What's the Matter with You, African?!

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What is the matter with you, Africans? I see in the media, so many pictures of women with their breast bare. What? Did you flee from Adam before he committed the sin of the forbidden fruit? Are you from that early group of people not quite completely tainted by the admixture of good and evil?

And so often, I am bombarded with the images of African women carrying babies in Africa. Carrying them on their backs. If the babies are not on their mother, their on some little girl. Must you insist on warmth? Don't you know about the global warming crisis? Nevermind that, were you not told that the world is getting colder?

And why is it the sun is always shining in your land? As if the gaze of G-d is continuously upon you. Why must you get all the attention? don't you notice your continent is called dark? We are trying to invalidate you!

And don't let me get started with your black skin! Its so black its like a black hole! Are you a portal? A portal to another dimension of spirituality?

And at last your sexuality. Everyone is talking about it, it is the thing myths are made of. You carry it so naturally. Can you make love to any topic or idea and dominate it? Is your goal to dominate  a topic with splendor and to bring the world to a new spiritual height? We would rather use it for something crass if you let...



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Unfinished Business

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I have a couple of series that I am in the middle of and will eventually finish, God willing.

There's the Kicking into Redemption mode. (Part 1, 2, 3, and 4)

And the Hair, Nose, and Skin Specialist. (here and here)

A Hair, Nose and Skin Specialist?

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There are certain parts of our physical bodies which seem to really shame many Black folks. These parts are often used by other to shame, humiliate and embarrass us. Its our hair, our nose and our skin. Perhaps we need a Hair, Nose and Skin Specialist to go to to remove all the mysteries around these parts and get us back to a healthy relationship with them?

Well, we're in luck! today, I have decided to be just that specialist!

Come, my beloved one, step into my office. Be careful of my various medical equipment. What? you say, my medical equipment consist of mostly books? Yes! I'm somewhat of a therapist as well bwahhahahaha!

Now, sit here and tell me your troubles...

Ah, the hair. Yes. Its quite curly, I see. Wooly, soft, um hmmm, go on. You're right, its not like any other hair on earth. Yes, go on, I am listening. You were told straight hair is good hair, okay... you were given an iron to straighten your hair and got hooked on the straight, yes, go on.... others frown when you wear your hair natural, which reinforces the good hair=straight hair idea, I understand...

Oh and the nose! It has been compared to not so nice things because of its size. It sit boldly in the middle of your face, calling attention to itself constantly.... go on...

Um, and the skin. Yes yes, I have heard all about that one.

Well, before we begin a treatment, I would like to look up and share with you somethings about these parts that you possess. Please be patient,yes?

Let's start with the nose.
This is the channel in which air passes. It is compared to prayer for many reasons. For one, this is where God Almighty breathed life into us. After that, we could have exhaled that air and finished. End of life. But we go on. Why? Because He still breaths life into us through our nose. Now because we need this air constantly and because we need to pray constantly, they are compared to one another.

Air is called ruakh in Hebrew. It is also the same word for wind. There is a concept in Kabbalah which teaches that there are four winds- the northern, southern, eastern, and western. Each represent something different. The northern wind represents wealth. The south represents wisdom. East spirituality. For this reason, some rather face north when asking for material things, south for wisdom, etc.

Now why were you given such a nose, I am not sure. But let me keep reading, yes, my friend?

In addition to the mystery of holy ruakh that passes through your nose is also the question of how much life, potency, capability is actually passed to you. No one knows the potential of a man, woman or child. Perhaps for you God breathed (so to speak) a long and powerful wind into you? Perhaps for the next guy a short wind?

Now what should you do with this ruakh? Breath deeply. This is your source of life. It physically rejuvenates your every cell as you breath deeply. Its a life force. And just as the Holy One, Blessed be He gave you this breath of life so you can give life. When you lack something, what is it that we naturally do? We sigh. We think about what we lack and sigh. Sighing is us giving life force to that which we lack. Sort of like making it a reality, like God made us a reality with His breath.

Ah, let me stay on topic. We were reading about the nose...yes...

It is also taught by the Jewish sages that the Messiah's weapon will be prayer. And that he will judge people through the sense of smell. What a powerful nose this person will have!

What? You are fine with your nose? Nevermind any treatment for it? Ah very well. Let us move on to the hair...

TO BE CONTINUED...

Imagine the Ultimate Satellite

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I was reading up on the pineal gland. This is a pea size gland in the very center of the brain. Its function deals with light and darkness and vision. The hormones this gland secretes is called MELATONINE.

This gland also has mystical attachments to it. Many people believe that it is the "third eye" the window to the spiritual world. Interestingly enough, to get working, it uses its melatonine when the body needs to relax ....or supposedly when one is in meditation mode.

Hmmmmm...Now, melatonine is also what causes pigmentation. The melanin in the skins comes from there.

Hmmmm...just thinking out loud here, but if the chemical melatonine is what's used to tap into the spiritual world -the the pineal gland is full of it- what of the melatonine made melanin that all over someone's body?

Could that be the ultimate satellite to the spiritual world?

This reminds me of a study done by Rabbi Akiva Tatz, from his book Anatomy of a Search. From his studies, he mapped out that South African Jews, British, etc Jewish Baalei Teshuvahs -returnees to the faith- had a hard time "just accepting" the existence of God. Much logic and reasoning had to be put forth, etc. Whereas for Sephardic Jews (many of which are darker skinned) it didn't take much for them to start living more religiously than before. Could that be because something was unknowingly tapped into or awaken via that satellite?

This also reminds me of a true story of a religious Jew who expressed to his rabbi his interest in kabbalah. The rabbi then told him that its better for him to marry a Sephardi girl. Wassup with that? (Just joking, but was he marrying a woman or just getting a bigger antenae for his Torah studies?)

(This is NOT to say that someone who is white can not tap into a gut knowledge of God. Everyone has melatonine in their system, everyone has a pineal gland, etc etc etc)