So I wanted to do a free write to give some direction to the blog and where I'm at. Some may already know, but if you don't I'm at an interesting point in my life to say the least. I won't go into detail in the rough hill I had to climb, but I'm at a point where I'm completely starting over with my direction I was taking myself in life and how I wanted to present myself. I found myself coming to a realization that the way of life I wanted and believed in was prevalent, very prevalent in my hometown. I came to a decision which I had been contemplating for sometime was that I wanted my faith and spirituality to be the primeval guiding tool in where I was going to dedicate my life long work. I was bound to faith to be who I wanted to be. I needed identity that gave self discipline, a path I could take for better growth. I decided to convert my faith to Rastafarianism because within my studies of religion, philosophy, theology, mythology and astrology I realized it held all these and the complete truth of them. Ultimately Rasta seemed to be the perfect doctrine to be taught world wide. Raised as a Christian, Rasta still instilled the belief in Christ but it interprented the bibilical teachings in the sense I understood them. Scripture were stories to illustrate nature and its way of working. It was truthful and direct way of interoperating God's word that coincided with the dawn of Aquarius and what would lead nature's cycle back into the Golden age. It was like a slap in the face. Hello Ryan if the world is on the brink of time of healing and reformation towards truth it would spring back to its roots. It would teach the way of nature for nature never lied right? Maybe caught you off guard sometimes, but never lied. So I reached out to a few minds who partook in these studies and shared this correlation I was seeing. I was rest assured that the existence of Rastafari in this day age wasn't coincidental, but laying around waiting for people to speak its truth. For growing up in San Diego reggae and Rasta culture was rooted and thrived in this city for many years. My hometown probably held the most prevalent reggae culture in the entire United States. But as I began to study Rastafari I realized the western interpretation was far off from what it really stood for from where it rooted from, Africa and Jamaica. The reggae bands I grew up on were singing Jah's word and the truth on the beliefs, but no one was bringing the wisdom to the community nor teaching the truth as a way of life that could be incorporated into the neighborhoods and deeper into life. I actually felt the westernized interpretation of Rastafari was being sold out as a 'fad' by commercial business for a youth's rebellion and alternative lifestyle. Go figure America right? The majority of kids in this town with dreads probably had them for the looks and had no clue on their deep spiritual symbolism and their ties to the Bible. But as I went about my day running around town I saw that there people everywhere that rocked the Rasta look and vibe. We just needed to inform the people and bring them together with truth and we could start something pretty beautiful and powerful. A change for the better powered by the people. It was my renewed vision of an old dream. So I was going to dedicate my studies to passing along the truth in hopes people would find identity like I did. I knew I was part of a special generation, but we hadn't come together with identity. The power of the people will never exist unless the people unite in Identity. It was like I heard the Rastamans in Africa and Jamaica yelling to America to jump on board! Well I had faith this way was at hands reach for a reason and purpose and I was going to partake. The recent mass world violence on the news just gave me more reason. It was time to put down the guns and pick up the unified faith of purest alibi. It was time for world peace empowered by the One Love.
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