Today is the official debut of The Blunt. The Blunt is the newest blog to enter the Black blogosphere. It is also replacing this Real Talk blog.
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The Blunt – This Is Not Your Typical Blog
Excerpted from an article by Deborrah Cooper
WOMEN HAVE AN inordinate amount of faith in both Black men and Black churches. My position is that such blind and unwavering faith in either is misplaced. It is my belief that the Black church, structured around traditional gender roles which makes women submissive to and inferior to men, greatly limits females. Single Black women sitting in church every Sunday are being subtly brainwashed, soothed and placated into waiting without demand for what they want to magically come to them. Who is doing this to Black women? The male standing at the front of the Church in the role of spiritual leader, that’s who!
Author Deborrah Cooper
This is the true reason that there are so many single, never married Black women in the United States – Black churches. Black women should abandon Black churches and focus more on themselves, their needs and those of their children than those of Black men or a religion which Black men use to castigate and control an entire race of women.
Following the tenets of organized religion is not going to get you anywhere because men are generally not religious.
Going to church is not getting you the husband you seek.
Going to church is not making you more attractive and interesting to men.
Going to church is not where you are going to find eligible bachelors to date.
Going to church is not going to teach you to be fiscally responsible, investment savvy, or empower you to achieve greatness as a woman.
Going to church is not going to broaden your horizons, make you more tolerant and accepting of all God’s children, nor is it going to encourage you to be free of the chains of patriarchy and oppression of your feminine energy.
Going to church makes you a sheep, blindly following the mandates of a small group of men you have placed in your life in a position of power. Going to church makes you malleable and predictable, and narrows your thinking and thus limits your options.
Going to church for single Black women is a waste of time.
Finding the Black Man That You Seek… He Ain’t Up in Church
Single Black women trying to live a sanctified lifestyle won’t be caught dead in the places where men are likely to be found. These church women refuse to go to parties, sports bars or sporting events, or clubs where there is drinking, card playing, domino throwing, shit talking and cussing – you know, the things that most men who enjoy life like to do. Instead these single Black women sit at home alone, or get together with their friends and read the Bible, then pray that God will bring them a husband.
My suggestion is that you get off your knees, stop paying so much attention to what your Pastor says and open your eyes to the world around you. There are millions of really great guys out here that would love you to the depths of your soul and stand by you. There are many single men that will happily honor your spirit and desire to leave your mark on the world. However, he may not EVER set foot in a church, read the Bible or even pray.
Black churches certainly have a vested interest in maintaining high numbers of single Black women as members of their congregations, but you don’t have to be a part of those statistics.
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
ATLANTA, GA. (NOI.org) – The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is scheduled to deliver a major public address Saturday, June 26, 2010 live at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center.
The title of Minister Farrakhan’s address is “Who Are The Real Children of Israel?” and will be hosted by the Nation of Islam at the Atlanta Civic Center on Saturday June 26, 2010 at 7:00pm Eastern Time. The address is to be made freely available to the public live via webcast @ http://www.noi.org/webcast/
For many centuries, scholars and historians and seekers have differed in their opinions regarding the subject. On June 26, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will delve deeply into the subject, solving the mystery once and for all.
For more information, call: 404-963-6659
Webcast notes:
- Live audio/video feed begins @ 6:45pm Eastern Time
- Access page: http://www.noi.org/webcast/
- Cost: Free with optional donation
- Webcast requires: Windows Media or Silverlight Plug-in for PC, MAC, Linux
Author: C. Om
The majority of people in the world today would answer this question with a resounding, “NO.” As a result, the majority of people in the world are not totally happy and are no where near their potential.
The feeling of unfulfillment from not being where you think you could, should, or would be; is all the result of what you think ! It is the idea of what isn’t happening for you right now that is causing all the stress.
If you think you should be making more money or you would rather be living in another place; you are in resistance to what is . If you think that your friend, your spouse, significant other, or your child should be a lot more of the way you think they could be; you are in resistance to what is . If you think you should have a better job, a better house, or a better car; you are in resistance to what is .
When I say resistance to what is ; it is not a call for complacence or to settle for less. It is more of a call for you not to be in denial of your reality. Once what is , is accepted and adapted to; it leaves the space for true change to take place. Without acceptance; adaptation is impossible.
True change can only be affected when you acknowledge what is and move with it. Could you walk or drive without acknowledging your terrain? You probably could for a moment. After that, you would have taken a fall, if walking. If driving; you would have caught a bad accident. Being in the moment and acknowledging life in the present is the best and only way to truly adapt to what is .
As a result of not holding on to the heavy baggage of what “should be,” you are free to adapt to the present; uncovering the gift that it truly is. Are you exactly where you should be? YES! If you take this attitude to heart; you will find a new freedom in life that was always there. It was simply covered by the ideas of what “should be.”
Are you exactly where you should be? YES! How can you argue with reality? If you believe in a higher power; how can it be wrong? If you do not believe in a higher power; how can your philosophy or perspective be wrong? No matter how you look at life; there is an order to the way things work. If you are not exactly where you are supposed to be; then your perspective of everything else you know is wrong.
Are you exactly where you should be? YES! And now that you realize this; you can really be where you are so that you may affect true change. You do not have to be stuck in the past. You do not have to be anxious about the future. You can be here now. You can enjoy right now. You can make change right now. If not now; then when?
Are you exactly where you should be? Hell yeah!
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/motivational-articles/are-you-exactly-where-you-should-be-707810.html
About the Author:
AUTHOR: Motivational, inspirational, and spiritual; self-help instructor C. Om specializes in teaching real people how to eliminate stress and suffering from their lives. To get instant access to his powerful and yet simple solutions for a great and rewarding life right now, regardless of your life situation, visit: the daily blog What Is Really Good?
Author: C. Om
Fear, pain, and stress are almost synonymous. They are all resistance to what reality is right now. They are all ways for us to interpret the experience we are having in that moment as something that should not be. They are all defensive modes of being that are actually there to protect us.
Think about it yourself. Don’t take my word for it. Think about you own experience of fear. What is it really? What does it come from? What is the relationship with pain? What is the relationship to stress?
Here is an excerpt from my book, “What Is Really Good?” on the topic: The root of all stress is fear. Of course fear is a survival instinct. It is imprinted on the design of your ego (your sense of ‘I’) to motivate you to take protective action.
This is true for both physical and mental stress. Physical stress is physical pain; subtle or blatant. It is a signal that something is wrong and to remove yourself from the situation. Mental stress is mental pain; subtle or blatant. It is a signal that the situation does not meet the ego’s definition of well being. In both cases fear is the motivating factor that brings the signal of stress/pain.
Physical fear is always short lived and only comes from a direct physical threat. Mental fear is the real issue. It is at times mistaken for physical fear and it is actually over 99% of the fear you experience. The fear produced by your mind attempting to keep the ego and its many identifications in a state of well being is produced at disproportionate and dysfunctional levels.
Fear is supposed to keep us safe. Problem is, it has gone way past doing for us what it does for the animals. A wild animal gets scared; they fight or take flight. Then it is complete. A person fears about the future and stresses about the past. A person holds on to fear like a ball and chain.
Ironically, the fact that the animal doesn’t hold on to the fear after the cause of it, is the same reason that we are so much more advanced. Their minds can not hold the ideas and concepts that ours can. As a result, their egos can not identify with ideas as ours can. Their only sense of identity is their physical selves and maybe offspring. Our egoic identity spreads as far as our concepts and ideas can take us. My stuff, my money, my house, my country, my business, etc. Our fear is magnified by the identifications.
To live without fear; live without stress; and minimize all physical pain is not as far off as you might think. As a matter of fact, you hold the key right now. It just needs some attention.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/stress-management-articles/you-scared-have-no-fear-707812.html
About the Author:
AUTHOR: Motivational, inspirational, and spiritual; self-help instructor C. Om specializes in teaching real people how to eliminate stress and suffering from their lives. To get instant access to his powerful and yet simple solutions for a great and rewarding life right now, regardless of your life situation, visit: the daily blog What Is Really Good?
Author: C. Om
There is some part of you that this statement resonates with. There is a part of you that already knows this to be true. There is nothing egoic or boastful about this knowing. It is simply knowing a fact. It is a feeling. You’re the best!
Ever wonder why or how we can have this unexplainable feeling despite all the billions of people in the world? Regardless of our size, abilities, or position in life; there is a part of you that can glimpse that feeling of resonance of being the best; of being special.
Everyone is special. To some, it sounds cliché. It sounds politically correct or idealistic. “How can everyone be special? If everyone was special; they wouldn’t be considered special because it would be the norm.” Or, “If everyone is special; why do some people have more than others? Why do some people do more than others?”
The true reason for this feeling or intuitive knowledge of being special has much less to do with what you have, what you do, or who you think you are. It has much more to do with the consciousness that perceives those things. It is your consciousness that allows those things to exist for you.
We probably hear that we are special more when we are children than any other time during life. At one time or another, most people, easily thought of themselves as the center of the universe. This was not a conscious thought. It was more of a perspective of reality. As children this concept is easy to assume as you are catered to, nurtured, and encouraged. The unlimited potential of children is acknowledged by parents, guardians, and teachers alike, as they tell the children that they can be anything that they would like to be when they grow up.
The concept of being the best is being acknowledged in most children even if unconsciously. It is that space of infinite possibilities, which is the true essence of our consciousness, that is being acknowledged.
As adults, at times it maybe harder to see. But it is still there, never-the-less. As long as you are breathing and conscious; you are the best. Even after you are not physically here; you will continue to be the best.
The best is the higher power within in you. It can never leave you because it is what remains when all else is taken away. It is you.
For more, read <a target=”_new” href=”http://whatisreallygood.com/thebook.html”>What Is Really Good</a>? and check out the daily blog of the same name.
You’re the BEST!
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/motivational-articles/youre-the-best-707819.html
About the Author:
AUTHOR: Motivational, inspirational, and spiritual; self-help instructor C. Om specializes in teaching real people how to eliminate stress and suffering from their lives. To get instant access to his powerful and yet simple solutions for a great and rewarding life right now, regardless of your life situation, visit: the daily blog What Is Really Good?
Author: C. Om
Though it’s one of the best lines of this past summer’s blockbuster movie, “The Dark Knight;” “Why so serious,” is also a really good question that most people might like to ask themselves.
Why do we take certain things so seriously? What is it about those particular topics that gets us so worked up and stressed out?
Alot of times we can take a step back and say to ourselves, “Is it really that serious?” or even know right from the jump that, “It’s not that serious.”
So really; why so serious? If you look at your own ‘serious’ reactions and those of others you know; you will see that it is always the things that people are ego identified with that brings the stress into the picture. In other words, it its always a concept or idea that has become part of that person’s identity which raises all the hell for them.
To illustrate this; everything that Tim considers his, is what he is ego identified with. His car, his house, his job, his wife, his bills, his retirement fund, etc. If anyone of these things is lost, comes into jeopardy, or is even slightly threatened; Tim’s very identity comes under fire. Why so serious, Tim?
This just goes to show you the power the ego has over our minds until we are totally aware of it. Once we start operating above the ego, our minds are free. We are free to be sharper and more intuitive. We are even free to cultivate and protect what we know to be ours. The difference is that the chains of stress and the burden of bondage and attachment will no longer bog us down.
Life is no where near as serious as the ego makes it out to be. As a matter of fact, that seriousness is only a mental construct fueled by the ego. It does not really exist except in your head!
Life is meant to be lived. If there is anything at all stressing you right now; think about what’s good right now. You may see that the source of the stress is but a thought and that it’s really not that serious.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/stress-management-articles/why-so-serious-707814.html
About the Author:
AUTHOR: Motivational, inspirational, and spiritual; self-help instructor C. Om specializes in teaching real people how to eliminate stress and suffering from their lives. To get instant access to his powerful and yet simple solutions for a great and rewarding life right now, regardless of your life situation, visit: the daily blog What Is Really Good?
What’s Not Easily Broken about?
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple (Morris Chestnut & Taraji P. Henson). The movie is based on a novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes. The movie also stars our favorite movie mama Jenifer Lewis, Kevin Hart, Niecy Nash and Wood Harris along with a cameo appearance by Bishop Jakes and his wife First Lady Serita Jakes. The movie is directed by Bill Duke.
What’s HOT about Not Easily Broken?
The movie is very subtle in “ministering” the importance of one’s spiritual/religious faith in overcoming life’s obstacles. It’s never preachy.
Not Easily Broken is available now on DVD.
