Quote Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue
I know the concept of Rasta is righteousness. I think it would be disrespectful to attemp to claim that I am an Iman. Disrespectful to those from the original and founding mansions who actually faced the true oppression of babylon. I am that I am. There are lots of guys who wear dreadlocks who is one million miles away from rasta, they are like night to day. Seen. I shall not be a wolf. I believe i was created by a Ras Tafari. So I have respect and praise.
Truth. I feel like I am closer to rasta in my heart since I cut the locks and the beard off. Sometimes we get distracted by the physical trappings and lose the core of the elders' teachings. Even in Buddhism, where we throw everything away from the start, the throwing away is often materialized by practitioners (me included). Anything can be sold except the what goes unseen. Constant vigilance is necessary. Babylon is all around, even in the middle of a desert, or a rainforest, or on a mountain peak. The mind is always open to its dangers.