Look.

Gucci Mane has this quote on “Hurry,” from The State vs. Radric Davis where he says AND I QUOTE:

“Back like I never left. Left like I never slept.”

I’m letting y’all know, I’m here and no matter how long my hiatuses are between blog posts, I’m still here.

Like that one Drake song.

Speaking of Uncle Radric, congrats to him for tying the knot recently. My heart is so full for these two.

LOOK AT THIS SMILE!! LOOK AT HER CHEEKBONES!! I CAN’T!!!!!!!



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👏🏽ANYWAYS.

As I’ve mentioned before, I spent my wifi-less time during my summer stay in Prague reading, observing the world around me, taking notes, and listening to music.



The notes in my phone from this trip are ridiculously long and I’m still working on compiling them all together to have some blog posts that are at least a little bit cohesive.

Lacking wifi meant I was on a forced personal sabbatical where I had no choice but to entertain myself through..

books..

observation

and

my own writing.

This just meant my writing had to become more interesting; not with the intention for anyone else to read, by for my own, personal entertainment.

I noticed many connections between the music I listened to and the spiritual and religious texts that my nerdy ass simply would read for fun.

With that being said, this is a continuation of a previous post I made about the spiritual scriptures I’ve found while listening to the lyrical lectures made by SIR AUBREY DRAKE GRAHAM while simultaneously reading Philosopher; Franz Kafka’s Book of Aphorisms,

Psychologist: Carl Jung’s observations, the ancient Hermetic teachings in the Kybalion,

and this pretty cool book on basic Taoist principles that discuss turning stress into vitality.





…a topic that I find to be much more significant for the mental well being of the masses than most people will admit.

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I wrote the longest intro on my previous post, but that was really just to weed out the people who didn’t need to read the information at the bottom of it.



To be honest, it’s not information for everyone. And if you read it, you’ll understand.

And if you don’t, it will probably make sense to you in the future. This isn’t information for you to internalize immediately. Take it at your own discretion and your own pace.

But, moving on.





Here are more of my notes about the intersectionalities between ancient spiritual texts, my personal experiences, and Drake lyrics:





✨✨1. “You sit and you pray that the stars align. My luck is a sure thing because I’m living right.”

Keep the Family Close, Views

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There’s a religious quote: “Faith without works is dead,” or something along those lines.

I’m not religious, but I love how religion gives spiritual guidelines to souls searching for guidance.

I don’t love how some religions teach people to passively live and pray so they can live a good life after death.

That never sat right with me. That’s what slave masters would use to keep slaves from rebelling.



I feel like Heaven and Hell can be attained on Earth based on how you’re living. I actually believe that’s what Jesus was preaching about.

The amount of guilt and bad karma that comes with killing someone or lying or stealing just places you in an earthly HELL.



While the amount of vitality you feel from showing gratitude and loving your neighbor and yourself will send you to a spiritual HEAVEN.





Anyways, I brought up faith without works being dead because it coincides with the law of attraction.

Establish what you want and make affirmations as if you already have it. Then make them come true.

Change your thoughts.

Be cognitive of what you allow into your mind. It’s the only one you’ll get.

This means becoming mindful of the media you take in, the music you listen to, your friends, your acquaintances… really the list is infinite.

My church in Nashville, Unity taught me that every thought is a prayer. Treat them as such.

Everything you’re thinking about

you

are

wishing

for.

This is merely half of the goal achieving process. After transitioning into this mindset you must act on your new ideals.

Drake discusses how when you pray based in fear of letting down some higher power and wait around for good things to happen to you, you most likely end up feeling unfulfilled.

He doesn’t have this problem. He understands the concept I just elaborated on.





✨✨2. “Like a kiss from a rose I could be the one to seal your whole fate. So be careful what you think. Think about what you gon’ say.”

Sacrifices, More Life

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I’ll say it again and again





The mind is powerful.

Drake has reached a level of spiritual enlightenment that means if you speak poorly of him or to him you could possibly wind up in some trouble.

People usually call it having “good karma.”

I feel I’ve experienced this. When I realized the importance of good karma, I never had to handle people I’ve had issues with using violence. The universe usually gets them back way better than I ever could.

Use of excessive violence to solve disputes shows a lack of communication and emotional self control, which is inherently a lack of spiritual grounding.

The goal is to become well grounded spiritually so you can attract what you want and need out of life!

So keep spreading love when and where you can. Having karma on your side is a beautiful thing.

When people cross you in the worst way, you can cut off the relationship with no regrets knowing you only poured positivity into it.





✨✨3. ‪”I’m like a real estate agent putting you all in your places. Look what happens soon as you talk to me crazy.”‬

Two Birds, One Stone (single)

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(See last post)



✨✨4. “I’m all over the place. I can’t stay in one place. I’m not ashamed at all. Still finding myself, let alone a soul mate. I’m just sayin.”

Jungle, IYRTITL

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I believe we were given two legs and placed on such a huge planet for a reason.. to experience it.

Who you are and who you will be has always been inside of you.

One of my favorite psychologists, Carl Jung has a theory about how the skills our ancestors acquired for generations and generations are all encoded in our DNA and personality, but it takes environmental factors during our lifetime to bring them out.

He calls these unlocked skills and personality traits “archetypes.”

I believe this is why it seems as some skills come so easily to some people, hard work mixed with their ancestors embedded genetic code.

This is also why I feel it is important to know as much as you can about your ancestors. Knowing what they were skillful in, what they liked and disliked, what they ate and felt they shouldn’t eat.

Knowing this helps guide you to the experiences that will unlock parts of yourself you’d never imagine.

I feel slave masters knew this too, which is why they didn’t need their slaves knowing much about the historical aspect of their identity.





Drake is “all over the place,” unlocking his archetypes 🙂





✨✨5. “Everything’s adding up. You’ve been through hell and back that’s why you bad af.”

Make Me Proud, TC

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I was told once not to worry about the future too much when it comes to career searching and just perfect your crafts and stay open for opportunity.

This is such a generic statement that didn’t really hold much weight in my life until recently.

Keep doing things you love and getting better and better at them even if it seems like all of your hobbies have no intersecting qualities.

The moment the epiphany comes that explains how to use all of your passions together as one is my definition of “success.”

This has actually been studied in the Japanese culture for years. The concept is called ikigai.





This moment, when it all “adds up” as Drake calls it is utterly beautiful and he even acknowledges that by saying “that’s why you bad af!!!!!”

Wow! I’m just.. I’m just

✨✨6. “Only see the truth when I’m staring in the mirror. Looking at myself like DEA IT IS DEA!”

Used To, Views

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Everything you need to move forward is inside of yourself. That’s the “truth.”

I only see the truth when I’m staring in the mirror.

Next time you have about 4 min to yourself, try a mirror meditation. It’s as simple as meditating with your reflection. You can google it on your own time, or simply make it your own.

A common misconception about meditation is that there is a certain way to do it.





It may sound outlandish, but trust me. Trust Drake, too 🙂

~Relevant side note~

Many people lie to themselves so don’t expect them to be 100% truthful to you.

But, be grateful when they do.

Trust your damn self.

Be the most honest and trustworthy person you know and you’ll attract that. I’d go as far to say it’s a quite contagious mindset, actually.





✨✨7. “Never get sloppy drunk, but alcohol is problem solving.”

You & the 6, IYRTITL

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75% of these documented realizations are stemming from me being inebriated.

Beer and bottles of wine here in Prague can be found for as little as $2, while water is usually about $3 or $4.

🤷🏽‍♀️WWJD?

Never drink to forget.

This is damaging to the mind and your sanity is by far your most important characteristic.

Drink to the point of illumination, not confusion.





✨✨8. “I make people pay me for my time. Yeah I need that.”

Still Here, Views

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Reach a point in your life where if the people around you aren’t adding to your wealth, there’s no hesitation in releasing that tie.

People need to pay you for your time.

Wealth is

not

all about

cash.

Once I decided people I surround myself with need to either pay me in emotional support, financial support, or sheer intellect, my life shifted for the better.

Expect no less for yourself! You fucking queen you!!

A guy friend messaged me the other day:





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✨✨9. “If I was you I wouldn’t like me either.”

Views, Views

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Misery loves company. And when you don’t offer that companionship, misery can easily freeze into hate.

I’ve heard some rumors that people have said about me, but even as a kid I never really cared about this because I somewhat understand the concept of internal and external mirroring.

Every single action we as humans do is a reflection of something else below the surface, whether it’s past trauma that nurtures present bad habits or embedded passions that nurture to your liveliness and vitality.

I know what it feels like to project your insecurities on to others.. to gossip because somehow trivializing others shortcomings make you temporarily not have to deal with your own.

I’ve been there. The key is not staying there.

For me, this level of understanding makes it very hard to ever truly be mad at people, but inadvertently it seems to make miserable people want to “hate.”



DRAKE GETS IT!!!!

✨✨10. “Can’t afford no mistakes. Everything just in case.”

No Complaints (single)

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Stay ready so you never have to get ready.

You wait on opportunities. Opportunites don’t wait on you.

One of the worst feelings is missing out on an opportunity because you have to spend time preparing for it when it arises.

Dodge that feeling by expecting the best and preparing for the worst.

✨✨11. “They’d rather run up on me than towards their goals.”

Views, V

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Unsuccessful people love dissociating from their problems so they hold off on facing them head on. This just pushes their problems in lot the future, though.

In between all of that dissociation harbors a type of self loathing that becomes easier to deflect towards others than deal with by themselves.

Unsuccessful people worry about everyone, but themselves and Drake understands this.

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I truly appreciate whoever made it this far into the blog post. Lol.

I understand most of our generation’s attention spans don’t last very long.

With that being said, this is a spiritual journal moreso for me than anyone else, but I have decided to share with whoever is interested.

So..

Thank you for being interested.

I have waaaaaay more valuable notes to compile and share here.





Until next time, remember:





send me love and maybe get some back.



💓

xx,

Natt.

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