People of Color, 2nd Michael Chat, Nov 2023

Channeled by Babylove

Participants: Avi, Babylove, and Cary

Note: The first POC (people of color) related session that Babylove channeled was largely about the goal of acceptance from a POC point of view. That session can be found in the TLE library. Troy also channeled a POC related session back in 2019 regarding exhaustion and apathy. This session was about trauma & healing justice, and the chief features of martyrdom and stubbornness. Also, my internet cut out right as the chat was starting so I wasn't present for most of it so Avi asked questions in my stead. 
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MEntity:

We are here, but give us a moment because we are still attempting to...Move in to our channel’s body more deeply...And stabilize our connection through him. 

Hello to each of you. 

We think we can begin. 

We are here now. And we understand that the topic for today or the overarching topic for today and the second time we are meeting and gathering...Under the umbrella of this topic. 

People of color. Convening to ask questions that are intimately personal and relevant to them. Which can be, and is oftentimes different than that of the majority group. Namely Caucasian. Here in the West and especially, here in America. 

And we have said before, we think this is good work for our students. 

And we know that there is a minority of people of color, even within our student group, to be asking these questions. 

So we are more than happy to be addressing our POC students’ questions, interests, curiosities, concerns with our perspective, and experience. 

We never mean to usurp with our perspectives, your experience and perspectives for obvious reasons they may be different. 

And sometimes our perspective may not be helpful or useful or even validating for you and your experience. But we think, as it relates to this teaching. 

As you relate to this teaching. 

There will oftentimes be perspectives that can be useful in you navigating the array of choices you may have in any given moment as you navigate being a part of the minority community in a larger community. 

We will now open up the queue for your questions. 

Avi: Michael, it's Aviance. I think Cary is coming back so I’ll ask the first question. UM, are there different types of trauma? And how does trauma tend to show up in marginalized groups? 

MEntity:

Are there different types of trauma? We would say yes. 

At the simplest level we can say there is physical trauma, intellectual trauma and emotional trauma. There are literal wounds to the physical body, intellectual body and emotional body that have impact on your experience. And that continues to have impact upon your experience. 

Until these wounds and traumas are healed to the degree that they are healed or can be healed. 

Trama in marginalized groups is the same as for anyone else. It is just that there can be slightly different themes and patterns related to this trauma that others may or may not experience, or may not experience quite as deeply or as intensely. 

For example. 

A person of color in America may have experienced deep wounding and trauma relevant to skin color and culture.  

The literal physical attack or abuse or broader discrimination. Oppression and the like. 

Whereas, a white person can also have experienced oppression from let's say, one of the parents, in childhood and adolescence. And physical abuse, and violence and even discrimination so to speak, within the family unit. 

So these woundings can be similar. but obviously different. 

One such difference that correlates with the intensity and the depth of the wounding and trauma that makes this trauma different and changes the way it is experienced is that the white person we are using in this example can step outside of the family unit to some degree. Whereas, the person of color cannot quite so easily. 

Moving to a different country might be one way of solving this problem. However, it is obvious that for many people of color, many people in general, leaving one’s home, one’s town, one’s state can be almost impossible, let alone leaving the country. 

So there is a difference here in terms of the ability or the array of choices that each of these fragments have to step outside the wounding and traumatizing context. This is what we mean by how the wounding and trauma can be deeper and more intense. 

In other words, when one cannot step outside of the context, and has to constantly contend with retraumatization, this greatly impacts the array of choices one has and how one can navigate and heal these traumas. 

We do not want to use the term handicap through our channel in this moment but if we consider the concept loosely we think it has some validity for marginalized and oppressed peoples. 

 And if we are using the metaphor of a game, the game of life, so to speak, the game of civilization, the game of culture. 

And we know that it is much more than a game. As we have said through other channels, it is a creation. It is more than a game, but a game is a helpful metaphor to use at times to understand and give greater perspective to what is going on with life in general. 

So if we look at it as a game, yes. Considering the wounding and trauma and the constant navigation to not be continually re traumatized and re wounded this could be considered a handicap. 

Another word is disadvantage. There has been at this current time much controversy around the concept of and self definition of victim in the POC community in America. 

A great sensitivity to any definition that may see one as a victim or see one as having a disadvantage or a handicap. And we know that this is being explored by the dominant majority and by the minority of POCs from different angles. From disempowering angles all the way to empowering ones. Handicap and disadvantage in this case, and what we are speaking of is simply a particular range of themes and a particular terrain through which one is navigating. 

It is merely a context through which creativity an operate when one is conscious. Obviously, this is what we are speaking of. 

So it is not a handicap or a disadvantage in the sense of victimization or being a victim or being defined by victimization or being a victim. And even the reality of being a victim has its negative and positive poles in this case. And one can either use this definition to further cripple the self,  or can use this definition to empower the self. 

Next question. 

Avi: OK so. How does generational trauma get healed? 

MEntity:

Generational trauma gets healed in much the same way that trauma gets healed within an individual fragment. And, for now, we will speak of the fragment of essence. 

And this is relevant. 

And we think this will easily be seen as we continue. 

We speak of healing across lifetimes. We speak of reunion. The literal re-union of parts that integrate into the whole of self. Of essence. Of the fragment. 

Each subsequent lifetime, each subsequent personality. Brings the opportunity for healing of previous personalities and lifetimes. And of course this culminates in the old soul cycle. 

It is never about healing only one part or only one fragment of self. 

So, as we use your own lifetimes and personalities for reference, it is never only about healing what has happened to you in this lifetime. The wounds you have incurred in this lifetime. It is always about this healing and more. 

It is always about the resonance that you may have with other lifetimes and personalities. So there is this matrix if you will, of lifetimes, that is personal to you and your essence. But there is also a matrix of lifetimes that is personal to the genetic genealogy. The familial genealogy. The ancestral lineage of bodies on the physical plane. 

There has been much exploration of this concept by fragments within incarnation over the past 50 years or so that has to do with generational healing. Much insight and perspective has been gained about this process. 

Simply said, when you heal your wounds and traumas sustained within this context in which we are speaking--being a person of color. A minority. Within the context of discrimination, oppression, racism, systemic oppression and racism. 

This heals down the entire line of people of color in other times and other places for all of you who are incarnated at this time. 

At the same time 

Here and now. 

Are further along, so to speak. 

We're not referring to soul age as much as we are referring to further along in history, in the sense that your position as a personality has been built off of the backs so to speak, of those who have come before. 

You are in a unique position to not only heal, but to thrive in ways that your forebears were not. You are impacting generational healing. You are links. 

Bridges. 

Reservoirs. 

Networks. 

Circuitry. 

That is able to light up in different ways and new ways than your forebears, but they are linked to you through resonance. 

And as you heal, these past personalities and imprints and energetic imprints are also that much more capable of healing. Now the individual fragments, of course, are working on their own evolution, fragments of essence and their own lifetimes. But these lifetimes consist of many different personalities in many different contexts, not just the context we are speaking of, of being a person of color in America, for example. 

So as you can see, context is everything. It is happening on multiple levels, this reunion, this generational in quotes, healing. It happens quite naturally. Going back to your original question. Quite naturally, as evolution happens. 

Next question. 

Avi:

As far as another question about healing, I'm not sure if you've heard of the term healing justice, but it's something that I've been really interested in lately as I've been or over the past few years, I guess. I've been getting into different healing modalities. And uh, especially as I'm exploring the need of expression more. Uhm. 

And you know, just seeing how various black artists, specifically the artists of color, seem to use art and creativity for healing, I'm wondering how from your perspective, can marginalized groups more intentionally use healing and self-expression and artistry for healing trauma and also for just relief in the present as we navigate these paradigms and also try to like shift these systems, especially since it's more easily accessible and affordable than most healing modalities in today's paradigm. 

MEntity:

There are so many ways, as many ways as there are people of color. This is speaking to the infinite creativity that you all are a part of and share and have the potential to express.  

Expression through music, writing, acting, and other art forms has always been a way--to the degree that this was accessible--has always been a way, a pathway for healing for your group. 

Alongside the activism they are like two sides of the same coin. Like math and music. Like the linear and the nonlinear. Begin and the young. (note: not sure what they mean by “begin” here.) 

What can be helpful is knowing where there is interest right where you are. Knowing where there is interest in the community where you are physically located, and/or the community you bring together online. And we are speaking of you personally and also the general you. 

All others who have similar questions. What is the interest? What media are the individuals interested in exploring that help them to relate to their trauma and wounding? To embrace it as reality. As having had impact. 

To embrace, to own the reality of the wound and trauma. To heal, to transform, to transcend. To be able to move beyond it. What media help with this process? 

That is one way of enlisting the support of expression through art to support healing. And then of course, there is the other side of that, which is individuals simply choosing what has worked for them and where, choosing where their interests lie and creating a platform, and asking others who are interested to join them. 

This is a creative process. And knowing how best to use expression to support healing is the one that would be Co created within the community. Between individuals.  

Probably the simplest way that we know of to market this for lack of a better word, through our channel in this moment is simply to say expression and art for healing. Exploring expression and art to support the healing of wounds and trauma. 

We think there are many fragments who would resonate with this path. So it is simply a matter of communication and having a space to do so, and a guide or guides. And this is already happening. As you know. 

Next question. 

Avi:

So OK, I'm sure you also, like, we live in a capitalist society and uhm, a lot of...I've noticed a lot of people of color often, like, discouraged from art and creativity or even as, like, even our hobbies are seen as needing to be monetized in today's day and age, especially, you know, people who are marginalized and suffer from more economic disenfranchisement and things like that. 

So do you have any perspective on UM in these invitations for expressions for healing, and all of these things, and even and introducing this as a concept to younger groups, like how can we make this feel valuable in a time like outside of, just as a means for survival or you know, people feeling like it's their way to be able to take care of themselves or all these things. Those are valid, but it just it seems that...that capitalism always seems to overtake the art in some kind of way, or the intention, and it just it's...it's difficult or even just access to resources to being able to create. So if there's any, you know, causal play and perspective or advice that you have for overcoming that... 

MEntity:

Choice. Sustained choice. Adaptability. Flexibility. 

Recalibration as you go. 

But it is choice. It is commitment to the process of creativity. 

We cannot with our causal plane perspective remove the realities of the challenges that all must face. We can say that it is and will become easier as you continue to move into the mature soul cycle and consciousness. 

It is and will become easier. Even so, there will still be those challenges within different contexts as you move further into the mature soul consciousness. 

One thing that is becoming easier at this time for many to understand is that the time put into interests and vision, such as what you are speaking of and exploration, the time put into these things, though they may not be bringing monetary reward for a given time, if at all. 

The time put into these things are worth it, and can be done alongside whatever the primary paths are that are being walked to survive in this capitalistic, this shifting capitalistic paradigm. For some, that is all that they can do, And that is OK. It is worth it.  

For others, we are speaking of some of the more warrior types and king types and scholarly types simply in the sense of business. Doing business, so to speak, within the capitalistic paradigm. For others, they are carving a path. They are creating the paths and the ways. They stand as way showers. 

Beacons, if you will, that draw and attract others who may not have these same skills, gifts or talents or visions, but they are pulled into the realms of these fragments to be able to support and be supported as a community. 

So what we are speaking of are different ways of going forward. Of meeting these challenges and obstacles. Of realizing within yourselves that it is worth it. 

It will never be empowering to only look at the challenges and the obstacles. It can be empowering to have them as a reference as they arise. 

As they arise. 

To not anticipate them, to not expect them, but to deal with them as they arise. By noting them, by manifesting essence and drawing upon your resources and wisdom as essence. To then realign with the vision and chose how to move forward. How to be creative. How to enlist support. How to get the word out. How to learn. How to teach. 

It is a balancing act. And what we see many doing in groups, marginalized groups is over anticipating and expecting the challenges and obstacles before they have even materialized. We think that there are many examples of fragments who started exactly where they are with what little they had and yet they began with their communication. With their sharing. With their inviting community. 

And as they realistically dealt with challenges and obstacles as they arose, they moved forward and moved forward and moved forward to create community and spaces of healing, teaching and learning, growing, transforming and the like. This is the only way that we know of. 

It is becoming clearer to fragments who are more privileged within the POC communities. It is becoming clearer to these fragments. There have always been these fragments, but it is becoming clearer in that more mature soul consciousness way. 

In terms of the currency now being carrying and equalizing with resources and opportunity. it is becoming clearer to fragments in more powerful positions of privilege that they...that their fulfillment if you will, lies much in the domain of how they are able to help others with their privilege. 

So it is a combination. It is a combination of fragments who have less who start where they are and grow. And those who have more and start where they are and help others to grow even as they are growing. 

In all of this, what we are saying is it is quite possible to manifest your visions. It is happening every day. So when you become discouraged by the challenges and obstacles--those that have actually presented themselves to you, and those that you are afraid of presenting--themselves to you.  

You remember to return to your sense of possibility and vision and what excites you and what inspires you. And the simplest of steps you can take to share this inspiration and excitement and vision and enthusiasm. 

Sometimes alongside the primary ways you are able to make the money you need to survive until the creativity of your essence and the co-creativity between personality and essence has moved forward into a space that is more easily thriving where it is not so much an issue anymore. 

Sometimes you as individual fragments must deal with and heal your own individual doubts, self-doubts and fears, and patterns of protection, self-protection, before you can become more aware of your possibilities. Before you can begin to think about expanding more into more easily flowing monetary context. 

But the ironic thing here is what is becoming more possible now in the mature soul cycle is that your very reality in this regard, your very authentic personal journey as a fragment is something that you can bring into to share with community. 

You no longer have to leave your personal wounds and traumas and doubts and concerns and challenges behind as you present a more competent face to the world. You now can bring all of this with you as a part of your business plan, so to speak, as a part of your exploration with others. Your outreach. What you begin building. Your foundation. 

There is so much possibility in this regard. And so much burden that is now being lifted from fragments across the board in terms of being able to be yourself as you move forward to create these contexts of healing and expression and thriving. 

So do not leave yourself behind. Bring all of you with you into your vision and into these contexts. Meet the obstacles and challenges as they appear, rather than over anticipating them. Create community. Co-create together. Share. Care. Move beyond the expected. Embrace the unexpected, the unexpected unfolding of your vision.  

As our channel often says, we can go on and on, but we will pause. 

 And say next question. 

Avi: Thank you. Very helpful. And then the last question Cary was...can you reframe the chief feature of martyrdom for people who have to deal with bigotry as a regular part of their lives? 

MEntity:

We would ask you to elaborate on this question. 

What specific angle? 

Avi:

I'm not. I'm not sure. I think her Internet cut out I'm, but I'm thinking it might have something to do with the negative pole of being a victim, which you've kind of touched on a little bit. 

Uh, I think there was a session that was being read from that I cannot access right now, but it's just...Oh, I think she was saying, like in the context of like, you know, if you know that you're going to be going into a space that is predominantly like privileged or, you know, like maybe like a predominantly white space or something like that. And like you know, anticipating like, do I need to like, what do I need to wear like, are these people going to welcome me or, you know, like what kind of, like ignorant comments am I going to deal with? Do I need to dress a certain kind of way to make myself not like, stand out as much or what? 

Like, you know, kind of like this anticipation of like how you'll need to control your space in order to, uh, not be victimized, I'm guessing or to...And how that you know...you know the fear of...of control of the space is like, literally martyrdom, so... 

MEntity:

We are beginning to lose focus through our channel, but we think we have a few more minutes to get through, so we will begin. 

We would need more specific context to address this more specifically, but we will address it from the perspective of bigotry, and being in physical or virtual space, and contending with the fear of losing control of space and the environment. 

 And this defense against that fear, which we call martyrdom, with its negative pole of victimization and positive pole of selflessness. Remember that the chief negative features in our teaching, refer to defense and protective patterns that defend and protect or are utilized for defense and protection against fears that are natural in life. 

So it is always natural in a lifetime to fear losing control of space in the environment from time to time. In other words, there will always be times in life when one's preference for how one's environment and space should be, will be not in alignment with the reality of the forces moving within that space and environment. 

So for example, if a person of color is in a space, physical, virtual, otherwise, or otherwise is in a space where first, there is a fear of bigotry, discrimination, violence, oppression, microaggressions. The pathway through the chief feature, which comes in as a defense, martyrdom. Whether it be from the pole of victimization, that defense which would show up as all of the thoughts and feelings and images and stories that would make one lose their overall sense of self or connection to essence or manifestation of essence as they completely embrace the definition, the self-definition of being a victim in that moment when they are fearing these...these abuses we have mentioned.  

We have listed all the way to the more positive end of the spectrum of this chief feature of selflessness where they are still defending against this fear. But at least they do not see themselves as a victim. At least there is a softening around the need to protect themselves from this fear and an ability to flow with the circumstances a bit more. 

To be a bit less concluded about the reality and the outcomes of the circumstances in the environment and space. So the pathway through the chief feature in terms of transcending the chief feature is the same as it is for anyone. 

We are still speaking of simply the fear of these things occurring. We can say the same thing if there is an actual abuse or boundary crossed, an actual act of discrimination or oppression. And now the fear is legitimate. It has arrived. It is in the circumstances. It is in the environment and the space. 

What is feared is actually coming to pass. So the defense of martyrdom comes in from the negative pole of victimization or the positive pole of selflessness.  

It is still up to the fragment, the conscious fragment that is, to be able to notice that the chief feature has kicked in. That the chief feature is then obscuring essence. Which means obscuring possibility, obscuring intuition, obscuring creativity, obscuring wisdom, obscuring knowing when to fight and when to flee. Obscuring all of the things that can actually help to navigate the situation. It is still up to the fragment, this person of color. The conscious fragment to then set that chief feature aside. 

To pause, to take a breath. To allow whatever chemicals that have flushed through the body to run their course. To seek the counsel of essence, the higher self. God. To pray. All of the different tools that are available to the fragment that can help to navigate the situation and each situation is unique and different every moment. 

Sometimes this will allow the transcending of the chief feature. Sometimes this will allow the fragment to move and think and feel and speak in ways that are quite instinctual and automatic ss if something else takes over. 

And sometimes the experience of navigating the space and the environment and the abuses and the oppression and the discrimination and the violence Can feel a bit more, with a sense of fluctuation a sense of ebb and flow, if you will, in navigating the circumstances. 

But our point is that once the chief feature is engaged it obscures essence and the resources. And this is the same for a person of color as it is for every other fragment. It is the choice of the conscious fragment of the person of color as it is anyone else to then work to transcend that chief feature to set it aside and open up to more conscious choosing. 

And it goes without saying that for those more unconscious fragments who are still growing in their capacity to manifest essence within the context of their soul age. It goes without saying that for those that are open to receive. And open to learning and growing in this way. To becoming more conscious. To setting aside these defenses, martyrdom, the one we are Speaking of specifically, but it goes for all the chief features. 

To be open to those more conscious fragments, and the teachings, and the support and the guidance of these more conscious fragments. 

A perfect example is the relationship between the fragment, known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others leading the civil rights movement and all of those that they help to guide. Whom they help to grow in consciousness as they move forward with that movement. 

It was the transcendence of the chief feature of martyrdom, and we do not mean to say that this fragment known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, had as his personal chief feature martyrdom. We mean this in the sense that all chief features are open to all fragments and circumstances within the context of all circumstances, and certainly having control of the environment and space, the fear of losing control of environment and space was a well known fear. 

And martyrdom was a well known defense mechanism and self protective mechanism known by the black community at that time in which the civil rights movement was born and sustained. This is a perfect example as a group, as a movement, of setting aside over and over again the knee jerk reactive defensive and protective stance of martyrdom in relation to losing control, the fear of losing control of the space and environment setting this chief feature aside. Transcending it, so to speak, and allowing essence in to inform the choices and to move forward. 

So we would say going back to your original question. The differences here have to do with intensity. Habitual patterns and degrees and percentages of certain types of violations of space and environments that may be different for other fragments. When we are comparing groups. But the process itself. But moving from the negative to the positive Poles and beyond, the chief feature is the same. 

In other words, it would still be of more benefit as it is for every other fragment, for a person of color to set aside the chief feature to be aware of the chief feature. To consciously set it aside so that it can manifest essence so that more possibilities for navigating the situation opens up to the fragments. 

We think we have time for one more question. One more question if we are...we continue to be able to work through our channel with this current stabilization. 

Avi: Well, do you wanna check in, babylove? It's it's 1:30 or 11:30. Your time 10:30. Your turn. Yeah. 

MEntity: We can take one more question. 

Avi:

OK. 

OK, Cary’s not here. One moment. Let me. Let me just think. 

Stubbornness is the fear of change, and in our last session we discussed how the fear of change uh, can manifest in people of color. Uh, you know, not wanting to rock the boat or make certain, uh changes to circumstances because, you know, at least they're alive or, you know, not wanting to make things even worse than they already are. 

UM and I've just noticed how that has shown up in a lot of people of color around me as a stubborn has shown up as a fear of or or self sabotage, even on the path of like you know, consciously wanting to change or wanting circumstances to change and just seeing how like stubbornness can kind of like sneakily rear its head in those instances. Do you have any, you know, concrete tools? I know you just said inviting essence in but any other advice or perspective on how people of color can embrace changes or or learn to and embrace even like the possibilities of certain things changing and getting better. Because also there is like... 

Right with like the Internet and more access to like information about the institutions and systems that kind of govern society right now, where there's like a lot of like, oh, you know, kind of surrendering any choice in the sense of like, you know, they'll never allow this to happen. 

Or think this is some you know, far away entities going is controlling everything, so it doesn't matter what we will do or you know whether it's we're being controlled by technologies or by food or prescription drugs. There's just a lot of things that can kind of step in and I'm not sure if that's even a form of stubbornness itself. 

MEntity:

Yes. All of the patterns of stubbornness that we would be able to speak about would have to be for the individual fragments. The individual people of color first and foremost.  

Of course, there are themes and patterns of stubbornness that we can associate with groups and movements. But it is really the individual fragments within these groups and movements that it would be most relevant to speak about these patterns of stubbornness as they relate to the concerns and issues of people of color. 

In any case, of stubbornness. As you have said, there is this defense against the fear of change. The fear of something new, the fear of uncertainty. The fear of the future and the unknown. And either a determination to maintain one stance one’s current stance of what one knows and believes to be true. 

Or a far more conclusive reaction of obstinance where there is simply no room for anything new to get in where this fragment’s thinking is concerned and sense of possibility. 

All of the chief features are at work here. And the challenges of which you speak. People of color are dealing with all of these defensive patterns. Their personal chief features, as well as the chief features that the movements for greater equality and rights and opportunity that these movements are resonating with. And that may be interfering with the movement forward movement, if you will. 

There is much we could say. And much we have already said in regards to the last chief feature explored in this context, martyrdom. That of martyrdom. But we think even better than what we might share in this moment through this channel is the example set by many of the leaders throughout history within the black community specifically. There is so much material available to you. So much of the teachings of these leaders that might be far more inspiring and far more helpful in terms of tools than what we may be able to provide. 

These are fragments who were on the ground, so to speak, and fragments who are still alive who are on the ground, so to speak, and in the trenches and know the daunting task ahead, but also realize the progress that has also that has already been made and therefore the possibility of more progress that is yet to be experienced, that will be experienced. 

These fragments already transcend their chief features. These fragments are already manifesting essence and navigating the territory, so to speak. 

We think one of the most powerful tools is finding even just one of these fragments who resonates as a mentor, as a healer, as an Enlightenment support position. 

As a disciplined support position, as a humor support position, but even just one. And studying this fragment’s lifetime and this fragment’s teachings can help in ways in different and more powerful ways than our perspective can. 

One thing that people of color have on their side as a group in terms of navigating through this chief feature of stubbornness and transcending it is the inherent pulse of life within them that seeks growth, expansion. That seeks thriving. That seeks fulfillment. 

And since the past has been far more restricted than the present. And since the future stands to be far more open and free than the past and the present. This is a calling frequency or calling vibration of possibility for future expansion for the positive side of the uncertainty and the unknown that the future can bring. 

That this is something that is helpful, inherently helpful for people of color and all marginalized peoples is the awareness of the progress and the constant call of better so to speak awaiting them in the future. 

Once related to the fear and defense of change of the unknown and of stubbornness to protect from these fears, once related to this. Once the idea that it has gotten better, and it can continue to and is continuing to regardless of the daunting challenges and obstacles with which they face. 

Once this is explored and awareness grows around these truths uncertainty and the unknown and the changes that need to take place, the future, the unknown future can be seen in a more positive light. 

Which can help to move from the positive pole of determination beyond the chief feature and into essence where the work continues, where the work begins. 

We will stop here for now.  

We know that these conversations will continue, and as always, we will be here for it as we are always here now. And it always excites us to be here with you now and to witness your good work. 

We will conclude here for today. 

Goodbye for now and good day to you.