Precious - A Must See

I often write and speak about issues that effect the spirit and self esteem of women, specifically, African American Women and girls. I watched this trailer today and almost came to tears because I could feel the pain that is still so very prevalent in our communities today. Low self esteem and self hatered is a negative cycle that creates and breeds many issues in African American culture. Although it has secretly plagued many generations of black women and our communities, it is finally coming to the light in hopes of healing and creating positive future generations. I hope that this reflection will inspire all to keep pushing toward greatness and self love. I can't wait for the release.



This movie was inspired by a novel Push by Sapphire

Thanks Mahogony Momma of the Black Moms Club for sending

Be You...Conscious

What's In Your neighborHood?

The planet is dying and we are closing our eyes flocking to beauty supply and liquor stores, nail shops, and fast food establishments in our neighborhoods owned primarily by businesses that are not helping or lift our communities or save the planet. The truth is, we as a culture, are being left behind in the efforts to have a positive impact our environment because we lack knowledge, resources, and balance.

The global crisis affects all who reside on this earth, and my fear is that if we don’t make an effort to get involved, our survival as a human race is in stake. We must find new ways of patronizing and conducting business in our communities regardless of our socio-economic status. We must demand a standard of quality and social responsibility from those profiting from us. We can act together to do it.

Education is the key to addressing the global crisis we are facing, there is hope for creating opportunities to heal and lift our communities out of poverty, but we must first we must learn how to use natural resources more wisely and efficiently, and collectively. It is imperative that we become more conscious of the products and services being marketed to our unconscious and disadvantage communities by asking, is this product serving a purpose? is it helping or hurting our minds, bodies, and/or spirits?

Let us not be left behind, instead, let us help build our communities on values and standards that benefit us equally as partners on this planet.

The Unconscious Disadvantage

The unconscious mind says, it is what it is according to the universe
So what?...But for love and life, what could be worse?

How long can we continue to turn our cheeks as if everything is ok?
is our reality simply what we make it today?

Is disadvantaged unconscious awareness really worth short term satisfaction?
or is our reaction?

We must believe we can find solutions and proceed rationally
or else, it will be just another missed opportunity.

The truth lies within you and me
to give hope to future humanity.

And I say, so what if you hear about a green economy,
everywhere but your community!

Because it all starts with opening your mind,
and making a conscious choice not to be blind.

I'm doing my part,
and that's a start...

So what about you?
What are you going to do?

It's Official

I have just arrived back from my training at the Green For All Academy in Oakland, CA. I must say, it was a truly extraordinary and inspirational event filled with so much positive energy and love for each other, as individuals, as well as for the planet. I am committed, as a spokesperson to do my part by helping to create and maintain sustainable inner city and impoverished urban communities through green opportunities, healing, and conscious awareness. I will be starting with South Dallas more specifically Oak Cliff. So please be on the look out for information on upcoming events.

By the way, I highly recommend reading "The Green Collar Economy" by Van Jones. This book is honest and true about the issues facing society as it relates to the environment and various inequelities based on socio-economic status. It also gives workable solutions for bridging the gaps in creating a green economy by including "All" people in the movement. Check it out!

Be You... Conscious

You can lie to you but YOU know the truth

A couple of weeks ago while cleaning out some papers in my closet I found where I had taken a career assessment exam in August of 2007. I remembered how disappointed I was when I took the exam because I wanted it to tell me that I would be an excellent Pharmaceutical Sales Representative. It didn’t. It was about eighteen pages of my personality broken down, and it gave me my top careers, none of them, what I wanted to here at the time. The Narrative Interpretation had statements like: “Meamya is conscious of existence, meaning, purpose, potential and destiny of humankind, people and Meamya is motivated by a self-felt, self accepted calling to the cause of good, growth, and gain in the lives of others.” I was like What?!? That is not a trait for a sales person.

The assessment test listed my top ten ideal careers as, training, communications, marketing and promotion, guidance, spiritual, teaching, nurture, art, design, and creative writing. “It also stated that my perception tends to be holistic and conceptual in other words, I must be able to see the big picture, and it better have a positive outcome in order for me to buy in to it. I found it very strange that two years later, I am doing some form of all of those tasks from home and without much pay. The point I am trying to make here is that you can lie to you but “You” know the truth.

Sexual vs. Sensual Relationships

In my quest for balance, knowledge, and growth on many levels, I often find the topic of sexuality and sensuality to be one that is difficult to fit in to a box only because of our various dogmas and perceptions. But I feel knowing who you really are on a intimate level is just as an important topic to explore as any other along your journey, especially when it comes to relationships. Lately I have been thinking about the difference between the two and how they affect the relationships we encounter. Now if you are lucky, you do not need this information because you have found your true mate and you connect on every level and it will last forever, but for the rest of us…read on.

I hear so many people say they have never experienced the feeling of true love but have either been married, are married, or are in relationships. For some reason they just can’t seem to grasp a deeper level of intimacy beyond sex. Now, the media and social sites are filled with men and women in compromising positions showing their very best assets to the world in hopes of finding love. As a result, our culture has ultimately adopted a depiction of sensuality as a purely “visual” experience, and we choose our mates in the same fashion. Because our attraction to one another has become an entirely visual experience, we fail to engage the whole mind, body, and spirit when choosing a partner. We tend to settle for what is appealing to the eye, or the “surface appearance” (they say it’s less complicated that way, so conversation is very limited at this point).

Now to go even further, the visual is only one of our five senses, and with a distorted emphasis on the value of a physical image, we tend to pay less and less attention to the other four senses thus the true art of sensuality is fading.
Now with that being said, what is the difference between a sexual and a sensual relationship? well, a sensual connection is about two people relating through all five senses rather than one, this is often where you find love. So can a predominantly sexual person and a predominantly sensual person have a fulfilling relationship? My answer would be no, but there are exceptions to everything. My reasoning would be that a sensual person will always long for more depth than a sexual person is capable of providing.

Be You…Conscious