94 Meditation & Contemplation

Sup Cuz, Eat when you are hungry. Rest when you are tired. or as Ma says, " know when to hold them, know when to fold them."

SHOW NOTES: Sup Cousin, Let me tell you the story of the real OG.Text of Choice: The Annotated African American Folktaleshttps://www.amazon.com/Annotated-African-American-Folktales-Books/dp/0871407531/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11FK0Z7TVWQ0I&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6UoRn3tpF8y5LInGX1m9UN1zottG2UXhq4p3NdIWLT3iexq7Dr8YhgA3nQm49uHROX_cfNhJ4IRItr3W3GMlSj41r0ogakjK0omy6GCjy45IXmk3HCeAWOSOc0pLsnunY0qgxzxEgkXiUf5ghVi8V7xa3YNoBKupXmXAohvgcGdYrEsIA2DQbYY6TiM-tMnwnl8SFZCWSGOOYVfymbPrdM42oFVNYbRVN_PI44ZLMkw.obr_hEWnfgiM3nIHXkVsxYSRg0MwlWttgz8rDrg7cUM&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+annotated+african+american+folktales&qid=1791131802&sprefix=the+annotated+a%2Caps%2C224&sr=8-1 Ballads of Stagolee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9M5xYS1SsIhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/stagolee/ https://inanotherlifetime.com/stack-o-lee-from-murder-ballad-to-american-myth/ https://www.elijahwald.com/songblog/stagolee/

Cousin....here are more questions from the internet. For more Hoodoo Lit check out these episodes: https://youtu.be/uz2ijHBjyoE?si=kS6_7MEFhtdh-w2Ohttps://youtu.be/btTUM09YF_E?si=GGNuLTZ2cfQ2ByX2for more internet witch questions check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyze7dMtGrceqhMdyXy-84e8k

Show Notes: DON’T BUY IT… MAKE IT! Ivy makes incense; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4MCtWJKTtYMake Incense: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4jXi5jTnde4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmLEhpAaNvgConjure/ anointing Oilshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frA9VTAmW1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcUoxP1JoDgBody Oilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbpSONK6AVI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gr6gzXXDAs

sup cousin. It's been awhile. Here is a friendly reminder that the internet is soul consuming if you let it.

Sup Cousin! It's Juneteenth. Let's gather some inspiration from those who walked before us. Show Notes: Frederick Douglas “What is the 4th of July to a slave” read by James Earl Jones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDcB1NhMfoFredrick Douglas “A slave becomes a man” https://youtu.be/U-RmmTYxiGc?si=BlkPDACiLDkJqOQ5Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymPLDO0pOAWho was Malcom X https://youtu.be/ZaVIucxNeTY?si=y9y9eI1Sw5evmoVt The Lost tapes: Malcolm X https://youtu.be/k7MP_h3eQ1o?si=wqrydi9C8EmcaOBi

COUSIN!Ro gets in a tussle with the reverend and his wife.Show Notes:Pt 1: Monitoring the Devil https://youtu.be/jez1hN1y82c?si=amn-wuhCPhdQqyANOther Tale Originals full playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyzeDBZ0jpIhuBtewPIa-S0z5&si=eiC5VY8BVr_04UjGSources:American Negro Folktales by Richard M. DorsonPBS World of Stories: Boo Hag preformed by Donna Washington. https://mpt.pbslearningmedia.org/reso...CoCo talks about Boo Hags https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KUnL4rAGDQ&t=211sMusical referencesBruno Mars, Why you wanna fight: https://youtu.be/32yqPoXfaU4?si=wTWTQ7ezmjztgqtZAvi Kaplan, Move Our Souls : https://youtu.be/_wF6xP1Z0YQ?si=D6NXpDrqPjbpzSjYPharell, Happy: https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs?si=SSl8NVWwkrEQEy4-Stevie Nicks, Edge of Seventeen: https://youtu.be/UmPgMc3R8zg?si=GKk4FX1ILdw5DBf4Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child https://youtu.be/qFfnlYbFEiE?si=1iCBPtGiATe22s4F

Cousin...it's time to sit and think. Show Notes: What is meditation: A deeper dive https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4171985/https://newedenministry.com/2020/05/24/contemplative-meditation/ https://www.calm.com/blog/mantra-meditation Focused Attention Meditation CoCo’s Ancestral Garden: https://youtu.be/9wNmIJBIIz8?si=nj-pfw0QhWGeh4tb Body Scan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-OQn5Ui8g Contemplative Meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9y4X7Sx_ik&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYdHKZr2WVI mantra/Affirmation meditationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li8BIhsAgfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH11undyI2o&list=RDvH11undyI2o&start_radio=1

cuzin! I'm not your mentor. I'm just your cousin.

Cuz, Big sis is here to help us navigate questions around Mind & Spirit connection. Show notes: Big Sis tells you about Her Spiritual Lifehttps://youtu.be/9LPOBEzC32s?si=GruIcts4US-nAzUbMore Internet Witches got Questionshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyze7dMtGrceqhMdyXy-84e8k Wendy Mata:https://www.llewellyn.com/author.php?author_id=7301&srsltid=AfmBOopcmM6HVM0gdtyxJnoirm4xT-xC1dN-f0r3PMfR5N8Pu3AYfQW8 Urns hold spirits she says: https://www.tiktok.com/@indrasbotanica/video/7369076618909797678?q=spirit%20attached%20to%20ashes&t=1778374990026“You never leave” from Religion for Breakfast (what your brain goes through when you leave a religion)https://youtu.be/cmXiATStkCo?si=i_nhywIR4-MGB7d4