The ordinary man is living a very abnormal life, because his values are upside down. Money is more important than meditation; logic is more important than love; mind is more important than heart; power over others is more important than power over one’s own being. Mundane things are more important than finding some treasures which death cannot destroy.
–(via burningcannabis)
(Source: heartmindawakening)
Via Inaru: Spirit of a WombmanI had to fall in love with myself
Unfortunately I have been conditioned to be everyone but myself. I have learned to desire long, straight hair, want light skin, have a picket fence- but that isn’t me. I am an african-american woman who has lived to emulate someone else’s idea of who I am. Images of educated, siddity, high class, too good, independent Black women have be strew throught the media, and I had fallen for it- hook, line and sinker. Little did I know that this lifestyle would be detrimemtal to my well-being; I was trying to live the American-dream.
And then I was awakened by a beautiful, Black man who fought to get me to be myself. That sounds backwards I know, but I had never known who myself was. He fought with me to care about my health which led to a complete lifestyle change. I wear my hair natural because that is who I am (and for health reasons not because I am rebelling against the cause); I have researched and cook my own food from scratch as much as possible; I run for exercise because I am about the quality of life not just longevity; now I am working on getting out of the angry Black woman phenomena.
It’s interesting that African Americans have to proclaim “Black and proud” and talk about the mental struggle to wear their natural hair amongst other things. We have got to be the most low-self esteem having people in the world. We have to be taught that there is nothing wrong with our hair or skin color and have to be taught to love and appreciate other African Americans for who they are- talk about deep psychological hatred for yourself!
It’s sad that this youn man had to teach me to love myself and want to be a beautiful human being, but he did, and I am a happier, healthier, more loving me.
He taught me to accept my own and be myself- this statement has many layers of understanding, but we have to start with the surface level. Accept your physical, work on your mental, and be who you are in every sense of the word as long as it is conducive to life.
“It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe in it.”
Via The anti-social butterfly
This is a waterfall not too far from where I live. There is something quite grounding when you are in nature and at its mercy
MALCOLM X: I was in prison. I was a very wayward, criminal, backward, illiterate, uneducated and whatever other negative characteristics you can think of type of person until I heard the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. And because of the impact that it had upon me in giving me a desire to reform myself and rehabilitate myself for the first time in my life and also being able to see the effect that it had upon others, this is what made me accept it. And I noticed that after being exposed immediately it instilled with me such a high degree of racial pride and racial dignity that I wanted to be somebody and I realized that I couldn’t be anybody by begging the white man for what he had, but that I had to get out here and try and do something for myself or make something out of myself.
Know thy Self.
The more basic a statement is, the more people admire it. The more shallow a person is, the more friends they’ll probably have.
Do people really appreciate simplicity that much, or are we all just that simple-minded?
An Interesting Question
Soldier Shot 60 Times in His Own Home
A Tucson, Ariz., SWAT team defends shooting an Iraq War veteran 60 times during a drug raid, although it declines to say whether it found any drugs in the house and has had to retract its claim that the veteran shot first.
And the Pima County sheriff scolded the media for “questioning the legality” of the shooting.
Jose Guerena, 26, died the morning of May 5. He was asleep in his Tucson home after working a night shift at the Asarco copper mine when his wife, Vanessa, saw the armed SWAT team outside her youngest son’s bedroom window.
“She saw a man pointing at her with a gun,” said Reyna Ortiz, 29, a relative who is caring for Vanessa and her children. Ortiz said Vanessa Guerena yelled, “Don’t shoot! I have a baby!”
(Source: abcnews.go.com)
About me
I am on a journey of rediscovery. To discover my true Self. It's about time! I have been introduced to living... I mean really living a healthy happy lifestyle. Most people walk around mad and they don't even know why or for that matter that they are mad. I am completely convinced that we are so disappointed in the quest for the "American dream." This dream was instilled from the moment we opened our eyes but it doesn't work for everyone. That desire for something more is the discomfort I have always felt but could never articulate until a very special person came into my life to shake me awake. So here I am, I took the red pill and moved forward. Come join me, if you have this feeling, on this wisdom seeking, culinary, spiritual, and health conscious adventure.
