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Purified by Fire; The Warrior's Handbook

Excerpts from Purified by Fire; The Warrior's Handbook!!

 

OVERVIEW 

What are affirmations? 

 

There are several definitions to this powerful word.  I define them as “Challenging my-self with positive ways of thinking”.  In order for us to be successful we must change our thought process from doom and gloom to something more powerful and positive.

 

 The way we think reflects in our daily lives.  More often than not the way we think or our thought processes manifest themselves in our daily lives.  If you think negative,negative will happen.  If you are open to positive thoughts you allow positive energy to enter into your life.  I speak from experience.  My past hasn’t been one of glorious achievements and I can attribute this to my thought process.  So often do we dwell on the negative aspects of our life without giving thanks for the little things.

 

 I challenge us all to not only examine the way we think but to change our thought process entirely.  Try it out for a week and see if things begin to change if not physically at the least how you feel about yourself. 

 

You don’t have to use my thoughts or words.  Create positive affirmations for yourself.Attach positive affirmations around your home, on your front door, on your bathroom mirror or refrigerator and repeat them daily.  “I am important”, “I love myself”, “Today I will not take advantage of other people” or “On this day I will make someone smile”.Allow positive energy to enter your home and ultimately into your life and just watch how things begin to change.  If you can change your thought process from negative to positive it will begin to reflect in your life and the lives of those around you. 

 

Every affirmation you will read gives you a glimpse into my life experience and an opportunity to change the way you think.  Take a moment to write down your experiences and how the affirmations apply in your life.  This is your opportunity.  We have the ability to change our circumstances, our lives and ultimately the world…simply by the way we think.

 

 I encourage you to contemplate the meaning of each of these affirmations.  Set at least10 minutes aside to spend with yourself in thought.  If you like, take 70 days to go through these affirmations.  I guarantee you will come out a changed person mentally and spiritually.

 

 I challenge myself to change!

 

 I challenge you to change!

 

 Ase' Ooo!

Destiny and the lust for power. The mentality of the Sith.

By Kefentse Akim Bandele

Aboru Aboye Abosise

Alafia to all of my elders, friends and family.

As I sat and watched the movie Star Wars; Revenge of the Sith with my children, I could barely enjoy it as entertainment without looking at it from a analytical perspective. The character Anakin Skywalker had the future of the Jedi lineage in the palms of his hands. Anakin was the prodigy child and probably would have brought the war to an end had it not been for his impatience, selfishness and his insatiable lust for power. Anakin ended up not only betraying the very people who properly trained him but he killed his wife, his future as a Jedi master and ultimately killed himself. Was this his destiny or did he alter his righteous path?

Many of my peers have what I call the Anakin complex. We are ready to lead without the main ingredient and attribute of a leader, patience. Ready to be initiated in to an Orisa or Ifa by any and all means possible. I often ask these peers of mine what is the purpose of their initiation or what will they do once they have realized their goal? The answer is usually the consistent. "I don't know." Many wish to obtain a power that they do not understand and will not be able to utilize with the good character and training that it takes to be an effective priest. Most never mention probably the most important aspect of initiation which is the ita (destiny) or the taboos that come along with this process. They just want power and the keys to enter this exclusive "clubhouse".

I find this behavior to be most damaging not only to the individual but the community at large. The Anakin complex is based on an out of control ego and not having the proper relationship with spirit. A ego that allows a person to believe that they are prepared for the next level of work when they haven't began the hard and necessary work on the most basic level. How can you master the ase' (primordial substance) or awo (mystery) of the Orisa or Orunmila when you haven't mastered your relationship with your own ancestors? How can a person who hasn't began the critical work on level 1 be ready for level 5?

Instead of Anakin becoming the leader of the righteous revolution he became a monster, a cancer to those who sought liberation and a predator to mankind. He became the ultimate Sith Lord. I write this because I see so much potential in many of my peers who are not initiated and eat, sleep and pray for that day. I would suggest that you first build the proper relationship with your own blood lineage, learn the lessons in route to that beautiful process, listen to those who have been there and live a life of good character in the meantime. Anakin Skywalker chose his fate by making hasty and poor decisions. Luke Skywalker, Anakin's son learned the basics of the force, the lessons of patience and character as well as the little things that made the Jedi supernatural beings and ultimately crushed the ruthless empire his father had sworn to protect.

Will you be Anakin

or will you be Luke?

Ire O!