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Bvdij. Mind and Spirit
Bv Jov
R amos
A New Year sym bolizes fresh
beginnings and sell-renew al II is a
nine where we can live genuinely
with a higher purpose.
I met a new friend in class. The
instructor asked her to introduce her-
sell She proudly proclaim ed, "M y
name is Zakiyah I pronounced Za kee
yah) Z u ri." W hen she said that, it
brought up an image in my m in d 's
eye of a spiritual w arrior w om an
highly respected in her A frican vil­
lage. I associated the nam e with the
quality o f inner strength. She said
that her name meant Intelligent anil
Just How beautiful
Z a k iy a h 's fo rm e r n am e w as
Priscilla This was too lim iting for
her
She worked on letting go o f angry,
m ilitant attitudes about being cu ltu r­
ally violated as an A frican A m eri­
can A nger is useless. I am so m uch
bigger than the cultural inflictions,”
she explains
Priscilla began to seek an identity
out ofdi vine discontent. In her search,
she found the Sarset teachings. "I
em bracedaeom m unity that furthered
my w hole identity process. I becam e
peaceful and very happy. I under­
stood what I endured. I understood
em otions that held me back spiritu­
ally," she says.
Invoking A frican ancestors, ritu ­
alizing. and honoring her H igher Self
gives her a sense ol belonging. It w as
as 11 she cam e hom e to som ething
that has alw ays been a part o f her but
forgotten Her return to her cultural
and spiritual 'ro o ts’ brought her Self-
Surya Bonaly Skates in W inter Tour
TBS Superstation kicks off Black History M onth by tea-
uring five-tim e European cham pion (1991-1995) and three-
ime world silver-m edalist (1 9 9 3 -1995) Surya Bonaly in the
Champions On Ice W inter Tour. I he show is part of a multi
/ear agreem ent with Y o m C o llin s E nterprises, and will make
is television debut on TBS Superstation Sunday, Feb. I . at 9
aw areness full circle. She wishes o th ­
ers could sim ilarly return to their
• source’ by gaining identity and worth
within.
P riscilla underw ent a ritual in
honor of her destiny. M att (p ro ­
nounced May O t) w as the deity in
charge ol her destiny. It is her pur­
pose in this lifetim e to know truth
and justice. There was singing to the
deity and chanting w ords o f Powei
T he A frican ancestors were asked to
join along in this process. She sat
around while people chanted and o th­
ers prayed with the ancestors. Priscilla
was asked to keep her head down to
sym bolize alignm ent o f Mind with
Spirit. A 'siste r' who was in trance
uttered her new name. Her spiritual
j.m.
French-born Bonaly has dom inated the French N ational
Cham pionships w inning seven consecutive years from 1991
o 1997. She is an O lym pic-hopeful and expected to com pete
in the 1998 W inter O lym pics in Nagano.
T h e tw o -h o u r C h a m p io n s O n Ice, w h ich fe a tu re s an
in te rn a tio n a l field o t O ly m p ic and w o rld c h a m p io n
sk a te rs, w ill be a p a rt of D e s tin a tio n S u n d a y , TBS
S u p e r s ta tio n ’s w e e k ly fo u r-h o u r b lo c k fe a tu rin g n a ­
tional G e o g ra p h ic E x p lo re r an d a p re m ie re S u p e rsta tio n
ev en t.
J o in in g B o n a ly is th r e e -tim e U .S . C h a m p io n an d
O ly m p ic g o ld m e d a lis t D o ro th y H a m ill, m a k in g h er
firs t a p p e a ra n c e on th e S u p e r s ta tio n ; la d ie s O ly m p ic
c h a m p io n O k sa n a B a iu l; la d ie s O ly m p ic an d w o rld
s ilv e r m e d a lists N an cy K e rrig a n and E liz a b e th M a n ley ;
m e n 's O ly m p ic and w o rld c h a m p io n s B rian B o ita n o
an d V ik to r P e tre n k o ; U .S . n a tio n a l c h a m p io n R udy
G a lin d o ; tw o -to n e O ly m p ic b ro n z e m e d a lis ts Isa b e lle
B ra s s e u r an d L lo y d E is le r; fiv e -tim e U .S . n a tio n a l
p a irs c h a m p io n s a n d w o rld p a irs c h a m p io n s I ai
B a b ilo n ia an d R an d y G a rd n e r; an d O ly m p ic d a n c e
s ilv e r m e d a lis ts M a ta U so v a an d A le x a n d re Z h u lin .
A lso perform ing are 1994 O lym pic dance cham pions
O ksana G rishuk and E vgeny Platov. Grishuk and Platov are
also olym pie-eligible and are expected to com pete in N agano
in 1998.
V eteran figure skating announcer Verne L undquest hosts
the event and isjoined by O lym pic pairs silver m edalist Peter
g u id e fo llo w e d su it. T he nam e
Z akiyah was chanted for two hours
straight w hile drum s played.
“ I felt born again. My m indset
and body was different. There was a
light around me that grew in radiance
like a w alnut with rays o f sun com ing
out o f it. I went from dead to living."
she rem arked.
C hanging your nam e gives a per­
son a sense o f identity. Zakiyah adds
th a t,‘‘W hen you cal I upon som eone’s
nam e.it is bringing forth a character­
istic in themselves. It illum inates their
being. W ords are Power. II you have
a nam e with substance, it stim ulates
that pat o f a p erso n ’s being. In e s­
sence, it is a com plim ent from other
people.”
Z a k iy a h renam ed her son
Zuheri. The new name reflects his
life ’s purpose. Z u b e ri means
Strength and Giving Help.
C arruthers. C ham pions On Ice is created and produced by
Tom C ollins, producer o f the w orld fam ous Tour ol World
Figure Skating C ham pionships.
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Family Needs
Community Help
To Recover
A fam ily b urned out o f their
Milwaukie rental home three days be­
fore Christmas needs the com m unity s
help to get back on their feet.
Nancy and AI Richardson and their
three children were burned out of
their N eedham Drive hom e on D e­
cem ber 22. They now need shelter,
food, and financial help.
T he C ausey A venue branch o f US
Bank has established The Richardson
Fam ily Fund D onation A ccount to
accept donations. Funds will be ac­
cepted at any US Bank Branch.
Citizens
Needed to
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Children
C itiz e n s are n e e d e d to im p a c t
c h ild ab u se and ju v e n ile d e l i n ­
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