Category Archives: Food for Thought

To my Melanin-Dominant family, WE ARE THE TRUTH!!

by in Everything Melanin, Food for Thought, Having a Moment, Randomness... | 3 Comments

truth-dubstep

 

From the Melanated Man:

When we were in grade school, we were taught to references our sources for research papers, opinion pieces, etc. etc. etc.! First reason was to avoid any plagiarizing charges. The second reason was to provide credibility to the argument you were presenting. The third reason is sort of connected with the third reason: to give credit to those sources you have chosen to reference.

Well, where am I going to with this? 

Most of those sources I presume were written by mostly Europeans scholars, scientists, and philosophers who were groomed in the Western train of thought. If you were lucky to credit sources who were “P.O.C.” (people of color), nine times of ten they were probably groomed in the same train of thought as well.

So if your position/stance challenged the standard Western philosophy, you were hard pressed to find reinforcements (see: references, sources) to back up that position.

When it comes to African history in regards to the culture, health & wellness, the math and sciences, astrology+cosmology and cosmogony, melanin and much, much more, in this day and age it is viewed from the lens of the European/Western perspective. Any other perspective, specifically the African perspective, is met with ridicule and suspicion. If it doesn’t suit the agenda the-powers-that-be have created for the masses than it is considered “pseudo-sciences” or a “conspiracy theory.”

The evidence of  our rich African history, the history of the  Melanin-Dominant of this planet, has been trashed and/or stolen by those who seek to hide the truth from a people who have long to liberate themselves from the clutches of Massa. So it does appear that we can only trust, go off the word of the European/Caucasian, the Melanin-Recessive, P.O.V.

Keyword: appear

So what can we, first on an individual level and onward collectively, do to uncover the truths we know exist concerning our people? What’s that verse, it may be a Bible verse…

So above, as below…I think it’s Matthew 6:7-13 somewhere.

Simply put, WE ARE THE TRUTH! THE TRUTH LIES WITHIN US!

Memory moment: I remember my mom used to yell these words at me when she accused me of fibbing to her, “Boy, you a lie and the truth ain’t in ya!” I’m pretty sure some of your if not most of you have heard that before from your mom.

I hate to say this, Ma, but you didn’t know what the heck you were talking about haha! (sorry, Ma,  please don’t hurt your son!) The truth is in me.

And you, too, my fellow Melanin-Dominant friend!

We originated from a people who were the originators on this planet! We have the truth and knowledge encoded in our DNA, in our melanin, to move forward as a people and to bring balance on this planet, in every way imaginable. That’s the gift we’ve been fortunate enough to be endowed with.

They can shoot us down in streets, poison our food and water supply, regulate us to minority status, dilute and alter our DNA through race-mixing or whatnot.

“We’re not going ANYWHERE!!”

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a huge, tremendous responsibility to carry. But we wouldn’t have been gifted this gift if we couldn’t handle it. Most of us, of course, don’t realize what we have and we throw that gift, wasting our lives serving a Massa who leaches off that gift and our ignorance of it for its own survival. That quote by Ma, and probably many other mothers like her, should be directed towards Massa, Melanin-Recessive individuals who take pride and seek to protect this deadly parasitic white supremacist, capitalistic, consumerist…

(I can go on and on…)

…system and society that does not benefit anyone else but them! Just as I mentioned before, they have to steal/leach from others, us, to survive! Their actions speak for itself.

Once we understand the knowledge we contain, we prove it with our daily actions, ultimately our lives. What did Jesus (omg!) in the Bible?

I am the LIVING SACRIFICE!

WE ARE LIVING SACRIFICES! TO KEEP THIS PLANET IN BALANCE AND PEACE!

Collectively as a group, that is our God-given purpose and mission. Plain and simple.

Despite its many, many flaws (propagated by King James and those of his ilk obviously) that Bible does contain a whole lot of truth in it.

This post may sound like a long-winded way of saying everyone has their own truth; trust me it’s not. At the end of the day the truth of our lives should ultimately be in line, in accordance with the truths of the universe set by the Almighty Creator, the God and the Goddess.

So when you, those in my Melanin-Dominant family who understand  truth of it all, run into individuals and a system trained in the Western/Europeans philosophy of thought that seek to cause confusion and strife in this plane of existence for you, stand tall and grounded always and remember this quote…

“I am the way, the truth, and the life….”

John 14:6

…and to my non-Bible readers…

“Be true to yourself at all times!”

“The truth will set you free!”

 

It’s too, simple isn’t it?!

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanin Man

 

Also check out:

When Consumption Changes, “The Matrix” Will Fall

More Melanin, brought to you by “The Melanated Man”

“There is no such thing as race…just Melanin baby!”

a repost: Study: African-Americans Have Stronger Immune Systems Than Whites

 

 

 

 

a repost: Fuck Work: What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? — Tales from the Conspiratum

by in Food for Thought, Politics from a Black-Concious Perspective, Randomness... | 3 Comments

Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore? Source: What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? | Aeon Essays aeon.co James Livingston Pprofessor of history at Rutgers University in New York. He is the author of many books, the latest being No More Work: […]

via Fuck Work: What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? — Tales from the Conspiratum

Food for Thought: The Apocalypse isn’t coming, it’s already here!!

by in Food for Thought, Randomness... | 3 Comments

disaster

From the Melanated Man:

 

The definition of apocalypse taken from Google:

apocalypse (n.)-

1. the complete final destruction of the world, especially as described in the biblical book of Revelation.

 

 

2. an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.
I think everyone is familiar with that definition. That’s nothing new.
Check out the original etymology of the word, taken from Online Etymology Dictionary (notice the bold words)
late 14c., “revelation, disclosure,” from Church Latin apocalypsis “revelation,” from Greek apokalyptein “uncover, disclose, reveal,” from apo- “from” (see apo-) + kalyptein “to cover, conceal” (see Calypso).
We have to watch these words with the double meanings, seriously people!
Every religion known to man this day in age speaks of “the reckoning”, “the end of the world”, “Doomsday” scenarios. It’s been discussed since time immoral, which time in itself is an illusion as I briefly mentioned before.   With talks of global warming, impending wars, social dissension as well as many other calamities that’s brewing, it feels like a apocalyptic event is on the horizon.
But what if the apocalypse is already here?
What if the masses have been played like a fool, which we are, about the truth?

The Apocalypse is already here, melanated family!

Information and knowledge that’s been hidden for so long from my people, my Melanin-Dominant brothers and sisters,  is becoming “revealed”, “disclosed”, and “revealed.” Slowly but surely the truth about who we are, the true history of this world, is bubbling up to the surface.

And it’s about DAMN TIME!

You ever wondered about why there have been so many apocalyptic movies released over the last 20-25 years?

The Good versus Evil nonsense?

The entire premise of those movies is to psychologically imprint the idea in our minds that we must prevent the destruction of this parasitic capitalistic illusion, this Matrix. White (the Melanin-Recessive) supremacy supported by the suffering and occasional corroboration of the Melanin-Dominant. Programming the unawakened, spiritually dead to prevent the consciousness of the 99% majority from rising to higher dimensions of reality.

The idea of an apocalypse generates fear and angst within the Melanin-Recessive and the those spiritually dead  and treacherous Melanin-Dominant individuals.

The idea of an apocalypse should give the initiated, the awakened, inspiration and encouragement!!

Those of us who have chosen to take this path to enlighten the world must embrace this reality. We were meant and purposed to bring about the apocalypse. The Earth and its inhabitants cannot survive much longer as is. I understand that the majority of us may not make it to the other side of the transition.

On the low, from my perspective, culling the population is not all bad.

It is a necessity.

Of course, I’m talking about natural culling that is done by the forces of nature, metaphysical entities that we may or may not be aware of. Earth is going to eventually rid itself of its viruses one way or another.  This man-made culling that has been geared toward the Melanin-Dominant for too long is a concoction created by the powers-that-be to create the population that they see fit.

Or better yet, preserve their genetic identity.

Everyone is not meant to crossover into the new reality that is about come. Some people may not be ready or unwilling to change/break away from the Matrix.

“Only the strong will survive.”

And hey, I may be included in that group as well. I may not be where  I think I am physically and spiritually.

Hey, time (smh!) will tell. At the end of the day, I want the best for this planet and the well-being of the people who are the original men and women of the earth.

 

Let’s bring about the Apocalypse, family!

Our own genetic heritage depends on it.

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you know? The True Meaning of Halloween, or “Samhain”

by in Did You know?, Food for Thought, Randomness..., Reposts | 3 Comments

 

Everything is so commercialized these that we tend to forget that all things have an origin. Halloween included. I don’t condone the Westernized version of Halloween, where we encourage our children to give back to the system i.e. keeping the “drug companies” *cough* Nestle, Mars*cough* in business, preventing dentists from becoming obsolete.   But I do agree with the original (“pagan” to the uninitiated) roots. It’s a time to reconnect with ancestors who have passed into the next realm. If you are still attached to commercialized religion, I ask that you keep an open mind. At some point we have wake up peoples!

 

Article taken from All Our Devotion (click link for original article)

What the Heck is a Samhain?

By Jeanine DeOya

A lore that has been adapted in the United States, and many other countries, is the celebration of Halloween. Halloween, or “Hallow’s Eve”, “All Hallow’s”, “Holy Eve” or “Hallowmas” were some of the names given by the Catholic Church, around the 8th century, for a holiday they celebrated the night before “All Saints’ Day” (the celebration of the Catholic Saints). Just like other Christian holidays taken from pre-Christian Pagan celebrations, Halloween is the secular name for the European Sabbat called “Samhain”. Many of you may have heard the word Samhain before, but may not have known what it was about. Let me try to explain. Samhain is what Pagans, Witches and Wiccans celebrates while the rest of the world celebrates Halloween. Samhain (pronounced Sow-en) and also called Witches’ New Year, is an ancient festival which dates back further than 2000 years. Samhain means summers-end. The ancient Celts believed that summer ended at sunset on October 31st.   During that time they celebrated the change of the season by gathering around bone fires and dancing and feeling the vibrations of the seasonal change. This was the time of the third and final harvest of the year; so, much of the celebration was a thanksgiving festival to the goddesses and gods for the year’s food yields.  Many celebrated in festive garb or costumes.

The other part of ancient Samhain lore is the unveiling of the Otherworld. The cooling air is representative of the thinning of the veils between the worlds, including the veil between the living and the dead. The aspect of the Pagan Horned god is said to wane during the last summer days. During Samhain the Pagan Lord travels through the underworld and awaits rebirth before spring. Ancient Celts believed that spirits can either peer or travel through the thinning veils into the world of the living. Celts would dress in costumes to fool the spirits so not to be haunted by an unwanted ancestor or evil incorporeal being. Offerings of food and libations were placed outside doors so that the spirits would take the offerings and by-pass the homes instead of coming in. This is where the tradition of Halloween costumes and the offering of treats came into play.

Samhain Night

Because the veil between worlds are so thin Witches and Pagans believe that Samhain is a time of psychic clarity and divination—to see what is normally hidden. Much meditation, astral travel and psychic reading is performed during this period. Self-exploration and examination are the common workings since many believe this period is conductive to introspection and seeking the “darker-self”—the inner-self that is unknown. Many Pagans refer to the lore of both Inanna and Persephone. In each of their stories both goddesses journeyed into the underworld and made self-discoveries. Many Pagans look to other dark goddesses when seeking the darker-self, including Oya, Hecate, Lilith, Sekhmet, Auset, Cerridwen and Psyche just to name a few. In African Lore the goddess Oya travels between worlds, and especially the world of the dead. She is said to be the intermediary between the spirits and the living. Her aspect is present during Samhain.  Others may do spiritual workings with Papa Legba since he is the caretaker of the sacred crossroads, and he also controls communication between the spirits and the living.

Many others view this time as “the Feast of Samhain”. During this period people leave a place setting(s) at the table for a beloved Ancestor(s). To many this is a period of Ancestor  veneration. Some will even use this time to summon ancestors, spirit guides and angels to aid them in their lives. Some Pagans leave milk, honey, cakes and other offerings outside to appease the spirits with hopes that dreams, wishes and desires will be granted.

Personally Samhain is indeed my favorite Sabbat, and this time of year is the most beautiful. The colors of orange and gold and yellow and red reflect in the brilliance of the trees, as well as the season’s harvest. The air cools with the fresh scent of mums and other fall fragrances. On one warm day I have actually smelled the aromatic scent of heated brown leaves under direct sunlight. Because of the cooling air my dreams are deeper, more meaningfully, and more frequent than before. I find myself often in lucid dreams. This is much more desirable than my summer dreams, which were akin to watching a movie screen in a cerebral haze.  Dreams are connected to the psychic and astral plane, and are a good indicator of changes in surrounding energies.

During this time the Witches or Pagans are feeling their power, because their lower 5 senses are much more stimulated, their neural transmitters are firing more intensely, and their third eye widens with the thinning of the veil. Because of this many may be doing fastings and or meditation to increase their abilities. Pagans have a deeper kinship with animals, totems and familiars on Samhain, because they too can sense the changes, feel the veil, and ride with the earth rhythms. The most potent circles are Samhain gatherings. All psychic pores are open and all souls cry out to be heard through the veil, and by the Ancestors. It is the best time for making personal quest and journeying for inner attainment. So when you hear someone ask what the %#@&!  is a Samhain? Just tell them it is a 2000 year old story that has stood the test of time, space and the Otherworlds.

Food for Thought: Should I even bother fighting “Racism and Discrimination?”

by in Food for Thought | 1 Comment

 

racism

 

From the Melanated Man:

I had an interesting experience this past weekend while out of town in Kansas City accompanying my wife on a recruiting seminar. I gave me a chance to spend some quality time with my two younger brothers, Craig and Arnold, who also happen to live there with their parents.

(Kansas City is not a bad town to tour and visit if you haven’t had the chance. It has a laid back feel to it, which is what I like. I wouldn’t mind living there if it wasn’t too far from my family back in Georgia and Alabama and wasn’t situated in the middle of the Midwest where there are not that many of US to be found en masse. Although overall I enjoyed my trip, there were a couple of occasions where I simply felt out of place and basically a foreigner.)

Which brings me back to my story…

My brothers and I decided to go out for a drink after taking in a movie. So we go to a Buffalo Wild Wings in the Zona Rosa shopping plaza in the northern part of Kansas City. We all approach the bar which where there were three seats available. There were a couple of glasses of beers that were half-drunken set in front them as well. Initially I did not sit down at first because I was not sure if the individuals that were sitting there were going to return The second oldest Craig insisted that we sit.

I’m not that hip to bar rules considering I don’t go out for drinks often if at all, but apparently I’ve been told once you leave the bar that is an indication that you’re done. Well the bartender never got the memo.We waited about FIVE minutes before she decided to acknowledge us, even though she was oddly staring at us behind the bar from the time we arrived. The bartender, who is of course Caucasian/European,  NEVER cleaned off the drinks or took our drink orders.

“Yeahhhh, there are people sitting in those chairs,” she said. “And I have people sitting there, and there,” as she proceeded to point to two other chairs at the bar that were empty for the same amount of time we had arrived. From my and Craig’s perspective, she  had the look and demeanor that she really  had to think about the blatant LIE she was telling us.

Slightly disgusted, we decided to leave. And we headed over to another establishment in the same shopping plaza Bar Louie. We walk in and I had this feeling come over me like I was walking into a Woolworth’s in the middle of Mississippi Pre-Civil Rights Era. Although the place was loud and people we were dancing and carrying on, it seemed for a brief moment everyone there (about 98% of the patrons were Caucasians/Europeans) were covertly staring at the three of us, like we didn’t belong there.

Is there REALLY a threat of three educated BLACK-MELANATED individuals hanging out in public together?

Soooo…we sit down at an empty table and this TIME the waiter acknowledges us right away and appeared to be genuinely nice. For a moment, I felt a slight calm. The feeling I had previously when we walked in receded a little bit. Maybe I am overreacting, I thought.  The experience we had Buffalo Wild Wings had shook me a little so of course I was still apprehensive. He, of the Caucasian flavor as well, promptly took our drink orders with no issues. Everything seemed to be going OK.

And then…he asked us if he could hold a credit card from us. He told us that he had issues of people walking out on the bill in the past and that’s why he asked. Reluctantly Craig gave the waiter his credit card. We both looked at each other as if we had the same thought in mind:

“Did we just get DISCRIMINATED TWICE on the same night?”

Was the waiter telling the truth regarding having patrons walking out on the bill? If so, were the those patrons BLACK? Did he assume since we were BLACK that their was a good chance it would happen again? Is it standard policy for their restaurant to hold a credit card prior to serving their patrons?

That feeling I had when walked in the bar returned TENFOLD.And unfortunately, we stayed and had our drinks. At this point we didn’t want to let ignorance ruin our rare brother moment and we had our drink. Nevertheless it did put a damper on our time together as me and Craig discussed back and forth about the events that transpired starting with the Buffalo Wild Wings situation. The youngest of us Arnold didn’t really have much to say throughout both ordeals, as if he was simply going along with the flow.

I wonder what his thoughts were, what kind of example we set for him.

The next morning me and the wifey went by their house and had breakfast with Craig and his parents. Arnold had to go to work that morning so we never got to hear his views on the night before. According to the parents, the consensus was that we should have reported the incident to management and to be more mindful of the sacrifices that were made so we can enjoy the same establishments and benefits as our “white” counterparts without any foolishness occurring. My wife (who loves to speak her mind when she feels a hint of being snubbed) agreed with them for the most part.

Craig and I pretty much said the same thing: we didn’t have the energy to fight or complain about being possibly discriminated against when ultimately it’s not OUR establishment.

And of course there was an obvious back and forth for the next 45 minutes to an hour. We were on two opposite ends of the spectrum.

 

Should we even bother fighting “discrimination and racism?”

 

My personal opinion…

That night I didn’t have the energy. Honestly, even if I did, I wouldn’t want to. When it boils down to it, this SYSTEM (THIS MATRIX!) was not made for my benefit, or those who look like me.

Nevermind the obvious POISON that they sell at Buffalo Wild Wings and Bar Louie with not only the  alcohol, but the  DEATH FOOD that does you no good in the first place. Not to mention the countless number of flat screens they have that completely DUMB DOWN YOUR BRAIN by televising CORPORATE-RULED SPORTS to put you to sleep.

Hey if we really had our priorities in check, we wouldn’t be frequenting establishments that kill us in many ways than one.But not only do we want to be accepted in these establishments, we try to recreate them ourselves. The  only difference is the owners and patrons have BLACK FACES…

…but still don’t know a GODDAMN thing about themselves.

“Racism and Discrimination” is a multi-faceted creation by the powers-that-be, the elites, Massa to pull you into their SICK GAME. It is a very complex and tricky one; people are still being played to THIS DAY.

Where there is RACE, DISCRIMINATION is the OBVIOUS OUTCOME!

(FYI, RACE DOES NOT EXIST! MELANIN EXISTS! That’s how those in power really view the many different peoples of the planet, based on MELANIN CONTENT! We need to start applying that same tactic as well in ALL FACETS of OUR lives.)

By creating *LABELS (a future post that is LONG overdue)  for people, it gives those in power the ability to easily identify who they wish to DISCRIMINATE against within their MATRIX. And once that occurs, of course the 99% will began to complain regarding the DISCRIMINATION.

The more they complain and beg for equal rights, to be accepted and to assimilate within the MATRIX, the more obvious it is to those in power that they don’t know anything about themselves.

“They’re sheep, easy pickings for us!”

If you actually knew the MATRIX you so desperately want to integrate into, you would probably prefer to kill yourself instead…and I hate to say that, but that’s how destructive it is.

That’s my viewpoint on the situation.

 

Really think about what’s going on. AS BLACK-MELANATED PEOPLE we want to be treated fairly, we want to be considered in the conversation. But are we really begging for acceptance? Why do we have to keep fighting the same battles over and over and over AGAIN?

Maybe it’s time to tell Massa,” FUCK YOU! We’re going to do our OWN thing!”

Whenever we decide to learn about OURSELVES first, then maybe someday that will occur.

Until then…I’ll keep doing what I’m doing to make that happen!

 

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

*Future Post

 

P.S. To my brother Arnold (lol!), I hope you learned something from our experience(s) the other night. I’m sure you did. Feel free to hit me up and we can talk about it, mane!

 

 

Food for Thought: WATCH YOUR DEHYDRATED FOODS INTAKE!!

by in Eating to Die vs. Eating to Live, Food for Thought, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

 

dehydrated-fruits

From the Melanated Man:

There’s another term to use when describing foods that are ARTIFICIAL, PROCESSED, and DENATURED.

DEHYDRATED!

DEHYDRATED FOODS HAVE NO WATER CONTENT (obviously!)

And we all know that signs of water signal there is LIFE!

Foods without WATER will steal it from your body to be broken down and digested. Thus it is stealing your LIFE just to be processed by the body.

The dehydrated potato chips, cookies, bread, meat, and even dried fruits and vegetables that we ASSUME is healthy will STEAL our LIFELINE OF WATER to be properly digested.

Even my favorite snack of all: Skinny Pop popcorn and roasted green peas.

Fresh produce DOES NOT need any more WATER than it already has within it to be digested, if eaten RAW, STEAMED, or slightly SAUTEED with its WATER CONTENT still intact. Also, the ENERGY/INFORMATION/ LIFE provided by the SUN is located within the WATER CONTENT of that fresh fruit or veggie.

Your body’s internal organs will be very appreciative of the fact you’re eating fresh produce; it won’t feel OVERWORKED and USED because they can keep most it not all of  their WATER CONTENT during the process.

AND…they are receiving something in RETURN from the ORIGINAL LIFE/LIGHT SOURCE.

It’s a GIVE and TAKE relationship, baby! Just like a INTIMATE relationship. Or any type of relationship for that matter.

Does that make sense? It makes sense to me.

You wonder why we have to drink SO MUCH WATER during the day.  If we eat alot of DEHYDRATED foods than we have to replace that LOST WATER.

But then we replace it with poisoned water that contains FLUORIDE AND LEAD AND WHAT EVER ELSE THEY ARE HIDING!!

Damn, they have this shit set up proper!

 

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

John 10:10

 

Take a guess of the type of FOOD that “comes to steal and kill and destroy.” Would you want that going through your temple?

 

Wake up, people!

 

 

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

Food for Thought: Foods in Season

by in Eating to Die vs. Eating to Live, Food for Thought | 2 Comments

 

vegetable-garden-1

 

From the Melanated Man:

(I know…ANOTHER food post…)

Recently I started my own vegetable garden. Very interesting experience I can tell you that. And fun as well. I put down some squash, zucchini, corn, Swiss chard, field peas (black-eyed peas), watermelon, cantaloupe, and some herbs and spices. These crops are best suited to grow this time of year; obviously these are the crops that will have ALL the nutrients that it needs, are fully matured, and will more than likely become RIPE aka sweet.

There are crops that are suited best for fall and winter harvest (most of your green veggies) and there are crops that are best suited for spring and summer harvest (most of your fruits.)

So my question is how in the HELL are grocery stores and farmer’s markets able to sell food that is NOT IN SEASON?

The quick answer would be that these crops were probably imported from other parts of the United States and/or from countries within the Southern Hemisphere, which experience seasons in reverse to those in the Northern Hemisphere. Which makes sense…

But what is the consequences of eating crops in an ENVIRONMENT that is not fit to yield that crop during the time when it’s NOT IN SEASON THERE?

What are the effects to the BODY, MIND, and SOUL that occurs when this takes place?

Will you able to get ALL of the benefits of the crops during that time?

When it comes to BUYING produce from third parties instead of self-gardening, we figure that if it’s available and we have a taste for it at that particular moment, what harm will come to us besides PESTICIDES and/or GMOs?

It’s FRESH PRODUCE, and we need our FRUITS and VEGETABLES, right? That’s what I’ve been preaching, right?

There is a possibility that certain produce are NOT to be consumed during certain times of the year depending on where you are on the planet.

It may not kill you, but it also may not benefit you as well.

Something to think about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food for Thought: Susannah Mushatt Jones

by in Food for Thought, Randomness... | 1 Comment

SusannahMushattJones1

 

From the Melanated Man:

Susannah Mushatt Jones of New York City (born in Lowndes County, Alabama) died on May 12, 2016 at the ripe age of 116 years old! She was born in 1899! That is remarkable!

And she was Black.

She was only two generations removed from slavery times.

I can’t imagine that. The things she could have seen and experienced during her time living. A fellow blogger that I follow did a quick review post on her that is good; here’s the link.

She has a Wikipedia page as well that is worth a read as well; here’s the link.

There was a excerpt in the Wikipedia page that really caught my attention:

“Jones was blind and partially deaf; she could not say much and she used a wheelchair. She only took high-blood pressure medication and a multivitamin. She became legally blind when she was 100. She refused cataract surgery or a recommended pacemaker and never had a mammogram or a colonoscopy….She slept about ten hours a night and napped throughout the day. For breakfast, she always ate four strips of bacon along with scrambled eggs and grits. She also ate bacon throughout the day.”

So Ms. Jones experienced what many elderly men and women experience in their latter years with blindness, hypertension, etc., *considered protocol in Western civilization. What’s funny is that she ate FOUR strips of bacon with EGGS and more than likely WHITE grits every morning, then ate bacon AGAIN throughout the day.

Did she start eating this as she got older?

Has she eaten this type of food for the ENTIRETY of her life?

Was the bacon (pig) and eggs (chicken) farm-raised and the grits yellow (grounded corn, NATURAL form)?

No one is asking these questions. And they are VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

Now granted it does state that she slept for TEN HOURS and took naps frequently throughout the day. We know that lack of *adequate and beneficial sleep causes health issues as well. Also, she had no kids and was only married once, for not a long period; depending on what type of person you are it can be a *stressful OR rewarding experience.

But again, did that amount of sleep occur during her latter years when she was retired (more than likely) or ALL throughout her life? It’s not clear.

This type of MISINFORMATION can cause people to think that it doesn’t matter what you do health wise, it all comes down to genetic luck and/or GOD’S WILL (*for those who think the Creator has a certain time designated for everyone to die.) I have to admit, when I read about Ms. Jones, I started to think that luck had alot in play, given the fact that her family lineage has a history of long life.

I’ve come to understand that long life means NOTHING if you haven’t done anything with it, such as personal growth and inspiring others to do the same. That’s my personal opinion.

At the same time while we are living this life we have to stay in tip top shape to make the days we live meaningful and fruitful. How are you going to improve and grow when you are constantly DIS-EASED and COMPRISED with ARTIFICIAL AND UNNATURAL CONSUMPTION???

It’s still IMPORTANT what you put into your mouth (and MIND!) and how it affects you over the long run. It’s still IMPORTANT how much exercise and activity you do on a daily basis.

Whether you realize it or not, life is not meant to live for the moment.

You take it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time, one year at a time…and it ADDS UP. Your life is THEN summed up through the MILLIONS of moments you’ll have.

Hopefully the SUM IS POSITIVE (for you math geeks!)

You don’t want to look back and realize your life was filled with EMPTY moments and no REAL GROWTH (besides your waistline) beyond the MATERIAL REALM.

That’s called being in the NEGATIVE (or red for the economist.)

 

When reading articles like this, with your CONSCIOUS mind, with your *THIRD EYE…look deeper.

And I’m talking to myself as well on this one!

 

R.I.P. Ms. Jones!

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

*Future post