David Anthony Brayboy

Religion's definition is “mans search for God.” Even though the term “god” is a pagan term, the same as "lord" and should never be used to relate to The Divine Creator. The intellectual assertion of the definition implies that religion has not found the truth. They are still in search of it; and yet remains to claim to have it in regards to its propaganda/lies and those people who have been mentally enslaved into something that is by its own words, incomplete or lack thereof. The “it” implies something that is tangible that can be possessed, processed, violated and therefore controlled and altered. Truth is not a measure of knowledge with a set understanding claiming the ultimate perception nor anything that is limited and therefore, stagnant. It does not have a first page and a last one. It is beyond a book, an institution or a title. But, truth is a living reality and a forever moving presence inside of the human being without an end nor a known beginning. ...

In the year 2009 I had engaged in a 17 hour conversation and a lot of coffee with a very wise, humble and seasoned elder of Dharamsala India named “Aadarsh Vayu” He told me during the discussion, “David, never allow your thoughts and feelings to go beyond your reality.” I understood what he was saying. He was speaking of the deception of thoughts and feelings and their deceptive intelligence, images and their surging energy and deceptive imagination couple with an intelligence that is rooted in an irrational implication, enforced by an ambition that is not shared outside of themselves. To remain realistic and in touch with your feelings and understanding them for to know their dangers and also benefactors to what is so. He also used the word “allow” which implied of my having the power/authority to execute what is destructive or to negate that which is destructive in a "humility" that does not go in harmony with a form of a violent response or seemly justified reject...