Blessed Love Iyah.
What occurs to InI in Ras-ponse to that each of InI are, at the top line, only accountable to InI self.
In relation to the Idren who fought on the battle field with I-Majesty, the laws of InI covenant state that we are not to approach any issues of blood, hence no eating meat and, as I-womban, securing our iditations during 21 day purification life cycle. If we are / were to approach the bloody issue, and for some strange reason eat meat, or partake in war battle, and draw blood or murder... InI are to sheer off our crown & covenant for our own cleansing, etc, etc.
Now, I'm not projecting and I really don't know about an individual's choice. But if Unuh look at it, I-Majesty when he received HIM Triple Crown had a huge precept and a glorious mane of ether-9 hair. It was after this and towards his period of international diplomacy, around the period of war defence from Europe, we saw I-Majesty with trimmed precept and short hair. As a youth his hair was locs. Fact.
Make of that what the I them will. InI never got to hold reasoning with him during his process.
Regarding his troops and faithfuls, they were blessed enough to live out their covenant physically fighting for the defence of Ithiopia, alongside King of all Kings.
And as for our Incients, I personally know a lot of Elder RasTa Kings who actually just shed their locs, as men do shed their hair towards old age.
And for those who locs and trim cos of cold feet, well... you might not want to hear it, but it's a judgement. And all we need do is take a look into the lives of these locs & trim folks and you can see oftentimes they really do turn into pillars of salt.
You know what happens to a slug if he is turned to "a pillar of salt" = dried up!!
People will seek many ways to benefit from a relationship with RasTafari, but in this modern iwah they don't want to identify themselves out there in Babylon and make the covenant, and then physically indicate it, make it real and actually channel the meditations to using the locs as an extension of your senses.
In this time, and especially as Babylon is more than a geographical location, it is a common international method of social control, there is little else we can do as a mark of the covenant than release our vanity, and depend on the elements and nature to seal our covenant with RasTafari. Our hands are tied to do much else, for now. That is why we must locs if we love this trod.
And anyway, the simple truth is this... in this context, if there is a barrier to freeing up your natural locs, there is a barrier elsewhere too. So, people who want to hail up Fari, but don't have the guts to self-identify in this Iwah... aren't really gonna get anything out of it.
"Thou giveth the fat of thy life to the devil. Now that thou art drained and can no longer stand, ye cometh to
God with your bones." "But I shall not accept them," saith the Lord, "for I am God who giveth thee to eat and
to drink. I am he who supplies the necessities of life. Shall my reward be that ye dump your garbage on me." (Chapter 3, Holy Piby)
If others can find another way to live the covenant, then that's wonderful. But if we love Fari, because we love Ras Tafari... and this trod shows us how to live upfully in HIM praise, in this dreadful time, and in return we gain all we need, and this trod says InI covenant is declared with our hair... the first step to releasing vanity, the most detrimental human urge... then we do it.
And anyway, most people that "if and or but" about the covenant are dealing with hard issues of vanity, which have no place in a heartical conception of JAH Ras Tafari.
I hope this is okay as a response.
Royal heart of love.
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