Humans Must Learn From Their SiblingsUnity Consciousness #369

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Human animals and the rest of the natural world are offspring of the same Parent. No matter how different it may seem we are, from the rest of the natural world, we are still siblings. Humans are the younger. The rest of the natural world is the elder. This is why the examples, instructions and advices of the natural world as our context for the meaning of life & existence must be heeded if we want knowledge of self. The Earthly natural world falls in line with the patterns and behavior of our oldest set of siblings - the Universal natural world.

Humans must communicate with their older siblings in order to benefit from the wisdom of natural laws and orders. It is ordained for that which has been taught to seek and teach, and for that which needs awareness to seek and listen.

Human animals always benefit from the experience and knowledge of older siblings by always listening to them and by simply asking, "What is the example that my natural world family needs me to learn from?" and also "Is there an example within my own body or other aspects of myself to guide me?"

Human Animals, Creatures Like No OtherUnity Consciousness #368

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What many currently consider as high intelligence for humans is really high maintenance for the Creator.

No other creation requires so much just to live.
No other creature does so much to resources in unnecessary ways.
No other creature requires all the products humans use.
No other creature needs books and buildings to learn.
No other creature takes the long way around by converting natural resources into money just to convert them back into natural resources in order to live.

Of all animals, humans have the longest instruction period before their offspring must fend for themselves. Disgracefully, after two decades of instruction, many human children still do not possess the knowledge of self they should and therefore children cannot possess the esteem for themselves they are entitled to by birthright into creation.

As a result, no other creature creates so many other problems for other creatures.

Circus Animals Performing TricksUnity Consciousness #367

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An animal was trained to do things having nothing to do with its purpose. For a reward, there was usually food or some other basic need. The animal performed faithfully and skillfully for its trainer and owner even though not allowed to live naturally.

A common fault of humans is the arrogance or forgetfulness that we are, in fact, animals. We have much more in common with other animals than not.

For example, all animals can learn to do things they were not intended to do.
We all have genetics and genetics can be trained. Even plants.

The ability to do something well is not proof of the best and highest use of abilities. What we receive or how much is received for doing what we do is not proof of appropriateness.

Like all animals, yes, humans can learn what we are taught and become good at it whether or not it's good for us.

I wonder if other animals look at us like we're just good at performing tricks in a circus?

Definition & Origin Of Astronomy & Astrology |World HistoryUnity Consciousness #87

Definitions

After realizing the sun and the moon make the river rise, Africans created the sciences of astronomy and astrology.

Astronomy is the chart of scientific data of the movement of stars, planets, sun, and other celestial bodies in relation to each other.

Astrology is the physical relationship of astronomy to natural occurrences, I.e,, water rising at the high tide. Astrology connects the changes in celestial bodies and other aspects of nature to the movement and position of celestial bodies. Astrology connects the effect to the cause. Astrology has nothing to do with your love life. (1)

Astronomy and astrology are the sciences of cause and effect.

Origins

The Ethiopians invented the science of stars. They gave names to the planets descriptive of the qualities which they conceived them to possess. They passed this art, still in an imperfect state, to the Egyptians.

Count Volney gives the following description: Astronomy appears with certainty to have been established about 17,000 years ago by the first tribes of Egypt. Reason finds in that country all the circumstances which could lead to such a system. Reason finds there a zone of sky, bordering on the tropic, equally free from the rains of the equator and the fogs of the north. Reason finds there a central point of the sphere of the ancients, a salubrious climate, a great but manageable river, a soil fertile without art or labor, inundated without morbid exhalations, and placed between two seas which communicate with the richest countries. Reason conceives that the inhabitant of the Nile, addicted to agriculture from the facility of communications, addicted to astronomy from the state of his sky and always open to observation, must have been the first to pass from the savage to the social state, and consequently the first to attain the physical and moral sciences necessary to civilized life.

On the borders of the upper Nile, a black race of men organized the complicated system of the worship of the stars [astronomy] in relation to the productions of the earth and the labors of agriculture [astrology].

The Ethiopian of Thebes named stars of inundation under which the Nile began to overflow; stars of the ox or bull, those under which they began to plow, stars of the lion, those under which that animal, driven from the desert by thirst, appeared on the banks of the Nile; stars of the sheaf, or of the harvest virgin, those of the reaping season; stars of the lamb, stars of the two kids, those under which these precious animals were brought forth.

The same Ethiopian having observed the return of the inundation always corresponded with the rising of a beautiful star which appeared towards the source of the Nile, and seemed to warn the husbandman against the coming waters, he compared this action to that of the animal who, by his barking, gives notice of danger, and he called this star the dog, the barker.

In the same manner he named the stars of the crab, those where the sun, having arrived at the tropic, retreated by a slow retrograde motion like the crab of Cancer.

He named stars of the wild goat, or Capricorn, those where the sun, having reached the highest point in his annuary tract, . . . imitates the goat, who delights to climb to the summit of the rocks.

He named stars of the balance, or Libra, those where the days and nights being equal, seemed in equilibrium, like that instrument; and stars of the scorpion, those where certain periodical winds bring vapors, burning like the venom of the scorpion.” (2)

The Wheel of Heaven The Astronomical Chronology of the Nile Valley, Dr. Charles S. Finch 1 of 12

Notes:

(1) ben-Jochannan, Dr. Yosef, "The Nile Valley Civilization and the Spread of African Culture," http://www.blackherbals.com/nile_valley_civilization.htm, Accessed 01/07/15.
(2) Jackson, John G., “Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization, A Critical Review of the Evidence of Archaeology, Anthropology, History and Comparative Religion: According to the Most Reliable Sources and Authorities,” (1939) https://archive.org/stream/EthiopiaAndTheOriginOfCivilization/EOC_djvu.txt , Accessed 01/07/15.

Life Plan | Follow “Stupid” Animals To A Winning Strategy

Some of us run right past critical analysis in our thought process. Therefore, we run head wrong into critical choices. We forsake natural world teachers whose lives demonstrate instructions from the Great Strategist. One reason we disregard instruction is the misconception only humans have intelligence.

Who Has Intelligence.?!

Have we not witnessed animals, insects and plants live, thrive and do more than survive? Have we seen any of them go get a job? These forms of life perform work, but that work is directly for what they need. Their jobs are performed within the context of their community and who they were created to be. Thus, they are fruitful and multiply.

There's such a thing as living outside yourself. There is also such a thing as working outside yourself. Work that doesn't match self according to purpose and destiny.

Since animals, insects and plants do what they were sent here to do, all of them have food and shelter. Yet, how many of these creatures have houses, refrigerators, cupboards, closets, drawers, basements, garages and sheds filled with food and other life-supporting supplies? What they do have plenty of is Divine-given abilities. Humans do too. We just don't apply ourselves properly. If we applied our abilities directly to the natural world to get what we need, there might be enough evidence to prove we're also intelligent.

Clearly, humans have devolved from natural world self sufficiency to human-replaced dependency. During this backwards progress phase, we have made the easiest part of life and existence, food and shelter, the hardest. This can be explained by false notions and stupid behavior.

Lessons From Intelligent Beings

1. Apply what you naturally have directly to what's naturally available.

2. Use the hand you're dealt and the cards you've chosen.

3. Work with others trying to do the same.

Teaching Proverbs | Animism Definition RejectedAfrican Spiritual Practices Accepted

What is Animism?

To briefly summarize several dictionary references, “Animism” is the belief all things contain spirit. For a moment this seems accurate and kinda harmless because it contains some truth. However, a closer and overall look is warranted.

The term itself is “animal” + “ism.” This implies a religion based on animals and animal worship. It invokes all sorts of notions that are unfounded, foolish and fearful.

The term Animism was only recently created less than a few hundred years ago by the children of the human race to describe what the parents do. The term Animism is often used by non-indigenous outsiders in an attempt to grasp concepts they still do not understand.

Indigenous people Do Not call their spiritual beliefs by the term, Animism. This term has been imposed by those who are opposed to the people and to their beliefs. Most, if not all indigenous people, do not have names for their overall set of spiritual practices. They just do them in the context of life. Why? Since life comes out of the natural world and is sustained by the natural world, this obviously is the best basis we know for the context of life, existence, meaning and understanding.

The term Animism is at best, a narrow, ungrounded perspective. At worst, the term Animism is derogatory,thus dishonest. The promoters of this terminology purposefully defame African spiritual practices. They attempt to arrogantly name what Africans have not named. Is it not sufficient to call them African spiritual practices? Of course not. That would be too much like right.

For those seeking to understand African spiritual practices, one way is to compare apples to apples:

Conversation Between A Knower & A Non-Believer

John: Why do you worship animals and trees? Isn't that kinda crazy?
Mary: I respect animals and trees. Why do you worship a tree?
John: I don't worship trees.
Mary: Do you show reverence for the cross?
John: Yes.
Mary: Wood is a tree.
John: The cross represents a tree. It's not a tree. It's pieces of wood.

Mary: To help me understand this, will you answer a few questions for me John?
John: Sure! I'm open-minded.
Mary: When a chicken walks around, is it a chicken?
John: Yes.
Mary: When it is in the freezer, is it a chicken?
John: Yes.
Mary: When it is on your plate, is it still chicken?
John: Of course it is.
Mary: Was the whole chicken on your plate?
John: Of course not.
Mary: Was the piece of chicken alive on your plate?
John: No.
Mary: Yet, through all the changes the chicken went through and even in pieces it was still chicken.
John: Yep, sure was.
Mary: So no matter the form, chicken is chicken. The chicken wouldn't change even if we call it by a different name. The substance and essence remains though the form may change. In the same way, part of a tree is still the tree, even if the part is not “alive” and even if it is given a different name. Now tell me. Who is crazier, one who reveres the entire tree when it's alive and existing as The Creator designed it or one who reveres a portion of the tree in a man-made form as two pieces of wood crisscrossed?
John: [hesitates for several moments][He considers within himself the following: (1) If I say, the one who reveres the tree is crazy, then I condemn my own practices. (2) If I say both are crazy, I condemn myself also.] John answers: Neither.

The African-centered consciousness rejects the term, Animism. It also rejects another group's explanation of what we do. On the basis of creating the foundations for all civilizations, Africans remain capable of providing any explanations and definitions we deem necessary.

African-centered consciousness is fully aware, the term Animism and the false ideas it generates, are active-aggressive attempts to scare Africans away from their true spiritual practices. These spiritual practices are the undeniable source of our power to overcome all things by the power in all things.

In the link above, Dr. Barashango goes on to explain how the Kemetians continued to rebuild their cities bigger and better each time Kemet was invaded, plundered and torn down. The invaders finally correctly identified the spiritual practices in Kemet as the secret to the people's ability to continue to rebuild. This is why all things African are under attack today.

See also: Teaching Proverbs: Foolish, Deceitful, Religion, Answering Prayers And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 8p)