I am honored to be a guest panelist on The Ashe Academy Podcast. It’s a panel discussion about “Forgiveness”. We discuss what we think forgiveness is? How it affects us.
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Colors of Life – Christoph Jenkins
In honor of Black History Month, we close season three of the Poetic Resurrection Podcast with Christoph Jenkins. Haiku poet and founder of The Poet Life, Christoph Jenkins and I discuss various subjects and learned how poets can have an income from being a poet. Great information for poets on this podcast episode.
Christoph Jenkins, Founder & CEO of The Poet Life, is a poet and entrepreneur. He began writing poetry in grade school and soon found it to be his passion. Running The Poet Life has led him to become an advocate in the community and a builder of the Poetry Industry. His company has three pillars that start with the letter “E”; EDUCATE, ENGAGE, ENTERTAIN. The Poet Life educates through their online university, Poet Life University where they teach poets how to start a poetry career. There is also a non-profit arm called Poet Life Academy where they teach students, K-12, how to express themselves through poetry. Christoph is the host of the Poet Life Podcast where he has conversations with poets around the world who have made major headway in the poetry industry. In addition, The Poet Life host their annual festival called the Poet Life Fest in different cities around the country.
Surround yourself with
People and things that grow you
Either grow or die
Imposter syndrome
Is attempting to play you
It can’t outcast you
If you are dreaming
Without a plan to fulfill
Said dream, keep dreaming
@ThePoetLife
Colors of Life – CEO Spoken King
This week on Poetic Resurrection we have poet CEO Spoken King as our guest. He does a reading of his poem “The Black King Song”.
CEO Spoken King has been writing poetry since the age of sixteen. Poetry is his therapy and healing. In 2020, he started a podcast to highlight poets, visual artists, actors, and more. Then he started to incorporate his music on the podcast. His podcast became more of his passion than just a hobby. In 2021, he released his first book entitled Dominik’s Words. He was an online radio show host from 2020 to 2021.
The Black King Song By CEO Spoken King
Yes, I know who I am.
I’m a black King.
Yes, I’m more than just a man.
So listen to my story,
Because I’m about to tell it as best as I can.
The world recently started to love me.
From my bronze skin to my afro
From my braids to my dreads that bare many knowledge.
So tell me who from the beginning was actually thinking higher?
Our knowledge helped the world to rise to a higher power.
Many say they see my vision and dreams,
And my aspiration to heal people from a role the world wanted us to play.
But down in the trenches, many people start to think a different way.
Leaving a King with many tears of unforeseen dreams.
Choosing his family over the things God blessed him to have…
To bless the world.
So the question is…
Are you doing the right thing?
Because if God gives you a talent
To bless the world.
He maybe using you to connect with another person across the world.
Too many of us sleep on our talents and dreams
Instead of being woke.
Too many of us drive off of the street of life,
And fall into the ditch of broken promises and dream untold.
The dilemma the black King holds.
So don’t stop our growth.
Too many untold dreams lies before my eyes.
I refuse to be another statistic in the world’s mind.
Suicide use to be Satan’s way to cover my eyes.
Thank you Lord for waking my third eye.
This is why…
Now I can give you many excuses why I failed.
But how many will realize I didn’t stay knocked down…
But I rose up time after time.
Lead by the holy spirit and the glory divine.
I know if I keep on pushing,
My prayers of peace and finishing the race.
Will be mine!
This is the black King’s song.
This is not your ordinary rhyme.
The true kings walk in the land of the blind with one eye.
We bear scars that hold the ultimate truth.
People say they are afraid of no man,
But are afraid of progression.
The truth is you can never be afraid of what tomorrow will bring.
Just live for today,
Our present,
Because tomorrow is unforeseen.
This is the true thought process of a black King.
We bare many crowns and many rings,
But deep down inside…
This is the song we sing.
Just to hold our royal family up.
So they won’t ever have to sink.
Listen to the podcast at PR Podcast and on the PR hosting site.
https://www.facebook.com/CEOSpokenKing
https://linktr.ee/CEOSpokenKing
Youtube: CEO Spoken King
Twitch: CEOSpokenKing
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/t-corner
You can get his book Dominik’s Words on Amazon https://amzn.to/3p1X0Fx
Colors of Life – Dr. Egypt Iredia
This week on the Poetic Resurrection Podcast we have Dr. Egypt Iredia. She performs a reading of her poem My Child-Like Eyes and the concept and development of the poem. We discuss her journey from a medical doctor, developing a holistic method for her patients, and her love for poetry, hidden knowledge, and healing.
Dr. Egypt is a multi-passionate, healer, physician, poet, metaphysician, and non-linear creative. She believes that minimalism, slow living, and living a spiritual and intentional life are all-powerful healing forces. She believes in using all of our wonderful gifts to show up authentically in our lives.
She has many passions and embraces them all to craft a conscious life. All her work and offerings are grounded in natural law and guided by spirit and intuition. Her mission is to empower people to live healthier, calmer, connected, conscious, and creative lives. She sees life as alchemy, art, and magic. Her journey of self-discovery and healing is never-ending. And she uses her strengths and vulnerabilities to act as a healing guide for others to manifest their highest selves.
My child-like eyes
At times I want to dissolve into the void
Into the place where I lay nameless
Where I possess no attachment to the weight of the world
A place where no tongue wags in my honor. Or in my disdain
Where I can be me. Where I can be free
I want to rest free, held by the knowingness of the Mother Gaia
For the love has flowed without condition
She has seen my darkest clouds, yet carried me through
I’m wary of ever seeking the eyes of others
Of ever proving my worth to be seen or heard
I’m fatigued with the many masks I must wear, not including my own
I want a sweet liberation, that which only the nothingness holds
What I speak of is not death, not an uncoupling of this mortal coil
What I speak of is not a hermitage, not a recoil away from this world
No, what I speak of is the untethering of my mind from the cares of others
From frivolous yearnings, that holds no essence
I seek for a new mind,
Unweighted with the many burdens of fixed paradigms
I want to once again see the world anew
Like the first day I kissed the earth hello
I ask again for my child-like eyes
by Dr. Egypt Iredia
Links: Website: https://manifestingalchemy.com/
all my poems: https://ello.co/manifestingalchemy
Colors of Life Nothingness & Numbness
This week on the Poetic Resurrection Podcast: Nothingness & Numbness. We sometimes interchange these terms with how we feel, but they are different. Nothingness is a term in philosophy that is of a higher power (In existentialism, the void is associated with the belief that nothing structures existence. Within this theoretical framework, the nothingness or meaninglessness of human existence is thought to be the primary cause of existential anxiety or anguish. APA Dictionary)
I’ve spoken with several people and they have informed me of their feelings of numbness. “There have been moments in my life when I’ve become numb to certain aspects of myself that I found frightening. Or I’ve conformed to certain morals of society and then maybe rebelled or found a way out.” Jessie Buckley. The pandemic has caused much concern about mental health and there are various local agencies that offer help during this time. I have gone through this numbness. In spiritualism, we can view nothingness as positive as a higher existence. (The Indian Vedas say that ‘nothingness’ is the ultimate source of knowledge—the final human frontier beyond which nothing else remains to be known. According to the scriptures, nothingness forms the chassis of ‘somethingness’ in its most subtle form. NatureAsia.com).
I find when I go through a period of numbness is when I’ve been overwhelmed by emotions or situations and then the overload makes me feel numb. Coming out of this numbness, I feel a perception/belief has changed. Usually for the better. Situations, titles, and possessions, whichever might be the cause of numbness, are not as important anymore. I then wonder why I have given these things so much of my personal power. Is it what society, cultural beliefs expect from me? I’ve searched the internet for this and couldn’t find any information about what happens after the stage of numbness, except for referrals to therapy. I guess this is such a personal journey that only a therapist or clergy can understand what an individual is going through. I believe in helping ourselves with mind, body, and spirit. That includes therapy.
How do you seek help when there’s a feeling of emptiness/numbness? We’re human and we will feel empty for many reasons. A loss of a person, dream, or a change in lifestyle. How do we handle this when you don’t care one way or another? When forcing yourself to take a walk is a chore and you don’t want to do anything? These are questions I’ve asked myself. Is it depression, anxiety, worry? Maybe you’ve also asked yourself these questions. Sorry to say, I don’t have an answer. I could just tell you what I’ve done. I meditated and went to therapy. Meditation might not be for everyone. Prayer might help. “If prayer is you talking to God, then intuition is God talking to you.” Wayne Dyer. Whatever is your belief, work with it during this time. When I first meditated, my to-do list was all that I kept seeing or what I could or should have done. Should’ve, could’ve, and would’ve are not action words. In meditation, I’ve learned to see myself in a safe place-the forest, beach, meadow, my home. This has helped me not focus on my what-ifs and to-do list.
Know that you have value and you’re good enough. We are all at various stages in life. If you need help, ask for help. You’re worth it. A quote from Rumi “Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.”
I’ve listed links in the notes regarding various articles on this subject.
The poem for this week is: Time Passes from Inspire Me: Raw.
Sun caresses
Rosy hues
I flourish
Breeze prunes
Exposed and cleansed
Past stripped away
Layers erode
Float down
Chimes of time
Naked in the wind
Grasp reflections
Petals float
Rain overcomes
Only a fraction stays
A stem with leaves
One last rosehip – drops
Peaceful in the dust
Awakening
Sun caresses
New sprout
Rebirth from past
Many blessings.
Music: Drifting @ 432 Hz by Unicorn Heads
https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/cope-with-stress/index.html
https://psychcentral.com/depression/i-feel-nothing-emotional-numbness#causes
https://www.healthline.com/health/feeling-numb#causes
https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/emotional-blunting#takeaway
https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/issues/emptiness
https://lonerwolf.com/emotional-numbness/