Begin With Opal D’Andrew Parker

Strength Courage, and Wisdom. It's been inside of me all long. 

When we acknowledge external as strength, external wisdom, and external 

Brown is my favorite color.

Saying something like that can stir within you a visceral feeling of happiness, or disgust. 

Join me in Earth School as we unpack this song "Brown Skin" by India Arie Simpson, to discover why it's so important love our melanin. 

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What is your definition of a promise? Have you ever broken your promise? Has anyone ever broken their promise to you? Are promises meaningful? Where in your life can you make a promise to yourself? What promise would you make to your community? 

"Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don't
Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I won't
Depend of how the wind blows I might even paint my toes
It really just depends on whatever feels good in my soul"

I can't think of more concise words that could clearly articulate, exemplify, and encapsulate the feeling of self imposed isolation.
At a deep metaphysical level, this song speaks to the world that we left, and at the same time - it speaks of the world we are in now. We are currently living in a world that is begging to return to sense of 'normalcy' while simultaneously relishing in the feeling of...just...being.
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Welcome to Begin with Opal: My Journey through Earth School. This is my space. And, I share it with you now. Within this space you will find everything, and at the same time - you will find nothing. As life is paradoxical, so will this expression of my truth be. I have much to offer, and the magnitude of what I envision cannot be contained to a specific subject, dogma, or doctrine. I am my creator, and my creator is me. The world would have me call this a podcast, but I see it as a multi-dimensional conduit of passionate expressions that will reach an infinite number of people around the world. Not, just the people you can physically see. I also share this space with the people, you can’t see. For there is a world beyond our immediate physical perception that is an infinite and eternal collection of experiences and ideas that we can grow from. We lost touch with this world when we were told that it was our imagination; we lost touch with this world when we were told to be realistic; and we lost touch with this world when we allowed ourselves to choose to believe, than to know for ourselves. It is a world that beckons our exploration. The door to this unseen world is within us; it leads to the light within us; and that light within us leads to the love within us; and that love within us...just is.
So if you don’t do anything else today. Promise me one thing.
Just be. I love you.

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