker 1>those people that think there is no difference in their

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<v Speaker 1>lives between if it's a D or an R that

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<v Speaker 1>is in power. Now, I just started out by saying

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what Joe Biden is doing as it

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<v Speaker 1>pertains to our foreign affairs right now, because you can't

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<v Speaker 1>get on the microphone and talk about kids, and talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Islamophobia and talk about these things and then give

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<v Speaker 1>carte blanche to genocide you. You can't trust me when

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<v Speaker 1>I say that I understand how complicated this situation is.

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<v Speaker 1>Trust me when I say that I'm not a foreign

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<v Speaker 1>affairs expert. What I am as a humanist, and the

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<v Speaker 1>policies that we are okaying are not centering humanity, they

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<v Speaker 1>are centering power. So when I look at who whatever

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<v Speaker 1>version of clown is given the gavel right now, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care about that person. I care about everyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>Recognizing that we are in danger, that does not mean

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<v Speaker 1>reacting in fear. It means doubling down on what we

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<v Speaker 1>love and who we love. That means not wasting time

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<v Speaker 1>and enner battling their lives with our truth. It means

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<v Speaker 1>ensuring that the people that are taking care of our kids,

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<v Speaker 1>the people that are taking care of our streets, the

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<v Speaker 1>people that are actually doing the work to try and

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<v Speaker 1>make this country better, have the resources, the support, the

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<v Speaker 1>love and compassion that they need to keep going. Everyone

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<v Speaker 1>is not called to be on the battlefield. So what

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<v Speaker 1>is your role? Because I will tell you that your

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<v Speaker 1>role is not watching twenty four to seven tragedy and

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<v Speaker 1>horror and despair and thinking that then you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have the energy and the desire to want to do something.

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<v Speaker 1>I will tell you that that is the surest way

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<v Speaker 1>for you to shut down. What is your role? If

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<v Speaker 1>your role is a baker, to give people moments of

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<v Speaker 1>sustenance and joy, then do that. Your role is a

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<v Speaker 1>gardener to make your backyard, your front yard so beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>that when people are passing by, they say, ah, let

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<v Speaker 1>me pause and take in that beauty. Everyone is not

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<v Speaker 1>meant to be a warrior, but every movement has roles

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<v Speaker 1>for us all to take up. But it requires us

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<v Speaker 1>to have the energy and the hopefulness that change can

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<v Speaker 1>and will happen. We may not see it in our lifetime.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not the goal. That is your ego saying that

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<v Speaker 1>that is the goal I want to see. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to feel. No, but it's about being able to lay

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<v Speaker 1>our heads down at night. If you are privileged enough

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to do so on a pillow, in

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<v Speaker 1>a bed, in a home that is warm, that is safe.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I'm telling you, folks, too many people are not

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<v Speaker 1>centering gratitude for what it is that you have, not

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<v Speaker 1>feeling guilty, having gratitude and thinking to yourself, what am

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<v Speaker 1>I doing to ensure that we can continue? That I

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<v Speaker 1>can continue and it doesn't look like squeezing every bit

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<v Speaker 1>of hope and every bit of energy out of yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know how many people who have been on

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<v Speaker 1>the front lines of movements that have taken their own

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<v Speaker 1>lives or have died of heart attacks cancers because of

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<v Speaker 1>the disease that has been filling their bodies. That is

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<v Speaker 1>not how I want any of us to go out,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not sure as how how I plan on

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<v Speaker 1>going out. I will leave you guys with this, which

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<v Speaker 1>is what I wrote on and shared on Instagram this week.

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<v Speaker 1>As the outside world succumbs to chaos, death and destruction,

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<v Speaker 1>the creation of beauty, art, healing, and peace become acts

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<v Speaker 1>of true resistance. When the powerful are forcing us to

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<v Speaker 1>narrow our minds and close our hearts, expansionism becomes our

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<v Speaker 1>most necessary tool. How are you choosing to expand in

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<v Speaker 1>this time of great restriction? That is it for me today,

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<v Speaker 1>Dear friends on Woke a f as always power to

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<v Speaker 1>the people and to all the people. Power, Yet woke

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<v Speaker 1>and stay woke as fuck.