This beautiful soul and I walked together in the mountains behind my home a year ago. Rakhee has blessed my life ever since with her generosity. We get together to discuss the student uprisings in America after discovering that we were both studying at NYU at the same time…a different time, but also a time of war.

Some of the protest action sweeping across America at this moment as shared by Rakhee on her Instagram:

We wrangle with how to participate in the struggle for a more peaceful planet. After I stopped recording, Rakhee suggested that we regard mindful resistance as a relay race — rest when we need to, trust one another to keep the flame of hope alive, with our awareness ever attuned to the greater good.

We agreed that speaking vulnerably about how horrified we are by the devastation unfolding and how difficult it is to know how to navigate these waters, was very helpful. We hope you find it so. I am constantly moved by the graciousness of those who help walk us home. Rakhee, thank you.

Since we discuss the Tik Tok ban — here’s a lil vid I made on that app of us frolicking in our mountains, but if you prefer your Evil Empire Americ(t)a flavoured…here it is on Facebook.

Last but not least, the Carl Sagan meditation Rakhee mentions:

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