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How to Become an Afro Samurai: Yasuke, the Wild Super Hero

Instruction for Feeling Challenge; Seeing with the Eye of Heart of an Angelic Alchemical Warrior of Peace

By SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne BYEPublished 10 months ago • Updated 10 months ago • 3 min read
How to Become an Afro Samurai: Yasuke, the Wild Super Hero
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feeling liberating and not enslaved.. . .

discovering super powers of alchemical compassion and zen mindful peace. .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

seeing into the soul of a samurai superhero warrior, . . .

being free, the body must not never be enslaved, . . .

being a slave, given his freedom . . . .

rising up and earning respect, to liberation, . . .

becoming the first foreign. . . .

masterful samurai warrior in Japan, . . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

possessing skills as a fighter, . . . .

being a powerful spiritual and soulful being, . . .

becoming a great legend, a true superman, . . .

following his mythic, magical path, . . . .

. . . . thy African vision of . . . .

seeing, being, and feeling lucid dreams. . .

. . . . feeling alive, flying like dragons, to be a samurai,

being raised a shaman, in his African world,

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

having a mother with alchemical a shamanic powers, . . .

growing up . . . .

thinking like a magical . . .

. . . . being, but one day he

being stolen, from Africa, finding himself at sea. . .

during his misadventures, . . .

traveling the world, even to . . . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

including India and meeting other Hindu Shamans , . . .

feeding him and respecting this great hero from Africa, . . .

being a shaman hero warrior, such a warrior is not about . . .

fighting, instead possessing a creativity eye to live . . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

being a productive part of Japanese samurai society, . . . .

balancing harmony and vision and mindful zen . . . .

creating a new definition for the warrior of the heart, . . .

awakening his own heart to see what he seemed to have lost,

seeing with clarity of the wisdom of the shaman . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

being born in the body, mind and spirit,

merging with the soul with the zen mind

teaching how a warrior enters into . . . .

. . . . the eternal now of bliss, . . .

listening to the powerful mystic music of taiko drums .. .

fighting for your human rights, . . .

learning to be samurai, superhero warrior of peace . . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

being given your freedom in a distant land . . .

thinking of your mother and father . . .

landing in a ship, in Japan, . . .

. . . as a Jesuit priest . . .

giving you to a lord, who later frees you . . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

naming you, Yasuke, the African slave who

becoming a legendary superhero samurai , . . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

repeating the mantra of love:

. . . . respect me , . . . . respect me, . . . .

. . . . . . . . . respect me. . .

𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆🌷͙⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ

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SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne BYE

💗 Bitch from Planet X, Post Cancer Pain. Ghosted by Wife. BYE, BYE, BYE! Ted Talk Speaker, Yoga Dude, Many Black Belts, Mexican grandmother , Salsa Champion. Korean Born, Japan raised, grew up In LA, Gymnast, Jazz Drummer💗!

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    Written by SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne BYE