Poetry Can never Die

Poetry Never Dies-

It lives on and on,

leaping from,

One augmented mind to another,

leaving a long trail of-

tears and words and glorious raptures,

tears and words and addicts,

substance,

muse,

they manifest into beauty,

manifest into something ugly,

they become what is deep within.

Poetry Never Dies-

Eternally existing as a,

churning the brain,

vibrating the monkey box,

strange sounds turn into wonder,

primitive grunts into artistic expressions,

of God,

of Love,

of the mysteries of being human.

Don't slander yourself,

thinking that poetry is dead.

Don't limit yourself,

into boxes of good or bad,

or Dada,

or Classical,

or Nerf balls on a tin can.

Expression is a thing,

everyone, everything, can and does,

every sentence is art in motion,

every idea is a revelation.

Poetry can never die-

It is the Chaos of Order,

the bountiful and the bleakness,

It is a living soul,

sharing itself with other souls,

allow we flesh to peak behind,

beyond,

through,

the veil of the Holies of Holies,

Poetry can never die-

It reveals to us what we,

dare not speak,

that is of our own inner,

Divinity

divinity,

DIVINITY!!!

Poetry can never die

Never Die

It is the eye,

that allows us,

to see,

the I n I.

©2017 Abdul Batin Bey

Beans and Peas: The Europeans place in Asia

I like good peas and beans. I am going to save 8% of the Europeans, because they are good farmers- Noble Drew Ali

The above statement is from the Oral sayings of Noble Drew Ali as told by Brother T. Booker Bey. When I first read this I thought it was a weird thing to say, surely there will be Asiatic Farmers and Noble Drew Ali always taught that the Asiatic should do for themselves akin to other nations. So I decided to read through the other statements to get a feel for the place of the Europeans after the devastation takes place and the world is set back in order. Let’s not kid ourselves; the world is not in proper standing in these days and if you think this world is as it should be then you are fooling yourselves.

Before I get into details I would like to look at the two foods that Noble Drew Ali said he liked. First, it is the only statement that has any mention of food in it. I’m also not sure of the European connection and I’ll get to why further in this article.

The first food mentioned is Peas, Peas are a very healthy fruit, they are good for weight management, protection from stomach cancer, are an anti-aging agent, build strong immune system, gives a person high energy, prevents wrinkles, prevents Alzheimer’s, prevents arthritis, prevents bronchitis, prevents osteoporosis, regulates blood pressure, helps prevent heart disease, prevents constipation, and reduces cholesterol.

The second food mentioned is beans the magical fruit as they say and it maybe true but not for the reasons most assume. Beans prevent heart disease, fight cancer, lowers cholesterol, helps lose weight, helps manage diabetes, this works great with peas and including more peas and beans in your diet seems to have great benefits. It should be noted that much of what we now know about these foods were not known or at least not well known in the time when Noble Drew Ali walked this fine earth.

According to Sheik Way-El 8% of Europeans will recognize the truth in the teachings of Noble Drew Ali by accepting the cords that bind the human family, these Europeans will be motivated and accept the teachings including the racial aspects in total. These Europeans will no longer see themselves as separate from humanity but one with humanity. They will stop causing discord in the world and live in peace and harmony with their Asiatic brothers and sisters the lion and the lamb lying in the open field. They will also remain separate by bringing back segregation on a worldwide scale as it was ordained by Allah to be.

The Europeans that will be saved will be farmers both of land and of the Islamic law I say this because Noble Drew Ali said that the Europeans would be upholders of the law in another part of the Oral tradition. When one reads the various saying and literature set down by Noble Drew Ali it seems that the Europeans will go back to Europe forever leaving the rest of the world to the original people. They will be upholders of Islamic law, they will accept Islam as there way of life, force those Moors clinging to Christianity into the Temple and get right, and ounce home (back to Europe) they will build there own Temples, and like I said before they will not mix with the original people of this planet we call earth.

In our days we are seeing plenty of Europeans waking up to the reality of Islam and accepting the teachings and culture. We are also seeing a spike in the membership in the Moorish Orthodox Church that temple of Europeans (and some Asiatic) that accepts Islam through the Moors. The Moorish Orthodox Church even has a few temples in Europe prepared for the eventual return of their European brothers and sisters in America.

By 2050 Europeans will be the minority in both Europe and in America, by 2060 they will be down to ten percent as we are seeing the words of Noble Drew Ali are coming to pass. If you are of European descent and wish to know what the future holds for you if you join the light of Islam then read and reread this article and be prepared. If you think what I write is folly then keeps on going your merry way and when the devastation comes don’t come crying to me.

Before I end this I would like to add that it doesn’t matter what form of Islam the European takes in many instances when Noble Drew Ali talked about Islam he wasn’t always referring to Islamism but Islam in all its forms and branches. When he said 8% of Europeans will be saved he meant from what I have gathered all those who have accepted Islam period, Sunni, Shiite, Sufi, it simply doesn’t matter. By accepting Islam as both religion and culture they will automatically be doing everything that Noble Drew Ali said they would do. So don’t fray over the branch you feel called to just accept it in Peace, Love, Truth, Freedom, Justice, and Beauty.

©2016 Abdul Batin Bey 

Clearing Confusion: Not all Hebrews are Israelites

 As I meet people and read many differing topics I always come across people claiming to be Hebrews and by being Hebrew they are thus Israelites. Not only are they Israelites but everyone who shares whatever traits they might have whether it be skin tone, shared history, or world view to be Israelites as well, the problem is that just because you share skin tones, history, or what have you doesn't mean you are the same people. True, you both may be Hebrews but that doesn't mean you are both Israelites or share the same religion. In our modern times most people forget that Hebrew people are a group of Semetic people (not all Semites are Hebrews) usually descending from Western Africa and Eastern Middle East.

 The one thing all Hebrew share is a lineage that is: Noah, Shem, and Eber (Hebrews are named after Eber that could possibly mean those who crossed over because they crossed over from Africa into the Mid East). Not all Hebrews are children of Abraham because Abraham was himself a Hebrew person this is another misnomer that people seem to make.

So then who are the Hebrews? They are as Follows

Israelites- the Children of Jacob, son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham.

Samaratians- are Israelites who broke off with the rest of Israel after Moses died.

Ishmaelites- Children of Ishmael, son of Abraham (through Hagar his slave), Ishmaelites are one of the groups that make up the people of the Middle East, some Arabs are Ishmaelites but not all.

Edomites- children of Esau, named after the oldest son of Isaac.

Moabites- children of Moab, a son of Lot through incest with one of his daughters

Ammorites- Children of Ben-Ammi, a son of Lot through incest with one of his daughters

Midinites- Children of Midian, Son of Abraham (through his wife Keturah)

Qahtanites- Children of Joktan, Son of Eber, the original Arabs before the arrival of the Ishmaelites.

 So these groups are the Hebrews, next time you claim to be Hebrew or you think you are Hebrew, or you want to claim it why not try a different Hebrew group than Israel all the time and refrain from saying statements like "all Hebrews are Israelites" or "All my people are Hebrews" because these people were a dark skinned people that may have shared some ancestors, some cultural baggage, but they were not all the same. We must also remember that the Children of Ham were also a dark skinned people but they were not Hebrews so to make generalizations or to think they were the same is to grossly misunderstand who these people are/were and it does a great injustice when people try to lump them in all together.

Sabbath Rose: Poems of an unusual spirit

A Spiritual journey the way only a New Current Poet can deliver. From Hymns of the Highest glory mixed with angst at the keepers of the establishment one gets a sense that political and spiritual outlook of this writer are one and the same. The topics and the people that were chosen, along with the more Hermetic aspects of each poet may leave one guessing that these words are either heretical or the deepest truth. Either opinion is on the individual readers baring no intention on the author.
 This collection should be read in the spirit of joy, and self-reflection.
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Angels Hair

I hear the angels

I hear the angels

Muffled voices, breeze

Insignificant

World changing

Open your ears

I hear the angels

I hear the angels

Distant muted

Barely noticed

Quiet pure

Open your heart

I am the leaf

Letting go of the branch

Gently falling from grace

Surrounded by the buzzing sounds

Only to land on the ground

Unknown place of death

Still bound to the nature of birth


©2016 Abdul Batin Bey

OFF BEAT: OBSERVATIONS OF A MARGINAL PERSIAN (poetry collection)

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This collection of poetry was written in a time when things were looking bleak for the author. Topics covered are unsure marriage future, addiction, hunger, rage, inner observations, as well as joyful moments of heightened spirituality.

Al-Khidr Mosque

 As of June 24th, I am pleased to announce that the Al-Khidr Mosque is now an officially Chartered and in commune with the Moorish Orthodox Church and its affiliated branches. I would like to thank Mustafa al-Layla for surfing the proper channels and making this happen. Hakim Bey for granting me the charter and all the pluses and misuses that now go with my newfound responsibilities and of course Rashad Bey who set me on this path all those many Crescent Moons ago. 

We are not the intended audience

Mikail Bey wrote this in his book about Hakim Bey when he was being initiated into the Moorish Orthodox Church while in the circle of Europeans smoking dope wearing the Fez and calling one another Moor. He doubted that any real Moorish Scientists would appreciate the scene he found himself in nor did he think Noble Drew Ali would approve. On one hand I am inclined to agree with him I'm sure many in the science would frown on the scene and I am sure Noble Drew Ali wouldn't have been too happy either especially when you consider his stance on drinking and smoking. Unfortunately this incident left Mikail Bey dissatisfied with the Church as a whole, among other aspects.

The Beautiful thing about the Moorish Orthodox Church is that the of the above paragraph does not include every wing of the Church but one aspect by one particular group. What about the Europeans who take the teachings of Noble Drew Ali seriously? Ones who see him as a Prophet, a Buddha, as the Lion of Islam returned? There are other members of the Church who are more in tune with the Science Temple than with the jokester and if they were born differently then would be full fledged Moorish Science members. Still other groups within the body of the Church are somewhere in between the dope smoking hippie crowd and the strict scene of M.S.T.A. and maybe that's how it should be. No one branch of the Church tells another branch how to be nor does one branch enforce a dogma on another branch but instead each Church,Temple,Mosque, Ashram, what have you, is allowed to blossom and grow according to its vine and fig tree.

 We Europeans are/were not the targeted group for the teachings of Noble Drew Ali I believe that everyone will agree with that statement no matter what side of the fence you are on. Having said that you can also say that about the followers of the Prophet Muhammad who gave his message to his own tribe, his own city people, of his day and his time mostly the Arab people by extension so if you are not an Arab then you really are not to take the message of the Prophet Muhammad as your own. We can say this about Jesus (Yeshua) the Christ who gave his message to his fellow Jews. When we examine the teachings of Jesus as well as all the other Tanakh prophets they are talking to one audience and one audience along that is Israel as a whole and respective tribes as individual. Those who are not Israelites or of a tribe of Israel really have no claim or stake in the teachings of any part of the Bible. I would say that every movement that came about in history was for a particular group and that the majority of the people following said traditions in this case religion really were not meant for that message. As we also read about these movements (not just the Abrahamic ones but all world religions, politics etc) we always see people from the outside joining in. The most current and noticeable is the Rastafari faith that was loudly for the betterment of the African people worldwide but we see many non-African (European/White/Caucasian) people joining in droves. Even though they are not the targeted audience of Rastafari. So what happened?

I will say that every Prophet, Guru, Leader, is sent for a particular cause, a particular people, for a particular time. Many of the teachings are subject to time and place. They only become universal or attract outsiders in when the teachings can be understood and implemented by people of other regions, areas, etc. This is the only thing that distinguishes a cult from a true teachings. A cult leader has nothing to offer anyone this is why they must manipulate weaker minds into believing that they are someone. A person who walks, talks, and embodies the truth has something to offer everyone including those they never intended to become heirs to the message they were giving. I am sure Jesus had no intention on have so many Gentiles pick up the cross as it were and carry it. He was speaking and teaching only his people though he would commend a Roman for having faith by and large he saw the Gentiles as mere dogs lower than his people the Israelites. Even still you can't stop the truth from spreading and calling to those it will call out to attracting those who it will.

Let me put it this way: Noble Drew Ali was/is only universal because what he taught could be applied by people all around the world. Selah. (Stop,Listen, and Think). If you think that what Noble Drew Ali taught couldn't benefit the entire world then let me ask you why are you following a cult leader? You might as well call Noble Drew a liar. If you don't think his teachings could benefit and uplift all of mankind then is he really worth listening to? The fact that every nation could be up lifted by his words shows you the truthfulness of his message. The same is evident with Marcus Gavey, Haile Selassie I, Buddha, Zoroaster, Thoth, Khidr, Hermes Trismegistus, and all the other true and divine leaders.

 Since 1957 many Europeans have been uplifted living out the teachings of Noble Drew Ali and in 1962 the Moorish Orthodox Church was manifested as a light towards civilization. Since he spoke the language of the American (Northwest Amexem) people, he lived as they lived, ate along side of them, he was able to reach all levels of society because he was one of them. He was/is a Moorish-American and only an American can reach other Americans regardless of any so-called division. Just as Surah 14:4 says: We sent not a messenger except to teach in the language of his own people in order to make things clear.

The difference between the Moors and the Europeans is that the Europeans have to go seek out the truth because the Moors have the truth among them from the second they are born to the second they leave this form.

Even though people like me, The Noble Order of Moorish Sufis, the Moorish Orthodox Church of America, and various other Muslim-Sons & Daughters  are not the targeted audience of Noble Drew Ali his teachings can still help us undue the nails in our heads, free us from White Supremacy and enrich every aspect of our lives.

This is why it is good for us to stay in communion with the Moorish Science Temple of America but we must not try to invade or be members of the Science Temple because we do not want what happened to Jesus or what is starting to happen in Rastafari happen to the Temple Moors. That is to say the watering down of the teachings of Noble Drew Ali until they lose all depth and meaning. By staying in communion yet, maintaining our own both sides can develop parallel while preserving the message as it was giving. When too many strangers take to a scene they usually change it until it no longer resembles the ideas or the meaning it had in the beginning. Just read Christian Church history and you will see what I mean.

Peace,Love, and Light


Copyright 2016 Abdul Batin Bey

Sunrise by Abdul Batin Bey

 This is just a little something I came up with while tooling around, I hope you enjoy it, share it, and be inspired yo create, live, love.

Copyleft 2016 Abdul Batin Bey

Rise: A treaty on the mystical experience

 Though Hassan the second (PBUHM) the Ismaili leader of Alamut is by and large considered a heretic by the wider Islamic Community, and was murdered for his teachings this doesn't mean that nothing of value can't be gained. We of the Noble Sufi tradition understand the hidden meaning and deeply spiritual teaching that is underneath the veneer of heresy. Heresy to one group is an orthodox of another such is the way of history even if those who deem it as orthodoxy have to go underground or transform themselves into something new. In many cases this is what happens because nothing is without merit or meter for it's time and place.

 I cannot say what Hassan the second (PBUHM) actually thought while he proclaimed that the Day of Resurrection has come and that the laws are broken but I can assure you that he like so many other mystics before him were most likely misunderstood by those who upheld the religious dogma's of that time period and by those who wanted to rebel against such dogma's but were just waiting for an o.k. from somebody else so that they could feel blameless in the actions that they committed. Even though what we can learn? If you think nothing can be learned you are sadly mistaking.

In life only two types of people exist the first type are the slumbering dogs of dogma who merely go through the motions of ritual not because they believe in the ritual or because they think it enhances life but because they were told to do it by somebody who was told to do it by somebody and on and on it goes to the very firs somebody. This happens in every religious tradition. The second group of people are those who dare to follow the path of the prophets, gurus, teachers, what have you. It is these people who benefit greatly from the ritual, the chants, the prayers because they are not chained by them but freed by them due to the realization of what the rituals are actually doing. This is why they become enlightened filled with the treasures of paradise on earth. This is what religion (spirituality) is meant to do. It's suppose to bring you to higher levels of consciousness with new eyes to see and new ears to hear.The path is meant to bring you in union, contact with the Absolute of All.

In my opinion Hassan the second (PBUHM) had such an experience that for him the laws were lifted. This mystical experience is one that all truly devout mystics experience sooner or later. Life and Light unify into a complete whole and for as long as the experience lasts you are removed from the dogmas of your religion, path, creed, because you are taking direct orders or direction from the very source of it all. It is unfortunate that when many who are either in this state or trying to relate to others what had transpired many people take it the wrong way.

When one has a deeply moving experience they share it because it will in some way be magically passed on to those they tell forgetting the work they had to put in in order to gain such an insight. This may be the one flaw of many mystics because they forget that humans are only humans and tend to exploit or kill depending on the position they are in. This is why many who retain what most people are like obscure the meaning of the experience for the masses while keeping it between a close few that they deem can be trusted. Others will have to go through rituals and fasts before they can be privy to the golden information.

The Day of Resurrection can be looked at in two different ways, the first way is the orthodox way that states it will be a future event where you will be judged and either go up or down and possibly sideways as well.Or the esoteric way- that is the realization that you are one with the All, that you have gained new responsibilities (to help create paradise) here on earth. That God is both part of the universe while also being separated from its creation, that everything is connected and is One, and that they day of Judgement is an event that happening every second of your existence and you must bare the full weight of that judgement right here right now and if not fixed for the rest of eternity. This is the drawing near to God that so many desire but so few gain.

According to traditional understanding paradise is always what you can't have while you are on earth. Whatever you can't do now you'll be able to do whatever eludes you now you'll have plenty of then but what does God have to do with your wants and wills? The very things you desire have nothing to do with Him or His will because of these desires you are actually pulling away from God not drawing closer. You have taking the Allegories of various teachers and turned them into (at least in your mind) a sort of reality. Never stopping to think if that version of the end game even makes sense. Humans for the most part are too self-centered to really get what religion (spirituality) is actually teaching because they cover it with vain desires and the leaders of these movements go along with it because it keeps people in line and they feel a little bit of power and don't want to lose it. All that falls apart when a mystic comes in the room because the mystic has no choice but to pop your bubbles and say to you that these are keys to unlock doors not the final stage. So for Hassan the Second (PBUHM) the laws fell away and he embraces infinite possibilities. He was no longer himself but someone, something new.

This can also be seen in Sabbatai Zevi, and since he lived longer with and without his experience of Unity it is the most telling, through him we learn two very important lessons that go with the rapture. The first is that you can only transcend the rituals while you are in that state of God consciousness because God will not lead you astray and at those moments you are more or less a conduit to pass on a message from the universe to others mainly you need to understand the hidden meaning of what you are doing and to enjoy life. By rearranging customs or days while in this state you teaching people some lesson that they or the world needs to learn. The second thing we learn from the Messiah Sabbatai Zevi is the second you leave that state of consciousness you must return to the day to day rituals and holidays exactly the way you did before you had the exalted moment. In this way you will relearn the things you did that allowed you to draw closer to God and gain new insight into yourself and into the study of what it means when other people tell you what transpired. Many times those who had the experience don't remember much about it or are so enchanted by it they have a hard time being planted on the ground. Sabbatai Zevi was able to plant himself back on the ground because he would return to the normality of his life.

A third lesson but not always that case but seems to be the case with a few mystics including Sabbatai is the deep depression that comes from having these moments and having to become normal again. But even in that depression one can still gain new insights into what transpired and the day to day. In either case the day to day takes on new meaning and the mystic can nothing against God if they had a true experience but that is the standards by God not by human wants. This means that laws that people have added to the traditions they are part of will always be thrown away by the one who has achieved Unity with God and this is why many Prophets run afoul with those in power because anything that is contrary to what the Universal Ruler put forth will have no place in the new paradigm. It's not really a new paradigm but the paradigm that always was. The life of Jesus (PBUH) is a golden example of how he reinstated the true laws of God while tossing out the manmade laws but those in power and those who clung to dogma did what Jesus (PBUH) in reverse. They clung to the manmade while eschewing the laws that they were suppose to cling to. The same thing happens to this day so we have people living in centuries not one step closer to Truth that they were a million years ago.

The teachings of Noble Drew Ali are perfect for the mystic because Noble Drew Ali makes it known that is the basis of his teachings. First he reinstates what you lost mentally, physically, knowledge of self but then he gives you a book that has the keys to transcend all earthly bounds, rituals, and to have an experience of profound nature. This is why so many who take his teachings to heart end up being Sufi minded people because the very nature of His teachings is the very heart of all religious traditions. Peace with God and Peace with all of creation. Bare and open for all to see but even then some only get caught in the first few steps of what Noble Drew Ali taught but never going any further. His teachings if not understood would make heretics of us all but we are lucky to able to gain it in proper context mainly by reading the Holy Words of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic world.

At any rate remember that you are a seed of infinite possibility and nothing can limit you, destroy you, or distort you unless you allow it to do so. As a seed you are to grow into that which first planted you. If the world only understood then and only then would the first steps to world wide transformation occure, paradise on earth become manifest.

Copyright 2016 Abdul Batin Bey

Epoch 5

Islam,

I have just been informed by the talented and keeper of the Khidr Gnosis that we have entered into the fifth epoch as a community. For those who are unaware an epoch is a period of time where notable events happen. We are now in the Fifth period of time this means we have to get moving before this period passes us by. We must become the work we talk about, the ascension we crave in order to bring about the uplifting of humanity. So far we have done an alright job but now it's time to kick it up a notch to make our presence known not to the select few who happen to stumble upon us but to actively represent who we are out in the everyday world in which we live. To show people what our way of life is all about.

Do you even know what this movement is truly all about? What we are called to do? Or are you simply going through the motions to make yourself feel better? Just trying eek by focusing on your insignificance that you forgot all about your brother man? Don't you remember that What YOU DO FOR YOUR BROTHER MAN YOU DO UNTO ALLAH AND YOU DO TO YOURSELF. You can't be no better if your brothers and sisters are no better. You can't become spiritually higher if your brother and sister is still down in the muck. It doesn't work that way as you climb the ladder you must hep others to climb up with you. That is the beauty of our community that has love at its foundation but too many people skip the foundation misunderstanding the Koran and the overall teachings of the Prophet. That's not how it works.

 We are called to be Temple people because the Temple is the place where you learn these steps in proper context. In proper way of being at a proper measure of time. This is why so much misinformation is floating around too many people picking up materials without being shown how to properly use them because they refuse or don't know or don't care about the Temple and being a Temple person because Temple people have responsibilities that they feel are unneeded even though the Prophet put them in place for your benefit. If you can't make it to a Temple then you better find a Temple Person and have them teach you right and exact before you start following any willy nilly pinhead who might have no idea of how to obtain Self instead he's robbing you blind of YOURSELF.

 I digress, the fifth Epoch is special because it is the number of Justice. Justice is the very thing that people on this earth in this Babylon are crying out for and yet no one is giving it to them. Riots in the streets and people are just sipping Cream Cherry Pop saying "They Crazy" or "They uncivilized". Put down your Cream Cherry Pop and get showing the way. Justice for us is a divine command from God to us, a command meaning ounce you step into this Science, this way of life you better start being just to others as well as yourself before the Great and Terrible Day but let me add this to you if you can handle it that Great and Terrible Day is every second of your life right here right now. That's the simple fact.We are called to be Just, to be like Jesus whose name was Justice-Just-us.

Islam at its heart is about peace, equality, but these things can't exist without two crucial elements that is Love and Justice. The two are not exclusive they are the balance that holds all things together that will make it possible to enter the state of Beauty. Until we have Love and Justice for real without needing pieces of paper telling us how we should be justice, when laws are no longer needed because people will be so righteous that the ways of Allah will be as natural as breathing air, until then we will have wars and rumors of wars. Marcus Garvey said it, Noble Drew Ali said, Haile Selasseie I said it too, all righteousness repeats the same universal truth but for too long too many have paid lipped service without getting deep into the degrees, without what that Justice is or means.

It is hard to rise above even when you have been called to rise above but if you don't rise above think of how many people you will hinder from rising above. Moses couldn't help the European according to the Nation of Islam because he couldn't rise about his own down trodden self until he went back to Egypt to rise up the Moorish Hebrew Israelites out of the depth of muck they found themselves in.

Each and every single one of us is a Moses we only have to grab the reins and allow God to guide us in all matters without worry of anything that contradicts the purpose of our life which is the uplifting of our fellow humans.

If not now then when?

The new Dawn is approaching, will you be with the Will of the Almighty or will you be a stumbling block? The choice is always up to you.

Copyright Abdul Batin Bey 2016

Beat up from the get up

Noble Drew Ali ounce said: "If you try to tell a man by looking at him then you are burnt up" this is a lesson that I find many people from all walks of life completely ignore. Noble Drew Ali wasn't the first to say something along these lines but he repeated it, lived it, and had many blessings poured upon him because of it so my question is why can't we all live it? Many of us speak greatness with our mouths and I am sure may of us are well intentioned folks who believe they are doing the very best they can but they fall short (as we all do) in some areas that Noble Drew Ali would have not allowed them to do so if he was still walking this earth in the flesh.
 It is true that we should look our best at all times, dress in the mode of modesty at all times but what is one persons best is not another's best. The word modesty is up to each and every individual to decide, people do not owe other people or have to live up to other peoples expectations. The only expectation you need to worry about is our Father-God Allah who has giving us free will, a path to Unity, and He will judge us according to His Divine Justice not by our petty superstitions that we may hold. Judging people by what they look like, skin tone, clothes, is no way to live your life. Noble Drew Ali was passed by when he stood on his crate proclaiming the Good News of Islam to those passing by. Out of the majority only a single woman stopped and received the Message while others walked on by. Why did they walk on by? They judged him by his skin, his clothes, and allowed that to stop them from receiving blessings and a path to Allah. Even still this did not bitter Noble Drew Ali in amy way because he knew Islam would soon in America become a dominant force, he knew the seeds he planted would grow and that people from every corner of the earth would come to the call of God so he prepared his early followers to not judge by looks. Instead one should study the person by watching them, listening to them, seeing if they are for the truth or not. No one can hide who they really are for very long.
 It is also this teaching that is different than what this world is use to. This world is ungodly, this world wants you to be ungodly so that you can dwell in Hell with them. Misery loves company, according the most recent polls the United States isn't even in the top 10 nor the top 50 of the happiest people on earth. How can this be? With all the promises this country offers this should be paradise on earth so what happened? I'll tell you, empty promises may drew people in but they cannot sustain people for very long. The Devil will offer you anything to get you away from the right path but ounce the Devil has you then boom he turns on you quickly leaving you in a desolate place. America is the Desolate place spoken about in Scripture. This is why though we live among the walking dead we ourselves must not become dead we must be the bringers of life.
 The first step towards accepting death over life is harshly judging others by what they appear to be. It doesn't matter what people appear to be they can appear to be rich or poor but if that's how you get to know people then you might as well jump in the fires now! The fire is all you get. If you judge by appearance then you will miss multiple paths that will lead to a better life for you and those around you. You may also hurt others without caring because of what people look like. Noble Drew Ali did not judge simply by appearance he studied them inside and out before he let thoughts of them creep in his mind. He knew the bad seeds from the good.
 We who embrace Islam must change who we are inside and out before we can bring about the Kingdom of God on earth as we are meant to do. That is our sole purpose to bring about and guard our Heaven that is earth. Right now too many people are caught up in hell so the world is a hell for many people.
 As you go about your business meeting people, seeing people, as you shop or do whatever it is you do when you look at people do not judge them. Try to keep away all negative thoughts that may enter remain a clear mind. You will see how simple life can be without the clutter of ugliness that this world wants you to be.

words and picture Copyright Abdul Batin Bey 2016

Amalgamation: Not in our Science

 It may seem hard in todays world were mixed relationships are almost all but normal in our society but this doesn't make it right nor is it something that we should be getting involved in. As a young man I must admit that I like many other kids in my generation freely took pleasure in women of other cultures, races, ethnicities, without much regard for what we were doing. Most Europeans (so-called white people) freely mingled with Asiatic women (so-called black, brown, etc etc people) and the Asiatic men freely partook with European women. We all agreed that it was just a natural way of being and  along the way some babies were born from these various unions. None by me but by friends.  It wasn't until I met Rashad Bey and his teachings of Islam that would change my mind about these types of relationships.

 Rashad Bey use to always say: "Stop chasing women that don't belong to you, it's a foul thing". At first I thought it was a generation thing he was years and years older than me. Then he started laying down the degrees that came from the Moorish Science Temple he told me to read the Circle Seven which I did, I noticed in chapter XLVIII Noble Drew Ali writes "We, as a clean and pure nation descended from the inhabitants of Africa, do not desire to amalgamate or marry into the families of the pale skin nations of Europe". I naturally asked Rashad about that passage, he told me that if you embrace Islam you must live by Allah's laws not the whims of mankind, that the races can coexist but not mix. He then quoted the Qur'an 30:22: And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colors. Surely there are signs in this for the learned. He then stressed that part of overcoming the lower self is not giving in to things that deviate from the will of God, that things have a purpose and meaning he then told me that we are to guard this purpose with our being if we are to uplift falling humanity. He told to to go through the scriptures and you will find the world of God speaking the same truth not just on this issue but on many others, for convenience I will stick to the topic at hand.

 One of the most noticeable group that stay away from mixing are the followers of the Prophet Zoroaster the Parsi. They state that mixing ethnicities, races, and religions would destroy the distinct identity of the different groups of mankind sinking the human family into oblivion. They also state that mixing causes a dilution of faith and weakening of cultural and spiritual bonds.

 The sentiments of the Parsi are alsothe sentiments of the Samaritans and the ancient Israelites according to Deut 23: 2: No one born of a forbidden marriage^[a] nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation. Also in Deut 7:3-4:Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, ⁴ for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. It is interesting how some translate that the children of these unions are bastards meaning unwanted in Gods presence. Ezra speaks out against these unions in Ezra 9:1-2: After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.”  It should also be noted that when Israel returned to the promise land after being exiled in Persia they could not take with them their foreign wives nor could they take the children that these bore them in order to restore the purity and sanctity of the Israelite people. As Israel is an example of how God wants all the nations and peoples to be like we are to take this same stance with our own people. 

 In more recent times Marcus Garvey was opposed to the mixing ideology of Du Boise who taught that mixing of all the peoples would produce a better "American Race". Garvey being a Godly man saw through this deception and spoke out against Du Boise and his insidious scheme stating: That amalgamation would not only destroy the Asiatic race but the European race and that by mixing we are not only doing a disservice to our own people but also to the true meaning of unity and brotherhood. By his own reasoning he concluded that it would lower the standard of manhood leading us to a downward spiral of depravity, losing all sense of civilization.

 I would like to add a quote by Martin Luther KIng "I want the white man to be my brother not my brother in law".

 Noble Drew Ali not only stated in the Circle Seven his dislike for mixing it is even recorded in his sayings " Don't let your brother marry a European woman" Another leader in the Moorish Community when asked about mixing has this to say: " It is in my opinion that every living male and female on earth should choose a mate within their race or national origin because the Great God of Divine Nature made enough for all".

 As brothers and sisters of the world we should heed what our Heavenly Father is telling us. It will not always be popular, it will not always be easy but we must do what we are called to do. I know some will roll the eyes and say whatever, or defend themselves by calling down the name of love or some other view that they use to hide the lust they feel. Or simply because they feel that those I quoted above are unworthy representations of the human condition, or basing your life on religious ideology is wrong but even scientists as reported in Time Magazine are now changing their ounce held belief that race and ethnicities as mere human constructs, many prove through genetics the race, culture, and ethnicity. If these were mere constructs this would be an impossibility. Though humans share a basic code that code is not set up in the same way, some scientists are saying that damage could be done to the human population of mixing continues for a long extended period of time especially on a mass scale. Evolution has a genetic component and it is the reason why some live in tribal societies while others live in settled societies. Everything from literacy rates to social behavior has a part to do with genetics proving that what these men above said, what the books said have a basis in reality and the Master of Reality is telling us not to mess around or we will suffer consequences. We can either heed or not heed, but this is why the Science of Islam teaches that Amalgamation is not proper in our civilization.


copyright Abdul Batin Bey 2016

Letters to the Moorish Community

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This is a series of letters that were written to the various Temples with the Moorish Orthodox Church of America circles by one of the leading preachers currently in the movement. The focus of these letters are events that took place between 2013-2015, Theological issues, and Political issues. This book is an easy but through read that gives novices and people who are simply interested in the Moorish Orthodox Church an inside glimpse of how they view themselves and also the world around them. This is the only movement that is both communal and individualistic, its a good case study for what could be the definitive Anarchist society that is currently in existence.