THE DICHOTOMY                  

 CONCERNING THE MIND                   

   I only ask for you to read, consider, and weigh what I say against the preponderance of information or research material that is available and then decide for yourself.  And any man or person who believes or guides himself on faith—needs to apply what they think, by putting their theories to the test; and let life show what is real and what is not.  But be honest with yourself; don’t go out to prove your hunches. . .    Once you have determine what is true and what is not—I urge you to base your life on what the world has made you aware of —that is, live accordingly to those discoveries so that you may receive the benefit of  having such knowledge.

   Truly, knowledge is the foundation of all things in existence; for existence is a representation of the principle things you need to know about in life.  If you were made in the image and likeness of the Creator (as most monotheistic religions say), and the Creator is omniscient or all knowing. . .  Then you, in some way at least—have an obligation to base your life exclusively upon that which is known.   

   I knew my Central Asian ancestors knew about rum and wine—because wine is mention in the bible in the legend of the Yoruba god, Orunmilla; while he was fashioning human beings—but I never heard our folks drinking fermented liquids from potatoes (vodka)in their county.  Beer is documented as drinks the Khammau drank during their empires but Brandy, Scotch—these are drinks of a European nature.

   When we were young, we watched Godzilla.  We watched Kung Fu Theatre.  Dragons, lizards are an integral part of  Asian folklore.  Dragons are also a part of British and Viking culture as well.  These mythological  creatures are intertwined with their customs and beliefs, but they mean something different from their Asian counterpart.  I watched the History Channel’s , “Vikings,” directed by David Milch—where the focus is on their customs, like their marriages, treatment of women, sexual behavior and character was revealed from the social level in a drama like faction.  It was exciting educational learning in a action-packed setting.  These things are very important because they tell you the chronological development of a people, ethnicity and world evolution.
   Most of the time, when we read history books we get another person’s perspective or a opinion (his-story) on what happened over a period of time; usually telling things from war to war and battle to battle—listing elections and politics—but not past-times, public opinion and trends.  Chronology and an anthropological research studies man and all his group settings from class to social studies concerning; from music and folklore, literature, art and sciences; hierarchy to power dynamics—as well as sex and family dynamics—within time and changes which happen within each over the passing of time (which is much more insightful and mentally appetizing).   

   As a scientist of life, we have the tendency to disrespect life based upon belief: But I caution all of you to desist in doing so simply because you know that  knowledge and truth are more substantial bases to place one’s bets on; 

For in the words of Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins: “What a fool believes—he sees; and no wise man has the power to reason away what seems to be.”

   I’ve lost many nights in insomnia trying to pitch the most poignant arguments in logic in reason, trying to convince an adamant believer what the truth is—and I’ve lost: 

Many people see what they want to see, and hear what they want to hear; and unless you are devoted to wanting to know what’s real and what’s fake—you may never get what I am striving to bless you with.  

   There are lots of folks enshrouded in superstition, religion, and BS, as we are devoted to the discovery of the known; They’ve built cultures, monuments, and various sexual practices for it: Just look at all the hedonist people, S&M folks, swingers and the like—not to mention the muscle and knuckleheads. . .  Belief  can be just as firm as knowing, in the minds of an idiot and slaves of mental death—and no one maybe able to convince he or she that what they believe in is not true.  I know that for sure; because I banged my head against that wall too many times.  Nowadays, I just let time take ‘em on! 

   God, the Creator, is a singularity—expressed in the universe as the multiplicity of beings and things within it—with that same creator as the crux of that universe; Man is a social creature and culture is his customs, beliefs, values: It is what a people do.   Now culture holds what a people know, believe, and understand; and even though science, knowledge and truth is included in that packet—culture and the customs and behaviors that go along with that rarely commit themselves to living by the truth contained within.  What is customary in one culture, oft-times never matches with the other: Different people have different ways of looking at things; despite such evidence of truth:  Culture is based upon the level of development of each people as a whole and each people develop differently.  Each have their own way of looking at life and each have their own way of evaluating it and incorporating that knowledge.     

   When it comes down to knowing, there is no room for belief—only science; but when it comes to culture and customs; beliefs and superstitions abound.  And these beliefs not only changes from culture to culture—some are diametrically opposed to one another.

   When Black people came to this country, even though we were the same ethnicity—we were stolen from several tribes and social status and brought here.  There have been many people who have sole into slavery, and (when you consider the Viking raids within the European parameters) many who have everything taken except their language—but only Black people have the distinction of having everything taken including their language.  By doing so, in few generations, Blacks in America were made culture-less.

   Our people found ourselves looking at American culture—like a kid in a candy shop: We are driven by the culture-less hunger-like desire which drives us.  A lot of this becomes difficult to remain objective.  How could we ever have an adequate evaluation of what goes on, when we have nothing to compare it to?  The vacuum created through the practice of slavery crippled our  cultural development, subjecting our folks  to grow up and look at life the way our captors do.  The only thing that kept us apart for being a total a carbon copy of Whites in this country for so many years is our sense of morality; but this today is changing. . .  

   What I hope you are appreciating here is not an argument of who’s people or whose culture is right or wrong in their outlook. . .  What I’m striving to establish here is that they are different outlooks.  It may not be totally different: After all, even though we don’t have Hebrew teachings in this country, we have the Bible, Catholicism and other forms of Christianity.  Even though we don’t have a true Buddhist society, we have movies, documentaries and entertainment depicting its wonders in jest as well as seriousness.  What I’m saying is that we are seeing these things in the way that Western man perceives them—and not in their original form or fashion—as the dominant school of thought.

   We are seeing things the way the Western man sees things; We are seeing things and other people tainted with Western perspectives.  We are seeing Eastern thought in a Western way.  We watched Bruce Lee on the Western screen, but we know little of Taoism or Chinese thought.  We know little of how the rest of the world looks at many things; because we are seeing it through Western eyes; based upon Western levels of development; Western fixations, polarizations and prejudices. . .  Two things cannot occupy the same space at the same time; all things must be reconciled; the Khamit [Kemet] name for God and its’  female aspect as well is Neteru—but ultimately all is one and all is Neter; from which we gain the word Neutral in the Greco-Roman world.  In the East, centering, balance and remaining neutral is of upmost importance: Reasoning, reconciliation and impartiality—is of upmost necessity: Becoming neither this or that, but reasonable—in order to know the truth about both sides; is something the West has yet to truly experience.

   Take the mind for example:  There is a concept among the ancients that the mind is universal.  This philosophy permeates all of Eastern and Central Asian thought:  Kabbalistic trains of thought (which includes the Yoruba, Ashanti, Akan, Bantu tribes, Khammau of Khamit, etc), as well as the rest of most indigenous tribes of Alkebulan [Africa] subscribes to this idea; yet the West sees the mind as something every individual possesses.  If the Creator is the creator of all things and possessive of the attributes; omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence—then the Creator is all or one knowledge or awareness that permeates everything, all or one power through which all power is derived, and present throughout everything which created; by the words themselves.  So, if knowledge, consciousness, or awareness defines all things and through that definition the power is derive which is present throughout creation; then the area through which all is pondered [mind] must be wholly, a singularity and universal as well.  Care to defy that logic or reasoning?

   The Creator created out of itself; otherwise there would be other, giving birth to the notion of polytheism—not monotheism: Take your choice, but you do so on the basis of the level of your development; However, the choice is yours—and maybe that will change as you develop more. . .

   There are some who call the mind—a sphere of awareness—in which all things are considered or pondered; and that each person considers things based upon their person’s level of awareness or development versus the things they experience and the words they hear: Words represent concepts and concepts are principles which order the reality in which these words represent; making knowledge the foundation of all things in existence.

   We go through life experiencing things and considering concepts; both of which are on the outside pressing inward—and not the other way around.  This is one of the conundrums for Black folks in America: Being stripped of our culture and experiencing American culture from a culture-less perspective—most of us do not have an objective way in which to compare America to.  By denying us equal rights during slavery and after the Equal Rights Struggles of both 1863 and 1963, Blacks have been constantly played to the outside by American culture and by not having equal rights, American interests does not represent our best interests most of the time. . .

In the back of many White Americans, we are viewed as a social misfit; A Public Enemy—A Dark Horse.

 In the West, we are trained (according to the Biblical Scriptures), “As a man thinketh, so is he.”  What we are not taught is that thinking and thoughts are not the same: It cannot be.  You can’t use the object of contemplation (thoughts) and use the same word to describe the act or action of contemplation (think).  They are derivative words; which implies a kindredness which should not be; if  proper judgment should take place: True judgment requires a certain amount—if not total objectivity; like “Rising six miles above the earth’s surface” to get a “hawk’s eye view.”  I refer to the act as, “Giving the thought proper consideration.”

    END OF PART ONE  

Peace

C. Be'er la Hai-roi Myers