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THE FIRE OF YOUR IMAGINATION

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  THE FIRE OF YOUR IMAGINATION https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fire-of-your-imagination--71403205 Are you tired of the "hustle culture" that tells you to keep adding more to your plate? Today, we look at Kuumba differently. We aren't looking for more tasks; we are looking for the fire. There is a "lion" at your door—a problem that seems too big to handle. But what if the answer isn't a bigger weapon, but a thinner thread? We’re discussing how the union of small, creative acts can bind the giants of our lives. But there's a catch: the fire won't burn if the hearth is full of old trash. What are you holding onto that's keeping your imagination cold? Call to Inaction: The fire only rises when the ash is cleared. Release the need to be the "source" of everything. Stop trying to create from a place of clutter. What "old" narrative about your lack of talent can you stop believing today? What project can you stop doing alone to ...

Daily Toast

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Peace FAM: Daily we gather aroung the "virtual community fire" known as the internet to lift our glasse to salute those who came before us. I decided that we needed to create a ritual where we lift up our personal Ancetors. My personal favorite part of libations has always been where we salute those ancestors that we rose from, and I feel that often we overlook them for the bigger names that we learn in our classes. I wanted to set a space and a time where we focused exclusively on our persoanl ancestors. In my studies I have learned that "hell (at least the closest thing we had to a hell) for an African was being forgotten." That is why I am diligent about making sure that we mention there names every morning. What started as me celebrating my ancestors turned into building up a community list, and group of people that have introduced the concept of Toasting into their lives.  Through this process which has been going on everyday for the last 17 months we have i...

Why #kwanzaa365 is on GNJ

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Peace Tribe: In GNJ we practice our principles 7 days a week. We are in a constant state of Nationbuilding. We have decided to take possesion of one of most important elements in this world, time. We have taken possession of our time, and using our principles we have structured our days into a weapon for liberation. Since days of the week are used, I figured we might as well put the principle of Kujichagulia to work, and define the days in a way that will empower us and our children. By taking possession of the days of the week, we symbolicly take control of our time, and with that our lives. We use the power to define to change  the titles of the days of the week into something that we can use to keep us grounded in our culture. Rather than calling on the names that have been given to us we use the Nguzo Saba. This plugs us into our principles which empowers us. For those of us who take this serious, the principles are more than something that we recite during the Kwanzaa. Thes...

Join the Tribe "GNJ"

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Peace FAM It is a pleasure to sit  down and struggle through a post, I have not been posting on my blog because of all the shows and other activities. I stay busy building a legacy, it is my responsibility to leave a foundation for those that come behind me. I am striving to blaze a trail. I believe that we owe it to our personal Ancestors to celebrate them daily, and this is why I have chosen to start the "Daily Toast". For those that have Ancestors that they would like to add to our list feel free to send your list to us by texting #dailytoast to 614-300-1875. You will receive a form that will allow you to add yourself to GNJ's phonebook. You also be able to put yourself on our various list and I will take some time to explain the list here: *Our #gnj list is the #dailytoaster list. These are Family members that receive all information about what is going in with GNJ as well as within the Conscious Community here in Columbus. This group recieve text for all shows and...