The mystics always get there first.
In the 1300s, Hafiz wrote that gender prejudices were a “mighty joke” since on a spiritual level we are all connected, all One.
Only now is the message rising to the surface in popular culture.
This week I co-hosted a small viewing party for my friend Ivory Aquino.
She’s one of the breakout stars of the ABC Miniseries WHEN WE RISE, acting alongside the likes of Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, and Rachel Griffiths, with special guest stars like Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell.
You can learn more about her incredible story as a transgender actress getting the part in this week’s PEOPLE magazine HERE.
And Click HERE to see her featured on NIGHTLINE:
Given the current climate, the fact that this series is on a major network is incredibly powerful.
I invite and encourage everyone to watch it on-demand or Hulu and spread the word, especially with those for whom this is new information.
As Hafiz wrote 700 years ago, the things that separate us are our illusions.
In fact, he reminds us constantly that all of us are ….
THE SUN IN DRAG
You are God hiding from yourself.
Remove all the “mine”–that is the veil.
Why ever worry about anything?
Listen to what your friend Hafiz
Knows for certain;
The appears of this world
Is a Magi’s brilliant trick, though its affairs are
Nothing into nothing.
You are a Divine Elephant with Amnesia
Trying to live in an Ant Hole.
Sweetheart, O sweetheart
You are God in Drag!
