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Inspiration from the International Plum Village Community February 2025 "You must not let yourself drown in an ocean of fear and suffering. There are among us people who have practiced deep looking, and shared their insight with us. Take advantage of that. Walk on the spiritual path that lets you touch the depths of your being so that you can free yourself from fear, worry, and despair." Thich Nhat Hanh, You Are Here The Four Noble Truths In the United States and Canada, February is Black History Month, during which we honor and uplift the lives and many contributions of Black people, including those woven inextricably into the fabric of the international Plum Village community. This teaching by the ARISE Sangha (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality, and Social Equity) offers a way to practice with the Four Noble Truths: "This path is our path of understanding and healing. We practice the noble eightfold path by resolving to not continue to perpetuate racial injustice, neither accepting it nor producing it. Our right view of racial injustice moves us toward right actions of ending existing racial injustice as we fearlessly identify it occurring in us and around us, in our personal interactions, and in the structures that actively and silently perpetuate these actions." Read