November 3rd, 2008
I penned some comments regarding success not long ago stating its significance as more about the overcoming of fears, which are unnatural, than of the realization of some evidenced outcome alone. Some of those fears are self-imposed. There are some of them that are imposed by others when we are young, to protect us from known harm. Then there are some of them that exist simply because of the unknown. Yet some of them are malevolent, mal-intended, imposed and reinforced to gain and keep influence over our thought and our behavior. This outcome renders us more manageable and predictable.
But the subject of that exposition was about success, stating, “Success as the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” 1 It went on to say that we must overcome our unnatural fears in order to reach our intended successes.
As we approach a seemingly significant benchmark in the history of The United States of America, which some will view as a success, let us become more aware of the true reality of the moment. That Barak Obama seems positioned to become the 44th President of the United States, is significant only in him succeeding the 43rd President of the United States; one man and his vision for the nation, along with his administration, succeeding another man and the reality of the course of his vision and his administration. There is only the revelation of that vision and not the fear of that vision.
Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. It is unnatural and untrue.
The air is electrically charged from the euphoria created by progress in black and white, left and right, health and wealth, right and might, the many and the few. Yes it is a special moment in history. But it is a more significant moment for mankind. We are facing the reality of shattering yet another sociological paradigm. Much like the belief that no one could run the four-minute mile or that no one could travel to the moon and return safely. W.I. Thomas stated, "If men see (think) things as real in their mind, those things become real in their consequences."
Taught and learned thresholds have no true validity.
That Barak Obama is a man of black skin-color is an insignificant reality deconstruction of a malevolent social construction to seek advantage. It is the manifestation of the constructed thinking of that which was known to be a false premise from its beginning [that men are not created equal], then having it morph into a crippling belief of superiority/inferiority. When a man thinks himself something he is not, the man is not changed; only what he thinks and what he believes is changed. "You see, a lie must have truth in order to pervert it. The man knows the truth because the truth is real. However the man choses to believe something different and he practices it so long that he forgets the truth." Now the lie becomes "his truth." And now, we somehow want to make the revelation of that untrue premise a significant outcome?
Pshaw! That which was true in its beginning (all men are created equal) is still true. It was perverted truth in its construction and fortified in its practice. No universal truth can become untrue. When shadows fall on truth, dark practices bound the mind. We have seen it previously in what we historically call, “The Dark Ages.” Let us observe, that the shadows upon truth are destined by universal law to be made manifest and the inevitability of light as truth will prevail.
Barak Obama is a black-skinned man that is positioned to become the 44th President of the United States. So what? What is significant in that? We are not electing him to become the first black-faced man to be President. We are electing him as the best solution of choice to help fix the problems of the decisions of previous presidential administrations, especially the latest one, that has left us at the brink of financial disaster as Americans. That is the worthy ideal of this successful accomplishment. He is best qualified to lead us, as proven by his intellect, his articulation of his systematic intent to repair a systematic problem, and his pragmatic, long-termed approach for a long-termed solution.
The truly significant factor, which is of even greater benefit, is “that we will have now shattered one of the many myths that exist in our lives that hold us as victims and pawns of the powerful and influential social elite class.” It is the exposure of the contradiction of a known myth that was accepted and fortified through unjust laws, and practiced, by those who gained advantage.
This accomplishment is not a narrowly defined objective to be limited to African American people. Quoting Dr. Martin L. King, “In this triumph, there is no personal advantage sought. This is a connection of the larger society. It is an axiom of non-violence and nonviolent democracy, that when any group struggles to achieve its own right, it enlarges the rights of all. This element is what makes both democracy and non-violent action, self-creative.2” It is just another mal-intended paradigm shift that has been deconstructed. In this sense, it is an truly independence day of sort for humanity as a whole. And with this independence comes responsibility, as the West African Adinkra symbol called fawohodie represents and reminds us. That has been an Obama mantra.
A paradigm shift, in contrast to ''normal science,'' means crisis. It means tearing down an established framework and reassembling the pieces into something quite new. [Thomas] Kuhn, [the man credited with giving us the term paradigm] noted that the crises leading to paradigm shifts often begin with new discoveries, experimental discrepancies that cannot be squeezed into the established framework. New data force scientists to see the world differently -- and afterward the data themselves look different.
The scientific community is experiencing its own paradigm shift, as it has reached the boundaries of mechanical physics and struggles with the reality of quantum mechanics and its "quirky and spooky behavior", to quote Albert Einsteim. The old definition of what constitutes "science" has been turned upside-down, being replaced with probability for a given outcome to occur. The new ideal is possibility and what is possible to occur. This is the new definition that is self-evident; this is the new order for science to proceed in the light of the new reality of quantum mechanics, which really isn't new at all. It was always present; they simply hadn't gained any understanding that they could accept. They created their own limitations to reality and have now chosen to deal with the new reality; more accurately, new understanding''
It is rather as if the professional community had been suddenly transported to another planet where familiar objects are seen in a different light and are joined by unfamiliar ones as well.''3
In the context of these comments, we are not speaking only about scientist seeing the world differently, but citizens - ordinary people, mankind, seeing the world differently. Dr. Wayne Dyer, noted spiritual philosopher stated “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at changes.” My brother Chatom, felt it an important distinction to note that when you change the way you look at things, the things "begin to change." I felt it was a noteworthy distinction that change is a process that is incremental by nature and we should pay attention to the increments as evidence that ultimate change is in process. So noted.
I have long quoted a metaphysical phrase that may perhaps be applied here and better understood on the eve of this election regarding the likely-hood of Mr. Obama’s election and its simple reality that was always present; We must learn to see with new eyes that which goes unseen. The possibility always exists. Not with your natural eyes, but with the minds' eye. Only the minds' eye can limit the probability of the intended outcome. And you control that also.4"
And now, we must be definite and purposeful in our awareness and understanding that the world that was seen (inferiority versus superiority based on race and skin color) was an unnatural construction by men, that became the prevailing subconscious norm that was wittingly used by the politically astute and socially powerful over the weak, to keep them in their place of lesser social, political, and economic standing.
The deconstruction of this myth is yet more evidence of continual hope in mankind’s innate goodness and his ability to rise above the unnatural chains that keep him bound. “This victory is a triumph for democratization; this victory today, recognizes the righteous wind in our sail, of a self-creating form of democracy which is truly hated by the barbarous enemies of it, both those at our gates and those inside our gates.” We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but spiritual wickedness in high places. The spiritual wickedness is baneful thought and thought patterns for control of the body, which is the human's mean to taking action and your means of production. The battle is for your means of production.
If I control your thoughts and you willingly accept the thoughts I want you to have into your mind, your body becomes subject to those thoughts in your mind. This is how you are kept bound and binded and continue to "thwaddle and thwack about over insignificant matters." Awaken now to all the other mythological controls and folklore mechanisms that you have allowed to literally "retard you", meaning, to limit your progress to higher levels of thinking and more beneficial levels of wealth and successful living. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wealth in and of itself. Our ignorance is that in this "game of life as it is played here on earth" the wealthy don't want you to have it (wealth) and you are confused in the game of wealth acquisition. You think I am keeping you from wealth. Am I getting more wealthy? No. But the rich is getting more wealthy while you and I are working harder and longer than ever just to stay afloat. You are the wealthy's means to production; you are that means of production called labor, for the empowered elite.
Confused? Confusion is a bitch-of-a-trick, ain't it? Just take a look at the wealth divide to see if you are joining the wealthy or if fewer people are wealthy today but the wealthy are wealthier. Wealth is being consolidated in the hands of the few, because mass media is able to reach your mind more effectively and more efficiently and mass production is able to produce more and more with fewer people at a cheaper expense factor (globalization).
All the while, you are griping about your mass-produced cell phone, staring at your flat screen television display that is wirelessly connected to the internet, and all you can think of doing with it is strive to get Netflick or Blockbuster movies downloaded so you don't have to go to the video store. Oh yeah, you alos want to get access to Facebook to find out some insignificant thing about someone else's life. You are now hypnotized. Follow the yellow-bricked road and "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain at the control panel," to quote The Wizard of OZ. You are now in the land of The Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz! This is what we do here in OZ - make things, using as few of you humans as possible, to relieve you of more of your money. "What else did you think this black/white racial game was all about, truth? "Now get back to work and make me my money," said the man.
We will make special significance of this accomplishment as African Americans; deservedly so. The eyes of our ancestors demand acknowledgement of their sacrifices as we today stand on their shoulders.
Yet their dream is greater even than this Presidential election. Their dream must continue, for it is rooted in the ground of fair play. Their collective dream is that the playing field, which is constructed by mankind, be one of opportunity for all and that it become level and fair; and that fair play prevail and become the rule for the field of play. This is the ideal they (ancestors) set and the one we should continue to follow as Americans, but mostly as humans.
We should not be in love with the ideal for our nation alone, but with the practice of the ideal within our nation. We're not there yet. The rules are changing as we speak. The spirit of hate and discontent has been long practiced and is deeply rooted. It may change its form, but its spirit will rear its ugly face as surely as I write this message. But if We The People Stand Up and not become confused by changing rules, we can continue to make progress toward the ideal.
As a people of humanity; black and man, red and yellow; Jew and Gentile; Protestant and Catholic; Buddhist and Hindu; we as a people of humanity and God's Love, will get to this ideal of promise when we practice what we teach in the schools; when we practice what we preach about truth in the pulpits; and when we practice in our life what we teach and preach to our children.
When this ideal is truly realized by having become the new paradigm, America will have become 'One Great Victory for All' in the struggle of the human condition to overcome itself and its pernicious decisions to create a self-imposed hell. Good fortune Mr. President. Our prayers and the prayers of our ancestors are with you and other like-minded leaders.
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1 Earl Nightingale.
2 Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. addressing the American Jewish Committee, 1965
3 Excerpted from the article by James Gleick, published December 29, 1996, who is the author of Chaos: Making of a New Science.
