This week Jamaicans celebrate 57 years of state sovereignty (to the degree that we have been able to establish it) and 185 years of Emancipation from slavery (to the degree we have worked that out also). Both freedom and sovereignty are essentially states of consciousness moreso than legislative realities established by the stroke of a … More Mirror Mirror
Jesus’ counterintuitive mind continues to fascinate the daylights out of me. From a cultural perspective, he was the ultimate contrarian. The kind of mind no matter how much studied you cant learn to predict. Jesus becomes aware that his end is near in John 13, and starts talking about it (his death) clear through to … More Eat your words
Two factors that will turn Jamaica right side up if applied – Attention and Affection. Attention. I have used this skill to disrupt the dysfunction in so many lives. The human spirit thrives on attention. If you doubt me, ask Donald Trump. Most every personality disorder is an inverted request for attention and evidence of … More Attention
The tendency for adult decision-making to become hopelessly prejudiced and often poisoned by the partisan spectacles through which we have learned to view the world is a matter of mere observation in any modern society of blended diversity. Not without reason did the scripture say a child will lead them. For similar reason, you will … More Unimpeachable
“Nothing else matters. All that matters is ‘The Change’. All who align with this position are automatically and irrevocably blessed.” Galatians 6:15 (my transliteration) For a substantial portion of us in Jamaica, Christianity is more lingo than lifestyle. I know how easily those of us nurtured in the modern mainstream evangelical movement are prone to … More Solo Christos 2: The Imitation of Christ
Time again to break silence. Last year, I had a conversation…..a difficult conversation. What was being reluctantly discussed was mind programming. Specifically – techniques of mind programming, results of mind programming, and the extent of the use of mass mind programming by its three biggest practitioners – the news media, state prescribed educational curricula and … More Matth 10:8
Some ideas threaten the entire fabric of our belief system, the value system anchored to it, and the decisions and behaviour that flow from both. They threaten our entire constructed identity. No wonder then, that we vehemently protect ourselves from these dangerous ideas and have constructed semi- impregnable prophylactic psychic defenses to prevent the sperm … More Dangerous ideas
I am aware of how fanatical folk get, especially about religion. I am also aware of how I appear to some who look at me through their various religious prisms. I’ve long since been impervious to the perceptions and opinions of others….not disdainfully…..but I recognize that most people will be stuck their whole lifetimes with … More All-encompassing Glory
President Donald Trump is a thug. That is no revelation to the American people. Michael Brown says it best. “We knew what we were getting when we voted Trump.” The fact is Republicans needed a miracle to hold on to their rapidly diminishing hold on power in America and they were praying for one. If … More Silent no longer
There once was a time I didn’t celebrate Christmas. One of the requirements of religious commitment is religious indoctrination. Once that bubble is burst, all of the energy invested in religious identity explodes as if waking up from a dream. When I became aware of all of the propaganda invested in making Christmas what it … More Reset
