Create An Active Afri-Print for Self Image and Grow

The Afrikan self-image is naturally superlative and has been so for thousands upon thousands of years prior to the interruptions of the recent Maafa by others that mean the Afrikan ill. This is important in economic functioning and also throughout the pantheon of Afrikan life. The natural beautifulness of Afrikan souls as a whole is brought to fullest fruition through the transformative process of elevation that each Afrikan can engage in.

Vintage writing from the thinker George Subira, highlights the point:

  “the self- image can be changed: All of us have seen proof that an individual can change his/her physical appearance by following a particular diet and /or exercise routine. We have seen skinny people become fat, fat people become thin, and fat and skinny people become muscular….In short, we know that people can physically change, and certainly the physical self is a significant part of one’s self-image. We have seen people fall in love, have children, turn to God, lose a mother, father or relative and change their feelings and emotions about the world, people, relationships, themselves and the unknown. We know that feelings can and do change, and that ones feelings are a large part of his/her self-image. So if ones’s body, emotions and spiritual feelings can change and they all interrelate to one’s image of oneself, then ones self-image can change. This might sound like an elementary point, but people have to be thoroughly convinced that something is possible before they attempt to do it.

Many [Afrikans] feel that their opinion of themselves is set and static for life. If they are fat, poor, unattractive, low in energy, susceptible to sickness, disliked etc, they feel that ‘that is the way things were meant to be’. ‘That it’s God’s will’, ‘That it’s reality’. Our first step, then, is to say with conviction that self-image can be changed and improved.

Active blueprinting: Your self-image is to your actions and your life what a blueprint is to a building. Just as a contractor constructs a building according to the blueprint, so too a person’s actions, ideas, habits and speech follows his/her self-image. Altering a few lines and numbers on a single sheet of paper (blueprint), could change how an entire skyscraper would eventually look. In that same vein, altering self-image, could change the actions, responses, looks, communication patterns and eventually the entire direction of one’s life. What is needed by most people, after they understand and believe in the value and possibility of changing (improving) their self-image, is the will and a plan to actually do so. I call the plan to change self-image active blueprints. Active blueprints require you to design and measure your goals and dreams”.

 What George Subira identifies as ‘blueprint’ can be articulated as a ‘blackprint’ or better yet as ‘Afri-print’ to centre explicit focus on the unique living experience and substance of the primary people of the world.

Ujamaa Kiburi Siku is a wonderful part of the spiritual-cultural observance calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. It takes place in the first week of June marking the time of significant occurrence both on the continent of Afrika and in the diaspora concerning Afrikan economy. Ujamaa Kiburi Siku as with the other observances on the Afrikan cultural calendar is just that – an observance. Therefore, wherever the Afrikan is whether at home, at a community gathering or elsewhere it can be observed.

The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an Afrikan-centred spiritual and cultural mission for ascendancy that embodies living spiritually and culturally rooted life. To find out more about URAN and its spiritual-cultural mission for liberty and nationhood click here. The exquisite URAN pendant can be obtained online by clicking here.

In his capacity as an Afrikan-centred spiritual cultural practitioner this author is available for further learning in this regard and also for the carrying out of ceremonies such as naming and name reclamation. For details please click here.

Afrikan World Studies programmes are an important forms of study in understanding the Afrikan experience. There are a range of subjects covered on these programmes including History, Creative Production, Psychology and Religion. To find out more about these learning programmes please click here. For the video promo for these learning programmes click here.

Select resources are available online via the website  of Yemanja.

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