These folks are speaking truth to power. We, too, must do the same.
Psalm 73 - Try to find teachings on this Psalm and then research it for yourself. Realize we have beenconditioned since birth from the Pamper to the Depend.
Little did I know that renowned author, Gloria Naylor experienced some of the same things that I had. Her book "1996" is one of the closest accounts to this nightmare. And being labelled with a mental illness is the cover that is used for anyone who has encountered this. It's a cop out.
Please read it and spread the word.
This has been going on for me since 2009.
In light of all that is going on in the world, keep on praying. Pray for all corners of the world. We need your prayers now more than ever.
Hebrews 6:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
19 This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],
Check out this interview transcript with author and former industry insider Rebecca Scott. Her website and YouTube channel provide valuable information about the topics discussed on this blog.
The video It's A Damn Shame - Part 1 has made its way around the Internet as well as in many circles like MegaFest. It sheds light on the compromising positions many in hip hop are put in because of people like Russell and Joseph Simmons. Be sure to do what the video says at the end. Purchase the DVD "It's A Damn Shame"
Next up, two provocative docu-series from brother, M'Bwebe aja Ishangi on The Boule and Fraternities and Sororities. His video article, The Classified Origin of DC will open your eyes to more than your brain can contain. Why this video article is not taught in schools, churches, and summer camps is the question. Once you watch it, you will know exactly why.
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P.S. Lastly, also a good time to revisit Spike Lee's movie, "School Daze." It was relevant in 1988 and it is still relevant in 2011--only with more issues that we need to "WAKE UP" about. Please, read a book, do something to WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe this book should be required reading for all human beings starting at age pre-teen because we are living in a new world and we do need some new rules for coping with it.
One of the rules Dr. Phil described was not giving someone the benefit of the doubt. That practice is basically a cop out.
This book, like another recommended read on this blog, The Sociopath Next Door, will have you looking at friends and family members with more clarity than you ever have.
Part Two airs tomorrow night. Hope you'll tune it.
These are simply questions to cause us to think about things in a different way or to ask more questions about our world.
For starters, why does NBC' s Saturday Night Live continuously have a male figure dress up as a female? Haven't we seen this stereotype enough times?
Why is Katt Williams on a path of destruction and being taken down by the media?
Is he being taken down by some other gang or entity?
Is he following the same plight as DMX, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Biggie, Tupac, Brittney Spears, Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle (who didn't wear the dress and was labelled as crazy), Mariah Carey and many others?
What's the highest paid gang around? ANSWER: The gang of male celebritydom across all industries who are required to keep the rape secrets of the good old boy network.
If women have to sleep with a director to get a certain part in the business, what do men have to do who get parts too?
Why do celebrities die in amounts of the number three? Does it have smething to do with satanic worship, satanic ritual, or numerology?
Why are certain entertainers chosen to travel abroad to shine a light on overseas issues when many of the same issues exist in America?
Why are the Oscars in existence and when did what the actor was wearing become more important than the movie nominated?
By the way, there is an informative article on the history of Oscar and its beginnings here.
Why do we make celebrities minature gods and goddesses and then measure our lives against theirs? I mean from Reality TV, soap operas, dramas, movies, magazines all follow this pattern. Yet, it's a game the average person will never obtain or win because we are not celebrities.
Why do celebrities live secret lives?
Why do we watch Television? When did the TV enter the household? Why?
Why are certain celebrities who are in their prime not married and/or not out of the closet?
Why does Russell Simmons who is a bully and a sociopath jump on every current affairs band wagon to show his support while bullying and raping many of Hip Hop's rappers? Isn't that a conflict of interest and a crime?
Why are celebrity sociopaths and bullies in our culture given a free pass or go unnoticed? Is it their charm? Do we protect them? Do other celelbrities who are in the know and keeping their secrets protect them?
It is true that when you reach a certain tax bracket that the elite invite you to join the secret society?
Why are certain celebities forced down the public's throats to be accepted?
Why did a show like Friends thrive while a show like Living Single get cancelled?
Why are Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake being peddled as the modern day Frank Sinatra and Brat Pack?
Why did Beyonce and Jay-Z make a certain hand gesture in the hospital room while she was preparing to give birth?And, why did she make the same gesture during her Superbowl performance?
Can the AIDS virus be given as a vaccine?
How was Hollywood started?
Did your grandparents' generation lead or follow? If so, who did they lead or follow?
Did your parents' generation lead or follow? If so, who did they lead or follow?
Is your generation leading or following?
Who is afraid of another civil rights movement or another womens rights movement or a human rights movement? Why
Who's ready to start one?
Are the movies we're watching showing us something that's already happened or something that will happen in the future?
Ladies and Gents, we have a choice to turn media off or on, to change our thoughts, to have ideas and to act on them.
More of you are awake. More of you have a right to know.
This year has brought some wonderful and inspiring documentaries to the world. This week, PBS aired another informative documentary, Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, on its Independent Lens program. The two-part documentary focuses on the oppression of women in the form of sex trafficking. Forced into prostitution, the documentary brings awareness to the crime of sex trafficking not only abroad but on the act of sex trafficking happening in the United States. It featured celebrity advocates from America Ferrera, Gabrielle Union, Diane Lane, Susan Sarandon and others who want to bring attention to this kind of assault against women. Susan Sarandon made a statement about sex trafficking that occurs in the U. S. and it caused me to think, once again, about the unspoken secret about rape that is rampant in our culture. Diane Lane held up a photograph of a woman's vagina as she simply stated that we all came from one of these. Yet, there is still violation against women happening daily.
In this year alone, we saw the movie, Invisible War that also focused on the rape of women in the military. We also saw, ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America, which focused on the high numbers of AIDS cases within the African American community. There was a scandal with a college football program again focusing on inappropriate behavior, rape and assaults against male college athelete. Then there is the rape that goes on within Hollywood and the music industry. It is quietly swept under the rug when it is even discussed at all. Yet, it's running wild in our society and happening in churches with pastors, child actors and sports figures. While, Half the Sky is about women, there is a systematic problem that relates back to control, power, greed and manipulation by men and women. Mostly, too, by entities seen and unseen who operate our world like a machine. It affects all facets of our culture. We can't forget about the men who are raped whether they are famous or unfamous, sold out or not, well known or just a regular working Joe. To have to participate in one's own trafficking be it sexual, physical
or mental then to have to support others in their own trafficking has
got to be challenging. It's quite an act. Rid ourselves of the conditioning, mind control and brainwashing and
there's a human being underneath it all. We have to take responsibility for each other and realize that this is a problem that affects all of us. Celebrities are no different. They are some of the loneliest people in the world. The bottomline is that we all want to be loved unquestionably. How can we give everyone the opportunity to experience it? Globally, we've got work to do. Let's start at home.
What can we do about it? Well, if you haven't seen this documentary, I invite you to watch it on this blog. The women truly are the unsung heroes. They have such heart. From creating a community in Africa to starting a school for girls, there is so much that we can do. The documentary is available on iTunes and also on DVD.
For example, invite a group of young girls over to watch it and have a discussion about it. Read the book in your book club. Donate to the women in the film. If each of us does ONE thing, together many things are done. We will make a difference.
Moreso,
it showed me again that by sharing this story that I am on on the path
that God has called me to at this point of my life.
I'd like to
share this quote with you that was on the back of the book. It speaks to
the way I have wanted to live my life for quite some time. I want to
live my life on point for something greater than myself, something
meaningful and something that leaves a positive legacy.
"It's
been said, "The true Gospel comforts the disturbed and disturbs the
comfortable. The book Wrecked reminds us that Jesus not only came to
heal broken hearts but to shatter the status quo. Let this book be an invitation to say "yes" to Jesus. Then, do something daring
with your life. May it help you become a holy nonconformist to all of
the patterns of this world that are out of sync with the upside-down
kingdom of God. May it give you the courage to join the revolutionary work of Jesus, loving people back to life and building a new world in the shell of the old one." ~ Shane Claiborne, author
Isn't that beautiful? To me it sums up what living a life for Jesus is about because it's not about you alone or at all for that matter. Imagine if we commit to living our lives by this mandate everyday. How different would the world look? How different would we look? I believe it asks two questions: (1)Do you trust God? and (2) Are you afraid to trust God?
I believe that The Holy Spirit gently whispers to us and asks in Matthew 11:28 28-30 “Are
you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with
me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced
rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep
company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Christ wants us to walk with Him and to work with Him. It forces us to ask the deeper question of is the work that I'm doing for Him or for me and how committed am I to it? Please read the book. By doing so and acting on what we've read, we can change ourselves and that small step will change the world. The sooner we realize that we are part of a 2012 miracle and that God gets all of the glory, we can serve Him by serving others.
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Music video by Alicia Keys performing Not Even The King.
(C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
I love Whitney Houston and I am saddened by such a loss of a great human being. I'd be remiss if I didn't say something about a few comments that The Holy Spirit has jarred within me that were made at Whitney Houston's funeral.
First, Kevin Costner's words to the younger generation of girls who desire to follow in Whitney's footsteps.
"The only ones who sing your songs are young girls like you who are dreaming of being you some day, and so to you Bobbi Kristina and to all those young girls who are dreaming that dream are maybe thinking they aren't good enough I think Whitney would tell you guard your bodies and guard the precious miracle of your own life and then sing your hearts out knowing that there's a lady in heaven making God wonder how he created something so perfect.”
Second, Clive Davis' eulogy spoke numerously about his infamous bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.
"Whitney came to his bungalow alone without bodyguards. He spoke of how Whitney ordered a hamburger and fries from room service as they listened to new music in their pajamas. He spoke of how she was no longer shy and introvertive. He spoke of how she now carried herself with assurance and articulation of her words."
It was the fact that he stated the bungalow at all during her funeral, no less that has not sat well with me at all. And, I wonder who else caught this and WHO called him out on it? Maybe with her new found assurance, she was tired and through with being forced to be on the receiving end of his advances? Maybe she just wanted to sing? Maybe she new that by rebelling against his advances, death was inevitable? TMZ reported that she was quoting scripture before her death. His referrals to that bungalow did not sit well with me and, I see, I wasn't alone. There were others on Twitter and Google who also felt the same. Some described his comments as creepy to say the least. What is also alarming is what isn't being reported in the media versus what is. Forbes magazine has two stories that are rather interesting about events the night before Whitney's death and people around her which have yet to be heard on TMZ. It would be very easy to believe mainstream media's version that she was drugged out which I hope that you aren't falling for on this one. I believe in The Holy Spirit and its jarring won't let me rest.
Both of their comments were similar yet profoundly different. They were almost like polar opposites with one being a form of advice and the other a slight admission. Both of their comments made me wonder what do female artists, all artists really, have to do in order to sing? There are many who just want to sing but have their talent exploited as well as their bodies in a disposable industry. Is a touch enough? Does a fondle suffice? Is being full blown raped the dealmaker? Yes, Clive's history goes way back. It includes one of my favorite singers, Phyllis Hyman. When TV One featured her story on their "Unsung" Program, I realized that Clive' s hand of working with divas goes way back. In fact, he states it in this clip with Piers Morgan. If you saw Phyllis' Unsung program, you too might agree that there is some reaping and sowing present here. Why be so bold to mention the bungalow so many times at her funeral? Why have the party go on when your protege is dead floors above you in the same hotel? Were his actions in good taste or respectful of the Houston family? Is Clive Davis The sociopath Next Door?
When CNN's Piers Morgan interviewed Clive and Jennifer Hudson, I didn't see the full interview but I did read the transcript. I've watched Jennifer Hudson's last three live TV performances and I've noticed a change and I don't mean her weight loss. Have you noticed something different, too? Now, that she's under his thumb, I will continue to observe the movements of her career trajectory and her relationship to him very closely.
I understand now the connection of music, celebrity, spiritual leaders and a bit more about the plot to create a new world made up of the elite. The elite are to be superhuman. They are required to keep a secret and perform among other things, live a dual life. At times, that dual life becomes more than a dual life. It's a full blast pandora's box. When an artist is being raped, is forbidden to say. even to family, and has to be "on", where can they release all of that? Perhaps, onstage or in their performance. What happens though in daily living? Perhaps now we can guess the reason for her drug usage. Put yourself in that position and consider the mental and spiritual warfare going on inside of a person. Accounts from those who spoke to Whitney on that sad day stated she seemed fine. We are all very well connected. This covers everyone from the pastor in the pulpit,producer on the hunt to the wives of those same pastors who keep the secret, too for the money, the fame, the worldwide acclaim. It's a drug and a lifestyle choice.
There has to come a change. We, The People, have to do something. If we don't do something, who will we read about next? It will take us as CONSUMERS along with the ARTISTS who are in bondage backed byJESUS CHRIST to make the change. Here's an idea: who's in for shutting down the music industry for 24 hours to start? No downloading or buying anything off of iTunes, no purchasing a CD or an app to get our point across. The point needs to be made that we won't tolerate this any more. The point that there are artists who simply want to sing, who long to do the right thing but are not allowed to because music in entertainment, in the church, in our lives and our world is big business. We have to do something. This affects all of us. Did Whitney Houston die because she no longer wanted to be exploited by a sociopath's advances? The kind of sociopath who could easily dispose of her and substitute (or prostitute) her brand for a newer, younger version?
Think about all of the self-help books that are spun off of some topic. In many ways, it's a subtle seduction, a massage, if you will. The book is seen everywhere. It's funneled through all of the proper channels to get us to buy in to the seduction. One example, remember the Chicken Soup for The Soul series? That cow was milked, burped and fed again. Then, a new cow created. Or the networks who bring back newer versions of old TV shows. Shows we grew up on like 90210, Hawaii 50, etc. Remember, this is a disposable industry. It's the same way with these artists only with a heavier price: their lives. And, it leads right back to the telling of what happened to me, to Angela Whitterson and the countless others who have no voice yet experienced the same.
As we all wait for the results of the toxicology report, there are many headlines in the news surrounding the death of Whitney Houston. Conspiracy theories and the like but there are two things stand out for me. First, she gave Brandy a note during an interview and second, she had a brief encounter with El DeBarge.Other artists have given us clues, imagery in their interviews, books, cd covers, song lyrics, videos and music. Kevin Costner stated it in his remarks as well. If an entity this large is capable of doing this to Whitney Houston and an American president, what will they do to you? Where is the outrage? Where are the spiritual leaders now who need to be courageous enough to lead? When do we start boycotting iTunes? Amazon? Perhaps the outrage will come later. Perhaps, we as citizens of the world will lead the revolution. It is certainly needed now.
Citizens of the world.
We've got to do something about our world.
WAKEUP: It's Time To Get Right with God, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit.
