Hey everybody,
I know you haven't received a newsletter since June. We have been making a lot of changes. HYU is being updated & upgraded. The organizational plan has been in draft for 11 years & the focus is to complete it this year. It is now 30% complete & we're currently working on marketing, management & financial plans. 
In May, all current HYU members & participants were invited to a Community Engagement Focus group & the following is the advise given to us to use in our marketing plan:

• Have a social presence & promote spiritual principles
• Remind all of the benefits of practices & having more spiritual principles for self & future generation.
• Engage local community with door to door communication.
• Get a space for HYU
• Create an questionnaire that engages current members & invites them to participate in current services, programs, projects.
• Have consistent services & programs
• Use a digital platform that everyone is familiar with
• Add genealogy to self study journey
• Use a free offering formula ie a combination of class, gifts, entertainment & food

Click Here for more details on Community Engagement results
We also created a 6-month strategy plan for June-December & scheduled a follow up strategy session for Tybi Star Year 424/Janurary 2025. The objectives for the 6-month strategy plan is to:
1. Enhance Community Impact
Strengthen the effectiveness of our organization's initiatives to make a meaningful difference in our community's welfare and development.
2. Strengthen Management Team and Structure
Expand our managerial capacity by increasing the number of managers and implementing a cohesive team structure to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
3. Forge Strategic Partnerships
Foster collaborative alliances and community partnerships to expand resources, leverage expertise, and magnify the collective impact of our nonprofit's endeavors.

Here is a broke down of our strategy for the next 2 seasons:
Summer 2024: During this season we will recruit a few key volunteers, rebrand messaging for different target audiences, create an event strategy, review & establish partnership agreement/evaluation process for new partners & collaborators, optimize website, leverage social media, & recruit two (2) people for the leadership board
Fall 2024: During this season we will check in on summer assignments & complete all unfinished tasks, Increase HYU’s headcount by 2 roles, Develop focus groups and survey’s, review all task, start report of year & prep for strategy session in January

 HYU Operational Updates
We are currently still offering our 8-week self study journey. All will be receiving monthly check ins through text, email, mailing & flyers. Also expect to receive announcements about our 12th year celebration.
How you can participate &/or assistance
Request for Participation
1. Join our social media pages on linkedin, facebook, youtube. Links are below.
2. Join us monthly at a spiritual healthcare event (invites will arrive during check ins)
3. Complete spiritual health challenges
4. Start your 8-week self study journey (if you haven't already)

Request for your Assistance
We are in need of key volunteers: Grantwriter, Spiritual healthcare facilitators, Social media coordinator, event/volunteer coordinator

The Secret is Love. 
The secret to...
evolution, overcoming all issues, getting the answers from the universe, having patience with others, etc...
is Love.

Love is a universal cosmic energy & the key that opens all doors automatically. Emotions are connected to & utilize the universal cosmic energy of love. Our emotions are a part of all of our motivations but what are emotions?

In the following article I'll share with you the resources I collected from Dark Light Consciousness: Melanin, Serpent Power & the Luminous Matrix of Reality by  Dr. Edward Bynum & 7 Secrets of the Initiated by M. C. Sinclair.

​EMOTIONS
Emotions are biological states connected with the nervous system bought on by changes variously associated with thought, feelings & behavioral responses. Emotions are not negative or positive but  high & low vibration. When unexpressed, emotions appear as physical ailments such as swellings, clots, tumors, spasms, migraines, etc. When they are in flow you can express & experience them fully without the above effects. Expressing the emotions or expressing the Heart is experiencing the power of love. It is also the second secret of an initiate according to 7 Secrets of the Initiated. In the 7 Secrets, Sinclair shares that there are 5 basic emotions that all others originate from. The emotions are fear, anger, sadness, joy & compassion. 

Fear is an emotion induced by perceived danger or threat, which causes physiological changes and ultimately behavioral changes. Fear is often repressed & need to be expressed & released. Anger is a reaction to protect integrity of personal boundaries. Express anger to release compassion. Sadness is an emotional relaxation/release that occurs when expectations & wishes are not fulfilled. Express sadness & disappointment with life to release joy. Joy is the expansive energy of dynamic well-being. Joy cures, strengthens & restores confidence in the inner life. Compassion is experienced after fear, anger, sadness & joy is expressed. Compassion is being able to feel what another person feels while remaining detached. Compassion helps to make contact with the true emotions & expose the false ones.

In Dark Light Consciousness, Dr. Bynum speaks about the emotions being connected to the midbrain limbic system (amygdala, hippocampus, inferior temporal lobe, hypothalamus & other parts of the brain). The limbic system is considered a very old memory or system that's connected to human evolution. Dr. Jewel Pookrum speaks of the 7 Circuits of the Brain in which she explains that humans have evolves but still currently have each species inside of our brain i.e. insect, reptile, bird, mammal, fish, etc. Therefore, we humans didn't create emotions it's a memory coming from within.  

Emotions can sometimes get out of control & it does require us to get to know them, take control of them, learn to experience & express them when they occur.
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UNIVERSAL COSMIC ENERGY
Cosmic energy is one of the English translations of the Hindu term shakti. It refers to external spiritual energy and can also refer to prana, primal life force or the life energy that is the source of kundalini. Cosmic energy is thought to be a vital source that animates all forms of life and maintains the balance of the entire cosmos.

Cosmic energy is also known as the energy of Supreme Consciousness and Intelligence or even God. It is present everywhere at all times. People need this energy in order to maintain balance in their lives, and they can purposely receive it by practicing spirituality. It can also be received through breathing techniques, meditation, yoga, tai chi, or other similar exercises.
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EMOTIONS & UNIVERSAL COSMIC ENERGY
Do ye know ye are little God's? We are universal expression of the Supreme Consciousness. As shared above, fully experiencing & expressing the emotions allows freedom, flow & control. Since emotions are connected to the universal cosmic energy & cosmic energy is the supreme Intelligence, we must be in tune with it. We must align our emotions with the cosmic energy & be co-creators. Of course it is necessary to have spiritual or energetic discipline to activate, align & be in harmony in order to co-create.  

If you ready to test you connection to the cosmos through your emotions it is important to know the emotions & especially know what they are to you. I'll follow up next week with methods & exercises to release & get to know you emotions.

Be well,
Quafin

Method to the Madness
Last week I sent out a newsletter titled
"Mind Unleashed" & shared a perspective of what the mind is. Here's a sample of the newsletter:

"The mind is an energy field that encompasses the entire body to create & perceive thought."
Dr. Jewel Pookrum - Read more here.

The mind is deep & contains an unlimited energy supply. Getting to know the mind can assist with you getting to know your true, authentic self.

Your true self  is buried or hidden within you life's story (birth, childhood, puberty, maturity & death). Your true self is governed by instinct and you must understand how the instincts developed.

Here are some methods to clearing the mind
get a diary/journal | write an autobiography | write letters about yourself | Write to family & friends, associates | free yourself of the past to be in the present | consult your natural teachers (mother, father, yourself, society, universe).

To keep it short & sweet you must....
"Know Thyself"

Quafin A.
P.S. Our theme this year is Spirituality In Action. HYU-SIA is a practice & reminder of our connection & responsibility to self, family, community, nature & all of existence. You can start with utilizing HYU resources to study self. Check in with us & share your story of what you discovered about yourself.