We need you to TELL US HOW YOU SEE IT!

Peace!

In every issue of our magazine we pose a series of "Tell Us How You See It" questions to our readers. In our Spring 2010 issue we asked our readers to answer the questions below. Unfortunately we didn't get many replies, which means we won't have any answers to publish in our Summer 2010 Show& Prove issue of the magazine. So if you're up to it, and would like to share your valuable insight with our readers and the thousands of people who attend Show & Prove in Harlem, NY every year (he 2nd Sunday of June at Harriet Tubman School), then please answer the following:

1. How has having knowledge of self most benefited you?

2. What responsibilities do you think the Earths in the Nation should have to the Nation and the community as a whole?

3. Let’s help our daughters become great women! What strong characteristic of yours do you want
your daughter(s) to acquire? What characteristics of yours could be detrimental to her? How can you be
sure that she gets the best of you?

4. Do you utilize the Nation of Gods and Earths yearly Health Calendar? Why or why not? If so, how do you incorporate this into your personal ciphers?

We go to print Saturday June 6 so asap we need you to TELL US HOW YOU SEE IT! by posting your answers as a comment or emailing them to the14thdegreeandbeyond@com

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14th Degree Subscriptions, Submissions & Ads for Show & Prove 2010 Issue

Peace Gods & Earths,

The 14th Degree and Beyond is accepting submissions and ads for our supersized Show & Prove issue.

Deadline for submissions is June 1st.

We accept recipes, poetry, children activity sheets, and articles.

Ad space is half price for this issue, and will reach a wider market with thousands traveling into Mecca to attend:
$10 business card size ad
$20 quarter page size ad
$40 half page size ad

Please send edited submissions and ad graphics to the14thdegreeandbeyond@comcast.net - any payments can be made to this email address via www.paypal.com.

Those whose full article is published receive a complimentary electronic issue.

Peace

Let your Food be your Medicine...

Peace. Hippocrates once said "Let your Food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food." Lately, I have become extremely conscious of the foods and drinks I have been eating. I have about 40lbs that I am still striving to lose and find that they are being really stubborn. So, I started to really do the knowledge to my food intake. Yes, I probably need to go to the gym more than once a month, and maybe take the stairs to the 2nd floor, rather than the elevator. However, I think a refined diet and exercise go hand-in-hand when it comes to weight loss and until I Master what I need to do with my intake, I can then incorporate mastering a physical fitness plan. For the most part, I have drastically changed the way I eat, what I eat, and the amount I consume over the last 9 years... thanks to that change, I have lost a lot of weight. But I find that I've been backsliding a bit into my old habits.

So, lately, I've been reading up and speaking with my sistahs on raw foods, the vegan lifestyle, and just in general, seeking opportunities to better my health, digestion, while decreasing the intake of those foods that are probably causing me the most harm - meat, dairy, startches and carbs (my 4 devil heads). And, as a result, have decided to start a 3-day raw food detox today.

I am a far cry from being an expert or professional on this subject matter, however I chose this to be the topic of my blog this month because sometimes its important to hear from those of us in the baby stages, in transition, who struggle everyday with overall eating issues, as well as finding the right balance of diet for our own body. For instance, I know that for self, I could never go totally raw. I have severe iron-deficiency anemia and would not be able to supplement enough with just various beans, greens, and iron vitamins. However, I may be able to find a balance of raw, vegetarian, and a sporadic, healthy, meat-eating diet (broiled fish, chicken breast, etc.) that could work for my body type, blood type, and health lifestyle.

So, here I am on day one of my detox, striving to get through at least this day. I am learning alot about my body and also about what I can do when I put my mind to it.

PEACE

14th Degree Subscriptions, Submissions and Ads for Show and Prove 2010 Issue

The Diameter of The 14th Degree and Beyond Magazine

Peace!

The Show and Prove Summer issue of "The 14th Degree and Beyond Magazine for the Original Woman" will be a super-sized full color issue! And we want to make sure that we continue to have our fingers on the pulse of what YOU want to see us write about. We are produced 4 times a year at the start of each season, and our letters, energy, feedback, and contributions from our readers is what has kept us going.

Featured sections within each issue include:

Earth Science (History of, interviews with, and articles about Original Women)
Politics
Builders Build (Build on Supreme Mathematics, Supreme Alphabet and 120 Lessons)
Science of Everything in Life (the geosciences, biology, chemistry, genealogy, etc)
Healthy, Strong, and Good... (Health and Nutrition)
Each One, Teach Many (Brief info about a little known fact)
Get Quizzed
Poetry Corner
From Home to Abroad (World Cultures and Issues)
Green Earth (Environmental Awareness)
More Gold for Your Labor (Economics)
From the Fathers of Civilization (Wise words from the Gods)
"How to Cook" (Any topics related to food - recipes, healthy eating tips, harmful habits)
Training Units and Teen Corner (Activities and articles for the youth)
Cipher N.E.W.S. (What's going in our readers' respective areas)
Tell Us How You See It (A series of questions requiring our readers' response)

These features were carefully determined so that the information provided within each section would aid in the refinement and enrichment of each individual regardless of their interests or scope of knowledge, and especially, to cultivate through regeneration the minds of those living in downtrodden urban communities whose welfare is often forgotten or ignored in mainstream media outlets.

SUBMIT AN ARTICLE, POEM, RECIPE, SEED ACTIVITY, WORD OF WISDOM, OR CIPHER (and Birth) ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE STAFF OF THE 14TH DEGREE AND BEYOND FOR THE SHOW and PROVE SUMMER 2010 ISSUE, TODAY!

EMAIL US at the14thdegreeandbeyond@comcast.net
WRITE US at The 14th Degree and Beyond, Inc. P.O. Box 2134Teaneck, NJ 07666-1534

ADVERTISERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR LAST ISSUE TAKING HALF-PRICED ADS! Thousands of people – Gods and Earths who reside in the NY Tri-State area, the hundreds who travel in from out of town, and supporters of the Nation of Gods and Earths – descend upon Harriet Tubman School in Harlem every year for the Annual Show and Prove, in order to build with the best, meet a-alikes in person, and support the many Gods and Earths vending products, books, music, documentaries, and media publications. It is the perfect opportunity to place an ad in the 14th Degree and Beyond – AS OUR SHOW and PROVE ISSUE SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR TO PEOPLE RESIDING ALL OVER THE WORLD! As a recession buster, prices have been slashed in half for this 2009-2010 volume: business card sized ad space is $5, 1/4 page ads $10, 1/2 page ads $20, full page ads $40, and back cover ads are $60. In this issue only all ads are full-color! Email your ads to us in jpeg form and make your payments via paypal or postal mail!

We are always accepting new subscriptions and bulk orders!! Environmentally friendly Electronic Subscriptions (emailed to you in the form of a PDF file) are $20; Print Subscriptions (including postage) are $28; Individual Issues are $6; Back issues are $4. (An additional $2 shipping fee is required for individual and back issues that are postal mailed.)

Please make your money orders payable to The 14th Degree and Beyond, Inc. and mail to P.O. Box 2134, Teaneck, NJ 07666-1534, or pay via www.PayPal.com to the4thdegreeandbeyond@comcast.net. Donations are welcome and appreciated!

ATTENTION: Any supporters who began their annual subscription with the Show and Prove Summer 2009 Issue - your subscription expired with the Spring 2010 Issue and is now due for renewal. Subscription payments can easily be made online via your PayPal or mailed as a money order.

PEACE

The Official debut of MGT & GCC Classes at Allah School in Mecca

Just spreading the word...

The Official Debut!!!!!!!!!!

Peace to my NGE (My Family),

The Official debut of MGT & GCC Classes! Is finally here!

Where: Allah School In Mecca
2122 W 127th St. Manhattan,NYC (bet. 126th &127th St.)

Time: 1pm to 3pm

Date: May 22, 2010 and Every 3rd Saturday of the Month

Contact: Allah School..Allah B. & Queen Natural Reflection Earth
Ph:212-655-4175 (Allah School)...347-371-7204(Queen Natural)

Spread this on to all brothers and sisters, Gods and Earths.
We need your help in making this our beginning and future.
Every Queen from every area should have a representation!
Queen Mother of Civilization, we need you and all First Born.
This is the most important step in securing our future.
I give my love, my support, my time, my dedication to you.
To all Queens and my NGE family you are my hope and future.
Together there's nothing we can't accomplish.
I believe in all of you and look forward to seeing you there.
No Queen or Earth shall ever be left behind again.
Teach A Queen And Build A Civilization!
To The Gods it is also your civilized duty to help us.

Peace To All: Queen Natural Reflection Earth of Mecca

"Culinary Crack"

Peace Asiatics,

It's EARLY Saturday morning (about 6:30AM at the start of this writing), and I've spent a great deal of time in the past 24 hours in the kitchen making scrumptious vegan, vegetarian, and raw eats for the king and I. It started Friday afternoon, with my making my Creamy Baked Ziti (vegetarian) in preparation for a visit from the God's younger brother and his woman. Unfortunately, they never showed and now we're forced to eat this giant pan of bangin' ziti all by our lonesome (woe is us - giggle giggle) - that and my Passion Fruit Iced Tea. I also bought all the fixings, at the God's request, to throw together my Sweet & Spicy Kale Salad that so many in the community out here seem to love. But when bra-in-law never showed, I decided to make "Community Coleslaw" (a recipe I got from Afya Ibomu's "The Vegan Soulfood Guide to the Galaxy), an easy old school raw salad I had been longing for for a couple days now. I took the Queen's recipe and freaked it (as I do all recipes) taking out a couple things and adding a little bit of this and that, that virtually nothing I prepare goes with out - namely, spike seasoning and cayenne pepper. In addition to coleslaw, I made what I can only call "Nutty Coconut Delight", another inspired creation; this one coming from Tassili's Raw Realtiy (a raw catering company out here in Atlanta) based on a Haitian fruit salad they do that is wayyyyyy better than my mere attempt to copy (for personal use only of course). But it was fun to have my go at other people's creations, because when I cater I have a strict policy to only serve me and my partner's own culinary inventions, so I don't delve into bringing to life other people's recipes too often.

I started a catering company some time in 2007, when I realized me and another Earth were quite often catering or vending food at various Nation and cultural community functions. I realized, "everybody else has a hustle, I might as well make food mine." I called it 7th Jewel Vegan Catering, with the idea that it would be a business that the Earths could and would embark upon. After working several events all by my lonesome I realized the Earth I had been working with had no real interest in making a living - or even making a hustle - by cooking and catering food - delicious, healthy vegan food I might add. And I realized that a sista I had worked on numerous community building efforts with was helping me with my catering more and more, taj anwar. And as I saw her become enthralled by serving up "culinary crack" (as she calls it) more and more, I thought maybe this Queen will provide the partnership I thirst for.

See, I COULD bust my butt and go it alone, but I have always been one who cherishes work done cooperatively more so than independently. I suppose it's because I'm not the most self-motivated person (it's not cause I lack ambition, it's cause I'm just so chill - smile - and working for others is infinitely easier than working for self), and having another person that I'm responsible for keeping my word to forces me to get on the job and stay on the job. (This is very much the reason why I love and am dedicated to the collective effort of The 14th Degree and Beyond as well.)

So my sista taj and I decided to partner up on this "food for a living" biz and changed the name to Feed The People Catering, to coincide with the organization that had brought us together - the FTP Movement. And having a partner who is business minded and image oriented has made a vast difference in the progression and gradual success of our small business. I would never have started a website as she did (maybe a facebook fan page, but not actually paid for a website - LOL), she got us a stunning 8 ft x 10 ft banner, matching business cards and postcards, even aprons with our logo on it!

There is just so much that my partner visualized needing in order to garner people's attention and add to our success that never even crossed my mind. So I build on this because working with taj has allowed me to realize that a partnership works best when both entities are complimentary in their differences - rather than having nearly the exact same interests and skills. When each person has the very same skills set and interests, they're doing the same thing and leaving major ground uncovered. On the contrary, when their differences fill in the gaps of the traits or skills one lacks it strengthens the partnership as a whole.

So to all those in business partnerships, even life partnerships, bond with those who allow your differences to compliment and complete, rather than divide, and you'll find you have a much smoother ride on your way to success!

Peace,
Eboni Joy Asiatic

Quality or Quantity?

Peace All -

It's been a while since we have last posted which doesn't mean we have forgotten... not at all. We have been working on the lastest issue of our quarterly mag "The 14th Degree and Beyond" as well as preparing our homes for the changes in season and upcoming events.

As some of you may or may not know - I have been writing music for years. I perform occassionally as well which is extremely theraputic. I find as someone who is into music as not just a culture but as a living breathing thing... I take it more personally. Like when I see real talent washed to the side for whom ever has a sexier image... it's just the truth. Here's one case:

Alicia Keys and India.Arie - Hands down Arie is a better writer and a better singer. Everything she does is deliberate and on point... Not to say Alicia isn't talented it's just I feel that India has more QUALITY. They both came out around the same time. I was living in Chicago then. Alicia Keys may have visited the House of Blues there about 8 times in 3 months....India... only once. Granted - you could say the labels have a say in that however, fans have a voice too.

Arie made it clear with her first Video "She's not the average girl from the video..." and she wasn't changing anything - and I think that scared people. And to this day she hasn't changed. However, when I look at Keys, I notice her image is increasingly sexier and her success increases. She's not her mis matched, braided, Harlemnite lace glove wearing self anymore... she is now big hair, tight pants and glittered belts... with some popped gloss too! lol.

I say all this to say... how much are you willing to change who you are to be accepted by others? Are you willing to become something other then what you say you are in order to make more $$? Or can you be happy with less and stay true to yourself?

Peace

QC Zag