How one defines oneself is an important piece to this puzzle, as it says everything about your perspective and where you are coming from. It shows a degree of consciousness that you have about yourself. I would sooner define myself an African, goddess, priestess, artist or poet first, rather than a “Black woman” because those definitions would be a more encompassing form of human expression... The description of "Black woman" serves as more of a label; a narrowly defined box (or coffin or PRISON) that is too small for any human spirit to fit in. And spirits is what we are first and spirits cannot be defined. As one of my favorite rock groups of all time, The Police, says, "we are spirits in the material world."
Though it is not my intention to sound nit-picky, I wanted to bring up a few things about the dehumanizing effects of defining or "labeling" people in negative ways. The word “black” contains the word “lack” and may not be the healthiest mantra to repeat as words have power, so it is important to speak words about yourself and others (as much as possible) that you desire to be true. I still use this word on occasion as a description, however, I am aware of its blatant limitations. The word “woman” only describes the physical characteristics of a human being; it does not describe that being’s spiritual attributes which are timeless and genderless, or rather androgynous. So “black woman” describes a being that was taken fromAfrica , enslaved, raped, etc., etc. and puts her in a box- or a coffin. The essence of a being is eternal and indefinable. We transcend definitions which only describe your location so that people can describe your PHYSICAL body. Not your essence. Not your identity. You are not the clothes you wear, so how can you be the body you temporarily live in in this lifetime? Definitions of a human being/spirit –especially if spoken aloud, trap spirits in space and time and create a prison for our minds.
Every person has a masculine and feminine side. In this society men are taught to disown their feminine sides and women are taught to disown their masculine sides. Also, what is taught to be masculine and feminine is all screwed up too. Masculine is seen as aggressive and feminine is seen as passive. Those are masculine and feminine energies out of balance. Masculine energy represents the head, logic/intelligence (air/fire). Feminine energy represents the heart, love/feelings (water/earth) and our childhood essence is creativity, also you can stick emotions in there too. Creativity is what happens when our masculine and feminine energies unite in perfect harmony.
So African people are emasculated because masculine energy represents the protector, the warrior and how can a system that is designed to exploit (through slavery/capitalism) have a nation full of warriors? We have a nation of sacrificial lambs who are willing to go to war .. but that’s more on a pimp/ho thing than a warrior one. African people are de-feminized because feminine energy is love and the vessel for creativity. Love/feelings, we are taught is weak. We ignore our feminine intuition. It is beaten out of us, especially males, in a form of spiritual re-programming domestic violence. How can you support true feminine energy when the idea is to have everyone act like machines? And our poor “inner child” which represents our creativity is REALLY exploited with no masculine energy (logic/intelligence) to protect it! We are encouraged not to be true artists, not to have fun and play. So ALL of our masculine and feminine energies were attacked as African descendants on this continent to de-humanize and separate us from one another. Men emasculated and women de-feminized through a deep re-programming, colonization process.
It is good for us to know that we are divine gods and goddesses in our essence (this is not blasphemy, it says so in the Bible from the mouth of Christ) as our true identities. The trick is to find our way “home” again. It is an inward journey towards our true identities which transcend physical characteristics. “The Wizard of Oz” is a story about that metaphorically speaking. So is “Adam and Eve.” Also to know that being the creative beings that we are, made in the image and likeness of god, if we want to see the situation of “black” people change, simply change the conversation. Raise the vibration. Stop feeding the energy that needs you all talking about it to live. Ignore it and it will die. Don’t let it use your body as a vessel. Know that you have the power of creation and transformation. Change it. Speak what you WANT to see into being and it will be so. Create.
Love& Life. Queen Jahneen.
Though it is not my intention to sound nit-picky, I wanted to bring up a few things about the dehumanizing effects of defining or "labeling" people in negative ways. The word “black” contains the word “lack” and may not be the healthiest mantra to repeat as words have power, so it is important to speak words about yourself and others (as much as possible) that you desire to be true. I still use this word on occasion as a description, however, I am aware of its blatant limitations. The word “woman” only describes the physical characteristics of a human being; it does not describe that being’s spiritual attributes which are timeless and genderless, or rather androgynous. So “black woman” describes a being that was taken from
Every person has a masculine and feminine side. In this society men are taught to disown their feminine sides and women are taught to disown their masculine sides. Also, what is taught to be masculine and feminine is all screwed up too. Masculine is seen as aggressive and feminine is seen as passive. Those are masculine and feminine energies out of balance. Masculine energy represents the head, logic/intelligence (air/fire). Feminine energy represents the heart, love/feelings (water/earth) and our childhood essence is creativity, also you can stick emotions in there too. Creativity is what happens when our masculine and feminine energies unite in perfect harmony.
So African people are emasculated because masculine energy represents the protector, the warrior and how can a system that is designed to exploit (through slavery/capitalism) have a nation full of warriors? We have a nation of sacrificial lambs who are willing to go to war .. but that’s more on a pimp/ho thing than a warrior one. African people are de-feminized because feminine energy is love and the vessel for creativity. Love/feelings, we are taught is weak. We ignore our feminine intuition. It is beaten out of us, especially males, in a form of spiritual re-programming domestic violence. How can you support true feminine energy when the idea is to have everyone act like machines? And our poor “inner child” which represents our creativity is REALLY exploited with no masculine energy (logic/intelligence) to protect it! We are encouraged not to be true artists, not to have fun and play. So ALL of our masculine and feminine energies were attacked as African descendants on this continent to de-humanize and separate us from one another. Men emasculated and women de-feminized through a deep re-programming, colonization process.
It is good for us to know that we are divine gods and goddesses in our essence (this is not blasphemy, it says so in the Bible from the mouth of Christ) as our true identities. The trick is to find our way “home” again. It is an inward journey towards our true identities which transcend physical characteristics. “The Wizard of Oz” is a story about that metaphorically speaking. So is “Adam and Eve.” Also to know that being the creative beings that we are, made in the image and likeness of god, if we want to see the situation of “black” people change, simply change the conversation. Raise the vibration. Stop feeding the energy that needs you all talking about it to live. Ignore it and it will die. Don’t let it use your body as a vessel. Know that you have the power of creation and transformation. Change it. Speak what you WANT to see into being and it will be so. Create.
Love& Life. Queen Jahneen.
References:
“You can heal your life” Louise Hay
“Creative Visualization” Shakti Gawain
“Heal Thyself” Queen Afua
“The Verbally Abusive Relationship” Patricia Evans
The Bible, New Testament
The Wiz, Movie
The Wizard of Oz, Movie
The Matrix, Movie
“Holistic healing for the Hip Hop generation” Documentary
“The Slave foreman vs. the Freedom Fighter.” Dr. Naim Akbar, speech
… Studying various religions and philosophies and from life experiences!
