By: AYESHA GRICE

AYESHA GRICE — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:39:33 +0000

Beloveds, if I had known my comment to a friend was going to be published, I might have checked the grammar and spelling before sending it out (smile). You see the condition of our people cannot be summed up in a few choice words because it is so deep. When the first bullets rang out, I naively thought that some child was lighting cherry bombs. Then when someone yelled “hit the floor” the realization that what I heard was not fireworks, but gun fire was unnerving and a bit scary. The other thing that occurred to me was that no matter where we’re living today, we are all connected. It is not a case of them versus us, but a problem that can only be solved when all of us decide we’re in this thing together. The other realization that creeped in during my “wake up call”, was that the Robe of Light Prayer for Protection works every where, and I strongly urged my relatives to use it and to keep it around them at all times. It appears that all of the shootings and killings that happened that week were drug related. One guy was shot in the head because he was a “burner”…english translation, he sold bad crack to his customers. Another young man who was shot but not killed had gotten into an argument over territory. His shot in the leg was a warning to sell drugs some place else? Getting back to the Light. I know, that I know, that I know that the Light works and have been using it for over 30 years now and have shared it with others. The reason why I know that it works is because back in the 70’s, when we first moved to Harlem, we used the prayer for protection and shared it with our teenaged meditation/prayer group. It was the young people in our group who brought back stories about how they used the Light that helped me to know that it truly works. If you’re interested, go to my website: http://www.ayeshagrice.com and click on “Power of Prayer”
and you’ll find the Robe of Light Prayer. In the meantime, we must do something to impact the problem of violence in our communities in a meaningful way. Maybe we could start by rolling up our sleeves and getting involved in our communities. Violence is every where. Only yesterday I talked to my daughter who is living in Harlem. She was recounting stories to me about muggings and sadly the recent shooting death of a 14 year old child. In recent weeks there have been 7 shootings in Harlem. I urged my daughter to use her organizational skills to form a community group that would address this problem. I also reminded her to keep the Light around her and my 14 year old grandson. We all are responsible for what is happening in our communities, and we can’t assume that “others” will do what we need to do. Bullets don’t have a name on them, and sadly, the people who are doing the shooting don’t care where the bullets
land. Some of our young people are simply angry and/or depressed, and need to find the way out of their particular situation. They are subjected to an educational system that is racist, oppressive and with teachers who don’t care much about them. Unless they are blessed with conscious parents who encourage them to thrive, they drop out in huge numbers, no education, no job and a society that tells them they’re worthless. They are listening to music that encourages them to be overly sexual or violent or both. These young people simply don’t know who they are. They don’t know their potential for greatness, because nobody told them. The only way for them to express their manhood is through the gun or through sex, or both. We need to hold the record companies accountable for the trash they are selling. We also need to be responsible for buying that trash and allowing our children to be brainwashed by it. And that’s just for starters. None are innocent at this time on earth, either you’re part of the solution or part of the problem, and the problem is getting worse. When Barack Obama stood up and said “Yes I Can”, it was a clarion call to all of us to get up and move towards our goals.
If he could successfully become the nominee for president, against all odds, i.e. the DNC, Hillary, McCain, Black folks who were/are treating him with suspicion, jealousy, etc. etc. then we surely could learn a lesson from our brother and get up and move out of our apathetic comfort zones. I’m going to close with the words of Michael Stewart, a young man who was killed by police many years ago. Michael came into my dream one night and said these words…”Don’t Cry, Do Something!” or Macy Gray…”Get Up, Get Out, Do Something”.

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By: AYESHA GRICE