Welcome New Followers
Welcome to the Philosopher's stone. My blog has been running for the last year and a half. I have been a practicing Rastaman since I began this write. I have a love for music, writing, culture and God. The truth to this blog is to find the power of the people. Power is found through unity and ideal. Ultimately a unified ideal can begin a unified identity. Rastafari is a lot more then believing in the herb. It is a faith and a way of living. I have dedicated a lot of this blog to poetry and music. Wisdom is my true passion because it is a field of study that is never ending. I have touched on subjects that matter on ancient hermetic Egyptian wisdom which is the foundation of all world faith and Religion. The truth is that we live in a day in age of what which will begin to be a spiritual awakening. That we are spiritual beings that live a spiritual life. The power of the spirit can power a mind to find what one is called to in life. Spirituality is the power of all humanity. Rastafari is the teaching of all acceptance. That is the belief of a Rastaman. I am in transition with this blog and well my passion is to teach one day. I have yet to bring news source to my blog but decided to start to bring 3rd party source on this site to help gather more culture that involves what a Rasta really stands for. We are the the way of root living and the faith that teaches the system is corrupt. Enjoy reading some material that involves Rasta worldwide. One Love.
About the Edit Unto Your's
As they say in the Big Easy hey y'all . Little did I know that local lingo for New Orleans would become my renewed faith in understanding a new way of life. Big Easy as a sort of a Hakuna Matata lighter sense and page. My names Ryan and people call me Moke for a nick. Heavy in my dance & river days I went by Movement. I like them all. Never needed a Mohawk to rectify my will. Well anyways I just moved back to sunny San Diego after spending the last close to 3 years in Louisiana. Born and raised in San Diego private school the whole 9 yards and a Kaeding of a miss to a field goal. Did some time up in Chico, CA. Fun times, but was still searching on what I wanted to do in life. Dipped down south to get Bourbon dirty while looking to find my calling.. Right? If your going to do it you might as well do it right. Met some fun people, made some memories and actually grew up. Left a lovely girl behind, but hopefully one day we'll be back in mind. Moral of the story I finally found out something I was looking for. What was really going on and is it really 2014 already? I picked up my love for writing and let my thoughts take the wheel. As I was riding upon my journal I knew my higher self was leading me somewhere. Go figure out the roots to my roots. I had a revelation that their was one genre of music I had ventured in but not far enough. Reggae was making its way back to me and I began to remember my love of its simplicity but profound truth. Sure enough my writing was taking me there as well. Tired of the battle amongst Christianity and other world religions I turned to studying nature. Began self teaching Astrotheology and other hermetic wisdom. Then it dawned on me there was a lost world doctrine and way of life that emphasized that nature is the way. Rastafarian. Remembering its misconception of a youth's rebellion I always knew it held more than truth, pure truth. So here I am still dipping my toes in understanding the Rastaman's way knowing my hometown is the place to start. Identity had been important for many but many like myself gave up on what was being taught. The purpose that is driven through my blog is to find a commune in my generation's ideology and bring people back together through the power of spirituality and love for acceptance for one another. A recognition of the empowering One Love. One thing our world has lost touch of is the rooted key of the Rastaman way. That is living life through suppression and instilling self discipline. Wasn't this the path that all eastern and western religions insinuated as being the tool for enlightenment? Yes, but it got misconstrued through its complexity. Heigh-ho back to the roots we should go. So I invite you to follow my blog to begin to learn a lost way of life or to invite you to teach me a thing or two. It is time our generation spoke together through the power of unified identity. Time for a real campaign of change from the people as it should be and come. Time our entire nation legalized the plant that symbolized freedom. Sending Rastaman vibrations outwards for a revival of a Kingdom. Please feel free to add me on facebook Ryan Moquin
~Peace, Love, Unity and Respect we already knew what was coming next~UPDATE AS OF 7/19/14 (PURPOSE DRIVEN MESSAGE)Hey everybody. Sorry for lack of content the last past month I was actually locked up in jail. No need to worry I'm back here to stay and all is well. Anyways I had much time to write and foresee where I wanted to take this blog and in what direction. A lot of posts before were not thought out completely and expression of my emotion. So I took down some. But I have passed that haze and my writing will begin to show. I want this blog to be based on a 5 point structure. 1) To promote Rastafari Doctrine & Way of Life2) To be a multimedia outlet for all arts combined3) To promote discussion & eventually through forum4) To bring together people spiritually5) And most importantly promote world peaceThank you for reading and hope you enjoy. In the near future I'm going to begin making videos so the poetry can be better understood. There is a lot of ancient philosophy and wisdom behind the influence of them.Ok that is all for now. One Love.
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8 Things we can learn from Rastafarians
8 Things We Could All Learn From Rastafarians
When you hear the word 'Rastafarian' a few things come to mind, but actually being a Rasta isn't just about dreadlocked hair, it's a deeply spiritual mindset and philosophical way of life. Although it would be pretty difficult for most of us to adopt a full Rastafari lifestyle, there are some Rasta ideals that some of us could perhaps learn a thing or two from.
1. Your Body is Your Temple
In Rastafari, it's important to look after your body. They believe in everything that is natural. This can be seen with the ital diet but they also dislike anything that would 'taint' their bodies, like cutting their hair or getting tattoos.
2. Natural Is The Way to Go
Ital is the Rastafari diet, and it stems from the word 'vital'. A diet that focuses on purely natural foods, void of red meat and processed food.
3. Speech is Powerful
Speech is very important to Rastafarians, as it enables the presence. Freedom of speech and communication is vital.
PHOTO CREDIT: JAMAICAN OBSERVER
4. Respect Nature
This idea refers to the importance and respect Rastafarians have for animals and the environment, as mirrored in their food laws. They live and breathe the earth and some use plants and herbs for medicine.
5. Everyone is Equal
According to the Rastafari, all people are equal, regardless of race, because all people are children of Jah.
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6. Possessions Don't Bring Happiness
Rastas are against is the misuse of technology and the overemphasis on material possessions, not to say they don't have material things but they don't believe it should be of such importance in our lives.
7. Love is Everything
Love, to a Rasta, once started just grows from his heart. Rastafarians love their romantic partners with every part of their being, and enjoy it. They love with honor, peace, and respect.
8. Live How You Choose
Rastafarians believe everyman must live how he chooses. But we know the best way for a man to make his money is by doing something that he loves, and by sharing the word, and his love for God. The best occupation is to do one of these things. Rastafarians know they are here to serve God and that is why flexibility and creative independence in his work is so important to him.
Do you think we could learn from Rastafari ideals? Leave your comments below.
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