Mali/Songhai

I could see the holes in the iconic structures of the Malian empire being used for many purposes. One of its uses could play with light, by inserting a series of lit sticks or lit structures into the holes and moving them around to create complex light structures. If the timing and positioning is right, one could create what looks iike a modern day LED effect or even a hologram. 

Cities as Months

List: Prominent cities and their respective months by the rule of esotericnessness.

Toronto  - January (Twin Cities if we sticking to the US) - If you want to celebrate the cold, the best places to be in. 

Chicago - February, Chicago has an "we here, what can we do about it"  energy, plus it's brutally cold winters strike fear into the hearts of its residents.

New York - March: March Madness.

San Francisco - April - look at the weather.

Los Angeles - May - again, look at the weather.

Miami - June - again, look at the weather.

Atlanta - July. Hotlanta. I visited Clark Atlanta and Morehouse one summer. Saw a wall of humidity and 800 foot tall trees. 

Houston - August 

Dry heat to burn your feet. 

Washington DC - September 

It's nice, and important like September 

Seattle - October - Seattle and the Pacific Northwest all feel like Winter is around the corner. 

Philadelphia - November - Philly is very homely and fulfilling. Even the word has "phill" in it. 

Boston - December - Cosy 

Da Streets

The hardest legends of "da streets" are locked up, being told what to do by White People

I put what "da sidewalk" "da lawn" "da house" "da bus" "da automobile" "da store" thinks over "da streets" 

Miss me with that. 

Bullying

The "you not having fun is impeding on my ability to have fun" bully - is a type of bully, I think it's more nefarious than the "I'll stop you from having fun" bully, because they rarely show their faces.

Shared consciousness and MLK

    You ever been in a situation where people are having fun, and there's somebody not enjoying themselves (or who has the perception they're not enjoying themselves) -> Then some of the people who are having fun become emotionally agitated by their presence, turning on them or even insulting them?

"Why's he/she so serious"

 
"They're ruining my vibe"

 
"They won't change my opinion"

 
    They'll bombard that person with a barrage of negative attention but never directly engage with them or ask them what's wrong.

    I believe that shared consciousness is real, and that malicious intent and selfish intent within that shared pool holds less potency than morally upright and altruistic thinking. The latter serves as a constant interrupter, bringing forth emotions and accountability that one may not want to deal with at the moment. It thrusts it to the front of the individual mind like "you're going to deal with me!!" Some people get offended by that and react in a number of ways: aggression, mockery, etc. This shared consciousness process becomes like a tug of war, where the side of selfishness is often loud and brash, and vindictive against their opponents, wanting the opposition to not just lose, but suffer. Sometimes the side of altruism picks up this vindictiveness, becoming like an oppressive authoritarian in the mindset. But every now and then somebody shows up on the side of morals just as loud and brash, but without the vindictiveness, and they really become a problem to the opposition, throwing them off their game. Martin Luther King Jr is the best modern example of this.

Vulgarity

 On vulgarity. 

Removing vulgarity from my speech is not an easy task. Now that I don't use it in my everyday conversations, I start rapping and nothing but cuss words come to mind. It's like I can't even form a complete bar without cussing. Like I got a stash of cuss words in a bank somewhere, growing with compounded interest, run by the World bank of cussing, secretly funding my music. I am insecure in my ability to rap without cussing, at least for the first 10 minutes. Yet I find me cussing entertaining, so it's healing, so I'm like "should I heal with cuss words now" cause I will knock a n**ga the f**k out, the way n**gas been acting these days. See, I can't even keep it real in my music now. What I'm finna say?, that I won't knock a n**ga the f**k out? But that's not keeping it real! Aw well, to the cutting room floor. 

Thank you Rap music. I should of just cussed my whole career and made it big on B.E.T. Uncut.

The stages of spiritual knowledge

My take on the stages of spiritual knowledge from my anecdotal evidence.

Note, some people go through these stages faster than others, some may skip stages, some may combine them, and some may do them in a different order, or even regress. For some this process is tumultuous, for others, it's moderate. I don't think God punishes us for not following a set time frame, or order, but I do know that God appreciates one's effort to attain it, consciously or subconsciously.

Stage 1 (Childhood) - The default state of being connected to God, in which, society and community either educates us to deviate from, or strengthen.

Stage 2 (The Rebellion) - The period in which hedonism becomes important. Often defined by sex, drugs, traveling, dating, partying, accumulating wealth, "keeping up with the Joneses". One is often in competition during this phase.

Stage 3 (Opening consciousness) - The period of inner exploration, questioning, sorting out. One may have a sudden stirring interest in religion(s), history, metaphysics, conspiracies, or fighting for a cause.

Stage 4 (The Father/Mother as the Sacred Child) - This is the final stage, in which the knowledge from all previous stages get affirmed, yet become secondary to everyday life matters, both mundane and important. Also, the Fatherly and Motherly instinct takes over, even if one chooses not to have children. One often finds the serendipitous feeling of opening their consciousness in everyday activities. They become hardwired into the mind, accepted and appreciated without much overt excitement. Despite the lack of overt enthusiasm, the potency is just as powerful, or more. An activity such as drinking a cup of coffee becomes an affirmation of one's connection to God, and get's added into one's bank of accumulated wisdom. One becomes like a child again. If you've ever spent time around elderly people, you can feel their level of spiritual mastery shining brightly like the sun.

Peace and hope you found something interesting from this small write-up.