I find myself in love with life
But constantly embracing death
I come alive to the sound of my heartbeat
And I'm aware that each one could be my last breath
I've been cursed since birth
Shoulda dumped me in the dirt
All the pain and the hurt
So with hate is who I flirt
And she lookin real good
And I swear I'm gettin tempted
Gun in my hand
And u know I'm gettin lifted
So close to not carin
But it's My Self that I'm hearin
Then my eyes start tearin
Cuz it's love that I'm feelin!!!
MISPLACED LOVE...
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
LIFE....
Life is not a race, It's just a matter of
Humbleness.
Life is not a race, It's just a matter of
dedication.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of
Sharing.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of
Sacrifice.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of
Tolerance.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of Faith.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of Truth.
Life itself is a blessing. If you got Life, you
got everything!
Live in Faith all days and you'll shine.
The Father in Heaven sees your pain and
He'll make a way at His own appointed time.
Just keep pushing hard. God is watching from afar!
By Mantse(King)
Humbleness.
Life is not a race, It's just a matter of
dedication.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of
Sharing.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of
Sacrifice.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of
Tolerance.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of Faith.
Life is not a race, It's only a matter of Truth.
Life itself is a blessing. If you got Life, you
got everything!
Live in Faith all days and you'll shine.
The Father in Heaven sees your pain and
He'll make a way at His own appointed time.
Just keep pushing hard. God is watching from afar!
By Mantse(King)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
We realize that life is ugly, painful, sorrowful; we want some kind of theory, some kind of speculation or satisfaction, some kind of doctrine, which will explain all this, and so we are caught in explanation, in words, in theories, and gradually, beliefs become deeply rooted and unshakable because behind those beliefs, behind those dogmas, there is the constant fear of the unknown. But we never look at that fear; we turn away from it. The stronger the beliefs, the stronger the dogmas. And when we examine these beliefs the Christian, the Hindu, the Buddhist we find that they divide people. Each dogma, each belief has a series of rituals, a series of compulsions which bind man and separate man. So, we start with an inquiry to find out what is true, what the significance is of this misery, this struggle, this pain; and we are soon caught up in beliefs, in rituals, in theories.Belief is corruption because, behind belief and morality lurks the mind, the self the self growing big, powerful and strong. We consider belief in God, the belief in something, as religion. We consider that to believe is to be religious. You understand? If you do not believe, you will be considered an atheist, you will be condemned by society. One society will condemn those who believe in God, and another society will condemn those who do not. They are both the same. So, religion becomes a matter of belief and belief acts and has a corresponding influence on the mind; the mind then can never be free. But it is only in freedom that you can find out what is true, what is God, not through any belief, because your very belief projects what you think ought to be God, what you think ought to be true.
So, your religion, your belief in God, is an escape from actuality, and therefore it is no religion at all. The rich man who accumulates money through cruelty, through dishonesty, through cunning exploitation believes in God; and you also believe in God, you also are cunning, cruel, suspicious, envious. Is God to be found through dishonesty, through deceit, through cunning tricks of the mind? Because you collect all the sacred books and the various symbols of God, does that indicate that you are a religious person? So, religion is not escape from the fact; religion is the understanding of the fact of what you are in your everyday relationships; religion is the manner of your speech, the way you talk, the way you address your servants, the way you treat your wife, your children, and neighbors. As long as you do not understand your relationship with your neighbor, with society, with your wife and children, there must be confusion; and whatever it does, the mind that is confused will only create more confusion, more problems and conflict. A mind that escapes from the actual, from the facts of relationship, shall never find God; a mind that is agitated by belief shall not know truth. But the mind that understands its relationship with property, with people, with ideas, the mind which no longer struggles with the problems which relationship creates, and for which the solution is not withdrawal but the understanding of love such a mind alone can understand reality.
One of the things, it seems to me, that most of us eagerly accept and take for granted is the question of beliefs. I am not attacking beliefs. What we are trying to do is to find out why we accept beliefs; and if we can understand the motives, the causation of acceptance, then perhaps we may be able not only to understand why we do it, but also be free of it. One can see how political and religious beliefs, national and various other types of beliefs, do separate people, do create conflict, confusion, and antagonism which is an obvious fact; and yet we are unwilling to give them up. There is the Hindu belief, the Christian belief, the Buddhist innumerable sectarian and national beliefs, various political ideologies, all contending with one other, trying to convert one other. One can see, obviously, that belief is separating people, creating intolerance; is it possible to live without belief? One can find that out only if one can study oneself in relationship to a belief. Is it possible to live in this world without a belief not change beliefs, not substitute one belief for another, but be entirely free from all beliefs, so that one meets life anew each minute? This, after all, is the truth: to have the capacity of meeting everything anew, from moment to moment, without the conditioning reaction of the past, so that there is not the cumulative effect which acts as a barrier between oneself and that which is. - J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
So, your religion, your belief in God, is an escape from actuality, and therefore it is no religion at all. The rich man who accumulates money through cruelty, through dishonesty, through cunning exploitation believes in God; and you also believe in God, you also are cunning, cruel, suspicious, envious. Is God to be found through dishonesty, through deceit, through cunning tricks of the mind? Because you collect all the sacred books and the various symbols of God, does that indicate that you are a religious person? So, religion is not escape from the fact; religion is the understanding of the fact of what you are in your everyday relationships; religion is the manner of your speech, the way you talk, the way you address your servants, the way you treat your wife, your children, and neighbors. As long as you do not understand your relationship with your neighbor, with society, with your wife and children, there must be confusion; and whatever it does, the mind that is confused will only create more confusion, more problems and conflict. A mind that escapes from the actual, from the facts of relationship, shall never find God; a mind that is agitated by belief shall not know truth. But the mind that understands its relationship with property, with people, with ideas, the mind which no longer struggles with the problems which relationship creates, and for which the solution is not withdrawal but the understanding of love such a mind alone can understand reality.
One of the things, it seems to me, that most of us eagerly accept and take for granted is the question of beliefs. I am not attacking beliefs. What we are trying to do is to find out why we accept beliefs; and if we can understand the motives, the causation of acceptance, then perhaps we may be able not only to understand why we do it, but also be free of it. One can see how political and religious beliefs, national and various other types of beliefs, do separate people, do create conflict, confusion, and antagonism which is an obvious fact; and yet we are unwilling to give them up. There is the Hindu belief, the Christian belief, the Buddhist innumerable sectarian and national beliefs, various political ideologies, all contending with one other, trying to convert one other. One can see, obviously, that belief is separating people, creating intolerance; is it possible to live without belief? One can find that out only if one can study oneself in relationship to a belief. Is it possible to live in this world without a belief not change beliefs, not substitute one belief for another, but be entirely free from all beliefs, so that one meets life anew each minute? This, after all, is the truth: to have the capacity of meeting everything anew, from moment to moment, without the conditioning reaction of the past, so that there is not the cumulative effect which acts as a barrier between oneself and that which is. - J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
Thursday, February 3, 2011
"Bonding Prayer" My Prayer For Me & My Friends (The World) Prayed & Recorded By: Suga Ray
Dear Father,
I Know I Done Wrong,
And I Know I Know Right,
As Do My Friends,
I Come To You Today O' Father,
Asking That You Forgive Us,
As Well As Guide,
And Protect Us,
Always,
And In All Ways,
I Also Ask That You Strengthen Us,
In Our Times Of Weakness,
And Comfort Us During Our Days Of Sorrow,
Humble Us,
During Our Greatest Accomplishments,
And Propel Us,
To Achieve The Desires Of Our Hearts,
Father We Love You,
And We Need You O' Father,
Please Continue To Bless Us,
As You See Fit,
And Please Have Mercy On Our Souls,
Bring Us Closer To You O' Father,
So That We May Know Peace,
And True Love,
Amen!
I Know I Done Wrong,
And I Know I Know Right,
As Do My Friends,
I Come To You Today O' Father,
Asking That You Forgive Us,
As Well As Guide,
And Protect Us,
Always,
And In All Ways,
I Also Ask That You Strengthen Us,
In Our Times Of Weakness,
And Comfort Us During Our Days Of Sorrow,
Humble Us,
During Our Greatest Accomplishments,
And Propel Us,
To Achieve The Desires Of Our Hearts,
Father We Love You,
And We Need You O' Father,
Please Continue To Bless Us,
As You See Fit,
And Please Have Mercy On Our Souls,
Bring Us Closer To You O' Father,
So That We May Know Peace,
And True Love,
Amen!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
"PAIN to POWER" By Suga Ray
See, most people get scared of Pain and Mad at God for it. Those who do that, which most do, are not totally in sync with Their Higher Power. But you see, when you are HOOKED UP, CONNECTED TO, and Have a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CREATOR You are then able to SEE what aint there yet...
Me, My PAIN was my LIFE in the STREET! (Friends Getting Murdered By Friends. Pregnant Women Smoking Crack. Guys Disrespecting Women. Teenagers Selling Drugs, Smoking Weed, Drinking Alcohol, Having Sex And NOT Enjoying, Fully, Nor Correctly, Their Teenage Years.)
Now my POWER is being able to TOUCH, REACH, PREACH TO AND TEACH THOSE IN THE SAME STREETS!!!
Imagine how many people would be LOST had I Never been IN the streets???
See where I'm going?
There are no good or bad situations, just our perceptions of them.
Our ability to endure is what will get us to the POWER POINT
Everything that happens, whether perceived "good" or "bad" is simply a lesson, a blessing of some sort, if you will.
I say that to say this; STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM PAIN. STOP CURSING PEOPLE OUT. AND STOP HATING THOSE THAT HURT YOU!
IN ALL ACTUALITY, THOSE THAT HURT YOU ARE MORE VALUABLE TO YOU THAN THOSE THAT LOVE YOU!
YOU SEE, GOD LOVES YOU AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS... YOU DON'T NEED A HUMAN TO LOVE YOU.. LOVE YOURSELF....
BUT YOU SEE, IT IS THOSE WHO EXPRESS AND EVEN EXHIBIT HATE TOWARDS YOU THAT GIVE YOU STRENGTH TO PERSIST!
INFINITELY PERSIST; NEVER GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT!!!
ALLOW YOUR PAIN TO BECOME YOUR POWER!!!!
Written By Suga Ray.
Inspired By Geoffrey Davis & The James E. Davis Story
Me, My PAIN was my LIFE in the STREET! (Friends Getting Murdered By Friends. Pregnant Women Smoking Crack. Guys Disrespecting Women. Teenagers Selling Drugs, Smoking Weed, Drinking Alcohol, Having Sex And NOT Enjoying, Fully, Nor Correctly, Their Teenage Years.)
Now my POWER is being able to TOUCH, REACH, PREACH TO AND TEACH THOSE IN THE SAME STREETS!!!
Imagine how many people would be LOST had I Never been IN the streets???
See where I'm going?
There are no good or bad situations, just our perceptions of them.
Our ability to endure is what will get us to the POWER POINT
Everything that happens, whether perceived "good" or "bad" is simply a lesson, a blessing of some sort, if you will.
I say that to say this; STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM PAIN. STOP CURSING PEOPLE OUT. AND STOP HATING THOSE THAT HURT YOU!
IN ALL ACTUALITY, THOSE THAT HURT YOU ARE MORE VALUABLE TO YOU THAN THOSE THAT LOVE YOU!
YOU SEE, GOD LOVES YOU AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS... YOU DON'T NEED A HUMAN TO LOVE YOU.. LOVE YOURSELF....
BUT YOU SEE, IT IS THOSE WHO EXPRESS AND EVEN EXHIBIT HATE TOWARDS YOU THAT GIVE YOU STRENGTH TO PERSIST!
INFINITELY PERSIST; NEVER GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT!!!
ALLOW YOUR PAIN TO BECOME YOUR POWER!!!!
Written By Suga Ray.
Inspired By Geoffrey Davis & The James E. Davis Story
Friday, December 31, 2010
My Year in 2010.... by Suga Ray
Wow!!! What can I say??? Well I gotta start off by letting you guys know that for the first two weeks of 2010 I could not walk. Actually, I really couldn't walk from August 2009- January 2010. Mainly in bed, and times I did go out, I was driven here & driven there. It was getting really stressful. People kept telling me to get surgery, but I REFUSED to listen to ANYONE. So I stuck it out, and due to the My FAITH & TRUST in the TRUE HEALER, Father God, I have not had back problems since. A true blessing from the Father.
On January 15th I attended a press conference in Jamaica, Queens, where a few organizations were kicking off 'Peace Week'. I got wind of it due to Erica Ford, Co-Founder & President of Life Camp, A Non-Profit Organization geared to stop violence and engage youth in productive activity. At said press conference I met some great people and had a chance to meet for the first time a friend who we've been emailing back & forth about working together, Cheyenne Myers. Also, at the press conference I had the pleasure of meeting Salt, from Salt & Pepa, Ja Rule, Russel Simmons, Congressman Meeks, Governor David Patterson, and a young man who had talent beyond his years, Robbie Nova. Some were simply meet & greets and others I have developed a personal relationship with. Some closer than others, Such is life. Mind, you, this is only in January. LOL.
In February, I got my nephew, Kamahl Palmer, who goes by the name Naiqui (Na-ki), who is a musician and an actor, into a magazine called HHH (Hotties & Hunks of Hip-Hop). That was his first magazine spread. He was excited! As I was for him.
By this time, I was developing a pattern, a way of thinking, of doing things, a new way of LIVING... Living not for myself, but for others, and I was enjoying the feeling. The reward was simple; THEIR HAPPY, SMILING FACES!!! That was all the reward I needed & wanted. I was transforming into something, someone who I didn't recognize. At times I got scared and at times I wanted to retreat, but the SPIRIT would not allow... I had no choice. Had to keep pushing forward.
In this year, I was finally able to develop a good, healthy, communicatable relationship with my mother, who I am thankful for. We never had a great relationship, but as I grew in LOVE and became closer to God, I began to understand her and subsequently, was able to deal with her, and then we FELL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN. I LOVE MY MAMA!!!
As the summer grew the murder rate rose. Young men were being murdered at a rapid rate, and I felt hopeless, like there was nothing I could do. I cried and cried and prayed for the violence to stop, my soul knowing that it had to happen in order to shed light on the truth. So I began attending the funerals and attaching myself to some of the families. Being there for them, crying with them and ready to laugh when they were, was the only thing I could do. Well besides working even harder to try to spread a MESSAGE of LOVE!!!
As the summer went on, I met one man who helped and continues to help shape me into WHO I am BECOMING. That man is Mr. Geoffrey A. Davis, Co-Founder, along with his Late Brother, the Honorable James E. Davis, who was assassinated inside of City Hall back in 2003. Geoffrey Davis has shown me that there are people who still DEDICATE their WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE on SPREADING LOVE & STOPPING THE VIOLENCE, forgetting, or encompassing all talents around such messages...
Speeding forward, in this year, I had a magnificent pleasure of starring in a play, "Love Doesn't Hurt" which was about domestic abuse. I got that role due to a friend, Firan Chisolm, mentioning me. I went down for rehearsal and landed the role. Didn't last very long, the play that is, but we had fun and we touched lots of lives. People still talking about as of last night, 12/30. I also had the pleasure of leading, alongside Geoffrey Davis, the 'Love Yourself, Stop The Violence' Peace March, in front of THOUSANDS @ The West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway, in Brooklyn, New York. To go along with that I was able to launch "THE SUGA RAY SHOW" on BlogTalk Radio. Had some great women put that together for me. Definitely a blessing. Oh yea, I forgot I received honors at International Men's Day!!! That was pretty cool as well, except for the fact that at the time I'm getting my award, my friend Derrick Moore was being buried after being murdered just a week before, for nothing of his own accord.Oh yea, and I was Baptized... Did a lot this year...
Out of all of that, the BEST thing that happened to me in 2010 was developing a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER (God In Heaven) and MY BIG BROTHER (Jesus Christ) and FINALLY UNDERSTANDING WHO I AM AND WHAT MY PURPOSE IS HERE ON EARTH!!!!!!!!
And in Knowing Myself and what my PURPOSE is on Earth, I was able to meet and become friends and fall in LOVE with some AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL INDIVIDUALS!!!!
PS
"My Journey Aint Done Yet, So Imma Continue To Deliver TRUTH!" ~Suga Ray
Endless Success & Eternal Blessings To All,
Suga Ray
On January 15th I attended a press conference in Jamaica, Queens, where a few organizations were kicking off 'Peace Week'. I got wind of it due to Erica Ford, Co-Founder & President of Life Camp, A Non-Profit Organization geared to stop violence and engage youth in productive activity. At said press conference I met some great people and had a chance to meet for the first time a friend who we've been emailing back & forth about working together, Cheyenne Myers. Also, at the press conference I had the pleasure of meeting Salt, from Salt & Pepa, Ja Rule, Russel Simmons, Congressman Meeks, Governor David Patterson, and a young man who had talent beyond his years, Robbie Nova. Some were simply meet & greets and others I have developed a personal relationship with. Some closer than others, Such is life. Mind, you, this is only in January. LOL.
In February, I got my nephew, Kamahl Palmer, who goes by the name Naiqui (Na-ki), who is a musician and an actor, into a magazine called HHH (Hotties & Hunks of Hip-Hop). That was his first magazine spread. He was excited! As I was for him.
By this time, I was developing a pattern, a way of thinking, of doing things, a new way of LIVING... Living not for myself, but for others, and I was enjoying the feeling. The reward was simple; THEIR HAPPY, SMILING FACES!!! That was all the reward I needed & wanted. I was transforming into something, someone who I didn't recognize. At times I got scared and at times I wanted to retreat, but the SPIRIT would not allow... I had no choice. Had to keep pushing forward.
In this year, I was finally able to develop a good, healthy, communicatable relationship with my mother, who I am thankful for. We never had a great relationship, but as I grew in LOVE and became closer to God, I began to understand her and subsequently, was able to deal with her, and then we FELL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN. I LOVE MY MAMA!!!
As the summer grew the murder rate rose. Young men were being murdered at a rapid rate, and I felt hopeless, like there was nothing I could do. I cried and cried and prayed for the violence to stop, my soul knowing that it had to happen in order to shed light on the truth. So I began attending the funerals and attaching myself to some of the families. Being there for them, crying with them and ready to laugh when they were, was the only thing I could do. Well besides working even harder to try to spread a MESSAGE of LOVE!!!
As the summer went on, I met one man who helped and continues to help shape me into WHO I am BECOMING. That man is Mr. Geoffrey A. Davis, Co-Founder, along with his Late Brother, the Honorable James E. Davis, who was assassinated inside of City Hall back in 2003. Geoffrey Davis has shown me that there are people who still DEDICATE their WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE on SPREADING LOVE & STOPPING THE VIOLENCE, forgetting, or encompassing all talents around such messages...
Speeding forward, in this year, I had a magnificent pleasure of starring in a play, "Love Doesn't Hurt" which was about domestic abuse. I got that role due to a friend, Firan Chisolm, mentioning me. I went down for rehearsal and landed the role. Didn't last very long, the play that is, but we had fun and we touched lots of lives. People still talking about as of last night, 12/30. I also had the pleasure of leading, alongside Geoffrey Davis, the 'Love Yourself, Stop The Violence' Peace March, in front of THOUSANDS @ The West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway, in Brooklyn, New York. To go along with that I was able to launch "THE SUGA RAY SHOW" on BlogTalk Radio. Had some great women put that together for me. Definitely a blessing. Oh yea, I forgot I received honors at International Men's Day!!! That was pretty cool as well, except for the fact that at the time I'm getting my award, my friend Derrick Moore was being buried after being murdered just a week before, for nothing of his own accord.Oh yea, and I was Baptized... Did a lot this year...
Out of all of that, the BEST thing that happened to me in 2010 was developing a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER (God In Heaven) and MY BIG BROTHER (Jesus Christ) and FINALLY UNDERSTANDING WHO I AM AND WHAT MY PURPOSE IS HERE ON EARTH!!!!!!!!
And in Knowing Myself and what my PURPOSE is on Earth, I was able to meet and become friends and fall in LOVE with some AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL INDIVIDUALS!!!!
PS
"My Journey Aint Done Yet, So Imma Continue To Deliver TRUTH!" ~Suga Ray
Endless Success & Eternal Blessings To All,
Suga Ray
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
"GOD DON'T LET ME LOSE"
GOD don't let me lose my optimism... even though what the future holds is not happiness all the time...
GOD don't let me lose my will to live... even though I know life sometimes can be painful...
GOD don't let me lose my will to have good friends... even though that as the world turns they depart from our lives...
GOD don't let me lose my will to help other people... even though knowing a lot of them are incapable of recognizing my help...
GOD don't let me lose my equilibrium... even though I know that there are forces that want me to fail...
GOD don't let me lose the brightness of my sight... knowing that a lot of things I will see in this world, they will dim the light of the fire in my eyes...
GOD don't let me lose my rason... knowing that there are a lot of delicious temptations in life...
GOD don't let me lose the feeling for justice... knowing that I am the one who could be harmed by it...
GOD don't let me lose the happiness to see... even though tears will come from my eyes and run down my soul...
GOD don't let me lose the love for my family... knowing that a lot of times they will demand incredible efforts to keep harmony...
GOD don't let me lose the will to donate this enormous love I have in my heart... knowing that a lot of times it will be refused...
GOD don't let me lose the will to be BIG... knowing that this is a small world...
I will never forget that GOD'S love for me is endless, that a small grain of love & hope inside of us is capable of changing ANYTHING! That not a single leaf on a tree moves if it is not HIS will. What GOOD does it serve to LIVE if we do not know how to BREATHE? What GOOD does it serve to DREAM, if we are not capable to make those dreams come TRUE?
GOD don't let me lose my will to live... even though I know life sometimes can be painful...
GOD don't let me lose my will to have good friends... even though that as the world turns they depart from our lives...
GOD don't let me lose my will to help other people... even though knowing a lot of them are incapable of recognizing my help...
GOD don't let me lose my equilibrium... even though I know that there are forces that want me to fail...
GOD don't let me lose the brightness of my sight... knowing that a lot of things I will see in this world, they will dim the light of the fire in my eyes...
GOD don't let me lose my rason... knowing that there are a lot of delicious temptations in life...
GOD don't let me lose the feeling for justice... knowing that I am the one who could be harmed by it...
GOD don't let me lose the happiness to see... even though tears will come from my eyes and run down my soul...
GOD don't let me lose the love for my family... knowing that a lot of times they will demand incredible efforts to keep harmony...
GOD don't let me lose the will to donate this enormous love I have in my heart... knowing that a lot of times it will be refused...
GOD don't let me lose the will to be BIG... knowing that this is a small world...
I will never forget that GOD'S love for me is endless, that a small grain of love & hope inside of us is capable of changing ANYTHING! That not a single leaf on a tree moves if it is not HIS will. What GOOD does it serve to LIVE if we do not know how to BREATHE? What GOOD does it serve to DREAM, if we are not capable to make those dreams come TRUE?
Live Life On Life's Terms and Understand That It Is YOU Who Are KING!
~Suga Ray
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