Several of our principles call us towards freedom, towards compassion, towards right relationship with all life. And yet systems of oppression continue to thrive as humans grow more afraid of one another. Vietnamese Buddhist teacher Thich Naht Hanh reminds us that ‘We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness.’ African American Christian the Rev. James Cone wrestled with the Gospel, in 1970 writing A Black Theology of Liberation, placing the work and teachings of Jesus as central to the African American struggle for liberation. How do we liberate ourselves from that which holds us back? that which is oppressive? that which limits God’s love?