Article: "I'm a citizen of the universe": Gloria Anzaldua's spiritual activism as catalyst for social change.(Critical essay)

With awe and wonder you look around, recognizing the preciousness of the earth, the sanctity of every human being on the planet, the ultimate unity and interdependence of all beings-somos todos un pais. Love swells in your chest and shoots out of your heart chakra, linking you to everyone/everything .... You share a category of identity wider than any social position or racial label. This conocimiento motivates you to work actively to see that no harm comes to people, animals, ocean-to take up spiritual activism and the work of healing.

--Gloria E. Anzaldua,

"now let us shift ... the path of conocimiento ... inner work, public acts"

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