Duality is a concept
that has caught my attention for quite some time now. The fact that it takes
two to tangle is a universal concept. I would like to add a little twist to
what the scriptures said many years ago. There is a time and a place for
everything. My experience in Tela, Honduras on the 4th -8th November
2013 has brought my understanding of who I am as a Garífuna to another level; I
am referring to the power of our Spirituality as a nation.
I was given the
opportunity to say something at the inauguration and closing of an event that
will take its rightful place in our history a Garífuna Nation. I was able to
share a few words with the participants. I would like to be honest by saying
that I am not a fan of the microphone; however I am willing to say that it has
a powerful influence. I was able to listen and observe a diverse group of
brothers and sisters that came from the different communities in Central
America.
I was able to say on
the microphone that “words” can compromise an individual or a group based on
what the person or group is saying. I was in Honduras to speak as the president
of ONEGUA, but in this case I would like to take it to another level, I would
like to take the opportunity to write my open speech in writing. I am choosing
the time and place to put this in writing because I would like to stand by what
I am putting in writing.
I would like to focus
on something I wrote before my trip to Tela, Honduras; I said something to the
effect that my trip to Honduras was about the cultivation of a healthier
relationship between the physical and the spiritual. I am now convinced more
than ever that our identity is the link between the two; physical and
spiritual; I also believe that our identity can take us one step farther and
make us stronger.
The workshop in
Honduras is about urban development and territorial rights for the Garífuna
Nation in Central America. ONEGUA is the organization that is taking a
responsibility to represent the Garífuna People in Guatemala. Therefore the
role I will play is born from the experience I had in Honduras. It was born
from being in the presence of brothers and sisters who understands the value of
our identity in a struggle to maintain our Nation. The brothers and sisters
from Nicaragua allowed me to understand that we had to take immediate actions
there and then.
Time and Place is
about a link that is taking place in our communities and the Garífuna Nation;
the time has come for us to strengthen the link between brothers and sisters
that will take us to another level and make us stronger.
Au-le
Lúbara Huya
1 comment:
Thank you for helping to deepen my Spirituality in general and in particular my Garifuna Spirituality. Making the journey to the Seven Waterfalls and Gangadiwali has initiated a process that I am at the cusp of being able to grasp.
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