If you want to be respected for what you know and believe, own your ideas! Speak with the authority and knowledge that come from general reading and keeping up with the news. Although you don't want to be perceived as egotistical by making too many self-references, personalize information by using words such as I, mine, and me.
This winter break has been very interesting, I'm glad I was able to enjoy it with my family. Though we have our tough times the love is prevalent. I just wanted to take the time out to give my readers a proper introduction to my family so here is a short poem that puts all the people in my live in perspective. HOPE YOU ENJOY/UNDERSTAND IT
I got a brother who always keeps it real, his name's Guilt Let's me know I can't stand however it is I feel I got a cousin named Pride, nigga acts like a lawyer Gotta a sister named Karma, I be tryna' avoid her Gotta ex that's bitter, wants me to be her nigga Hates my girl Self-Pity 'cause I'm always with her But bitter's beef is valid, she don't like shorty 'cause she use me One time she seen her verbally abuse me Got a friend that's passive, friends call him Passive He just says whatever hoping that shit passes My Uncle Hindsight wears real thick glasses Reminds me of where I been and how shit gets drastic Got a Aunt named Humility, she speaks low mumbles Don't care that I'm a graduate she keeps me so humble In my head I'll debate it, out loud I'll never say it I'm pretty sure it's a good reason we all related
"Beware of the beast man. For he is the devils pawn. Alone among God's primates. He kills for sport, lust, or greed. Yay he will murder his brother to posses his brothers land. Let him not breed in great numbers, For he will make a desert of his home, and yours. Shun him, drive him back into his jungle layer. For he is the harbinger of death. "
"They say the good things in life comes to those who believe....so i believe"
Meeting someone like you is something any sensible person dreams of in a lifetime…it wasn’t the fact that you are a beautiful rather its more the kind of person you are…for some reason I feel your spirit and it lifts me higher and makes me want to be a better person. For as often as we speak never have I felt a negative energy between the two of us…my deepest secrets I want to reveal to you without a care because I know you will take them in stride and never past judgment your only motive would be just to figure out my reasoning on why a made such and such decisions. Its very uplifting to meet someone like you and I promise you and myself that I will never ever just let you skate by. I want you in my life, completely, your more than a friend; you’re a soul mate. I’m only saying this because I know deep down you feel the same way about me.
As you all know, I'm a big fan of journals, diaries, or anything as such. Stumbling upon old pieces of writing has to be one of the most eye opening moments in life. I find it hard to believe that your conscience will allow you to lie to yourself in writing. From my experiences it seems like your true genius comes out when you write about life and the things going on around you. I would like to take this time out to apologize to all of my english teachers who made me write journals every morning in class and i gave them a dirty look. Please forgive me because I had no idea the power of what you spoke of. Now I see completely, and i plan to continue writing journals as often as i can. Here is a brief journal i wrote back in 2008 about Plato. I hope you like it. And please pick up a pen/pencil and write about the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe one day when you stumble upon it, it will spark a life changing moment. At the end is a song by J.cole called "see world" I added it because it's mirrors the idea of writing what you see and also it's DOPE!
This is a conversation between Glaucon, a student, and Socrates, his teacher, and then Plato writes an allegory of this conversation. Plato asks us to imagine human beings who are prisoners in a cave, chained and forced to face one direction. Behind the prisoners, there is a fire that casts shadows upon the wall the prisoners are facing. Since birth, all they have watched are shadows of statues and animals cast upon that wall. They also hear conversations of those who transport these statues. To the prisoners, the truth is literally nothing else except the shadows of the images they see. Plato asks us to consider what will follow when one prisoner is released from his chains, and cured of his ignorance. At first he will fight the truth, but inevitably he will start to see more than shadows. Getting accustomed to the real world , will he care about being the leader inside the cave or living as just another person in the real world? Plato asks us to consider the man going back to into the cave in his new state; wouldn't his eyes leaving the sunlight be covered in darkness? When he recovers and resumes to living with his mates, wouldn't he invite ridicule towards them because of their ignorance? And if he tried to lead them towards enlightenment, wouldn't they kill him?
This allegory has to be one of the best things I have ever read in my lifetime. It has brought total enlightenment to my eyes. Though it is tough to understand, with due reasoning I am really amazed on how much truth Plato is speaking about reality, change, and, ignorance. Whenever my eyes are opened to something new, something that has never been part of my life; like foreign foods or dating outside your race, my first reaction is to reject it because I have never tried it before. In a sense I am blinded by the shadows of my comfort level. Now when I try it and fall in love with it, the next step is to introduce it to my friends or tell them about it. If I tell my friends, or parents that I am going to marry outside my race, it will be looked upon as an abomination. But with my new state of mind I see nothing wrong with such things again, because I am not blinded by the darkness of my comfort level.
I find myself asking questions over and over again. Why are humans so different from the next creature? what made us smarter? what made us think we're smart? Are we really better than any other living thing that roams around this earth? I ask myself questions like this constantly through the day. I've bought numerous books that claim they have the answer for 'a man's search for meaning' what exactly was i put on this earth for. I guess a dog doesn't ask it self that question, it just goes about its day looking for food and water. Think about a tiny bacteria that infects us (humans) everyday, what's their purpose, why cause stress to us, don't we both have the same goal? Don't look at me I don't the answer to that question but what i do have is this Dimethyltriptamine or better known as DMT. What is it? Its a chemical an alkaliod found in all beings, ours is produced by the brain. Its function? It's a psychedelic that creates the dream world that we must have every night while we're asleep. The truth is if you don't dream, you die. Simple as that. So DMT..how does that connect to the purpose of life..DMT is release during REM sleep and right before human death. Ok forget the REM sleep part, lets focus on the part where this potent pschedelic is released at the moment right before you die. Why is that? Is that the chemical that will create the after-life world thats been preached to us since birth? It's tough to say, but they chilling topic to ponder upon. The video below is comedian Joe Rogan...yes i said comedian Joe Rogan the guy from fear factor giving his view on the purpose of mankind, and i have to say it is the best I have heard so far. He speaks on his experience with DMT, and how the drug works, then he goes into talking about humans as an advanced form of bacteria whose job is to innovate and procreate to keep the earth spinning.He has really good points on how we humans are all dependent on each other, and that's part of our biological make-up. We were made to function as a unit, just as yeast makes dough rise, and mold takes over a sandwich, we humans have a purpose and that's to keep making babies, and inventing new things. Fuck emotions, fuck the little bullshit that comes with life all that is just a set-up to make us believe that we are individuals while in actuality we are actually just a piece in the puzzle of life. So what's next? Jay Electronica!!!
Purpose......Ever felt like you're living without a purpose. Webster defines it as "something set up as an object or end to be attained". I remember my freshman year in college I had some of the most thought provoking friends. We would sit together and have powerful debates on the most touchy subjects. One that relates to my rant today is "does God actually have a path set for you?". When my friends and I spoke on this subject I argued as a "young christian" saying that for everybody God as already written out their path and its inevitable to diverge from it. Then one of my friends argued if that's so, then God decides who is the rapist, the serial killer, the bank robber, and all the castaways of civilization. I say "young christian" because at till this point I had no rebuttal for his argument. Suffice to say I was young and never knew the actual meaning of the word "purpose". Now if I had known that purpose means something set up as an object or end to be attained, then my rebuttal would be this:
God has a purpose for all of his children, whether is be a calling in the church, community, entertainment, medical field, etc. But one thing my God does not do is decide who is going to be the serial killer, or the rapist, my God is graceful and he always gives you a good "purpose". See you have to attain that purpose, you can't just pray everyday asking God "what is my purpose..show me..." You have to go out and search for it by good will, if you do, then you will truly see that its never anything evil. It's when you ignore the pursuit of that purpose, then you begin to live without a purpose and you feel your world tumbling down. This then makes people resort to violence and devious behaviors, which any man in his right mind would wish to his fellow man, so why would our creator.
See I'm writing this today because sometimes we get this feeling like the world keeps spinning and nothing is happening at our end. Well one thing that keeps me on the right path and keeps me going is that I know that something has been set up for me and its by job to go attain it and claim it. One thing I know about what is set up for me is that when I attain it my father will finally say "son I'm proud of you". And that my friend is my purpose in life in a nutshell, now to go find my friend and give him a piece of my mind three years later.
Make sure you listen to the song after....really finishes my point.
