THE YEAR TO END WHAT HURTS: A UNITED CALL TO BE BETTER
An INK-Spirit Sermon | Guided by Inkfluence of Art & the Umma of Inanna
There comes a time in human history when continuing the same harm no longer feels like power—it feels like exposure.
2026 is that time.
Not because a single belief system declared it so, but because across faiths, philosophies, creative expression, and human experience, there is a shared realization rising to the surface:
We cannot keep doing to each other what we ourselves would not survive.
So let us begin with a truth so simple it almost feels uncomfortable:
If you’re doing something to another human that you wouldn’t want done to yourself—then stop.
Not later. Not when it’s convenient.
Now.
The question is not if you understand this.
The question is:
Why aren’t you living it?
A Year That Reflects You Back to Yourself
We are living in a time where everything is becoming more visible—our actions, our intentions, our patterns.
Call it spiritual awakening.
Call it collective consciousness.
Call it consequence.
Across traditions, there has always been a warning:
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That what you give returns
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That what you harm, you become
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That what you ignore, eventually stands in front of you
This is not new wisdom.
What’s new is the speed at which it’s catching up to us.
There is no distance anymore between action and impact.
You don’t have to believe in karma to feel it.
You don’t have to follow religion to recognize truth.
You just have to be honest.
All Faiths Agreed Before We Started Arguing
Before division, before doctrine, before control—there was a shared moral understanding echoed across the world:
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In Christianity: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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In Islam: Love for your brother what you love for yourself.
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In Judaism: What is hateful to you, do not do to another.
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In Eastern traditions: Every action returns to its source.
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In Indigenous teachings: All things are connected; harm travels.
Different words. Same instruction.
So what happened?
Somewhere along the way, humanity began to believe that:
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Intent excuses impact
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Power justifies harm
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And being “right” matters more than being responsible
But truth does not bend to ego.
And now, we are in a time where those beliefs are collapsing.
This Is Not a Year for Fighting—It’s a Year for Ending What Created the Fight
Look at history.
Peace has never come from “winning harder.”
It has only ever come from:
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Someone choosing restraint
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Someone choosing understanding
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Someone choosing to stop passing pain forward
Not because they were weak.
But because they were aware.
2026 carries that same demand.
Not a demand for perfection—
but a demand for accountability.
From the Lens of Inkfluence of Art: You Are the Artist
At Inkfluence of Art, we understand something fundamental:
You cannot create something beautiful while actively choosing destruction.
You can start in anger.
You can begin in pain.
But if you stay there, the work never evolves.
Your life is no different.
Every reaction is a brushstroke.
Every choice adds texture.
Every pattern becomes visible over time.
So ask yourself:
Are you creating something worth standing back and looking at?
Or are you layering damage and calling it identity?
Art doesn’t lie.
And neither do your actions.
From INK-Spirit: Awareness Without Action Is Avoidance
Spiritual awareness has increased. People know more. See more. Feel more.
And yet harm continues.
Why?
Because awareness without change is not growth—
it’s avoidance with vocabulary.
You cannot meditate your way out of accountability.
You cannot pray while continuing the same behavior and call it transformation.
At some point, spirituality becomes real when it shows up in one place:
How you treat people.
From the Umma of Inanna: End the Inherited Cycle
Within the women’s spiritual practice of the Umma of Inanna, there is a deeper truth being reclaimed:
Not all pain started with you—but it can end with you.
Generational harm, learned behavior, survival patterns—these are real.
But so is choice.
The sacred feminine does not exist to absorb damage indefinitely.
It exists to transform, to rebalance, and when necessary—to stop the cycle completely.
Not through revenge.
But through refusal.
Refusal to:
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Continue harm
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Normalize disrespect
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Carry what was never yours to begin with
This is not rebellion.
This is restoration.
So Why Should You Stop?
Because the world you are contributing to… is the one you have to live in.
Because the energy you put into others… builds the environment around you.
Because the harm you justify today… becomes the pain you question tomorrow.
And because, whether through faith, science, art, or lived experience—
every system we trust is now pointing to the same conclusion:
You are responsible for what you continue.
A Final Offering
This is not about guilt.
This is about opportunity.
You are being given a moment—a very real one—to decide:
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Do you repeat what hurt you?
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Or do you become the one who ends it?
Because in this year, more than before:
Being your better self is not just a personal choice.
It is a collective responsibility.
Closing Line
So again, we return to where we began:
If you’re doing something to another human that you wouldn’t want done to yourself—then stop.
Not because you were told to.
But because you finally understand
what it costs not to.