The Amazing Race Part 1

The Amazing Race 
~Part 1~

Growing up I dated various types of girls. Whether their ethnic status or nationality was so-called African-American, Italian, Haitian, Eritrean, Egyptian, Punjabi, German, Arabian, Puerto Rican, Greek, Native American, Jamaican and etc... I also dated various types of girls of different social statuses. Looking back on these experiences, I am thankful of the lessons I’ve learned along the way; some good, some bad, and yes, some ugly. As I matured I modified my perspective of relationships -realizing that I had to be more mindful of the challenges, conflicts and consequences that forging certain unions would bring. Many of us often have a “love is love”, “love knows no color” and “everything will be alright” attitude when we enter our relationships and eventually find out that it takes much more than these flighty feelings to actually sustain it. In America, regardless what kind of relationship we have, racism always plays a direct/indirect role in that relationship. Realizing this, it's important that we take responsibility for how we allow that direct/indirect role to shape our relationships. I'm not just talking about being responsible for our personal feelings/gratification. I'm talking about being responsible for what our relationship, and potential family unit, brings into the world -especially children. No child is born a racist. Children are taught to be racists, directly/indirectly, by adults.

What is Race? The codified concept of ‘race’ can be traced back to a white Anthropologist named Earnest Albert Hooton. In addition to helping establish Harvard as the center for Physical Anthropology in the United States, Hooton was responsible for classifying human beings into groups and subgroups based upon phenotype (physical characteristics/traits); race. Through what is called ‘comparative anatomy’, Hooton used white people as the primary model of man and classified/defined black and brown people as primitives according to that basic standard. Based upon Hooton’s work, in 1926 The American Association of Physical Anthropology and the National Research Council organized a committee to focus on the anatomy of black people (so-called Negroes at the time). A year later in 1927, the committee endorsed a comparison of African babies with young apes. If that wasn’t enough, about 10 years later in 1937, the committee published findings in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology to prove, not suggest or imply, that Negroes were closer to primitives than the white race. Racial stereotypes about black intellectual inferiority, criminality, promiscuity, homeliness, amorality, socioeconomic ineptness, etc… are all associations with the pseudoscience of Earnest Albert Hooton. Although many white people already entertained/advocated these ideas and feelings about black and brown people for hundreds of years prior to Hooton’s anatomical comparisons, Hooton was instrumental in classifying and systematizing these ideas/feelings into a framework that we’ve come to know and define as race -and ultimately racism. Even though Hooton was not a hood wearing, card carrying member of The KKK, who were already about 3 million strong in America approaching the 1930’s, his work served as ammunition to advocate their White Supremacist philosophies, politics, and policies.

So here in America, this purely sociopolitical construct called ‘race’ was used as a tool to establish, justify and reinforce the power relations between people classified as white and others. These power relations established a status quo; where the dominant society and ruling class is white and black and brown people, the minority within their society, are the underclass. Thus whenever white and black and brown people lived in proximity to eachother, the white group or ruling class controlled the institutions, political networks, finances, material resources and intellectual property. Even though whites are the minority throughout the planet earth, how can you explain these power relations that defy all logic and probability? Is this minority in control because it’s just the natural order of things? Do black and brown people (the global majority) believe they aren’t intelligent enough to govern so white people are better equipped to control the institutions, political networks, finances, material resources and intellectual property? Is there a systemic sociopolitical way of doing things that has empowered the global minority to gain control over the institutions, political networks, finances, material resources and intellectual property? And if there does exist a systemic sociopolitical way of doing things, has this been beneficial for all people, especially the majority? It is my perspective that the concept of race (along with ‘racism’ and ‘sexism’), the sociopolitical arm of white supremacy, is one of the primary tools being used to accomplish this goal. 

See, to even use the word ‘race’ in regards to human beings, we automatically “enter” (inter-racial) or “buy” into (bi-racial) the power dynamics that was propagated by the ruling class (white people) and codified by Earnest Albert Hooton’s classifications. To consider yourself as a race, it automatically compromises your identity because the term race neutralizes/minimizes your ethnic/genus origin, cultural consciousness and nationality. As a person of color, it puts you on the primitive end of a categorical chart designed to uphold a dominant Eurocentric status quo. It’s interesting to note that the findings of The American Association of Physical Anthropology and the National Research Council in the mid 1920’s coincides with the proliferation of Marcus Garvey’s UNIA (United Negro Improvement Association) and the founding of Noble Drew Ali's MSTA (Moorish Science Temple of America). The significance of this is the fact that Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew Ali advocated the importance of black and brown people’s ethnic/genus origin, cultural consciousness and nationality. As a Nationalist, Noble Drew Ali even went as far as to instruct his members to learn ‘The Color of Law” -used by racists to carry out racial inequality/discriminatory policies and procedures within the so-called justice system. This Ethnogenesis, advocated by the UNIA, MSTA, NOI, Five Percenters and other organizations was a vehicle to redefine ourselves outside of the white supremacist perimeters of race and within the context of our own ethnic/genus, cultural consciousness and nationality. Of course this did little to change the dominant society we were living under as a subgroup, or the sentiments of this ruling class. To undermine the progress of organizations like this, the ruling class began to promote the repackaging of ‘race’ under the pseudonyms of Colored, Afro-American and African American in order to get black people to continue entering/buying into a racist (racial) sociopolitical construct. The last and greatest ploy being bio-political subjugation via Interracial (enter ‘race’) or Biracial (bi-‘racial’) arrangements. How and what can be done? Find out in my next article "The Amazing Race Part 2"

To be continued.....

Peace,

Saladin

 Bridge Mix and Fakebook

I cannot stress enough the importance of properly examining people before allowing them into your social equality and allowing them to simply "claim" they're about the same thing as you. It's likewise important for us to allow ourselves to be examined before coming amongst others. I reside in the WNY/Southern Ontario Area where there isn't a high concentration of Gods and Earths like in NYC. This has been a gift yet I've also ceen the curse. The gift is the fact that since some of these areas are unchartered regions, this environment encourages Cultural development, self reliance and the propagation of our way of life. On the flip side, those people who really "ain't bout this life" find themselves slipping right back into a dead world or trying to be a cyclops in the land of the blind.

There are people, some who claim to have been around for years, that come in the names of Gods and Earths yet when you ask them what Lessons they actually know either they hopelessly stumble through reciting them like Leslie Nielson trying to sing the National Anthem in The Naked Gun or they reluctantly tell you they've been (stuck) on the same Lesson for a while now... It disapppointed me the most when I've heard this coming from those people who portray themselves as The God/The Earth and who always have the harshest criticisms about what somebody else ain't doing. The problem is not the fact that they don't know their Lessons or the lack of Knowledge itself. We all started out from a place of not knowing and there are many things I'm unaware of about life right now b.u.t. the bottom line is, "What are we (am I) doing about it?" The problem arises when people choose to not do anything about it, especially when it's brought to their attention.  The problem is their sense of apathy (or apathetic arrogance) and contentment with ignorance. "Apathetic arrogance" is when apathetic people, who obviously haven't invested the time to study/learn, arrogantly expect all the accreditation and accoutrements of someone who actually invested/invests the time to study/learn (know, articulate and understand the Lessons). My point in mentioning this is not for the sake of encouraging these people to get it together; it usually doesn't work that way. Encouragement usually works for people who honestly aren't aware of what they need to be doing and will strive to do better in their own good time when shown the way. The people I'm referring to already know what's up, stubbornly don't want to hear what anyone has to say and may go into a Rowdy Roddy Piper frenzy if you question them. The reason they're in this state is because over a period of time they simply made up a variety of excuses to stagnate -which YOU WILL HEAR when you have a conversation with them about their studies-, instead of healthy adjustments to elevate. Because of their pride, defensiveness and often arrogance they usually won't welcome your line of questioning and try to act like it's a personal attack against them instead of what's really taking place: a confirmation of the Knowledge they clearly aren't adding on to their Cipher. So I mention this not for these people. On their own, they have to make the choice to care enough about true growth & development, be concerned enough about the inadequate position it puts them in to assist others (especially their own families) and recognize that Knowledge is more valuable and a priority over the Ignorance they own. Our job is to simply make Knowledge Born, their job is to save themselves. 

I'm sharing this with those of you who may have encountered and will encounter these people who are coming in the Name. It's important to realize that regardless of how they dress, the lingo they can talk or names they can drop of people who aren't examining them, they are not you. You can be friendly or associate yet this relationship becomes a liability if you give them more credit than they deserve and expect them to uphold the same Cultural principles/values you adhere to. That is an unreasonable expectation you're unfairly placing on them and that relationship. How? Because these people never invested the time and aren't investing the time to learn or adhere to these principles/values you hold sacred. If you're in doubt about what I'm saying simply ask them to go through their Lessons and share their understanding and they'll show & prove it to you out of their own mouth. If they don't even know these Lessons, how can they possibly understand what they're unaware of or live that out as a consistent code of conduct? This is not to say that ALL PEOPLE who are coming in our Names b.u.t. have not fully committed themselves to learning/living our Culture are outright despicable, some may be. They may have some nice qualities about themselves and even demonstrate "some" (key word) of the principles/values we advocate as a Nation. In my experience with those people who are less likely to take responsibility for themselves and study their Lessons, one of their main arguments -in defense of their own ignorance of course-, is "So and so knows 120 frontwards and backwards yet they're doing A, B, C, D, and etc.!" Yes this may be a legitimate point because reciting Lessons doesn't automatically mean someone is learning these Lessons. Yet talking about somebody else does absolutely nothing to address or resolve the situation at hand: this person's choice to be ignorant and what they're actually doing about it. Even if a God/Earth who knows 120 is demonstrating questionable behavior, at least I and thousands of other Gods/Earths have an impartial, consistent, equitable standard between us (120 Lessons) to potentially check and balance our words/behavior. With someone who primarily dresses the part, uses our lingo and name drops you have no impartial, consistent, equitable standard or transparency between you. What you do have, Culturally speaking, is big box of Bridge Mix; a variety of nuts, fruit and cremes 'covered' with milk and dark chocolate -and you never know what you're going to get or where it comes from! Bottom line is it's important to hold fast to our Customary Tradition of "examining and being examined". Without this protocol we will continue to cee our Cultural Integrity being compromised. 

Speaking of compromisers, recently I had an online exchange, via Fakebook, with someone who claims this Culture that resides in my Area. Now as I've stated, there isn't a high concentration of Gods and Earths here so this creates an environment where either you're actually known, known of or completely unknown. If you're known then that's because you're out there doing community work, involved in publically recognized projects/programs and you're networking with various organizations and businesses. If you're known of then you're doing something that someone can/does vouch for. If you're unknown that's because you haven't made yourself (work) known for various reasons. Anyway, the person I had an exchange with is unknown in my area. Not because they don't know of me or have no way of getting in contact with me b.u.t. because they've chosen to be unknown for reasons known only to them. I guess today was their day to make contact.

The exchange started with her sending me a FB Message about how to figure out our Asiatic Calendar, inquiring about Parliaments here and saying that she's gotten together with "The Queens" a couple of times here before but wasn't sure what's up with the rest of the cipher. Keep in Mind that this person is unknown in this Area. Mentioning that I wasn't sure what Degrees she actually knew by heart, I briefly explained how she can figure out our chronology on her own. She responded by saying that she's on the 2/1-14, that's why she needs a cipher and that, "I know ppl say ur 7 suppose to teach u but we work so much we are like two ships passing." Knowing that she is unknown and that if there are some Queens she'd be building with in this Area I would know them or know of them, I responded, "What Queens have you got together with, who is their Educator and what Degrees do they knowledge? As far as Rallies/Parliaments in Bethlehem I'm not aware of anyone organizing any. I'm more actively involved with the Gods/Earths who're doing things in Steel City, Truth Cipher (Canada)"

She told me their names and both of them I'm aware of because they attended a few Civilization Classes and Rallies I organized in my and her City before. While one has been around the Lessons for years, because she was a student of a God I taught, the other started learning about who we are within the last five years. While the former has had a few different Educators, I'm not sure what she actually knows and the other one has decided not to learn. Anyway, at this point in time both of them don't have an Educator and it's unclear what Lessons they have. In addition to them she mentions another female who has a righteous name on Facebook that's not worth mentioning. So now here's the picture... Three females getting together sometimes. The main one who contacted me has a God (Educator) and she says she's on the 2/1-14. The other two don't have an Educator and it's unclear what Lessons they have. All of them have righteous names, many friends on Facebook yet are unknown in this Area.

At this point the female says she's trying to knowledge 120 by the Summer and not be around anybody that just don't care like that to which I respond, "I understand. We all invest time in what we cee as important and wharever we cee or don't cee going on in our Area reflects our Priorities. If that's your determined idea then you'll make it happen and put yourself in the position to be amongst those that care." At this point she said she mostly builds with one of the females who doesn't have an Educator and she's been giving her Lessons and "other Degrees that pertain to Earths". She also added, "We figured we would just say f*ck it & teach each other." Hearing that she's still just a Newborn herself and not an Educator, my response was, "What did your Educator say in regards to giving someone Lessons?" to which she responded, "I dont have one..never had one..I dont like to slow up somebody elses progress Cuz I maybe slow sometimes so I just gave it to her." This had me confused because she just said earlier that "I know ppl say ur 7 suppose to teach u but we work so much we are like two ships passing." Now this is where it really starts getting funny style...

Ceeing what this situation could potentially be and not judging what the circumstances were surrounding her Relationship/Education I said, "So ya'll freestyling. I wouldn't suggest coming amongst us Gods/Earths with a righteous name saying you have lessons, never had an Educator and you're just giving lessons to somebody else." Instead of ceeing the wisdom in my words as a warning that it's not welcoming to come amongst Gods/Earths calling yourself us when you clearly aren't, her response was, "Damn freestyling sounds like such a bad word for once. Hey im just being honest here." to which I responded, "That's definately not our Tradition and is completely irresponsible." She goes on to ask, "What are we suppose to do now? Wait for someone to care?" and states that she's "had most since 07". Do you cee how complicated this is? Here's a person who says she's on the 2/1-14, her God ain't teaching her because they're both working, she don't have and never had an Educator, she's teaching herself and giving some other female lessons and has had most for the last 5 years all in one FB Message conversation..! What was my response having years of experience of ceeing this type of phenomenon? "Well for the last 5 years I think your approach/decisions already demonstrates you have your mind made up about what you want and how you want to do it. Most Gods/Earths who learn about this won't trust your intentions or role you're striving to play within our Nation since you haven't directly consulted us and chose to do your own thing. And if you're not upfront about what you told me exactly, you're even more suspect. Take a moment to read the Post on my wall SciHonor Devotion tagged me in with the sword image. That will give you more insight into how that approach/decisions is perceived by many in our Nation." Not only did I share with her my wisdom and experience b.u.t. I referred her to a source from a reputable Earth I know who gives her more clarity on the subject from a Woman's perspective. So instead of being receptive, this is what this female had to say before terminating our conversation, "Hold on your doing to much. I ain't never been suspect about nothing. Who is us? Just because I dont consult u dont mean I dont consult anyone..so ppls dont b confused. U know what nevermind. I was asking for help. Forget it."

My question to those of you reading this is: Does that seem like someone who's actually receptive to learn, seeking actual guidance and interested in true Nation Building? This is not me disqualifying anyone, I am simply pointing out how people disqualify themselves from having access to certain areas of growth and development because of their mouth, attitude, arrogance and rugged individualism. Remember the phrase 'Many shall come, only a few will be chosen and those who are chosen choose themselves'? Well this female, who obviously has some attraction to what we're doing in our Nation, still hasn't chosen herself. Will she ever? That's not for me to say, it's her responsibility to get it together.

In the final analysis, it's all about our deeds. Even if people have had something to say negative about me I let time take care of them and eventually you've ceen their flames fade into some smoldering ashes of insignifigance -while I keep on doing what I've been doing; Building. It's not hard to recognize Who's Who within The NGE. Yeah some people may not be Nationally known yet they are many who are very active, involved and known within their respective Communities and Regions, Gods/Earths I'm grateful to have as Family fulfilling our vision! This isn't hard to verify or substantiate, especially with the expansion of our online presence that documents our offline activities. This the reasoning behind my documentation and time stamping of some of the various things I do. It's about showing people this is really where I am, what I actually do and how I do it! My Word or World ain't fake, staged, edited or surreal yet there's many people who's lives are fake, staged and edited to give others the appearance of something that doesn't exist. If I say I work out a certain amount of time I have the body to prove it. If I say I've published books I can refer you to a Bookstore to order them. If I say I work with youth then they can tell you in their own words what our relationship is. All of us who are actually doing something to assist others in their growth and development and make our contribution to civilization adhere to these standards of integrity.

So in closing I emphasize the importance of our examination process. A process of inquiring who somebody's Educator is, where they got their Information, how long they had it and how they understand and are living what they have. This Cultural Tradition has allowed us, Gods/Earths, to maintain a level of transparency and integrity within our Nation since we formally began in 1964. WITHOUT this system of checks/balances there would be no way of determining Who's Who or even what Who is! Even though we may not all agree with one another all the time, we cannot deny eachothers work and contributions to our Nation and Society as a whole. For example, if you cee somebody who says they're from my Area and you cee no interaction or actual contact between us then put two and two together. I'm out here; actively involved and have been available for years, months and days now. No these people don't have to be doing the exact same thing I'm doing b.u.t. there should be a level of social equality we have because we share the same common cultural cause right? A cause that I have taken the initiative to publically set and defend as an ever growing standard of our cultural integrity. If you're unsure about someone you're connected with on Facebook yet you cee they're in my Area, ask me about them. If I say anything like, "I don't know them", "I met them before/once", "They contacted me on Facebook before" or "They came to 'a' Civilization Class" then put two and two together. This doesn't mean that I'm The Don or something. Lol I'm simply saying that I have some experience and success in the field of Nation Building, have established many relationships/networks and learn from others who are doing this and can tell you will confidence and surety who's involved in this -based upon their actions or lack thereof. These people may not be directly in my City b.u.t. I'm connected to Gods/Earths within the surrounding Areas and other Regions who may/may not know them. I ran into an Older God out in Bethlehem one time who said he was from Pelon (The Bronx). As soon as I got the opportunity I reached out to another Older God (Freedom) in Pelon, who is his contemporary, to verify what this Brother was telling me. Freedom was able to confirm everything all the way down to Names/Occupations of this Gods siblings. Even though that all checked out it's still upon us to further examine a person's ways and actions! Sometimes people associate with others just to get a co-signer for their BS. Now imagine if these people aren't even connected to Gods/Earths within the surrounding Areas they live in, that also tells you something huh? Sometimes the cipher that's around them isn't progressive and they choose to not participate. That could be a legitimate reason for not coming around b.u.t. what are they doing about it? If all they're doing is going to work and claiming they're teaching their own babies, which isn't special because even animals are expected to perform this Parental duty, it should raise an eyebrow about their ideas about real Nation Building... They may be playing the 'Blame Somebody Else' Game as an excuse to do the exact same thing they're accusing the cipher of doing; NOTHING. They also may just be people with a "Me and Mines!"  mentality and they're using their child(ren) as a shield for their dirty, selfish religion. And if you do question them and hear the violins start to play as they give you this solicit for pity spiel about how they can't find nobody, maybe even for years and blah, blah, blah... even though myself and others are clearly right here, leave, them, alone. You've made Knowledge Born about your concerns and made yourself available to them if/when they're willing and able to "consistently" (key word!) add-on. They just need to work some things out first before they're ready to learn or finish what they started learning years ago.

Peace,
Saladin

Egghead Jr.

Experts in the Field

We used to be with a woman whom I thought would make an excellent Earth, only to discover our persons to be totally wrong. She suffered from a high-function mental disorder which was not easy to detect at first, because she said a lot of the things we embrace. She spoke against the same things we had issues with. She belonged to a Black activist group that my person highly respected. She was well-versed on several topics. She seemed to be the perfect match for my travels. My persons was convinced that she was going in the same direction, but we were wrong.I will not disgrace her by mentioning her name. That would be inappropriate and besides, subconsciously she does not mean to be so counter productive to our cause. She is very ill and ultimately saw herself to be a failure. The things she mentioned seemed easy to repair at first, given the proper attitude, desire and skill. These things cannot come without want and you cannot give people your skills or your attributes. We learned this through experience. My only regret is that we hadn't found that out sooner.

Mental illness, of this caliber, is not that easy to detect. Most of the time, you hardly suspect it because these people are funny and talented people. My woman was very smart. Witty beyond reproach. She was informed in a lot of areas. Fun to talk to. It is easier to recognize a broken arm, than a broken soul or mind state. Highly-functional mental illness usually occurs amongst highly intellectual types. It wasn't until we lived together, did we began to see her mood swings, and her depressed moments. I began to see that she was a woman who was plagued by inner demons and that her outlook was not the same as mine. She felt trapped and we thought we could rescue her. Become the hero. We didn't do it out of ego, we did it out of love, but the non-acceptance that it was hopeless, was male ego related.We tried to work on that but we began to find out that she was just as witty at maintaining her own debilitating attitude. FOR EVERY REASON I GAVE ON HOW SHE COULD BE SUCCESSFUL, SHE GAVE ME SIX ON HOW SHE COULD FAIL. The more my persons fought to uplift her, the more she found fault with it. She fought to prove me wrong about her praise. If I did things for her, it would be the things which were lacking in the approach that she would focus on. Yet, I wouldn't quit on her. My persons fought hard to find ways to show her that what The Father (Allah) taught us was right and exact ,but she would focus on the odds of it happening or the numbers of people truly doing such things. After years of effort of trying to get her to see, we were thoroughly convinced that ONE ONLY LEARNS WHAT ONE TEACHES SELF: You have to be educatable to be educated. You have to be receptive in order to receive. You have to seek, in order to find. ULTIMATELY, SHE HAS TO LET THE TRUTH IN. ULTIMATELY, THE ONLY SELF IS SAVIOR. My person had to be made to believe that she had to save herself. She has a hole that only the almighty can fill, and she has to exalt that force from with inside her essence outward. Ironically, it was HER EGO THAT GOT IN THE WAY OF HER OWN SALVATION. I had not given up on her, she denied herself. Once I realized this, I recognized that her statements at the beginning were complaints that she was never going to do anything about. That is hard for a "do-something-about it-person" to accept. So I constantly tried to convince her that there are things that can be done, but she believed her ideas more. We strove to give her confidence, but she believed in drinking and wallowing in sorrow more. It is very hard to accept someone "fighting against your love" and blaming you for all their errors.

Looking back on it, we began to see that she spent a lot of time trying to "jump start her heart" a.k.a. pursuing happiness. Looking for things to bring her thrill and joy. Hunting for pleasure, excitement, drama, and surprise! My person only surmises that this was to counteract the misery she felt so often. She wanted prestige (recognition as important or famous) and since knowledge is power, being knowledgeable meant a lot to her. Not in the sense of having knowledge so you can live by what you learned, but in the sense of knowing something about it so you can impress your friends about the things that you know about, so you can seem aware concerning many topics. Notice we said SEEM AWARE. This is very important to note, because the excitement we saw was not because of revelation, but because her curiosity was being fed. Once she had this information, she could talk in various circles intelligently about various subjects and poise many questions. She could be in on several debates. She could get the attention she wants. She could be viewed as smart, intelligent and knowledgeable.The reason for bringing this up is not to throw a former love one under the bus, but to bring out characteristics of the type of person we will call EXPERTS IN THE FIELD {OF KNOWLEDGE OF SELF}. This knowledge was not the same as knowing. Their awareness is awareness of information available, not self realization that comes from applying it. The things one learns by applying the things that one knows is a wholly separate topic than the one discussed here. Her conversations were intellectual discourses. Witticisms. Points of interest. Not principles to fashion ones life by.There are a lot of people out there who can give you information and facts but their attachment to those facts is very superficial. It is not the points that one learns from awareness and experience. It is not felt and lived by. It is just a topic to throw out for debate and discussion. They find information fascinating! They get excited about discussions concerning information, but not how to curb their life to what they know. This requires discipline and they want to be a "free spirit." Negative thoughts oppress them so much of the time, they do not want to spend too much time disciplining themselves to principles; they want do what they feel. THEY GATHER INFORMATION TO BECOME "EXPERTS IN THE FIELD". They are "The Egyptologists who wear a cross around their neck and eat pork chop sandwiches."

Next thing we will hear is that "The reason I'm so Astro Boy-ish or B-ew-ITCH-ish is because my parents were homosexual and I had to overcompensate for it. First of all, nobody makes you do anything, you make your own decisions. Running from or going to extremes like, proving you are smarter than everyone else or more of a woman or man than anyone else because of how your parents are is not the answer and neither is “The Blame Someone Else” game. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE 46 CHROMOSOMES! YOU GET 23 FROM BOTH PARENTS AND IF YOU HAVE LITTLE TO NO CONTACT WITH BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS-- REGARDLESS TO THE DYSFUNCTION-- YOU WILL NEVER SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE PROPER THING TO DO WITH YOUR INHERITED TRAITS. This is not to say that being gay, lesbian, or bisexual is an inherited trait. Quite the contrary, all my studies have led me to conclude that this is a decision based upon strong urges made by the individual. Psychologically, there is an identity crisis that accompanies these urges, and some series of events that polarizes them towards their decision. Anyone who has seen THE COLOR PURPLE or FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF can tell that within these dramatizations the authors are supplying you with the type and kind of events which helped to polarize them toward those feelings. Just remember, people like Jeffery Dahmer and Charles Manson also had such polarizing events upon their psyches to match their urges, yet it is an agreed conclusion to look at this as dysfunction and frown upon its adaptation as a way of life. I'm Sure Gregory Hines would rather have his brother Maurice not be gay-- or at least not so flamboyant with it. I'm sure Joan Crawford's daughter would have rather had a mother who knew how to be a better mother. IT IS NOBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY BUT YOUR OWN TO PLAY THE HAND YOU WERE DEALT. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER ALL FACTORS AND COME UP WITH THE RIGHT DECISION, no matter how long it takes. You are the sole controller of what you do with the rest of your life, regardless of the circumstance. This view is supported by our lessons. We watch these homosexual parents today adopt children and raise them without a clue of how that will impact on the child's psyche to have gay parents. From where I sit, this practice is wrong. It was fought against for many years in this society, and now it is treated as though if it never happened. As this society and culture of the Devil's civilization "develops" further, it will have practices that do not coincide with our knowledge-- this is to be expected. Many things that will be accepted as "right" in this culture will be savage in ours. You have to decide which side you stand on. You have to decide which culture you embrace. It cannot be a "quasi" type of thing. It either has to be a "Divine culture" and those things of American culture which coincides, or a "Destroy culture" and those things which coincides with that. Yet, far too often we see people of our culture airing out their own personal opinions which are not "shown and proved" by their lessons. It is our scientific responsibility to back up all assertions with the degrees that they may fall under-- that is, unless you say you "Study 120 but are not a part of the Five Percent Nation/ NGE." But then again, why would anyone want to listen to a person who lets you know he/she doesn't subscribe to what you do, but brings up your culture for criticism. This "I'm Only Human" "Embrace your weakness Approach" is totally counter-productive to Self Development as far as our lessons teach.

What is meant by SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE 46 CHROMOSOMES AND YOU WILL NEVER SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE PROPER THING TO DO WITH YOUR INHERITED TRAITS, is that it is a family affair. God is a group reality seen through the eyes of an individual and your traits are made through both of your parents-- 23 from your dad and 23 from your mom. Those traits are displayed throughout both families. You got those traits in you. The best way to see what those traits are all about is to do the knowledge on your family lines: You will see both the proper and improper use of such qualities but it will give you some understanding as to why you feel like you do and where those feelings are coming from. It will place you at the pinnacle of what to do in regards to those said qualities and it will have you "better know thyself," because the family is you and you are the family! Just remember, they made their decisions about which direction they were going to take those INHERITED TRAITS and you have to make yours. 46 CHROMOSOMES IS EQUAL TO JUSTICE, MEANING THEY WILL GET A PENALTY OR REWARD FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR USE OF THOSE TRAITS AS YOU WILL GET A PENALTY OR REWARD FOR HOW YOU USE YOURS.To add to this, this woman got as far as the 40th degree in the One to forty. She had only her Actual Facts and Solar facts to complete, yet she did not use the jewels and tools. It was only an intellectual discourse. She went on to become a student of Yoruba (African Secret Society member) culture after that. We are certain that she did not stop there in her search. All of this is just oddities and curiosities to these types of people. They learn this stuff for dinner table discussions. THEY SEEK KNOWLEDGE TO DISPLAY THEMSELVES AS EXPERTS IN THE FIELD like as if they were anthropologist [characteristics and customs of humans] or pursuing anthropomorphic studies[study of the attributes of humans in things], NOT TO GROW OR CHANGE THEIR POINT OF VIEW. That's why, when you hear them build, THEY WILL OFTEN CONTRADICT THE WORDS IN WHICH THEY SPEAK OR THE TOPIC THEY ARE BUILDING ON BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY LIVE BY, THEY JUST KNOW OF IT. It's just a conversation to prove how smart they are; academics; an intellectual discourse-- they have no feelings concerning it. It's just a game, like cat and mouse. An experiment. It's questionable whether these kind can ever love anything because they haven't learned to love themselves. They are still struggling with that. But they can't take your advice because in their warped mind they think their smarter or more man or woman than you. It's a challenge to them and to them THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE OF SELF (without the Self Development or constraints or discipline there of), because they know better than anyone else. They're the smartest! They say IRRESPONSIBLE THINGS AND ADVOCATE WRECK LESS ABANDON IN THE GUISE OF FREEDOM. THEY ADVOCATE WILDNESS, WHILE SAYING THAT THEY ARE CIVILIZED because they study 120 but have a different understanding of God than is practiced by us. Nothing could be so ridiculous!

In the case of this woman, when she was under study, if something would go wrong we would say have you tried this or applied this degree and she would always come back with some "extenuating circumstance" [reason for why what we are saying doesn't apply to her situation]. After a while, we began to realize that KNOWLEDGE WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE WORE, NOT APPLIED. Student is not what they are because they never stick to the plan, they have a better idea; often doing what you advise them not to do. I bet she still goes by her own crooked philosophy to this day despite the advise of her therapists or any of the cultural systems she has available to her. That is because SHE IS AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE OF SELF, EQUIPPED WITH THE BEST OF CONVERSATIONAL PIECES. That's why we say: "Forget the EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, PICK THE GENUINE ARTICLE. Don't be fooled by the razzle dazzle of cheap imitations...

Peace,
Allah Universal Lord Life Justice Shabazz

Power, Politics, and Polar Opposites

“You can always outlive a lie, but you can never outlive the truth.” –Rev. Glen Raybond (79 years old) Trinity Baptist Church

It doesn’t matter what type of Religious, Spiritual, or Cultural System you embrace, the fundamental purpose of that System must be Personal, Collective, and Environmental responsibility, preservation, and perpetuation. If that System is not rooted in those purposes (Personal, Collective, and Environmental), and does not serve those needs (responsibility, preservation, and perpetuation), then it cannot and will not sustain itself. One of the main characteristics we’re taught about the Devil is that the Devil has an “expiration date” (35/1-40). It’s not ironic that we directly learn this in the Understanding (3) Power (5) Degree: “What is the expiration date of the Devils Civilization?” What this tells us is that in order to comprehend true power (authority/influence), we must recognize the limitations in what it is not.

God of course is called ‘omnipotent’, which simply means to be ‘all powerful’, and being all powerful has no limitations to it. In regards to ‘power’, the 32/1-40 states, in part, that, “The mental ‘power’ of a real Devil is nothing in comparison to that of the Original Man” and “his physical ‘power’ is less than 1/3 than that of the Original Man, therefore his mental and physical ‘power’ is much weaker than that of the Original Man.” The 38/1-40 further reinforces this point by stating that God made the Devil “to show forth his ‘power’ that he is allwise and righteous, and that he could make a Devil which is weak and wicked, give him the ‘power’ to rule the Earth for 6,000 years, then destroy the Devil in one day without falling victim to the Devils Civilization. Otherwise to show and prove that Allah is God, always has been and always will be.” The word Politics means “the science of ‘power’ (authority/influence)”. The role of a Politician is to use this science of power (Politics), to get Policies enacted as Laws, that will then be enforced by the Police. One thing you’ll notice in the words Politics, Politician, Policy, and Police is that they all share the same root word ‘pol’. ‘Pol’ is a Greek root word which means “pole” or “polar”, and pole/polar are dynamic opposites of a sphere as in the North and South poles of the Earth, or opposing extremes (polar opposites) as in God/Devil, Righteous/Wicked, Civilized/Savage. Anyone who has taken the time to recite and study 120 Lessons of The NGE or the Supreme Wisdom Book of The NOI realizes that within this literature, the concept of ‘power’ is a reoccurring theme. Not a reoccurring theme in the abstract, b.u.t. ‘power’ in the context of ‘Power Relations’ between two opposing forces and political ideologies: God/Devil, Righteous/Wicked, Civilized/Savage. So as Gods/Earths, our 8-Point Cultural Curriculum (Supreme Mathematics, Supreme Alphabet, 120 Lessons, *12 Jewels) is in part, a Sociopolitical System, used to em‘power’ment us Personally, Collectively, and Environmentally. Building with one another and holding Parliaments is a process to work out these Politics socially: “Social means to advocate a Society of Men (and Women) or Group of Men (and Women) for one common cause. Equality means to be equal in everything” (8/1-40). We do this to ensure that our words and actions coincide with Godly/Righteous/Civilized Policies, because these Policies reinforce Laws that we Police. And we Police eachother by looking out for one another in order to protect and serve our Godly/Righteous/Civilized Standards. And as Gods/Earths, ALL OF US are Personally, Collectively, and Environmentally responsible for preserving and perpetuating this Cultural Worldview.

Before we give anyone credit, including myself, for being a true advocate of our Culture we must first ask ourselves these fundamental questions:

* What are their Politics?
* Does their Sociopolitical Agenda meet the fundamental criteria of Personal, Collective, and Environmental responsibility, preservation, and perpetuation of our Cultural Worldview?
* How are they using the science of ‘power’, and what kind of Policies are they enacting (endorsing) and policing (protecting): God/Devil, Righteous/Wicked, Civilized/Savage?

Sometimes I’ve come across People who have our 8-Point Curriculum but claim to not be in The NGE (The Nation of Gods and Earths). They claim to have this Knowledge for themselves and are simply God/Earth in their own Universe. Well ask yourself: Does this person’s Sociopolitical Agenda meet the fundamental criteria of Personal, Collective, and Environmental responsibility, preservation, and perpetuation of our Cultural Worldview? Your answer will be without question “Emphatically No!” They themselves didn’t get Knowledge out of thin air and are benefitting from the Personal, Collective, and Environmental contributions of other people, places, and things that came before them and are often still present today. If this perpetual process (reciprocity) didn’t happen, then this selfish person wouldn’t have anything to be selfish about in the first place. If left up to them, this Knowledge will die right along with them, and if it’s really of God, it should have no expiration date… There are also those who only select certain parts of our 8-Point Curriculum to identify with. Well ask yourself: What are their Politics? When you listen to them and cee their actions in terms of opposing extremes (polar opposites), what category do they fall in or have a leaning towards: Godly/Devilish, Righteous/Wicked, Civilized/Savage? Obviously, if there’s things they deal with and other things they don’t deal with, there will always be a huge variance that expose these diametrically opposed views. For example, they may not eat pork but cee nothing wrong with going around porking white girls or any girl for that matter. They may call themselves Raheem Allah, b.u.t. when you close your eyes and listen to their combative, jeering, immature conversation they sound no different than 85 T-Bone smoking an L on the block. Since they don’t fully embrace our Culture in it’s entirety, they’ll always come off ‘Bipolar’ and you’ll constantly hear/cee them ping-ponging between the diametrically opposed sides of God/Devil, Righteous/Wicked, Civilized/Savage. For example, one minute you’ll hear/cee them talking about lofty concepts of Civilization, and the next moment they’ll be talking about Savagely sh*tting in Niggas caskets. In one breath they’ll be celebrating how they’re the true & living God, and in the next breath they’ll be embracing how Humanly frail, imperfect, and ignorant they actually are. Then there are those who claim to be Gods/Earths yet they claim to be or operate like they’re “politically” neutral. These People are of course some of the most dangerous because they refuse to take responsible stances on Personal, Collective, and Environmental issues in regards to our Cultural Worldview. These are the People who cee the People they roll with, which may be so-called Gods/Earths, involved in activities that are clearly Devilish, Wicked, and Savage, yet will turn a blind eye, not build with them about correcting it, or won’t issue a public statement denouncing it. In their so-called neutrality, they’re actually the most political! Their suffering silence, lack of integrity, and amoral conscience reflects the same political stance of People who had/have an opportunity to fight against injustices being carried out against them, others, and the environment. These are the People who quietly support and continually promote the Devilishment, Wickedness, and Savagery that’s going on and they’re more difficult to address because you don’t cee them. For example, People get angry about many of the political positions the Right Wing Tea Baggers openly take, b.u.t fail to realize that the one’s who feel/believe the exact same way, who’re not saying anything publically, while claiming to not be into Politics, are the ones you really need to be looking at…

So in the final analysis, it comes down to ‘power’ and how we propose to use that ‘power’. Traditionally, we teach that “power is the truth”. So in this sense, if we’re Gods/Earths who supposedly have the truth, then what are we doing with it? Are we using this truth to em‘power’ the Righteous or the Wicked? Are we using this power truthfully, and in the interest of being Godly or Devilish? When we recite how we’re Civilized People throughout our Lessons, is that truly what we’re about or are we really just “Savages in the pursuit of Happiness”? (17/1-40) We must consider the ‘Power Relations’ we cee demonstrated throughout our Lessons between God and Devil, and properly align ourselves with what’s Righteous and Civilized. This template helps us identify the same ‘Power Relations’ throughout our Lessons we learn in everyday life! When I learn in the 1/1-14 that “the Devil isn’t settled on the Best Part” and that I must “preserve the best part for myself” because “there is no peace amongst him (Devil)”, I should know better not to try to resolve (settle) a situation with a person who always “starts causing trouble amongst Righteous People, making accusations, causing them to fight and kill one another” (4/1-14) around my children, at my home, or any place else I consider sacred. The Original Man who historically handled this situation has given me the proper insight, posture, and procedure to handle it for myself; the game doesn’t change, only the players. When I learn in the 10/1-14 that we historically served capital punishment on People who were found to be “100% weak & wicked” because “they would not keep and obey the laws” after being given a chance to “clean themselves up and come amongst us” (9/1-14), then I need to dissolve the business relationship with someone if I clearly cee that their heart, time, and finances aren’t 100% into what we’re supposed to be “advocating for one common cause” (8/1-14), and they consistently disobey the rules of our partnership. Especially after giving them chances to correct it. Not only are these ‘Power Relations’ demonstrated throughout our Lessons, b.u.t. we clearly cee these stances within our Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet as well. When we look at the #‘2’ or Wisdom within the Supreme Mathematics, we are called upon to assess our degree of ‘right discernment/judgment’. There is no “that’s your right and this is my right” where Wisdom is concerned. Right is right and wrong is wrong! Some People may say, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat”, and a Wise Man/Woman will say, “It’s not right to skin a cat.” Although Wisdom is a form of being clever, along with sophistication, cunning , and guile, ONLY Wisdom has a sense of right and justness to it. So in saying this, sounding good, coming off intellectual, or trying to razzle dazzle People with Supreme Mathematics still only falls into one of two political categories: God/Devil, Righteous/Wicked, Civilized/Savage. When looking at the letter ‘K’ (11), King or Kingdom within our Supreme Alphabet, the Sociopolitical stance of a King and a Kingdom is called into question. We must ask ourselves: What defines a King, how does a King operate, and what are the rules and regulations upon which is Kingdom in governed by? What is the proper attitude and posture of a King? How does a King relate to and what is his responsibility to others and the environment? All of these and many other questions gives us a greater sense and perspective of the Attribute of a King and as Gods: we (Gods) are considered King of Kings. Therefore, holding and exemplify this Title demands of us a level of Godliness, Righteousness, and Civilization unparalleled. If not, then we must also ask ourselves: What kind of King (God) are we?

In closing, ‘power’ is more than just the truth. It’s about what you do with the truth. Whether we know the truth or not doesn’t change the fact that we’re still making political statements and taking stances by what we verbally/nonverbally say and do. These statements/stances, whether knowingly or unknowingly, define our ‘Power Relations’ and whether we’re about God/Devil, Righteousness/Wickedness, Civilization/Savagery. While the power of the former (God) “has no said birth record”, the later (Devil) does have a limitation to his power. It is up to us to decide what side we’re on because we can’t have it both ways! And if we want to continue believing we can have it both ways then we’ll eventually find out that it won’t last forever…

Peace!

Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.

Culture Bandits

In light of all of the Natural/Sociopolitical Disasters happening here in America and throughout the World, NOW IS DEFINATLY NOT THE TIME to be losing our time “searching for that-that does not exist” (10/1-40). Now is also not the time to be “doing ‘your own’ thang”, chasing paper that carries no real value, or not being committed to a common Companionship, Family, Community cause to assess/address these Natural/Sociopolitical Disasters. If our perspective is Individualistic, things will continue to get worst for us… I say ‘continue’ because there is no doubt within my Mind that things are already going bad for Individuals like this. Ultimately, we need eachother, and Natural/Sociopolitical Disasters have a way of reminding “some” of us about that undeniable actual fact. If you disagree, then put your own Theories to the test -and you can start by not sharing that oxygen you’re holding in your lungs right now.

One of the simplest definitions Gods/Earths use to define ‘Culture’ is “one’s way of life”. What may not be as simple is defining those elements which make up not only “one’s way of life”, in respect to us, a God/Earth’s way of life. In our way of life, there are some things that are clearly native to our Culture, and some things that are clearly not native to our Culture. In order for us to make an accurate assessment of these native/non-native things, we must have a basic standard to measure these differences; an impartial standard that all Gods/Earths acknowledge and support. This basic standard represents the “one common cause” advocated by our “Society of Men (and Women) or Group of Men (and Women)”. The purpose of advocating this standard is to ensure that we maintain a level of “Equality (balance/fairness) in everything” (8/1-14) between us. In addition to fairness and impartiality, having this level of Cultural Consensus and Congruence helps us build/reinforce trust, familiarity, and expectations when dealing with one another. How? Because “we have agreed” (10/1-40). Our agreement is not based upon how an individual cee’s it or how we personally feel, it’s based upon a basic standard that serves the best interest of all of us (the collective). If there are no basic standards that we can all agree upon, it’s impossible to trust or have any degree of expectancy of what we or others may/may not do. Under these circumstances, it’s also impossible to have a Family, Community, or Society “founded in Peace” (5/1-14) because there’s no basic standards [fundamental law(s)] to govern these Units by. If everybody is doing their own thing, doing what they feel, doing them, have “their own” understandings, and etc.., there will be no consistency, and lack of order only breeds chaos (Anarchy).

Civilization and Righteousness
In the 17/1-40, Civilization is defined as “one having Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Culture, Refinement, and is not a savage in the pursuit of Happiness.” Therefore, a person who claims to be Civilized should be clearly demonstrating these Attributes in their everyday Life. If you Know better than you’re Wise enough to do better! Why? Because we Understand our Culture or ‘way of life’ hinges upon the idea of doing our best in all of our endeavors or as we say “Striving for Perfection!” This implies Refinement which is improvement, growth & development, and purification. If we’re not dedicated to these virtues and instead place more value of pleasure seeking and self aggrandizement, we become savages pursuing Happiness. We pursue it because we haven’t learned that we are it! Therefore this malcontent attitude towards ourselves and life as a whole makes us uncivil…

Righteousness consists of two words: Right & Just which means ‘True’. Righteousness is our ability to identify the truth of a situation, make a just decision in regards to the truth, and then do the right thing. It’s as simple as identifying what a person, place, or thing is, making a judgment about that person, place, or thing, and doing what’s right in relationship to that person, place or thing. For example, some time ago I learned the truth about a person who was “shielding me from his dirty religion” (5/1-14). In all fairness (just/justice), the right thing for me to do in this situation was to cut them off because they meant no good to me, our Family, our Community, or our Nation. Yes I felt bad about this because I thought we were Brothers, b.u.t. I didn’t allow these feelings to cloud the truth, my judgment, and doing the right thing. As Civilized People who advocate Righteousness, this isn’t always easy, b.u.t. it is always necessary! Now some People like to say that there is ultimately no Right vs Wrong, Morality is subject to personal opinion, Righteousness is doing what works for you, and Ethics don’t exist. If you hear a person, especially a grown adult speaking in these terms, I suggest you deal with them with a long handled spoon or not at all. What you may interpret as “Free Thinking” is nothing more than them putting you on notice about the dangers you’re taking while dealing with them, and the lack of responsibility they’ll assume when something does happen to you (and your child(ren if you have any) in the process. Some time ago I met a Woman who was very adamant about sharing “her favorite” Song with me as we got to know eachother; it was Beyonce’s Song “Flaws and All”:

"Flaws And All"

I'm a train wreck in the morning
I'm a bitch in the afternoon
Every now and then without warning
I can be really mean towards you
I'm a puzzle yes in deed
Ever complex in every way
And all the pieces aren't even in the box
And yet, you see the picture clear as day.

[Chorus]
I don't know why you love me
And that's why I love you
You catch me when I fall
Accept me flaws and all
And that's why I love you [3x]

I neglect you when I'm working
When I need attention I tend to nag
I'm a host of imperfection
And you see past all that
I'm a peasant by some standards
But in your eyes I'm a queen
You see potential in all my flaws
and that's exactly what I mean.

[Chorus]
I don't know why you love me
And that's why I love you
You catch me when I fall
Accept me flaws and all
and that's why I love you [3x]

[Repeat Chorus]

After listening to this Song, following it up by reading the above Lyrics, and cross referencing it with what I’ve learned about her thus far via her and her children, I decided that it wasn’t in my best interest to take it any further. Some events that happened after the fact gave me further confirmation that I undoubtedly made the right decision. Cee, everybody wants to be accepted, but everybody doesn’t want to be acceptable. I mention this experience to emphasize the importance to not mistake People’s acknowledgement of their flaws, hugged insecurities, short comings, imperfections (humanity) as a Declaration of Change. Sometimes People tell us these things to simply say “Enter At Your Own Risk”! As Gods/Earths, this of course is not the perspective of a Civilized Person, or the posture/attitude of someone who’s advocating Righteousness. If we’re building about anything that’s “other than ourselves” (12/1-36), it’s strictly for the purpose of addressing how we can elevate beyond these conditionings.., not to promote, advocate, or wallow in them.

Now, just because I’m building about the importance of us having a Cultural Consensus and being Congruent doesn’t mean that I’m saying we need to compromise our ‘Originality’. What I am advocating is that we embrace/express our ‘Originality’ doing the right things for ourselves, eachother and the Planet! The problem that arises when People advocate doing their own thing, doing what they feel, doing them, having “their own” understandings, and etc… is that they usually don’t mean good. They’re not saying, “I’m going to do my own thing volunteering my time with the Youth” or “That’s my own understanding how we’ll be successful reaching out to the sick & shut in.” These People are Hedonists; talking selfish and individualistic about saying/doing whatever they feel -up to and including destroying themselves, our Family Units, our Communities, and our Nation. If we’re discussing ‘Original’ approaches to solving problems and making this World a better place that’s Peace! B.u.t. if People want to debate over one’s ability to say/do whatever they want even though it clearly causes health problems (chain smoking/alcoholism), Family dysfunction (child neglect/absentee parenting), and/or Public Safety issues (selling drugs/promiscuity), I’m not with that at all. I have more positive and productive things to do and anyone who has an allegiance to Civilization and Righteousness should to. The irony in this is the fact that these People only advocate “Your Cee, My Cee” when they feel like they’re getting their own way. As soon as some other “Free Thinker” says/does whatever they want to do, and it doesn’t coincide with them getting their own way, they have a serious problem with them. Upon greater analysis of such a selfish, inconsiderate, immature Philosophy, you’ll notice that Kindergarten children often function in the same way, and need to learn the importance of responsibility, respect, consideration, and sharing. Unfortunately, this elementary mentality just happens to still be operating in grown males/females who have yet to grow up…

In closing, I want to encourage us to stay diligent in our contributions to Civilization and upholding of Righteousness “regards to whom or what” (11/1-14). As Gods/Earths, we are the standard bearers of these virtues, and must demands nothing less of ourselves and those who claim partnership with our Culture. Our 8-Point Cultural Curriculum is much more than just a tool for objective Intellectual Discourse. It’s a Worldview that consists of Principles and Core Values we use for practical and ethical applications in Life. Therefore we learn to think a certain way in order to do things a certain way. Not any ole way, b.u.t. the right and most beneficial way for ourselves, our Family, our Community, and our Nation. Either we are truly Gods/Earths who’re committed to these collective standards of Civilization and Righteousness, or we are not, flaws and all…

Peace,
Saladin

Nationalism 101

(The Soul of Nationalism) Part 2

Persons who talk about hugging their imperfections, are also being eaten up by those same toxic impurities. They are being engulfed in anathema. This is the type of person who does not believe in refinement and refuses to clean themselves up. BEAR IN MIND, A CHANGE OF DIET DOES NOT HELP A MAN WHO DOES NOT RID HIMSELF OF IMPURE THOUGHTS IN HIS HEART. If a person says, "I study this but I'm not a part of that," what exactly are they? Sun of Man? Made son? Freelancer? Separatist? What type of community and fellowship is this person building? Why should we believe in them? Do they advocate Love, Peace and Happiness? Jealousy? Thug-gi-ness? Gang warfare? Criminology? Drug-selling or drug addiction? Lawlessness? It's not that we are saying that if you come from these various backgrounds, that we don't have a place for you in our Nation, it's just that WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TYPE WHO MAY HAVE DONE THESE THINGS, BUT IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES. we advocate elevation from your level on upwards and not decadents for your soul. "EVERYTHING GOES FROM KNOWLEDGE TO BORN, THEN ADDS ON..." I guess we do have a different "Understanding." Life has taught me that you have to be universal. Life is one and love keeps it together. Each thing contributes to the whole and in order to view the whole you must see universally to understand how things are similar and how things are vary. Being versatile is a key attribute in making this happen. Not everybody works with the same qualities, "therefore you cannot say what makes another person do what they do," by looking at it through your perspective. This only tells you that "given the same circumstance, this would be your outcome-- based upon your resources and subsequently your motivations." But as expressed earlier, EVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE YOUR RESOURCES, QUALITIES, OR MOTIVATIONS. THEREFORE YOU "CANNOT ASSIGN YOUR QUALITIES TO ANOTHER PERSON" IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. NOR CAN YOU SAY YOUR WAY IS PERFECT FOR EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. You have to judge things based upon what they set out to do, their aptitude, resources and level of understanding, etc., not your qualities...

People that talk and teach contrary to this, are not SELF but they are BORN to RULE OTHERS (brothers). What they say and do does not speak of love of our people, our nation, or themselves and therefore I have no partnership with these ungodly people. My lessons teaches that the devil studies from 35 to 50 years to try to learn and do like the original man (9/1-14) and yet we DO NOT LOVE THE DEVIL REGARDLESS TO HOW LONG HE STUDIES. THE DEVIL WAS TAUGHT SO THAT HE COULD CLEAN HIMSELF UP and MANY OF THEIR HEADS WERE TAKEN BY THE SWORD BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT KEEP AND OBEY THE LAWS OF ISLAM (10/1-14)... What did Yacob promise his Nation he would do (23/1-40)? The more we think about it, THE STATEMENT OF DIFFERENCE IN UNDERSTANDING IS NOT JUST MINOR DISAGREEMENTS here and there (which we all can live with) BUT A DECLARATION OF DISASSOCIATION-- Is it not? Judging from the way this so-called student is thinking this must be the feeling: "I can't see your face any more, I can't even touch the books you read... Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishing I was somebody else instead." -Bob Dylan

Enlighteners are responsible for teaching you the customs, criteria and/or basic concepts concerning NGE, so you can gain "the understanding" and formulate your style and ideas within the confines of our teachings (Culture is represented by the square/ as with the Truth)... Others groups may have different ways, but those ways are outside of the way that we advocate. We may have our own "flavor," but that way should be recognized as similar to the customs, standards and traditions within lessons, mathematics and such. We taught Knowledge of Self similar to how it was introduced to us. Now either I and my Enlighteners (I Freedom Born/ Ahad Knowledge Born/ "Old Man" Prince from the Dessert in Now Why) taught outside of the context of 120 lessons or this "so-called student" a "maverick." That is, his thinking is outside the confines to the wisdom and culture of the five percent; which would make the right and exactness suspect, but you could say it would definitely be considered other. You be the judge. What family do they stake claim to?

Excerpt from Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 180 (entitiled ‘Legacy’)

Commander Riker: "Data, what's on your Mind?"

Lieutenant Commander Data: "Recent events have left me puzzled, sir. "It has been day since Ishara left and yet, my thoughts seem to dwell on her, almost as if I were experiencing a feedback loop in my mnemonic network."

Riker: "I know what you mean."

Data: "It is curious that I was so easily misled."

Riker: "Make that ‘we’."

Data: "Yes sir."

Riker: "Data, sit down."

Data: "Thank you sir."

Riker: "In all trust, there is the possibility of betrayal. I'm not sure you were prepared for that."

Data: "Were you prepared, sir?"

Riker: "I don't think anybody ever is."

Data: "Hmm. Then it is better not to trust..."

Riker: "Without trust, there's no friendship, no closeness. None of the emotional bonds that make us who we are."

Data: "And yet you put yourself at risk?"

Riker: "Every single time."

Data: "Perhaps I am fortunate, sir [by being an android] to be spared the emotional consequences."

Riker: "Perhaps..."

Excerpt from Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 185 (entitiled ‘Data’s Day’)

Data: "If being human is not simply a matter of being born flesh and blood, if it is instead a way of thinking, acting and feeling then I am hopeful that one day I will discover my own humanity [like the tin man in the "Wizard Of Oz"]. Until then, Commander Maddox, I will continue learning, changing, growing and trying to become more than what I am."

I say that to say this: There is a need to make sure that you are on the same page with your comrades. You have to be advocated for the same common cause in order to form a cohesive society. Unless you want to be superficial, the thinking has to be similar. This goes for whether you are building a relationship between man and woman, your family, your universal family, business partnerships, society or Nation. We must be advocated according to the similarities between our philosophies and perspectives, in order to build lasting bonds and acquire trust. This is a road less traveled. Many good people, as well as people with good intentions get lost along the way. Jesus students were called DISCIPLES because of the amount of DISCIPLINE it takes to stay on the right course. Then there are those who feel that if they learn the words and quote degrees that this will make them "magical." I say here, "WHAT YOU PUT INTO THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL GET OUT OF IT. Like Love, this is all about sincerity, devotion, loyalty, honor, respect, responsibility, but most of all you have to CARE. Those who CARE about our future as a people and devote their energy to this cause are called activists and nationalists. We nationalists are building towards a future for black people. Those who get involved and do this for personal gain are called opportunists and "selfish" people and hell should be their home, or at least it shall be in the NEAR FUTURE (39/1-40).

The majority of Black People in America (the 85%), are like KIDS looking in a candy shop window with little money in their pockets. They look and see all that is available, they wish could have it all, but when they see what their money can purchase, they are discontented. They do not think of saving up, they go beg the pale Jew or the colored man to show mercy or give them credit, but the colored man knows that he got what he's got because he stole it from those who shown him that type of charity. Nations cannot be built that way. The so-called Jews did not get that powerful by begging America. The dealt with collective economics and at first it costs more for them to support a fellow Jew, BUT IN DOING SO, THEY WERE CIRCULATING THEIR OWN RESOURCES TO ONE DAY OWN THE MEANS: Institutions need cash.

Said persons of this ability have to be righteous, just and true to the cause of Nationhood, by starting schools and institutions for our cause, if they INTEND TO SEE THE DAY FOR WHICH THEY'VE WAITED (40/1-40). But first, our person demons and interfering imps must be taken off our planet [out of our lives] (10/1-14). A lot of us cannot see these interrelationships because they are seeking for personal gain and therefore possess more cunning than true wisdom. God is a group reality seen through the eyes of each person and it is a group effort that makes it happen. The body wards off parasites everyday. In the summer, we swat mosquitos. They hide in the dark and attack when we slumber. Blood suckers come in many forms, as there will always be "Sham artists" taking on disguises. Julius Caesar had his Brutus, as did Jesus his Judas. This too shall pass as we grow wiser. As it was said earlier, as men and women who are "growing accustomed to how righteous people are supposed to behave," WE SPEND TOO MUCH TIME LOOKING AT OUTER APPEARANCES, BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME ON THE QUALITIES THAT THE GOD OR EARTH HAS, THAT MAKES THEM COMPATIBLE FOR THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU ARE STRIVING TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR ENDEAVORS. A SAID PERSON OF THAT ABILITY! You may like the way THEY LOOK; you may think they are "good people," or "sexy," but THEY MIGHT BE TOTALLY LACKING IN THE ABILITY TO GIVE THEMSELVES TOTALLY TO A CAUSE WHICH DEMANDS PERSONAL SACRIFICES FOR THE SAKE OF A HIGHER GOAL; THAT IS, THE BENEFIT OF THE RELATIONSHIP, FAMILY, GROUP, OR UNIT. My person used to be in a hip-hop group looking for a record deal (contract), and before we even got signed, members were talking about other "stars" they wanted to work with and letting the others know that they were only joining the group as an affiliate to increase the chance of getting signed," but they wanted to do stuff on their own. How could we put our "all" into something that we know is doomed from the start not to endure? Since this member didn't show enough allegiance, eventually other members began to fall off... That was no surprise... why should it be? Their heart wasn't in it. They were just using the group as a possible opportunity. They weren't ready to do any real investing or show any real loyalty. Only Justice Understanding Allah and my persons remained and we made money doing it because we worked hard at it. SO HOW CAN WE BUILD A NATION OF SOLO ARTISTS? Speaking about loyalty and dedication, MEN AND WOMAN OFTEN ENTER INTO RELATIONSHIPS, NOT FEELING AS THOUGH THEY CAN TRUST THE OTHER IN THE RELATIONSHIP, YET EXPECT THE OTHER TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO THE RELATIONSHIP, SO THAT HE OR SHE MAY BENEFIT FROM THIS DEVOTION. It comes as no surprise that they fail because there is no reliance and without trust these things won't go very far. A lot of men get into relationships for years and never know who they are truly with because they only concern themselves with how to get service out of their women; they never take time to know her. They really have no idea about what really makes these women up. And women like this, since they usually do not trust men, they make it a point to 'ask trillion of questions' but immediately show signs of resistance when they are asked the first intimate or penetrating question. So who in the hell are you living with? A servant? I've even was some guys come home to a fully cleared out house and never had a clue, because they never had a clue to "how the world turns..." Some women will use one guy for finance and another guy for emotional and intimate needs but live separate from both. Some will get you all involved with them, faking sincerity and loyalty to you, while they remain free to search for other components (like parts to a car), at least until they find a "lucrative opportunity." As Fleetwood Max said in the song DREAMS: "Players only love you when they're playing." Let's surmise this in a John Lennon quote, "And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make."

Don't get it twisted... these are dysfunctional relationships, possibly spurred on by family issues such as molestation, rape or even sex-orientation issues concerning child to parent. As a result, these are people who do not know equality. They are lacking in social skills and it is doubtful that they ever have any, until they learn to let go, forgive and love themselves... That is, the True Self. Recognize that all relationships require the same ingredients to make them work (just different degrees of the same quality) and if you are not suitable for one, you will be lacking in the other relationships. The knowledgeable one has to make sure that the significant other has the social skills, qualities and emotional capabilities to properly invest into the said situation. Relationships are like corporations. When you incorporate, the corporation becomes its' own entity supported by its' members. The corporation protects its' own from individual lost and takes on a life of its own. It has to be "fed," which means it has to be invested in. You got to be serious about your business if you want it to grow and become profitable. Allah is a singularity-- and like a corporation-- Allah is its own entity, incorporating all consciousness (like the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation) evolving all. But for those who are aware of this phenomena, Allah is evolving higher states of consciousness for those who can grasp the underlining significance of the experiences the creator takes each being through! Allah is life itself. God is Allah living in the creation as a group reality seen through these different faces. Allah is much larger than your personal body, Allah is a totality of all that is best felt and understood when you invest in groups; like all Black people, or the human family of the planet earth, or like "Civilization." As you take care of group concerns, concepts, virtues, principles, principalities, those qualities, you expand and become more powerful--dig it... I Self Lord and Master; I Self Law and Master; I Sincerely Love Allah's Mathematics is how you plug into the Complete Entity... being this involves complete investment: Love, Devotion and Surrender. These other types would never think to sacrifice their egos in this way, so they do not see the light of the True Self. Like Sly Stone said: "Thank you for letting me be My Self Again..." get it?

Bonds are very important in all relationships. Bonds means you can rely on each other and this cannot happen properly, without a commitment to do the things in that relationship to develop trust: Which means both of you (or all that's involved) will have to provide the services and manifest qualities that would benefit the relationship or the group. When you become an officer in a corporation, you have legal responsibilities to that group and you own a portion of the entity! IN THIS SOCIETY, AS WELL AS IN GANGS AND STREET LIFE, WE'VE SEEN MEN FIGHTING OVER WOMEN AND 'CLOWNING' OTHER MEN, TO IMPRESS WOMEN. Women have and will come and go in this, but it is the True Earth that remains consistently orbiting around the sun. My relationship with my Enlightener is as old as most of you out there who are reading this! Loyalty, trust and bonds like this should not be frivolously forsaken! The statement concerning the earth's orbit does not mean the Earth does not come without changes: The moon (her mentality), she has four phases towards light and four towards darkness, but she always comes back to the light (life depends on it)... IT IS UP TO YOU, GOD, TO REMAIN STEADFAST TO THE TRUTH REFLECTED IN OUR CUSTOMARY WAYS.

Allah is a collective reality. God is a living manifestation of Allah on earth and acting as Allah in Allah's creation, his knowledge is best realized by maintaining his own personal family and the Universal Family. We, as the Gods must watch over every part of "Our Family" "intimately." God is a true family man. You can't really do our job without being responsible for said persons of that ability and those who come under the banner of our common cause. YOU CAN'T JUST BE A token or SYMBOL OF GODLINESS. Relationships form families. Families form communities. Communities form states and states form the Nation. To be God or Earth you must have civic concern to call yourself civil or civilized. You have to be JUST AND TRUE NOT JUST PAY LIP-SERVICE TO JUSTICE. My being should know, our attribute is Allah Universal Lord Life JUSTICE Shabazz, I represent the real thing! Nobody has to teach us division and subtraction: we already know how to think separate and think we are different... (7/1-14) And the devil has taught us that very well. Our discussion narrows SOCIAL down to: "THOSE QUALITIES PROVEN TO BE RIGHTEOUS ENOUGH TO ADVOCATE A SOCIETY FOR THE PARTICULAR CAUSE THAT IS COMMON BETWEEN (8/1-14). To mention "equality means to be equal in everything," is just another way of saying this is how you maintain integrity within your social structure. IF YOU'RE NOT DOWN WITH OUR CAUSE, THEN GET THE HELL OUT! NONE OF US WHO ARE SERIOUS WANTS TO HERE WHAT THE MALCONTENTS HAVE TO SAY: WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR PEOPLE? Without integrity, you have chaos. The culture degree speaks of the devil who started making trouble amongst the righteous people, accusing them of telling lies, causing them to fight and kill one another. This means that truth is valued amongst the righteous. Peddle your sour grapes elsewhere. Tricknowledge is defined as telling lies, stealing and how to master the original man (4/1-14). This is very important to understand, because this is always the way that the unrighteous comes after the righteous! Their Integrity gets questioned by those who really can't stand in judgment of the righteous, usually because their feelings are spinning off of jealousy, or one of the other four inner-devils that should have been mastered by those who claim this, but we know that is lacking in the slackers and the unrighteous. King David built about this in Psalms 1. For those that don't know, King David is the author of Psalms, the father of Solomon-the wise, and member of the tribe of Israel, descendant of the house of Shem, one of Noah's sons. The others were Shem, (K)Ham, and Ja'pheth. Kham is said to be the father of the Khamau (Genesis 10), whom the Greeks renamed Egyptians. Shem descendants are the Hebrew and Arab. David is the sole reason Hiram Abiff was assigned to Solomon. Hiram Abiff is the Master Architect from Tyre who taught Masonry at the construction site of Solomon's Temple. Khamau had their mystery school and it is through the mystery School that a branch taught Masonry to the Caucasian people. So here is two of Nwah's descendants trying to civilize the Caucasian man by having him study masonry, but they would not keep and obey the laws.

What are those laws? They are principles like Temperance, Wisdom, JUSTICE, fraternity, Circumspection, etc., concepts that reflect personal discipline and how one's actions effect others (humanity). This reference to "Justice" is thoroughly elaborated on within the Tenth Degree within the One to Fourteen... Civilize means to teach knowledge and wisdom of the human family of the planet earth (2/1-14). Musa had a hard time teaching the colored man. Why? When they study from thirty-five to fifty years to try to learn and do like the original man, the Muslim is instructed not to love the devil no matter how long he studies. Why? That is their nature, but what about the black men who undergo this study after the Honorable Elijah Muhammad told you that these teachings was nothing in comparison to that of the Original Man?

Philosophy is a term, created by the Greeks, signifying a "Love of Wisdom" but in their language it literally means "a Like of Wisdom." Why? The Classical Greek Culture are accredited to be the foundation of all European wisdom, and yet they did not have a word for "Love" in their vocabulary. That should tell you a lot about their ability to internalize the concepts of a word that they didn't know or use in their vocabulary... In those conversations, we spoke on general civilization (14/1-14) the meaning of civilization (17/1-40), the duty of a civilized person (18/1-40) [but not what happens if a civilized person does not perform this duty (19/1-40)].

Bottom Line: YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU TEACH AND THE PEOPLE YOU REACH OUT FOR. This is the basis of your HUMANITY and THE MEANING OF CIVILIZATION (2/1-14; 17/1-40). You have to consider our future of us as a people: Our destiny; our autonomy; our families; OUR DIGNITY! Anybody who can have a child by a woman who is no longer in this and not at least make attempts to SAVE HIS BABIES mentally as well as financial, is a sorry soul! That's self hatred! You cannot tell me that this person has a high opinion of Black people or of himself. You can't tell me that this person is living to see the day for which we wait for (39/1-40). Malcolm once said of this, "You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree itself. You give me a black person who has a low opinion of black people and I will show you a person that don't love themselves."

My persons has read several books on the History of America. We have viewed the documentary of the "History of Britain" by Simon Schama. We have watched docu-dramas of Rome, the Tudors, etc., History of the Prophet Muhammad, The Religion of Islam, Histories of the Jews and the similar documentaries concerning other people in relationship to us. In these treatises and documentation we have witness people being taken under captivity and servitude many times throughout the chronological events which pass throughout time. But one things we noticed is, even though some of the greatest nations were at one point under the dominion or captivity (and that captivity may have been for more than a hundred years), these people still had the resiliency (bounce back ability) to take their independence and start anew. America's working class masons stole America, the land claimed by England's noble masons, to start their own country independent of the same land they came from! Check that out. So who says we cannot realize our cause in time? When Chuck D was asked the question about who was the nation of millions were (concerning Public Enemy's Album "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back"), Chuck said, "In these days, that nation is ourselves!" I find that this is true because we do not have enough love and concern for ourselves as a people, but we must find it, if we are ever going to have any peace of mind.

As a Nation of Gods and Earths, we must do things in order to maintain social harmony because as a collective, as a nation, we rely on each other's presence and input; especially when possibly entering into a path of destruction [Ezekiel 3:18 (20/1-40)]. But "Back-bitting" for the sake of entertainment is not one of those things; particularly when others do nothing to keep it going. We cannot let "Selfish," petty ways interfere with our sense of Nationhood. These differences have to be resolved through the means of constructive criticisms between respective parties: That is, those things presented that will help the person gain insight into their actions and assist them in becoming better at what they do and better human beings (that is, if they really want that). CIVILIZATION INVOLVES EVOLUTION. Unless of course, you are not the FATHER OF CIVILIZATION... We know and understand that father means one that furthers another's education and that Positive Education Always Corrects Errors amongst said persons of that ability or the righteous. No relationship, partnership, business, nation, etc., can function successfully without trust. In trust comes security, as with knowledge comes confidence. If we are wise, we build with those we can rely on. In the Understanding degree in the Knowledge to know your culture it states: "We didn't care about the poor part." My understanding is that we wouldn't be wise if we didn't at least keep it under surveillance. We see the DIDN'T CARE the same as LOVE and we will not "love the devil regardless to how long he studies," nor will we take on the ways of the POOR PART; we kept the best part preserved for ourselves (1/1-14): meaning you can't let the poor behavior of others become part of the way you do things. YOU CAN HAVE NO LOVE FOR THOSE KIND OF ETHICS OR POLITICS. We need all the things that a NATION needs. Schools and Education, Technological Advancements, Arts and Scholarships, Enterprise and business relationships, Agriculture, Morals, Ethics, communities and laws which govern them, civic codes of conduct, parliamentary procedures and enactments, customs, law enforcement, standing armies, etc. Things to supply the needs of an independent Nation because we cannot rely on the politics of those who don't belong, so we must do for Self and not depend on others. Those who stand behind our NATIONAL CAUSE should be working each and every day to achieve such goals.

Peace,
Allah Universal Lord Life Justice Shabazz