Balance

Within the Biblical text there are many verses that strongly advise believers to balance the three parts of human beings: the body, mind, and spirit. However, even though these verses are writing in the Bible, some Jews and Christians provide little information on precisely how to balance all three. Because of our lack of providing guidelines to balance ourselves, many experiment with other practices.
 
I remember discussing with my brother about the importance of balancing all three parts of man. He and I shared with zeal and enthusiasm the benefits of balancing our parts. However, neither he or I never experienced the benefits of being balanced. Our conversation on the subject was nothing but a speculation. When I asked how can we balance all three, he replied by saying that, "All God requires is for us to just come to Him. You can not get tied up in figuring how to meet the demands of God".
 
"But why not? If this is what God requires, then why not formulate practical guidelines for how to balance all three that are consistent with teachings of God?"
 
He could not answer my question. Because my relatives in Messiah are not formulating guidelines for the balance of our three parts, is the reason why most Christians and Jews experiment with non-monotheistic beliefs.  For example, my good friend told me that he feels Christianity does not point out practice of balance enough. As a result he became a practicing Buddhist, a religion that emphasizes the balance of the three parts.
 
Balancing of the three parts are just as essential to avoiding murder or any other sin. Not to balance the three is warned by Paul, "Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Spirit of God?"

Hopefully, this article will help believers in God to think outside the scriptural box and come into the world of practicality and application. The reason is, I believe that it is the responsibility of the believer to construct a guideline on how to balance self, that is consistent with the teachings of God in the Bible. Balancing self is an important practice for the believer, even our spiritual fathers mention its importance. Then if it is important, we should learn how to do it.

Hip Hope

I am happy to attend the national hip hop convention in NJ. The emerge of a whole generation of youth to make right what has been made wrong in our society is very powerful. This is definitely a political movement. The hip-hop convention seeks to take a political stand a variety of social issues in our society. However, I am skeptical of the purpose of this convention. I raise this question, "How can hip hop seek to establish a political agenda when the art today is not political?"
When I go to hip hop concerts are even hip hop clubs, I hear or see no evidence of positiveness or a generation of youth seeking to find absolute principles to change our future see a crowd of people following after their appetites. Sexual activities and mental ecstasy. However, in the beginnings of hip hop entailed all the attributes of healing, spirituality, knowledge of self, and end generational cycles of poverty. Presently, our generation of hip hop listeners have forgotten this. This is proven in social dilemmas we see today in black and poor white communities across the nation. Never before in our era have we seen an increase in crime, rape, abortion, teen pregancy, imprisonment, suicide, gang activity, and homicide. Our generation is dying. I personally believe the cause of it is the language and lyrics of the so called "hip hop" culture. From this convention I hope that positive leaders like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Cross Movement, Mars ILL, and others at this convention are able to unearth principles of what it means to bequeath a legacy of glory and change to our future children through this beautiful expressive art form. I HOPE that at this event there is a redefinition of what this art is meant to do and what changes must it undergo to secure the right of self determination to the next generation.
Finally, as this generation lies on the cusp of a new century, the hip hop generation need to understand the history of our nation, the United States. Not through text books and the internet but through those who lived through challenging times of the 1960's and 1970's. It is the elders who are able to provide a sense of reality as we embark upon a task social change. If my generation understands absolutes, history, self awareness, religion, philosophy, and politics through hip hop, the current problems we face be eliminated for good.
-Prince from the Nati Nati Cincinnati!

For those we are clueless about this...

What does it mean to become a warrior scholar? This is probably something you have been wondering about as soon as you read the Genesis entry. But, to be a warrior scholar requires to have a sense of self awareness. Let’s pick apart the title each word at a time. The first word “Warrior” implies that someone is engaged in some type of combat or war against an enemy. But who or what is an enemy of a warrior scholar? The answer depends solely upon an individual who is in conflict with anything. The conflict could be with self, others, social class systems, anything that stands in the way of the warrior desires. The desires can be freedom, inner peace, love, or confidence. However, the desires are based upon what is noble and true.
The warrior is simply a solider in battle but noticed I did not entitled the website as so. Why, because being a warrior implies being a relentless wild animal. The warrior is always hungry for victory, fighting for pride, dignity, and preserving. The warrior will not stopping destroying any obstacle that stands in its way, until it is removed from existence. A warrior realizes that there is a goal he or she wants to achieve and it must destroy what stands in its way.
Next the word scholar implies that there is a level of awareness. The warrior having this level of awareness is able of figure out what is the best way of accomplishing the desired goal. The warrior knows its enemy. The warrior understands his or her weak points and seeks to protect himself from tactics that his enemy may is against him. His enemy may want use his weak attributes to deter him from his goal or desire. In addition, the warrior scholar has knowledge of self. She knows what her evil characteristics are and what her good characteristics are but seeks to do what is good and true. The warrior studies what is absolute or what is unchanging. Such as principles, wisdom, and paradoxes of spiritual truth that explains the true nature of humankind. The warrior is aware of the trends in the world and is not wooed by them. The warrior understands the realities around him and the social paradoxes.
Finally, the Warrior Scholar seeks to establish change. The warrior sees the oppression of his kinfolk and community. As life is being taken away from his people he attempts to resurrect them through the example of how he lives his life. As long as he lives his life in way of truth and nobility, then he will have followers in his community. The warrior scholar is strong willed in creating change within himself, others, and community. His whole life is battle, an assignment. His is given a purpose and is only capable of building a future. A future that he may not enjoy in his life time but a future that other generations can bask in. In his life he creates hope and by realizing that his future is not for him but for others, he serves people with his heart. As he lives he does not seek to exist in his own flesh, heart, or spirit. Because these things are destine to change. He lives instead in the Spirit of the Creator. Because it is in the Creator that all things are created anew, held together, and given. In the end there shall be no more warrior or scholar because there will be no more struggle. No more knowledge to learn. The only existence will be between he and humanity and God.

Genesis

The purpose of this blog is to share with the world my testimony and my struggles of becoming the man I was purposed to be.