"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

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

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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
Showing posts with label strength. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strength. Show all posts

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Basic Difference Between Point of View & Vantage Point
Unity Consciousness #965

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For each of us, this spiritual journey begins from the same vantage point.* A vantage point is neutral. Until we learn through experience or we are taught otherwise, we perceive neither ad-vantage nor dis-ad-vantage, good nor evil, female nor male, black nor white.
As a result we do not attach good, male and white and neither do we attach evil, female and black until we learn it through experience or we are taught otherwise.

1. Is it true that good, male and white go together? Based on what information? Based on what point of view?**
2. Is it true that evil, female and black go together? Based on what information? Based on what point of view?**

Understand The Power Of Yourself & The Power Of Point Of View

Others are not strong because of the presence of strength in them, it appears that way because of the repeated reminders of the presence of weakness in us.
Others are not strong because of the absence of weakness in them, it only appears that way because we are falsely reminded of the absence of strength in us.

In other words, when we are reprogrammed to notice we have weaknesses and not notice our strengths, our point of view defeats us. How? Not being aware of strengths results in not using those strengths, thus our weaknesses are more pronounced in our own minds. This happens when we have lost the sense of balance that exists at the vantage point of understanding. At the vantage point we are able to understand both sides of logic and realize that all creations of the same type, of the same species, have the same potentials.

It does not matter what other people currently have or possess or what other people have done and are currently doing.
In a healthy scenario, what matters is the vantage point that is able to see both sides of Truth, thus start out from the neutral position. Then once we have made a sufficient assessment of both sets of information, we move towards one or the other, thus towards a point of view. Inherent in this process is the understanding that all points of view are supposed to be subject to continuous revision. If these conclusions and decisions are not revised, then we make a mockery of future learning, and future learning makes an example out of us.

All new information must be processed through the neutral vantage point so we can weigh incoming logic on a balanced scale. This is how we place things “in their proper perspective.”

Most of the thought process must take place at the vantage point and then, the results of that process will show us how the information fits into our point of view.

A vantage point is two-sided. A point of view is one-sided.

Be certain to understand that all information fits into all points of view.
In one point of view the information can be an advantage.
In the other point of view, the same information can be a disadvantage.
This is why we must be careful to not to take information that fits into one point of view and try to fit it into our point of view in the exact same way.

We Must Have A Two Truth Vantage Point And A One Truth Point Of View

Why?
Always returning to the vantage point allows us to remain aware of both sides of logic in an ever-changing Universe.
From the vantage point we can remain updated and, if necessary, make revisions to our point of view.

When we begin our thought processes from the vantage point, it is us who are the ones to determine what will be an “ad-vantage” and what will be a “dis-ad-vantage.”
We determine this when we decide which Truth will be our point of view.
Choosing the logic that supports First Truth is an advantage. Choosing the logic that supports Second Truth is a disadvantage.

In other words, African Black people have chosen Second Truth Destroyer logic which works to our disadvantage while at the same time we expect First Truth Restorer results, and we wonder why its not happening.
Again, why are we doing this?
Because we have the same point of view as the soldiers attacking us. When they say, “we come in peace,” we should hear, “we come to kill you.” When they say “democracy” we should hear “slavery.” When they say “American” we should hear “White People.” When we say “African-American” they hear “worthless savage animal non-citizen.” This is why white folks love it when we call ourselves African-American. When we say we are “African Black” they hear their greatest fear. And on and on...
Because humans are part of the interconnected Ecosystem, the Creator has a backup plan to correct what we do not. As a result, the Truth is changing, with or without us – from one side to the other – from one point of view to the other – from Second Truth to First Truth. The spiritual energy waves, that support one point of view (truth) more than the other, are always changing. This also affects what strengths and weaknesses are more prevalent during the Age.

*This is true despite epigenetics. When we are born into this physical dimension, our default thought process is to learn, and ask why, until things make sense, not just based on what we're told, but also based on all information we experience. This is our vantage point when we are babies. We weigh information without choosing sides first, then develop a point of view. This is why, as children, we are inquisitive and ask a lot of questions and are constantly comparing and contrasting information, answers and responses until it all makes sense. We become stronger.
It is not until our questioning is diminished, weakened, beaten and educated out of us, that we then develop the bad, terrible, deadly, careless habit of taking information straight into a point of view rather than routing the information through the weighing on the scales process of the vantage point. We become weaker.
Epigentics kick in and add their ancestral information at the vantage point. However, if we skip the vantage point, epigenetics will influence our chosen point of view more heavily than normal because it appears to be the only logic that exists and there is no other possibility. There is always at least two points of view. Always.

Most of us grow up, going through a thought process that is at first balanced, and then becomes unbalanced at home, at school and in society. We move away from considering information on its on merits and move towards considering information based on someone else's point of view. Thus we lazily and habitually skip the extra effort required to think for ourselves at the vantage point stage and we just quickly rush to make decisions based on someone else's point of view. Thus our thought process does not include a critical analysis stage, it merely consists of choosing what we like and don't like. This is why superficiality and contradictions are rampant in this Day & Age.

Critical analysis is part of the digestion phase of processing information. When we allow someone else to do the analysis and we just swallow, it is the same as allowing someone else to chew food and then we put it in our mouths.


**In order to answer these question, we must use the vantage point. By doing so, we simultaneously answer both sides of the question. For example, if we have properly assessed information to understand what is “good,” then we will have also found out what is “bad.” If the same logic that helps us understand what is good does not lead us to understand what is bad, then we must return to the vantage point in order to understand why not. If we have reached the fundamental understanding necessary to understand something, then both sides of the Two Truths will reveal themselves. This will take place before we have chosen a point of view.

A point of view is not a matter of “right and wrong.” No, instead it is a matter of preference (free will). This is a matter of unity consciousness. The more discombobulated we are, the more we will choose Second Truth logic.

Additionally from another point of view, those who have succumbed to the European mistranslation of Christianity, must shake off those salvationless shackles. Why still believe in the curse of Ham rather than realize that throughout that subversion Bible, there were many people with many failings and 99% were White folks, yet today's White folks somehow claim to be the ones with the least amount of sin. If you're going to stay in love with Christianity, read it for exactly what it says and not for what any preacher tells you using theology degrees and concordances and Greek words and all other forms of adding to, what is already supposedly infallible. Why would God trust people with his word who do not keep their word? Why would God deliver us from evil through evil? Ask some real questions. The problem is not living in the hood of crime. The problem is trying to live good in a hookwinked state of mind. You still believe in a Bible whose title could easily be “Murder He Wrote.”
You must understand these people are Wizards of Oz, masters of illusion who rule through confusion. They need us to be confused in order to rule over us. They are not powerful in and of themselves. This is why we must work on straightening out our logic. Not just some, but all logic must be checked for errors. There must be significant logic errors for the state of humanity to be as it is and for us to trust what they say. Logic is flipped, stripped, missing, broken, disconnected, misconnected, tangled, mangled, frozen...Life is a test of logic.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

A Stronger Group Of People's Spiritual Force
Unity Consciousness #221

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Double the number of people and it more than doubles the amount of effort it takes to break them.

Yet, do not be deceived by merely coming together and working together. Even a group of people can be broken at their weakest point.

So it is also with each person.

Each person must continuously strengthen in order to ensure a stronger group of people. If not, strength seeps away. This is never fully noticed until an opposing force finds its weakest point.

That force is always spiritual in nature. This is so because the universe is a spiritual place full of spiritual force.

Spirit Is The Only Force

There is One Spirit with two main dimensions, the Higher Spirit and the Lower Spirit. The Higher Spirit is the stronger greater force, the Lower Spirit is the weaker lesser force.

Every use of force (power) comes from either the Higher Spirit or the Lower Spirit. Once we understand this, then we can direct our focus (force) towards our strength which simultaneously aims this same force at the enemy's weakest point.

I'll say it another way. The enemy's weakest point is the Lower Spirit it gets its power from. Our strength is the Higher Spirit. The Higher Spirit is one of abundance. The Lower Spirit is one of shortage and deficit.

As a result, a good action is greater than an equal bad action because the inherent spiritual force of good is stronger than the inherent spiritual force of bad. Most decisions are about deciding which of our spiritual forces to apply.

Our strength is the Higher Spiritual Force we already have as a resource in every cell and in every atom within and without. We must strengthen our understanding of this spiritual aspect of self in order to know how to unify it within self and combine it with others. Once we humans who are on the side of the Higher Spirit, combine as a group and with other beings, we weaken the Lower Spirit operating in the world. This happens immediately because the Lower Spirit needs us to separate into numerous groups against each other while in the meantime this “evil” spirit works together against all of us. Divide and conquer started in the heavens and is a spiritual strategy.

Once we focus our Higher Spiritual Force above any other human grouping, we play to our strength. By this means we raise humanity and all creation higher.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Atum-Khepera's Resilience | African Poem
Unity Consciousness #210

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Martin Luther King said, “The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy.”

No one understands this better than the Creator. The Creator has had to deal with the incomplete one Ogo/Yurugu, who was the first to create imbalance in the heavens. As above so below tells us the first born of humanity must also have a similar dimensional experience. The Creator is using the experience with Ogo/Yurugu for educating self, understanding self and perfecting self. Africans must do the same. Both the Creator and Atum-Khepera are metaphors of resilience.

Atum-Khepera's Resilience

by Ancestors through Usiku


Het-Heru the elephant
Takes steps that are giant
Weight powerful as gait
Impresses ruts where she struts
Khepera the beetle keeps up
Transforms dung deposits
To her young's benefit
Her children know how to exit
Out of inherited matrix
Though path is obstructed
And full of slip
Problems they continue to fix
Restore self and all else to oneness
Thus the process of becoming exists


“I have learned to appreciate obstacles in life, to the point where I thank the Creator for giving me the rough times, for allowing me another opportunity to prove I am the man I say I am and believe I am. So instead of cursing the winds that blew it to you, bless the winds for having brought it to you and rise above the issue because it's not what happens to you that's important, it's how you handle what happens to you that's important.

This is what Khepera represents, the process of becoming.

All of the rough things you have to go through, all of the things that are challenging you, instead of whining and wondering why me, say I'm so happy it's me, cause now I can do something, I can prove what I say to myself, because what doesn't kill you makes you strong.” This we know to be true as a people and as firstborn of the Creator's human children, ability, resilience and strength is created inside each of us trillions of times. (Quotes from “African Cosmology w/ Dr. Kaba Hiawatha Kamene”)


Something Inside So Strong as sung by Lira (originally written and sung by Labi Siffre)


Purpose Of Negativity

“The purpose of negativity in human experience based on Optimal Theory is to serve as a mechanism for growth and edification toward realization of unity consciousness, that is, Oneness with Supreme Being. Accordingly, the human being may not always have control over what happens to them, but they always have control over the meaning they make of it and how they feel about it. Thus, one’s experience of the circumstance or condition, which when wielded can ultimately transform the circumstance, condition and its meaning.”(1)

(1) Myers, Linda James, Ph.D. & Speight, Suzette L., Ph.D., "Reframing Mental Health and Psychological Well-Being Among Persons of African Descent: Africana/Black Psychology Meeting the Challenges of Fractured Social and Cultural Realities,"The Journal of Pan African Studies, (2010, June), vol.3, no.8, p. 74.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Strengths & Weaknesses | Take Your Best Shot

Make It Take It In Basketball & Life

One basic rule of basketball is a change of possession after one side scores. I grew up playing a form of basketball called “make it-take it.” If I made the shot, I retained possession. Conceivably, if I scored on each possession, the other person wouldn't get to play offense. Of course, this never happened. I missed a lot. I kept playing. I took my best shot and lived.

In adult life, I encountered another street rule, fake-it till you make it. After a long jagged learning curve, I finally learned, since points are not given for faking, only for making, I still had to shoot in order to have any chance to make it. I could not score without taking the shot and taking as many as possible. I went from having a lot of possessions and never taking a shot to taking a lot of poor shots. It was an improvement.

In retrospect, I don't care how many I've missed. I don't care how many I've made. I care how many of the shots I take now are the best I'm capable of taking, making and not faking.

This game has always been between two of the oldest rivals, my strengths and my weaknesses. If I'm to come from behind in this lifelong series I have to reduce the number of possessions given up by careless mistakes and stolen by my weaknesses. I have to stop throwing up a prayer, without the ball going with it. I have to have a long memory rather than a short one and allow my spirit to call the plays. Through much practice and better coaching, I am taking better shots by making better use of my teammates.This keeps the possession of my life out of the hands of my weaknesses. That alone is enough to go from being self-defeated to living fully as intended kinda like what Miami did to San Antonio in Games 6 and 7.

Related:

The Average Person's Expert

Feel Away Fear

Monday, June 24, 2013

Past Facts & Ancestors Causes Us To Not Let Go
And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 8n)

Importance Of The Past

We must learn from the past. Without the past, we cannot bring our inheritance and our legacy into our current living space. We cannot build on the past if the past is not present. We cannot evolve without the past.

History Goes With Everything

Clarity today comes from hindsight from the past. The further back we go to access the past, greater clarity becomes available to us. Learning and education that does not adhere to this principle is missing an essential ingredient for understanding – historical context. Adults who do not learn about the past are self-imposing limitations.

A good definition of history is the sum total of all that has happened that gives people an understanding of themselves and others in relation to the world, both past and present.

Another good definition is provided by Marcus Garvey who said, ”History is the guidepost of a race. It is the inspiration for succeeding generations to either go forward or stand still, either revenge or be revenged.”

The Spiritual Past of Ancestors Never Passes Away

Ancestors are at the core of all harmony or disharmony in society. “The causes of all good deeds, fertility as reflected in the abundance of harvest or the productivity of women, and joy of family are the result of the ancestors. One could also say that all misfortunes, misdeeds, famines, and difficulties of living are caused by the ancestors in African religion. Nothing in society is immune from the influence of ancestors.” (1)

We must remember the ancestors so we may bring them into the present with us. By keeping them alive in memory and in daily practice, we keep them alive spiritually so they can be spiritually active on our behalf. (2)

We Will Never Let Go Of The Past

If we let go of the past, we let go of our origins. Without origins, all continuity for living is lost which is why we struggle to find our way to the Forever Existent. If we let go of the past we take Big Willie's knife and sever the spiritual cord that connects life motions of the past to life motions of today. If we let go of the past, we let our people go.

Let go of the past? No! We embrace it lovingly, for our ancestors, ourselves and our descendents.

Let go of the past? No! We hold on to it for strengthening. Hiao.

Related Posts:

Spiritual Forgetfulness, Alkebu-lan (Afrikan) Amnesia

Spirit is the oldest thing each person has. Spirit is older than the oldest human, older than Earth and older than Universe.

”He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”

Read Part 8o - Sankofa Definition & Pronunciation | Continuity For All Time And So Continues The Meaning Of Life & Existence (Part 8o)

Notes:
(1) Asante, Molefi Kete and Mazama, Ama Editors, “Encyclopedia Of African Religion,” (2009) p. 52.
(2) Asante and Mazama, p. 53.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Ways To Avoid A Good Samaritan

When A Friend Is In Need

Adapted from a comment on Holiday Half-Stepping

I was talking to a friend I hadn't spoken to in awhile. He lost his job earlier this year and his life appears to be in shambles. He hustles constantly trying everything he knows just to make enough money to keep him and his daughter afloat. He said he gets depressed a lot, feeling his world has let him down and he has to fight to stay strong on a daily basis just to keep from ending it all. I guess there are a series of reasons why he's where he is, at this point in his life. His opinion is that a half step is better than no step at all. He feels he would be "set" if he had half of the things men his age acquire (he's 48).

The main thing here is this person's state of spirit and mind. If I were you I'd stay in frequent contact, no less than once per week, and provide positive energy to help him refocus to find that feeling of control, his centering point, his source of strength, his love for himself and his daughter, his purpose for being here and his spirit-given talents not his dollar-driven talents (what the spirit gives and what we allow to be revealed is not necessarily the same as things we're good at, have learned to do or matches the skills and abilities on our resume').

All it takes is one person to help someone. Continue to provide positive information to feed his mind and spirit. Try Job Lost? Don't Lose Spirituality.

Also, if you know anyone else who knows him, get them involved in doing real things to help him regain control such as money (if he refuses your offers tell him it's an investment of belief or a long term loan or ask if he'd do the same for you). Other ways to help are a gas card, helping with his daughter, job leads, resume' and letter writing and editing, life planning (short and long term), budgeting, etc.

If unsure what to do after listening closely, ask directly how you can help, what concerns him most and what is creating the most difficulty. Ask, be silent, wait for responses.

Being there in person can go a long way. Whenever you talk to him be sure to allow plenty of time so it doesn't feel like a drive-by discussion or a routine checkup and then you're off to live your life until the next time. Before talking to him, allow 15 minutes of silent and still transition time to start focusing on this person. By just meditating on him, the entirety of your knowledge and experience with this person can provide insight on words to say and ways to help. Have a conversation.

Lastly, relate personal stories of trying moments you've experienced or are aware of.

It will make a difference.

For further enriching energy (you decide which ones to share and when by seeking your spirit's guidance):
Torture Chambers, Freedom & Obligations
I & We Are Strong
Father May I Start Over In 2009?
What Does It Take To Live?
Personal Growth: Enjoy Monstrous Screams (This is about self doubt)
It Can Be A Wonderful Life
Opening The Gift Of Childhood
Passion – Let It Go
Inspiring Quotes
Quotes & Proverbs To Live By
Break Away, Still Away
Giving Up & Spiritual Death, inspired by Tyler Perry's movie
Positive Poems of Hope & Healing

"The Hurricane," the story of Rubin Carter is a great movie of personal triumph and friendship in dire circumstances.

Naturally, all of this cannot be accomplished in one interaction but when a friend is in need, a friend will always do whatever it takes for as long as it takes. Their need becomes yours, their emergency becomes your priority. You take their pain personally. A friend is the only cool person that exists and is the best way to avoid leaving someone's time of need up to a stranger.