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In Haitian spiritual practice, there is an emphasis on identifying the "wanga", which is the charm or off opening causing disturbance. That insight guides me. My work asks: what is actually acting on us, beneath the surface?
In business as in life, destruction can be productive - not as collapse, but as reorganization. My work explores how we can make change habitable, grounded in respect for experience, climate consciousness, ethical wealth, and collective meaning-making.
- Latin America teaches that there is no separation between society and nature, humans and non-humans. There is a focus on reciprocity and communalism, called convivialism. The path is sentipensar, active resistance to dispossession, war, and corruption.
- Qigong teaches that the body is the container of qi (vital energy), and houses shen (spirit/consciousness). if the container is damaged, qi leaks and shen becomes unsettled.
- Advaita Vedanta teaches that the body is not the Self, but it is the instrument of realization. To mistreat it is ignorance, with a root that can be uncovered. Care preserves clarity.
- Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayāna) teaches that the body is not just a tool, it is the path itself. Without warmth, gentleness, and containment, wisdom cannot stabilize.
Across lineages, the conclusion is the same: self-harm, in any sense of sacrifice, is not spirituality. Exhaustion is not devotion.