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 (Part II of a continuing work) 5/22/2003 Not like Rastafari was perceived in its infancy it has a central focus, Sam Brown the once Rastafari elder said "the Rastafarians movement is not a movement with a central focus" here is a case in point of "evil being ignorance not knowing itself to be so." What Sam Brown did not know or could not perceive for Rastafari movement was a progression. and the focus could not be seen during his lifetime, all things has a nucleus i.e., a focus and in this focus the goal and purpose can be seen as the tree is all ready in the seed and the tree produces more seeds... It is true at its core a Rastaman is an enlightened being, he has come to "know thyself" or know himself and also to know for himself-but all who claim to be Rastafari are not so or have not reached this high point of knowledge or as I/I say overstanding...concerning the holy sacrament ganja word taken from the east Indian Sadhus who wore locks came to the island from India and just like the ganja seed itself did not come from India save by way of Japan and its Zen way of life, the seed of Rastafari is Zen passive, did not take its root in Jamaica but was a seed broadcast throughout the known world by reggae artist mainly the prophet of the movement Bob Marley, so the tree grew in another place. Like the ganja seed in India etc., the weed is synonymous with slavery i.e., it is criminalized for the smoking of it brings liberation and insight into nature, therefore we say it is "just a closer walk with thee" it is as John the Baptist crying in the wilderness before the coming of the lord [law] or light, meaning overstanding, or it is called Mary who gave birth to the baby Jesus... Rastafari is the redemption song of the Blackman and within the cryptic music and songs of the major prophets and not all Rastafari lies the key to this redemption, see Fire In Dub by - Ital Iman I. Again, concerning the ones who of high profile converted to fundamentalist Christianity i.e., Tommy Cowan and Judy Mowatt of the I-three's fame, they were never Rastafari they were only agents of Satan used only a while they went a step backwards. Remember, "evil is oft times ignorance not knowing itself to be so "in this Rastafari paper I would like to present the words of a person I have never met, and he is not aware that I use his words here save his words will fit perfect for this is indeed truth..."May 1, 1999 33 years after His Majesty's visit... A great revival in the Rastafari community Some call HIM the Rose of Sharon Some call HIM the Prince of Peace I & I call HIM Rastafari. ALMOST a year ago (Sunday, May 10), Ian Boyne, wrote an article entitled 'Whither the Rastafarian movement?' which was carried in one of our dailies. Boyne pointed to the number of persons whom he styled "high-profiled Rastafarians" who had been converted to fundamentalist Christianity. Among them Tommy Cowan and Judy Mowatt, of the I-Three's fame. "Some of these new converts have publicly elevated Christianity over Rastafari and have expressed the hope that well-known Rastafarians would accept Christ", wrote Boyne. This development led Boyne to ask "What will be the effect of such high-profile defections from a movement which seemed invincible or impervious to Christian evangelization?". It was obvious that Boyne, like so many others, was either in doubt or had extremely underestimated the dynamics of the Rastafari phenomenon. That I could afford to have waited a whole year to respond to Boyne's shallow analysis which led to his faulty conclusion, speaks to the indomitable spirit of the Rastafari movement. I really could have waited for a lifetime, or even for that matter, not bothered to offer a reply at all. But because Wednesday (April 21) marked the 33rd anniversary of Haile Selassie I, three-day state visit to Jamaica, this is how I chose to celebrate. For within the faith, things are done for a reason, not for a season. It is an appropriate time as any, for all doubting Thomas's to know that, a generation after His Majesty's 1966 historic visit, the Rastafari community is alive and as vibrant as ever. For, while a few swiftly dropped out of the race, choosing not to endure to the end, the converse is also taking place. In other words, there are those who could be considered "high-profile" members of the Christian community who have seen the light of Rastafari. For example, one such prominent member of the Christian community who now embraces Rastafari, and actually became an activist for the movement, is Seventh Day Adventist lay preacher, author, publisher, Dr Miguel F Brooks. "I recognized the Godhead, I recognized the kingly character, I recognized the fulfillment of the Davidic canon in the sacred personality of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie. "It is biblical, it is truth. The words I speak onto you, they are truth, because they come from the Most High," the translator/editor of Kebra Nagast (The Glory of Kings), testified to an assembly of Rastafari at Tony Rebel's place recently. Dr Brooks who is working on another book, Negus Great Legends, announced the formation of his Radical Action Movement (RAM) soon to be officially launched. This, he said, was the people's alternative which is the RAM of sacrifice for Jamaica. Actually, the Rastafari gathering was called to announce a 21-day fasting, purification and healing vigil which ended on (April 21), last week Wednesday -- the day of the anniversary of Haile Selassie's arrival. 'Season of The Resurrection, Healing The Nation, Rastafari Unification Through Purification' was the theme of what was called a 'Sabbatical Reasoning'. Leading the reasoning was healer, Dr Keefa Lorraine, under whose direction the fasting was conducted. Dr Lorraine was also one of the speakers at the fourth annual conference of the Rastafari Centralisation Organisation (RCO) at the UWI Campus between March 26 and 28. The three-day conference was officially opened by Dr Barry Chevannes, Dean of the Faculty of Social Science. The theme of the conference was 'Organised and Centralised For Survival' with the main topic '68 years of Struggle'.... ... The conference was one of many activities which makes 1999 one of the busiest years in the history of the Rastafari community. That there has been a great revival in the 69-year-old movement goes to show that the Rastafari nation is on the move. The worst thing that could have happened to the Rastafari community took place 25 years ago, when it was said Haile Selassie was no longer in the land of the living. Nothing could have been worse than being told that Rasta your God is dead. That has been the single greatest challenge Rastafarians have faced, not, according to Boyne, a few defections denouncing the faith. As Dr Chevannes said, Rasta has never been part of the mainstream, but always set the moral guide for the mainstream. Many of the things that were exclusively Rastafarian over the past two and a half decades, have now been embraced by the mainstream. The agitation for the decriminalisation of ganja is no longer the exclusive purview of the Rasta community. Not to mention vegetarianism, and even though the churches used to quote to Rastas First Corinthians 11: 14 "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him," they now accommodate Christians sporting dreadlocks. Cowan and Ziggy Soul are prime examples. The fact that the Rastafari movement can overcome such profound challenges going on seven decades, leaves no doubt, it is here to stay. Quotations from RAS BAS`s writing in Jamaica Observer May 1, 1999 ANOTHER REASONING: Of true and false Rastas and HAILE SELASSIE I BY A FOXE The article "Whither the Rastafarian movement" in the Sunday Gleaner of May 10 by Ian Boyne has proved to the Jamaican populace that Ian Boyne and his so-called intellectuals or academics with the born-again Christian reactionary Rastas have set out to undermine the religious sanctity professed by Rastafarians about Emperor Haile Selassie I as the "deity" of the age. The book Chanting Down Babylon written by these so-called scholars and specialists does not mean anything to intelligent people. You cannot fathom the belief of the Rastafarian fundamentalist if you are not committed to the continuity of the faith of Rasta. The credibility of some who have contributed to the article and the book has been disqualified by Romans 1: 25-29. Their so-called findings and writings on Emperor Haile Selassie I is no different from the established church attacking Rasta, which fulfilled Romans 1: 21-21 "Professing themselves to be wise they became fools". The Cowan's and the Reggae-ists who have defected to Christianity were not Rasta. At no time were these people known as different from those identified and spoken of in Luke 11: 29-31. Fundamentalist Rastafarians like myself have observed that the EOC has an Ethiopian institution but we are not influenced by its religious dogma. Ethiopia has an Empire with hundreds of ethnic minorities and different religious beliefs. Rastafarians are one of those minorities, this does not makes Rasta inferior because of not being subjected to orthodoxy. In 1953 at the opening of the Eritrean Parliament by Emperor Haile Selassie I, he stated, "Christianity and Islam are not the only two religions on earth, there are others and each speaks of God." This statement gave Rasta belief royal assent as a religion. The question of Rastas being "chauvinist" is a mis-interpretation. This is not Rastaism but Pauline, and should not be identified as Rasta, because sections of the movement propagate the doctrine. Paul demonstrated this behavior. The populace must understand that Rasta was born out of dark and wise sayings and that is one of the dark statements that breed chauvinist behavior. Twelve Tribism is not Rasta but a sect within Rasta seeing that Rasta is heterogeneous. That they identify Emperor Haile Selassie I and Jesus the Christ as the same person disqualifies them as Rastas. This conception is Judeo-Christianity, a form of Gadmanism which they are attempting to assimilate within Rasta; but it will fail. The advent of the 1974 overthrowal of the government of Emperor Haile Selassie I and His so-called death sent a shock throughout the Rasta movement compatible with the crucifixion of Joshua The Christ, for the followers of Christ, not having an answer to the crucifixion accepted Pauline-Hellenic doctrine. These deflectors and the Cowans and born again Reggae-ists are one and same at this time. THE Semajes and the Mutabarukas and Reggae artistes are not committed to Rasta development because they live in two worlds -- Babylon and an Afrikentic of which the man speaks in James 1: 23-24 and 26. Today, the Cowans and Reggae artistes, the Semajes Mutas and company are at a cross and on trial, because all of them at some time identified themselves as Rasta to become personalities in Jamaican social life and international Reggae superstars and dub poets. Today they all betray the trust of Emperor Haile Selassie I and because of this betrayal, they will be judged and condemned by Deuteronomy 23: 21-23 and Ecclesiastes 5: 1-6. Now last of all Professor Nettleford should not allow himself to be drawn into this undermining of Rasta faith through petty commercialising journalism, because in 1959-60 he was given the privilege to meet them and in 1998 he used those notes and minutes of 1959-60 to question their faith. He even visited Ethiopia and did not tell Rasta of his findings, his involvement with the book only makes him become the enemy in the eyes of the Rasta fundamentalist and the community. God and history have recorded the conspiracy that the academics have plotted against the Rasta community. Give thanks. Long live Rasta unity. Emperor Haile Selassie I liveth. July 25, 1998 A. Fox is international president of The Ethiopian World Federation With the above statement or essay of A. Fox I am in total agreement; not that I am in agreement with the current Ethiopian World Federation based out of New York - nor am I in agreement with Lion of Judah. These movements or orders represent the heart of Rastafari, save like Sam brown and all the so called elders of the movement they have not understood the focus, they have taken the movement to literal etc., I have written two works [Word is Bond/Fire in Dub] which reveals the true covenant of Rastafari movement, or shall I say focus... Maybe these two groups and all else calling themselves Rastafari will always be to ignorant to see this focus and maybe time only will tell this story. It is my wish and desire that all true to the message of Rastafari will receive it in time, for at this point time is truly of the essence. You might ask who am I and what makes me overstand this message, every one knows that Rastafari is not a white movement, and it is the Blackman's redemption, so stop upholding Satan and his works. Lets all focus here on the nucleus of the movement, lets get true direction...above all, all you saying you are Rastafari know that you are not and it's time that white folk drop out of the way that we take care of our business... Fire in Dub - The Rastafari Paper The Rastafari Paper Part III The Rastafari Paper Part IV Ital Iman I Underground News Network-UNN13 Editor in Chief UNN13.com enki@unn13.com Underground Voices. |
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