Hair

Hi Everyone,


        I want to talk about Hair. This is mainly for all of my sistas out there. Because of how blessed we are. We have created lots of different hair styles over the years but my favorites are Afros, Locs, and Braids.


Afros:

       The most natural form of our hair. I love the fullness of it and how beautiful it looks on women and men. This means that you are not afraid to go out there and sport your natural hair. I see lots of women out there with Afros in my community and I am very proud of you guys. Keep it going.

Locs:

          Another natural form when you want to turn your fro into locs. I love the way locs look and I see a lot of brothas and sistas out there rocking their locs. I think that its awesome how natural is coming back at full swing. 

Braids:

        Braids are also beautiful and the most effective protective hairstyle you can get. I also see lots of women out with braids. I love how the natural is coming back. This is amazing. Please keep it going.

        Overall, what I'm trying to say is when  we go natural and actually look at our hair; we see that our hair is not really nappy like we have been told for years. God made our hair this way and we should be proud of it and not trying to go after what society wants for us. We got to start thinking about what we want for ourselves. And that goes more than just talking about hair, but also about personality. Hair is a very big thing for women. So we all need to be supportive over our natural journeys. Men too. You guys have to be supportive of the Natural Movement. The Natural Movement is the Best Movement. Besides, our hair is apart of our culture too. Look at what we can do with our hair. No many people apart from us can do this. You know. lol.

God Bless.

Soul

Hi Everyone,

           Where there is culture, there is Soul. The soul is the very essence of our being. We are naturally gifted by God and we express ourselves through dance, music, art, and other forms of culture. Even clothing. We turned everything negative into something positive. Literally. Nowadays, I don't see much of it. Mainly because it has been criticized by society but this is who we are inside and there is nothing that society can do about it. 

            From all over the world, we have been making expression and have been using  our Soul to do it. To create something new:

Reggae

Rap

Rock

Pop

Gospel

Spiritual/Political Activism/ Neo-Soul

            From all over we have made our mark known in Music especially. Many genres and many legends. We express ourselves through art:

Dance:

Food:

Clothes:

          So on and so forth. That's why I say that we have to be the most soulful people here on this planet because we have made a name for ourselves whether society wants to acknowledge it or not. We have went through a lot but by the Grace of God we have made it through. Always remember that we have Soul and God is Soul. 

God Bless.

Organic Roots: God's People

Hi Everyone,


          I wanted to talk about our roots. For across the globe we have been shunned out because of our roots and thus making self hatred. We need to be proud of where we com from and know that we have made it very far. We are scattered all over because of our disobedience to God but by the Grace of Him we have been able to make it through, even the toughest situations.

         The problem that I have with history is that they only want to label us as the ones that got on slave ships and beaten by white people and then get underrated like dogs. It just didn't start with us being on slave ships. We were forced on slave ships. Before that we where a great nation. Towering over every situation that came our way. We are God's People. We are the legendary Hebrews that are spoken about in the Bible. We are trendsetters. We are unity and we are powerful when we stand together under God. 

         Look at our culture and what we have achieved. Everything we touched has been blessed by God. So why is it that we struggle with ourselves. We wrestle with our own selves as a people and as a person. We find it hard to be ourselves because we are constantly criticized by society, yet we wrestle with our own spirits because we go along with society. What are we to do?

            We go back to where it all started. Back to the beginning and back to our Organic Roots. What are Organic Roots? Well going back to the True Essence of who you really are inside. The Organic, the Original and the Powerful Hebrews.  

        Before slavery and before our settlement in Africa there is Y'isreal. So don't settle for less. Be proud of who you are inside. Know that you are important to God because He created you. We are fashioned by His Image. We are chosen by Him. So don't fall into society's trap. Just go back to being who we really are inside.

God Bless.

Herbs

Hi Everyone,


          I wanted to talk about herbs. Not talking about Wicca or Voodoo. I'm talking about herbal teas and natural remedies that can help out with our health.

         For a long time we have been told to stay away from herbs because its either witchcraft or the fact that doctors don't know anything about it. However, in the old days, our ancestors used herbs for medical uses. I think that its time for us to go back to those times. Herbs been used for many medical purposes. For example, Aloe treats the skin and a dry scalp. Ginger root helps with stomach aches. Horehound battles colds and flues and Lavender is a natural sleep aid. Dong Quai also helps females with menstrual cramps. Sage can be used for the digestive system. You can use herbs for almost everything. 

            The best preferable method is drinking herbs in tea from. You can get them online or a local herb store. You can also get them in pill form as well if you rather take them than drink tea. Another form of herbs is:

           Essential Oils. You can add a few drops of this with a carrier oil like Olive, Coconut, Grape seed, or Jojoba Oil. You can add this in your bath water and it can go in your pores of your skin. or you can add it in your shampoo or conditioner if you want to treat your hair. Just a couple of drops. Don't go crazy because essential is 100% uncut. 

            You can also use herbs for aromatherapy. For example, you can burn eucalyptus essential oil for sinus problems. Or if you have problems sleeping you can burn Lavender oil. Aromatherapy is very good if you don't want to but it in your bath water or drink herbs. You can also get the benefits by inhaling it when you use it as a burning oil.

            Herbs is beneficial towards your health. Remember this is what God has given us from the Earth. Herbs have been along way longer than any medication that we can think of. If you as the doctor about herbs they are more than likely to become upset because it interferes with the cash flow. Just do some research on herbs, try some teas and essential oils (beware of the essential oils because of the price. You do better purchasing online.). You'll be surprised on how much better you will feel. 

God Bless.

Health

Hi Everyone,

          Okay so I want to do a quick post about Health. Especially for our so called "minorities". They say that we are in the red zone for having High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer and everything else they name. I don't want to see my people get these thing let alone die from these things. So I believe that its best to try to eat something healthy. 

          Hate to say this but we, as a people, need to cut down on the meat. This is the root of our problems. It lies in the meat. They pump lots of artificial chemicals in the meat and add meat glue to peace the meat together and steroids to make the meat bigger. When you eat meat you are also consuming the hormones of that animal. Hence fear when they go into the slaughter house. Now, there has just been a passing of a bill that allows America to receive meat from other places overseas. So now we don't really know where the meat is coming from. I don't know if you guys have seen the movie "Contagion" but it was talking about a wide spread epidemic that started in Hong Kong and made it to America. Just telling you guys what the movie is about. No offence to Hong Kong. So we could be consuming rats and not know it because our meat is coming from an unknown source and plus they clone the meat. 

               America is embarrassed to say that they are running out of resources but they are. This is off topic but if you go in a grocery store to get apple juice notice that they say that the concentrate comes from either Peru or China. America is literally out of resources. Okay, back to the subject:

         I know that this can be really hard but of the hard times that we are facing but try to invest in some fruit or vegetables. This would be a more healthier choice towards your diet. There are a lot of vitamins and minerals in fruits and vegetables and its actually a myth when they say that there isn't much proteins. 

           Because they bleach the white bread its best to get wheat. One hundred percent whole wheat is good to. My personal choice is Honey Wheat. Wheat is a better choice because you don't have to worry about extra chemicals in the bread as they do in white bread and plus it has fiber. 

        Good ol' fashioned water also helps maintain the minerals that you need. Not only it helps with skin but it also helps with keeping ourselves right on the inside. Our body is roughly 95% water. So its good to add water within our diet to help cleanse those toxins and unwanted chemicals that seem to be in our way. 

         Working out. Yep, its as essential as keeping a healthy diet. Try exercising twice or three times a week. This well not only help keep the weight off but it can also keep your metabolism going and keep you from seeing the doctor almost once every two weeks. No one likes going to the doctor. Also maintaining a healthy diet and exercise will keep you from taking pills and help avoid all the things that we are at a high risk for. 

God Bless.

Art

Hey Everyone,


           One thing I am beginning to notice that there isn't much art out there. Where are all of our talented artists go.

         We need to introduce our children into art. There are so much out there than sports and reality tv shows. Yeah it may not be as appealing as the latest video game or the new iPhone. But it is apart of our culture as well. If we introduce them to this early than it would be easier for acceptance. Like I said before, we have a very rich culture and we should be proud of it. 

         We have lots of things that I feel has died out even Graffiti: 

           So much has left us. I say to all of our talented artists out there, keep representing for us because we need more of it. 

God Bless.

Youth and Role Models

 

         The Youth are the most impressionable group that we have on the entire planet. They want to know how things work. They want to know about culture and their origin in the world. Now, because they are impressionable they are easy to get influenced. The closest thing that can influence them is the TV screen. Many girls and boys want to know what's fashionable and what's cool. Kids are very smart and they know a lot more than what we think these days. Now when it comes to music and things they see all of this craziness:

Nicki Minaj

 

Wiz Khalifa

Beyonce

Future

      

            They have entertainers like this as role models. Because of the era that we are living in, there really aren't any good role models out there that can help shape our kids into having high self-esteem and have lots of respect for themselves. Instead they see this and they think that this is how they are suppose to look and act. There is nothing wrong with style, and fashion. However, the messages within the songs doesn't seem so positive. So we have a flashy style with negative influence. These are not the role models we need our young brothers and sisters to be looking at. They see us as big brothers and sisters that they look up to and we want to make sure that we do best to become the most positive role models for them.

       Its already bad enough that for video games we have things like:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

 And:

Destiny

     

Batman: Arkham Night

      

        Now, I don't see a problem with teens playing this game. Getting out of high school, they want something to play to pass their time. Its the young elementary kids and the middle schoolers that I have the problem. They are too young to be playing these kinds of games. I know that as parents you want to be able to spoil your children but playing these teen or mature games can be very problematic. It'll mess up the kids psyche and then after awhile they will be thinking that they can do this stuff in real life. 

 

         We should be able to let them be kids and run around and play. Take them out to the park and play their favorite sports or get involved with the playground then when they get of age, have them play some video games. As far as video games go, we can get them Nintendo or some vintage capcom games like Mega Man or something like that. These modern games are too dark and grunge like for them to play. They have to get up in age for those. 

         Also as far as role models have them around some positive role models. I know that it is easier said that done but there are some really good role models out there. Its just that the media will not cover them as much.

  

 

Trust me they are out there.

Peace.

Competition among Women

 

    I don't quite understand why we as women have to compete with one another. Aren't we all beautiful? Have strong character? Don't we all have grace? So why is it when we try to come together there is a spark of jealousy. Is it because of the shades? Or the jobs? Or how our lifestyles are? See this is all due to society once again. We all want the best for ourselves as well as our family. Yet, whether it is a family reunion or just out in life we have all kinds of stereotypes about our lifestyles. Whether, we are vegan, meat eaters, perfer to be natural or prefer the status of everyday life. It is what we all want to decide.

         I know that some of it has to do with seeing if we are good enough to compete with other women who are of different geographic backgrounds or not. Men preferences with White, Hispanic, and Asian can really damper spirits with every Hebrew woman. For one thing, we have strong personalities. This is NOT a negative thing. I stated in my blog before about this being a positive quality because God had made us this way. Remember, He loves strong women. However, because of the typos in the Bible, the men think that we are suppose to be submissive which is what many want because they want to be able to do what ever they want without being questioned. Yet we fry our beautiful hair to make it straight and get all of these clothes within fashion. Trying to get our men to notice. 

 

        That's not the only thing that we battle. We also battle the fact that many bash us for being the so called "ugliest" women. Now, how is that? If that was the case, than why in the world are they messing with us in the first place. Remember my sisters, you all are trendsetters. Whatever we see as beautiful or fashionable, someone is going to copy it. We all met someone who has copied after us before. That is nothing new. However, because of all this negative energy that is aimed directly at us cause us to try to show and prove to society what we are all about. We don't have to prove anything. They can think whatever they want. At the end of the day, we all know the Truth about us. 

 

       This stereotype is quite annoying. The "Black Women are Welfare Cases". That is the biggest lie ever told. We work hard all of us. We work hard to make sure we have food on the table, help secure the family, plan trips, and we go to great lengths to hold it down even when the man of the house is going through a lot of stress. We support our families, our friends and everyone we care about. That is apart of our make up. We work harder than any other woman world wide. The problem is the society doesn't want to help us because they are busy wanting to help the popular minority if they can help it. So that is a lie. More than anything, we DON'T want to depend on anyone ever when it comes down to our own personal affairs. 

 

       So regardless of the stereotypes, we need to support each other and stop trying to compete due to the society requirements. Forget their requirements. We will never fit in with it from the beginning. We are not suppose to fit in. So lets not get jealous of one another and have ill will towards one another. We need to raise each other up. As far as having a support system of just us women, no one is going to really support each other. We are all we got.

         Forget the dark skinned vs. light skinned thing, what does that got to do with it. Deep down we are all Spirit. It's about our character and what we stand for. Not the shade of our skin. That's just another way to divide. We all stand for family, unity of our people, security, faith, love, trust, equality, inner beauty and independence. Those are our top qualities. Not all of this Egyptian philosophy of what we have and what we look like from the outside defining our character. We are built from the inside out. Not the outside in. So let's support each other. We don't need to compete with each other at all. 

 

          Remember, God made us all equally and we are all important in His Eyes. We don't need to worry about anything. He made us: Smart, Brave, Courageous, Strong, Independent, Full of Wisdom, Loyal, Protective, Beautiful, Full of Soul, Artistic, and Full of Heart. We are beautiful just the way we are. We don't need a big six figure salary, a massive house, and tons of plastic surgery to define us as beautiful and fantastic character. No one has to look like Beyonce and have money like Oprah just to feel important. Those people have the most miserable lives and low self-esteem. We should just be ourselves not matter what and let our character and presence speak for us.

Peace Sisters.