However - the violence of systemic racism, ongoing imperialism, colonialism, and patriarchy has created a wall in front of those rights that makes this fact appear unattainable, invisible, and nonexistent.

We perceive it as our Dharma, our purpose, to serve in solidarity, as allies, as reminders, models, and safe spaces for all our sisters, brothers, and non-binary siblings who have been suffering and made forget their birthright of feeling divine through the shockwaves of racial as well as gender-based violence rippling through thousands of years of human history.

While we do not believe that blame and victimization hold liberation potential, we honor and acknowledge the pain the ongoing ignorance and unconsciousness of those who seemingly have power is causing. We continuously commit to holding space and practice loving patience for however long it may take to process this pain through our bodies, owning our discomfort and the suffering we may have caused, knowingly or unknowingly, by our whiteness and unconscious biases.

Those of us who aren’t defined as part of the BIPOC community understand that we may not understand your pain, even though we know our own pain. Still, we wholeheartedly hope that this understanding creates more and more trust that we no longer choose to create harm for you to feel safe and seen in our presence as the divinity you truly are!

We do not expect forgiveness and are ready to stay with your grief, rage and anger. It makes sense! And thus, we no longer identify with the harm our race created and keeps creating.

We pledge to release our own guilt and shame and be warriors of the spirit, serving through true compassion, love, and inner peace. We allow this inner light of love to be transposed into soulful actions, and we choose to remain curious about how these actions are meant to unfold