A portrait of diversity, this image captures the quiet strength of human difference, side by side, equal in presence. Together, we form a mosaic of wisdom, identity, and beauty.
HONOR ALL CONSCIOUSNESSES; MAKE AMENDS TO WOMEN, HANDICAPPED & MINORITIES; SHARE GIFTS; PERSONIFY YOUR GROUP
By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D., Anthropology, UCLA; M.A., Counseling Psychology, Dean, School of Counseling, Maui, and Janet Kira Lessin
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Subcultures, ethnic groups, social classes, and sexual categories all carry unique customs and distinct perspectives on reality. These different lenses of perception contribute to the collective richness of human consciousness. By embracing the value of our own group identities and respecting those of others, we evolve both personally and collectively.
All Chakra Tantra teaches us to expand our identity by:
- Recognizing our own group’s legacy
- Understanding others’ lived experiences
- Cultivating internal dialogue between these perspectives until we realize:
We are a consciousness that includes them all.
PRACTICE: BECOME YOUR GROUP’S CONSCIOUSNESS
Do this with one or more partners. Try these steps:
Remember Your People
Recall the journey of your group—your subculture, class, gender, or identity category.
Imagine their history: the struggles, injustices, joys, and triumphs.
Embody Their Gifts
Notice how your people have changed—and what essential traits have endured.
What wisdom do they bring? What lessons?
Speak as Your Group’s Spirit
Tell your partners what your people need, want, and offer to the world.
Share how you—as your group’s soul—can work with others for humanity’s benefit.
Dialogue with Others
Listen to the spirit voices of other identities. Learn how your group might have harmed others and how you might heal.
Seek forgiveness. Offer it freely. Commit to love in action.
CALL TO ACTION
A warm, radiant call to humanity’s heart: rise through unity, forgiveness, and shared purpose. This piece anchors the article’s final message—our responsibility to act with compassion and courage together.
Share this message. Begin this practice. Advocate for:
✅ Universal Forgiveness
✅ Radical Acceptance
✅ Targeted Assistance
✅ Cross-Cultural Friendship
Together, let’s honor all consciousnesses.
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Illustrations
- “Circle of Voices”
Diverse individuals—representing different races, genders, and abilities—sitting in a circle, eyes closed, hands on hearts, a light connecting them. - “You Are Your People”
A person stands in front of a mirror, their reflection composed of ancestral figures behind them—tribal, modern, urban, queer, disabled, and so on—blending into one. - “Healing Between Groups”
Spirits of different cultural archetypes (Indigenous elder, disabled youth, LGBTQ+ artist, working-class laborer, etc.) gently exchanging gifts or clasping hands in mutual respect. - “The Universal Consciousness”
A luminous being composed of faces from many ethnicities and backgrounds floating above the Earth with energy radiating from its heart.
In the center of humanity’s great tapestry, you exist as a living bridge—woven from many lineages, voices, and perspectives. This image reminds us that our shared soul is diverse, radiant, and indivisible.
ACCEPT THE DISTINCTNESS OF OTHER GROUPS
This message invites you to view your group through the eyes of others. Through reflection and empathy, you open a path toward unity, evolving into a consciousness that honors all cultural identities.
DIALOGUE WITH OTHER GROUPS
Through courageous conversations and deep listening, we come to understand the pain we may have caused—and the healing we can offer. Dialogue opens the door to forgiveness and transforms love into action.
CALL TO ACTION
We are each called to help shape a more loving and conscious world. Through forgiveness, acceptance, support, and friendship, we rise together across cultures. Let this be our shared commitment.
HONOR ALL CONSCIOUSNESSES; MAKE AMENDS TO WOMEN, HANDICAPPED & MINORITIES; SHARE GIFTS; PERSONIFY YOUR GROUP.
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HONOR ALL CONSCIOUSNESSES; MAKE AMENDS TO WOMEN, HANDICAPPED & MINORITIES; SHARE GIFTS; PERSONIFY YOUR GROUP
by Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D., Anthropology, UCLA; M.A., Counseling Psychology, Dean, School of Counseling, Maui
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Subcultures, ethnic groups, social classes, and sexual categories have diverse customs and linguistic charts of reality; they thereby have unique contributions to humanity. You grow by accepting the worth of your subcultures and those of others. All‑Chakra Tantra directs you to identify with the consciousness of such groups.
First, consciously identify with your own group’s distinctness.
Next, accept the distinctness of other groups. Reflect on your group from their perspectives.
Let the various ethnic and cultural groups dialogue in your mind until you realize you are a consciousness that includes them all.
The exercise below is best done with several partners.
Recall the history of your people (subculture, class, or sexual category).
Imagine their struggles, challenges, and experiences from the beginning until now. Realize how they changed and how they stayed the same. Notice their unique gifts.
Be aware of what you, as the personification of your group’s heritage and experience, have to contribute to humanity.
Tell the others what you are like, what you want, what you need, and what you have to give the species. As the spirit of your people, speak earnestly with representatives of other ethnic, class & sexual categories.
As your group’s spirit, state your existence and potential contributions to humanity. Describe how you can work more effectively with other groups.
Please share this post and advocate for universal forgiveness, acceptance, assistance, and friendship.
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