Joyfully Just | Free Book
Liberating meditation practices drawn from Black cultural
traditions and Buddhism to bring forth courage, transform grief,
defeat injustice, and manifest joy
Many of us have come to think about justice as a
“struggle,” a cause to fight for in the world. But what if the work
of justice begins within? What if there were a way to find joy in
the journey toward justice?
With Joyfully Just,
Dr. Kamilah Majied offers an inspiring and unique approach to
overcoming injustice with joy, courage, and playful curiosity. She
shares many of the insights and experiences that gave rise to her
leadership as a joyful champion of contemplative approaches to
mental health and social justice.
Drawing on timeless
wisdom from Buddhism and Black traditions, Majied invites us to play
with different ways of being just toward ourselves and all life
around us. Here, we discover how to:
• Play with creative
and artistic practices to develop critical consciousness and become
more mindful, inclusive, and anti-racist
• Explore language as
a pathway to liberation and justice
• Unlearn and heal from
white supremacy, internalized racism, and other forms of oppression
and bias
By engaging with these practices, we are able to
access the freedom that comes with tearing off the restrictive
habits of privilege and internalized oppression as we allow our
bodies, hearts, minds, and souls to be liberated, unafraid, and
agentive in the world.
In The Press
“Powerful teachings in a powerful voice on every page. This book
arrives just in time to reboot and expand our collective understanding
of what an inclusively human, multicultural, multiracial dharma, in
all its universals and in all its beautifully differentiated ancestral
and cultural particulars, might look like. I will be living inside
this book for a long, long time.” —Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of
Full Catastrophe Living
“In a world so marked by
social hierarchies, oppression, and violence,
Joyfully Just stands as a beacon of hope and a call to action.
Dr. Majied’s approach to social justice is a refreshing and powerful
reminder that when we start within, we can create a more equitable and
compassionate world for ourselves and others. This book is a must-read
for anyone seeking a path to personal and collective liberation.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Trusting the Gold
“In Joyfully Just, Dr. Majied offers a creative
and liberative masterpiece, a pulsing testament to the richness and
strength of Black wisdom and Buddhism, dancing together for the
greater good. A book to savor, celebrate, and share broadly.” —Ruth King, author of Mindful of Race
“Reading this book, I
threw my arms in the air and said, Yes! Kamilah Majied offers us a
powerful gift: a reminder that in order to bend the arc we need fierce
compassion, love, and, yes, joy to move us to action, sustain our
commitment, and stay strong. Her refreshing understanding of justice
includes everyone, even that often overlooked one—ourself. She holds
up a wide range of contemplative practices from Buddhist and Black
traditions that help us get there: dance, music, poetry, and story as
well as meditation and prayer. Just reading this book will move you to
joyful action.” —Mirabai Bush, founder of The Center for
Contemplative Mind in Society, author of
Walking Each Other Home (with Ram Dass) and
Contemplative Practices in Higher Education (with Daniel
Barbezat)
“This book is a deep-wisdom treasure. Kamilah
intimately brings the reader into the heart of white supremacy,
clearly pointing out its blinders and harms, while introducing
practices to awaken and liberate us all. Simultaneously, she rekindles
the joy at the heart of this freedom, bringing a wholeness that
animates the heart and moves the body. Leading us to look personally
into our losses, she reminds us that gratitude and enjoyment of life
are essential elements of grieving well, returning us to love.” —Judith Simmer-Brown,
Naropa University
“Brimming with creative and illustrative
insights and connections, Kamilah Majied’s Joyfully Just shows
us what I have long thought to be true: that combining Black wisdom
with Buddhist insights presents us with a rich tapestry of what is
actually possible, namely, that there can be deep joy in the midst of
suffering even as we strive toward liberation. Joyfully Just is
a soulful and heartful guidebook for coming to know, and hence for
bringing forth, our innate joy and for expanding that joy out into our
world. Read this book with pride and with pleasure!” —Jan Willis,
author of Dreaming Me: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist
“Joyfully Just reveals the transformative power of
joy and its role in liberation from oppression. Combining wisdom from
Buddhist and Black cultural traditions, Dr. Majied provides a wealth
of accessible contemplative practices to help navigate a world full of
suffering. By encouraging us to embrace our natural, playful curiosity
and see the joy inherent in fighting injustice, she offers a vision of
a world with more compassion, greater resilience, and better tools to
face hardship and embrace our interconnectedness.” —Thomas Hübl, PhD,
author of Attuned and Healing Collective Trauma
“Joyfully Just is a transformative exploration of
meditation and social justice, encouraging readers to start within
themselves to address privilege, oppression, and equity. Majied’s book
intertwines contemplative practices and playful curiosity, guiding
readers toward liberating self-awareness and compassionate engagement
with the world.” —Angel Acosta, EdD, founder of the Acosta
Institute
“There is profound meaning that
Joyfully Just offers in describing all the practices that allow
‘the joy of facing injustice’ to emerge. Dr. Majied teaches us deeply
about possibilities of connecting personal change with the liberation
of social transformation.” —Larry Yang, author of
Awakening Together
“Dr. Majied’s book is a
lighthouse that illuminates the intricacies of human suffering and the
practices we can use to transform it. Joyfully Just helps us
navigate the waves of our collective experiences, beckoning us home
with the joy that is our true nature.” —Ofosu Jones-Quartey,
meditation teacher and musician
“Dr. Majied is someone whom
you are fortunate to be with, whether in person or in a book. Like all
of Dr. Majied’s work, Joyfully Just brings us to the deep joy
that comes from engaging in contemplative practices that turn us
toward inhumanity and injustice with courage, compassion, and a
beginner’s mind.” —Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, author of
From Mindfulness to Heartfulness
“Kamilah Majied is
our teacher in the Black wisdom of music, dance, and prayer that she
relates directly to Buddhist meditation. In this revolutionary new
book, she teaches us how to be joyful and just at the same time, and
she shows us that this is precisely the secret of the great social
activists, of the Black spiritual traditions, of a genuine and fierce
historical consciousness, and of the Buddhist teachings themselves. It
would be difficult to overestimate the importance of this message or
the compassion with which it is performed on the page.” —Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of How to Think Impossibly
“In
highlighting joy, Majied reminds us we can realize the power of joy’s
energy that heals and nourishes a deep resonance of justice: a justice
embodied in the fabric of our individual and collective lives.” —Larry Ward, PhD, author of America’s Racial Karma
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