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For me, reggae by definition is spiritual music.

And while not all reggae is rastafari, for me it makes the best reggae.

I don't incorporate every aspect of rastafari into my own spiritual tradition, I simply take the aspects that I find benneficial, and there are many, and choose not to incorporate the aspects that I see as detrimental or unnecessary...like an archeologist with brush and pick in hand, you must sift through layers of detritus to find the artifacts.

there were many "baldheaded" producers, but look and the life and energy of the rasta producers, Lee "scratch" Perry being one of my favorites, an eccentric in all the best ways...

While there is some good dancehall, it's more of a rude-boy, or in America it's called "thug" attitude, it's not necessarily positive, so while a reggae artist would say "preform acts of good, don't pick up the gun, follow what's right" a dancehall artist would say "I'll pick up the gun and shoot you, I'll loot you, etc..."

It doesn't have to be rastafari, but reggae is spiritual music.

Regardless if you believe that Solomon and the queen of sheeba moved the faith to Ethiopia, or the divinity of haile selassie I , or what it says in the Kebra Nagast, there is tons of valuable spirituality in rastafari.

I've taken high affinity to the Babylon metaphor, the Babylonians and Assyrians destroyed the first temple and enslaved God's people, forcing them to live under a culture that is antithetical to the true ways of God...
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This is an old thread titled "understanding rastafari" perhaps it would be more appropriate to move that discussion there?

-eg

<blockquote data-quote="entheogenic-gnosis" data-source="post: 3306593" data-attributes="member: 29103">For me, reggae by definition is spiritual music.And while not all reggae is rastafari, for me it makes the best reggae. I don&#039;t incorporate every aspect of rastafari into my own spiritual tradition, I simply take the aspects that I find benneficial, and there are many, and choose not to incorporate the aspects that I see as detrimental or unnecessary...like an archeologist with brush and pick in hand, you must sift through layers of detritus to find the artifacts.there were many &quot;baldheaded&quot; producers, but look and the life and energy of the rasta producers, Lee &quot;scratch&quot; Perry being one of my favorites, an eccentric in all the best ways...While there is some good dancehall, it&#039;s more of a rude-boy, or in America it&#039;s called &quot;thug&quot; attitude, it&#039;s not necessarily positive, so while a reggae artist would say &quot;preform acts of good, don&#039;t pick up the gun, follow what&#039;s right&quot; a dancehall artist would say &quot;I&#039;ll pick up the gun and shoot you, I&#039;ll loot you, etc...&quot; It doesn&#039;t have to be rastafari, but reggae is spiritual music.Regardless if you believe that Solomon and the queen of sheeba moved the faith to Ethiopia, or the divinity of haile selassie I , or what it says in the Kebra Nagast, there is tons of valuable spirituality in rastafari.I&#039;ve taken high affinity to the Babylon metaphor, the Babylonians and Assyrians destroyed the first temple and enslaved God&#039;s people, forcing them to live under a culture that is antithetical to the true ways of God...[MEDIA=youtube]mdyq5SY8c64[/MEDIA][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.dmt-nexus.me/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&amp;t=68342[/URL]This is an old thread titled &quot;understanding rastafari&quot; perhaps it would be more appropriate to move that discussion there?-eg</blockquote>

[QUOTE="entheogenic-gnosis, post: 3306593, member: 29103"] For me, reggae by definition is spiritual music. And while not all reggae is rastafari, for me it makes the best reggae. I don't incorporate every aspect of rastafari into my own spiritual tradition, I simply take the aspects that I find benneficial, and there are many, and choose not to incorporate the aspects that I see as detrimental or unnecessary...like an archeologist with brush and pick in hand, you must sift through layers of detritus to find the artifacts. there were many "baldheaded" producers, but look and the life and energy of the rasta producers, Lee "scratch" Perry being one of my favorites, an eccentric in all the best ways... While there is some good dancehall, it's more of a rude-boy, or in America it's called "thug" attitude, it's not necessarily positive, so while a reggae artist would say "preform acts of good, don't pick up the gun, follow what's right" a dancehall artist would say "I'll pick up the gun and shoot you, I'll loot you, etc..." It doesn't have to be rastafari, but reggae is spiritual music. Regardless if you believe that Solomon and the queen of sheeba moved the faith to Ethiopia, or the divinity of haile selassie I , or what it says in the Kebra Nagast, there is tons of valuable spirituality in rastafari. I've taken high affinity to the Babylon metaphor, the Babylonians and Assyrians destroyed the first temple and enslaved God's people, forcing them to live under a culture that is antithetical to the true ways of God... [MEDIA=youtube]mdyq5SY8c64[/MEDIA] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dmt-nexus.me/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=68342[/URL] This is an old thread titled "understanding rastafari" perhaps it would be more appropriate to move that discussion there? -eg [/QUOTE]