Seven Principles, Seven Harvests
by Ancestors through UsikuBasic concepts for living are sensible
Embodied in Kwanzaa's seven principles
To remind us to practice the fundamentals
Purely plain, purely simple
The Nguzo Saba help us become invincible 1 - Umoja is oneness
Within self is the focus
Unify four inseparables for wholeness 2 - Kugichagulia is self-determination
Based on the destiny of all creation
Gain understanding, maintain translation 3 – Ujima is the communal family
Collectively working sharing responsibility
To become the best Ancestors-Descendents we can be 4 – Ujamaa is expressing fully
We understand our destinies
Requires using resources cooperatively 5 – Nia is knowing we are multi-purposed
To thrive from within to bring life to the surface
Provide understandings to the Creator who births us 6 - Kuumba is the creative process
Who causes all things to exist
Nutrition ourselves to get fundamental access 7 - Imani is faith
Who helps motion vibrate
Persistence, then patience interrelates The Nguzo Saba or Saba Nguzo
Must be planted in the African Utamawazo
The basic context for being optimal
Ashe, Heka, Hiao Watoto
So harvests match our genetic potential
Update 12.13.22:And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. (Romans 15:14)
Bring more fullness to your understandings. Kwanzaa does not begin on December 26th or end on January 1st.Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. (Ecclesiastes 4:13)
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Are we a fly by night learner who routinely has no breadth or depth of understanding or are we an Initiate of Learning? In the 7 years since posting this message in poem, I'm still wondering why, despite over 1200 views, almost 100% of the people who visit this page in search of Kwanzaa inspiration, do not, as a matter of practical habit, search this blog for additional references to Kwanzaa to expand their learning experience. This web log is over 15 years old and contains almost 3,300 messages. This could be easily ascertained by looking at the list of posts on the right. We must remember to use more of the plant than what we are told to use and understand that each plant contains more benefit than what we are told and each plant connects us to the broader base of truths.
