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Stop Scrambling for Crumbs in a Boundless Sky

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  We love to talk about ambition, but too many of us operate with the mindset of a caged bird—panicking over scraps and treating every brother or sister in our vicinity like competition. We stay trapped in the lower frequencies of Mad, Sad, and Scared , convinced that if someone else wins, our portion shrinks. That is not realism; it’s an engineered illusion of artificial scarcity designed to keep our collective power fragmented. The Yoruba ancestors destroyed that lie with a single, unyielding truth: The sky is wide enough for all birds to fly without touching wings. Imani is not passive optimism or wishing on a miracle. It is the deep, crimson foundation of self-mastery. True conviction means you move from victory, not for victory. Like the mighty oak already encoded within the acorn, your blueprint is already complete. You don’t need to add frantic hustle, anxiety, or cutthroat rivalry to your life. Through via negativa , your work today is subtractive: scrape off the jealousy...

Initiation by Imagination- Lost story of Gye

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“Elder we hear many stories in Gye-Nyame, but very few about Gye himself.” I stated as we sat in the shop drinking coffee and smoking hookah. This elder was hard to catch up with, and even if you caught up with him you were not guaranteed to be blessed with a conversation. So I planed to take advantage of every minute that he blessed me with. “You are right young man there are not many stories about Gye that we share, but they do exist, and at the right time they appear to those who earnestly seek them.” the elder said as he sat back holding the hookah stem enjoying the flavor he had chosen. “Elder will you share one with me?” I asked hoping for a yes... “Young man it will be my pleasure, I have heard a lot about you and the work you have been doing in the tribe, so I feel it is time for you to get more info about our mythic founder.” He then passed me the hookah, and took a sip of his coffee. Looking at me very seriously, “make sure you take care of this story and do not pass it to ...

"It Is Time For You To Leave"

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Before you read please check out the video so that you will not get lost, some of my readers are to young to remember the show Kung Fu, and will not understand my references.  What I loved about Kung fu was that it introduced me to different way of thinking. The scene that I am discussing today is the test that was set up in this fictional shaolin temple that determined when it was time for a student to leave. The test was basically the head monk (Master Khan) standing before the student every so often, and challenging the student to snatch the pebble from his hand. When the student missed he went back to his daily practice in the temple as a student. When he was finally able to snatch the pebble he and the master knew that it was time for him to leave. In other words it was made clear to the student and the teacher that student had no more to learn in the temple and it was time for him to continue his studies in the world. If only real life was this simple, and clear cut. ...