I want to thank you for inviting me here tonight.
I did notice that some of you openly wore your animosity towards my presence here. I asked a few of you, you who did show or somehow express animosity towards me, if you bled green or purple blood. And when you answered, some with annoyance, “No”, I responded with, “Oh, good. We’re the same.”
You and I are the same. How can there be racism if we are all of one race…the human race?
You know the movie Avatar? The indigenous people said, “I see you.” When they said that, they weren’t saying it as though they thought the other had been invisible. They said that to acknowledge the other being’s soul. The inner being. And acknowledging the connection of each other.
They also extended this acknowledgement to the animals on the planet as well. Wasn’t that kind of odd? Not really.
We each carry the light of our Creator – regardless of the label you use for the Creator, or what body you wear.
Your gender, skin color, belief system and your past experiences. Sure, those may – on the surface – appear different from one another. But just as your attire does not define who you are, nor does your “body suit”. It is just the container you chose for your soul for this lifetime.
And we have, lifetime after lifetime, chose to experience different skin colors, continents, belief systems, gender. We desire to experience all aspects of being human, and test ourselves as to how we will react to those experiences.
You may say, “You have no idea what I went through in my life.” You know what? You would be absolutely correct. And you would have no idea what I went through either. But I can say, with almost 100% certainty, that your rough patches and experiences were intense for you – as mine were for me.
And none of it matters. What matters is what you are doing, feeling and harboring right now.
It’s About How You Handle Your Experiences
It wasn’t about the journey. The journey provided the experiences.
Remember, it is how you elected to handle the experiences that matter. And how you continue to handle your experiences.
I came into this lifetime with memories of persecution, torture, racism, judgment, etc. from past lives.
With memories intact of being Jewish and detailed memories of my experiences with, and of dying in, a concentration camp in Germany during WW II.
Of being a Native American and watching my child die of exposure on the forced Death March.
Of being burned alive for being a ‘witch’ (in today’s terms, a sensitive).
And not to forget, a lifetime of a female sensitive who had been judged on her gender, skin color, and belief systems – to name a few.
Judgment of another is merely judging something inside your self that you don’t like. It is your fear.
I am never excusing anyone’s acting out of their fears. I do find that this acting out to be dishonorable and disrespectful to self, the other being, and our Creator.
All anyone – human or critter – wants is to have their right to exist; to live in balance and harmony; and to be acknowledged as part of the Creator…and thus, a part of each and every one of us.
I see you.
Have a great evening, and thank you.
by Jan Toomer
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