i overstand what the i is saying, but i have only been knowledgeable of rasta for 15 odd years and i have never spent i huge amount of time digging way into the different branches ---because to i it seemed divisional --- it was to i just rasta --- but with that said i have known of the different branches and where it is all red, gold and green, it seems some branches have more red an some focus more on the yellow and green, and then others still emphasize the black (and all of this maybe more true of individuals as oppossed to the individual branches).
like i said early, most religions have many branches and though they all come from the same source they do tend to meander their own way. i don't mean to insult anyone with that statement, as i'm not saying it is a bad thing for a religion to have many branches and i'm not saying it is a good thing ---it just seems to happen --- and it will create division within those who go by the same name.
really i am just thinking out loud as a try to figure the frustration many have on this site --because i have been on many sites and this by far has been the most confrontational (and i don't necessarily mean with just me). it seems many asking questions on this site get fire thrown at them rather quickly or they get sarcasm.
when you see names come in for only a few post and leave --- it should make somebody wonder why? why are there certain topics or questions that will not be tolerated? I go to a buddhist site and ask questions to learn and some question the roots of the philosophy or even their god head buddha ---- they don't take it personal --- and they don't acted threatened. here it is quite different --it is like certain things just can't be questioned. but one of the beliefs of many buddhist is that they believe what they believe but if there was evidence presented that was in opposition of one of the teachings they would accept it and change -----
i have never called myself a rasta here ---- i know rasta and rasta is part of i roots ---but to i, i am many things and i am nothing ---except always human. the world can be a scary place and or it can be a safe place ---- for i to claim "i am this"(not including human) would make it more scary, because i have now drawn a line between me and others --there is a them and us ----when i hear ones here keep talking about the wicked the wicked the wicked it sounds just like a version of the koran i have which must say non-believers 500 times. with such worry of others how can we work on ourselves.
well --i will not saying i'm leaving forever, i will say i'm leaving. for those that are happy --i honestly am glad that i will be eliminating some of your suffering and frustration that you have felt when reading my post. to those who i have reasonned well with, even in disagreement, i wish you all the best. and ten, i do not pray but i will be only hoping for the best for zimbabwe and my wife and i will do whatever little we can to help.
peace and JAH GUIDES (the energy of creation)
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