Embracing Tradition
Ka’at Ib: Embracing Tradition
Over the last 2000 years, there has been an ongoing battle between human beings and nature itself. Although the human knows he is much weaker and fragile, there remains a driving force behind his actions and behaviors. Any intelligent person knows that nature is, and always has been, more powerful than all humans in the history of the world combined. With this logic being in place, one cannot help but wonder why a human would put himself in a lose-lose situation with such passion and determination. Why would you run down a street that you know is a dead end? The cycle of self-destruction is truly a phenomenon that many of us can be drawn into without fear or reserve. One prime example of this can be found in the modem health system and its methods of treatment.
Modern society has been persuaded by doctors to believe that the medicines administered to ill patients can be relied upon to help bring good health and wellness, And in all fairness, there are some medicines that are very effective in doing just that. But at the same time, those medicines come far and few between. One very interesting observation that is worth mentioning is the fact that those who live in indigenous societies do not suffer from the same illnesses as those in the modern world. Having had the opportunity to live amongst traditional families deep inside the African bush, I witnessed many realities of the natural world and all of the limitless possibilities that come with it.
Like many places on Earth, Africa is divided into two worlds. One consists of the same colonial lifestyle and mentality that threatens the preservation of the culture, mirroring what's going on here in America and elsewhere. But fortunately, the other world has maintained its tradition and customs, which includes an unbreakable relationship with nature and all of its components, with natural medicines being at the forefront of its preservation. To personally meet numerous indigenous people in the bush that are well over 100 years old and still agile enough to farm their own lands from sun-up to sun-down was truly an amazing experience. Such feats in America by people of the same age is unheard of. The reason is simple: when nature itself is seen as a compliment to human existence and utilized as such, the result is life and longevity. On the other hand when man takes it upon himself 10 perform feats that only nature can (trying to heal and preserve life through the synthetic manufacturing of medicines), the outcome is death. Ironically, this comparison has never been an enigma, just an illusion on behalf of the uninformed.
In this writer's opinion, the greatest myth concerning human health revolves around people being told by non-traditional doctors that there are no known cures for many of their illnesses. Every year, billions of dollars are being spent in the name of research. The sad truth is that the research for what is called "terminal illness" will not end. Think about how many people will be out of jobs, and how many large companies will fold if the cure was found and the research stopped. Many governments worldwide would no longer receive the trillions of dollars per year as they do now. If the research stopped, how will they fund their militaries? How will they fund the creation of weapons of mass destruction? How will they fund their space exploration projects? How will they fund the creation of man-made diseases? How will they buy high officials of other governments to serve as their personal puppets? In essence, man is basically purchasing the destruction of the word! And a great percentage of these funds are generated from the medicines that are being consumed by everyday people like you and me.
In traditional Africa, people don't normally die from cancer, strokes, diabetes, heart disease and the many other health related causes of death that we feel obligated to deal with while accepting it as a way of life. The arrogance of our modern society is one of our many downfalls as human beings. For scientists and doctors to feel they are more knowledgeable about the human body and its functions than the people who first introduced medicine to the world is humorous. This would be like comparing the intelligence of a five year old to a guru. Of the two, who would you trust with your life? Amazingly, those of us that ignore the traditional healing culture have been under the guidance of that five year old mentioned in this comparison. I must say, five year olds do have plenty of appeal and they are just so dara cute at that age! But seriously, the same way the reader may have perceived the silliness in the prior sentence is, in reality, the same way one should perceive the silliness in thinking that the modem medical system has their best interest in mind.
Now that this writer is a certified Ankhkasta Healer (trained by a traditional African priest-healer), all of the fallacies and deceptions of the modern health system have been exposed. Understanding the reality of what is happening regarding the health of millions of people in this country alone is sickening, repulsive and barbaric.
Ankhkasta Natural Healing, which is a division of The Earth Center, has been nothing short of a diamond in the rough for the hundreds that have walked through our doors with hopes of finding an alternative to their health problems that the modern system cannot cure. The sad part is that many people come to us as a last alternative, after suffering at the hands of doctors for the majority of their lives. But regardless, it is the job of Ankhkasta and Master Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, the founder and director of The Earth Center and all of is divisions, to put back life into those that come.
I am proud to be a practitioner of traditional medicine and a student of Master Naba. I have had many personal experiences with many healing herbs, and the result every time was great health. My grandmother, who is the matriarch of my entire family, is still alive today because of traditional African medicine. Just days after being rushed to the hospital by ambulance for congestive heart failure, she was back on her feet feeling better than she has for the last 45 years of her life. The two medicines I took to her immediately upon entering the hospital not only rid her body of her heart problem, but other ailments that have caused her pain and discomfort as well. After the doctor ran additional tests on her heart, only hours after she took the herbs, they could not find anything wrong at all. They couldn't understand it. They actually kept her for at least three more days simply to run the same tests repeatedly, thinking something would show up to give some validation to do what they thought they knew. They found nothing. Master Naba is currently curing my grandmother's diabetes after living with it for over 50 years! Yes, it is true.
This knowledge has given me the opportunity to preserve my health and the health of my family for generations to come. What I found interesting is the willingness my grandmother had to take the traditional route without reservation. It made sense after she told me that as a child growing up in America's South, her grandmother would take her along with her into the woods to pick medicines in the form of leaves and roots. They would then go back to the house and my grandmother would watch her cook and prepare what they gathered. Afterwards, all health issues in the family were treated and cured. This was a way of life, especially for Southern people of color. This is the way of life we must return to if we want to survive. But modern society has labeled such practices among colored people as voodoo and witchcraft. In all actuality, it is quite the contrary. As Master Naba once said, 'if your mother is a witch, that makes you the child of a witch". The message here is to embrace your culture and all of the practices of it. Once you do that, your life will never be the same.
