Rastafarianism

[shoi]

rastafari i find is a very good "religion" (if u can call it that)

save for alot of the racism that goes on in it (which i guess is somewat part of it), but initself it teaches love of all so there shouldnt be racism

[RedLocks]

Rastafari is beautifull, praise Jah for InI sons and Empress who gave them to me. I love Ras Tafari, H.I.M Haile Selassie I RASTAFARI!

Read up, live up, and grows your locks long, pay no mind to the babylon mindset, no followers of a greedy system that prospers off of death, illness and material gain will never sway InI faith. Governments pad their pockets with profits on tobacco, alcohol and guns, all of wich cause death and illness, FIYA PON DEM!

Ok, gots to go get some herb to pack my chillum

-Blessed

[chris420]

The only love thats righteous is the love of Jah. I think its an interesting and good teaching in order to live a peaceful and harmonious life with your surroundings, do rastafarians believe in anything similar to nirvana or enlightenment ?

[mrdevious]

rastafari i find is a very good "religion" (if u can call it that)

save for alot of the racism that goes on in it (which i guess is somewat part of it), but initself it teaches love of all so there shouldnt be racism

Which racism is this? When I read up on rastafari, I heard that a very important part of their religion is to never discriminate against someone based on race or skin colour.

[make love on drugs]

very very interesting

mon.

[shoi]

Which racism is this? When I read up on rastafari, I heard that a very important part of their religion is to never discriminate against someone based on race or skin colour.

thats wat some say but u always hear abt how white europeans arent good... atleast i did

i belive it should be in the heart, but as a white european i feel out of place, i guess u could always argue tho that we all came from africa so we are all the same (which imo is true)

o and i wish i wouldnt have said "religion (if u can call it that)" because i now see how that can be offensive, and i am deeply sorry if anyone was, what i meant by that was more of a way of life as opposed to a religion

[Abattoir Dream]

all i know about rastas is that its illegal to sell weed within their community, but then agen, i dont know that at all,

[RedLocks]

The only love thats righteous is the love of Jah. I think its an interesting and good teaching in order to live a peaceful and harmonious life with your surroundings, do rastafarians believe in anything similar to nirvana or enlightenment ?

In foundation Rastafai is christian based pratice/religion, a close off sprout of African Orthodox Church which was founded by Marcus Garvey in the early 1920s(Ras Tafari followed the teachings of Marcus Garvey, a Jamacian native and well educated african who preached africa for african, and a important figure in rastafari).
Nirvana comes from asian religion where as cristianity tells us live a good life and you gain entrance into heaven, or as rasta say Mount Zion. Rasta meditate, but not in the sense of hinduism and buidism, but rather to gain philosphy and wisdom through Nyahbinghi in Reasonings, we rasta gather and blaze up the chillum and speak of peace and togetherness amongst the community, philosophy, our religion and conciousness of the world and events around us.

Nirvana and reincarnation might even be considered occult and pagan belief which rasta shuns, because with the idea of Nirvana is we live life after life untill we do away with the source of our rebirth and enter into nirvana. In Christian beliefs if we enter into heaven, on Judement day we will be reborn with him or something to that tune.

ok I'll just stop typing, just blazed a session and feeling a bit too philosophical, running off with my thoughts..

-Bless!

[Captain Hanks]

yah im white so that kind of is a major minus in being a rastafari i hate when people wear hella rasta colors and they dont know anything

if u want to learn more i strongly advise reading catch a fire the life of bob marley

hella good

Do you live in the SF bay area by any chance?

[RedLocks]

Bless up!

Few things I was thinking about I wanted to talk about, things mentioned within this thread, racism, and being a white man believing in rastafari InI. I don't like theorizing over the internet, but noone is here for me to peak in person too, but this forum is here so why not. This is my reasoning so try to follow, may jump around some, these are just thoughts, and throw back at me anything you think or reaction.

I live in the US, am of German ancestry, and have white skin, and dreadlocks to my shoulders. I praise the Most High, Jah, Rastafari, and I know if InI live life praising Jah, trod onto my way to Zion is the only way, to praise Jah and Rastafari for me is the only way. Some heathen may say, white skin nahh Razztah, but When I walk on the street and come across rasta , them always salute cause they know when they see me I have Jah love in my heart, and that is all that matters to me. To love Jah and Rastafari brings purity to my soul and I can do no wrong.

In rasta, expecially the bob ashanti , they are very serious about african black skinned man and repartriation to africa. Every Black man has every right to take pride ina the color of their skin. Blackness is purity, black woman and man come from Africa, black people come from Ethiopia, the earliest human remains came from Ethiopia. think about this, the fathers and mothers of mankind were black man and woman. Jesus had hair of wool, so many biblical figures wore their hair in locks too.

Leviticus 21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Ebony skinned peoples suffered great atrocities at the hand of the babylonian society, enslaved, sent to war so on and so on and have every right to be hurt, but to hate another because they are white, black, asian, latino is not the way. It is counter productive,and defeating to the purpose of religion and education to be prejudice to another man of a different race. Some less educated, and in fact ignorant may lean torwards what literally is racism, when the real enemy is the babylonian infringment that try to control and govern our lives. TO dem InI say, break away the chains and praise Jah InI!

Hatred is not the way, only love can cleanse our souls.

Ok, my son demans some attention,

give thanks, I am so happy