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Food for thought.. Tookies words examined.

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Crown:

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--- Quote from: Eihtball on December 13, 2005, 02:58:55 PM ---I hate to break it to you, but the "white devil" still holds at least SOME share of the responsibility
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I never stated otherwise and I agree with you. I'm just saying it's much easier to blame someone else rather than look at oneself.

The following is more ramblin and not directed at Eihtball specifically since we seem to be pretty close in opinion on things.

When we start blaming others (whether true or not), we have given up.

At some point in our lives we have to grow up and stop blaming Daddy Who Wasn't There, Crack Head Momma, Uncle Pedophile and President Cracker. Most of us have some dysfunction in our upbringing. We can let it fuck with out heads forever or we can choose to grow out of the manure and bloom into something greater and hopefully break the legacy given to us.





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Both of yall made some excellent points.

TraceOneInfinite:
Nice thread.

Tookie is right.  Now he is more conscious and aware of how these negative images have been used against him, and so therefore I doubt he would make the same mistakes if he would have been released from prison.  But he's saying that back in the day he was not conscious, and he indentified with the negative images that had been projected onto him and his people.

The answer is that we need to pay much closer attention to our own self-perception.  We shouldn't allow the media to define who we are.  But how does one change one's self-perception?  One can change his self-perception by following the commandments of Allah.  There is one commandment in particular that is more effective than anything else one can do, and that is the five daily prayer rituals that Muslims perform.  They follow particular steps and patterns and the words correspond with the various positions of the prayer.  As one says these prayers regularly he starts to redefine who he is in his relationship with God and his purpose to submit to the Creator only; the innerworkings of man's mind an heart change, and at 5 points everyday he is reminded of God's greatness, his higher purpose, and connected to other believers throughout the world.  Muslims pray shoulder to shoulder in the mosque at fixed times everyday.

7even:
As long as you blame others for your failure and excuse yourself you will never achieve shit.

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