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After a week of absence on here, I feel the PROFOUND need to share Layla Saad’s words. Her posts have been getting deleted by Instagram and Facebook. It is UNACCEPTABLE and I will NOT stand for the silencing of PoC.
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#Repost @wildmysticwoman :
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So… Hello! My name is Layla Saad and I am a writer and speaker. I run a site called Wild Mystic Woman where I center the stories, art and magic of women and femmes of colour. My work explores the intersecting themes of spirituality, creativity, feminism, business, leadership, and sacred activism. As an East African, Arab, British, Muslim and intersectional feminist, living in the Middle East (Qatar), and sharing my work with the global community, I believe I stand at a diverse intersection of identities, from which I am able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives.
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Many of you recently found me due to the recent social media attack that was launched on me by unknown individuals who were offended by both my sharing of experiences of racism, and my unapologetic (but completely non-abusive) setting of clear boundaries with wyt women who were repeatedly disrespecting my requests. I have up until now been quite an open book - sharing my experiences and thoughts freely and without fear of punishment for simply speaking my mind. Following what transpired this week however, I have had to make my account private and seriously re-consider how I want to use my social media spaces, since they are no longer truly safe spaces for me as a black woman and a writer.
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Despite the fact that Facebook have removed and not reinstated my post on my Personal Guidelines of Engagement for my social media spaces, I still hold them anyways.
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In a nutshell, these guidelines are as follows:
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This is a black people and people of colour centering space. Meaning: In this space, the voices and truths of people of colour will be continuously centered, uplifted, affirmed, celebrated and protected. I do not tolerate from wyt people - white-centering, tone-policing, spiritual bypassing, demands for free emotional labour from people of colour or people of colour being made to defend their humanity or justify their lived experiences. I am firm on this.
Sedona… I’m into you. ✨
It has been such an honor to serve as a space-holder and assistant for my dear friend & sister @radiantwildheart at her Muse Business Academy retreat. What a journey these incredible women & fae have had over this last year! 🙏🏻 I have loved being a midwife to the missions of these heart-centered healers, creatives, earth mamas, coaches & visionaries. Thank you for holding us, Sedona. It is amazing to behold your beauty and power!
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#transformation #sedona #retreat #nature #consciousentrepreneurs #changemakers #wearethedifference #makeachange #community #thankyoulife #sograteful
You were like fire
ravishing my heart
from the inside,
pounding on its walls
in rebellion,
full, whole, and wild in your loving.
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I,
poised like a citadel,
wondered if it was safe to let you in,
not knowing you were inside me
all along
waiting to be freed.
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If I let you pour through me
like blood through my veins
will I remember what it is to be sovereign?
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Can I trust in your pillar
without depending on it?
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My womanhood holds keys
and your manhood caresses them
mirroring how the curves of our bodies meet–
awkward at first,
fumbling at the gravity of what this could mean.
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If we allow what is,
it could be the End
and a Holy beginning.
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I’ll meet you there.
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#rosebath #deeplove #soulmate #exploring #fallinginlove #healing #poetry #poet #writersofig #selfcare #selflove #sovereignty #divinefeminine #divinemasculine #heart #soul #ecstasy #opening
Behold the threshold,
where fear meets love.
Their union turns the worlds.
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Deep breaths of tender surrender.
Oh, human experience.
I feel you.
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#release #surrender #fearandlove #divinelove #divinetruth #unraveling #mystery #temple #sriyantra #sedona #dreamhome #tender #heart #feminine #pearls #petals #opening #sacredgeometry #soulful #writersofig #union #doorway
True. 🙌🏼✨🙏🏻
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Thank you @theglobalsisterhood and @thewildfeminine for this wonderful post 🙏🏻
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#quote #youareworthy #crescentmoon #womanhood #sisterhood #peoplehood #trueforall #youarepowerful #iloveyou #lovethyself #selflove
Arrows
pierce holes
in my false concepts
and I let them fill with water,
liquid light,
as the darkness drains to the sea
to be swallowed by the Goddess,
womb of it all.
I am born again.
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#hawaii #molokai #rainbow #arcoiris #magic #alohakeakua #ocean #wisdom #arrow #goddess #sacredwaters #mniwiconi #liquidlight #lemuria #rememberwhereyoucamefrom #oceanphotography #blessings #islandlife #poetry #writersofinstagram #goddess #womb #rebirth
Breath of the Infinite,
stir all my leaves.
I want to be undone.
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#ireland #falconry #green #birdmedicine #beautiful #hybridbird #travel #infinite #breath #prayer #release #allow #easeandgrace #quote #writersofig #respect #allbeings #allmyrelations
I have been in a process of dropping tons of spiritual new-age fluff and deeply embracing what is grounded, present, and feels aligned with Truth & Love… even if it doesn’t sparkle. I’m curious, how many of you out there have become disenchanted with the new age belief system?! I feel like I am one of many. There came a certain point where I realized that so much of what I was basing my reality on wasn’t actually serving me. It didn’t feel authentic to my soul where I am on my evolutionary journey as I change and transform… and honestly, I feel embodiment has a lot to do with that. I feel that real, genuine grounding and choosing not to bypass or be in “higher realms” has been changing me from the inside out in a way that feels tangible, aligned, and FREEING. I am still in the process of turning within (always unfolding ❤️) so I just wanted to open up the conversation more. Who else has been going through something similar? Does this resonate?
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Bless us all on our path of embodiment. I feel that authentically bridging heaven to earth and God to humanity requires deep self-honesty and rectifying all the places we trade Truth in for watered-down bite-sized shiny beliefs & ways of being. Or maybe it’s just that “spirituality” is ever-evolving through us… and our many paths to Source all deserve respect. Yes… respect. This is so central.
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Where are you in this wild journey of life? I’d love to hear…
Xoxo,
Torie ❤️
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#spirituality #newage #cambodia #temple #buddhisttemple #language #carving #sanskrit #ancientalphabet #prayers #hand #beliefsystem #breakthechains #freeyourself #everevolving #respect #iwannahear #opinions #question
Feeeeels today as I fly the coop and take off for Palm Desert, Sedona & Austin…
💙💜💙
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#writingthispoolside #thankyoulife #sedonaretreat #roadtrip #hummingbird #letthelovein #transition #smoothsailing #followyourbliss #colibri #joy #alexgrey #visionaryart #palmdesert #ontheroad #sedona #atx
Today is the day.
So much can change in one day.
Breathing into my core, my center.
Allowing the flow to guide me deeply.
And what about you?
How do you greet today?
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#takeoff #liftoff #roadtrip #moving #shifting #changing #rooting #journey #homecoming #latoaustin #2018 #happytrails #thankyougod #thankyoulife #imready #transformation
Crimson codes. Deep love. Relax into the healing here, now, and in every moment…
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#everpresent #moon #moonart #crescent #divinefeminine #moontime #bloodred #rememberwhereyoucamefrom #womb #sacredspace #centerofcreation #youaresacred #honorthefeminine
Ancient recesses
like caverns clad in honey and gold
within my soul
became illuminated
by the light of the white rose.
Eons of sorrow and helplessness
fell as ash to my feet.
A fire lit within my heart.
I emerged as Woman.
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This is me. I am growing. Today, I pack up everything into a car that I will be driving from LA to Sedona to Austin… and starting a whole new chapter of very intentional grounding and rooting not only into a place, but, Creator willing, into a deeper sovereignty, femininity, and authentic joy. 💓 May each step be deeply rooted in the sacred heart of God, and may I remember that I am not separate from it. May the soul healing unfold as it is most meant to. May I surrender again and again into Love. Yes, yes, y e s. Here we go, heart! Are you ready? ☺️🙏🏻🌹✨🦋❤️ I feel the echoes already.
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#poem #whiterose #writersofig #poetsofig #thisisme #behold #beauty #surrender #enteringwomanhood #threshold #purity #phoenixheart #ancient #illuminated #heart #soulsong #rosebush #pearls #magdalene #poetry #weareallsacred #blessthejourney #hallelujah #2018 #newchapter #surrender #ilovelove #watchitstretchme #divinewill #letthywillbedone #trust #roadtrip