Lion's Roar

DEITY PRACTICE

WISDOM BEINGS HELP US reconnect with our innate dignity, wisdom, and freedom. We engage these enlightened energies—or they engage us—when we’re ready to be challenged and supported in our commitment to realize the fullness of our gifts, the goodness of this world, and the ultimate nature of reality.

Becoming aware of a broader scope of how enlightenment can manifest is valuable, because we sometimes have too few models for dignity, freedom, and true liberation. Many in nondominant communities, such as BIPOC folks, may have become estranged from our innate goodness due to long-term, generational oppression. This disconnection, knotting, or tearing down can happen in

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