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Hermetic Principle 6 - Cause and Effect (Karma)

“Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause;  everything happens according to the law;  chance is but the name for a law not recognized;  there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law.”

- The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus

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Final scene from yesterday’s shoot featuring a whole lot of the revival crew having a good time both on and off camera #shootday #alwaysworking #whoknows #videography #jamaica

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Five lions came in for a lion group hug  @ Lion Park, right outside Johannesburg, Azania.

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(via 500px / Jaguar by Charlie Burlingame)

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January 17, 2014 by Zigz Leave a comment Vegetarian Chickpeas masala I haven’t cooked chick peas (also called garbanzo beans) in a long time and I am wrong for that!This masala hit the spot for our Sunday dinner. Here’s what I used to season the pot: ital-mama-spice-chickpeas Missing is luscious coconut milk. I added Rice Milk Power instead… I dont care, judge me. Preparation -Chickpeas need to be soaked overnight or pressure cooked for a long time. Make sure you soak, boil and prepare them before hand as this recipe is quick and easy once your ingredients are ready. -Save some of broth boiled with the chickpeas to incorporate into your dish. -I also cut my potato, carrots, and string beans into small bits and gently steamed them in a strainer over hot water beforehand. Cook it up -Heat some oil to fry onions, garlic, scallion etc until they start to go translucent. I added a 1/2 inch stump of ginger crushed under a clean glass here too. -In Jamaica cooking there is a technique called “burning the curry” where curry powder is added into the hot oil before anything else. I like to add my curry (in this case tumeric and masala powders) after my onion, garlic, chives etc. -Stir continuously so it doesn’t catch but so that everything is well coated. -Add your steamed veggies and keep stiring. I like mine get a bit of a crisp here. - Now your ready for your pre boiled chickpeas and enough broth to make a nice sauce. Start with a small amount and work your way up if you’re not sure how much broth. Add salt, thyme, coriander and other herbs and spices here. -Cover and let it bubble on a low heat for 10-20 mins. -Add tomato in the last five minutes, giving the dish a burst of freshness. Voila chickpeas-meal I know i know i know, this is a hefty meal, Real Jamaican Style :)

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  Nothing like a nice pot bubbling with black-eye peas. The smart looking bean (though called a pea) is jam packed with protein- they have high amino-acid content and are gluten-free.This little legume is also a great source of fibre, folate, iron and calcium.

Read more at Ital Mama

I like to cook them down in a simple ital stew. Lots of garlic, pepper and onion, pumpkin, potato and carrot. Then my favourite part- a tuuups of the all-perfect coconut milk a few minutes before removing from heat.

In a quick search online I found that people in the US south make black-eye peas with okra and all across the world they are used in salads.

How do you like your black-eye peas?

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Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

© Max Ehrmann 1927

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"I am; I feel; I do; I love; I speak; I see; I understand"

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One day the river will over flow And there’ll be nowhere for us to go And we will run, run Wishing we had put out the fire -Asa

Asa (pronounced Asha) is the Paris born, Lagos (Nigeria) raised songstress who delivered this big tune back in 2008. Sweet groove and important message. Watch or listen

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Took these photos earlier at Lion Park near Honeydew, Johannesburg.

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“The only place to start is a self evaluation… you reap what you sow and what you are is what you’re meant to be.” – Faya Uman

**Song name “Liberation”, jus label wrong i think

This song is firming up some important lessons I know I must manifest. So many things happen as the days come around to close another year.  Everyone has their own fight to break out of to hopefully end up in a peaceful and comfortable state. I am happy to make it another year and give thanks for what we have achieved. I haven’t forgotten though, I haven’t forgotten how life changes one moment to the next. Nowadays i spend a lot of time thinking about my coworker’s family. She passed on in a terrible taxi crash a bit before Madiba crossed over too. In the blink of an eye they must live without their mother. It’s hard, but yuh haffi have someting in yuh fi keep yuh goin to di best.. towards perfection… with the positives of positive vibes.

“And Jah Jah give me strength so I can learn to change all the things that I can change so I can be a better person”

I figure that I need to live as simply as possible because life will throw some STRONG shit at you anyways so might as well leave the complications for what I can’t control. Keep it on the positive

Song on repeat.

Faya Uman (Photo: http://riddimyutproductions.blogspot.com)

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I’ve been living among loads of chives and didn’t even know it!

Many times we’ve mistaken the chive plants for Scallion but we always end up saying “naah” because a chive leaf is flat and almost looks like a grass.

But one morning when I was digging out weeds from the other things we have planted that smell was too pungent to disobey. I tasted it and sure enough, the taste was something related to the onion/escallion family. A quick google search turned up chives and we’ve been cooking with them ever since. There a whole bunch of them planted  all over our yardspace.

We pick, wash and cut them up small as a seasoning for flavouring our pots, and flavour it does. You dont have to use much to get a whole bang of taste.

You know how much time wi nuh have nuh onion or garlic and dont know that its as simple as a walk out back? Now i see chives everywhere. They are a popular decorative plant in northern Joburg and their pretty purple flowers shoot up in all their glory.

Pungent to the taste also, pretty purple chive flowers.

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We are not anti-white. We are against white supremacy.

Nelson Mandela (via ethiopienne)

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When does the soreness leave during breast feeding?

I suppose it differs for everyone but for me I was fine after the first two weeks. 

But more specifically, soreness of nipples or just sore boobs from being full of milk?