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To be honest, these last several weeks have not been even near close to what I would consider a \u201charvest\u201d conversation worth talking about out loud. Like, not even close. I am under the suspicion that a Star Sis is in the midst of a \u201cDark Night transit\u201d. Which essentially means to me that I\u2019m shifting frequencies on the consciousness \u201cradio dial\u201d\u2014 and haven\u2019t quite found a station to land on yet. And this part is really weird and uncomfortable and disconcerting and dare I say, cray, cray. Besides the near daily bodily (minor) injuries that have become more laughable and annoying than anything else and the depths of tears that have left my face, I\u2019m okay. I have a roof over my head. I have food to eat. That cat is cool. I feel especially tender, but I\u2019ve been taking daily salt baths and I\u2019ve been leaning into the parts of my spiritual practice that feel resonant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six days ago, I started a 7 day ritual that Empress Naima<\/a> our Starfolk University <\/a>Dean of Intuitive Arts sent me. She calls this ritual The Tree of Remembrance: A Ritual for Africans in the Diaspora.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empress Naima is all of the things. We\u2019ve been friends for the better part of 7 years. She\u2019s a lauded, studied and practiced chef and musician and intuitive and mystic. When she sends me things, I know they are rooted in scholarship, practice and guidance beyond the veil. What I did not know was that I was opening up an initiation portal. What I\u2019ll also say is that initiation portals are not fun. They hurt. Old parts of me\/you that want to cling to bone, are not easy to pry off. The body often cannot make heads or tails of the energy shift and so its whatever. Go to bed sis. Okay, but who can sleep? Stay awake sis. Okay, but who can keep her eyes open? Eat something. Okay, but what is food? It\u2019s the bad place<\/a> and the upside down <\/a>all rolled into one.\u2014without the cinematic elements, story arcs and plot points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll also say that everything to me is dumb right now. The headlines. People who talk about the headlines. People in general. People. Which is a complicated place to be as a talk show host on show day. Mind you, my life has been teetering on this particular axis for a few months (really years, but whatever). As much as I\u2019d like to blame my inner chaos demon run amok on day 6 of a 7 day ritual, as I type this with the most annoying crick in my neck, a burn on my typing finger, a gash on the back of my ankle, a bruise and a cut on my left elbow, restless leg also happening in my left leg, bruising from a fall on my right back area\u2026and no sleep till Utica, last night. Yes. All in 6 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have not yet done today\u2019s tree ceremony because I got a really late start today and I\u2019m typing this presently. But I do want to say this about the injuries I mentioned. Something that I just noticed as I itemized the ones I could think of\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re healed. Or nearly there. Already. Each injury healing faster than the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crick in my neck isn\u2019t yet healed because it was this morning\u2019s gift, but last night\u2019s finger burn is nowhere to be found. Not even a blister. The bruise from falling off my hammock on the first day of the ritual, you wouldn\u2019t even know I fell unless I told you. Meanwhile, the pictures I took tell a different story. The other thing I\u2019d like to add to this revelation is that I also had a sort of innate, relaxed response to each of these injuries\u2014and<\/em> the ingredients on hand to resolve whatever came up. When I fell, I put my homemade healing creme on the wounds. When I burned my finger, I didn\u2019t have fresh aloe, but I just happened to have made \u201cokra bath\u201d the day before and had it in the fridge to soak my finger in. There are other things. Nudges in the direction of my own rapid healing that have plopped into my awareness, like an interdimensional pop quiz I didn\u2019t know I signed up for. Like I\u2019m being tested. Like I\u2019m being forged. Like I\u2019m being reminded of the gifts I\u2019ve already been given of knowing what to do. Like my vessel already knew and the remembrance I\u2019m asking for in ceremony is a formality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so now I\u2019m thinking about HARVEST differently. Planting seeds and watering and pruning is cute work, compared to the harvest. If you\u2019re picking crops by hand, as our ancestors did, and do\u2014it can be backbreaking work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fingers without gloves bleed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feet without shoes ache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bodies without rest moan, crack and break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if with every revelation around the tree I am remembering those things my ancestors tried to protect me from\u2014 wanted me to forget about their journey. The most painful and degrading parts. The parts they forgot before they even left their home lands\u2014 so that they could survive the journey,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014so that I could be here typing this. It is a harvest. What I get to do every single day is a harvest. The way I get to breathe in this free air and use my free voice and move this free body and participate in this free fake society. It isn\u2019t perfect, but it certainly is \u201cHaving All Resources Vested, Expressed, Spreading Triumph\u201d like this month\u2019s shift prompt says\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll also say this, I am looking forward to tonight\u2019s gorgeous on air conversation with tonight\u2019s SFU Deans:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oneika Mays\u2014 Dean of Joyful Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kelly Wallace\u2014Dean of Heart-full Insight + Joy-Full Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Fearless Smith\u2014Dean of African Diasporic Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitakiya\u2014Dean of Art, Artistry and Creative Expression<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eisha Mason\u2014Dean of Radical Spiritual Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The WuWu Metaphysical studio opens Friday nights at 7p EST on WURD 96.1FM Philly<\/a> + The FB LIVE<\/a> (worldwide). See you then yes? Oh! Bring a journal, a pen and 3 frens! WuWu is best done together. You can listen live with this link and\/or on the WURD App.<\/a> We ARE Live on the FB Live OR Twitch too tonight!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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