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 "Substance of Life" is phenomenal.  I read the book cover to cover in one sitting!  I especially enjoyed "Transcendental Love." It shows how love is supportive and not controlling; supportive and not judgmental; how Love transcends space and time.
Thank you for sharing your special gift of "Substance of Life."    
                       
Dr. Jacquilen Fostor Tomas, Ali

       RIP RAS​​

Substance of Life, book cover of Philadelphia author and publisher

Substance of Life is an inspirational 92 page softback book of poetry and testimony.

When I asked my dear friend RAS Malik, if he would do the book cover for Subtance of Life, he agreed without reservation. This book cover is one of the last pieces of art he did within the last 6 months of his life.

Because many of the poems in Substance of Life deal with love, Ras and I talked about the state of love within the Afrikan-American community. We discussed the vast absence of love between the Afrikan man and Afrikan woman, and the dire need to reclaim that love. We discussed our vision for our community. We both saw a Garden of Eden--a  place full of beauty and peace, where the Afrikan man, and Afrikan woman can share the same space and walk in virtue and pure love. He is looking into her eyes, she is looking into his eyes, and they only see each other. They are in love, they are love. This is how the book cover came about. ​​(continued below)

Love is a decision, followed by action. When you love, you grow the other person, as well as yourself. Are you standing in the Garden of Eden?  Have you invited someone in that Garden, planting and sowing seeds of love?  Everything you do is a seed. Your harvest is contingent upon the seeds you plant. Have you decided to love constructively, or are you destroying souls that God created with seeds of destruction?  Do you ask yourself how the master sees you?  Do you care? How are you treating other people?  Do you see people as a means for selfish gain or are you genuinely loving others?  You are part of a community, and the well being of that community rests on the thoughts, and behaviors of each individual. Lift up your community!  Rebuke childish games and selfish motivations. Decide to love, to construct and not to destroy. Live a life of Substance!  So I ask you, my sisters, my brothers, What substance is your life?​

 

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