Life and Libya

Dear Blog Readers,

First I must apologize for my absence here on the web lately. The last two years have been a time of transition for me. After almost a decade of personal development, the study of humanitarian ethics and having the privilege to work closely with the leadership at NXIVM, I find myself equipped with excellent tools to help humanity and new, challenging opportunities to apply all I have learned.

At the beginning of August 2011 I was invited by Basit Igtet to join him on a boat taking humanitarian aid to Libya. We had spent 3 days together speaking of ethics, humanity, and our shared concern for the state of the world and of humanity in general. Basit is a Libyan National, a Muslim, who has lived in political exile most of his life. I am half English Protestant, half American from a Jewish family and raised very much in a western, Judeo-Christian society. Our lives and backgrounds superficially couldn’t be more different, yet somehow we found we spoke the same language, shared values and perspectives and were spiritually and philosophically aligned. Even if this were the end of my story, it is significant enough that such a friendship could be formed between a Jewish woman and a Muslim man. However, this is just the beginning of my story and many things have grown out of the seeds planted in those few days. I didn’t join the ship delivering humanitarian aid, as the revolution in Libya rapidly escalated before it’s unfortunate end on October 20th, but a month later I had the honor of traveling to Libya as part of a highly esteemed delegation accompanying Basit as he endeavors to help his people rebuild their country.You will be hearing a lot from me about Libya in the coming weeks, months and years, starting with a summary of my trip and my personal take on all I experienced there.

Please, watch this space and I’ll be back soon.

Sara