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FINDING YOUR SPIRITUALITY

ahahiya

As usual in all my posts, in whatever I write, my own experiences are used as reference to teach and also show the way or make a point. Often times I let you into my thoughts and you will know exactly how I am feeling even when writing these posts every morning.  My concerns are many, and one of them is keeping with the theme of Embracing Spirituality. I am very spontaneous by nature and although in my life there is no conversation a person can have with me without me seeing, assessing, or speaking of the spiritual value or spiritual connotation of whatever the discussion is, so I thought it befitting to write upon such a subject. What is Spirituality? Spirituality is the ability to find the presence and essence of God in all things alive and for some people, inanimate. Spirituality is sacred geometry, signs, symbols, language, accessing your inner being and higher self, tapping into your consciousness and stretching your human limitations mentally and physically beyond what is of supposition to be normal. Spirituality is God, not religion, but God as he manifests to you and relates to your life. Spirituality is finding and realizing your true self and potential, having the mental discipline it takes to embrace all which is innate, nurture it, hold it, experience it, flow with it, own it and eventually share it.

People seek all sorts of spiritual experiences often. Some experiment with meditation, some with fasting, others make their sojourn to spiritual places in other countries, or where they reside and to them they feel fulfilled when meeting the Dali Lama, or the Pope, or the Araba of Ile Ife (Where Orunmila of the Ifa/Orisha traditional practice build his house), or to Mecca as Muslims do, and also to Ethiopia for the Rastaman. Whenever there is a book on spirituality and it is endorsed by Oprah, the shelves are empty in a day. People more and more are waking up to their spirituality and becoming more aware. In times gone by the object and focus of our spirituality was in finding out who or what is God and the answers came through religion, for most. Religion captured the minds of many who needed something to bind their faith with. Preachers, Pastors, Bishops, Imams, the Pope, the Dali Lama, Sai Baba  and others became man Gods in the eyes and hearts of willing worshipers. The thirst for a connection to the divine was so powerful that even though for some, it was worth every penny they had, as long as they could claim their God and find solace in him.

Often times you will find people greeting you with “Namaste” which is a Hindi word derived from the Sanskrit and a part of the meaning is “I bow to you.” In the tradition of Ifa/Orisha  we greet each other with “Aboru Aboye Abisese (abuh- ruh, abo-yay, abi-shay-shay), which means “may the sacrifice which is given manifest and is accepted in heaven.” Hotep, which is a peace greeting used mainly by African Americans as well as others, the word itself stems from Egypt formerly known as Kemet. Also Salaam alaikum, which is used by Muslims in their salutations. The need to finding your spirituality is growing and as the Earths vibration rises, which it is doing now, we are shifting into the fourth dimension, a slow process but we are getting there. Many people are finding the need to understand more about life and themselves from a spiritual perspective, deeper than the church. Gone are the days when people were afraid to admit that they had a reading, for fear of the bible beating Christians, or the chastisements of the Imams or even worse the parents. People are waking up to what our ancestors knew in times gone by. Many are no longer glamoured by the the distractions of life which bares no fruit but are on a mission to “un-indoctrinate” themselves, free their minds, re-evaluate their thoughts, on what they were born into as way of religion and religious thoughts and teachings, dogmas and texts.

I was born into Christianity, and so I grew with Jesus and the twelve disciples. The Garden of Eden Story, although it made no sense to me, was one that I told my children as I had them, although by this time I had began to see beyond the bible and all the stories there, after reading them over and over again they seemed to contradict themselves and most did not ring true to me. I convinced myself then that these stories were metaphors and used to teach us about God and his son and how we should live and love. I read the bible day in and day out, fascinated by the stories but more so in love with the benevolent Christ. I never saw myself as a woman in the pages of this great book being born with the strength, love and compassion which I knew I had, because to me the Bible suggested that women were wicked and evil. There was the very stupid and salacious Eve, then there was the eternally evil Jezebel (I love the name actually, such a sweet name but the story attached to it would never make you dare to be called so), then there was Lots wife, the Whoring Bathsheba, the wicked Delila (love dah name deh tuh), Lilith, the she demon Adam’s first wife (she was taken out of the bible), Mary Magdalene the prostitute, Salome, King Herod’s Daughter, Potiphars wife among others.

I saw a common theme and that was to bastardize women, belittle them and make them seem worthless, wicked and evil. The Koran did the same thing, although not as harsh as the Bible because I looked there also. Upon my search for me, a woman, within a text marked as holy and dedicated to a God who loved us all, I could not find the love, and care that was to be ours, the mothers, the womb, we represented life, but for Mary mother of the Christ, what I found instead were women who were used, and abused, chastised, and despised, found guilty of setting a curse upon her fellow women as in Eve and her wanton ways. In the Bible women were responsible for the sins of men, I could not accept that. In church I found no love (people, I am speaking of my own experience, do not condemn me for my truth), none, only hypocrisy, jealousy and hatred and I struggled to leave. This was all I knew, Christianity, and I thought that anything without Jesus being apart of it was hell and damnation, blaspheme. I wrestled with my faith which I was born into and sense, natural good common sense, in the end sense won and I freed myself from the shackles and constrictions of religion (remember ALL RELIGIONS ARE VALID AS LONG AS IT TEACHES PEACE AND LOVE, but that is not to say that one has to be beholden to only one particular doctrine). It almost mad mi, I was jarred into a reality I had never known! I stepped away from my religion, something which no other in my family had ever done before. I looked to Africa and took a leap of faith. What sent me to church and becoming baptized, other than being born into Christianity, was a message when times were rough for me emotionally. The message was “Seek Ye First The Kingdom Of God And All His Righteousness, And All These Things Shall  Be Added Unto You” Matthew 6:33. I was a hairstylist, and I had been having a horrible time with the children’s father and almost all my costumers would come in and while doing their hair they would repeat that verse to me, they had no idea of my torment at home, but they left me with that message. When I left Jamaica I prayed the night before and promised God that I would return to him and to the church once I had settled in America because I did not know what would meet me there. I told God that I did not even know if they had Churches there and I begged him to release me and watch over me for soon I would find him again.

So when these messages came, I remembered my promise and returned to the church. I was told in a dream to go to a revival church, and I found one and decided to get baptized. I was the youngest of 24 people to be baptized and in the Revival/Zion churches, before they bring you to the river or Ocean for baptism, they do what is called ‘Tarrying”, where they sing and dance in the church all night. In the morning before six the church buses would load up and we would go to the water side for baptism. The night I prepared for my church, for the tarrying, as I dressed I noticed a Bee flying around my room. When I was in church, the Bee buzzed around me, not quite sure it was the same Bee, on my way to the water the Bee buzzed by my ear on the bus and I told my water mother, (elderly women of the church who were appointed to each person, to care for them who was being baptized), and she flashed it away but it went no where. I was the first to enter the water and as I came out into the loving arms of my water mother who wrapped me in a towel I felt a sting on my right hand, the Bee had stung me and it bled, but he left no sting on my hand and I saw him hover just above my head as my water mother covered the blood and soothed me. When I went home, tired because of the whole tarrying and baptism, as I settled down to sleep, I saw on my left hand a very small creature (this was like being in a vision), the creature was tiny and had the shape of a sea shell but he spoke with a Barry White voice. He said to me “let me bite you”, I replied “hell no.” He said, “just a small bite on your left hand it will hurt less than the Bee sting, but this what I want to do to you I must” and as I was about to protest I felt a sting on my left arm which woke me from my sleep, but the pain in my arm was real and so I looked to see my arm swollen, the flesh was raised and pulsating, I had been bitten. I called the pastor and told him about the Bee which stung the right arm  and the creature which bit the left.  He told me that I had a very special road to walk in life and what I did (the baptism) was the beginning of my journey, he told me I must take care as I will be taken very far on my journey and be made privy many things but where ever I went he was happy to have met me.

I did go far on my journey. I still have the marks on both hands, I know now who the Bee was and what the creature also represented. It was a hard journey into finding my spiritual path, the half of it I have yet to share. It is important for us all in finding our truth based upon our beliefs and who we are. It is important  that we not conform to the will, or manipulations of others upon our quest for knowledge or our search for whatever we seek, but follow your head, and allow yourself to be guided by your faith and trust in God. It is important for you to release any and all hang ups and to delve into texts and your studies with an open mind, to be objective in your views of others and never judgmental. Art imitates life and so objects, monuments, paintings, sculptures and nature, can also guide you as you travel along life’s way.

There are messages everywhere and wisdom will open your eyes to them, pray for wisdom. Wisdom is a wary companion, it disguises itself and often shadows you and hovers above. It is very choosy in whom it keeps company with and it has no patience with frivolities. Wisdom does not discriminate in race, age, color or creed, Wisdom is within every culture and awaits us to call it forth, yet it makes the choice of whether to come. It admires patience, Wisdom admires a studious person, here he  will teach and share and bring along his close friends and constant companions, knowledge and understanding. Finding your spirituality is easy but keeping up with it takes discipline, endurance, concentration, openness, love, patience, faith, trust, dedication, peace, acceptance and balance. All these are are very hard to be present at the same time in the same  room, but it is not impossible, if you are a true aspirant. It is not impossible if you so desire to… it is not impossible.

Ní tútù là ńká ẹja kò; ẹja gbígbẹ ò ṣeé ká. / 
Fish may be bent only while fresh; dried fish cannot be bent (without breaking)….Yoruba Proverb! 

[Issues are better resolved while simple; complex issues, can be difficult to resolve.]

All religions are valid as long as it teaches peace and love…Obara Meji

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Swami Vivekananda

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

Sai Baba

 

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KM
KM
9 years ago

I love this: “Spirituality is the ability to find the presence and essence of God in all things alive and for some people, inanimate. Spirituality is sacred geometry, signs, symbols, language, accessing your inner being and higher self, tapping into your consciousness and stretching your human limitations mentally and physically beyond what is of supposition to be normal. Spirituality is God, not religion, but God as he manifests to you and relates to your life. Spirituality is finding and realizing your true self and potential, having the mental discipline it takes to embrace all which is innate, nurture it, hold… Read more »

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wonderful points altogether, you just gained a emblem new reader.
What would you suggest about your submit that you
made a few days ago? Any sure?

cgoh
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cgoh
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

O.k sounds good obara. I would like you to.

cgoh
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cgoh
10 years ago

Bwoy MTH mi welcome di long life.

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

AMH Happy Birthday to your precious baby girl. Cgoh mi juss call yu name dis morning enno, yu a guh live long…Teach, morning…

AMH
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AMH
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Big smiles. She is famous for falling down and for forgetting what is was she was going to say to you and saying ‘i love you’ instead so you wont notice that she forgot.

AMH
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AMH
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Thank you Obara, she is a wonderful clumsy font of love.

AMH
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AMH
10 years ago

What a beautiful day! Five years ago today, while Michael Jackson’s funeral was on TV in the waiting room, I gave birth to the biggest bundle of love you could meet. My little bean spreads love and happiness with all her might and is such an inspiration to do so myself. Love and hugs to all of you hope your day is amazing!!

cgoh
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cgoh
10 years ago

I will ty thanks. Haven’t had an experience like that in a while. I’m glad it’s coming back to me.

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

I just did Ty…A book definately to add to my ‘to-read’ list…

cgoh
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cgoh
10 years ago
Reply to  MTH

Had a dream last night that I was flying. I had all my senses with me as if I was awake. I could think and make decisions. I saw some bright lights on the ground, like I was over a city and flew down to it, when I blew down I was over the city with brightly colored buildings. I had another dream that I had knowledge of things that is not of this world and the governing. I was researching about extra terrestrial activities on her computer and they linked it to her. They locked her up and she… Read more »

cgoh
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cgoh
10 years ago
Reply to  cgoh

I messed up what I wrote, Sorry guys. I accidentally deleted some of the message. O.k the her I’m talking about is my girl. The part where you see governing should have been “governing powers caught wind of it”

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  cgoh

Mornin Cogh…

I am still learning about dreams so I am no expert…here is what I gather from your dream….flying is good…you will be privy to something with a person close to you and may end up helping…wait for Obara’s response…

The guides and ancestors were working last night….love dem you see…

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

TY yu haffi guh ship some a dem books dey come to mi…Mi tink mi wudda love read it…

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  MTH

it funny bad…when you get a chance look at di readers reviews pon it…

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

There ar some stories in the bible that are so hard to swallow…

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  MTH

yes MTH…that is why them seh even the devil can quote the bible…there is a saying in there for anyone and everybody, both good and evil acts…

If you all ever want to have a little fun…there is a book called “the year living bibilically” by a guy name AJ Jacobs..essentially what he wrote about was that he read the old testament and for one year lived his life in NYC according to all of the old testament…it is very honest and filled wid bare jokes…

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Memba sey Joseph was a fresh vegetable..Dat bwoy barely guh outta door guh ramp..Him guh a di palace and dayeven look nuh a di slave gal dem…Mi feel sey a one day Joseph guh swim inna di pool and him inna him trunks and shi si di machine print out and start lust. Shi round up har slave girl dem and ask dem a who an Joseph dey…Di girl dem sey nuh baddie dat we know of…Miss Pharoh now start swear offa di likkle jubbie… Joseph sey who mi? Not diss ca*ky!!! MI naah guh roun Pharoh wuss mi madda… Read more »

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
Reply to  MTH

Lol

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

hehehheh!!! Teach dat Potiphar’s wife story was for you….Heheheheheh

toy7318
10 years ago

Morning everyone, I loved all everyone comments last night, so enlightening

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  toy7318

Afternoon everyone…

MTH, the story dem sell off

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago

watta story sweeeeeeet grung MTH is a livin joka dwl tehehehehehe

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Heheheheheh!!!

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago

dwl Tru ma a suh it go fi tru lolololol mi affi brace up fi read di potiphar wife story cah a bare dutty laff ina di ppl office woooiieeee

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Tonks YW..Bubblez, AMH morning…Bubblez a suh di story guh fi true…Hehehehehe!!!

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Juss a Joseph bredda dem plan fi kill him, some man a pass wey buy slaves, suh dem sey betta wi sell him a get a change. Suh dem sell Joseph. Joseph was bout 17ish wey Potiphar buy him..Memba him grow protected wid nuff love and care. HIm neva use togo field suh him han dem nuh corn-up. NIce si-mood hand miggle. Now Joseph guh inna POtiphar house an sey well dem dun sell mi, mek mi mek di moss a it..HIm duh him work and ting. Potiphar like him an dem start par. Every wey yu look a Potiphar… Read more »

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago

good morning AMH love n light

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago

Ekarro gentle ppl i r reading Obara Yw M bless morning missis hahahahaha mek yu bad suh pon di story telling!!! I loikeeeeeeee

Tw/Yw
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Tw/Yw
10 years ago
Reply to  kiabubblez

Big up, Kia B!!

AMH
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AMH
10 years ago

Good Morning and many blessings to you all on this beautiful day!!!

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Back to di story…Jacob tek Rachel and sem start life…Rachel couldnt get prig-nant…Dem try, dem try, dem try, no baby..Dem time every look Jacob look pan Lean shi breed… Anyways Rachel start have pickney to…Shi have one son name Joseph..By time Rachel have Joseph both she and Jacob old. Suh dem well glad fi Joseph…Him madda pet and powda him…Him grow safie-safie…When dem bwoy gane a bush a Joseph dat dem inna di house…Jacob did a gwan own Joseph like him neva have nuh more youte..So di bredda sight di rake an sey a dat a gwan…Wi muss duh a… Read more »

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Mawning YW. Yu neva si mi did a ask fi yu wey day? Anyways manners and respect…

Tw/Yw
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Tw/Yw
10 years ago
Reply to  MTH

No, no M!! Mi would da neva do yu dat. Belated Good day, good afternoon, and blessed good night.

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Alrite here is the Jamaican verison of wey guh dung wid Joseph for you my Teacher…(NUNU, PAY ATTENTION) Joseph was the 11th of Jacob’s 12 sons…Memba Jacob was the said one wey trick him fada and get him bredda birth-rite…Jacob now get di birth-rite but him bredda was a hot-head suh when di bredda fine out sey Jacob cook up wid him mumma an deceive him, him ben is a shame…him start gi out soun sey him a guh damij him bredda…Jacob ketch him fraid and him tell him madda sey him a guh cool out dung a him uncle… Read more »

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Teach yu waan hear bout Potiphar’s wife? Heheheheheh

Tw/Yw
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Tw/Yw
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Nuh true, teach (could not reply to your above post). Here see how they have weaponized religion.

Tw/Yw
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Tw/Yw
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Mawning ES peeps! I think the story of Jesus is interesting also the way it is told. The idea of immaculate conception is abhorrent to me because it implies that sex is unclean and that we (regular humans) can never attain the level of Jesus because we are not of “divine conception”. It takes away from, in my opinion, the truth of the story, which is that we choose the path we trod. It takes conscious effort to be happy and hard work to be the best person that we can be.

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Teach, lawks yu know mi a hope sey smaddy ask the significane of the two bites that you got?

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that harlots/prostitues got a lot of air time in the bible..Rachel, the woman caught in the act to be stoned and the worst of the lot, the bottom of the barrel Miss Gomer..Teach is there a message that I am not able to connect the dots…

She wasnt a harlot, but Potiphar’s wife is ranked in one of the wickedest woman in biblical days…

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Howdy mi fambily…How unno duh?

Cami run di Cleopatra story (Jamaican version) nuh.

Lady T
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Lady T
10 years ago

Love u n all the spirits.thankful for life and learning. I always say I love people because they always reconfirm the messages we get from spirit. I thank you for your bumblebees.(this is what it spell checked to so I will leave this one but what I meant to say was humbleness.although I know spirit is front and foremost in the life of all I’m always amazed as a go through my journey just how it unfolds and it always makes me laugh.HOW AMAZING! I highly endorse this website and want to send everyone her no matter their color or… Read more »

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago

Ty #1 comment 8:29 well said. Yes this topic very enlightrning. Cant wait fi si more comments tmrw.
Nite all mi a tru cool down. Did guh excercise n all now mi still a sweat lol

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Seet deh…

Look how a baby society like jamaica a use bush fi cure all kinda cancer…all we learn from we ancestors….it begs the question, how much di African dem know….

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
Reply to  Ty

People need to re educate them selves mi glad sey mi free!

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara meji

It is a hard process, especially when you do not know anything else…I am still on the journey and am happy that my mind has opened a whole new exciting world…

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
Reply to  Ty

Me too I am still on the journey, thanks for the topic by the way

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara meji

No prob… I enjoyed and am happy to see us all asking questions… Yeah….

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
Reply to  Ty

I loved that the most

Cami
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

One of Africa’s biggest downfall came from that harlot name Cleopatra vii. (an enemy from me past life; from de day I heard that name I cannot stand her).

She caused the Romans/barbarians to intrude in areas that they couldn’t get to without inside assistance.

Cami
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Okay…lol

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Civilization began on the continent of Africa

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara meji

Yes, civilization began in Africa…mother Africa…mi nuh see no pyramids in Europe…Europeans stole our technology….mi never hear bout Black Plague in Africa, only Europe… Dem cannot figure out di pyramids because we see how dem thief, and we lock wi mouth…

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara meji

Ah me fi tell yuh all AIDS dem cure dung yah

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara meji

Seet deh… We are a wonderful race that has shared with everyone without asking for reward or recognition…mi proud of mi black heritage…it bun mi fi hear we black people seh mi mix wid Italian, German, Irish etc….only we claim dem…some a dem mix wid black and dem nuh claim we… The minute you realize God’ love and power, you will see clearer…you will embrace spirituality, not a tradition… As Obara states, any religion that teaches peace is good… Consequently, you should be weary of any religion or society that endorse hate or self loathe…we as African descendants in the… Read more »

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Tw/Yw
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara meji

They say that genetic Adam and Eve are from the San people of Africa – the Bushmen.
In my opinion, one of the worst crimes ever committed is slavery and colonization. It has led to the robbery of many cultures and the very essence of a people.
We can never claim to be civilized until we realize and accept that we are one race (human) and move in a direction that is for the best of the entire species.

Cami
10 years ago

Hi NuNu and everyone (manners.,lol)

Cami
10 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

What was the second entity?

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
Reply to  Cami

With the deep voice

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago

Hey Cam!

Cami
10 years ago

thumbs up. So, ochun got you looong before you know?

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago

M mi feel him marry mary magdelene eno. Dem nuh waa di world kno dat suh dem x her outa di last supper n ting

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

God is a spirit and before dem low it, dem gi him gender…What I hated the most in the bible is when Jesus ketch 18 yu nuh hear nutten bout him growing up nothing. How did he resist temtation. Did he marry etc?

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
Reply to  MTH

M, I read some where that he was in Asia for sometime. Some even said he and Mary Magdalene had wed. There are so many stories out there yuh nuh know what’s what

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago

Di story dem nuh add up n it mek nuff run from God but is really church/religion dem fi leff. Mi av enoch story need fi finish it

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago

It’s so difficult to envision God without giving him a gender and human traits. How does one identity with this being?that is if he’s a being atall

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Hail nunu i tink God is a light energy. We been taught to gi him human traits but ano suh it go. That is where all the confuse start

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
Reply to  kiabubblez

Yes kia, cause I always thought it strange when they said he got angry or jealous and killed tribes and nations and chose one set of people over another when all are his children

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Nunu, God is energy…you are his child and also are an energy being…. If someone were to connect you to an electrode such as an EKG, each person give off a unique energy tracing…. We have a body because we are of low vibrations and heavier mass, which gives us a physical body…. We say God is omnipotent and is so powerful that we cannot quantify… Forces of nature are different forms of energy that are all God’s creation… God does not have a physical body…God does not have a equal…God does not have emotions or human characteristics….God is pure….God… Read more »

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Tw/Yw
10 years ago
Reply to  Ty

Boom Bam, Ty. I think of God as a universal consciousness of which we all are and have always been a part of but not necessarily aware of. When we realize this and touch on this consciousness a whole new perspective on the Universe unfolds.
A hammer can be used to build or crack a skull. The hammer itself is neither good or evil, it is up to the wielder of the hammer to create or destroy.

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Nunu mek dem gwey, white woman can ketch bullet wid har batty?

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
Reply to  MTH

Lolol, M mi go report yuh tuh the principal ie nuh!!! Cause dem behaviour yah nuh right!

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Teach a lie mi dey tell? Nuh suh di story guh…Mi naah lie mi feel it fi Hosea cause I know he didnt sign up for that ish….

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago

Ty mi read Enoch tuh, a it help mi fi ask questions and step outside of the box with my thinking

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

The bible is so contracditory..One minute is one man to one woman, next some men got to have wives, concubines, harlots etc…How should a woman submit totally to one man wey have 300 wives…And if that woman cheat, straight stoning etc. HOw long that husband spend with her. So while hussy a get service the hundreds of women must remain celibate…Dat mek sense to nuh baddy?

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Tw/Yw
10 years ago
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Large up, Mth. Den look how Abraham pimp out him wife Sarai inna Egypt. Tell di people seh ah im sista, tek dowry, do some “sumting” and blight dem fi defiling the covenant of marriage. Den di two ah dem change dem name to Abraham to Abram and Sarai to Sarah. Nuh con man tek alias. Genisis 12 &17

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Ty mi neva read that book…Mi haffi guh try source it…

Teach yu si why yu need di school…Mi waan check out a book outta di library…

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
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Mth, it consists of books that were left out of the bible…it tells of angels having children with humans and creating giants…it is thought that the flood wid Niah was to wipe out this race…

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kiabubblez
10 years ago

Greetings all Aye sah . Growing up christian is all ive ever known but ive often had many questions about the written word that could never seem to answered. Inside i felt like im missing something im seeking the kingdom of God but still feel amiss. Now i feel like im on a path to embaracing my spirituality, embracing the light of God inside. Mediation is my next step.
Obara u shared alot in ur post. I felt it deep within n it resonated with me. I dont feel like loving God is so restrictive as some religions make it.

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Teach a dem tings yah wi muss talk bout fi open up wi consiousness..

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Ty right, all me wey black when mi walk inna di sun mi still get tan..Mi si Kimora Lee last husband get tan suh how white Jesus neva get nuh tan an dem time dey Kartel neva buss di cake soap and ac yet…

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Ty stick a pin…Lets say God was really white. God really mek di devil black? Also, why diss white pan choose out all else, choose di lone black man fi tell him all the secrets and as luck would have it, di devil waan tek ova suh God did have fi dismiss him…God a Jew, yu did have black Jew dem time dey, cause di devil must have been a Jew too?

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
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Plus when di Jews die, they turn black…memba dat…

You all should read the book of Enoch…if you have not…

Mi soon come back…

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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Anytime race play a part in alot of these religious stories mi leff it alone especially where they look down on the black race as inferior mi walk right pass. A few years ago I started reading the Urantia writings, they call it the Alien bible really interesting book butvwhwm mi reach the part bout the races and dem mek it sound like the black race a buck up/mistake mi seh arite mi deh leff unoo right off yasso

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
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Nunu, I never heard of this one and will look it up…

Noah was an albino… So black people den out long time…

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
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Mth, Jesus was a Jew, not God…Jesus spoke of his father above…Moses went on a mountain and how did he describe God, as a light…

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago

Same so Mth …and why di drawings of the devil black and Jesus white?…let us suppose Jesus was white, wid all di walking inna di sun hot him do, him never brown up?

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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Wha yuh seh Ty? Which part the tan did deh? Lol

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

My biggest question doe, is how di devil him juss di a falla-falla God suh…God dun him and him gone up pan di hill when God did a fast? How him manage fi be inna di presence of God… Memba now enno, him a whole big argument wid God a tell God sey him (di devil) wudda gi God all the world f him (God) bow dung to him…but di way dem gi di devil props sey how mi smart etc..How could the devil offer God the kingdom when the kingdom belongs to God in the first place…and the devil… Read more »

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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Yes M, nuff holes and contradictory stories ready fi confuse yuh wussa dan yuh already confuse

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Nunu mi nuh even did care bout wey di tribes a people come fram..mi juss waan did know why di serpent di have access to the garden…Why Adam neva chop off him head…What cause di fuss…Dem paint the picture like God and the devil were parrys. God show him everything and dem juss vex suh, to the point of him being chased out of heaven…What exactly did he do? God is always described as forgiving, what did the devil do to incur the wrath of God so seriously…

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
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Hey all…the amount of discrepancies mi see in the bible no stop ya… We have to remember that there were many authors, many different translations, and politics was what was used to determine which books made the final cut…imagine Bruce and Portia a dictate which book get in the final print…lol

Also remember that each book was written waaay after the event, so was not even first hand recollection…

My unanswered question has also been, if heaven in the sky, earth in the middle, and hell below,….why do we bury people?

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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Isn’t it tuh dispose the body

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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M, How I get it is, Lucifer became jealous and wanted to be like God and him all turn some of the angels with him. Hoq dat possible mi nuh know. Mi hear also that him did jealous a God relationship wid the being we call Jesus and hin get badmine, mi hear also dat him did jealous of God’s relationship with mankind, but in all of it jealousy play a role

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Teach just to add to the list of ‘bad women’ in the bible, do not forget Miss Gomer… Here is the Jamaican version (Nunu pay attention): There was an up and coming prophet named Hosea (decent christian man), he was told by God to marry a prostitute, Gomer….Gomer bad, shi bad, shi bad, shi bad caan dun… (Suh mi get it, suh mi sell it). Now Hosea had to travel alot witnessing…Suh as Hosea touch di road, Gomer bring in har man dem…Quick a clack Gomer ketch belly. Hosea glad, cause yu dun know him neva waan dem sey him… Read more »

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
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Only you Mth…love it baaad…

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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LOLOL M u nuh easy atall!! A suh mi know mi nuh know mi bible ie nuh, a di fuss mi nuh hear this story. But a suh she lucky look wha shi put Hosea chue , gi him jackets, embarrass di man a road, bun him numerous times and him REALLY tek har back!!!!! A muss har esu dat

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
10 years ago
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Pred whey big up M u gi di story lifeeeeeeeee dwllll

toy7318
10 years ago

Same question I have wondered about to Nunu.

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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All now mi deh wait pon di answer toy

MTH
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MTH
10 years ago

Thank you Teach for writing this piece. Well written and easy to understand. From I was a little girl I have never felt comfortable with the creation story as told in the Bible…We just saw Adam, Eve & The Devil. Eve falling prey to the devil…My thing is that we never read the story where Luicifer was a good angel and was Jesus’ right hand man until he got jealous…There is a missing piece. I felt if I asked question I was wrong… Teach you have your students who come here daily to be nutured, to be fed spiritually as… Read more »

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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Howdy M! With that Adam and Eve story I always ask where the other tribes of people come from

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago

Whenever you are inspired to write on a particular topic, I agree that it was needed at that precise moment, the timing is always so right. I got the message from this so loud and clear. Battling the will of the mind is not easy because doubt is ever present telling me that, “it was just your imagination it’s not real” so that’s where the battle lies. To be open minded and not judgemental can be so wonderful but it takes work as well. I am working hard at it. Thanks mumzy loo!

toy7318
10 years ago

Hey nunu!

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
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Thank you

Obara meji
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Obara meji
10 years ago
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Nuns mi wi tell uuh when we talk

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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Hey toy!!

toy7318
10 years ago

Obara, everything you write is so inspiring, and wisdom you have a lot of, but if you didn’t go through what you went through you wouldn’t be you who you are today. I know it wasn’t a easy road. God choose you for a reason, you inspire me.

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago
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Evening Obara!! Had to read this more than once it speaking to me . Thanks mumzy

NuNu
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NuNu
10 years ago

Good afternoon! Juss a quick yail, gone read now

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Much appreciated; thank you for sharing your testament. Religion is to the flesh as the spirituality is to the spirit/soul. It is all about the soul and preserving the soul–a healthy spiritual insight will take you where you need to go… Akin, to the flesh, religion has a lot of limitations. Marx was not wrong when he stated that religion is/was the opiate of the people. Religion is useful for the initiated; however, I find that religion becomes more of a burden for the long term practitioners. When you have a situation where practices and customs are more important than… Read more »

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Empress
10 years ago

Today we live in a world, where people feel they have to confirm in order to fit in or be a part of. I totally agree. The construct of religion is to lock people into a specific way of life that must follow certain rules, example seventh day adventist can’t wear jewelry and so on. Embracing spiritually on the other hand opens on by renewing of the mind. Whic is what christ wants from us, he wants us to be free, to express love. With a heart filled with love and contentment, there no limits to where one can go.… Read more »

Lady T
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Lady T
10 years ago
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Ase!

AMH
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AMH
10 years ago

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and deepening the understanding of my own. I too have researched and studied many different religions and doctrines searching for the one that ‘fits’. Since you wonderful people were introduced to my life I finally feel at home in what I am learning and growing to love the world around me gives me joy that I am more than happy to spread around to the people I meet. This post calls to mind an experience I had that while I never fully understood its meaning left a marked impression on me. During… Read more »

Donna
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Donna
10 years ago

Wow love it …and so insightful thank you Obara

Obara Meji
10 years ago
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Thank you, this post was also a hard one, upon your suggesting Ty, lol

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago
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Obara, we thank u for this post…the struggle exists each day to not only embrace spirituality but walk with it…to walk and practice ire…to love and honor God…to be the best person we can be…to align with our life path and plan…all not easy and requires work daily…

Ty
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Ty
10 years ago

Ori Yeye Osun, my beautiful mother… Look at what your journey has done, for enduring all those hardships, you have allowed others to embrace theirs… The pastor knew what he was saying… I am thankful for your presence Obara, and your heart…for many would have hid under a rock after your life experiences…yet here you are open, loving, and sharing… I agree with you so much that embracing the spirituality is easy but maintains is hard work… My daily prayer is to be the best me…meditation, introspection, and prayer is needed always and also to be honest with who you… Read more »

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