Showing posts with label African American Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African American Health. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Black Love- When A Woman Loves A Man

Black Love- When A Woman Loves A Man- 

HOW TO CALM YOUR MAN'S MIND

1. MAKE LOVE TO HIM
There are many ways to show love, affection, friendship, connection, and attraction. LOVE IS A VERB! You can make love to your man all day long in the little and big things you do. This can be a prelude for strong bonds, mutual memories and trust. Intimacy, privacy, and quality time are important. Sex has a way of relaxing a man. Men want to feel desirable just like you do. You will change his mood when you make love to him, especially if you are the one who seduces him and initiates it. Look intentionally at him. Stare, smile, speak sweetly, and playfully. Leave poetry, jokes and inspirational messages like breadcrumb trails. 

2.  ASK HIM HOW HE IS
Most women want their man to ask them "How was your day?", "How did you sleep?" "How are you?" yet they rarely ask the husband these. If these questions make you feel cared for, your man also wants to feel cared for. Kiss him goodbye and Celebrate his Arrival home! 

3. FEED HIM!
Health is Wealth. Your food is your medicine. Every fruit, Herb, and Vegetable that you grow or select is alive with purpose.  Cultivate a garden in your windowsill, and grow micro greens to add vital nutrients and freshness to your meals, especially during the winter. Limit eating out or grabbing fast foods,  unless you are intentionally eating with family and friends.  As you make those home-prepared meals, you are sending your love energy with every touch, slice, and spoonful. Speak Life. Play some nurturing music or sing, and pray happy thoughts as you prepare. 

4. MAKE YOUR HOME A PEACE-ZONE 
Welcome Your man home. If coming home to you is coming home to yet another argument, conflict, and fight where you explode and turn everything into an issue, the minute he walks into the room, he will dread coming home and it hurts when the home is a place to run away from, not to run to. Communication is Key. What is your Love Language?

5. BLESS YOUR HOME -MAKE A CLEAN ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENT
Men like what they see. Having an inviting space to come home to as a couple is relaxing and inspiring. Memories are made from the senses.  Have all of his senses stimulated: sight, sounds, smells, tastes, and touch. It is important to have empty resting spaces to rest your eyes. Colors are integral to your life. There are family crests, and colors tied to your destiny, health, relationship and career, connect to a community cultural/spiritual leader for advice. Learn about Feng Shui- wind and water flow of energy, placement and movement in space. Bring Live house plants into your home. Plants clean the air and provide oxygen. Herbal potted plants can provide fresh live nutrients to your foods. 

A disorganized home is a breeding ground for stress, cortisol, depression, and disease.
A lot of men can be disorganized, especially when they are going through a lot in life or have a lot on their minds. This chaos in their system, dressing, schedule, or environment can lead to more unease in their mind. When you help him clear the clutter and attend to some of his needs without him asking, he will think better. Don't throw out his lucky ugly sweaters

6. LET HIM HAVE HIS MAN CAVE 
Most men have a man cave. This is an activity they do or a place they go to, perhaps a room; maybe to play a game, watch TV, meditate and think, write, read, create, work out, or just be. Let him have this, just agree with him on how he can balance his time so that he doesn't spend too many hours in his man cave 

7. PRAY FOR HIM
There is something about the old adage: “The family that prays together stays together.” Being on one accord with your spiritual Beliefs are a significant source for connection, friendship, and foundation. It is important to understand one another’s relationship with Values and cultural principles. Ceremonies, shrines, family gatherings, and Cultural Communities are important. Pray for  him. You are the one who knows best his potential, struggles, battles, and questions; commit him to prayer. Let him hear you pray for him. Invite him to pray with you. Ask the Great Spirit to bless your food. 

8. HELP HIM OUT FINANCIALLY 
A lot of men are going through stress due to finances. Help him, by not putting pressure on him to give the family a lifestyle he can't afford at present, by helping to pay some of the bills, by helping him manage finances better, by saving and seeking long-term investments, and by stepping up, especially when he has been fired or going through business losses 

9. AFFIRM HIM
A man can get tired, a man can go through burnout, a man can question himself, a man can worry, and a man can get discouraged; which is why you need to remind him of his greatness, celebrate his achievements and tell him how proud you are of him. This motivates him

10. STAY FAITHFUL TO HIM
Nothing destabilizes a man like when he suspects or finds out that the woman he loves and has given his all to is entertaining, flirting, sleeping with, or longing to be with another man. Spare him this torture 

11. BE EASY TO TALK TO
Most men show a tough face and don't open up to anyone because they trust no one. This is how many of them go through depression and suffer in silence. They long to find a confidant to who they can reveal themselves and their deepest joys and pain; be that confidant. Trust is primary. Again, Learn your Love Language. 

12. SMILE
The smile of the woman a man loves keeps him going. Your smile inspires him and makes him want to do more for you to keep it

13. KISS HIM
Kissing him shows affection. Kiss him not just on his lips, but kiss his cheeks, his arms, his back as you tell him you love him. 

14. HOLD HIS HAND(S)
There is power in the human touch. Your touch is healing. Your right hand sends energy, and Your left hand receives energy. Touching hands connect you like a conduit. ("Relay" - Relationship)

15. MASSAGE HIM
Home massages are the best. Invest in some good massage oils and ask him occasionally to lie down and give him a feel-good massage. Lie down too so that he can return the favor. Again respect the power of the human touch

16. MAKE A LOVE DIARY
write a journal of your happy, Joy, and Laughter memories,; Dreams, Ideas, plans, and wishes. Sometimes it is helpful to write out your frustrations, disappointments, etc. then go back later to read them. Time can give a new perspective. If you have fulfilled your written expressions, burn them in a fire. If you are inspired. publish.

16. MAKE NEW MEMORIES WITH HIM 
When he is spending time with you - face to face or online, make new memories together; joke with him, tease him, play with him, have stimulating conversations with him, and do something new. This will recharge him and make him miss you when you two are apart

17. LET HIM BE ENOUGH
It is important to a man that he feels that he is enough for you. It is important to allow him love you, to allow him to set the pace and stage and then to live within his means. Yes, you can encourage him  and create a path to bring out the best in him. Yet there is a balance between inspiration and being the wind beneath his wings, or "Changing" him.  No one want to be trapped under some pre conceived "Keeping up with the Jones" model. accept him as his true authentic self. Never throw his weaknesses into his face.

You will feel the magic in your relationship❤💖

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Kandaki-Ma Nuta Beqsu (Adenike Amen-Ra) I hope you have enjoyed our presentation. Amen Par Ankh is our Outreach ministry. Please support our initiatives... (c) All rights reserved. No part of this Blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the author; Nuta Beqsu Adenike AmenRa We are available for Lectures, Panel Discussions, Conferences, and Workshops, along with an Af-Ra-Ka-N Centered curriculum for youth STEAM homeschooling, Workshops, and Itinerate Tutoring. We live in our ancient KMT Spiritual systems to serve our community in Libations, Griot Spoken Word Presentations, KMT Wedding, Naming and ReBirth, Personal consultations for Nia (Purpose), Health, Career and, Relationship, and Ascension officiant, Salutations and Blessings for new beginnings, (Home and Businesses blessings), Afrikan Storytelling. Amen Par Ankh is a Sacred Temple of Life- We are a KRST conscious Community. We Grow Food to restore balance in our relationship with the cosmos, earth, and our Natural communities by increasing awareness of Life, Health, and Environment. We are a Maafia a "Healthy Place To Live" Amen Ankh Urban Farm’s Mission is to produce, promote, and perpetuate food, resources, and comfort and to grow local healthy Indigenous Foods in environmentally, respected, earth gentle ways. Call Us-816-281-7704 Contact: amen.parankh@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com The information on this website has been put together for general information, education, reference, Spirituality Current Events, and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any specific condition. Ask your doctor for his professional advice before making radical changes in your diet and lifestyle. I am a Kandaki Ma of many Suns, Daughters, Grand Princesses, and Princes, living in the urban Kansas City Area. With a mission to provide solutions to the cycles of violence, health disparities, poverty, and inequalities in wealth, I opened the Amen Par Ankh, a Natural Life Center, and Amen Ankh Academy and Homeschool network of Industrial arts. This is a green space for Home Scholars, an Independent Library and Home Blessings and Notions. I am presently available for Consultations, Workshops Edutainment, and lectures. currently working with grief counseling making Dolls for mothers who have suffered the loss of their children. I have worked in the community as a Teacher, Priestess, Minister, Life coach, blogger, respected public speaker, and educator. I have conducted several workshops at various organizations, served as a panelist and as a keynote speaker at regional meetings. I had a monthly call-in or listen online- Radio show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amencommunications Nuta Beqsu means (heaven gives me balance) This is an ancient KMT language that is still in practice today. Nu and Nut are Elemental powers of the Heavens: Nu is Moisture and Water. Nut is the Celestial Star-goddess. She represents the cosmos and the universe, always giving birth to new stars. The Universe is always giving birth to new solar systems and stars. Ta is the original word for place, land, and City-States of our ancient Matriarchal societies. Our land is our home, and the place for the empirical existence where we learn from our experiences. She seeks to live in a balance between the planetary and heavenly existences. We are all connected to the land, trees, microcosm and macrocosm, Inner verse and universe. Nuta Beqsu (heaven gives me balance) will be programmed into conscious spirit, to produce thought sequences to direct a course of action as a way to achieve success in life. Visualization is thought converted into a pleasurable visual image(s) to achieve a goal and/or purpose. We connect with Divine Power to guide and direct our pathways. As a divine name is spoken the receiver has unity of direction in life. Our names reflect our Destiny. So, the sight Sound, vision, smell, and colors associated with a divine name will give guidance in my pathway of life. I am Nuta Beqsu, a Kandaki Ma of many Suns, Daughters, Grand Princesses, and Princes, living in the urban Kansas City Area. With a mission to provide solutions to the cycles of violence, health disparities, poverty, and inequalities in wealth, I opened the Amen Par Ankh, a Natural Life Center, and Amen Ankh Academy and Homeschool network of Industrial arts. This is a green space for Home Scholars, an Independent Library and Home Blessings and Notions. I am presently available for Consultations, Workshops Edutainment, and lectures. currently working with grief counseling making Dolls for mothers who have suffered the loss of their children. I have worked in the community as a Teacher, Priestess, Minister, Life coach, blogger, respected public speaker, and educator. I have conducted several workshops at various organizations, served as a panelist and as a keynote speaker at regional meetings. I had a monthly call-in or listen online- Radio show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amencommunications Nuta Beqsu means (heaven gives me balance) This is an ancient KMT language that is still in practice today. Nu and Nut are Elemental powers of the Heavens: Nu is Moisture and Water. Nut is the Celestial Star-goddess. She represents the cosmos and the universe, always giving birth to new stars. The Universe is always giving birth to new solar systems and stars. Ta is the original word for place, land, and City-States of our ancient Matriarchal societies. Our land is our home, and the place for the empirical existence where we learn from our experiences. She seeks to live in a balance between the planetary and heavenly existences. We are all connected to the land, trees, microcosm and macrocosm, Inner verse and universe. Nuta Beqsu (heaven gives me balance) will be programmed into conscious spirit, to produce thought sequences to direct a course of action as a way to achieve success in life. Visualization is thought converted into a pleasurable visual image(s) to achieve a goal and/or purpose. We connect with Divine Power to guide and direct our pathways. As a divine name is spoken the receiver has unity of direction in life. Our names reflect our Destiny. So, the sight Sound, vision, smell, and colors associated with a divine name will give guidance in my pathway of life. As a Minister and Director at Amen Par Ankh and Ankh Amen Ankh Akademy, we offer Ancestor Libation Ceremony, Consultations and Life Coaching for Destiny, Name, Health, Career, and Relationships. Afrikan Wedding planning and officiating services, Home and Business Blessings, Naming, Birth Blessings, Domestic Engineering, Homegoing Ascension services, Lectures, and edutainment- Storytelling, Music, Dance, Youth Outreach and Economic Literacy, Travel agency, Insurance Referrals and STEAM(science technology engineering vocational Arts mathematics medicine) Career introduction called You GROWW Girls- Teach a Girl, Heal a Nation GROWW means (Gaining, Resilience, Opportunity, Wellness and Wealth) Call for your appointment: 816-281-7704 Feel free to Contact the Amen Ankh Urban Farm... amen.ankh@live.com or amen.parankh@gmail.com Please like our facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/Green.Griot https://www.facebook.com/PARANKH , https://www.facebook.com/Amen.Ankh.Farm , https://www.facebook.com/Adenike.Art , https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ankh-The-Way-of-Life-Communities/

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Hand of Disease and Death


The HAND of DEATH and DISEASE

Afrikan Americans are dying at a higher rate than any other ethnic group, from stress-related, preventable diseases, caused by THE CHOICES THAT WE WILLINGLY FOLLOW AND PUT IN OUR OWN MOUTHS, AND FEED TO OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES EVERY DAY! I'm writing about our diets- the common western-roman-slave High Carbohydrate/ High Acidic diets, that the majority of people eat In the west. Although PTSD (Post Traumatic Slavery Disorders,) Pollution, Contamination, Poisons, and Drugs, in our air, water and food aren't enough, the normal day-in-day-out stresses from racism/ white Supremacy and disenfranchisement takes their toll on our bodies with excessive cortisol production, We still have choices, like our habits of diet and exercise, that we can choose and control!

American Afrikans have the highest rates of the following diseases, among the population of the U.S. (maybe even the rest of the world where we have assimilated western european culture.)
I list the 5 fingers on THE HAND OF DISEASE AND DEATH:

1. All Cancers,

2. Strokes,

3. type 2 Diabetes,

4. High-blood pressure

5. Heart attacks





The death rates of these diseases are more than Hate crimes, Black-on-Black homicide, police brutality killing, and war! These diseases are like a ball and chain, to an already stressful existence. Without a healthy disease-free lifestyle, one is bound to, and often at the mercy of, an often dysfunctional, surgery, radiation, and drug-pushing medical system. As we follow the highly commercialized junk food pushers, we are eating ourselves (and with our own hands serving to our children) a path to misery and an early grave. We often go to funerals for our loved ones and eat the same foods that killed their loved ones at repass.

Yes, All of these diseases are treated by medical doctors with surgery and long-term medications. I have concluded that the 5 diseases that I have listed, are caused  by stress based eating of Cancer and disease causing diet choices, lack of exercise, dehydration, and improper rest, that can be prevented by simply making healthy diet and exercise choices.

Many of our people live by a 2 fisted grip on death and disease on our family.

African Americans suffer disproportionately from several major health problems associated with high morbidity and mortality. The 1985 DHHS Secretary's Task Force Report on Blacks and Other Minorities identified six major disease categories of excess deaths for African Americans compared with whites by applying the lower death rate for whites to the American population. The report provided a stimulus for public and private action to begin to address the health disparities between minority and non-minority populations. This article examines three of the leading causes of death for African Americans and assesses the extent to which the health disparity between African Americans and whites has been reduced. An extensive list of barriers to reducing the disparity is presented from the scientific literature and strategies for reducing the three health problems are recommended.

10 Leading Causes of Death for African Americans

(Causes of Death from 2010)

1. Heart Disease

2. Cancer

3. Stroke

4. Diabetes

5. Unintentional Injuries

6. Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis (Kidney Diseases)

Chronic Kidney Disease

7. Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease

8. Homicide- Youth Violence

9. Septicemia

10. Alzheimer's Disease


That's the reason I became vegetarian. I found that our Beef livestock used to eat grass, nurse their own young, and roam the prairies as part of their natural habitat. Our Nubian Pastoral Ancestors from Afrika were the first to Corral and Herd animals through open prairies. -Now, these animals are artificially grown and live in containment factory structures - bred over and over again by the same siblings. Often this meat comes from devitalized clones, grown from stem cells. All of this "meat" (Pork, Beef, Chicken, and Fish) has been adulterated. These creatures eat pellets of the remains of their predecessors, that was scooped up from the slaughterhouse! They are injected with antibiotics and hormone growth accelerators. They stand all of their limited lives, on top of their own waste...They are bred through artificial insemination. They are never allowed to bond or see their offspring after they are produced or receive any kind of affection. (That is how many of our ancestors were treated too!)

I attribute a lot of our obesity and cholesterol problems to the consumption of too many processed Carbohydrates, in the form of Wheat and Corn, along with animal fats particularly lard found in pork. While many have argued in defense of pork consumption, (I'm sure that the pork industry has taken a severe blow from the "Swine Flu" coo) it has been quipped "God made everything!" and the notoriously misinterpreted "Arise Peter slay and eat." Yet, when it comes to the justification of serving this gall to our Afrikan families, please, let me ask you this;

Would you eat; decay, flies, cockroaches, maggots, scavengers, like vultures, hawks, hyenas & reptiles, plastic, poisons, acid, dirt, feces, rotting carcasses, the molding rotten fruits and vegetables? (God made these too!) Do you know that a diseased and worm-infested pig will eat this stuff and not even get sickened by it!

REMEMBER! THE SURVIVORS OF KATRINA--- who suffered from the 5 above diseases ---WERE LEFT TO DIE FOR LACK OF FRESH MEDICATIONS! For instance, when the supply of fresh insulin was unavailable to administer to a diabetic, Because of lack of electricity and refrigeration, these people were abandoned in the presence of medical staff, first aid, and emergency clinics, to transition, waste away, go into shock and die!

Here are some of the criminal, deadly contenders that we feed ourselves and our families every day:
Processed cane sugar
(fructose) -corn syrup (candy, sweets,)
ALL ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS!
Adulterated Animals: Pork, Beef, Chicken and fish consumption: processed meat, (sausage, bologna, hot-dogs, canned) butter, lard, whey, oils, (also found in lotions, hair care products, makeup and other cosmetics)
Processed devitalized, starched based carbohydrate, genetically modified grains- Corn and Wheat Flour gluten products - white flour, white rice
Highly acidic and nonnutritive filler "fake foods" also known as junk foods and "snacks", All highly preserved and processed foods and snacks with benzine and other preservatives
Milk (Puss!)- and processed dairy products - Butter, Cheese, Ice cream, whey, Yogurt, WE ARE NOT INFANT COWS!
Impure and acidic drinking water filled with fluoride, mercury, and lead= (unfiltered tap water)
Carbonated, sugary, and highly preserved beverages that mimic 100% fruit juice (What is "Cool Aid" anyway?!)
Alcoholic drinks
Microwaved and irradiated foods
Foods wrapped and contained in Aluminum, foam, and plastics (baby Bottles, Nipples, sippy cups, and plastic drinking bottles)
"Fast foods" with high levels of sodium and Acrylamide-
Remember that your biggest organ, the skin, and scalp- breathes and eats whatever topical product from the cosmetic industry, you put on it- namely petroleum Jelly, arsenic, formaldehyde,

Top Sources of Food Carcinogens:

  • Any charred food - from burnt popcorn - to burnt toast, is highly carcinogenic.
  • Meat in general (in terms of the fats associated) is carcinogenic, especially overcooked meat.
  • Smoked/ roasted foods like soya, roasted corn, and grilled fish -heated with harmful materials such as tires, treated wood, polyethylene bags, rubber materials, etc.
  • Acrylamide is found in browned foods like bread crust, toast, and broiled meats.
  • Sugar is carcinogenic - whether white or brown. Instead of sugar, you can choose to substitute honey or Stevia leaves
  • Stomach cancer is associated with high salt intake, with spicy foods and smoked food
  • Sodas and Energy drinks are carcinogenic for a variety of reasons beyond their high sugar content and harmful additives.
  • Artificial sweeteners, sucralose, and particularly aspartame, are carcinogenic
  • Rancid and artificial Oils, are artificially filtered to remove the rancid spoiled taste. Cooking spray is made with patroleum distilliates 
  • Excessive alcohol with so many preservatives is toxic
  • Trans fats found in fries and snack chips are carcinogenic
  • Microbial contaminants and toxins like aflatoxins found in Aspergillum infected nuts and seeds
  • Chemical food additives (Artificial flavorants, colorants, preservatives) eg. nitrosamine which is a preservative is a cancer precursor
  • Fluoride and Chloride and many other toxic chemicals and preservatives, found in most beverages and water is Carcinogenic. Question the water content of most beverages; they often use tap water to prepare at restaurants and commercial soft drinks.
  • Unfortunately, the very container that most processed foods and drinks are stored- are carcinogenic.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/acrylamide-in-food

http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/acrylamide.html

SO, WHAT'S LEFT? What other alternative choices do we have?

*GROW YOUR OWN FOODS!
Eat a predominantly plant-based diet (Raw is best).
*Get to know your Local Urban Farmer and establish a contract for them to grow your foods
Study to learn, the bounty and varieties of Organic, Foods
Fresh Fruits and nuts- raw as possible, naturally sweet
Fresh green leafy Vegetables- raw as possible
Whole organic grains- from real grains! (not genetically modified)
Sprouted beans and seeds
Seeds and Nuts
Herbs 
Frozen foods


options
Drink lots of Clean alkaline water 
Fresh Clean Air- (even good smelling- natural things like uncut flower plants are good for ya and good to ya) 
Lots of Exercise, Meditation and Rest 
Creative, Inventiveness, production and manufacture of our own goods, products, and foods, 

We are the ones who must emancipate ourselves and our progeny from mental slavery! For our own survival, we must cultivate and relearn healthy ways, traditions and cultural values. It is vital that we acquire an appetite for and a "hunger and thirst after" a righteous lifestyle and not a death-style!

As Women (Womb of mankind,) we have a greater responsibility to support and promote our own health and wellness, as well as a healthy lifestyle and (not a death-style!) for our family and neighborhoods. 

IF The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, then WE MUST each TEACH A GIRL-HEAL A NATION!

Kandaki-Ma Nuta Beqsu (Adenike Amen-Ra)

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(c) All rights reserved. No part of this Blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the author; Nuta Beqsu Adenike AmenRa

We are available for Lectures, Panel Discussions, Conferences, and Workshops, along with an Af-Ra-Ka-N Centered curriculum for youth STEAM homeschooling, Workshops, and Itinerate Tutoring. 
We live in our ancient KMT Spiritual systems to serve our community in Libations, Griot Spoken Word Presentations, KMT Wedding, Naming and ReBirth, Personal consultations for Nia (Purpose), Health, Career and, Relationship, and Ascension officiant, Salutations and Blessings for new beginnings, (Home and Businesses blessings), Afrikan Storytelling. 

Amen Par Ankh is a Sacred Temple of Life- We are a KRST conscious Community. Our Mission We Grow Food to restore balance in our relationship with the cosmos, earth, and our Natural communities by increasing awareness of Life, Health, and the Environment. We are a Ma'afia a "Healthy Place To Live" 

Amen Ankh Urban Farm’s Mission is to produce, promote, and perpetuate food, resources, and comfort and to grow local healthy Indigenous Foods in environmentally, respected, earth gentle ways. Call Us-816-281-7704 



I am Nuta Beqsu, a Kandaki Ma of many Suns, Daughters, Grand Princesses, and Princes, living in the urban Kansas City Area. With a mission to provide solutions to the cycles of violence, health disparities, poverty, and inequalities in wealth, eye opened Adenike's Arts, and the Amen Par Ankh, a Natural Life association, and Amen Ankh Akademy Green STEAM Homeschool network of Vocational/Industrial arts and science. This is a green space for Home Scholars, an Independent Library, and Home Blessings and Notions. Eye am presently available for Consultations, Workshops Edutainment, and lectures. currently working with grief counseling making Dolls for mothers who have suffered the loss of their children. A Teacher, Priestess, Minister, Life coach, blogger, and respected public speaker and educator who has conducted several workshops at various organizations, served as a panelist, and as keynote speaker at regional meetings. She has a monthly call-in or listens online- Radio show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amencommunications 

Nuta Beqsu means (heaven gives me balance) This is an ancient KMT language that is still in practice today. Nu, Nut, & Ta are the Elemental powers of the Heavens: Nu is Moisture and Water. Nut is the Celestial Sky goddess. She represents the cosmos and the universe. The Universe is always giving birth to new solar systems and stars. Ta is the original word for land and the Queendoms of our ancient Matriarchal societies. Our land is our home, and the place for the empirical existence where we learn from our experiences. She seeks to live in balance between the planetary and heavenly existences. We are all connected to the land, trees, microcosm and macrocosm, Inner verse, and the universe. Nuta Beqsu (heaven gives me balance) will be programmed into a conscious spirit, to produce thought sequences to direct a course of action as a way to achieve success in life. Visualization is thought converted into a pleasurable visual image(s) to achieve a goal and/or purpose. We connect with Divine Power to guide and direct our pathways. As a divine name is spoken the receiver has unity of direction in life. My name reflects my Destiny. So, the sight Sounds, visions, smells, and colors associated with a divine name will give guidance in one's pathway. 

As a Minister and Director at Amen Par Ankh and Ankh Amen Ankh Akademy, we offer Ancestor Libation Ceremony, Consultations, and Life Coaching for Destiny, Name, Health, Career, and Relationships. Afrikan Wedding planning and officiating services, Home and Business Blessings, Naming, Birth Blessings, Domestic Engineering, Homegoing Ascension services, Lectures, and edutainment- Storytelling, Music, Dance, Youth Outreach and economic Literacy, Travel agency, Insurance Referrals and STE-A-M(science technology engineering, Vocational/Industrial Artsmathematics medicine) Career introduction called You GROWW Girls- Teach a Girl, Heal a Nation GROWW means (Gaining, Resilience, Opportunity, Wellness and Wealth) Call for your appointment: 816-281-7704 Feel free to Contact the Amen Ankh Urban Farm... amen.ankh@live.com or amen.parankh@gmail.com Please like our Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/Green.Griot https://www.facebook.com/PARANKH , https://www.facebook.com/Amen.Ankh.Farm , https://www.facebook.com/Adenike.Art , https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ankh-The-Way-of-Life-Communities/

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Maafa Syndrome

Maafa Syndrome

This topic of Stockholm Syndrome has aroused current attention when it was mentioned recently by Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick was a topic of media hype, in concern with the NFL draft picks "blue" balling. The irony is in the media's selection of particular athletes, to shame and shun Colin Kaepernick. These athletes were themselves stricken with shady controversial pasts.

Yet, I challenge that this condition or syndrome, did NOT make its first appearance, through the trauma of the hostage victims of Stockholm, in the early 1970s. The annals of the Arab and Aryan Western world of imperialism have had a long-standing history of oppression, terror, capture, and hostage-taking. This history has always revealed a compromise between its relationship with its paralyzing parasitic nature and its human hosts.

I would like to introduce the use of the term Maafa syndrome, in the context of the history of Arab and Aryan invaders, who fathered and fostered colonialism. Maafa is a Swahili word for "A terrible disaster."  Many people of the African diaspora use this phrase to describe the psychological, physical, Spiritual and cultural trauma that was waged against people of color throughout the planet. Massive populations died in resistance. Yet many surrendered in compromise. Many women who were raped, by invaders, to later raised their children, the many orphaned children, etc., who were captured and controlled by their oppressors, were forced to participate and live in incarceration, to craft a workforce that would live their lives under abuse, torture, terrorism, duress, and perpetual survival mode. The term Maafa Syndrome then, acculturates the historical trauma of African people, upon their early encounters with Asian and Aryan invaders.

Maafa Syndrome: is essentially defined as the total identification of a victim, with their victimizer, assailant, oppressor, for the hope of favor...


Colonialism is inherently an act of Maafa syndrome, in that noble Afrikan rulers, were forced to compromise, and deferred their centuries-old, power and control to oppressive despots for indirect rule, under the direct threat of mass extermination and genocide.

Stockholm syndrome (sometimes referred to as Helsinki syndrome) is a condition that causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity. These feelings, resulting from a bond formed between captor and captive(s) during intimate time spent together, are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims. Generally speaking, Stockholm syndrome consists of "strong emotional ties that develop between two persons where one person intermittently harasses, beats, threatens, abuses, or intimidates the other." The FBI's Hostage Barricade Database System shows that roughly eight percent of victims show evidence of Stockholm syndrome.
Formally named in 1973 when four hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm syndrome is also commonly known as "capture bonding". The syndrome's title was developed when the victims of the Stockholm bank robbery defended their captors after being released and would not agree to testify in court against them. Stockholm syndrome's significance arises because it is based on a paradox, as captives' sentiments for their captors are the opposite of the fear and disdain an onlooker may expect to see as a result of trauma. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

There are four key components that generally lead to the development of Stockholm syndrome: a hostage's development of positive feelings towards their captor, no previous hostage-captor relationship, a refusal by hostages to cooperate with police forces and other government authorities, and a hostage's belief in the humanity of their captor, for the reason that when a victim holds the same values as the aggressor, they cease to be perceived as a threat.

Stockholm syndrome is considered a "contested illness," due to many judicial and law enforcement officers' doubt about the legitimacy of the condition.

An aspect of Maafa Syndrome is Assimilation to the Western world to the extent of total disowning of the victim's traditional Way of life.

ARE YOU AN ASSIMILATIONIST (Acting Whyt) OR A REVOLUTIONARY?!

 





Assimilation describes the process by which a person integrates socially, culturally, and/or politically into a larger, dominant culture and society.
*The term assimilation is often referenced to immigrants, refugees, and ethnic groups settling in a new land. Immigrants acquire new customs and attitudes through contact and communication with the new society, while they also introduce some of their own cultural traits to that society.
*Assimilation usually involves a gradual change of varying degree.
*Full assimilation occurs when new members of a society become indistinguishable from main members.
Immigrant assimilation is one of the most common forms of assimilation and is a very complex process.

Social scientists rely on four primary benchmarks to assess immigrant assimilation:
socioeconomic status, geographic distribution, second language attainment, and intermarriage.

Socioeconomic status is defined by educational attainment, occupation, and income.
Spatial concentration is defined by geography or residential patterns.
Language attainment refers to the ability to speak English and the loss of the individual’s mother tongue.
Intermarriage involves marriage across racial, ethnic, or, occasionally, generational lines.
Segmented assimilation states that there are three main paths of assimilation for second-generation immigrants: some assimilate smoothly, others experience downward assimilation, and others experience rapid economic success while preserving the values of their cultural community.




Maafa Syndrome is not to be mistaken with

*POST TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME
As a result of twelve years of quantitative and qualitative research, Dr. DeGruy has developed her theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, and published her findings in the book Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome – America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing”. The book addresses the residual impacts of generations of slavery and opens up the discussion of how the black community can use the strengths we have gained in the past to heal in the present.
WHAT IS P.T.S.S.?P.T.S.S. is a theory that explains the etiology of many of the adaptive survival behaviors in African American communities throughout the United States and the Diaspora. It is a condition that exists as a consequence of multigenerational oppression of Africans and their descendants resulting from centuries of chattel slavery. A form of slavery which was predicated on the belief that African Americans were inherently/genetically inferior to whites. This was then followed by institutionalized racism which continues to perpetuate injury.
Thus, resulting in M.A.P.:
  • M: Multigenerational trauma together with continued oppression;
  • A: Absence of opportunity to heal or access the benefits available in the society; leads to
  • P: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome.
https://www.joydegruy.com/post-traumatic-slave-syndrome



Dr. Amos N. Wilson said it best:


LOVE FOR AND MIS-IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AGGRESSOR: The ultimate point of racism and for racism to really work well, it must involve the internalization of racism (IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AGGRESSOR). It is not what whites have said (say) to and about us, it is not their scandalization of our African forms, features, and personalities; it is not all of the miserable things that they have done (do) to us per se. The main problem is the way we have reacted to those things (COUNTERPRODUCTIVELY). It is not the LIES that they have told (tell), it is our believing in the LIES (FALSIFIED CONSCIOUSNESS). Once we believe the LIES and once we let whites get us to believe the scandals that they have made up about us, then we become participants in the very process (SOCIAL AGENTS OF WHITE DOMINATION). We then become self-degrading; we become degrading to people like ourselves (SELF-DESTRUCTIVE).

The thing that we must struggle with more than ANYTHING ELSE, even more than racism, is internalized racism (SELF-HATRED). Because it is through internalized racism that we actually participate in our own oppression (SELF-OPPRESSING). When we talk about colorism, self-alienating, self-defeating, self-annihilating etc., attitudes and behaviors among Africans globally, it is primarily the result of the internalization of racism. Therefore, it is the recruiting of Africans to maintain our own oppression, which is the reason why we have to truthfully (re)identify with our African selves (RE-AFRICANIZATION) to remove and not internalize white racism. Consequently, we will not engage in self-alienating, self-defeating, self-annihilating, etc., attitudes and behaviors. – Dr Amos Wilson (1988)

SOLUTIONS

Dr. Amos Wilson offered 5 challenging questions for people of African Descent, in order to awaken and reconnect with their re-acculturation to African Society; He asks:
What Language do you speak?
What Names do you answer to?
What Foods do you eat?
What Clothes do you wear?
Can You name 1 African God?

These questions are meant as a call to consciousness, to recognize the core of the assimilation process in a person, and how we can be able to transform and heal from mental enslavement.

https://ankh-seneb.blogspot.com/2009/05/maafa-syndrome-healing.html

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