THE WAY OF REASON

[Negus Amlak]

THE WAY OF REASON
The way of reason is not unique to Rastafari but is probably true that Rastafari consciously practice the philosophy of REASON more than most people. Reason is an essential part of growth and development of Rastafari. It is a part and parcel of everything we do. Taking it one step further, REASON has grown into a part of our religious practices. To sit and REASON in the mind of Rastafari, is almost as important as worshiping the creator. REASON is a gift from JAH.

There is no limit to the things we can REASON out, but it is not as easy or simple as we would think. There are also rules to be observed during the process of REASONING with another brethren or daughter; know of what you speak, say what you mean and respect the thoughts of others. There are certain things one might say to an individual but would not say to a group. One must know when to apply the power of REASON. This comes with experience.

The language we use is very carefully chosen for several reasons. As Rastafari, we observe the power of words and sound. We are keenly aware of each man’s tone of voice and choice of words as he speaks and we are extremely critical of our women. We do not usually allow women in our circle of REASONING, for we have traditionally disregarded our women’s ability to REASON things out. We see our women as being too emotional to fully engage in the art of REASONING.

This perception is wrong of course. If we truly used our power of REASON, we would clearly see that we have not given our women the chance to prove themselves. We must use this power to take our way of life to the highest possible point that we could take it. What are we striving for is righteousness, and the power of REASON can take us there. However, we must be wise in our thoughts, fair in our words, moderate in our actions and strong in our deeds. We must never speak words for which we have no REASON.

Careful and considerate examination of every and anything we come in contact with; this is the objective of this REASONING, for there can be no limits placed on the practice of REASON.

[Sistren Ty]

Haile I,

**This perception is wrong of course. If we truly used our power of REASON, we would clearly see that we have not given our women the chance to prove themselves. We must use this power to take our way of life to the highest possible point that we could take it. What are we striving for is righteousness, and the power of REASON can take us there.**

Well stated honerebel Ras Amlak!!!
I have always felt that if wisdom is a she(Proverbs), surely InI must incline our ear to "her" as well... being that man and wombman were irated in equal measure. Jah irated wombman because He deemed InI necessary. It is wombman that was chosen as the vessel to carry life, so surely what I as wombman has to say should carry significance. I am happy to ear Rastaman say such a thing, because there are many who feel de I should be seen, and not heard. In I ipinion if I was not to be heard den why did Jah gift I with voice?,seen.
May resonin pon dis topic itinue farward, and provoke thought.~selah

[Thundah Fayah]

Ises, One will never over the power that wombman is carry, ini should remember that the are the teachers, the are first teacher of the youths, every great leader is from HER mama Afrika. truelly to consider it that way ini will sight the contribution wombman got in the nation. even ini can remember the great work that Empress Menen did on her own.
blessed love, Reasoning is power. so lets ini inity with power.

[Empress Zita]

Bless Up the Wombin ... More Strength!
"African civilization in its potential magnitude must be able to command fortitude, patience, tolerance and diligence. To sustain us in all our tasks we count on the women of Africa. Without their relentless vigilance no aspect of our responsibilities can be attained. Women’s role has never been so demanding, and you can be proud to answer this call for the betterment and future of mankind.
"
~H.I.M Haile Selassie I

"I'm glad you've seen the part played by our women in our movement, the world had never seen such a magnificent spectacle. They were as brave as our men. You have no idea how what they did and suffered increased my faith in our people. The awakening of our women has helped mightily to awaken India. We cannot achieve freedom without them.
"
~Mahatma Gandhi

"Obviously war is one of the major problems which bring disaster on the life of mankind. Inspite of the differences of color, race, creed or religion between women in this world, they all hate war, because the fruit of wars is nothing but disaster. War exterminates their beloved husbands, their brothers and their children. It destroys and eliminates their families. We would like to bring to the attention of all women of the world that it is their duty to voice and express solidarity against such acts.
"
~Empress Menen

"The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is one of the most important, though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace.

The denial of such equality
perpetrates an injustice against one half of the world's population
and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the workplace, to political life, and ultimately to international relations.
There are no grounds, moral, practical, or biological, upon which such denial can be justified.

Only as women are welcomed into full partnership in all fields of
human endeavour will the moral and phychological climate be created in which international peace can emerge.
"
~The Universal House of Justice, Baha'i World Centre.


"When sleeping women wake, mountains will move"
~old Chinese proverb

[bongo shasha]

Greetings to InI,give thanks King Negus,onto the Most High InI ''God and King and his Royal Lioness Queen MennenI of IthioAfrica.
Nuff love, and Raspect, to one and all and all wisdom,knowledge and overstantanding due onto ''HIM''.
That's why Jah said;no man or wombman can't deal with''Him''you got to have a hearth of a lion to stand in-front Jah,Jah counsel no weak hearth can prosper,that why InI Love His Majesty teaching, because is not something, ones and ones think they can altar or change''it is what it is. Reality is for those that accept,the truth; and the truth always sustain the possibility of reasoning,that lead back to reality and truth,therefore freedom,peace and love is always the result of reasoning,because reason is justify by truth,not ways or emotions.
The Iniverse can also be overstand simple by simplicity of reasoning.
Reasoning, is also a great contribution for the formulation of the human dignity and worth.
That's why man, has a great and unique advantage over all other creatures,because of the power of reasoning with a higher will,just like His God and King.
Reasoning; the method of knowing truth and the period of enlightenment,or the age of rationalism.
Reasoning,it makes InI overstand,that man has a rational will,which enables him to make and carry out plans,on the other scale animals ,they declared,are slaves of their emotions,when an animal is afraid of something,it tries to escape from it,when an animal is angry ,it fights.
However, men can figure out the best course of action,when they are afraid,angry,or in trouble.In addition they can make themselves do the right thing,instead of doing what seem easier or appealing. InI know, that everything in the iniverse, behaves according to a few simple laws,that should be reason out and change,because only reason ''yields necessary,or Iniversal truths.That's why only the Fire from the Rasta wombman can quench the Rastaman thirst.''THAT'S WHY THE WORLD MOAN AND CRY FE THE FYAH FOR THE PURIFICATION AND THE HEALING OF THE NATION.
Ratas is forward ever,backward never,let them come, if them a come ,on a free will,but by any other mean,tey come fe take over or prove.
Everything and answer in in the wise Mind of the King and Queen.Therefore the word is'' InI.''
May Jah Rastafari,King Selassie,Empress Mennen and all the Great Spirits in truth Itec and free up InI from all physical and spiritual bondage, the wolf in wolf in sheep clothing,cannot hide or escape from this Great Judgment.
Blessed love Rastafari

[Ras Irie Child]

give thanks for this post Kasha Heru. this is so necessary to overstand. i love your itribution to this topic. ini needed to hear this and will iditate on it further. give thanks for the repost. so true.

[Perfect Balance]

Bless! just a reflection on this, as I move ever further toward self realization, I over that reasoning is essential as the inner I and inner truth are revealed through deductive reasoning with idrens, this replaces any doctrines or rules of men as we share our insights and develope a collective conciousness amonst ourselves-hence why ras can KNOW and not merely BELIEVE. it confirms iditations and brings them to the realm of manifestation, so yes I, give thanks for reasoning!

[Ras Jamaal]

RASTAFARI LIVES!

Gives thanks for the post Iyah,
It is haile to see the I define InI Oral Tradition of Reasoning in this way.
It is a part of InI identity, that InI dont often define in the written form, because of the nature
of the Gathering.
This form of Overstanding, derived from Reasoning, is African in every facet.

Iman think the cause of the Disrespect shown to InI Queens is the result of
these Theological freaks on the Pulpits of Babylon, who have made Woman the
object of degradation, and also the originator of sin, through the Creation STORY.

InI have to take an honest account of what InI study, and realise alot of PERCEPTION
has already been force-fed to InI through indoctrination by the perverted doctrines of Roman
Catholicism, and the Patriarchal system which excludes the Wombman from Union with Man.
In some of InI culture the Wombman is the personification of virtues such as Truth, Justice, Righteousness, and Reciprocity.

What do InI say of those that use the Power of REASON for wicked intentions, or to incite Disagreement?
Some ones use the experience and Wise-mind that they gain from reason to alienate ones,
rightly or wrongly, to suit their own purposes.
Thats why I think its important that the I said:
'we must be wise in our thoughts, fair in our words, moderate in our actions, and strong in our deeds'

HAILE SELASSIE I IDANCE AND ITECTION

[Nyah I Conscious]

Blessed Love!!!!!
Raspect!!!!!
truth(of unconditional love) is the food that feed I n I soul
taking I Home to Zion
setting I free wid Ivery heartbeat
I n I give Iternal thanks as I n I know I AM in the Presence(and the presence) of Ivinity
none can sever Jah bond
none can downstroy Jah love and truth
for He AND She love and reign foreva - whithin
and nowhere is He AND SHe not
so resistance (to Jah truth&love) and fear, denial, blame and rejection (of His&Her blessings) are futile&unreasonable, all I can do, in honesty, in reasoning, is give Praises and acknowledge that which is
in humblestanding
when I an I realize this, I n I Am at peace and in harmony
then I an I know I am in the space where I can reason from
so I give thanks for the Blessed love and Truth I feel and know here
Sellaise n Menen guide I, love I know I and neva reject I
and i n I know all that is untrue will fall away as the illusion it is
leaving Jah's freeing truth to stand in shining victory
forIva more
Love Yah!!!!! Yesus Yes us
oneness

[Jeremy]

Thanks unto the God of the Patriarchs and the Prophets from old to new.

It is reasoning itself which has informed and shaped the Ancients and their descendants. Reasoning has allowed great and historical events to unfold, creating unprecedented moments, allowing glorious unions and transformations of society and mind. Give thanks wise Brother, always.

[Nyah I Conscious]

Blessed love,
It is so heartening to see such progressiveness within Jah movement...to InI, the equality, raspect, trust and reasoning between and within gender is so crucial to the healing and forwarding of Jah Plan.....to know that the Shekinah,Jah Whole-I Spirit was/is personified as the feminine aspect of the Whole-I trinity, that early gnostic Christians spoke of Blessed Wisemind as Sophia, which was an integral part of the faith at that time..as well as all the Blessed female leaders who also lead their people into Jah righteousness (Queen Nyahbingi springs to mind) shows us that wombman and their bredren have had a long trodition of sharing leadership roles and allowing each other the space to be all that we can be in this earthly journey.....
The very reality that as wombman, we are often (more) tuned in or aligned with emotions and nurturing other humans gives us the gift of connectedness with The Source of All life from that Ispective..although the balance of our Kingmen and Bredrens focused guidance is crucial to develop a "bigger picture"...from I Ispective..we wombmen love to "flesh out" de plan, while our Kingmen focus on "steering Jah Ship" to Jah Promised land.....we fill in many an empathetic gap which our emotional connectedness allows us to see and feel which sometimes our Kingmens farsightedness do not see in the detail we do - due to this emotional connectedness.....
Bredren would do well to raspectively include and offer space for the Empress's to offer their Ispectives and to make sure our Empress's are not lacking in the sweet tender care that only a Kingman can offer...so that we wombmen mamas have all the "juice" needed to give our youth more love to give Jah world and in return more sweet lovin juice to bless up Jah King....
irieness
I see we have another Nyah Sistren! Blessed Love and oneness in name Empress!...
perhaps, to avoid confusion I will give I full Jahgiven name NyaInIJahJahlove..but that is a mouthful! anyone have any thought on that?
I earnestly hope I have not butted in here and am taken as intrusive..I, like many Sistren, am very sensitive about being taken as coming on "too strong" and do suffer from lack of confidence due to degrees of non-acceptance...maybe humility is a better term than "lacking confidence" and that would be the positive manifestation...I hope Ones will let I know if I input is inappropriate or unwelcome, cuz i am new here and fully appreciate an honest and frank approach..pref wid love and kindness....
Jahlove is all around
Sisten Nyah I

[Ras Jamaal]

JAH LOVE SISTA,

All are welcome to reason among InI, so ones should feel
free to be free with ones words. Jah is InI school and Teacher,
and all of InI manifest the wise-mind that Jah gives to InI.

One Perfect Love