November 20, 2024 • 38 mins
In this episode of The Family Ties, co-hosts Frank Abdul Shaheed &
Faridah Abdul-Tawwab Brown discuss the metaphorical and literal changes of seasons, the importance of reflecting on creation, and the powerful capabilities of the human spirit. They emphasize the significance of family and community in overcoming societal challenges, drawing parallels between natural cycles and the African American experience. The hosts call on listeners to join an 'ethical army' focused on nurturing successful family life and societal contribution. They conclude with gratitude for their growing audience and the importance of maintaining a structured, reflective approach to life.
00:00 Introduction and Greetings
00:51 Seasonal Reflections and Personal Updates
05:12 The Importance of Water and Revelation
06:24 Challenges and Resilience in Tumultuous Times
11:28 The Science of Resurrection and African American History
21:10 The Role of Family and Legacy
22:03 Building an Ethical Army and Community
27:10 Final Thoughts and Gratitude
36:59 Closing Remarks and Farewell
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Frank (00:15):
Peace be upon the family, as we welcome you to another
episode of The Family Ties, aprescription for society.
I am your co host, Frank AbdulShahid.
Faridah (00:26):
And I am your co host, Farida Abdul Tawab Brown.
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Frank (00:36):
Well, good, good afternoon.
Good morning.
Good evening.
Good day, Farida.
My dear co host is wonderful forus to get back together.
And once again, have thiswonderful conversation that we
have about the family ties, theprescription for society.
So I would have to begin byasking you, how are you?
Faridah (00:56):
Well, I am, I am.
Well, I am in good health and itis a pleasure to be here with
you again, my dear brother andco host.
I am joining you from thecontinent of Africa in the,
country of Senegal here in themotherland, and I am sending you
glad tidings from a verypeaceful and balmy nighttime
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here on the continent.
Frank (01:23):
Yes.
Well, it's wonderful to hearyour voice and know that you are
safe and that you are doingwell.
I am currently.
Talking to you here in thefather of land of the United
States of America.
So in a very brisk fall type ofcool setting in with the leaves
turning different colors andfalling on the ground.
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And I've raked my yard twice andI have a little bit more raking
to do because all the leaveshaven't fallen yet.
But But the mercy of the natureand the mercy of the seasons
that are changing and easing usinto our next development of our
life is it's a very beautifulsight looking outside the
window,
Faridah (02:03):
you know, and that is something I dearly miss.
That is my favorite season ofthe year.
Autumn.
I'm a New England girl myself,as you and some of our audience
members may know.
So that magnificent turning ofthe leaves is something that is,
is a wonder to behold.
And be.
Being here in a climate thatreally is pretty steady, there's
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a rainy season and a dry season.
One of the things that it bringsto mind is how the sensitivities
are, are formed in such a waythat one has to seek the
subtleties.
You know, I'm used to seeingthese dramatic changes from
summer to autumn to winter tospring.
And you see these sometimes.
Subtle, but also these, thesemagnificent changes, whether
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it's the green of the new springor the, the heat and the resp of
the summer, or the resplendentof the autumn and the, the white
and peaceful snow of winter.
You have to look a little bitharder.
You have to be more finelyattuned to the changes
particularly in the search forwater And, mm-Hmm.
What is the nur nurture's life?
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that the fountain spring of lifeand what also represents our
emotional and spiritual wellbeing and also knowledge.
So these are one of some of thechanges and differences that I'm
becoming more aware of andappreciating in the differences
between our mother andfatherland.
So I miss home.
But there is a lot to learnhere.
Frank (03:28):
Yes.
That's, that's a beautifulpicture that you painted and you
mentioned subtleties.
So being from the mid Atlanticregion of the United States
subtlety is what we woulddetermine as spring and fall,
because typically we jumped fromwinter to summer to winter
again, and we rarely, rarelyhave ever, ever have the
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opportunity to appreciate thegradualness of going from a hot.
Summer climate to the coolingdown part of our lives and to
the coldness of us returninginward and being really
reflective of ourselves andbeing able to prepare ourselves
for the new season that's goingto happen that we call spring.
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But we tend to not have thathere.
We just jump from one.
extreme to the other.
And you get to learn to benefitand learn the benefits of those
transitional seasons, as I wouldsay, no longer we in the extreme
of the cold or in the extreme ofthe hot, but we tend to
understand that in the warmth ofthe balance of our lives and of
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the weather, we tend to have themost reflection on how beautiful
life is exactly.
So but, you know, at some pointin our lives we are blessed to
be able to traverse.
This beautiful earth.
And see all of the wonders thatGod has created and be able to
appreciate the subtleties, asyou had said, about the beauty
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that God has created in thosesame subtleties of what we have
internally, that we want theenvironment to bring out for us
so that way we can benefit andpeople around us could benefit
from our contribution to theirlives.
Faridah (05:09):
You know, I love that insight that you just shared.
And it's also, you know, this isprobably food for another
podcast episode, but it'ssomething that I was reflecting
on earlier with someone verydear to me.
And this was on you know, aquestion that always That made
me wonder as a child when Ithought about scripture and I
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thought about the lands fromwhich the prophets came.
The ones that we know their nameand the ones, you know, with
whom we are made familiarthrough the scriptures that came
before and also the Qur'an.
And one of them was that they,they, the, the region, you know,
some of which had oases andfarmland, but much of which was
desert land, very, very hot.
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And so it was really thinkingabout the nature of, of that
geographical reality and how itdraws the human attention to the
nature and the importance ofwater and revelation is compared
in the Quran.
And in scripture, revelation iscompared to rain, you know, what
is necessary to grow life onthis earth.
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And I think it's only whenyou're deprived of a resource
that you, that you gain a trueand profound appreciation for
it.
So that, that's something thatI've been thinking about a lot.
And which makes me think also interms of climate and weather and
this conversation It makes methink about the time in which
we're living, you know, we'reapproaching the end of hurricane
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season, you know, we've had somevery damaging and deadly
hurricanes and storms in theAtlantic this season.
And it makes me think a lot of.
the season of life that we're inas human beings.
And I believe we're in a verychallenging and tumultuous time.
But challenges just as the roughdesert and harsh desert terrain
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can make us more appreciative ofthe light and the, the, the
growth and the life affirmingand resurrecting power of water.
It is in the, the, the, thestruggles of human life and the
challenges of human life that webecome aware of our relationship
with our creator and of hismercy in sending us what
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guidance we need to be clearabout how we move in difficult
times and how we move toward ourdestiny as human beings.
Frank (07:25):
What a beautiful picture you just painted.
I don't know.
You know, we often we aresuggested, we are given
suggestions, we're givingmotivation and we're told,
listen, you need to, and this isfrom our creator, like you need
to, and I'm, and I'm talking inthis way to make it sound more
personable, but you need to lookand reflect, reflect on
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creation, reflect on it.
And look at it.
It gives you signs and it givesyou directions for what you're
dealing with.
It gives you signs of what's tocome.
It gives you signs of what hascome before.
And it also gives you anopportunity to look at it and
benefit from it.
Hence, we use the termprescription for society.
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Because it's a, it's a somethingthat had already occurred that
has been proven to work in yourbehalf.
You just have to approach it ina manner that you draw the
benefit from it.
In scripture, you mentionedwater, and it talks about the
water coming down as a mistyrain that, that touches
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everything, but only thosethings that are sensitive to the
rain.
Grows from the rain and thosethings that are stubborn and
hearty don't get any benefitfrom it.
And it's described as rocks nothaving any, they just, they're
barren.
They don't have any growth fromit, from this same nutrients
that have given us plush.
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Oasis and makes the landscapevery beautiful.
So in this time that we live inthese very tumultuous times that
we live in we should be veryreflective of what has got us to
where we are.
As a people, what will keep ustogether as a people and what
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are the signs and what are theresources that we need to go
forward as a people, not so muchto look at the destruction of
the land, but to look at whatcan we build from the
destruction?
You know, how can we saveourselves?
How can we save our familiesfrom the fire?
And how this prescription thatwe mentioned that is with us at
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all times in our existence, howcan we extract this?
Prescription to help us and helpour families and turn this times
from a very tumultuous time to avery prosperous time to a very
abundant time in life.
We talked about the seasons, howthey rotate and how, at one
point, it looks like it'scompletely dead, nothing.
(10:03):
No life nowhere, but then in thetwinkling of an eye, you see
life comes back and it comesback more abundant and it comes
back more fruitful and lifecontinues and life grows and
goes forward.
So that's a sign for us, forthose who are reflective and
those who are sensitive.
So as the misty rain comes downand waters us, we want to grow
and we want to benefit fromthis.
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Sign of these times that we'reliving in and how we are going
to save ourselves
Faridah (10:28):
You know i'm reflecting on on what you said and I I
would really appreciate a fewminutes of silence to really
contemplate it But of course,this is a podcast and our
listeners did not sign up Tohear our pregnant pauses of
reflection however, I would saythat you remarked on the misty
rains and you remarked on thefact that the rain nurtures that
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which is Which makes itself opento the reception of the
nurturing properties of waterand what it makes me think of as
you said How do we respond inthis tumultuous time this time
of great challenge?
Perhaps which may never havebeen witnessed before in the
history of mankind There is warand rumors of war their
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starvation.
There's poverty Pestilence,there's the destruction on every
level, spiritual, emotional,from the family to governments
corruption, authoritarianism.
There are so many things that weare now witnessing and are aware
of.
And what it sounds to me thatyou are describing is the
science of resurrection.
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When you speak of water and youspeak of that, what is, is, is
in the earth?
and is receptive to the, thelife affirming properties and
the nurturing properties ofwater that represents the power
of the creator to bring life outof death.
And so what it makes me think ofwhen you said who we are as a
people and establishingourselves as a people, not just
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as humanity, but I think what wehave to do is witness the most
recent peoples who were createdon the face of the earth.
And so what it reminds me of isour people.
African American people born inthe, the, the, the bowels from
the bowels of the experience of,of chattel slavery a type of
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human bondage, which had notbeen practiced before by
mankind.
We know, of course, that slaveryhad been practiced, but the type
of chattel slavery that that waspracticed and visited upon our
ancestors was something uniquein the annals of human history.
And so the science ofresurrection teaches us that
that in that, that earth, inthat darkness, in that womb, in
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the depths of despair, there wasa reality that was opened, a
seed that was opened to the lifeaffirming properties.
of those misty rains.
And upon that guidance, uponthat mercy, the mercy of the
rains, a new people was created.
Our ancestors, based upon thatprinciple upon which everything
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in life is in creation is, isbuilt, is that foundation of
pairs.
And in that reality, we sawnature and guidance.
So our ancestors, they went intothe earth.
They were stripped of theirlanguage, their culture,
religious norms and practices.
And what did they do?
They went into the creationaround them.
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They found the herbs that werenecessary to heal their bodies,
their broken, their broken limbsand their, their infections and
other things that were nottended to by those who did not
see them as fully human.
They, so not only did they gointo the physical and material
earth to excavate and find whatwould nurture, but they also
went into the creation of self,the human creation to fight, to
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create to family patterns thatwould nurture them in the
absence.
and the loss and the destructionof their own family units.
So this is something upon whichwe can draw today when we look
at the science of resurrection,how the creator of all the
worlds will take a people andcreate something new.
I think that's the time in whichwe are living.
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Look at that people as a signand a witness of how the creator
of all the worlds, of allsystems of knowledge, how he
takes something that looks as ifit has been destroyed and he
creates something new out of it.
So it's only by relying on our,our understanding of creation
and the material reality and ourunderstanding of ourselves and
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the beautiful help of revelationto position us with an
understanding of who we are andwhat our purpose is on earth,
that we can move forward withwith with confidence to heal our
families to heal ourneighborhoods, our communities
and ultimately have a resoundingeffect and influence on society
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to bring about the just order,which is the designation of the
best of humanity.
Frank (14:59):
Yes.
And who has suggested to me Thatmy creator, the one who
fashioned me left me alone andabandoned me who suggested that
to me, who suggested that mycreator, who is the author of me
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did not create me in the patternand in the mold of the most
excellent of his creation, whotold me he didn't do that.
Before I even have any consciousunderstanding of the lie that
was placed upon me, my nature.
Already was an agreement with mycreator.
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It was already an agreementbecause it was already moving in
that direction, moving to thedestiny of the creation of
myself as an entity, as aservant of God, it was already
moving that way.
So if I truly believe that mynature, who has its pair in
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revelations or guidance, Movesme to my destiny, then that
means anything in this scorchedearth that we would see today
has the ability to beresurrected.
I have to believe that I haveto, which suggests something
about me too, that I am capableof seeing my best life.
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So the lie that was placed uponme, the burden.
Of the lie that was placed uponme, that tells me that I fall
short and I'm not qualified tocarry this weight of this
responsibility that God hasplaced on me as, as my creator
and the covenant that he placedwith me, that I can't carry that
covenant.
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Then what's the point of myexistence if I can't see my way
out of these difficult timestoday, then what is my.
Role in the earth.
Why am I even here?
So I have to believe back withmy nature has already told me
that I'm qualified to handlethis responsibility So with that
sensitivity, I look forimprovement in myself But I also
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look for improvement in thegreater environment even the
environment that appears to bescorched And the opposite of the
scorched environment is thebarren environment.
So in the winter, when the snowcomes down and decorates the
trees and it's so peacefuloutside and the snow is act like
a cushion upon you walking onkind of like the grass does in
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the summer.
It's kind of the same way.
It's just snow and it's easy onyour joints and everything is
cool.
The air is cool.
It's crisp.
It's clean.
It's so quiet.
And you just get this beautifullook, this beautiful landscape
that's very reflective.
But what's going on under yourfeet?
There's something generating inthe soil beneath your feet that
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you don't see.
And then when the time appears,it rears his head and it
presents itself.
And that's the picture of theAfrican American coming through
the peculiar institution ofchattel slavery.
When you thought you scorched usand scorched the earth of us, we
went into the earth.
As you said, we went into theearth and we pulled out the
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resources from the earth toestablish ourselves because God
created this new people.
So you want to talk aboutindigenous.
We are the indigenous indigenousjust means that you are you're
from the earth.
You're from that.
We are the indigenous so we arethe picture of that so no matter
what we see on TV no matter whatthe We hear about people running
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up and down the streets yellingand screaming about what was me
and the earth is going to endtoday No, God has already wrote
upon our nature that we have thesolution and that's the
prescription And we have theprescription.
So it is great that we're ableto reflect and God invites us to
reflect.
And in reflecting, you come tothese natural conclusions that
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no matter how bad things look.
The possibilities are right inthe same destructive picture.
The beauty of the birth is inthat same picture.
So the praise is for God.
Faridah (19:12):
The praise indeed is for God.
I cannot say it better than youdid.
And I guess that the image thatyou're painting and that we are
trying to paint for all of ustogether in, in, in, in this
conversation is that there arethose who are, like you said,
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are, are running up theproverbial street.
They are deciding for themselvesthat the, the situation in our
reality is so difficult.
That we can do nothing about it,that woe is me, we are not
equipped with whatever it isthat it takes for for us to be
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able to resurrect ourselves,resurrect our covenant with our
creator and empower, feelconfident enough to move in this
world and say, yes, it may lookbarren.
Yes.
It may look scorched.
Yes.
There is war and oppression inalmost every on almost every
continent on this earth,including in our home.
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But we were designed to struggleand bring about a just order.
That's that, that is writteninto our design as human beings.
More moreover, it was writteninto a design of a people for
the entire world.
to witness and draw from thisexample.
It was written into theexperience of the African
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American people that what looksas if it is dead is resurrected
by none other than your creator.
And when you maintain thehandhold of the covenant, you
maintain what your, your Lordand creator has designated for
you as an understanding of whoyou are and what your purpose is
on this earth.
Then you are qualified.
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and equipped to bring about thejust order to speak out for
truth and justice in everycircumstances under the sun and
on this earth.
And so what I wanted to sayabout that with regard to this
podcast, some of you may be newlisteners.
Some of you may be joining usand say, well, we'll, we'll,
we'll, Well, what does thispodcast have to do with these
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challenges with thisresurrection, with this science
of resurrection and what is thefamily being a prescription for
society?
How is that going to help usaddress what is wrong with our
world right now?
Well, I tell you, we have tobegin with where our ancestors
began.
We begin.
with the nature of creation andof our own selves.
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And then we look for guidancefrom revelation to imbue us with
the confidence to walk in thisworld and say, we have the help
that is required to bring aboutjustice and order in a society.
And so what we want to do withthis podcast, as we have been
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building toward for episode uponepisode is to build this ethical
army to invite those of you whoare listeners to bring others
along with you so that we canunderstand how does this exist
in the reality of the nature ofthe family and the guidance from
scripture for family life.
How can we use those insights toreflect upon the influences that
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exist in our society, in ourcommunities, in our
neighborhoods and in the, the,the world at, at large to be
able to impact not only ourfamilies, our individual
families, but to impact thefamily of man.
And so we want to be able toopen up Pathways and to share
within this community pathwaysthat we are able to open both on
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our familial level within ourneighborhoods and our
communities.
And then on a larger scale, wewant to be able to share those
pathways with one another sothat we gain ideas and
confidence and inspiration fromone another so that we can work
together.
Toward bringing about this justsociety.
It is possible.
We have everything we need.
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We just have to be prepared tostruggle to get it done.
So I'm not defeated.
The, the, the, the position ofthe believer is that it doesn't
matter who is in power.
Do we recognize what we havebeen given?
What we, the potential that wehave in us, are we willing to do
the work, the difficult work tosecure the opportunities and the
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potential of ourselves and ourchildren and future generations?
If you're ready to do that, ifyou're willing to submit to the
plan of God in that, then we,the sky is the limit for us.
Yes.
Frank (23:48):
Yes, absolutely.
100 percent agree with you, mydear co hosts, and you have
brought together.
A group of people you've broughttogether a sensitivity in people
to, to be of like minds to workfor the same interest that
affects every one of us whotakes a breath every day, these
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things affect affect us all.
It's nothing that's exclusive toone group is not exclusive to
one class.
It's not exclusive to onegeography.
This, these.
Issues affect man totally.
So as we have been mentioningthe environment and the
environment look like it's notproducing anything, which in
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this and symbolically looks likeit could be barren.
It could be barren of any wateror it could be an ocean of
water.
That we can't use because it'sso overwhelming that oftentimes
requires us to reflect back onself, because now we can't look
at the environment and determinewhere the resources are coming
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from, but we know theenvironment gives us these
resources.
But in order for us to go intothe environment, we have to look
within ourselves.
So scripturally, we see that ourfirst father, Adam.
Who in the picture of scriptureis shown as a person by himself,
not having a mate, just existingby himself, but not knowing his
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role.
He needed to figure out a way togo into the environment to be
able to pull out resources.
But the first resource waspulled out from him.
Which means that he had to goinward to determine how he
should approach the environmentoutwardly.
So here comes his mate.
So now he has his mate.
So now it's determined for Adam.
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How do I now go and find theseresources that I need to build
the life that we're designed tobuild that that God has placed
upon me?
And my creation.
So as we look more inwardly,take time to reflect, take time
to shut off all of theinfluences that have been
steering us off of cliffs to ourown death.
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We turn all of that stuff offand just take a moment and just
think and just reflect andrealize that we are okay.
We're going to be okay, but wejust need to determine for us
what is our focus and what isour orientation.
And from that, we're able tobuild and within us the ability
to now sensitize ourselves tohear the call, to hear where the
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direction of the good life iscoming from, to identify those
who are pointing us to the goodlife, which is leadership, to be
able to support.
Righteous leadership, trueleadership, and for us to give
our resources and follow thatleadership, many of the despairs
that we see in society today isbecause we put our faith and our
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trust in things that we knewwasn't going to ever deliver for
us.
And when it didn't deliver.
We lost our minds, whereas yousaid the believer is going to be
met with challenges and met withloss, but the, but the believer
doesn't lose their mind.
They stay focused and stay trueand stay on the path and the
resources will return to themand abundance for them to reach
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the goal.
So for my dear audience.
How many, many subscribers thatwe have in this audience that
we're very grateful that youhave taken your time out to
listen to this podcast and hadsimilar sensitivities that we
have.
I just want to let you know howmuch we appreciate your support
here on this show and how muchwe believe that you.
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In your own circumstances and inyour own locations will use the
same information and try tobuild up this ethical army that
we're talking about so that wecan have an influence in the
world for those people who arelooking for leadership and we
can be the guideposts for themto steer them and aid them and
guide them into the bestdirection for the best
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leadership for the bestestablishment of us as a human
family.
So I want to thank you all whohave subscribed to this Family
Ties podcast, and there aregoing to be many, many, many,
many, many, many, many moreopportunities to share
information, to share resources,and to open pathways, as you
said, Farida, to open pathwaysfor people to get to the best
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life that God has written on ournature, as he's written on
Adam's nature.
Faridah (28:22):
And the, the design of the human being is that we only
get to that destiny together.
And so, as Frank said, I too amgrateful for our growing
audience.
And we don't see you as, assimply a listening audience.
We see this as a community, acommunity of independent
thinkers, a community of peoplewho want the good life.
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And there is a good life.
Not, it's not a subjective goodlife.
It's an objective good life thatcalls into play the interest and
the potential of the human beingand realizing that fully.
And so we want to say thank you.
And we are excited about amilestone that we have reached.
We have reached 1000subscribers.
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We are very excited that thiscommunity is growing.
And we're, we're, we're lookingat this as a community of
discerning individuals,individuals who are looking to
take back or reclaim if you'veindeed lost it, but reclaim for
some who, who may have lackedthe confidence to reclaim the
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the strength, the agency, thefreedom, the ability that your
creator gave you.
To make change, not just in yourown personal life and your own
family, but to use those lessonsto use that change, to use that
agency to affect changeultimately for the family of
man.
And so we are excited about our,our subscribers.
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We will be growing, we'll bedoing some exciting new things
with the podcast in order toenhance our ability to
communicate with you, ourlistening audience.
So that, as Frank said earlier,We can build these pathways
together to accept leadershipand responsibility for being
guideposts for our fellow, ourfellow man and accepting that
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responsibility that was placedupon us when we accepted the
covenant with our creator.
upon being given this preciousgift of life.
And then also as an AfricanAmerican people being witness to
the power of God to resurrectand to bring life out of, out of
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death.
And I think for many people, wemay feel as if we're in a period
of time.
We see, we see war on thehorizon.
We see the destruction and theimplosion of societies on the
horizon.
Many people are afraid.
But our message here is that wehave a clear and constant source
of help, and that is the helpthat we want to share with one
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another.
So that as, as Frank saidearlier, we can build this
ethical army together toinfluence the family of man, to
turn back towards those thingswhich invite us to sustain life.
not to destroy it, not to, toto, to, to undermine it, but to
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build those and enhance thoseenvironments, which nurture it.
That's what we're here for.
That's what this community ofbelievers is here for.
Frank (31:28):
You know, family is who we are family is a group, it's
not an individual, it's a groupand a family can be two or it
could be billions.
It's a group who have likesensitivities, who are
developing themselves to work ina process to enable themselves
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to.
Exist long after their mortallife, you know, family doesn't
ever see itself ending.
It always grows.
And even when it seems likethere are losses, there always
seems to be greater growthversus the losses.
You know, we see people in ourfamily who have lived their life
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and lived a wonderful life, andwe have a certain feeling
towards a love towards them andaffinity towards them when we
see the natural progress ofsomething who now comes to the
conclusion of their life, weunderstand that because we see
that in nature.
But that only creates anopportunity for greater growth
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for that family.
It keeps the, it keeps thefamily going forward.
It keeps us moving in adirection towards the goal,
towards the completion of ourdestiny that God has orientated
us to go to.
So I want to say that in ouraudience, our humble audience,
our very distinguished audiencewe are all family.
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We are all family.
We want the same thing forourselves, and we want to work
for the same things, and we wantto make sure that our family
legacy lives.
We want to be upon those who inmillions of years from now, when
they look back on it, they wantto say that this particular
family existed and they gave thebest expression of themselves.
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Every good, every good familywants that for themselves.
Every good family wants that andevery good family works to find
resources to preserve the legacyof who they are.
You can't have family withoutlegacy.
One doesn't exist without theother in the legacy is just a
magnification of the interest ofthe family.
So for this family, thispodcast, we have this wonderful
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family ties, the prescriptionfor.
Society.
It is the family and you are ourfamily and we are your family.
So as Faradah has said, ourplatform will expand in the very
near future.
We will give our listeningaudience opportunities to
interact with us to be able togive us feedback, to be able to
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give us their feedback.
Perspectives on things and helpallow us to articulate for them
their sensitivities so that weall can support one another as a
family should, should family doas we should do.
Now, speaking of family, let mesegway one second.
Today is my sister's birthday.
Happy birthday, dear sister, Itell
Faridah (34:15):
you.
Frank (34:16):
Yes, yes.
And see how God has done, hasblessed us and has drawn us
together, has drawn our heartstogether.
Today's for these.
Relationships.
But I just wanted to throw thatplug in for my sister.
But anyway as, as, as far as Isaid and as we try to
continuously say, we greatlyappreciate your time.
We value your time and we valueyour opinions and we value your
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perspectives.
And we want to be able toarticulate those and be able to
have interactions with you allin those types of conversations.
So Hope, hope is, is not loss.
Goodness is on the rise.
Goodness, and it's alwaysrising.
And as a sign, we're blessedwith seeing that magnificent,
that magnificent sun that risesoff the horizon every morning as
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a sign for us.
To know that goodness is on therise and no, he ain't through
with us yet.
As soon as my grandmother wouldsay, the Lord ain't through with
me yet.
And you're absolutely right,grandma.
And even four generations fromyou know, he's not through with
us yet.
So I just want to thank everyoneand thank my, my dear co host
and say that this opportunitythat we have as the family ties
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is our design is ourcontribution to make sure that
we leave an imprint on theworld.
A footprint, if you will, inthis earth to make sure that we
are settling in the soil toplant the seed.
When you plant a seed, you'vegot to pat the soil down and
make sure that it's secure.
Well, that's what we're doing.
Our steps are planting the seedsand impacting the soil to give
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it life and give it birth.
Faridah (35:52):
And we will nurture that seed, all of those seeds
together, God willing.
And for, for all of those, ourlistening audience, whether
you're a Muslim or Christian,whether you practice Judaism or
another faith, or you aresearching and seeking and are
practicing no faith at all yet.
We want you to hear this call,hear the sincerity with which we
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are inviting you to join.
An ethical army of independentthinkers who are interested in
and willing to cultivate with usdispositions toward the, the,
the best that we have innurturing the building blocks of
successful family life and thesuccessful life of the human
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family.
in education, culture, business,politics, and governance.
We have the ability to do this.
We are strong, we are confident,and we will leave a footprint
with God's help and his mercy.
Frank (36:57):
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
So Farida, as we have grown inthis podcast and have grown to
have a certain cadence in ourpodcast to make sure that we are
moving in the, the measuredsteps that we always want to
move in, because that is ourstructure.
We are structured as a peopleand we want to be structured.
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As a group, and we want to bestructured as an influence.
So we have come to this pointwhere we have to give praise for
God, give praise for thecreator, give praise for the one
who has nurtured us and hasguided us one step closer to
what we have deemed destinationexcellence.
Faridah (37:40):
Until next time, let us remain conscious of our creator,
of the sacred relationship ofparent and child.
And of the family ties that bindus as families and as the family
of man.
Subscribe to the podcast andcome back next time for a new
episode of The Family Ties
Frank (37:59):
from Frank Abdul Shahied
Faridah (38:03):
and Farida Abdul Tawwab Brown.
Frank (38:06):
Peace.
Peace
Faridah (38:09):
be upon, be upon the family,
the family.
Peace be upon the family, as we welcome you to another
episode of The Family Ties, aprescription for society.
I am your co host, Frank AbdulShahid.
Faridah (00:26):
And I am your co host, Farida Abdul Tawab Brown.
Before we get started, don'tforget to subscribe so you can
stay up to date and get all theAll the latest episodes.
Frank (00:36):
Well, good, good afternoon.
Good morning.
Good evening.
Good day, Farida.
My dear co host is wonderful forus to get back together.
And once again, have thiswonderful conversation that we
have about the family ties, theprescription for society.
So I would have to begin byasking you, how are you?
Faridah (00:56):
Well, I am, I am.
Well, I am in good health and itis a pleasure to be here with
you again, my dear brother andco host.
I am joining you from thecontinent of Africa in the,
country of Senegal here in themotherland, and I am sending you
glad tidings from a verypeaceful and balmy nighttime
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here on the continent.
Frank (01:23):
Yes.
Well, it's wonderful to hearyour voice and know that you are
safe and that you are doingwell.
I am currently.
Talking to you here in thefather of land of the United
States of America.
So in a very brisk fall type ofcool setting in with the leaves
turning different colors andfalling on the ground.
(01:44):
And I've raked my yard twice andI have a little bit more raking
to do because all the leaveshaven't fallen yet.
But But the mercy of the natureand the mercy of the seasons
that are changing and easing usinto our next development of our
life is it's a very beautifulsight looking outside the
window,
Faridah (02:03):
you know, and that is something I dearly miss.
That is my favorite season ofthe year.
Autumn.
I'm a New England girl myself,as you and some of our audience
members may know.
So that magnificent turning ofthe leaves is something that is,
is a wonder to behold.
And be.
Being here in a climate thatreally is pretty steady, there's
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a rainy season and a dry season.
One of the things that it bringsto mind is how the sensitivities
are, are formed in such a waythat one has to seek the
subtleties.
You know, I'm used to seeingthese dramatic changes from
summer to autumn to winter tospring.
And you see these sometimes.
Subtle, but also these, thesemagnificent changes, whether
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it's the green of the new springor the, the heat and the resp of
the summer, or the resplendentof the autumn and the, the white
and peaceful snow of winter.
You have to look a little bitharder.
You have to be more finelyattuned to the changes
particularly in the search forwater And, mm-Hmm.
What is the nur nurture's life?
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that the fountain spring of lifeand what also represents our
emotional and spiritual wellbeing and also knowledge.
So these are one of some of thechanges and differences that I'm
becoming more aware of andappreciating in the differences
between our mother andfatherland.
So I miss home.
But there is a lot to learnhere.
Frank (03:28):
Yes.
That's, that's a beautifulpicture that you painted and you
mentioned subtleties.
So being from the mid Atlanticregion of the United States
subtlety is what we woulddetermine as spring and fall,
because typically we jumped fromwinter to summer to winter
again, and we rarely, rarelyhave ever, ever have the
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opportunity to appreciate thegradualness of going from a hot.
Summer climate to the coolingdown part of our lives and to
the coldness of us returninginward and being really
reflective of ourselves andbeing able to prepare ourselves
for the new season that's goingto happen that we call spring.
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But we tend to not have thathere.
We just jump from one.
extreme to the other.
And you get to learn to benefitand learn the benefits of those
transitional seasons, as I wouldsay, no longer we in the extreme
of the cold or in the extreme ofthe hot, but we tend to
understand that in the warmth ofthe balance of our lives and of
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the weather, we tend to have themost reflection on how beautiful
life is exactly.
So but, you know, at some pointin our lives we are blessed to
be able to traverse.
This beautiful earth.
And see all of the wonders thatGod has created and be able to
appreciate the subtleties, asyou had said, about the beauty
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that God has created in thosesame subtleties of what we have
internally, that we want theenvironment to bring out for us
so that way we can benefit andpeople around us could benefit
from our contribution to theirlives.
Faridah (05:09):
You know, I love that insight that you just shared.
And it's also, you know, this isprobably food for another
podcast episode, but it'ssomething that I was reflecting
on earlier with someone verydear to me.
And this was on you know, aquestion that always That made
me wonder as a child when Ithought about scripture and I
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thought about the lands fromwhich the prophets came.
The ones that we know their nameand the ones, you know, with
whom we are made familiarthrough the scriptures that came
before and also the Qur'an.
And one of them was that they,they, the, the region, you know,
some of which had oases andfarmland, but much of which was
desert land, very, very hot.
(05:51):
And so it was really thinkingabout the nature of, of that
geographical reality and how itdraws the human attention to the
nature and the importance ofwater and revelation is compared
in the Quran.
And in scripture, revelation iscompared to rain, you know, what
is necessary to grow life onthis earth.
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And I think it's only whenyou're deprived of a resource
that you, that you gain a trueand profound appreciation for
it.
So that, that's something thatI've been thinking about a lot.
And which makes me think also interms of climate and weather and
this conversation It makes methink about the time in which
we're living, you know, we'reapproaching the end of hurricane
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season, you know, we've had somevery damaging and deadly
hurricanes and storms in theAtlantic this season.
And it makes me think a lot of.
the season of life that we're inas human beings.
And I believe we're in a verychallenging and tumultuous time.
But challenges just as the roughdesert and harsh desert terrain
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can make us more appreciative ofthe light and the, the, the
growth and the life affirmingand resurrecting power of water.
It is in the, the, the, thestruggles of human life and the
challenges of human life that webecome aware of our relationship
with our creator and of hismercy in sending us what
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guidance we need to be clearabout how we move in difficult
times and how we move toward ourdestiny as human beings.
Frank (07:25):
What a beautiful picture you just painted.
I don't know.
You know, we often we aresuggested, we are given
suggestions, we're givingmotivation and we're told,
listen, you need to, and this isfrom our creator, like you need
to, and I'm, and I'm talking inthis way to make it sound more
personable, but you need to lookand reflect, reflect on
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creation, reflect on it.
And look at it.
It gives you signs and it givesyou directions for what you're
dealing with.
It gives you signs of what's tocome.
It gives you signs of what hascome before.
And it also gives you anopportunity to look at it and
benefit from it.
Hence, we use the termprescription for society.
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Because it's a, it's a somethingthat had already occurred that
has been proven to work in yourbehalf.
You just have to approach it ina manner that you draw the
benefit from it.
In scripture, you mentionedwater, and it talks about the
water coming down as a mistyrain that, that touches
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everything, but only thosethings that are sensitive to the
rain.
Grows from the rain and thosethings that are stubborn and
hearty don't get any benefitfrom it.
And it's described as rocks nothaving any, they just, they're
barren.
They don't have any growth fromit, from this same nutrients
that have given us plush.
(08:55):
Oasis and makes the landscapevery beautiful.
So in this time that we live inthese very tumultuous times that
we live in we should be veryreflective of what has got us to
where we are.
As a people, what will keep ustogether as a people and what
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are the signs and what are theresources that we need to go
forward as a people, not so muchto look at the destruction of
the land, but to look at whatcan we build from the
destruction?
You know, how can we saveourselves?
How can we save our familiesfrom the fire?
And how this prescription thatwe mentioned that is with us at
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all times in our existence, howcan we extract this?
Prescription to help us and helpour families and turn this times
from a very tumultuous time to avery prosperous time to a very
abundant time in life.
We talked about the seasons, howthey rotate and how, at one
point, it looks like it'scompletely dead, nothing.
(10:03):
No life nowhere, but then in thetwinkling of an eye, you see
life comes back and it comesback more abundant and it comes
back more fruitful and lifecontinues and life grows and
goes forward.
So that's a sign for us, forthose who are reflective and
those who are sensitive.
So as the misty rain comes downand waters us, we want to grow
and we want to benefit fromthis.
(10:24):
Sign of these times that we'reliving in and how we are going
to save ourselves
Faridah (10:28):
You know i'm reflecting on on what you said and I I
would really appreciate a fewminutes of silence to really
contemplate it But of course,this is a podcast and our
listeners did not sign up Tohear our pregnant pauses of
reflection however, I would saythat you remarked on the misty
rains and you remarked on thefact that the rain nurtures that
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which is Which makes itself opento the reception of the
nurturing properties of waterand what it makes me think of as
you said How do we respond inthis tumultuous time this time
of great challenge?
Perhaps which may never havebeen witnessed before in the
history of mankind There is warand rumors of war their
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starvation.
There's poverty Pestilence,there's the destruction on every
level, spiritual, emotional,from the family to governments
corruption, authoritarianism.
There are so many things that weare now witnessing and are aware
of.
And what it sounds to me thatyou are describing is the
science of resurrection.
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When you speak of water and youspeak of that, what is, is, is
in the earth?
and is receptive to the, thelife affirming properties and
the nurturing properties ofwater that represents the power
of the creator to bring life outof death.
And so what it makes me think ofwhen you said who we are as a
people and establishingourselves as a people, not just
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as humanity, but I think what wehave to do is witness the most
recent peoples who were createdon the face of the earth.
And so what it reminds me of isour people.
African American people born inthe, the, the, the bowels from
the bowels of the experience of,of chattel slavery a type of
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human bondage, which had notbeen practiced before by
mankind.
We know, of course, that slaveryhad been practiced, but the type
of chattel slavery that that waspracticed and visited upon our
ancestors was something uniquein the annals of human history.
And so the science ofresurrection teaches us that
that in that, that earth, inthat darkness, in that womb, in
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the depths of despair, there wasa reality that was opened, a
seed that was opened to the lifeaffirming properties.
of those misty rains.
And upon that guidance, uponthat mercy, the mercy of the
rains, a new people was created.
Our ancestors, based upon thatprinciple upon which everything
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in life is in creation is, isbuilt, is that foundation of
pairs.
And in that reality, we sawnature and guidance.
So our ancestors, they went intothe earth.
They were stripped of theirlanguage, their culture,
religious norms and practices.
And what did they do?
They went into the creationaround them.
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They found the herbs that werenecessary to heal their bodies,
their broken, their broken limbsand their, their infections and
other things that were nottended to by those who did not
see them as fully human.
They, so not only did they gointo the physical and material
earth to excavate and find whatwould nurture, but they also
went into the creation of self,the human creation to fight, to
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create to family patterns thatwould nurture them in the
absence.
and the loss and the destructionof their own family units.
So this is something upon whichwe can draw today when we look
at the science of resurrection,how the creator of all the
worlds will take a people andcreate something new.
I think that's the time in whichwe are living.
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Look at that people as a signand a witness of how the creator
of all the worlds, of allsystems of knowledge, how he
takes something that looks as ifit has been destroyed and he
creates something new out of it.
So it's only by relying on our,our understanding of creation
and the material reality and ourunderstanding of ourselves and
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the beautiful help of revelationto position us with an
understanding of who we are andwhat our purpose is on earth,
that we can move forward withwith with confidence to heal our
families to heal ourneighborhoods, our communities
and ultimately have a resoundingeffect and influence on society
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to bring about the just order,which is the designation of the
best of humanity.
Frank (14:59):
Yes.
And who has suggested to me Thatmy creator, the one who
fashioned me left me alone andabandoned me who suggested that
to me, who suggested that mycreator, who is the author of me
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did not create me in the patternand in the mold of the most
excellent of his creation, whotold me he didn't do that.
Before I even have any consciousunderstanding of the lie that
was placed upon me, my nature.
Already was an agreement with mycreator.
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It was already an agreementbecause it was already moving in
that direction, moving to thedestiny of the creation of
myself as an entity, as aservant of God, it was already
moving that way.
So if I truly believe that mynature, who has its pair in
(16:03):
revelations or guidance, Movesme to my destiny, then that
means anything in this scorchedearth that we would see today
has the ability to beresurrected.
I have to believe that I haveto, which suggests something
about me too, that I am capableof seeing my best life.
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So the lie that was placed uponme, the burden.
Of the lie that was placed uponme, that tells me that I fall
short and I'm not qualified tocarry this weight of this
responsibility that God hasplaced on me as, as my creator
and the covenant that he placedwith me, that I can't carry that
covenant.
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Then what's the point of myexistence if I can't see my way
out of these difficult timestoday, then what is my.
Role in the earth.
Why am I even here?
So I have to believe back withmy nature has already told me
that I'm qualified to handlethis responsibility So with that
sensitivity, I look forimprovement in myself But I also
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look for improvement in thegreater environment even the
environment that appears to bescorched And the opposite of the
scorched environment is thebarren environment.
So in the winter, when the snowcomes down and decorates the
trees and it's so peacefuloutside and the snow is act like
a cushion upon you walking onkind of like the grass does in
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the summer.
It's kind of the same way.
It's just snow and it's easy onyour joints and everything is
cool.
The air is cool.
It's crisp.
It's clean.
It's so quiet.
And you just get this beautifullook, this beautiful landscape
that's very reflective.
But what's going on under yourfeet?
There's something generating inthe soil beneath your feet that
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you don't see.
And then when the time appears,it rears his head and it
presents itself.
And that's the picture of theAfrican American coming through
the peculiar institution ofchattel slavery.
When you thought you scorched usand scorched the earth of us, we
went into the earth.
As you said, we went into theearth and we pulled out the
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resources from the earth toestablish ourselves because God
created this new people.
So you want to talk aboutindigenous.
We are the indigenous indigenousjust means that you are you're
from the earth.
You're from that.
We are the indigenous so we arethe picture of that so no matter
what we see on TV no matter whatthe We hear about people running
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up and down the streets yellingand screaming about what was me
and the earth is going to endtoday No, God has already wrote
upon our nature that we have thesolution and that's the
prescription And we have theprescription.
So it is great that we're ableto reflect and God invites us to
reflect.
And in reflecting, you come tothese natural conclusions that
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no matter how bad things look.
The possibilities are right inthe same destructive picture.
The beauty of the birth is inthat same picture.
So the praise is for God.
Faridah (19:12):
The praise indeed is for God.
I cannot say it better than youdid.
And I guess that the image thatyou're painting and that we are
trying to paint for all of ustogether in, in, in, in this
conversation is that there arethose who are, like you said,
(19:33):
are, are running up theproverbial street.
They are deciding for themselvesthat the, the situation in our
reality is so difficult.
That we can do nothing about it,that woe is me, we are not
equipped with whatever it isthat it takes for for us to be
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able to resurrect ourselves,resurrect our covenant with our
creator and empower, feelconfident enough to move in this
world and say, yes, it may lookbarren.
Yes.
It may look scorched.
Yes.
There is war and oppression inalmost every on almost every
continent on this earth,including in our home.
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But we were designed to struggleand bring about a just order.
That's that, that is writteninto our design as human beings.
More moreover, it was writteninto a design of a people for
the entire world.
to witness and draw from thisexample.
It was written into theexperience of the African
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American people that what looksas if it is dead is resurrected
by none other than your creator.
And when you maintain thehandhold of the covenant, you
maintain what your, your Lordand creator has designated for
you as an understanding of whoyou are and what your purpose is
on this earth.
Then you are qualified.
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and equipped to bring about thejust order to speak out for
truth and justice in everycircumstances under the sun and
on this earth.
And so what I wanted to sayabout that with regard to this
podcast, some of you may be newlisteners.
Some of you may be joining usand say, well, we'll, we'll,
we'll, Well, what does thispodcast have to do with these
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challenges with thisresurrection, with this science
of resurrection and what is thefamily being a prescription for
society?
How is that going to help usaddress what is wrong with our
world right now?
Well, I tell you, we have tobegin with where our ancestors
began.
We begin.
with the nature of creation andof our own selves.
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And then we look for guidancefrom revelation to imbue us with
the confidence to walk in thisworld and say, we have the help
that is required to bring aboutjustice and order in a society.
And so what we want to do withthis podcast, as we have been
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building toward for episode uponepisode is to build this ethical
army to invite those of you whoare listeners to bring others
along with you so that we canunderstand how does this exist
in the reality of the nature ofthe family and the guidance from
scripture for family life.
How can we use those insights toreflect upon the influences that
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exist in our society, in ourcommunities, in our
neighborhoods and in the, the,the world at, at large to be
able to impact not only ourfamilies, our individual
families, but to impact thefamily of man.
And so we want to be able toopen up Pathways and to share
within this community pathwaysthat we are able to open both on
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our familial level within ourneighborhoods and our
communities.
And then on a larger scale, wewant to be able to share those
pathways with one another sothat we gain ideas and
confidence and inspiration fromone another so that we can work
together.
Toward bringing about this justsociety.
It is possible.
We have everything we need.
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We just have to be prepared tostruggle to get it done.
So I'm not defeated.
The, the, the, the position ofthe believer is that it doesn't
matter who is in power.
Do we recognize what we havebeen given?
What we, the potential that wehave in us, are we willing to do
the work, the difficult work tosecure the opportunities and the
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potential of ourselves and ourchildren and future generations?
If you're ready to do that, ifyou're willing to submit to the
plan of God in that, then we,the sky is the limit for us.
Yes.
Frank (23:48):
Yes, absolutely.
100 percent agree with you, mydear co hosts, and you have
brought together.
A group of people you've broughttogether a sensitivity in people
to, to be of like minds to workfor the same interest that
affects every one of us whotakes a breath every day, these
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things affect affect us all.
It's nothing that's exclusive toone group is not exclusive to
one class.
It's not exclusive to onegeography.
This, these.
Issues affect man totally.
So as we have been mentioningthe environment and the
environment look like it's notproducing anything, which in
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this and symbolically looks likeit could be barren.
It could be barren of any wateror it could be an ocean of
water.
That we can't use because it'sso overwhelming that oftentimes
requires us to reflect back onself, because now we can't look
at the environment and determinewhere the resources are coming
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from, but we know theenvironment gives us these
resources.
But in order for us to go intothe environment, we have to look
within ourselves.
So scripturally, we see that ourfirst father, Adam.
Who in the picture of scriptureis shown as a person by himself,
not having a mate, just existingby himself, but not knowing his
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role.
He needed to figure out a way togo into the environment to be
able to pull out resources.
But the first resource waspulled out from him.
Which means that he had to goinward to determine how he
should approach the environmentoutwardly.
So here comes his mate.
So now he has his mate.
So now it's determined for Adam.
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How do I now go and find theseresources that I need to build
the life that we're designed tobuild that that God has placed
upon me?
And my creation.
So as we look more inwardly,take time to reflect, take time
to shut off all of theinfluences that have been
steering us off of cliffs to ourown death.
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We turn all of that stuff offand just take a moment and just
think and just reflect andrealize that we are okay.
We're going to be okay, but wejust need to determine for us
what is our focus and what isour orientation.
And from that, we're able tobuild and within us the ability
to now sensitize ourselves tohear the call, to hear where the
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direction of the good life iscoming from, to identify those
who are pointing us to the goodlife, which is leadership, to be
able to support.
Righteous leadership, trueleadership, and for us to give
our resources and follow thatleadership, many of the despairs
that we see in society today isbecause we put our faith and our
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trust in things that we knewwasn't going to ever deliver for
us.
And when it didn't deliver.
We lost our minds, whereas yousaid the believer is going to be
met with challenges and met withloss, but the, but the believer
doesn't lose their mind.
They stay focused and stay trueand stay on the path and the
resources will return to themand abundance for them to reach
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the goal.
So for my dear audience.
How many, many subscribers thatwe have in this audience that
we're very grateful that youhave taken your time out to
listen to this podcast and hadsimilar sensitivities that we
have.
I just want to let you know howmuch we appreciate your support
here on this show and how muchwe believe that you.
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In your own circumstances and inyour own locations will use the
same information and try tobuild up this ethical army that
we're talking about so that wecan have an influence in the
world for those people who arelooking for leadership and we
can be the guideposts for themto steer them and aid them and
guide them into the bestdirection for the best
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leadership for the bestestablishment of us as a human
family.
So I want to thank you all whohave subscribed to this Family
Ties podcast, and there aregoing to be many, many, many,
many, many, many, many moreopportunities to share
information, to share resources,and to open pathways, as you
said, Farida, to open pathwaysfor people to get to the best
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life that God has written on ournature, as he's written on
Adam's nature.
Faridah (28:22):
And the, the design of the human being is that we only
get to that destiny together.
And so, as Frank said, I too amgrateful for our growing
audience.
And we don't see you as, assimply a listening audience.
We see this as a community, acommunity of independent
thinkers, a community of peoplewho want the good life.
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And there is a good life.
Not, it's not a subjective goodlife.
It's an objective good life thatcalls into play the interest and
the potential of the human beingand realizing that fully.
And so we want to say thank you.
And we are excited about amilestone that we have reached.
We have reached 1000subscribers.
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We are very excited that thiscommunity is growing.
And we're, we're, we're lookingat this as a community of
discerning individuals,individuals who are looking to
take back or reclaim if you'veindeed lost it, but reclaim for
some who, who may have lackedthe confidence to reclaim the
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the strength, the agency, thefreedom, the ability that your
creator gave you.
To make change, not just in yourown personal life and your own
family, but to use those lessonsto use that change, to use that
agency to affect changeultimately for the family of
man.
And so we are excited about our,our subscribers.
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We will be growing, we'll bedoing some exciting new things
with the podcast in order toenhance our ability to
communicate with you, ourlistening audience.
So that, as Frank said earlier,We can build these pathways
together to accept leadershipand responsibility for being
guideposts for our fellow, ourfellow man and accepting that
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responsibility that was placedupon us when we accepted the
covenant with our creator.
upon being given this preciousgift of life.
And then also as an AfricanAmerican people being witness to
the power of God to resurrectand to bring life out of, out of
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death.
And I think for many people, wemay feel as if we're in a period
of time.
We see, we see war on thehorizon.
We see the destruction and theimplosion of societies on the
horizon.
Many people are afraid.
But our message here is that wehave a clear and constant source
of help, and that is the helpthat we want to share with one
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another.
So that as, as Frank saidearlier, we can build this
ethical army together toinfluence the family of man, to
turn back towards those thingswhich invite us to sustain life.
not to destroy it, not to, toto, to, to undermine it, but to
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build those and enhance thoseenvironments, which nurture it.
That's what we're here for.
That's what this community ofbelievers is here for.
Frank (31:28):
You know, family is who we are family is a group, it's
not an individual, it's a groupand a family can be two or it
could be billions.
It's a group who have likesensitivities, who are
developing themselves to work ina process to enable themselves
(31:49):
to.
Exist long after their mortallife, you know, family doesn't
ever see itself ending.
It always grows.
And even when it seems likethere are losses, there always
seems to be greater growthversus the losses.
You know, we see people in ourfamily who have lived their life
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and lived a wonderful life, andwe have a certain feeling
towards a love towards them andaffinity towards them when we
see the natural progress ofsomething who now comes to the
conclusion of their life, weunderstand that because we see
that in nature.
But that only creates anopportunity for greater growth
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for that family.
It keeps the, it keeps thefamily going forward.
It keeps us moving in adirection towards the goal,
towards the completion of ourdestiny that God has orientated
us to go to.
So I want to say that in ouraudience, our humble audience,
our very distinguished audiencewe are all family.
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We are all family.
We want the same thing forourselves, and we want to work
for the same things, and we wantto make sure that our family
legacy lives.
We want to be upon those who inmillions of years from now, when
they look back on it, they wantto say that this particular
family existed and they gave thebest expression of themselves.
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Every good, every good familywants that for themselves.
Every good family wants that andevery good family works to find
resources to preserve the legacyof who they are.
You can't have family withoutlegacy.
One doesn't exist without theother in the legacy is just a
magnification of the interest ofthe family.
So for this family, thispodcast, we have this wonderful
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family ties, the prescriptionfor.
Society.
It is the family and you are ourfamily and we are your family.
So as Faradah has said, ourplatform will expand in the very
near future.
We will give our listeningaudience opportunities to
interact with us to be able togive us feedback, to be able to
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give us their feedback.
Perspectives on things and helpallow us to articulate for them
their sensitivities so that weall can support one another as a
family should, should family doas we should do.
Now, speaking of family, let mesegway one second.
Today is my sister's birthday.
Happy birthday, dear sister, Itell
Faridah (34:15):
you.
Frank (34:16):
Yes, yes.
And see how God has done, hasblessed us and has drawn us
together, has drawn our heartstogether.
Today's for these.
Relationships.
But I just wanted to throw thatplug in for my sister.
But anyway as, as, as far as Isaid and as we try to
continuously say, we greatlyappreciate your time.
We value your time and we valueyour opinions and we value your
(34:38):
perspectives.
And we want to be able toarticulate those and be able to
have interactions with you allin those types of conversations.
So Hope, hope is, is not loss.
Goodness is on the rise.
Goodness, and it's alwaysrising.
And as a sign, we're blessedwith seeing that magnificent,
that magnificent sun that risesoff the horizon every morning as
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a sign for us.
To know that goodness is on therise and no, he ain't through
with us yet.
As soon as my grandmother wouldsay, the Lord ain't through with
me yet.
And you're absolutely right,grandma.
And even four generations fromyou know, he's not through with
us yet.
So I just want to thank everyoneand thank my, my dear co host
and say that this opportunitythat we have as the family ties
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is our design is ourcontribution to make sure that
we leave an imprint on theworld.
A footprint, if you will, inthis earth to make sure that we
are settling in the soil toplant the seed.
When you plant a seed, you'vegot to pat the soil down and
make sure that it's secure.
Well, that's what we're doing.
Our steps are planting the seedsand impacting the soil to give
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it life and give it birth.
Faridah (35:52):
And we will nurture that seed, all of those seeds
together, God willing.
And for, for all of those, ourlistening audience, whether
you're a Muslim or Christian,whether you practice Judaism or
another faith, or you aresearching and seeking and are
practicing no faith at all yet.
We want you to hear this call,hear the sincerity with which we
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are inviting you to join.
An ethical army of independentthinkers who are interested in
and willing to cultivate with usdispositions toward the, the,
the best that we have innurturing the building blocks of
successful family life and thesuccessful life of the human
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family.
in education, culture, business,politics, and governance.
We have the ability to do this.
We are strong, we are confident,and we will leave a footprint
with God's help and his mercy.
Frank (36:57):
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
So Farida, as we have grown inthis podcast and have grown to
have a certain cadence in ourpodcast to make sure that we are
moving in the, the measuredsteps that we always want to
move in, because that is ourstructure.
We are structured as a peopleand we want to be structured.
(37:19):
As a group, and we want to bestructured as an influence.
So we have come to this pointwhere we have to give praise for
God, give praise for thecreator, give praise for the one
who has nurtured us and hasguided us one step closer to
what we have deemed destinationexcellence.
Faridah (37:40):
Until next time, let us remain conscious of our creator,
of the sacred relationship ofparent and child.
And of the family ties that bindus as families and as the family
of man.
Subscribe to the podcast andcome back next time for a new
episode of The Family Ties
Frank (37:59):
from Frank Abdul Shahied
Faridah (38:03):
and Farida Abdul Tawwab Brown.
Frank (38:06):
Peace.
Peace
Faridah (38:09):
be upon, be upon the family,
the family.
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