{"id":204,"date":"2015-04-09T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/?p=204"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:51:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:51:31","slug":"rastas-guide-living-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rasta’s Guide to Living Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: \u201cAre you a rich man?\u201d<\/p>\n

A: \u201cWhen you say rich, what do you mean?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Q: \u201cDo you have a lot of possessions? Do you have a lot of money in the bank?\u201d<\/p>\n

A: \u201cPossessions make you rich? I don\u2019t have that kind of richness. My richness is life, forever.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

This quote is from the now-famous \u201c60 Minutes<\/a>\u201d interview with Bob Marley, and the quote still resonates today. Do possessions make you rich? They certainly didn\u2019t for Bob, and the same goes for our friend Lion, a through-and-through Rasta who lives near the Pantrepant Farm. Lion doesn\u2019t have much, and he lives a very simple life, but it\u2019s exactly the life he wants. This freedom is immeasurable for Lion\u2014and there\u2019s no amount of money that would change his mind. We sat with Lion and asked him a few questions on what it means to live well as a Rasta, and what he had to say was very insightful\u2014for Rastas and everyone else.<\/p>\n

\"20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-5989\"<\/a> \"20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-5994\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On what it takes to be a real Rasta:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cTo be a Rasta man, you have to be a true man with your words, a true man to the planet, a true man to the living, and a true man to everything that is good. Anyone can be a rasta, but you just have to be certain you\u2019re on the right track. You must do the things that are right.\u201d \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

On being thankful:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cYou must give all thanks to Jah.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

On smoking ganja:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for your heart, it\u2019s good for the soul, it\u2019s good for the mind. It keeps you straight and alive, yah know.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\"20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-5869\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

On natural living:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good when you live a natural life. You just flow like the natural river. But, you have to be right with yourself. You have to forget about the system.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

On living off of the land: <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/b>Yah, man, we living off of the land, man. We live off of the fruit: oranges and melon, green banana, ripe banana, plantains, cassava, cocoa, yellow yams and Irish potato. We have some nice little fruit like tangerine. All these things are natural. These are the real things, dem. But the number one thing is coconut water. I don\u2019t go to the doctor\u2019s; I just live a natural life man.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

On secrets to living a long, healthy life:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cAs I say it, yah know, you just have to try your best to live clean to Jah, and eat i-tal (a diet commonly practiced by Rastafarians). You have to set everything in the right order. A real serious rasta man doesn\u2019t eat things like salt, beef or pork.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\"20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-5908\"<\/a>\u00a0\"20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-5961\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Related Links:
\n60 Minutes<\/a> – Bob Marley Interview With George Negus
\nBBC<\/a> – More information on the Rastafarian Religion
\nOutpostings<\/a> – Jamaica’s Natural Home Remedies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q: \u201cAre you a rich man?\u201d A: \u201cWhen you say rich, what do you mean?\u201d Q: \u201cDo you have a lot of possessions? Do you have a lot of money in the bank?\u201d A: \u201cPossessions make you rich? I don\u2019t have that kind of richness. My richness is life, forever.\u201d This quote is from the now-famous \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview with Bob Marley, and the quote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,15],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-interview","category-wellness","tag-facebook-instant-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Does it Takes to be a Real Rasta | Island Outpost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do properties make you rich? They certainly don't for the Rasta, Lion. He lives near the Pantrepant Farm. Follow our Q&A & know simple rules to live well.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Does it Takes to be a Real Rasta | Island Outpost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do properties make you rich? They certainly don't for the Rasta, Lion. He lives near the Pantrepant Farm. Follow our Q&A & know simple rules to live well.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Outpostings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-09T14:35:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-10T12:51:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"outpostings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"outpostings\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/\",\"name\":\"What Does it Takes to be a Real Rasta | Island Outpost\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-09T14:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-10T12:51:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#\/schema\/person\/f3469d74bc3f5369ba1edd14f399d90d\"},\"description\":\"Do properties make you rich? They certainly don't for the Rasta, Lion. He lives near the Pantrepant Farm. Follow our Q&A & know simple rules to live well.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg\",\"width\":864,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"IslandOutpost-Pantrepant\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Rasta’s Guide to Living Well\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/\",\"name\":\"Outpostings\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#\/schema\/person\/f3469d74bc3f5369ba1edd14f399d90d\",\"name\":\"outpostings\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be45706c8c2c293e831e0511a4f372888d1a79c6b57b66134439c19b88f4c769?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be45706c8c2c293e831e0511a4f372888d1a79c6b57b66134439c19b88f4c769?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"outpostings\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/author\/outpostings\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Does it Takes to be a Real Rasta | Island Outpost","description":"Do properties make you rich? They certainly don't for the Rasta, Lion. He lives near the Pantrepant Farm. Follow our Q&A & know simple rules to live well.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Does it Takes to be a Real Rasta | Island Outpost","og_description":"Do properties make you rich? They certainly don't for the Rasta, Lion. He lives near the Pantrepant Farm. Follow our Q&A & know simple rules to live well.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/","og_site_name":"Outpostings","article_published_time":"2015-04-09T14:35:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-10T12:51:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":864,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"outpostings","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"outpostings","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/","url":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/","name":"What Does it Takes to be a Real Rasta | Island Outpost","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg","datePublished":"2015-04-09T14:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-10T12:51:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#\/schema\/person\/f3469d74bc3f5369ba1edd14f399d90d"},"description":"Do properties make you rich? They certainly don't for the Rasta, Lion. He lives near the Pantrepant Farm. Follow our Q&A & know simple rules to live well.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/20140406-IslandOutpost-Pantrepant-59816_2.jpg","width":864,"height":576,"caption":"IslandOutpost-Pantrepant"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/04\/09\/rastas-guide-living-well\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Rasta’s Guide to Living Well"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/","name":"Outpostings","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#\/schema\/person\/f3469d74bc3f5369ba1edd14f399d90d","name":"outpostings","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be45706c8c2c293e831e0511a4f372888d1a79c6b57b66134439c19b88f4c769?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be45706c8c2c293e831e0511a4f372888d1a79c6b57b66134439c19b88f4c769?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"outpostings"},"url":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/author\/outpostings\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}