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My Inspiration:
Hebrews
Israelites
12 Tribes of Israel (Yehudah, Binyameen, Yoseph, Levi, etc.)
Africans (Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Tunisia, etc.)
Sephardic Jews
True Submission to God (Prostration in Prayer)
Ablutions before Prayer
Oneness, Unity, Love, Beauty, Simplicity
Sufi Meditation
Prophets and Mystics
Globe Trekker/Backpacking
Camping, Fishing, Hiking
Nature, West Coast (Alaska, Washington, Oregon)
Bears, Elk, Moose, Caribou
New Mexico (Goats and Sheep)/Abiquiu
Outpost Natural Foods/Beans and Barley/Whole Foods
Safed Hippies
Being Positive, Athletic, Spiritual, Organic, Natural, Real!
Shalem Healing (Holistic Medicine)
Innocence
Spirituality
The Neshamah (Soul)
Faith, Purity, Modesty, Simplicity, Love, Unity, Beauty
Compassion, Mercy, Kindness, Gentleness
Peace of Spirit and Mind
Scent (Frankincense, Myrrh, Amber, etc.)
Incense (Nag Champa)
Meditation and Oneness [like the Buddha]
Being Organic and Natural
The Color Brown
Humility
The Prophets
Jah
The Psalms
Dreadlocks
Nazirite Rastafarians
The 12 Tribes of Israel
Long beards and skullcaps for men
Headscarf and ankle-length jean skirts for women
TRUE Spiritual Hippies
Walking the Ancient Cobblestone Streets of the Old Cities of
Jerusalem and Safed
Organic Hippie Farmers living in the Hills of Judea and Samaria
The 10 Lost Tribes (The Pashtuns of Afghanistan)
The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah
Bob Marley
Matisyahu
The Blood of Abraham
Poor Righteous Teachers
Al-Shaheed Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X)
Being true to oneself
Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic Languages and Judeo-Arabic Culture
The Children of Israel
Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed
The Tombs of the Prophets and Mystics (Yoseph,
Rachel, and Samuel, etc.)
Bait al-Maqdis
Ancient Mystics like Rabbi Shimon bar Yochi
Rabbi Yitzhak Luria (The Arizal) from 16th century Safed, Israel
The Zohar
Mystical Love like that of Rabia al Basra
Sufis and Kabbalists
True Martyrs like Rabbi Akiva
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews of Bukhara, Yemen, Ethiopia, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia, Syria, Persia.
Mystical Prophets like Elijah and Ezekial
Meditation, Prayer, Tranquility, Calmness, Silence
The Way of Prophet Ibrahim
Jewish Sufis
Al-Andalus
Ha-Nagid Rabbi Avraham ben Moshe ben Maimun
from 13th century Egypt
The Mystical Path (Tariqa As-Sufia
/ Derech Ha-Hasidut)
Baba Sali of Morocco (Rabbi Yisrael
Abu Hatzeira)
"The Illuminated Rumi" and "The
Illuminated Prayer"
Imams Al Ghazali and Al Mawlud
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Jews with Dreadlocks
Books of Sacred Knowledge by the Ancient Sages, Mystics, and Prophets: Shulchan Aruch, Zohar, Tanya, Derech Hashem, Kitab Kifayat
Al-Abidin, Sefer Yetzirah, Guide to the Perplexed, Meditation and the Bible,
Purification of the Heart, Sefer Ha-Bahir, The Psalms, Ecclesiastes
Books of the Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Zechariah,
Malachi, Joel, Amos, Chavakuk, etc.
Baal Teshuvah NaNach Breslov Carlebach Hippies: Organic farming and Holistic medicine. Large White Kippahs and Long Payos and Beard.
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov taught Faith, Simplicity, and Joy in Worship of G-d
Dead Sea Scrolls: The Children of Light (The Pure and Pious)
The Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan as-Safa)
Haqqani Naqshbandi Sufis