TOOLMAN

Representing South Austin Texas, CJ Taylor aka ‘Toolman’ started rapping at the tender age of 13. He considers Chamillionaire, Slim Thug, and Z-Ro to be major influences that helped him develop the sound that he has perfected. On June 21, 2021 he dropped his first full Project titled “INEXORABLE” (which means impossible to stop or prevent). This meaning held true because he won “Da Midnight Ryde Artist of the Year 2021” and “Da Midnight Ryde Album of the Year 2021”. His album is led by the hard hitting single “Mr. Amazon Prime” a song that has been #1 on several Top 10 Independent Radio Music Charts across the Nation. This Award Winning Rapper is just what the game has been missing. His vivid storytelling will have you thinking that you are listening to an audio movie from start to finish. His depiction of cautionary street tales and various humorous situations that he has experienced will leave you captivated, anticipating his next project. Armed with a distinctive voice and knack for crafting catchy tunes, Toolman will be a force to be reckoned with in the Texas Music scene. No matter the topic Toolman always delivers! Toolman Social Media Links: Toolman IG Toolman Facebook Toolman Spotify Artist Link:

Goodness is great! To experience respect and goodness in day to day circumstances takes work. The big wave overshadows our shadows but we must stay the course to learn life lessons. This takes determination. If we were to remove ourselves from our physical body for 15 minutes and observe it from afar, what would we see? Would we see ourselves as a giver, lover, friend, supporter or would we see anger, bitterness, betrayal, insecurity, manipulation and slander? Perhaps a combination? If you are wondering why some people may react a particular way by responding to fear, doubts about self worth, unreasonable criticism. gossip about others in general or if the level of it appears so disrespectful that you can not seem to wrap your head around how you attracted it in the first place, then perhaps a self check is in order. It is time to take a step back. Stop the mental chatter and observe what signals are in your environment. What is our environment attempting to teach us? Emotional surveying can be painful and requires hard work. If we are seeking change, then we have to identify the signals to comprehend the flow of how we create or manifest our reality. By this I mean being aware of what we are saying and doing. At the core of this paradigm shift is the truest gauge. It is the platform where we must launch the unearthing of childhood issues, challenges with triggers and aggressive responses. Yes, it is where we must take full responsibility if we are seeking to change.

When the light shines from the depths of the inner self we must get still. Stillness, attracts a universal rhythm that calls forth a wellspring of divine rejuvenation. With practice, our entire environment becomes harmonious almost miraculously but we have to be brave to face our twin self. It is the subsets thirsts for drama and confusion. However, the first step requires one to admit then commit to change. I have found that in my experience, working on the self is magnified by “how” we pray, then pay it forward to magnify our true intent. Observance of self through prayer, meditation and those self check moments are vitally important to this rhythm of change. It is not how others see you, rather, it is in the response. The law of attraction is indeed authentic and real.

This rhythmic flow is also interconnected with gratitude. To yield a strong return on this investment, we can help others, create a well spring of good fruit on several levels to mend internal fences. Harmony, balance, genuine humor, and laughter are all healing properties that once it is set in motion so that our soul align with its effects. We won’t be able to contour these emotions all the time, but in those instances where we are in flux, we must get quiet. Why? Well, every thought is a prayer and the most intense outcomes are created there! It is The feed back or responses reflecting the power and that power is magnified.

We deserve to pay ourselves first with this way of being for we’re deserving and entitled. It is alright to experience good.

Another way to jump start this wave is by giving. Giving is not subject to “things” like money or gifts but it is composed of small gestures in thought fused with our direction to experience good. Opening a door for someone else, letting someone in while merging into traffic (even in a hurry) or standing in line making small talk with the person a in checkout can be mindful ways to help someone else. Also, I have found nuances in positive gesture like these tend to be quite effective and nurturing. When our hearts are opened, the level of gratitude provides an opportunity to experience people from all walks of life, variety, culture or the expansion of that acknowledgement to learn something new. Being an act of virtue, it makes others happy and becomes a cyclical act of kindness because it is coming from the heart. It is genuine and enhances the belief that like you, perhaps there are humans who do have magnificent qualities. Alternatively, behaviors that cloud the experience to share is like a shadow that breeds divisiveness and fear. It looms over possibilities to grow with bolts so tightly driven that it exposes vulnerabilities. Structures whether in in social, or business settings host these weak points. This would happen to be one of those focal points that pushes the alter ego to grandstand, drive competitiveness and the need to horde thoughts about beating someone to over rule. The appetite expands and morphs into an emaciated composition of ideas to obtain more materially so exploiting it is never enough. The depths of this illness is so deep that folks have a CLUE that there are behavioral challenges. This trend of mental anguish does not entertain limitation because by all appearances, there is nothing wrong so the capacity to realize it. The behavior becomes marginalized. Then, as the issues grow, the pathology kicks in. What appears to be normal, is normal and so the law of attraction continues to feed it. The realization is that giving is not a random act rather, it is entitlement door to those believed to be deserving. The incessant programming response is connected to false expectations. The power of greed tumbles about as a force and shifts the intention on demand through favors. An eye for an eye. This behavior can be cold and frightening. My experience has led me to observe this group quite closely. Those who like to steal - ideas...intellectual, suppress information so that the shine, and bully folks through manipulation tend to think this behavior counts as mere philanthropic trade off for giving. The universe does not recognize good or bad, but it does recognize ‘cause and effect’. It is an act that molds itself in the womb of the mind and heart by pitching or perpetuating division. The womb is creation and a very powerful place so the person who harnesses selfishness like a child, ends up passing the baton subconsciously without having realized the intricacies of their value system.

As it intensifies, the issues of esteem, value and character placement become rooted to reinforce this sense of entitlement; seeing kindness as a weakness or giving as a burden when it is quite the opposite. Those chips fall upon their shoulders of our children who, for an example, are being told that they should not speak with a certain type of child in school, perform honorable acts or associate with other children in the neighborhood due to inherited ignorance. The foundation promotes selfishness, compliments greed to drive the message and robs them of their ability to explore. Not everyone has to lie, cheat or take away from others in order to be happy. It is a crucial point during the creation process for everyone. In the past, I have even fallen prey to it, but with hard lessons came to some serious realizations. I was forced to make adjustments, atoned for my behavior and change my attitude. We must battle with the lower twin self to protect the heart.

When our challenges pop up, how do we train ourselves them to recognize it and how do we overcome these tendencies to block our blessings so that can reap better benefit based on humility? 1) stop talking about people because 10 cycle continues if there is an resolution or solution to the complaints

2) figure out how we participated in the act on the issues and cuss word to find the solution toward abetter outcome

3) the real with ourselves about what we would like to experience in those relationships that don’t support our happiness and stick to the decision.

It is simple and amazingly full proof. So, being top of mind, conscious and kind works wonders. Always remember, be ing true to ourselves is the seeds we must plant for goodness to prevail! It is full proof. For all that you do in goodness, goodness 10 fold comes back to you.

Man, these Visions on the Vine are something!

By Carmela Walker Aka: C love C light