Clarity is not the absence of confusion. Clarity is the understanding of confusion. As long as you can control the institutions, you can control the [thinking and] behavior of people. - Dr. Bobby E. Wright
"Free and critical minds can emerge only by a return to the source-the primary sources. A free and critical mind takes nothing for granted and is not intimidated by "authorities" who frequently may be more confused than the general public. Free and critical minds seek truth without chauvinism or shame."-Asa G. Hilliard III
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
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
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Friday, August 29, 2014
An African Safari In The Spiritsphere
Another Transition, Another Extension
Another Transition, Another Extension
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Spirituality: Completing The U-Turn
[continued from Life's Intersections & U-Turns]
“What the hell?” That crazy fool gon' tear sumthin' up! Gon' rearrange the front end offa one a dem cars!
But that sucka made it and kep' on trucking.
Made me wonder what else is possible.
Made me realize you can't make u-turns with the hammer down.
Polepole, is a Kiswahili word meaning, slow or slowly. It is pronounced (po-LAY-po-LAY)
Some of us are hardly guilty of polepole. We are guilty of traveling too fast.
We allow life with all of its required components to set the pace. We allow house work, yard work, errands, holidays, people, jobs, churches, organizations, obligations and many other things to keep our foot on the go pedal.
That leaves little to no polepole time to take in life and look at our map to make sure we're on course.
Still, all is not lost even if we've traveled hundreds of miles out the way ending up in East Bumbleton somewhere at the wrong end of a fork feeling stuck.
It's time to get off the expressway of expectation. Life is amazing but this ain't the Amazing Race. Rest stops are for resting. We need plenty of spiritual rest stops along the way for replenishing, reassessment and recommitment.
Anyone making a U-turn always has the right of way so don't worry about rearranging someone else's life. Even if it's the children's. Start slowing down...turn here. I've seen far crazier and scarier things work out just fine. It's possible. Polepole......polepole.........polepole...............You can make it. Come on. You got it! Now keep on trucking, sucka'. Related:
Life's Intersections & U-Turns
Starting With Seeds Of Resources And Becoming A Positive Force That Directs Change
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