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Hi Friends, in light of continued, ongoing situations related to my last episode, I felt the need to provide some mainline, extremely potent LOVING perspective on these times from Marvin Gaye. The constant "breaking news" of this year can begin to feel overwhelming. I want to offer a slight glimmer of hope and encouragement. In this episode I share some details of recent knowledge I have gained of specific "black experience in America" incidents from the last century. These details help to explain the extent to which we (at least) are not living in the same world that was the complete reality of Marvin Gaye and his entire generation (and all previous generations) of our culture. Marvin Gaye's reality, and that of everyone of our culture alive during his short life, was a far more extreme measure of the struggles we are protesting against, this year particularly. And that being the case, that during his time, his life was a measure more unprotected, and undervalued based on the color of his skin...it makes the level of love in his message all the more resonant. For all of the harshness of the reality of being a black man in this country that Marvin experienced and was ONLY surrounded by in America, it makes his message of love all the more elevated, holy, sacred, helpful and an enduring gift available to us today. He can relate to these times more than you and I will ever even have an ability to relate to it's long-reaching history, and systemic origins. So please keep in mind for your encouragement for coping, that when he sings to us that all God asks of us "is we give each other LOVE," the presence of his mind at the time of penning that message was in a reality full of a measure even greater of the injustices we are making clear need to be coming to an end for society.   

Here is a link to this gorgeous song: https://youtu.be/YLGNFE2kDyE

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