Blessings to All, All Houses, All Rastafari, Christian, whomever...Blessings!
I jus wanted to RASpond to Rook Tafari, bless Iyah, nice to sight the I once again and hope to reason with the I further as time goes by.
I dont view it as important however, to mek every I see things as I do, so let I stress here that it is only for clarity that I am RASponding to some of what has been talked about allready here.
Ones asked why InI refer to InI selfs as Rastafari, if InI do not hail His Majesty as Jah. Allso ones ask why InI do not refer our selfs as Christian. I answer to that is this...firstly, Rastafari are the Original Christians...look pon the Orthodox Church. Been here from BEYOND all other churches, beyond the abominable Roman Church, beyond all other 'new' churches.
Yes I suppose ones might want to call InI 'Selassian' since there is a trend in the churchical system to appoint the name after someone who they are following (like the ones called Lutheran, who are following after Martin Luther), but truly InI call InI selfs after Rastafari, becuz it is InI Rastafari who strive to Follow closely His Imperial Majesty, all of his Reasonmants, all of his Utterances, His Life. There is no where within Rastafari that says InI must hail H.I.M as God. Yes some do, but NOT ALL. InI do not.
It have allways been said that Rastafari is not no relgion. I agree with that age old statemant (I been hearing that from the 1970's but strange how ones allways try to tun Rastafari, the movemant, into a relgion still). This is a Spiritual Livity. A Livity, a WAY OF LIFE, nuh true? And for some of InI it is within InI Culture.
Yuh see, Rastafari is multifaceted. There are White Rastafari now, Chinese, Jahpanese, all kinds. And the Culture of Upliftmant is still focusing on the same thing, same way. It is why InI call it a Livity still. Yes some houses are less ritualistic, some say they keep this trodition, some keep it, some dont, but true, same way, alla wi are looking toward the voiceless, trying to give voice to them, looking toward the Diaspora trying to mek things right and better for InI.
Rastafari is a movemant of the Righteous, fighting, striving for Equal Rights and Justice, and a Livity of same. Within Rastafari right now, there is many ways to Jah. Some will hail His Majesty as Jah, some will say H.I.M. is Christ in His Kingly Character. Some say Prince Emmanuel is the Black Christ in Flesh. Some will say that His Majesty taught and pointed InI toward Yahshua, the Messiah. Does 1 view mek ones more Rastafari? What if ones chanting Nyahbinghi all day long but arent doing a thing for the REST of the Movemant. Jus like if ones is claiming to be Fulfilled and never showing no evidence of it. Same way, useless in I view. That is one of the reasons why InI are trying to say something, and at the same time, DO SOMETHING.
Again I am not trying to assert I views. This is again I views and I been wrong before and sure know seh I can be wrong again! But nobody can CONtrol a next persons views. Uhuru!!!!! Freedom!!! Mi love it, to have Uhuru in the Midst of BabyWrong, Freedom to choose I own path and Experience Jah in the way He reveals Him Self to I. That is what to I manifests when I am not influenced by he said, she said, he does this, so I 'should' do this. No man, mi come too far fi dat!
I will allways RASpeck I Bredrin and Sistren of all Rastafari Houses, no matter what they view as Right and Correct. From they are living Upfull and trying to DO something for the Movemant, they have I complete and utter RASpeck and Love.
More Blessings to All pon the Board.
Come visit InI at www.fulfilledrastafari.org
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