Published On: March 23rd, 2024Categories: NewsletterTags: , , , , ,

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MEDICINE

01 EMOTIONS

Math is MedicineAccording to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), each organ In the body and its complement are associated with an emotion:

    1. The heart and small intestines are associated with joy.
    2. The lungs and large intestines are associated with grief.
    3. The stomach and spleen are associated with worry/overthinking.
    4. The kidney and urinary bladder are associated with fear.
    5. The liver and gall bladder are associated with anger.

02 BREAST CANCER
REVELATIONS

While attending a breast awareness conference a few years ago at Wayne State university, Detroit, Michigan, I found the conference to be very enlightening.

A few revelations are:

    1. African American women are the least prone to breast cancer of all other ethnic groups.
    2. If a woman breast feeds her baby, it reduces the chance of getting breast cancer by 40%.
    3. When breast cancer is about to manifest, all the energy in the body goes to that one area.

 

MATH

03 BIG NUMBERS FOR LITTLE ONES
BY LINDA JOHNSON

Math is Medicine Summer Solstice

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The math workbook for ages 2 – 7 years old.

The workbook is an African-centered workbook that covers, in a very simplistic way, topics of counting, patterns, number rhymes, basic math facts, algebra, geometry, data, probability, and word problems, in African dilemma story form.

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04 VEDIC MATH
SPIRITUAL SUTRAS OF INDIA

Vedic math is a very short way of doing lengthy math problems in one step.

It originated from the spiritual sutras of India where the father of Vedic math, Shri Bharathi Krishna, discovered that the sutra laws also translate into mathematical formulas.

Here is a short cut for multiplying: 4,523 x 11:

 

AFRICAN MEDICINE WHEEL

Math is Medicine

05 FIRE (2, 7)
VISIONARY

Each year the Babalawos of Cuba come together and perform a group divination for the coming New Year. From that divination is revealed the governing Orisha for the year and several predictions are written in what is known as The Letter from Cuba.

This year, 2024, the governing Orisha is Papa Legba, the one who is the communicator and stands at the crossroads (the area between the cosmic realm and the earth realm which reminds me of the Dagara element of FIRE.)

There are many very interesting conclusions of which a few will be mentioned here.

  1. Be careful with whom you leave your children.
  2. A warning against the consumption of breaded foods
  3. An increase in neurological diseases
  4. Pay more attention to agricultural productivity and growing your own food.
  5. For more details concerning the 2024 Letter from Cuba: Visit here.

06 WATER (1, 6)
PEACE MAKER

Math is Medicine Summer Solstice Newsletter

In 1847 African Americans were not allowed to be educated on land, even though many had gained their freedom.

African American minister and educator, John Berry Meachum, built a ship and established ‘The Freedom School‘ inside the ship!

African Americans were taught to read and become educated right on the water!

Talking about ‘still water runs deep!!!’

07 EARTH (0, 5)
ONE LOVE

Math is Medicine Summer Solstice Newsletter

Bob Marley was born in 1945 and was therefore an Earth element – one who sees to it that everyone has everything they need.

Bob Marley exuberated that energy in his life and among many other deeds, he fed the community of people on a regular basis. The recent movie about Marley’s life story “One Love’ pointed out some of his feats.

First, everything that Bob did and created came from the spiritual realm. He saw a vision of every major event before it happened. During the dangerous political times in Jamaica,
Bob Marley was shot and so was his wife, Rita Marley.

Amazingly the bullets did not deeply penetrate him, and Rita’s locks were so thick, they broke the impact of it penetra]ng her neck. Shockingly, they were both able to perform right ajer such a trauma]c incident!

08 MINERAL (4, 9)
ARTIST AND HISTORIAN

The element of mineral consists of community, memory, orator, speaker, storytelling and includes the fine and performing arts.

There are some interesting facts among some artists.

  1. John Coltrane revamped the musician’s ‘circle of fifths ‘and added very traditional musical notes from India to it. His intent was to create music so that if someone was sick, he could write a song for their physical healing. Or if someone needed money, he could write a song for their financial wealth.
  2. I was told that Reggae music starts on the downbeat to give the idea that whatever was happening had already started.
  3. When African Americans first created gospel music, it was produced, owned and controlled only by African Americans.

09 NATURE (3, 8)
TRANSFORMATION & CHANGE AGENT

We must never give up hope.

Things can change within 24 hours or in one hour.

“Things Change”

Lyrics by Nina Simone

Everything must change.
Nothing remains the same.
Everyone must change.
No one and nothing remain the same.

BOOK SHOP

10 BIG NUMBERS FOR LITTLE ONES
BY LINDA JOHNSON

Math is Medicine

Forward By: Professor Kaba Hiawatha Kamene

The book is about understanding the concept of frac]ons from an African-centered perspec]ve using ‘cakes’ to bring out the concept of equality – a must for the understanding of the opera]on on frac]ons!

See my latest book and other items of interest here.

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