On my way out still...lol...& can't help but share this
wonderful piece...
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May 7, 2019 by Kristine Dewar
I came across this lovely South African tradition:
In certain regions of South Africa, when someone does
something wrong, he/she is taken to the center of the
village and for two days he/she is surrounded by his
tribe, while they speak of all the good he/she has done.
They believe that each person is good yet sometimes we
make mistakes, which is really a cry for help. They unite
in this ritual to encourage the person to reconnect with
his true nature. The belief is that unity and affirmation
have more power to change behavior than does shame and
punishment. This is known as Ubuntu humanity towards
others.
What I love about this ceremony are the following words:
reconnect, unity and affirmation. We are a relationship
species and our deepest level of feeling safe comes from
being accepted by others. What a lovely tradition,
focusing on the importance of social unity and generosity
of spirit. In many ways we can incorporate this
philosophy in our own relationships, focusing on the
inherent good of a person so as to incline them towards
their own inner spirit.
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Returning my focus back into the work of fully
integrating & embodying my own *Single Eye,* through
which I can enact the choice to be filled by and live
from Infinite Love's eternally unified context...where no
one's inherent divinity, grace and glory is turned aside
from, adjudged as evil, themselves, rather than their
unconscious behavior, imagined as worthy to be left
behind, outside the natural embrace of All...
...especially those who my own human sensibilities and
values can still be shocked and angered by...remembering
to reframe my experience of their violence, and my own in
reactivity, as the cry for healing it is, that so many
have no idea how to seek...
All love, respect and honor to the Good Within
All...regardless of whether my own heart's eyes can dial
it into focus or not in any given moment...
Love to Everyone...
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