Wisdom of Our Ancestors
It is said
that this part of the cosmos came to be 21 billion years ago. How long does one of us live? Much less than a twinkling
of the eye. Our ancient African ancestors in Kmt understood this and thus lived lives which were measured for eternity.
They developed an exceptionably honorable way of living, kept their word, finished their work with perfection/excellence,
had a flawless historical vision (until the invasions), foresaw ages, and showed us thousands of years in brief pages on scroll
and wall. They completed their mission and calling. They left wisdom for the ages and a legacy of excellence of
which you can and should emulate. In Kmt temples, the wisdom of the ancient world
was crystallized and systematized in the term Maat (moral rightness, justices, balance), Tehuti (science, applied theory),
and Ka (unity and struggle of opposites---the heartbeat of life, its birth, death and rebirth internal cycle). Had it
been preserved in its unadulterated form, Africans today would lead the world in morality, philosophy, science and technology.
It had nothing to do with Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. These religions are the written myths/beliefs of the destroyers
of African civilization. They did not exist when ancient African Kmt was at its high point. Kmt morality was applied
in daily actions; deeds were judged in this world. People were held accountable for their actions (good and bad, just
and unjust, right and wrong) because they actually monitored themselves: I
have come from my town, descended from my district, I have done ma'at for its ancestors,
and satisfied them with what they love. I spoke truly, I did right, I spoke and repeated accurately, I seized the proper moment in order to stand well with others. I judged between
two people so as to content them both, I rescued the weak from those stronger than them to the
best of my ability. I gave bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked and
a boat to the boatless. I respected the elder, protected the widow, nourished the orphan. I respected my parents and raised their children. I did what was right to
do... Kmt tomb: 3900 years ago Foreign culture of invasion/occupation
and enslavement forcefully broke and replaced African Kmt's culture of high moral and intellectual standards with degenerate
survival-response/classical conditioning to slavery, discrimination and other forms of historical mass brutality. Africans
ended up with the names, religions, holidays, clothes, calendar, habits, diets, hair styles, language, beliefs, rituals, likes-dislikes,
family values of the populations that historically took advantage of them in the worst of ways. Conscious and unconscious
self-hate has our people walking around unmindful carbon copies of the hate and haters that enslaved them in the firstplace. This, with humility and understanding, can be changed on an individual and personal level.
Three Rules of Discipline When future children begin
to read about you, recount and remembers they will have a history to read and it will either help them or hold them down based
on what you do now. Live life in a manner that makes good people proud of what you have done. - Respect
your parents and teachers; honor those who care for you.
- Listen, learn, and live long, well, and with meaning.
- Give
your best to all good that you do.
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Nine Points for Attention
Our scattered movements
desperately need spokespersons, leaders who are unafraid, clear and focused, and conscience/conscious of the world and their
place in it. Above all, we needed leaders who instill in future generations a sense of self worth/dignity that has been
so fraudulently distorted by centuries of slavery and discrimination.
- Know yourself, know your environment,
know your friends and foes.
- Speak politely, directly, and clearly; listen alertly, judge facts, honor quality work.
- Threat
people fairly, tell the truth, be on time, be prepared, be yourself.
- Work hard, work smart, work for more than oneself.
- Find
your Way, keep your Word, do good Work.
- Judge people on what they do, how well they do it, for whom and why.
- Leave
every environment in a better condition than when you came into it.
- Return everything you borrow in the condition
you received it.
- Always defend yourselves and your love ones, but never brutalize, harm, or injure innocent people.
15 Principles of Listening, Learning and Living Life Education
and learning is not mere accumulation of knowledge; it is an awakening of consciousness which goes through successive stages
of discovering oneself and the world around. We are not here to merely gain knowledge of the world but to improve it. No one is born wise. Wisdom comes from study of facts which produces mastery of knowledge. Knowledge
mastered equals education. Education applied to the vast problems of the world in a way that produces solutions is called
understanding. Understanding, humility, honesty, and truth multiplied by time and patience lead to wisdom. Self knowledge---
knowledge of self---is the basis of true wisdom. Ask questions, probe, study, reflect,
meditate, seek answers. But do not be haughty because of your knowledge. Take counsel from those who are learned
and those who are unlearned for no one has ever attained perfection of competence and no craftsperson has acquired full mastery;
good advice is rarer than diamonds, but yet it may be found even among poorest and least educated. Hearing
requires serious concentration and listening. Hearing requires silence of the body and mind. First you must listen,
but listen in your heart, so that you hear the meaning intended by the teacher. Weigh information, measure facts, then
arrive at conclusions only after you have considered all of the facts available to you. Start
with small things---simple aspects of a thing---then give attention to detail. Master the fundamentals.
This means that one should recognize what is in your own sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you,
for there is nothing hidden which will not become clear if it is studied properly. Direct
your attention toward excellence. Take responsibility in the matters entrusted to you. Do not repeat slander,
and do not listen to it; repeat only what is seen, not what is gossiped about. Seek with your heart, have not idle curiosity,
let not gossip, lies, and half-truth pollute your quest. Weigh words well, for a keen tongue
and a subtle mind beget both disorder and peace, according to the use to which they are put. The lips of wisdom are closed,
except to the ears of understanding. You will know something when you understand how it works. Learn how to put a question-an answer brings no illumination unless the question has matured to a point where
it gives rise to this answer which thus becomes its fruit. An answer is profitable in proportion to the quality and
intensity of the question. Questions about fundamental problems can be answered only by fundamental solutions. Hear, listen,
learn, understand, and do. Excellence in doing will come from execution and repetition. What
is done does not matter as much as what was learned from doing it. It is better not to know and to know that one does
not know, than to fake and later be exposed and disgraced. One who wants to rise to the summit, to the mountaintop, to the
peak---to the highest point in all that they do must seek its base in the valley; in order to reach new heights we must come
from down low. Wisdom that understands in silence is the womb from which humanity is born.
Conceal your heart on matters of the heart, control your mouth when in a crowd. Stay clear of people who honored us with only
their lip---those who talk loud and say nothing. By their fruits you will know them. Without deeds we have nothing.
Proceed not to speak or to act before you have weighed your words and examined what they
mean to you. Words are incomplete without evidence. As much as you are capable of finding out that much you will know,
nothing more. Students show by their own efforts how much they deserve to learn from their
teacher, for the disciple is not above his/her teacher. Not the greatest teacher can go even one step for the disciple;
in self one must experience each stage of consciousness and stand on one's own two feet. Treat
people as well as you would want to be treated. Instead, as you would do to you, do also to them likewise. What you
receive depends on what you give. Learn to see clearly, learn to wish for what is just,
dare to do what your conscience dictates, learn to keep your intentions a secret, and if, despite all your efforts, today
brings no more than yesterday, continue steadfastly. No door is closed against her/him who proves self worthy to enter. All things are possible to those who believe. Believe that we were once more than lonely drifters in
the night, that we once had passion in our hearts, that we were not always chasing shadows through the night trying to find
happy endings in so one else's bankrupt illusions of the future. You create your own histories as you live.
Make the world, your world, what you would have it be. It is in your hands.
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