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  • Ashtanga Guided 3/4 Primary Series for Hip Opening [Subscription]

    Eka inhale. Dve exhale. Subscribe to practice with us. Can be streamed to your television.

  • Good Morning Energizing Yoga Flow. Warm Up the Whole Body. [Subscription]

    An energizing good morning yoga stretch to warm up the whole body and prepare for an amazing and focused day. Subscribe for full access. Can be streamed to your television.

  • The Best Ways to Help Victims of Hurricanes Helene & Milton #disasterrelief

    Some best practices. What are they best ways to help people recovering from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton? Some best practices. American Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/donate/dr/hurricanes-milton-helene.html/ Salvation Army: https://give.helpsalvationarmy.org/give/166081/#!/donation/checkout Rebuilding Together: https://rebuildingtogether.org/disaster-response-hurricane-helene All Faiths Food Bank: https://allfaithsfoodbank.org/?form=FUNHCEGQFRF Direct Relief: https://donate.directrelief.org/give/406660/#!/donation/checkout United Way of Florida https://uwof.networkforgood.com/projects/18659-united-way-of-florida-disaster-response-fund Liveology® creates uplifting content and products for abundant life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Shop our natural wellness products and spiritual apparel! Subscribe  for access to our wealth of articles and videos on victorious living. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • The Gibeonites Save Themselves by Trickery | Joshua 9

    Now therefore you are cursed. The Books of the Bible The Book of Joshua The Gibeonites Save Themselves by Trickery 9:1 Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon—the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—heard of this, 2 they gathered together with one accord to fight Joshua and Israel. 3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 4 they on their part acted with cunning: they went and prepared provisions, and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended, 5 with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes; and all their provisions were dry and moldy. 6 They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the Israelites, “We have come from a far country; so now make a treaty with us.” 7 But the Israelites said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a treaty with you?” 8 They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?” 9 They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country, because of the name of the LORD your God; for we have heard a report of him, of all that he did in Egypt, 10 and of all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, King Sihon of Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth. 11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey; go to meet them, and say to them, “We are your servants; come now, make a treaty with us.” ’ 12 Here is our bread; it was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey, on the day we set out to come to you, but now, see, it is dry and moldy; 13 these wineskins were new when we filled them, and see, they are burst; and these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.” 14 So the leaders a partook of their provisions, and did not ask direction from the LORD. 15 And Joshua made peace with them, guaranteeing their lives by a treaty; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. 6 But when three days had passed after they had made a treaty with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and were living among them. 17 So the Israelites set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. 18 But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders. 19 But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we must not touch them. 20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that wrath may not come upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.” 21 The leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders had decided concerning them. 22 Joshua summoned them, and said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ while in fact you are living among us? 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall always be slaves, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.” 24 They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; so we were in great fear for our lives because of you, and did this thing. 25 And now we are in your hand: do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us.” 26 This is what he did for them: he saved them from the Israelites; and they did not kill them. 27 But on that day Joshua made them hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to continue to this day, in the place that he should choose. New Revised Standard Version Liveology® Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Our entire website is an interactive experience. You never know what you'll find! Become a Member  for access to all of our visualizations and our exclusive library of articles and videos. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Pineapples!

  • The Very Thing that Held You Back will Carry You Up! World Mental Health Day.

    Flip the script. Today, on World Mental Health Day, I wanted to offer a word of encouragement that the very thing that brought you down can be the thing to catapult you to new heights! Recounting the story of Dumbo as well as some reflections on Paul's thorn in the flesh and how our greatest weakness can actually become our greatest strength. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Liveology® creates uplifting content and products for abundant life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Shop our natural wellness products and spiritual apparel! Subscribe  for access to our wealth of articles and videos on victorious living. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • You Don’t Need a Crystal Ball or Tarot Cards. All You Need is...

    There are many spirit Spirits, family. Not all of them are the Holy Spirit - so we have to be Discerning and very clear about which spirit is giving us information. You don't need a magic 8 ball, a crystal ball, or tarot cards in order to discern wisdom from "the universe." All you need is to pray to God. It's literally that simple. The problem is many people aren't willing to humble themselves and bow down to God the Most High, the infinite intelligence that created the universe and ourselves in prayer. Transcription Peace, family my name is Christina Victoria and the word of the day is: you do not need a magic eight ball family. You do not need a crystal ball. You do not need tarot cards. All you need - it's so simple, it's so simple some of y'all can't catch it. All you need is to pray. I know I know I know I know I know it sounds so difficult. Y'all want to do every single other thing under the sun except for pray but I'm here to tell somebody that you don't need all of that okay. All of that is extraneous, unnecessary and all you really need to get wisdom to tap in I promise you is to pray and to sit quietly. I'm going to just walk through these steps real quick. But before I get into this as always I love you guys wishing you abundant life, love, joy, peace, and prosperity family but not only to you to your loved ones to your communities and even to them folk. And with that let's get into this one. There are many spirit Spirits, family. There are many spirits. Not all of them are the Holy Spirit - so we have to be Discerning and very clear about which spirit is giving us information. So I like to watch a lot of YouTubers. Obviously I do YouTube, I like to watch YouTube, and I like to watch different people who do positive inspirational messages, Christian stuff, different type of people, and I saw one in particular who I was enjoying her message to some degree and you always have to test the spirit. You have to test the spirit because listen. There are many spirit Spirits, family. There are many spirits. Not all of them are the Holy Spirit - there are many and so we have to be Discerning and very clear about which spirit is giving us information, in which Spirit we are we are trying to communicate with. And so I'm watching somebody. She's sitting in her car doing a talk you know similar to the way I do it and then she said something about some type of tarot card that she pulled and then whatever that's supposed to mean and I immediately just clicked off of it. Yeah this is not someone I need to be listening to because here's the thing. I'm not talking about this as like these people are evil, bad. I'm talking about this as as a way to really understand how to discern spirits and how to talk to God yourself. There there's nothing mystical or magical about it. It's truly not. I am not a prophet. I'm not a psychic. I am not any of these things. I pray, and it's really that simple. So whenever you see somebody and they're like, "I pulled a card and it was the so and so of Swords or whatever and it means this, and I looked in my little book and it told me like this is what this means," what that means is that that person is not in touch with God the Most High it's that simple. When you sit and pray, you are simply consulting with the highest possible Consciousness, the Creator of all things, the wisdom behind science and mathematics, the most powerful possible Computer. A lot of people think of God just of the Bible and they think it's like this weird mystical thing that they can't access on their own okay, but like understand all I'm talking about is the infinite wisdom of the universe, the infinite wisdom regardless of whether you believe in god of the Bible or whatever. You have to understand that something created this. Something had the the the wisdom to create mathematics and physics and chemistry, and so the infinite wisdom that created yourself and all things, that created you know the the matrix within which we live, the air that we breathe, that thing whatever you want to call that I call that God the Most High you know has knowledge and awareness of all things. You could think of it as a computer or as a Consciousness, whatever, the highest most possible Consciousness, the most powerful possible computer when you sit and pray you are simply consulting with that and it's amazingly simple y'all it's amazingly simple. It's deceptively simple. And I think we like to complicate things in our humanness, to try to think we have to do this or do that to try to get information. Y'all let me tell you if you didn't catch it already. All you have to do is - Look you don't need a magic eight ball you don't need to be like should I do this and then shake the ball and then it'll be like come back later and then you shake the ball and you just keep shaking it until you get the answer you want. It's not like that y'all all you do is just sit quietly and ask God what should I do ? Give me clarity of mind. Give me wisdom. Tell me which direction should I go. Should I go this way or should I go that way? And it's like literally that simple and then you ask your questions and you sit in the quietness. Ask God, "what should I do? Give me clarity of mind. Give me wisdom. Tell me which direction should I go. Should I go this way or should I go that way?" You sit in the quietness and you might have to sit in the quietness for a few minutes. You might not get your answer immediately right, but in time you will get a very clear answer that will say go this way or go that way. You don't need a crystal ball. You don't need to do any weird divination. You don't need tarot cards, like come on family. Y'all don't need to do all of that, and y'all need to stop consulting people who do that, because you don't know what energy they're coming out of, and as I said if someone is feeling the need to do all of that to find information, that literally means they're unable to consult God the Most High for whatever reason. There's a barrier that's preventing them either in their ego or in their pride or in their feeling of their own power that they refuse to bow down to God and ask God for information and so it's just not benef beneficial to any of us to consult with with people like that when all you need to do is pray yourself family. It's literally that simple. And so God put this on my heart to just show y'all you don't need a crystal ball, you don't need a magic eight ball you don't need cards or any of that. All you need to do is come to God humbly approach the throne of God in prayer and ask what it is that you want. And so I just have this one quick scripture I wanted to read to you all it's from Matthew 7:7-8. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." And so like it's not like a maybe I'll get my answer and I have to take it into my own hands until then no 100% you will get your answer and God will listen to you and God will response to you and give you what you need and it's literally that simple And so as always, I love you guys. Thank you all for watching. I hope that you have a happy and healed, miraculous day. Please make sure to comment something, even if it's just a hello just to let me know that you were here, and as always, I love you guys and I will see you on the next one. Peace. Liveology® creates uplifting content and products for abundant life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Shop our natural wellness products and spiritual apparel! Subscribe  for access to our wealth of articles and videos on victorious living. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • Not Everything is Equally Beneficial. Guard Your Mind. [Bible Study]

    There is a spiritual battle going on for our minds, hearts, and souls. There is a spiritual battle going on for our minds, hearts, and souls. Just watch the news media or listen to the radio and you will observe conflicting information, seeking to sway us in this direction or that. So how do we know which way to go? A quick Bible study. 1 Corinthians 6:12 Glorify God in Body and Spirit 12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Philippians 4: 6-8 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Meditate on These Things 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Liveology® creates uplifting content and products for abundant life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Shop our natural wellness products and spiritual apparel! Subscribe  for access to our wealth of articles and videos on victorious living. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • Is This the Apocalypse? Why It's a Good Thing...for Some of Us.

    Apocalypse comes from the Greek word meaning to uncover, unveil, reveal, or come to light. Apocalypse comes from the Greek word meaning to uncover, unveil, reveal, or come to light. The book of Revelation is named Apokalypsis in Greek and could also be called Unveiling or Uncovering. This means that the "end times" or the apocalypse is simply things that were hidden coming to light, and the light coming back in the midsts of spiritual darkness. Transcription Peace family my name is Christina Victoria and I am back with another one. It is it's the apocalypse! ahh! No I'm serious, but you should not be afraid. I'm dead serious. Yes the apocalypse is upon us, but why you should not be afraid. Maybe there's a couple people who should be afraid, but I'll let you know what to do about it. As always, I love you guys. Wishing you abundant life, love, joy, peace, and prosperity family but not only to you to your loved ones to your communities and even to them folk. So um I'm laughing because the word apocalypse is such a heavy word and you know we see these movies talking about the apocalypse and you know the the end of the world and the end of the Earth and all these catastrophes that are going to happen, and if you are a Christian if you are in the Christian world, then you understand that there's quite a few of us who feel that the end times are upon us. We may be in some some point of the Book of Revelation because things that were foretold in the Bible are beginning to come to pass, which is why we feel that way. Good being called evil, evil being called good, people inventing new ways to sin, all kind of different thing, the wars in the Middle East. There's a lot of different things that are causing people to believe that we might be in the end times and so I didn't want to do this to scare you guys but to actually give you guys hope and optimism about what it actually means to be in the apocalypse and by going into just what the meaning of the word is. The Book of Revelation, if you're not familiar with it, is the last book of the Bible. It's the last book of the the gospel of the New Testament, and it's written by a man named John about a vision that he had where he was seeing Jesus our Christ, who's also called the Messiah, the person who foretold by the Jews to be the Messiah, the Savior. He had a vision of Jesus and he was giving given information about all the different churches about the Believers what's going to happen at these end times and so this isn't a story meant to scare us it's meant to help us and give us hope and to let us know what's going to happen as these things come to pass so that we're not unprepared. So this isn't to scare you guys all but the word revelation really comes from the word apocalypsis which is a Greek word. All of the New Testament was written in Greek and the Book of Revelation was written in Greek. The word revelation actually comes from the word apocalypsis which means uncovering unveiling revealing or Revelation and so the word revelation that we call that book it could also be called unveiling or it could also be called uncovering it could also be called bringing things to life and so when we look at this year in particular, and I'm not trying to I'm not trying to hurt anybody's feelings, but when we see things like Diddy and certain pastors, things are coming to light that that have been hidden and this has been something that's been happening, that's been coming on - it's not just in 2024 - it's something that's been happening over the past couple of years and I believe it will continue to happen. This is a great uncovering. There was a covering, an illusion that we were all living under. The wool was pulled over our eyes in some ways and there are some people who who enjoyed that, some people who like to live in the shadows, who who liked pulling the wool over people's eyes because that allowed them to operate in secret and in hiding. What's happening is these things are being revealed. The word of God says, For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. (Luke 12: 2-3) And so all that's happening is the light has come the light is coming back to us. For whatever reason, we were in kind of like a not a dark ages you know we have all this technology, but we've been in a spiritual dark ages, a spiritual Darkness where we've begun to think as humans that our our Earthly power our ability to make things supersedes God and all that's happening is that God is letting us know that no, God is who God is, the I Am that I Am. The Light of God is real and there's nothing that we can do about it there's no power there's no human there's no money that can supersede God's abilities and God's power, and so all that's happening with the apocalypse is that that which has been hidden is coming to light. That's why we're seeing this Mass Awakening across the world of people coming to Enlightenment on different ways coming to truth coming to understanding and it's not just one person it's many of us at once coming to understanding of things. Those people who've been acting in the shadows and doing you know secret dealings and doing things in the in the back rooms in the dark rooms and then playing something different the light are being revealed. That's why these pastors are getting exposed because they thought that they could live a double life live one way over here but live this way over here, and everything is coming together. There's no there's no this and that it's everything is coming together as one, which is why in this time authenticity is king. Authenticity is king just being yourself is King being true to yourself being honest being open is king right now. Believers, this is why you don't have to be afraid. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5: 14-16) And so this is what you have to understand. When you are a person of the light, this is a good this is a good thing, the apocalypse is actually awesome. If you are a person of the light, if you love God, and if you have and if you have turned your turned away from your wickedness and prayed and ask God to heal anything that's been hidden, heal anything that's been negative and bad in your life, it will be done for you, and you will be a person of the light. We ask for love and light to abound. When you live in the light and you let your light shine, the apocalypse is great because all we're doing is coming into the light that's all that's happening, but if you are someone who has been living in the darkness and has been living a double life and lying and deceiving and doing things like that, yeah this is going to be really really scary for you, but there's always good news. You can always turn your face back to God and come into the light and there's an opportunity for everyone. Everyone will have the opportunity to come into the light. Everyone will have multiple opportunities. The problem is that some people want to live in their own power and their own belief in their own selves and they refuse to bow down to God the Most High and so those are the people that are going to be real scared but they also have a chance to turn around. This is actually an optimistic message that the apocalypse is a good thing. All it is is everything coming to light everything that was hidden being unveiled, being uncovered, and when you live in the light, when you bask in the light, that is a good thing. And so this is just encouragement for anyone who has not yet the light to really seek God's face and to think about if you've been living in the darkness how do you come into the light and it's actually easier than you might think. As always I love you guys I thank you so much for watching my videos and for um as I give you well wishes for giving well wishes back to me I I appreciate you all so much if you're here please make sure to just say Hello by just leaving a comment even if it's a little hand wavy Emoji I'm just to let me know that you were here as always I wish that you would have a happy and healed truly miraculous day and I will see you on the next one. Peace. Liveology® creates uplifting content and products for abundant life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Shop our natural wellness products and spiritual apparel! Subscribe  for access to our wealth of articles and videos on victorious living. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • Lessons on Non-Violence from Soldiers of Peace: Gandhi + Martin Luther King, Jr. | Christina V. Mills

    Happy International Day of Non-Violence! On this International Day of Non-Violence, celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti in India, I wanted to highlight some lessons on non-violence from soldiers of peace, including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Liveology® creates uplifting content for abundant life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Shop our natural wellness products and spiritual apparel! Become a Member  for access to all of our visualizations and our exclusive library of articles and videos. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • Lessons I Learned on my Epic Spiritual Journey. #PK #TheProdigal | Christina V. Mills

    God said, "You owe me 5 years." What is salvation and why does it matter? I have been on an epic spiritual journey exploring different spiritual traditions, and while there is certainly benefit in many different practices it became undeniable for me that there is no god like God the Most High and no entity able to save us from our afflictions like Christ Jesus. Plus why God told me I owe Him 5 years of sharing the gospel. Get used to this cute face. You’ll be seeing me for awhile, family! Liveology® creates uplifting content and products for abundant life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Shop our natural wellness products and spiritual apparel! Subscribe  for access to our wealth of articles and videos on victorious living. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • Keys to Success: “Leave the Party 30 Minutes Before the Devil Gets There.” Brandon T. Jackson Quotes Denzel

    Keys for success from one of the most successful actors in Hollywood, Denzel Washington. Liveology® creates uplifting content and products for abundant life. Shop our all natural bodycare, handmade products, and spiritual apparel! Subscribe  for access to our wealth of articles and videos on victorious living. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Love!

  • The Contract with Black America Summary with PDFs

    To finally create the “more perfect union” all Americans deserve. Information : The Contract with Black America was released and promoted by rapper Ice Cube in 2020. As Cube decided to work across the aisle to help Black Americans, he received both praise and backlash from various groups. Though the Democratic party, has historically received upwards of 90% of the Black vote, Cube was contacted by both parties to discuss the document. Indicating that he was willing to work with both parties, Cube advised the Republican Trump Administration on how to address the needs of the Black community. Soon thereafter, Cube's scheduled appearance on Chris Cuomo's show on CNN was canceled amid backlash from Democrats. Cube said via X, " They all lie and they all cheat but we can’t afford not to negotiate with whoever is in power or our condition in this country will never change. Our justice is bipartisan. “ He continued, "I will advise anybody on the planet who has the power to help Black Americans close the enormous wealth gap." Ice Cube also launched the Contract with Black America Institute (CWBA) with Jeff Kwatinetz. In 2022, the NFL pledged $100 million to assisting with the CWBA's efforts to support black-owned businesses. THE CONTRACT WITH BLACK AMERICA (SUMMARY): (2020) As citizens and lawmakers both, we are joining to demand the Contract with Black America be addressed immediately to finally create the “more perfect union” all Americans deserve. As such, it is time for a complete paradigm shift in how we run our institutions and operate our country. The problems facing America are too deep and wide to simply reform one area or another. Long-lasting solutions demand a comprehensive thorough “rethink” of America so that each new approach in each area supports the success of the others. This Contract with Black America will provide conceptual approaches in several areas. Darrick Hamilton, in the Preface to the Contract, says “This Contract with Black America strikes at the heart of racism and presents a blueprint to achieve racial economic justice. It was written in the backdrop of the killing of George Floyd, which set off a wave of protests not seen since the Civil Rights Era of the 1950’s and '60’s, and a global pandemic in which the Black mortality rate is more than double the White rate and in which 45% (nearly half) of Black-owned businesses closed. That the impact of something presumably random,such as a pandemic, however catastrophic, can be so linked to one's racial identity is highly problematic – and further evidence that, as a nation, we are failing miserably. This links to a larger political and economic vulnerability, whether we’re in a pandemic or not:the immoral devaluation of Black lives has been ingrained in America's political economy and is long overdue for a reckoning. This Contract with Black America is a patriotic pathway to promote our shared prosperity and achieve racial economic justice.” Ambassador Andrew Young is equally supportive. “The Pandemic has revealed to us the importance of the essential worker of which many are minorities. We can grow no stronger without improving the sustainability of those at the bottom of the economic pyramid. The Contract for Black America is a comprehensive step toward an action plan that addresses the future stability of minorities and essential workers across the nation.” To address racial inequality, after reading the Contract with Black America, we the undersigned agree to support and demand an open debate and a clear and fair vote within the first 100 days of the 117th Congress in 2021 on the following proposals to be codified into specific bills: 1. Bill to Guarantee Black Opportunity and Representation. Adopt a plan of “Neo-Reconstruction” to redress past wrongs systematically imposed on Black Americans economically throughout many generations that has resulted in a “wealth gap” where the average White family has 10x the wealth of a Black Family. In addition to some of the economic initiatives listed below, also formally apologize to Black Americans for past discrimination and slavery. Additionally Black opportunity and representation will include: Affirmative Action in schools public and private; per student funding in states on an equal basis instead of paid by local property taxes; Black representation on all government civil rights bodies; civil rights classes mandatory in elementary schools; Gerrymandering reform; additional polling places in Black and minority neighborhoods; Juneteenth to become a Federal holiday. 2. Bank Lending Reform. Bank lending will be regulated to require banks to lend a percentage of all loan and credit categories on an equal basis to the Black population each Bank serves. However, the minimum threshold must yearly meet the percentage equal to the national Black population (currently approximately 13.4%). Rates on Black loans federally and from banks to be same average rates as Whites. 3. Federal Funding of “Baby Bonds”. Pass federal program providing every child with a government funded trust account at birth starting with a $1,000 contribution. As proposed by Senator Booker and Representative Pressley, accounts to be managed by the Treasury and only those born into lower-wealth families would receive more contributions each year up to $46,500 total. At age 18 access to the funds allowed but use restricted to asset enhancing actions such as buying homes, starting businesses and funding education. 4. Federal Reserve and Government Pensions. For qualified Black Americans, Federal Reserve to allow a one-time interest free loan for home ownership. The Fed to ensure Banks and institutions it oversees comply with Bank Lending Reform. Fed to adopt Modern Monetary Theory with goal of Full Employment and avoidance of Actual Inflation. Federal and State pension funds control over a trillion dollars. They must allocate 13.4% of their investments into Black owned enterprises and businesses. Venture Capital and Private Equity funds that take money public entities must invest 13.4% of their total funds in Black owned businesses. 5. Finance Oversight. A Banking Commission (or even a Cabinet or Sub-Cabinet post) will be set up to overlook and report on Black and minority lending, housing ownership and mortgages, and enforcement of items 2 and 3 above. Such authority will also oversee and audit federal programs such as Economic Opportunity Zones and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to determine who is benefiting from disbursement of such funds. Will provide for a transparent reporting mechanism for abuses to economic programs designed to benefit communities in need. 6. Personal Data and Credit. Most states publicly release bulk data about arrestees unchecked. Like the 1970 Fair Credit Reporting Act regarding credit data, there must be guidelines regarding arrest records that allow similar privacy and accuracy protections and the right to dispute and correct inaccurate data. Credit services will be reformed to mandate consideration of individual consumer data on rent, utility, cellphone, and other like bill payments. 7. Prison Reform. Privately run prisons will be abolished, prison labor disallowed without consent, and nonviolent offenders incarcerated for 10 years or longer will be freed if good behavior standards met. All prisoners for marijuana possession freed. First offense for illegal drug use or possession to require government payment for entry into an approved drug rehabilitation program rather than imprisonment. Once any prisoner completes sentence, voting rights are restored. 8. Judicial Reforms. Eliminate mandatory minimums and three strike laws. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice reformed through stricter guidelines and greater oversight over police departments. DOJ can be sued for non-compliance. Lynching to become a federal hate crime and the Ku Klux Klan declared a terrorist organization. 9. Police Reform Act. Police reforms will be implemented in an expansive act that will at minimum include: Elimination of Qualified Immunity; requirement of mandatory malpractice insurance for police officers; make municipalities liable for unconstitutional actions by police; mandatory use of dashboard and body cams; elimination of chokeholds and “no-knock” warrants; establishment of residency requirements, de-escalation training, and requirement to update training; severe penalties for evidence tampering including withholding DNA. A federal database of police and disciplinary records established and made public and once fired for cause cannot be rehired. Creation of Office of Independent Prosecutors to solely focus on prosecuting police accused of wrongdoing. Other reforms as listed in greater detail in the Contract with Black America. 10. FCC Licensing of public airwaves. Broadcast networks will be required to air Black produced content equal to 20% of the total content on the network as measured by time. 11. Confederate Monuments and Institutions. Elimination of all Confederate statues and uses or displays of Confederate flags on government grounds or property with public access. Rename all streets, schools, public structures, etc. named after Confederate soldiers or leaders. A memorial will be built in Washington D.C. to victims of police excessive force. 12. AJP Program for Education and Jobs. Adoption of AJP, A Public/Private program that provides access to jobs and education and/or training for people willing to put in the work and commitment. 13. Black Responsibility. Chronic poverty creates an atmosphere full of negativity, frustration, hopelessness, depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, crime, and violence. These are some of conditions that plague the Black Community which is dealing with extreme generational poverty. As we begin to gain social and economic equality it is our duty to clean up ourselves and our community. This contract is a 2-way street. As we gain social and economic equality, we must begin to dissolve any bitterness in our hearts for past wrongs. We must become better citizens who are more productive on all levels of American society. We really must step up after we pass the Contract with Black America with no more excuses left in the kiddie. Our entertainers should be persuaded to deliver more positive content that leads our youth to make better choices in life. A new pride must develop with these new opportunities and we must fight against negativity, frustration, hopelessness, depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, crime, and violence. We hereby pledge our names to supporting this Contract with Black America: What is your opinion on The Contract with Black America? Let us know in the comments below. Christina V. Mills is the creator of Liveology® Yoga Studios & Magazine and our products. She is a lifelong spiritual seeker, writer, and yoga teacher. Follow her on Instagram @morelifemoreyoga. Liveology® Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life, drawing from spiritual traditions across the world. Our entire website is an interactive experience. You never know what you'll find! Become a Member  for access to all of our visualizations and our exclusive library of articles and videos. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Pineapples!

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