In this episode of The Politics of Race in American Film, Dr. Clive James Nwonka hosts a conversation with Cheryl Bedford (Women of Color Unite), Lanre Bakare (The Guardian), and Sam Mejias (The New School) which looks at films which engage with questions of blackness and race in America during the Obama and Trump eras. These films include Moonlight, Get Out, Us, Queen and Slim, Waves, Harriet, and more recently, Judas and the Black Messiah. What do these films tell us about the politics of race, both within the industry and more broadly in American society, and how we see African American films (or African Americans within film) shaping and influencing the racial politics of the US? What might be next for African American cinema in the era of Joe Biden?

Contributors: Cheryl Bedford, Women of Color Unite; Lanre Bakare, Arts and Culture Correspondent, The Guardian; Sam Mejias, The New School; Dr. Clive James Nwonka, Fellow International Inequalities Institute, LSE

The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 4, Hollywood Representations of Blackness

Meditation #7 - Breathwork For Balance - The Ninefold Purification

45-Min Mindful Movement Standing Postures by Lois Howland

UCSD Center for Mindfulness 2014

Advanced Jewish Meditation Workshop on THE HASHKATA MEDITATION from sefer Derech Hamelech by R’ Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira, The Piasetzener Rebbe (1889-1943) 

THE REBBE’S SUGGESTED USES FOR THIS TECHNIQUE

1.	Silences and stills the ever-running thoughts and emotions of our minds
2.	Opens us to experiencing the Divine Presence within
3.	Places us in the optimal state for prayer
4.	A powerful mechanism to m’taken middos - heal destructive emotions and desires 

ELEVATION COMMENTARY

In this teaching you see the classic mechanism of the Yishuv Hadaas set-up which leads into Deveikus. This is then focused “downwards” to do middos work, through a mantra/“derech chazara” process. This teaching is one of the clearest examples of mindfulness in Torah sources. It includes some of the most frequently referenced ideas taught by mindfulness, hypnosis and the Law of Attraction experts.

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Silencing The Mind To Reprogram Your Superconsciousness: The Piaseczner Rebbe's Hashkata Meditation

Creating Abundance: 21-Day Meditation Challenge

Day 5 - The Field of All Possibilities

Day 7 – Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire

Good morning! 🌞
Please see below the tasks for Day 7:

1. Create a list of people (only names) that you feel uncomfortable around.

We are talking about the energy of discomfort.

It can be your relatives or people who are now far away from you.

The test here is to think about a person and get a sensation: "I feel unpleasant."

Even if it is not a constant feeling arising from communicating with this person but something you experience from time to time, it will still apply.

For example, it can be your neighbors, employees, bosses, family members, members of the government. 

Someone who disagrees with you ... does not accept your behavior ... whatever it might be.

Remember that these people, even if you struggle to communicate with them, at the same time, are your teachers through whom you get to learn your lessons, understand new things, and develop valuable skills. 🙏

Please make this list in your notebook in a calm and relaxed state. Remember the people who knock you out of your comfort zone or distort your balance.

And as a cherry on the top, send them a mental (and maybe not only) greeting and a blessing.

Impactful exercise if you put your heart into it.

And my congratulations, it’s now been a week of our journey! 🙏🤩 AWESOME YOU ARE STILL HERE ✨✨✨

2. Affirmation of the day:
“I use my conscious intention to manifest my dreams.”

3. Mantra of the day:
Sat Chit Ananda

Maintain a powerful flow

We have already completed a week of this marathon and I hope something began to happen in a new way in your life or ... at least in your head.

If you’ve noticed any changes/moments of awareness, feel free to share them here in this group if you feel it might benefit the rest of us.

Big thanks to all of you for the discipline and maintaining the flow, you are awesome!

Have a beautiful day!
🌄

Day 7

Day 8 - Abundance and the Law of Pure potentiality

Tasks for Day 8.

Find at least 5 receipts of recent purchases, confirmation of your investment in yourself. Things that brought you joy and the feeling of abundance.

Write on each of them:

“All that is invested in me will pay for itself seven times over.”

Receipts can be of any type: supermarket, restaurant, personal items, car, health, hairdresser, anything else.

Remember, it’s important not only what you write, but also how you write it.

Try to get into the zone - allow yourself to connect with the words and pay attention to how you will feel when you imagine your investment paying back seven times over.

Words have power! Little things are very important. They help our minds to build clues, hold on to the thought, accept it as our own, and integrate it into reality.

From now on, write (or at least try to think about) this statement for every receipt that you receive until the end of the marathon. As we all spent less these days make a conscious choice about the things that you buy.

Affirmation of the day:
“Through the law of pure potentiality, I can create anything anytime anywhere.”

Mantra of the day:
Om Bhavan Nama

Day 8

Day 10 - Abundance and the Law of Karma

Welcome to Day 10. 

This day is particularly valuable due to the practical application of conscious decision-making which you can use for every important decision you make. 

In today's meditation we will discuss the Law of Karma or conscious decision-making and see how by making the right choices, we can bring goodness into our lives.

When you are making a choice, you should ask yourself: how will this choice bring more happiness and more abundance into my life and the lives of those around me? Having asked this question, shift your attention from your mind to your heart and the answer should immediately become clear.

By practicing conscious decision-making in this way, you will learn to observe your thoughts and make decisions that are most favorable to you.

QUESTION N ° 1: How do you normally make decisions?
QUESTION N ° 2: How have your key decisions affected your life?
QUESTION N ° 3: How can you make more conscious choices from now on?

Tasks for Day 10

1. From the list of 5 flaws/shortcomings you wrote down yesterday select 2 that you want and are ready to work with.

Schedule an action plan by writing down at least 2 actions, specific daily activities, or wider ones extended in time and space. In order to “fix” a flaw, make a specific plan on how to reduce/eliminate it, or realize its strong side and start using it.

And immediately after that begin to act upon your plan.

In addition to this, listen to today's audio file at least 3 times (you only need to do the meditation once).

Write the affirmation of the day in a notebook and keep it in your head, remembering and pronouncing it as often as possible during the day.

Start as early as possible so that there is more time to return to the affirmation of the day.

Have a lovely day! It's a blessing to guide you through the process 😍

2. Affirmation of the day:

“Today, I make great choices because they are made with full awareness.”

3. Mantra of the day:

Om Kriyam Nama

Day 10

Day 12

Day 14 - Abundance and the Law of Dharma

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Day 14 - Abundance and the Law of Dharma

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