What It Really Means to Be ‘Woke’: Radical Activism Is Spiritual as Well as Political—Alternet article

March 14, 2018 By Terry Filed Under: News

Check out my essay in AlterNet titled “What it really means to be ‘woke’: Radical activism is spiritual as well as political”. Key quotes:

“Our task is to transform ourselves and our world—simultaneously. It is time to recognize that the inner and outer work are interdependent and function best when they function together. Too often spiritual practitioners have become solipsistic and insular and political activists have become burned-out and embittered.”

“Such “sacred activism” opens additional space for catalytic conversations, friendships and partnerships between activists and awakeners. But only if we really listen to one another, really intend to grow our capacity to see things from additional perspectives in ways that broaden and deepen and transform us. And if we also work together to make a material difference in the lives of people and the non-human world. It makes sense to partner again, at a time when the “presenting problem” of our contemporary social instability is alienation and loneliness. We may discover that our friendships can heal us all. We (activists and awakeners) are each whole where the other is fragmented.”

I invite you to read the full piece here.

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