Bootstrapping:

Survival Guide for Conscious People In An Unconscious Environment

 

Lesson One: Freeing One's Mind from Western Misconceptions

 

   The freeing of one's mind from Western misconceptions is done by word analysis of this English language we use.  What do I mean?  A great, beloved man by the name Ra Un Nefer Amen once said, 'You can find more religion in the words one uses, than any religion one claims to be.'  Inside the words a person uses, is a true account of their beliefs--not what they propose they are.  Many people are poor judges of their own character--because they often are not honest about their shortcomings or tendencies.  As well, no one carries out the rules of their religion to the letter, so all fall short of the glory attributed to the Creator (so it is said).  But within words are their meanings (denotations), and their implications (connotations), saying what they mean to say--while implying the things they don't.  As my brother Unikue says, "Let a person talk long enough, and they will tell on themselves every time [directly and indirectly]."

   And while on that subject, it makes no sense for anyone to proclaim their faith to another person, unless the person they are speaking to--is of that said religion, belief, or ideology.  This is simply because, though you claim your ideology with a perfect understanding in your mind--your proclamation is subject to what the person who hears it perceives, believes, understands or feels about your ideology-- not what you claim your ideology is!  This is very important for you to grasp.  If you could be a "fly on the wall," when this person talks to a third person concerning YOUR ideology, religion, culture, science, philosophy or belief--you would fully appreciate what I just shared with you.

   We'd do better with a "Subject by subject--Q and A," in regards to this stuff.    That way they'd know how you personally stand on current issues, directly from your own mouth. . . But even that isn't fool proof...  People seem to ad lib and generalize the statements made by others, when they recall those things in their mind.  That type of behavior is something you need to eliminate from your behavior, in order to be efficient at understanding others--you must keep in mind that this is the reason why others may not understand you.   I remember having the same "organized religion conversation" with my own mother--you know, how I lean towards science, facts and such--only to hear her tell a friend of hers that I was more like a "Christian Scientist"--despite my detailed description. . .  Oh, well. . .  That's what happens to you when you give them catchy phrases and titles (like I'm a Muslim, Buddhist, Yoruba, Akhan, Ashanti, Ausar-Auset, etc.)--you become subject to how much the person knows about such things--despite how you much attempt to explain such things.

     However, the reverse is true for a real leader.  You must have an accurate account of the playing field around you.  This means you must have awareness or have intimate knowledge of things.  Not having this (a true account of things) in the streets, will get you killed--for example.  You must remember, the most important part of knowing, is being able to predict events based upon having such knowledge.  Not knowing means--there are some things that you are not accounting for--while striving to get a clear mental picture of such things; which will be the understanding:  It also means there are some things, you are not taking into consideration, before making decisions and taking actions which will ultimately have tragic consequences.  Basing ones actions upon all which is known about something, minimizes errors and provides ways to assure more efficient means of handling things in the future.

     Science is based upon the known and a scientist is devoted to such knowledge--especially when putting their theories and hypotheses to the test.  And while putting ones theories to the test, let us not forget those who make decisions based upon how they feel; as opposed to what is best for all parties involved.  Or, for that matter, the people who won't do things because it doesn't feel comfortable.  These are not actions of true leaders.  True leaders are measured by the amount of successes they have in life and how efficient they are at living.   And those successes are based upon centering actions around concepts which one can't lose with--which is the known and truth.  Proven concepts that have yielded the same results same results time and time again.  Many times, you will be faced with decisions, in which the right answer will be miles away from how you feel--or even far away from what you feel comfortable with; yet you must stick to what you know will guarantee success, regardless.  This is why scientists study theorem and theories in respect to hypothesis.  There is always difficulties associated with starting anything for the first time: It may take some time for you to get your feelings in line with that which goes according to truth; but eventually the right amount of successes provide the necessary enthusiasm needed for such an alliance.  But until such times, you must learn how to persevere.   

    The same goes for the words you use.  You must weigh carefully what you say, before you say it.  Your words should accurately depict the message (or concept) you are striving to deliver.  If the words aren't clear to you, how can they be accurate for the person you are speaking to?  Lack of tact can be worse than a smack!  Not only that, it is quite possible that the associated meaning of the words you are using (it's denotations/ connotations) might be fooling you!  Do you really know what those words mean?  Do you know what those words imply?

   Sometimes the words themselves have definitions--the concepts in and of themselves are not real, nor do they contain concepts which are true!  Do you really know what you are saying, or are you sort of, kind of, sure of the definition?  If not, your words can subtly redefine you.  Just because a word is printed in a dictionary, does not make the concept behind those words true.  YOU CAN EASILY BE TRICKED BY YOUR OWN WORDS OR BY WHAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE, INSTEAD OF HOW THINGS ARE!  While you are not in the process of making decisions, you should weigh your words by using your scruples, to determine whether the concepts behind those words represent a reality which are true.  After all, words are added to a dictionary (as opposed to a lexicon) simply through popular word usage, not through validity or veracity! 

   At this point, it makes more sense to listen more tentatively for evidence of the truth in what the other person is saying.  It makes little sense to defend the wrong or incorrect issue, just because it came from what you call YOU--although there are some that will.  These are the persons who have to be right.  Even a broken clock is right two times a day, but no one is infallible.  You just have to be swift enough to know when your sum total of collected information is misinformation.  Self deception is the worst deception of them all.   Critical analysis becomes better with practice.  Soon you will be able to spot deception simply by the choice of words or wrong usage of words.   Besides, no growth comes to anyone who cannot admit err.   A good artist (draughtsman) knows he will never become great, until he learns to use both sides of the pencil--without hesitation.

    While on the subject of interpretation, it is quite natural when attacked, to defend your position.  If your position is right, there is no harm in this.  Matter of fact, it can be quite educational for the other person to learn the truth this way.  However, there are times when this course of action should not be pursued.  Yes, there is a time when the defense should rest.  Desisting becomes the best action for a person, as soon as you discover the thing you thought was right might be wrong.

     First of all, how much sense does this make:  "I'm thinking about something. . ."  "What's that?"  "I'm thinking about thoughts?"

     Thinking about thoughts?  What happens after you have completed thinking about those thoughts--what is that called?  Thought?  I thought about those thoughts, now I am done thinking...really?  How can the verb "thought," and the noun "thought" be the same?  Those are two different parts of grammar, and therefore contradictory.  How can you describe the action or process through which you examine a thing (thought)--the same as the process to describe the object of contemplation (thought)?  A.K.A., I thought about thoughts.  This confusion in subject and verb agreement, filters down into a Western mind's way of considering and contemplating thoughts.  They are confused as to what, where, why, and how to consider thoughts.  In a Westerner's conscious realm, once he accepts a thought as being true, he defends it as if it were him--even though he will tell you that someone told him about it or suggested it to him!  The meaning behind this word is very confusing in the way the Western world presents it.

     If you are considering thoughts, then thought is an object or noun.  The next question is, "Is thought within me or is thought something that is suggested and judged by me?"  That's easy.  If something can be suggested to you, without the use of syringes and/or energy currents (barring the stimulation of your ear drums), then it is conceptual.  Thoughts are something you consider and respond to.  There are some thoughts which you might respond to in anger and others you might respond to in joy.  Notice when people get angry, their breathing becomes shortened (thus the reason behind counting to ten).  Everyone does not respond to the same thought in the same way, indicating that it is the way the thought is considered, and its' associations with other things previously considered, which determines the type of response.  And that the thought itself is a foreign concept which is brought in, to be considered.  Within India, there is a religious group of people called the Vendatins.  In the Vendatins practice, they employ Ayurveda (dietary law) and Pranayama, a practice which includes breathing techniques to strip the air of energy or prana and control thoughts coming in.  So I would surmise, that thoughts are taken in with the air you breath, since losing it makes one's vessel unconscious. . .

     So thoughts are objects of contemplation that don't originate within the being, but definitely associates with other considerations that being might have had.  If it becomes something our consciousness favors, it becomes attached to those previous considerations and experiences and becomes like triggered responses and condition reflexes.  This makes thoughts somewhat like words, in the sense that thoughts are suggestions without the ability to make itself manifest.  Man and woman are consciousness or awareness (or non-physical entities), dwelling within a form (human), which has the ability to manifest the ideas one seriously considers (a.k.a. the soul).  What we are talking about here, is a discipline to re-gain control of our soul, through our sphere of awareness.

   I had a person whom I considered like a blood-brother, who grew tired of working and sought to secure a way of getting paid without working, so he sought public assistance for the answer.  He then discovered, if he feigned mental illness, public assistance could keep him on the rolls longer than the traditional three months they keep males without children living with them on their rolls.  So he being a person who missed his calling for acting, studied the subject quite well before trying it out on the representative for the agency.  They then referred him to a doctor, whom he convinced as well.  Well, to make a long story short, he did not take the medication prescribed to him, but continued to beguile the agency and doctor.  After several months into years of this process, he began to show signs of his own dysfunction.  Now he is a recluse and we are trying to get him to come out of his house to do the simplest things-- like shop for food.  This shows you that, if you tell lies long enough, you might become deceived by them yourself.

    Often, if a person takes on a losing battle, it is because of something he cannot see-- due to obstacles in the way.  Many obstacles, unfortunately, are self-imposed.  Many times, the deception is the persons own ego or trying to save face (one's public image)-- which is ultimately futile-- or-- worst yet, it's because they don't want to face the consequences of what's true.  For a perfect illustration of this, watch the behavior of Henry VIII on any of the second season episodes of the Tudors.  But once you see that you might be wrong, your statements should now become questions aimed at an investigation to locate the error by proper education and the right course of action.  That is, of course, if you can be honest with your persons and not lie to your psyche. . . 

 Yes, this switch-up could be hardly perceived, if you ask the right sort of questions in the proper manner...  However, some might mistake it as the same argument--when it has become a reasonable person who has hearken to the warning and is now acquiring the proper knowledge within a debate format!  He or she could act like the person they are arguing with, change their ways with their line of reasoning--but that could have only happened if the person was receptive to it.  But it looks much neater. 

BACK AT HOME, WHERE WE LIVE 

  
    I have often found within the United States, that our woman are generally good at leading a home without the father being present.  They are good at shouldering the burden.  Making decisions without any help.  In general, they are good at summing up situations and giving advice, but not so good at taking it or following it.  Especially when that advice comes from a man-- any man!  Several women will tell men what it takes to be a man, but don't you dare even attempt to tell them what it takes to be a woman!  Many women believe that they are smarter than men (and they may be smarter than some), due to their ability to manipulate a man emotionally (particularly where passion is involved)-- charm and grace is what they call it.

   But those women who have a hard time sticking to principle, "bottom-line" or a Male's assessment, I surmise, is due to women having a hard time delineating between their feelings and themselves.  They carry us in their womb, sharing souls with us for a while, before the day of release comes about, and the cord is severed... but even then, some may have a hard time letting us loose.  With some, they want to exert control over you but are wary of you ever controlling them.  Therefore when a male speaks, his words are put on her psychoanalytical couch and are scanned for any surreptitious moves!   Even good relationships in America will not escape the artful, clandestine, cloak and dagger, camouflaged game staged and directed by Madame la femme.  One never knows what she is thinking (unless there are gains to be had in revealing them).

   It seems it is easier for women to be attached to their own thoughts and feelings more so than to hierarchically arrange them according to their priority and purpose without prejudice.  Both may be known by her, yet she often takes what feels right or her emotional attachment over what's best -- or to admit a man is right.  Many times, her priority is how she feels about the situation and not what should be done.

   We, who are raised mainly by women in America, adopt a lot of this behavior, when it comes down to letting go of bad habits and thoughts that we have become accustomed to.  This type of thinking becomes an obstacle -- when the necessary is not within the repertoire of things experienced, felt or desired by the thinker.  The truth of the matter is, if you can identify what is needed in the situation, you need to follow through with it--no matter how you feel because it is the solution.  Remember, insanity is doing the same things over and over, yet wanting different results than the behavior yields.

  A lot of woman are guarded; which is to be expected, since there is a lot of liability for women in society (especially where pregnancy is concerned).  But women, if you can give advice, you should be able to take advice as well!  We cannot do everything like we want or feel, sometimes it must be done for the greater good -- regardless or not if you are capable of charming the socks off of a person.  We must hear both sides and choose what's right for all involved.  Life is to balanced in that way, eventually a person gets tired of being manipulated and held hostage. 

   Today many women want things to go their way -- and get everything, but are not that receptive and willing to give; using charm and manipulation -- not in a way in which both may benefit (by showing proper consideration) but for personal satisfaction only.  They twist and distort to make things look in such ways as to get what they want or solicit for pity to bring about the desired affect.  This is definitely a Western way of spinning things to hide the fact that what is being sought after is a solo-effort for sole control over the family and relationship through charm and sex.

   When the media does this, it is called spin doctoring-- bent on providing imagery through words that subtly creates a misconception in the minds of the viewer.  In the eighties, one reporter saw a group of Black teenagers on the corners of an urban block, jiving, teasing, gambling and doing things that teenagers (of that time) do.  Obviously, he did not see it as so innocently because he described them as a "wolf pack."  Now when one thinks of wolves, we think of fierce, wild dog-like creatures that present danger to humans (implying the Black teenagers aren't human beings).  Mind you, gangs on most of the East Coast, ended by 1972 and unlike the Three Penny Opera, thieves in the states don't usually congregate in large groups...

   Next, other members of the press began using the same term, when two or more Black males were involved in a vicious act or crime.  Now, threat is added.  Before long, in my city, they attempted to enforce a curfew on Black teenagers in the inner city, which seemed to not get much opposition until the NAACP stepped in by objecting to the derogatory use of the term.  As you can see, many Blacks in more affluent areas probably didn't object because they are too busy being "brown" and running away from their own people, instead of creating opportunities in the areas they came from by addressing issues within those communities.  The image is designed to depict the worst and that (in and of itself) would stimulate people to think the worst-- especially if those people suffer from self-hatred.

   What all this means is, organized religion and Western ideology has put a spin on the natural order of things.  Traditional ways become pagan to the church.  "First world people" (first in existence) become "third world people".  People who are fighting to get lands back from colonial manipulation or occupation of their indigenous lands are called Terrorists instead of liberation armies.  Spinning it.  Spinning it.  Sexual rights are masqueraded as women's right by sexually ambiguous members on the equal rights board.  Women-at-large generally believe themselves to be mistakenly independent or totally in control of the household in the West.  Of course, this clashes with traditional societies and their ideology.  It also clashes with the church and family structure.  Little surprise that single households are on the rise as a result of this trend in Western society.  This trend might resemble patterns of the past, but the social position was different then and women's attitudes were much different.  You often hear women say openly or covertly, "I won't do what my mother did to maintain her household."  Mother then, had a better sense of the whole -- these women today are in large a solo act coveting their offspring as though they own the product.  Some feign being proud of being a single mother, rather than admit or attribute it to a faulty philosophy or bad attitude.  Western civilization is becoming more savage and viking-like (and generally speaking we are following right behind them).

   When we look up into the heavens, we see the sun and the moon, along with nine other planets or solar bodies--not to mention the stars of our solar system.  When we look at the atom, we see the nucleus and electrons making orbits around that nucleus.  We see Western men, we see the destruction of the nuclear family.  Things are out of order.  In nature all things are dual.  They are divine complements: not opposites.  In the Western world, complements are opposing because of the differences and polarizations are calling themselves a relationship -- using the complementary forces to produce progeny, while absconding the finished product.  And we are following behind them, even though we know we come from another heritage.

  Sex-change, in vitro fertilization, surrogate mothers -- is this what the Creator planned?  Or is it the work of mad scientists drunk with power playing God with the natural order of things.  When my mother and father split my universe (after years of struggle on her part), she and he remained very civil--yet she kept me around positive male figures.  In her own words, she claimed: " I can raise you up but I can't teach you to be a man.  Only a man can do that."  Somehow, I don't think today's women in Western society believe that.  Nor do I think many of today's women in Western society believe that there is no substitute for a positive male role model or father figure within the life of a daughter.  I guess the West is experimenting with nitroglycerin.  Unfortunately, we are forced to see how it turns out, if we keep living like them...

     Polarizations are extremes.  All traditional teachings by first world peoples teaches to seek complementary forces and finding balance by seeking the middle path.  They do not make accommodations for extreme behavior, so even if it appears amongst the wealthy, most ethnicity does not embrace it.  For a liberated mind, these are things that will have to be re-adjusted for they do not fit within our original framework.  All so-called African Societies are Kabala based.  Current World History courses teach that life started in East Africa and extended outward into the Arabian Peninsula.  So Hebrew, Khammau, and Arab ancestry is Kabala based as well (as a matter of fact most people commonly mistake Kabala as a Hebrew invention).  Mesopotamia (located on the Arabian peninsula) is claimed to be the cradle of civilization by Western scholars and World Historians as well.  The Hebraic Tongue Restored  by Fabre D' Olivet and Anacalyptus by Godfrey Higgins both state that the Hebrew and Arab are two branches of the same family tree and if since the Bible is derived from the Hebrew Scriptures, it cannot be in favor of what the Western man embraces.

     We start taking hold of ourselves by analyzing us (and others) as a collective and denying access to any thoughts or ideas which are not in keeping with that which we know as appropriate.  Weighing and judging learnt Western tradition, should be handled in the same manner as one should weigh their words.  As one judges whether the terms are real or appropriate for the circumstance (concerning the words which are used), one should weigh and judge the ways of Western society in which we live.

     For example, in a lot of neighborhoods, like Frankford, it has been a long term tradition to loop your old sneakers together and throw them up onto the telephone line outside between the poles--to hang for posterity.  Weighing this tradition critically, in the past those sneakers in the past had holes in them and were not suitable for use any longer.  Today's sneakers are just worn in on the surface, and replaced by a new pair as soon as they stop looking new or fresh.  The appropriate thing for today's generation would be to only have completely worn out sneakers on those telephone lines, and the other sneaks should be donated for the less fortunate.  Following a pattern like this will help us redefine ourselves within this country--in a more appropriate manner.
     
     Public media, films, magazines and news from the West, needs to constantly be carefully scrutinized, for their content, usage, terms and meanings of those words--to discern whether or not those ways should be incorporated into your living.  Or in the case of discovered indoctrination, whether or not it should be continued.  After all, long before you were aware of it, you were being conditioned into the mores and values of this society, while you were young and uncritical.  Now is the time to gain back the real you, through rigorous action.  Pledge to your Self: "From now on, I will know why my person does things, and the things it does will be in keeping with the things I know is right and exact (approved and appropriate)."
Thank you for considering my words.  Hope this will lead you to your liberation.  The choice is yours.


Peace and Blessings,

C. Be'erla Hai-roi Myers