"Our 'PROPHET' W.D. Fard" -Hon. Elijah Muhammad

(14th Lesson, 1-14's/Lost Found Muslim Lesson #1)

Fard: The Man, the Myth, the Majik

Peace Fam! This subject has been in my Third (Mind) for a while so I thought is was a perfect time to manifest it. I will warn those of you who “Worship” Fard to discontinue reading this Article right from the gate! I know how much stock you place in “the belief” that Fard is 129 years old & studying on the Mothership so you may be alittle too sensitive to put beliefs such as this under a critical, analytical microscope. Those of you who are true seekers of Knowledge I welcome you to look at Fard, as he was; a Man shrouded in Myth and Majik. This Article is about being a follower only to the extent of learning how to Lead!! I want to clarify that I’m gonna approach this Article as if I’m speaking to people who already have a basic idea of who Fard is, primarily Registered “Believers” in the NOI. For those of you who don’t have a clue who Master Fard Muhammad is take a second to click on this NOI link dealing with "Fard" and NOI Chronology. Now here we go.. .

When I first learned about Fard (as a child, literally and intellectually!) he was larger than life to me! I never became a Registered “Believer” in the NOI but I did view the Man in Mythological terms. Kinda like the same way kids glorify Chris Brown today! Anyway, almost every story I heard about this Man would make David Blaine look like an Amateur! “Elijah Muhammad never saw him sleep”, “Fard is on the Mothership studying”, “Fard moved a star with his finger”, “Fard controls the weather” and the tall tales and legends go on and on! In light of Actual Facts, none of these (and other) instances have been Show & Proven to be true. For all practical purposes, these carefully constructed “Beliefs” simply serve the purpose of strengthening the faith of oftentimes faithless followers. I look at it like this, regardless how comforting and euphoric it feels to “believe” our child ate today, it can’t be compared to knowing for a fact that they had a nutritious halal meal. Like one of my Elder’s Abu Shahid say’s, “Belief never supersedes Knowledge”!

In the movie Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee spoke these famous words, “It’s like a finger pointing to the Moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you’ll miss the Moon and all it’s heavenly glory”. To me, I see these “tales” about Fard as just a finger, something designed to point you somewhere else! Many members (not all!) of the NOI that I know seem to always be engrossed in staring at the finger and consequently, they miss the “heavenly glory”. In otherwords, instead of simply co-signing the story that “Elijah Muhammad never saw Fard sleep”, analyze how that practical information (regardless of it’s validity!) can function in your life! The idea of “someone never seeing you sleep” is Peace if you really think about it practically! If many Muslims got the point they wouldn’t “sleep” on the Lesson’s (Supreme Wisdom) that Master Fard & Elijah Muhammad compiled as the FOUNDATION of The Teachings! It’s very, very rare to come across a Muslim (including Ministers!) who study The Lessons enough to know them by heart. I’m saying this because some brotha’s/sistah’s in the NOI try to discredit members of the NGE (Nation of Gods and Earths) because we “supposedly” don’t follow Restrictive Laws. It never occurs to them that it takes a tremendous amount of commitment, endurance, discipline and restrictive focus to memorize all 120 Lessons (the bulk of Supreme Wisdom!) and be able to recite them by heart! I ain’t even talking about breaking them down, I’m just talkin’ about spittin’ them off the dome! So don’t get it twisted fam, the flyest, most spectacular Ball Player’s usually aren’t in the NBA (NOI), it’s the cat’s that rep the streets and we (The NGE) hold this Knowledge like Street Balla’s! We “handle” (dribble) The Lesson’s with a sense of insight, self confidence, flair & finesse that would make the Harlem Globetrotter’s take notes! How else do you think The Father was able to grab the attention of the youth? He was swift, educated, entertaining and socially in tune with the youth, something that many adults find impossible to do!

Nowadays when some brotha’s in the NOI hear that you’re a member of the NGE there’s usually a quiet sense of respect (at least in your face it is!). The type of respect that was shown to the Master of the Green Destiny Sword in “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”! I understand from some of my Elders that it never used to be like that back in the day. Now all brotha’s don’t have that sense of respect and for the few who have had the unfortunate experience (but blessing in disguise!) of trying to duel with the Lightening Tap, Self-Styled Wisdom of the Gods they learned very quickly never to assume that because we may appear to look like regular people that we are like them! One of the “other Rules and Regulations that are not mentioned in this lesson” (28 Lesson, 1-40) is as follows; “Don’t even step in the Arena if you BULLSHITTIN’ WITH The Lessons, because it’s Mentricide”! Let’s be real about it, because many (not all!) NOI brothers be stiff like Herman Munster, pitifully try to clone themselves into Farrakhan and keep Supreme Wisdom (The Lessons) on they shelf collecting dust they just ain’t ready to test our swift swordplay! It’s like Walker Texas Ranger vs. Tony Jaa! Now the blessing in all this is the fact that we show them how to flexibly express Islam as a living, breathing reality, not as a sterile ritualistic practice. And as painfully as many of them would like to admit it, we show them how it’s done!

Now alot of this stagnated, unworthy servant attitude that many (not all!) Muslims in the NOI have is because of their star-struck “Massah” Fard Muhammad belief that he is above them! This Religiosity is no different than how many Christians sweat Jesus, Buddhists deify Buddha and "New York" praised Flava Flav! To visualize Fard as a Man who got up with an erection in the morning, a human being who urinated/defected, brushed his teeth/hair and hung out with his boy Elijah is damn near impossible for many of them. Even now some of them cringed by reading that last sentence! He was a Man damn it!

Let me humor you for a moment, when it’s said that Fard was invited to dinner over a family’s house and he ate everything they served and then taught them about how to eat to live this is how I see it going down; Knowing that most people in Black Bottom MI migrated from the South, that’s probably the first time Fard had some Sweet Potato Pie, he probably had the shits all night from eating chitterlings & collard greens wit hog mauls, and his blood pressure probably spiked like Billy “White Shoes” Johnson! You know women was definitely trying to holla’ at him, and his pheromones probably made them hoes accost him like Jubelo, Jubela & Jubelum harassed Hiram Abiff! Make no mistake about it, Elijah and Fard rolled together! Elijah put Fard down on the street shit like Bubbles did 5-0 on The Wire. They hung out, they laughed together, shared tears together, and got upset with eachother at times! Yeah Fard is the 24th Scientist who was taught by 23 other Scientists (who happened to be his Father & Uncles), but he came to the Wilderness of North America to search for his long lost Uncle (The 25th Scientist)! The Uncle who his family wasn’t fuckin’ wit like that! Remember, we are of the Tribe of Shabazz right? “Rebellious” ass Black Sheep’s of the family who went into the Central Asia Jungle and thugged it out 50,000 years ago! Study your Lessons.. .

Anyway, when the NOI particularly chooses to focus on “the person of Master Fard Muhammad” instead of grasping “Allah” in his person, they misunderstand the reason that he came! Consequently, you begin see people gazing off in the Universe waiting for a person to return on the Mothership while neglecting their “person-al” responsibility on Earth! Now don’t get me wrong, I think it’s perfectly healthy to investigate the paranormal, Ufo’s, Bigfoot, Orb’s and all of that unknown shit, I just think that it is hypocritical for some members of the NOI to criticize a Christian for their “beliefs” when alot of what they be saying is belief’s too! A Christian has the right to believe that Noah put all the animals in the world in one Ark just like the NOI has a right to believe that Fard can beat Michael Jordan in a one on one game of Basketball (That dumb shit was told to me by a NOI brother before)!

I’d like to conclude by saying that although Allah was “in the person” of Master Fard Muhammad, the Black Man “is Allah”. There’s a difference. Fard didn’t come over here to have people performing salat with his image in our mind! Nowhere in our Lessons (Supreme Wisdom) does is say that Master Fard Muhammad “is” God or Allah. A cursory glace at the lesson’s would bear witness to this fact! The Lessons clearly mentions Fard as “OUR PROPHET” on two separate occasions yet the Black Man is referred to as Allah, God, the Supreme Being, the Original Man, and Son of Man countless times! Allah was said to be “in the person” of Master Fard Muhammad because World History even tells you that it’s rare to see Higher Consciousness righteously dwelling in a physical form that’s dealing with the physiological, psychological, social and economic issues associated with albinism! A good illustration of the sense of alienation, aggression, overcompensation, gross assimilation, inadequacy, uncivilization, apathy and pathology that a person with albinism goes through is in Walt Disney’s Tarzan! It’s a lot of weight to carry knowing that you are genetically an endangered species and that anywhere on the Planet Earth you go, your a stranger!! Fard was indeed an exception just like it was an exception for his Father Alphonzo to “go up in the Caucasus Mts.” (pun intended!) to get him a White Girl that he had to civilize and have a son with! I’m sure his brother’s had jokes!

So the next time you find yourself drifting off and fantasizing about the Hereafter when Fard & his Legion of Superhuman’s comes back to slay the fire-breathing Dragonfaced White Man, save “The Believers” and make a pork free Universe, get a grip! You have the right to believe that, but as the 18th Lesson in the 1-40’s states, “The duty of a Civilized Person is to teach he who is savage Civilization, Righteousness, the Knowledge of Himself, the Science of Everything in Life, Love, Peace and Happiness”. As a “said person of that ability” (20th Lesson, 1-40’s) it’s our proactive responsibility to make things happen right now and be clear that “There is no Mystery God” (10th Lesson, 1-40’s) that’s gonna do it, not Fard, Elijah, my Momma or my child, ME! While it is respectfully critical to acknowledge Allah (Universal Mind/Consciousness) that “came in the person” of Master Fard Muhammad, it is essential that we grow in the understanding that the Black Man “is” Allah (Universal Mind/Consciousness)! It’s all in your Supreme Wisdom (120 Lessons) just take a moment to look! And oh yeah, True Master’s produce Grand Masters!!!!

-Mike Tyson's Greatest Opponent-

Build -THE EGO- Destroy

I’ve had Knowledge of Self (or 120 Lessons) for alittle over a decade and I’ve grown with this as this has definitely grown with me. One of the things that has helped my truly grow and develop as a man is “Checking my Ego”! Coming into the Knowledge of your own God-centeredness can really give you overzealous ideas of grandeur. I remember the times I was always “saying” the Blackman is God, outta context like a muthafucka’! It was an EGO thing. I remember building until nigga’s would pass the fuck out! Man, the EGO is something else and if not put in it’s proper place you become like a time bomb, waiting to blow yourself up and everything around you. Yacub didn’t necessarily have a Big Head literally! Yacub had a Big Ass EGO, and he had that shit down to a Science! Because of that (among other things) he’s credited with being the Father of the Devil and it’s definitely a lesson to be learned from that! Let me elaborate.. .

Anyway, the reason I come off so cynical, controversial and practically down to Earth is because through maturity I’ve learned to check my EGO. I’ve done this systematically (through Shamanistic techniques used to de-structure the EGO) and when I had to deal with life on life’s terms! I’m not saying that those who don’t come off like I do don’t have their EGO in check, I’m just saying that this is the way that I express it. My unique experiences have forged my identity and I’m grateful that I’ve kept two feet on the ground in the process! Identifying yourself as The Creator can become a form of Intellectual Masturbation (of which I’ve done quite a bit!!) and this self stimulation can always be ascribed to an unchecked EGO!

Now, for those of you who are not active members of the NGE (Nation of Gods and Earths). Don’t think that you have the right to regurgitate what I say as if it’s “the way it is” in regards to my Nation. I have the right to say what I say because I am a qualified “said person of that ability”. I am on the inside often speaking about what’s going on in “different places” in the inside. There is always another perspective or side to the story, this is just my perspective. There are many so-called God’s that are strait up asshole’s, niggas that be on some shit and using the name of God to shield they dirty ass ways and actions. There are also many true & living Gods who actually live principled lives and are exemplary in their expression of this Culture! There are also bitches wit they heads wrapped-up saying they the Earth but be really just taking advantage of brothers who look at them as Queen’s. You also got true Queens who are truthful and sincere, who modestly bring out the best in themselves and their family!

Sometimes I take the more “controversial” perspective because our people (NGE) don’t always speak on these things openly. I actually see it as not only therapeutic but also as a breath of fresh air. Part of my duty as a Civilized person is to help people see that just because I’m God-centered doesn’t mean that I ain’t got problems! Shit, the only difference is that I use mathematical formulas to solve my problems. My Articles are plain, digestible and never above the people’s head! At the end of the day I want people to be comfortable enough to be amongst me as they are, not feeling like I’m the muthafuckin’ Thought Police or that I’m judging them like they being weighed on the Scales of Maat! I mean sometimes we as “God” can really come off real anal like that! I try to destroy this idol, icon or archetypical model of The Creator every chance I get!

Why do I take this approach? I’ve learned from experience not to build myself up or allow people to build me up because it often opens up the opportunity to establish false expectations of who I am, especially when people are coming from a Mythological Perspective of what God is. People will begin to expect you not to enjoy sex, not take a shit, play Xbox 360 or work in a factory! I personally don’t get a hard-on if people look at me all starry eyed, the shit actually turns me off and I use “Normalcy” as a method of humbling myself so that others don’t have to humble me. Hey, my Ole’ Earth was a Psychologist so there are many cognitive tactics I’ve learned that has given me the flexibility to functionally exist in this Society without falling victim to it! Because of it I also see a lot of tools that people are missing in their tool chest.

As I mentioned earlier, when I was going through my Shaman Apprenticeship I used systemized techniques to de-structure the EGO. Basically this means “learning to fall on your face” to accustom yourself to the EGO shattering falls we go through in life or when people try to trip you! The idea is to use these techniques as a sober entrance into the unknown to minimize and psychologically prepare yourself for situations when your catapulted into the unknown. Some of the techniques I used were; living homeless (both willingly & unwillingly), playing Mute for 3 months on a job until I left, playing deaf for a year on a College Campus, having my daughters push me around in a wheelchair at the mall, wearing only all black for a year, eating 1 meal every other day for 3 months, and never showing my hair for 1 ½ years. In Shamanism these EGO de-structuring techniques are used as a method called “Stalking”. Stalking can be interpreted in the context of “The prey stalking the predator”. Hunting is a system of stalking the routines of potential prey, but in the process, the Hunter him/herself is establishing their own routines. It’s like a proud Hunter waiting in the bush for the Jaguar to appear at the waterhole while the Jaguar sits quietly crouched in the tree above him! A good analogy of this is the movie “Predator”. Shamans say that these psychologically elusive EGO de-structuring techniques allows one to shapeshift into a Mystical Animal. Mystical Animals are classified as animals undetected by the naked eye such as unicorns, dragons, griffins or any other types of animals who have “untraceable routines”, too elusive for any hunter to trap! The key phrase is “untraceable routines too elusive for any hunter to trap”!

Through the use of certain EGO de-structuring techniques, a person strengthens themselves to become almost infallible to the mind games, button pushing, and bullshit that people often try to “trap” you up in! Traps that are always based upon your “routines” they observed! Now stop for a second and think about this, some of the things we do and hold fast to are actuality just EGO-centered forms of the predatory vulnerability, that’s why a person can “routinely” fuck with you! Pay attention to those around you! If some people get the impression that you are zealously serious about your “Attribute” they will deliberately and consistently but so-called mistakenly call you Johnny or Michele! If you walking around like you got a “DON’T EAT PORK” shirt on, people will make you a chittlin’ pie for your birthday! I knew a Wiz that I got a good paying job at the Casino but she didn’t know how to talk to white people. She was always agitated and these muthafucka’s knew it too. Needless to say, she didn’t last a year there. There was an incident where she blew up on this white girl, walked off the job and didn’t come back. This was two years ago and she still hasn’t bounced back financially, which consequently means supporting her three children! I showed her the tools but she didn’t want to use them (9th Degree/1-40’s) so these Devils set it up to look like a case of Self Sabotage! That’s the type of predatory vulnerability I’m talking about!

I say all this to say what? The EGO can be a tool that allows us to Build or it can be turned into a weapon that Destroys us! Along my path I have gone through the systematic process of putting my EGO in check. I’ve tried to laugh at myself before I’ve given people the privilege of doing so. I’ve embarrassed myself before people can embarrass me, and I’ve pushed my own buttons before someone had the pleasure of pushing them for me! Now don’t get me wrong, this hasn’t always been the case. I’ve learned a lot of these things through direct experience (bumps & bruises!) and I’m not where I would like to be yet! There’s still things that really pisses me off and I’m sure you can tell by my Articles, b.u.t. I’m working through it. It’s a Journey not a destination.

-Mad Jack "The Mountain Man" & Grizzly "Bear(d)" Adams-

The Quest for "Authentic" Islam

The 9th Degree in our Student Enrollment states in it's answer, “The Lost Found Nation of Islam has no said birth record, it has no beginning nor an ending, it’s older than the Sun, Moon and Stars”. This statement alone tells us that Islam didn’t originate in the Koran, Prophet Muhammad or Arabic Culture. Islam (PEACE) is beyond all of this, therefore, Islam is not simply about how much Koran you can recite or Arabian you can look. Knowing the Koran is a plus but you damn sure don’t gotta be Arabian! I’m saying this because many people throughout the world think they are living Islamic Principles when all they’re doing is copying Arabic Culture. The concept of Islam (PEACE) always existed. Prophet Muhammad of 1400 years ago only recited this concept of “Peace” to Arabian Tribes, in Arabia using Arabian Culture/Customs and Arabic Language as the vehicle. Sometimes people confuse this vehicle with the destination! Prophet Muhammad used a methodology to reach the people from the specific language, customs, sociopolitical status, and geography familiar to them. It was already hard for Muhammad and those was his people, imagine the type of response he would have received if he came as a strait up foreigner? It never was a Mystery to me why Master Fard Muhammad “raised-up” one from amongst us and then bounced without a trace! Shit, Elijah spoke the language of many of our people! He had a “moonshine drinking” lead belly, swore by the blues, ate swine like it was going outta style, and probably couldn’t spell the word Islam. When Fard was asking Elijah Muhammad them questions that comprise our Lessons (Supreme Wisdom), he was definitely learning in the process! Elijah put him down about a lot of things and in the process, he learned what Fard saw from the outside looking in! Fard may have moved undetected amongst White People but in Black Bottom, Mi he stood out like a sore thumb! And you know women was feelin’ him like Michael Jackson when his Thriller album dropped! Yo’ let me stop, I’ll build about Fard “The Man, the Myth, the Magik” another time!!

Now, back to what I was dealing with originally. Many Arabian People try to claim Islam as if they created it. As if because you don’t speak fluent Arabic, you don’t have a Grizzly Adams beard, or your woman ain’t cloaked like a ninja that it’s not “authentic” Islam! That is just as ignorant and ass backwards as the belief that “muslim’s are terrorists!”. Arabian Culture/Customs is not Islam! Islam can however be expressed through Arabian Culture, just like in any Culture. But I must mention that there may be some Cultural Traditions that are not compatible with Islamic Principles. For example, American Culture teaches that homosexuality is simply an “Alternative lifestyle” while Islamic Principles teach that this defies the Natural Law of Gender. In cases such as this, the question always arises, “How can this situation be rectified, individually and collectively”?

Culture not only establishes identity but Culture serves the purpose of solving problems, solidifying principles, protecting/preserving interests and ascertaining individual/collective goals. Therefore, regardless of the Principles (Islamic or etc..), Culture serves as the synthesizing driving force to implement them. The problem tht many Arabian Muslims had and have with Muslims in the NOI during the early 1930’s up to the present date is not a question of “Principality”, it’s really a question about the politics of Cultural Assimilation!

Still don’t get it? Well check this out, people were only feelin’ East Coast Rap until West Coast Rap came out. We ain’t except that shit at first because the rhythm, cadence, slag, clothing and subject matter was so different, even though it was “still rap”! Eventually we understood and the same shit happened when Cat’s started rappin’ in the South. We was like “hell naw, that shit is really wack, nigga’s is on some clown shit”! Eventually we learned (some of us!) to embrace their “style” too. The key word is “style”. I think that when you look a brothers like Common, Rakim, Ras Kass, and Speech, they all may have different “styles” and reside in different geographic locations but it’s safe to say that they all represent a common spiritual centeredness and conscious perspective of the world! I’m just saying that they all are at least saying something no matter where they from! Is it fair to say that since this oral tradition called “Rap” resurfaced in New York during the early 1970’s that everybody who wants to “Rap” need to do exactly what cats in New York do? That sound’s real stupid! Of course their should be a sense of recognizing the formal chronology of how Rap evolved from both it’s ancient oral tradition and it’s more contemporary form but to say that it ain’t “authentic” if niggas don’t sound like Melle Mel or dress like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is some bullshit! That’s just how ignorant people sound and look when they trying to accuse people of being on some “Haraam” shit because they would rather rock Tims instead of leather shoes, a hoodie and jeans instead of a sheet and a fresh line-up instead of a Grizzly Adam’s beard! On the flip side I also don’t think people in the NOI should insinuate that a brother isn’t “Civilized” because they not rockin' a Romanesque styled bald face! To me, both idea’s are too generalized and extreme.

One of the reasons that Elijah Muhammad is Most Honorable is because he taught strait up “Nigga’s” Islam in Black Bottom Detroit, MI, during the Great Depression with a 3rd grade eja-macation! Not Arabic Culture, but Islamic Principles that existed before there was even a place called Arabia!! So my Muslim brothers and sisters here in the Wilderness of North America, don’t let muthafuckas’ try to make you feel guilty because you breakin’ fast with a pot of Collard Greens & Turkey Tails! At least your Principles would never allow you to warehouse a Corner Store with “Pork” and “Alcohol” and distribute that shit to the families in ya’ Community! And to you Holier than thou Orthodox Muslims from the East, ya’ll family too but please season ya’ Koran & Hadith quotin’ with alittle common sense. Just because your home grown Arabian children have learned to express Islam in a North American context from pant saggin’ Urban Sufi’s doesn’t mean that it ain’t “authentic”! Don’t let this White Supremist Society and your Caucasian Ancestry deceive you because it was the Prophet Muhammad who said that when he ascended to Heaven Ali’s black ass was already there!

As-salaam Alaikum

The Beast Within (click here to order!!)

-FASTING-

I’ve presently embarked on a Fast. Right now I am getting through my 4th day of just drinking Spring Water. I haven’t had any strong food cravings as of yet but two days ago I was irritated quite a bit later on in the afternoon. All I can say is the Universal Mind has an incredible sense of humor. I felt like a Medium who was able to detect “asshole” orb’s! People was really getting’ on my damn nerves! Right now I’m strait, toxin’s just flooding my system so I’m alittle lethargic, other than that I’m Peace and starting to get the clarity that Fasting brings.

My Benefactor (Enlightener) said that Fasting is like lockin’ a Ravenous Ass Beast in the muthafuckin’ basement! The first few day’s it’s savagely clawing at the door, snarling and barking for food but as time passes your able to tame it! For the past year I’ve been primarily eating one meal a day, so I’m sure this has helped me tame (Civilize) “The Beast”. So it ain’t like I eat a big ass breakfast, a small sub & chicken wings for lunch and then buat down some steak & potatoes for dinner before punishing my body with Fasting! I’m used to eating a small meal at the Knowledge (1) Hour so it’s not really extreme. The main reason for this Fast is not necessarily physical even though I’ll get the physiological benefits. This was more on some Metaphysical, Renew my Koran, Make changes type of current.

Now here’s the “meat” of this article (pun intended!). Change is always difficult when the timing isn’t proper. Each thought we think, words we speak and move we make takes energy! All of us have our own energy or like my Benefactor calls it “Metaphysical Economy”. Based upon our inventory of energy, this will determine what we will and won’t do. Time Management is essentially Energy Management. Sometimes we find ourselves “spreading ourselves too thin” and this only means that we misappropriated our energy! Right now wherever you may be, if faced with the immediate challenge of jogging 5 miles non stop, realize that it’s not a question of “if” you can do it! This generally is a question of “if you have the available energy”! I mean even if you have one leg it still can’t be reasoned as “I can’t” because Terry Fox hobbled 3,339 miles across Canada and into our little hearts in 1980! There are some exceptions but for the most part, most people actually can but instead of perceiving it as a question of available energy they simply say “I can’t”! Most of us learned this jewel in Kindergarten that saying “I can’t” puts a limitation of your latent, unperceived ability. To reminisce for as moment, When I was in first grade I wrote a love letter to this Wiz and took it to her by the pencil sharpener and she stood there, read it and ripped that shit up right in front of my face (and in front of other kids!). That had me fucked up for a while but she became my girlfriend in 6 grade (yeah, I know “No all the prophets have tried and have agreed.. .”!), and later in life I went on to successfully have two beautiful daughters by a dime piece (yeah, I know too, “they believe in the 10% on face value”!). The point is, because I was instinctively aware of my infinite potential, I didn’t let the idea of “I can’t” stop me!

Sometimes instinct (or will) is not enough. Sometimes we simply need the energy to make it happen. To maximize our ability to transcend the mental challenge of “I can’t” whether it exists inside of our own mind or outside of us, we need to have the available energy, and Fasting is a good way to re-up! If you want to cut that nigga off, Fast on his muthafukin’ ass! If you want to save some cream ($) to invest in something, Fast from spending your cream on shit you don’t really need! You’ll have an abundance of energy to make something happen! In Shamanism (my Major Science), it’s called severing the chains of personal attachment and reorganizing your field of energy. One way you do this is by performing “not-doings”, basically using a systematic method of not investing your time & energy into the everyday routines that consume most of your energy. In laymen’s terms, people say they want change but continue to think, talk and walk the same way! In order to do this you must first take an inventory of your energy. Find out what you spend most of your energy doing and then you can devise a proper method to break yourself. For example, if you can honestly see that you spend a lot of time running off at the mouth (you say your “building”) but wonder why you aren’t having the effective change upon your life or those around you focus more of your energy and time in non-verbally communicated what you want to see happen! "Just do it" and make sure that the energy you usually used to run ya' mouth with is redirected into doing something. In our way of life we symbolically say that Light (186,000 miles per sec.) travels faster than Sound (1,120 ft. per sec.)! You’ll be amazed at how many “hours” you free up just from shuttin’ the hell up sometimes! See, Shaman’s are Metaphysical Alchemist’s who consistently assess their inventory of energy in order to achieve different levels of consciousness and livelihood. Fasting is often a very big part of this because your storing the energy that was previously used for the digestive process and rerouting it into other areas. Oh yeah, I’m just building primarily about a basic Fast when you abstain from food. Fasts like Liver Cleanse Fasts, Sex Fasts and anything other than that is a whole different “Beast”!

To conclude, I want to encourage ya’ll to use Fasting as a method to bring forth Transfiguration! Fasting gives you the energy to do it so it’s a perfect opportunity to manifest change in ya' life. And oh’ yeah, make sure you keep a tight lock on the door for that muthafuckin’ Beast in ya’ Basement!

Peace

"The Science of EVERYTHING in Life"

Peace! I hope you enjoyed my last article I posted about "Venus is 67,000,000 miles from the Sun". Many Gods & Earths overlook some of the "unassuming" Lessons that we have and short change themselves from acquiring some very valuable learning tools that apply to life. Mathematics is more than doing simple addition tricks with alpha-numeric concepts, it’s a Mathematical Theology from a God-Centered perspective that permeates all aspects of our way of life. Most of the time this is non-verbally communicated. Now let me give you some insight into some thought's I've been dealing with lately:

Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin- First I would like to meditate for a moment on my main man Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin! A true Conservationist and a person who knew his calling in life! You can definately tell that he loved his Profession and he gave people the opportunity to learn and appreciate many value lessons about the Animal Kingdom. I was sad to hear that he returned to the essence and I encourage you to take the time to check out some of his shows that have been airing on Animal Planet.

The 5% Album by Lord Jamar- I’ve been listening to it and I think it serves a good purpose for the youth. If they can quote Chris Brown, Young Joc, and other Artists then they can learn to quote Lord Jamar too. At least in the long run it will be useful when they grow to understand what they’ve been programmed to think! On the flip side, I’ve been thinking about the "Commercialization" of our Culture. Also the fact that he had someone like Sadat X. on a song called "Study your Lessons" which I’m skeptical about! Well, if Sadat doesn’t know his Lessons I feel bad for him if he comes in tune with the Gods because they will "bomb him" (correct him) about it along with the fact that he has an "X" at the end of his name! This is because The Nation of Gods and Earths is very critical and guarded about our way of life. The reason something like an album or even book hasn’t been done is not because nobody could do it. The reason is because we place high regard for doing impeccable research and being right & exact! The slightest misinformation puts you in "the boy that cried wolf" category until shown & proven otherwise! The Number 1 being symbolic to Knowledge speaks for itself!

HipHop Festival 2006- On the 19th of August I participated in our Annual HipHop Festival as a Volunteer and also by doing a Workshop entitled "Word iz Bond". It was Peace and I had the opportunity to build with about 30 youth ages 7-16 about the value of words and how people make themselves rich from our ignorance. One thing that really got them going is when I explained that many Professions are based upon your ignorance such as Auto Mechanic’s, Doctor’s, Lawyer’s and also Ministers! I built about how if you knew what they knew then you wouldn’t have to go to them or pay them to do what you could do yourself. I emphasized that the more knowledge you gain the more self sufficient you become and the less people can take advantage of you because your not ignorant. Now the highlight of the Festival was "Roxanne Shante" who spoke for about an hour. She was droppin’ jewels and I’m sure everybody got alot out of what she built upon which was various subjects that related to our concept of Love, Hell or Right. Love, Hell or Right basically means: The things that you commit to with your heart go through circumstances of temperance & purification to determine if it’s just and true.

The Color of the Cross- Check out this link to: "The Color of the Cross". It’s a movie coming out in the Autumn about Jesus and it’s played by a Black Man! Not no swarthy olive complexioned Semitic looking Man but a strait up thick lipped, dark-skinned wooly haired "Black" Man. Mary and other characters are Black too and it’s definitely gonna create some dialogue and have a dynamic impact upon America. I already know how many Caucasians are going to react I’m just waiting for these apologetic, uncle tom ass church negroes to come out talking that "It doesn’t matter" bullshit because they’re afraid to upset Massah’! One of my people even predicted a boycott of the movie spearheaded by these ignorant muthafucka’s and exacerbated by their Caucasian "Financer’s"! All I can say is it’s gonna be beautiful to see and at the same time sickening when we start to see our own people shooting it down!! For those who know the real, there will be only so many ignorant conversations that you’ll be able to turn a deaf ear to before you need to set the record strait, so be prepared to bomb a muthafucka’ out the frame (with a smile & civilized sensibility of course!).

Unknown- The Wisdom of any/all Culture(s) is indicative of it’s ability to minimize "Unknown’s" that present themselves along the course of a person’s life and solve problems. In symbolic language 2=Wisdom, 4=Culture and the 24th Letter in our Supreme Alphabet is "X" (the "Unknown"). As I get older I find myself consolidating, economizing and preserving my time, energy and resources better! Through discernment (Wisdom) and implementing this way of life (Culture) I have been able to effectively sidestep "it’s always something" types of situations (the "Unknown")! If the Culture you live (yes your religion is an expression of it!) is like faulty Acme Products Wile E. Coyote uses then you need to think about investing in something that works. It’s nothing worst then seeing people foolishly using methodologies that died 2,000 years ago simply because it’s a so-called "Tradition". Fool, at one point in our chronology that shit was actually "Innovative" and not Traditional! That’s very unwise and in the process they evoke an entire array of unknown’s that can only be solved using modern methodologies because these unknown’s exist in a contemporary context! This is the sole reason that People get old because they’re weathered by the life that constantly changes (evolves) around them!

The Nation of Gods and Earths- I haven’t been amongst a "General" body of Gods and Earths for quite some time and I definitely enjoy the Peace of mind from being around some of the bullshit "Religiosity" I see people dealing with. Many of the God’s from my Family Tree are very introspective about living this Culture and I’ve grown to see why. Part of the reason is the fact that many Gods & Earths mistake talking for teaching. As I’ve mentioned earlier, our Culture is primarily "non-verbally communicated". Just because a person quotes Lessons backwards & forwards, may have walked with this Older God/Earth, can recite the history of The Father, or has had 120 Lessons for 20 years doesn’t validate you in my eyes! That's the way I was taught, my Enlightener was taught, his Enlightener was taught and so forth. If your life doesn’t express what "you claim you know" then you on some strait-up bullshit and I don’t have time to get together with a bunch of fake muthafucka’s who want to boost they Ego! Shit I could go to church for that! When I see "MY" Culture that is supposed to be Free lived out Fanatically Religious and Grossly Nationalistic it turns me (and other’s) off! I don’t even want to be around no shit like that! When all the talk has ceased and we are finished espousing our "Self Styled Wisdom" what’s left Gods and Earths? An image of either Righteousness or Devilishment!

PEACE

-"Venus" is 67,000,000 miles from the Sun-

Peace Fam! Today I was in the mood to deal with some high science so I’m about to take it there. For those of you who are not in the Nation of Gods and Earths, as a part of our 120 Lessons that we learn to know and recite by heart, nine (9) of these Lessons are known as Solar Facts. The Solar Facts tell us the distance of each Planet from the Sun, for example Venus is 67,000,000 miles from the Sun. Yeah I know, it may not sound too interesting on face value, and probably went over many of your heads, but contained within this unassuming statement is invaluable information that is practically useful in many spheres of our life! This is “A Lesson” so there has to be something to learn from this information aside from the quantitative fact that so and so Planet is so many miles “from” the Sun. Just the fact that it states that Venus is “from” the Sun is a jewel! Now check this out..

The Universal Law of Correspondence states that “as above so below”. The observance of this Law has been prevalent throughout indigenous tribes observance of the forces of nature (weather) to govern their growing, harvesting, hunting and other cultural activities. This Law was also observed by the Ancient Kemetians (so-called Egyptians) in the architectural layout of our Nile Valley Civilizations. You can even observe how the insects and even plants naturally observe The Law of Correspondence!

Astrology is based upon The Law of Correspondence. Since Planets are defined as Celestial Bodies that inhabit the Heavenly Realm, Humans are defined as Terrestrial Bodies that inhabit the Earthly Realm. In the same way that our Planets each have a distinct atmosphere, Humans have distinct emotional atmospheres, and as Planets grow, change and evolve seasonal, Humans also grow, change and evolve psycho-physiologically. As we observe the Planets orbiting in the their path in a Universal Order, we can also observe our family and acquaintances orbiting in their path relative to our Social Order.

The Concept of assigning “Sun Signs” or “Birth Signs” to a person is based upon the idea that at the time of birth, the Planetary and Stellar Alignments were arranged in a such a way that a specific Planet and Constellation had a specific influence upon the Planet Earth during this time. I myself am said to be a Capricorn because the Planet Saturn and the Constellation of Capricorn had a major influence on the Earth when I was born. A good illustration of this is to envision yourself standing in the center of a clock with the Sun being the big hand and the Moon being the small hand. The 12 numbers are the 12 Zodiac Signs and as the big hand (Sun) passes from one number (Sign) to the next, it also changes Planetary influence. The little hand (Moon) moves through the Signs and Planets more rapidly and this creates subtle nuances between a person that is born at 1:33pm compared to a person who is born at 1:38pm. That’s just a basic idea of what Astrology is. It’s a very interesting Science and I encourage all of you to study it.

Mythology, Paganism, Religion, the Neters of Ancient Kemet, the Pantheon of the Gods of Greece and other Civilizations that conceptualize the forces of nature in the form of beings represent the psycho-dramatic illustration of Astrology. Essentially, these tales, stories, parables and etc.. . are used as symbolic methods to enlighten man to The Law of Correspondence. Most Christians blindly overlook what “On Earth as it is in Heaven” truly means. When knowing this it’s easy to decode what the 12 Tribes of Israel represented, the 12 Disciples, Judah being a Lion (Leo) and many other symbols.

Now when you look at the Ancient Kemetians, you begin to see the Planets and the Constellations become personified in human form and engaged in the governance of human activities! For example, the Planet Mercury translates into the Deity Tehuti, translates into the Zoomorphic form of an Ibis Bird, translates into form Imhotep and the way through the ages (and other Civilizations) until you get to a Wally West character affectionately known as “The Flash”. I know that most people are unaware that this Astrological Genius became most notable during our Nile Valley Era of Civilization so I’ll deal with the Roman names and concepts that you may be more familiar with. Keep in mind that these concepts are somewhat watered down versions of what the Greeks grafted from the Ancient Kemetians (Egyptians).

After laying that foundation, now lets look at the 2nd Lesson in our Solar Facts which states Venus is 67,000,000 miles from the Sun and see how it can be practically applied to our lives. First lets analyze Venus and she what “she’s” all about. I say “she” because all Planets are feminine both in nature and function. They all orbit the Sun according to the Receptive magnetism of the Sunlight, they all have seasonal/weather changes which is indicative to the emotional atmosphere of the female gender (Mother Nature, Mother Earth), and they also experience cataclysmic cycles which is indicative of a woman’s menstrual cycle. So now let’s analyze Venus;

1. The Planet Venus is named after the Roman Deity Venus who symbolizes “Love, Beauty, Sex and Sensuality”.

2. The symbol for Venus is a stylized representation of her hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath (♀).

3. The true adjective for Venus coming from Latin, “Venereal”, is avoided because of its modern association with disease.

4. Venus is sometimes called Earth's "Sister Planet", because they are similar in size and bulk composition.

5. Venus can usually only be seen a few hours before sunrise or a few hours after sunset. However, when at its brightest, Venus may be seen during the daytime, making it one of only two heavenly bodies that can be seen both day and night (the other being the Moon).

6. It is sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star" or the "Evening Star".

7. Venus has an atmosphere consisting mainly of carbon dioxide.

8. The enormously CO2-rich atmosphere raises Venus’s surface temperature to over 400°C.

9. Venus was “believed” to contain a lush, Earth-like jungle environment with oceans. This was due to the Planet's size and orbital radius, which suggested a fairly Earthlike situation as well as to the thick layer of clouds which prevented the surface from being seen.

10. Venus has slow “Retrograde Rotation”, meaning it rotates from east to west, instead of west to east as most of the other major Planets do.

11. Venus's intrinsic magnetic field has been found very weak compared to other Planets in the Solar System.

So for all practical purposes Venus is is something else! As a matter of fact I alway visualize Little Kim as an Archetype for Venus! As you can see, she is heavely marketed for her “Love Songs, Beauty, Sexuality and Sensuality”. The symbolism of her hand mirror represents self adornment, insecurity and overcompensation. The Circle (o) is a Cipher and the cross (+) is a “t” for Truth (in our Supreme Alphabet). Whenever you engage this type of woman’s Cipher be aware that she is oversensitive to the truth. The “mirror” she carries is an indication of how she systematically uses self adornment, insecurity and overcompensation as “defensive mechanisms” to survive in a male dominant society. More than not, these “defensive mechanisms” take on the form of the true adjective for Venus coming from Latin, which “Venereal”. Venereal in the diseased sense of literal oversexual activity and in the symbolic sense of pathology of her psycho-social interactions. The fact that Venus is usually only seen “a few hours before sunrise” or “a few hours after sunset” gives you insight into her lifestyle (orbit). A woman like this is a booty call! Shit, she’s hot (Venus’s surface temperature to rises to over 400°C.) so what do you expect! Add the fact that she is referred to as the “Morning or Evening Star" and you know she’s nice with hers! Celebrity status with the opposite sex (and oftentimes the same sex) because its’ more than simply sex, she’s dealing with sensuality which is the higher art of pleasure! Also add the fact that her atmosphere (tactics) consists mainly of carbon dioxide and you see how she’s able to lure men (and even women) to sleep. And we all know that carbon dioxide poisoning is hard to ditect because it’s both ordorless and tasteless. A person effected by CO2 poisoning either suffers from narcholeptic symptoms or simply falls asleep and never wakes up! Venus is something else!

Now lets look at some of the tactics Venus uses. Venus is said to be called Earth's "Sister Planet", because they are similar in size and bulk composition. Since Earth produces and maintains life, she can be considered any woman of importance to you such as your woman, a female relative or even a friend. If the Earth is your woman and Venus is considered her “Sister Planet” then Venus is closer than you think! She’s either the bitch that be hanging tight with ya’ woman, ya woman’s sister who always’s flirting with you or just some female that’s trying to get to know your woman so she can eventually get closer to you (Venus is 26 Million miles closer to the Sun than the Earth!)! Since Venus has an atmosphere (attitude, character, disposition) that consists of mostly CO2 , she can’t produce or maintain life, so I call her “bitch” for a good reason! She got a fucked up attitude cause she wants what you have and she goes through extreme measures to make you believe she has a lush, jungle-like habitable environment with oceans just as vast as the Earth (see Single White Female, and Fatal Attraction)! When she’s really on some bad shit she tries to be seen at high noon; “when at its brightest, Venus may be seen during the daytime, making it one of only two heavenly bodies that can be seen both day and night (the other being the Moon). This is critical to understand because she only appears this way because “the thick layer of clouds which prevents the surface from being seen”. But beneath all that bullshit (self adornment, insecurity and overcompensation) the fact is, the bitch is really weak, remember “Venus's intrinsic magnetic field has been found very weak compared to other Planets in the Solar System”. This means that when it comes down to it she can’t even keep a relationship if she tried!

In analyzing Venus one of the most important factors about her is that she “has slow “Retrograde Rotation”, meaning she “rotates from east to west, instead of west to east as most of the other major Planets do. It’s common sense that all travelers or seekers of knowledge travel East (from the West) in search of light/knowledge. To travel in the opposite direction is symbolically saying that you are going backwards! From a historical perspective this symbolizes that Venus women are highly assilimated (psychologically) into the Westernized Idealogies of Individualism and Capitalism. As Little Kim serves as my Archetype for Venus, you can see how the ideas of Individualism and Capitalism play an influential role in forging her idenity as the self proclaimed “Black Marilyn Monroe”.

To summarize the ideas that I put forth, again Venus is 67,000,000 miles from the Sun. In our Supreme Mathematics “6” represents Equality, Femininity and also Sexuality. If you look at the number six it appears to be pregnant. “7” on the other hand represents God, Perfection and Completion. When 6+7 is combined it equals “13” which symbolizes the letter “M” or MASTER in our Supreme Alphabet. This can simply be interpretated to mean that Venus functions in a way to use her nature (Femininity and also Sexuality) to deify herself in order to become a God beside God. With an ultimate intent of bringing forth (6=pregnancy) and MASTERING life like the Earth. Ironically, the “6” letter in our Supreme Alphabet is “F” which represents Father, further reinforces her “Freudian” Psychology (penis envy) in relationship to the Father (Fat-her/pregnancy/bearing life) and indifference towards of the fertility Mother Earth.

Now what am I saying by all this? Am I telling you that women born under the Zodiac Signs of Libra and Scorpio that’s ruled by Venus are destined to be on some freak shit? Am I saying that there aren’t any positive qualities in Venus? No, I’m just giving you a brief illustration of what can be learned from “the study” of our Lessons, especially from something as unassuming as our Solar Facts. When I speak to my youth I use this “study” in my slanguage to show them the science of how everything functionally relates to their lives! When I see a young wiz (young girl) that my man is peepin’ out, if she is a budding “Venus” I let it be known and I explain her experimental tactics to him so he can begin to properly order his universe, and consequently put her in her proper place! I don’t want him to make the same mistake as me when I allowed her CO2 to lure my ass to sleep! I also let the young wiz’s know how to descern who their true “sister’s” are, because some of these bitches that say they ya’ “sister” get on some real grimy shit when they envious of you! By being able to teach the youth to see the relativity of things, we empower them with the ability to “name” it’s functional definition in their life and simultaneously gain dominion over what will be! And oh yeah, the fact that Venus is 67,000,000 miles “from” the Sun let’s us know that whatever her dilemma may be, all the above is caused by the Sun (light & influence) on Man experimenting (playing) with high explosives (her emotions!), which is usually how Venus was “made or grown from the beginning” (in the first place!).

"Clarence 13X was Suspended twice for beating his Wife!!"

-Min. Akbar Muhammad, International Rep. of the NOI (7/16/2006)-

Peace Fam! How you? Yo’ on Sunday July 16th I was invited to come out to Mosque 23 in Bethlehem (Buffalo, NY) because Minister Louis Farrakhan’s International Representative, Akbar Muhammad was going to be giving a lecture particularly about a free land acquisition taking place in Ghana that is offered to Original People throughout the Diaspora. It’s a project being spearheaded by a Philadelphia Based Company called “The 2020 Group”.

Now I did alittle research prior to this and I was anticipating getting the specifics of what this was about from his perspective knowing that he had more of an in-depth view of Ghana since he lived there for some years. Anyway, very little was mentioned about the actual Project and Akbar Muhammad focused primarily on a 6 Day Youth Retreat Camp he was Advertising as a Tour Guide. The Camp was basically a Project he put together where he takes groups of youth to either Ghana or Egypt. He spoke very little about the land acquisition project and people who were interested had to actually ask for the name and contact information of the Company who’s promoting it. Besides promoting his Youth Retreat Camp, Akbar Muhammad also promoted different magazines and books he encouraged people to buy, and tapes of some of his lectures. Now here is the most interesting part of his lecture.

Akbar Muhammad said he came into the Nation during the first resurrection in the early 1960’s and Registered as a Muslim in the Historical Mosque #7 in Harlem, New York. This puts him (named “Larry” at this time) smack dab in the middle of one of the most controversial times of our History here in North America. This was a time when Elijah Muhammad and Malcom X. was going through their disagreement, Louis Farrakhan (then “Louis X”) was starting to come up, Muhammad Ali was blowing up, and of course The Father (then Clarence 13X) was coming into his own. There were others during these turbulent times, particularly a brother named Abu Shahid (then “John X.”) who is still alive and well living in Power Born (Pittsburg, PA). The most interesting part of Akbar Muhammad’s lecture was when he went into talking about a DVD he was selling entitled “The History of Mosque #7” (Video Link), which goes into the History of the 5 Percenter’s and Clarence 13X (The Father)!

Because Akbar Muhammad was in Mosque #7 at this time when everything was going down in the 1960’s as far as Malcom X. leaving, The Father starting the Nation of Gods and Earths (then “The 5 Pecenters”) and other historical situations, he had a lot to say, particularly about “The Father” and how the 5 Percenter’s got started.

One of the most controversial issues and questions that people often ask about the Nation of Gods and Earths is “Why did Clarence 13X or The Father leave the Mosque?”. During Akbar Muhammad’s lecture he stated (without reservation) that “Clarence 13X was suspended from the Mosque for 30 days because he beat his wife Doris. When Clarence returned from his suspension he beat Doris again and this time he got suspended for 90 days. During this 90 day suspension he never came back”. Akbar Muhammad also stated that, “After a while Clarence began to get confused about the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and started teaching lessons to kids in the streets. This gave birth to groups of youth who had a distorted view of the teachings and eventually they began to refer to themselves as 5 Percenters”. Akbar Muhammad went on to state that he lectures on the whole history of where the 5 Percenter’s came from on his tape “The History of Mosque #7” and that, "I would debate with any 5 Percenter who thinks they know this history any better than me because I was there"! Akbar Muhammad eventually ended his statements by saying, “I knew Clarence very well, he was a confused man”!

Now that’s the first time I even heard some shit like this. Immediately after the lecture I went outside and called my brother Abu Shahid who was actually in the Mosque at the same time and I asked him about this. Abu Shahid is almost 80 years old and is a brother who’s down to earth, practical and tells it like it is. For some years now he’s been doing a 5 different public access Programs and he’s the CEO of The Universal Street Academy and is actively involved in the Community out in Power Born (Pittsburg). He’s definitely well known and when I meet people from Pittsburg and ask them about him they definitely know him!

Well when I asked Abu Shahid did he know Akbar Muhammad he sarcastically said “Yeah I know Larry, what the @%*! was he saying about The Father this time? Did he tell the story about how he walked through a cipher of 5 Percenter’s while wearing his uniform and they split like the red sea?”. I said no and when I told him what Akbar Muhammad said about The Father being Suspended he simply said, “The Father left because he wanted to leave, we both wasn’t making no money in there plus when Malcom and Elijah fell out it was many of us that didn’t want to take sides because we loved both of them brothers.” Abu Shahid also went on to say, “The Father ain’t talk bad against the Nation, why nigga’s always want to try and throw dirt on his name like that?”. We talked for awhile and he built with me alittle about his story, about how he came up with the conceptualization of Supreme Mathematics while studying the 13th Problem in the Problem Book, how he caught a gun charge after he left the Mosque and some other Actual Facts about his life. Is interesting how we have an Elder like this in our midst and people take him for granted like that. He jokingly talked about how when he goes back to the essence, people going to make him into a Christ Figure just like the rest of them and be walking around saying “Abu Shahid said this, Abu Shahid said that!”. He has an incredible sense of humor, a young daughter (Princess Jhonazyia) who hasn’t even reached her early teens yet (Yeah he’s almost 80!), and be rocking sweat suits and gear like the youth! He’s definitely a jewel amongst us!

Now some people will argue that, “If we don’t have the actual facts about why The Father left we can’t make an accurate assessment of what we have?”, then I encourage you to get this information and even if you can find some type of Nation of Islam documentation that would verify this Suspension then go ahead. Since this is about being just and true (Righteous) then that is information we should have. As a matter of fact, if you hear that Akbar Muhammad will be coming to your local Mosque or area to lecture go out and see him. He usually has a question and answer period at the end of his lecture and you’ll have a chance to ask him some questions. I’ve personally come to the conclusion that regardless of what the circumstances were regarding him leaving I’m glad he did! If not, my Family Tree wouldn’t exist nor would I. As I’ve stated time and time again, our perfection exists in our humanness! That humanness is precisely what gave The Father the ability to personally connect with the frailties he saw in our youth in the streets. Regardless of what he did, I’m sure he did some things that he could have done better just like all of us. Simply put, he was a man who simply recognized his Godliness and did what he could to express it, and encourage others to recognize the same thing in themselves. Unlike the Mysteries surrounding the lives of Master Fard Muhammad, Elijah Muhammad and soon to be Louis Farrakhan, The Father should remain as a reminder of our human quest to express our Divinity.

Now if is an Actual Fact that The Father was beating on Doris like a Jimbe Drum, hey, that will definitely add on to our history (to say the least!)! In Elementary I mushed this girl in the face who then stabbed me in the chest (it just broke the skin) with a dull #3 Pencil (not #2!) and in Junior High I Karate kicked this girl who kept harassing me but I haven’t laid the smack down on any woman as an adult! If I feel like I’m about to get Rick Flair on a female, then I’m gonna leave that muthafucka’ alone!

I know (personally) that many Gods and Earths have idolized “The Father” to the point of worship. We need to realize that his struggles either true or rumored (in a society that seeks to oppose and suppress it) is a Lesson within itself! A Lesson that teaches about “function” and “impression” more than anything else! So instead of going back and forth about the validity of “The Father beating on Doris like Mr. beat Ceily on The Color Purple”, think about how this idea is designed to “function” and the “impression” it’s going to make upon non-critical thinkers! Akbar Muhammad is Louis Farrakhan’s “International Representative” and he’s promoting this agenda everywhere he goes. The 5 Percenter’s or Nation of Gods and Earths wasn’t even the topic of his lecture, he simply went into talking about it to promote his DVD’s. Whether true or false, he has a platform to promote this idea, so think about what this idea is determined to do! Think about it!