Simon Says

My person has recently heard of a game, in which the player has intimacy with a person of the "complimentary" sex  (as opposed to calling women the opposite sex), while living as a CGI character on the screen.  After one experiences a couple of episodes upon the screen--a bond is established with between you and your computer generated partner.  Many fantasies are lived out (and learned about) on the computer--requiring your--uh epp, em, participation.  It comes with a "partially scripted" dialogue between you and your partner--displaying some scenses and qualities of "questionable nature".  After which you go through several levels of this game--performing intimate acts on screen--until in one scene, a villain appears with an aura of violation/ attempting vindication--forcing protect you and your partner from this sexual rage.

Scantily (to starkly dressed) you and the villain struggle--both trying to gain the upper hand and insert your will, After you subdue the villain, your partner tells you things (which were not previously known) like her (or his) knowledge of the ruffian and/or his possible ideas retaliation. Stating that the ruffian "will never relent"--and thus concluding that this villain must be done away with! 

You stand there, contemplating over all that she said. . .  The Next move is on you.  What are you going to do?

In this fantasy world, which is absent of law enforcement or laws as we know it, if you are like the vast majority of people--you'd eliminate the possibility of his retaliation. . .  But the elimination of one's enemies is not Justice.  The purpose of justice is bringing about balance in life, not destroying the possibilities.  The chief aspect of justice is to correct the wrong doer.  Many times I have gone by penitentiary systems within the West, viewing signs up top which read,  "Correctional Facility". . .  But how many times do these institutions actually correct the wrong doers?  

Seems like the West does a better job at making hardened criminals than correcting them.  I have to say that some of the responsibility of creating these tougher, lesser compassionate types lies on the society for creating the disparity amongst the societies, along with its' methods for correcting that disparity--and the bulk of the responsibility lies on the so-called criminals for their type of decision-making.  Life is full of choices but it is we, who should make the decisions.  Choices are based upon what you know (or believe), but in order to truly be educated, you must be educable.     

We are responsible for the decisions we make in life, but ultimately it's the way a person thinks--which forms and shapes one's reality.  And yet, some people become so intensely focused on doing things, they can barely see anything  else!  There are theories which suggest that the kind ideas which criminals hold, and the way they focus on those ideas, interferes with the perception of the other side of things.

 In order to entertain certain modes of consciousness, the other modes (aka complimentary forces) or considerations--will simply not be there (or at the very least they will be remote or repressed).  In other words, we become so obsessed with what we are doing, we become possessed by these thoughts--and cannot see beyond them!  As sentient, rational human beings, it is our responsibility to seek out proper solutions and/or break on through to the other side of our personalities.  This type of thinking or considering becomes more difficult when we are possessed by ill, dark or evil thoughts. . .


What most people do not realize in this example concerning this game, is that most of this activity and consideration is not real thinking--but manipulation.  This SIMS-like game seems so real--so real that you get maneuvered and manipulated into thinking patterns and a form of thought control: Right down to the thought of getting  rid of an adversary which is not exactly your idea  now is it?  The Adversary is more your "CGI woman's" enemy' than it is yours--right?  RECOGNISE, YOU JUST GOT TAKEN FOR THE RIDE, NOW DIDN'T YOU?  The problem is, you didn't see it coming. . .

In my life, I have seen so many guys trying to protect the honor of a woman (mother, sister, love one), wherein the motive was not even properly known or understood.  Heck, you could just be the "muscle" to carry out the will of this woman. . . You might not even be protecting her honor--you might just be a "buster," carrying out a dunce roll without advance notice.  But the most scary part is--in American society you are naturally predisposed to act in this manner.  The manner we are speaking about is called societal indoctrination and conditioning.

 There are many ancient theories concerning dark, obsure and evil thoughts: Depicting Evil as a "little bird" darting through trees.  This theory came to us from ancient Khamit (known to Western thinkers as so-called Egypt).  In this particular theory, Evil is viewed as a segregated force which floats on the ethers of the air we breathe, and  possesses the being who consider them--separating that being from other thoughts that doesn't coincide with that train of thought.  According to this theory, the reason why people perform evil is because once they breathe these thoughts in, they cannot see the other side or the whole picture.  The way our Khamau ancestors describe all emotions is living beings which are conscious forms of energy, but have no dense physical form.  In our world, emotions need a human vessels in order to carry out their will.  But the reason why some of this is going on in the first place, is because of the way that you think-- a.k.a. the way we have been oriented: In American life, there are the Western influences: that is, values within something you watched on TV; some song you heard; some movie you've seen, etc., etc, etc.

In America, The President of the United States is also called, "The Father of Our Country."  That is because the primary purpose of a government is to govern the populace of the country.  The government regulates all cultural aspects of American society: Federal Communication Commission or FCC is very powerful.  The regulation power of the FCC presides over the media we previously discussed.  As a matter of fact, we can say that "All that is bad or good about a society, can be traced back to the way that society is governed"--even down to the way people think.  If you traveled around the world before, you would know that you cannot expect the same responses to any given phenomena.   For instance, if you show a tear-jerker in different countries, I promise you, everybody will not even cry about the same parts in the movie.  That is because the culture is different and therefore the considerations will be  different.

In America, there is this regulatory commission called the FCC.  Lately the FCC has been de-regulated somewhat.  Some say the de-regulation of the FCC, is a conscious effort by certain factors of American society (with enough money and influence) to futher lower the standards of American society:  These people are those who have enough money and enterprise to lobby for their ideas and interests within the government, high on Capital hill.  FCC codes today are more relaxed than they were in the past: Things which are produced in this environment today, would have been banned in the past due to FCCregulation.

As expressed earlier, "If you are like the vast majority of people, you would eliminate the possibility."  That is, if you are doing what the vast majority does, then you are following the trends set by someone else/ You are doing What Simon Says: sort of like being the same as everyone else, keeping the status-quo, being a follower instead of a leader or being brainwashed and indoctrinated without ever even knowing it.

A game or video like the one mentioned above, only exists in mainstream society--because the FCC did not flag it as inappropriate.  And if it is not inappropriate within American society, that is because the FCC deemed it allowable or appropriate: according to the sub-themes and sub-routines of the commission--much of which is the subject of indoctrination of the American society--aka Simon says:  Therefore what exists within our society, exists because it is the government's idea of how a free society should be.  

When I was growing up, "cussing" or cursing on records was not allowed on the air, nor played at a party.  If you had a record with cursing on it, you would 'sneak around the corner' to play it; acting like there was something wrong--because by those day's standards--IT WAS WRONG.  Sure, the every generation always wants their parents generation to ease up and not try to control or regulate things so much--but once you've been snared by the evils in American society a few times, you begin to recognize that you see things that a youngster doesn't see.

As I said earlier, "All that is good and all that is bad within a society can be traced back to how that society is governed."  To indoctrinate means to imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view or to instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.   Americans have ideas that Europeans do not have.  Jamaicans have ways of looking at things, which conflict with how Americans see things.  Rastafari have views, that main stream Jamaicans don't agree with.  The most important thing I want you to see about this is that when I ask for your view, opinion, or observation on something--I want to know that it is your point of view based upon your own personal quest for what you consider is appropriate--and not just the view you have been manipulated into, or a thought held by the masses--or worst yet--something you do by blind imitation.

A lot of people do things, because it is just part of a tradition.   The majority of people do not even question whether or that tradition is appropriate or not.   And often, years later, we look back at those eras and realize we are no longer under that particular spell. . . Not only do most people not put much thought to it--they get offended if you suggest anything else is going on.  That is because in their minds, they are prejudice to believe that no other suggestion could be a better solution, or better point of view, than the one held by the majority of people in their country.  Unless they are like Blacks in America (without a country to truly call their own), they are bias to the nationalistic beliefs!  That's why I strive to prove my assertions.  Because I know for most Blacks, we are naturally predisposed to question this societies aims.  We may not always find the truth--but we do question.  That might be because we were not in on the plans during the inception of this country. . .  

 This is why I say to the youth of today: "You can no longer do things simply because everybody else is doing it--you have to take control and responsibility for your life by making decisions that YOU put a lot of thought into!"  

If you got your own ideas and you put your own ideas to the test, the results will teach you things about yourself, but you will never learn these things, until you own your own ideas by way of experience--and make sure that they are the best things for you and your own people!  

What we see in America people is blind imitation, MTV/ BET Fashion carbon copiers: We see video and Pop Star worshippers.  There is not a lot of free-thinking going on in America.  We have a lot of popular and public opinion masqueraded as an individual point of view.  We see a lot of fads and trend followers, who fall off of their beliefs, looks, and points of view--as soon as the next trend comes around.  And the sad thing about it is--most of the time they may not have put a lot of thought of what they are doing with their lives!

It would be more accurate to say "It would be a typically a Western way of thinking, to eliminate the possibility of retaliation--as demonstrated by the public opinion of a vast majority of people in this Western American society."  Many of us  like to say we are "African-American," but the truth is, we act more American than "African."  If what we were saying is true, then we would act more like Jamaicans, Haitians and Dominicans or Africans than Whites.  But we all know better, because too many of us have behaviors that resemble the same type of bias and partisanship that Whites show towards "First World People" in the diaspora.

DURING THE EARLY TIMES

When I was growing up, my father, mother, and my grandparents had ways that were very different from American Whites.  They did not trust Whites very much.  They were that way, because my father was born in 1922, and my mother was born in 1933.  Her father, or my grandfather, was born  circa 1902.  They were all from the South.  They had to deal with the extreme racism of that era.   Mom is from a major Klan state stronghold.  These were the times, when the entertainment in a club up North could be all Black, but the people that were allowed into those clubs would be all White!  Most of their parents and grandparents, had experienced a segregated society, which meant they had to "know their place" in the White man's society.  Often Whites would mistreat and openly take things from Blacks and nothing would be done about it--because the person they had to seek justice from would be bias.  This was probably  because he or she were White too (and probably from that clandestine hooded Southern society as well).   I think the History Channel link under my words "segregated society" is an adequate video--but it pales in comparison to my parents' eye  accounts  of the time period.  There were a lot of racially motivated hatred projected towards Blacks in those times--although the media in American society is either too timid or embarrassed to fully show events as the really were during those times.

  

Even though those acts of open racist aggression are not as much practiced today as they were during the times of my youth, my parents still find it hard to trust "these people"--and with good reason.  They stayed away from Whites often, speaking cordial and respectful to them when contact was necessary, while analyzing their every move;--attempting to figure out the White man's intentions to avoid unfortune incidents.  The reasoning behind this was and is, had been fooled into slavery by devils in human form and taken advantage of so often, that they had little trust in good things naturally happening and became more astute as a result of this knowledge.  Their encounters with Whites primilarly became limited to trading and services--and not much more.

They were viewed as people with strange ways, often giving into perversions and devices (bad habits).  And since it was their society, it was best not to engage them too long, for fear that no good might become of it.   It could be generally agreed upon that Whites had ways that were vastly different than Blacks--and many of them were not God fearing.  Even though Christianity was taught to Blacks during slavery (or White missionaries on the continent), the way they practiced it was far different from Whites.  As a matter of fact,  not too many Blacks relied on the Christ-like behavior of most Whites to prevail theough their everyday activities.  The soul and/or spiritually of both churches were quite different and present different reasons for congregating.  In those days, the White man's world was something to be leary of.

The Blacks of those times were afraid to go to the White doctors, for fear that--their ideas and opinions of us as a people, would somehow lead to ill-service, ill-treatment, and illegal experimentation on us as well.  And that fear was not unfounded.  Any one who knows about Tuskegee 626 (1), knows the the truth (2).  After all, these feelings were not based upon fantasy, they were based upon experiences that most people today (both Black and White) have no way of knowing, except through books, chronological and eye-witnessed accounts.  And just like American Jews will never let America and Europe forget about the Holocaust--we must never let Whites have us forget about slavery, mental death, and lack of power--along with the racist acts of the past.

It was the Black man's  protest and resistence against such acts that led to his self-reliant attitude during these times, and this awareness  gave us an impetus to make our own help.   There has been much activist activity throughout the chronology of Blacks in America--but the more successful Black enterprising periods were largely due to our "backs being against the wall" in a hostile environment.  We built monuments and accomplish so many great things during these times--so much so that poor the Whites in the South got jealous, formed citizen councils such as the KKK (Klu Klux Klan) to intimidate Blacks, and burn down their towns (under questionable circumstances) protected by their "clandestine cousins" in local law enforcement and local law-making authorities.

IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES

Through the past deeds and current postures of Whites, our people were made very aware that we were living in another man's society, and this seem to indicate that Blacks ought to take care of themselves the best we can, if we were going to survive.  However, current day Blacks have seemed to have lost that sense of cautiousness, awareness, urgency and attitude.  Many of today's youth seem quite unaware of why these attitudes that older Blacks developed were here, or whether this type of racism even really existed as they say.  Actually, our youth don't express much interest as to know why or what is causing all this to happen.  Because things have toned down  on the surface (as result of the Black power and Civil Rights Struggles)--today's Blacks are seemingly satisfied with the idea that it isn't happening the same way and therefore will not take the time to find out what exactly did happen (in an internet world where knowledge is right at your fingertips).  

Young Blacks today seem to want to just look the part: "the posture without the means," or "lifestyle without the loot"--often tossing caution to the wind--believing they will be treated in the same manner as Whites in American society.  Yet becoming dumfounded when it doesn't happen that way.  Our grandparents wanted to be known as "people of God," or "God's Children,"  while most of their grandchildren do not.  Their grandchildren are a lot like Cindy Lauper: "they just want to have fun."

And as a result, many of our youth today are just as reckless their White children are, yet their consequences are much different than those of  Whites: Often mimicking ways that make our elders believe that the subsequent generation of Blacks are Whiter than White folks--especially when it comes to sexual ambiguity and racial relations.  That sense of "Us and Them" is almost gone, except in the court rooms, force of habit, and the back of one's minds.  But even if it is not done deliberately, it is enough to have unfavorable results. . .  There's not enough scrutiny and respect for our ways as a people, demonstrated by Black youth today.  Today looks more like the inmates are running the asylum.  But this racial unconsciousness seems to be not only effecting Blacks,  many of the other nationalities in America are simply believing what they see and hear in the media.  It kind of reminds me of the celebrities war efforts of 1942, when all the Hollywood icons like Rita Haywood, Marilyn Monroe, and others visited the enlisted men on the navy ships to cheer them up--and forget that these things were happening; only instead of just Caucasian bombshells, you have Nikki Minaj, Lil Wayne, and Lady Ga Ga as the role models, icons, etc.--to show we have just as much moxie and that there really is  equal opportunity in America.

Many of the youth of today, are so secure in the belief that The Powers That Be have their best interest at heart--that America will take care of all their constituency--that they don't involve themselves with politics or political figures of their current days in time. . .  But I say these youth only have to look at how the government gave casinos to the native Americans, in exchange for taking their country away from them--and that should demonstrate how it really is. . .   

By in large, Americans today do what they are told , watch television, and believe what they see.  There are no more protest and rallies like the 60's and early 70's.  If you stood on a soap box or milk crate today and spoke to the masses--the masses would view you as a fanatic and keep it moving.  They wouldn't listen to what you have to say.  The populace of today, are much more interested in materialism and securing their creature comforts--like intoxicants, sex, and having enough electricity flowing through their homes to keep their PlayStation, X-Box, and Madden games going--than anything that has to do with Black unity and "the strength of numbers."  Today's crowd is much more mixed up in the roads to individualism, partying and playing fantasy computer games, or becoming champions of lost causes--than concerning themselves with the future of our people.  

In other words, the current events of American culture is more important to today's youth than recapturing their own.  I refer these types of people as "Pop-toons" (named after the caricatures we call cartoons) or caricatures of pop-life instead of real life and socially concerned creatures.

There is a real disconnect in the social fabric of America today--and unlike our past, Blacks are not immune to it.  We used to realize that  we were under the scrutiny of White America.  When we went for jobs, we used to know we had to be twice as good to even be considered, as well as "watching what we say" (for its' political correctness)--whether it was labor, sports or office work.  We knew we had to be twice as tough as what the circumstance required, because we knew we were going to be judged (most times) by others, other than our own people.  Blacks in the past didn't look too much for sympathy from White America.  That was the reason why groups like the panthers were formed.  We were aware of racism and their social elements--like the mafia and the KKK moving in on our past-times and Black entertainment enterprise, without any protection from White local law enforcement.  We were aware of drugs being pumped into our communities while cops looked the other way.  We were aware of the various elements trying to exploit and intimidate our resourceful people into submission--yet we kept on pushing like Curtis Mayfield told us to.  We resisted "Simon" far more than you were taught in school, but because resistance and Black independence is not popular in White America, you will have to do your own research in order to learn more.  Just keep in mind that in a capitalistic society, some one must always be capitalized off of.  Therefore you should always mind your wants because someone wants your mind.  

That's why Black historical figures like King and Malcolm kept us informed and inspired during  their times.  People today are not motivated to do such things.  The youth of today are too caught up in their own thing, to be aware or care that others are suffering from exploitation and afflictions at the hands of other groups--make any attempts inform others if they know--or even to become aware that they too are being exploited.  Folks today, think they own so much, that they are free of the same things which plagued Blacks in the past.  They own their own "cup of sugar now" and have become cowards in the process of having--instead of realizing that without the strength in numbers and self reliance, all that can be lost just as easily as their attitudes towards such things.  Big business never wants to loose customers en mass--as Timberlane demonstrates and how Tommy Hilfiger regrets.

My overall view is, it was much better for us as a people, when we were leery of the influences of Whites.   It was much better when we knew, as a people, we are "built" differently than Whites.  That made us look at things for what they meant to us; not what we were told they were.  There was always a "Black-hand side" to things and we intuitively knew this.

The Harlem Renaissance came along later in the thirties , to define what it means to be Black, and give it proper artistic expression.  Knowing there is a difference between Blacks and Whites, forced us to think for ourselves, and believe in (as Jimi Hendrix said) The Power of Soul.   Back then we didn't object to being "taken under wing and being hip to what's going down by our "Old Heads."  It's alright for Whites to lead their own--just not us.  Whites have never took the time to know the souls of Black folks, we were always used as a means to something else--like a tool or a puppet on a string.  

We are much more ancient and sophisticated a people.  The oldest man is the Blackman.  The original man is a Blackman from Central Asia.  And we have real crisis trying to fit into their world.  Many of us treat Western culture (both good and bad parts) as if it was perfect or the standard to live by--but their culture has nothing to do with the Black soul who's striving to emulate it.  Following that process requires that you become something else in the process--which I am not with.  Sure you have to learn theirs in order to survive this environment--but any foreigner has to do this when he enters a foreign land.  Just give me the topic--or subject matter--and let me define it in my own cultural way.  I want my people to show me that you put your own mind to the subject, and that have your own thoughts about it.  Don't follow the crowd or be something else.  Think for yourself.  Show me what you got. 

Many young Blacks of today, do not look to those "Old heads" who have previously experienced the route that  they too--want to take, in order to be informed of what lies around the bend.  They are relying solely on their know-how and the work of their contemporaries, in order to survive.  They are taking those learning curves with the aid of their contemporaries (as opposed to seasoned instructors)--relying on each other's astuteness; instead of the slightly older folks with their wisdom and understanding.  I understand: the base has become a crack, and the gap has become a chasm.  So much for that.  Let's see where this one leads. . .   

Yet I am confident that what goes around comes back around again--and this time we will grab the brass ring.  There are enough efforts in film, music, and song to encourage us along--besides, we still have the older Brothers and Soul Sisters like Dick Gregory and Sonya Sanchez letting us know they're still around and got our backs. . .  "Think, Think, It Ain't Illegal yet" --George Clinton of Parliament/Funkadelic.

Peace and Blessings,

C. Be'erla Hai-roi Myers