Ras Rootka Zebulun, The Twelve Tribes Lion

From The Rastafari Expression,
A regular column by Kaya I IsesaJah, May 29, 2006         

Ras Rootka Zebulun: Well it has to be the Spirit of Jah that makes an individual come to Rastafari most of all, including the lyrics of Reggae Music which they can listen to. Most Rastafarians like myself were brought up in the Christian Churches as youths, but we search to find out the truth for ourselves and realize that Rastafari is simply truth to us. I wouldn't say that Rastafari is an alternative to another faith because Rastafari is inborn not man made like religion is. Rastafari is spiritual not religious. Like the King said," Religion is a set of rules and regulations, man made, while spirituality comes from the Most High." Rastafari!

Kaya Isesjah: What have you personally received from Rastafari? Any miracles in your life? Any Blessings? Ras Rootka Zebulun: Rastafari taught me my roots again, my Ethiopian African roots, which was taken away from me and my African Caribbean ancestors during slavery. So Rastafari has revived my African Heritage, which is an ancient History of African Kings and Queens creating civilizations not only in the Main Continent but worldwide as well. So it is imperative for any Rastafarian to know about Black History not the lies of Babylon saying Africans were heathen and savages and needed to be Christianized! Ethiopians are the original Christians in the first place not the Europeans. Rastafari has indeed taught me a great History of Africa! Yes I have experienced certain miracles in my lifetime and I know Jah(Yahweh) is real!

I have been surely blessed by the Father in receiving this wisemind, knowledge, and overstanding(Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding). These are the spiritual treasures which Jah can give to anyone, and much better gifts to receive than diamond, gold, and silver. Remember that King Solomon asked for only these three spiritual blessings nothing else. Likewise those are my gifts but I am not the only one who have received this kind of blessing.

Kaya Isesajah: Is the I married?

Ras Rootka Zebulun: No not yet maybe in the future when I really meet an Empress, a Virteous Woman.

Kaya Isesjah: Does the I have children?

Ras Rootka Zebulun: Not yet but surely in the near future to come because I am getting older. Time for pickney man.lol.

Kaya Isesajah: What are your views on Marriage, & on having Children?

Ras Rootka Zebulun: Marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Anything else besides a man and woman relationship is considered to be an abomination to the Most High and against the laws of nature. Yet I don't feel that a man and woman can only be married in a Church, or by a judge. They can be united by the Most High himself which is considered to be common law marriage. When the Most High told Adam here is your wife and Eve here is your husband there wasn't a priest or judge, it was the Most High Jah Himself who blessed them in holy matrimony. Jah told the first African Edenite man and woman," Be fruitful and multiply." This basically means that it is necessary for us human beings to have children.

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As the saying goes," Children are the future," so we must uplift these babe and sucklings, in being mothers and fathers. But Babylon tries to destroy these little souljahs through abortion and I encourage my sisters to stop commit murder for abortion is legal murder! Don't kill the youths let them live! RasTafari bless the little children everywhere they go! Let's not forget the words of Yahshua," Suffer not the little children to come unto me for they are also a part of the Kingdom of Jah."

Kaya Isesajah: Many Rasta wombman worry about what they wear, thinking ones will judge them. They feel that if they are seen with pants on, that this is almost a sin. How does the I feel if you see a Rastafari wombman in pants?

Ras Rootka Zebulun: I wouldn't say many of the Rasta Daughters worry about what they wear, I would say some of them. Because most of them wear dresses because they feel comfortable in it while they are others who would worry because of how their Kingman feels about them wearing pants. Now the Bible says that if a woman put on the garments of a man which is pants, it is an abomination to the Most High. Most Rastawoman feel it is not right to wear pants so they prefer dress instead. Me personally as a Rastaman, I prefer to see Rasta Daughters in dresses rather than pants. In certain Rastafari houses such as the Nyabinghi and Boboshanti, the Rastawoman must have on dress not pants. But let's be realistic will an Empress wear a dress when she's going to the beach, riding a bicycle, or even running? No, so she can't be wearing dress all the time. I've seen some Rastawoman wearing pants and I don't agree with it but I'm not judging them neither, it's their choice to wear dress or not. Jah is only their Judge not I.

Kaya Isesajah: In your opinion, does a Rasta wombman have to keep her locks covered?

Ras Rootka Zebulun: I feel that a Rastawoman should most of the times cover her locks, especially in public because there are all kind of negative vibes within the air. Locks are like antennas so in order to make good connection with the Most High your antennas have to be clear of any kind of negativity just positivity must flow within your body, through your head. But it is one's decision if she wants to cover her dreadlocks or not. As a Rastaman, I sometimes let my locks out because locks is hair and it needs air to breathe still. I feel if ones always cover their Natty Dreadlocks all the time, they are preventing natural hair growth, and their locks will not receive enough air to keep them firm. So you must let your Natty out sometimes the way I look at it.

Kaya Isesajah: Does a Rasta have to really carry locks on their head?

Ras Rootka Zebulun: Although Dreadlocks is one of the Rastafarian principles which the Elders did make through Biblical inspiration, you don't have to wear locks in being a Rastafarian, there are combsome Rastas as well. For in the earlier times of the Movement there were Rastafarians who didn't even dread before they began accepting the Nazarite Vow in Numbers 6 of the Bible.