Leadership is a grave matter. I look back at the organizations I’ve been a part of and realize how Ego, Status seeking, and a lack of impeccability with the basic tenets of our Traditional Teachings have hindered our movement and unity.
I consider myself a pretty skilled person, but I often wonder what could be in our Indigenous Community Movements if these so-called leaders, warriors, and self-proclaimed medicine people I once worked with had humbled themselves even just a couple of notches, allowing room for us to still be working and creating with each other.
Some leaders I have worked with are very skilled martial artists; some have excellent academic knowledge, some are great organizers, and some are public speakers. But it all doesn’t mean shit when one is not on the continuous path to diminish their ego in all its forms and manifestations.
Without the willingness for humility and sincerity..muthafuckaz, no matter how skilled or gifted, are gambling with the well-being of the community they espouse to be protecting. They will ultimately fail and hurt the people.
If there were only one piece of advice I could pass on to those involved with any social justice movements, it would be this..
Constant effort is needed to dissipate the ego’s authority by stalking one’s thoughts and observing their various manifestations. Thus, space and strength are given for truth, clarity, and the full potential of creations.
No matter how badass or superior one thinks they are, they are just waiting to crumble if they don’t have a respectable level of humbleness.
If one is in a leadership position, one needs to be mindful of how one’s lack of effort to stalk oneself and keep one’s ego in check will ultimately hurt people and severely hinder the advancement of our Indigenous reclamation goals.
