If you do not understand racism (white supremacy) and how it works, everything else you understand will only confuse you. - Neely Fuller

We need something to clarify everything for us, because we get confused...but if we use the concept of Asili, we will understand that whatever it is they are doing, whatever terms they use, however they come at you, you need to be thinking about what? How is this going to facilitate their power and help them to dominate me? -Marimba Ani

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Understanding African Family Values
An African Proverb, Part 3
Unity Consciousness #80

This is an extension of ”Many Rivers To Cross Of Understanding.”

African Family Values

Our African family depends entirely upon communal living principles. Those with elder knowledge must become teachers to those with younger knowledge in this self-perpetuating manner: holding responsibility, the elder reaching down, the younger reaching up while the elder lifting up, the younger rising, holding responsibility. This ensures each family member teaches another family member the family values. This also ensures values extending, ancestors descending, family continuing.
(From ”Definitions: Communing, Sustainability, Descendent, Family Values & Spiritual Genetics Context”)

Going Back and Forth

In keeping with the above and with "each one teach one," family members must still go back and forth to rivers crossed. As more people cross back and forth, there will always be someone to help the next one who has just reached a river they have already crossed. An equally important reason for going back and forth is for additional understanding.

Definition | Consciousness & Communal Family Values