Land, Resource of Self and Other Natural Resources: What of the Economics of Spirituality?

Spirituality for Afrikan people has been naturally core to their lives throughout their continuum. This is consistent with the notion that this primary people of creation are also the spirit people of creation. The effective channelling of their spirit via their spirituality inevitably gave rise to the greatest and most enduring civilisations ever to exist. Of course, the arena of Afrikan economic functioning was and is also naturally empowered by this soul people’s spirituality. Even the base level formulation of, Afrikan land + Resource of Self and Other Natural Resources = Functional Afrikan Economy, is naturally all a part of Afrikan spiritual conception and living.

According to a mainstream source the following detail provides some degree of illustration:

“The economics of religion concerns both the application of the techniques of economics to the study of religion and the relationship between economic and religious behaviours”.

However, in order that such a description can be of wholesome meaning specifically to the Afrikan experience, alteration is considered apt. Amongst other things, the term ‘religion’ is usefully replaced with the word spirituality as a more precise descriptor. Adjustment then, may yield the following:

“Afrikan economics of spirituality concerns the natural harmonising oneness between Afrikan spiritual substance and the practical economic engagements that Afrikan souls determine for their fullest flourishing and security. It involves the knowingness Afrikan souls hold for the relationship between their economic functioning and their spiritually-centred behaviours. At the same time, doctrines that deny, derail or destroy optimal Afrikan economic growth, development and security are brought into awareness and safeguarded against”.  

Despite the efforts of others that mean the Afrikan ill to destroy Afrikan spiritual conception, spiritual life flourishing and the natural Afrikan economic empowerment that comes from this, it is only Afrikan souls that can restore, safeguard and bring about their thriving economics of spirituality. The natural resources of Afrikan economy do not exist to be fleeced by others and to the dire and total neglect of Afrikans themselves. This is anti-Afrikan functioning, to state the least. Instead, the spiritually rooted Afrikan can maximally energise the pragmatic engagement of their economic math formulation and all the economic activities that come from this.

The Afrikan must surely, in spiritual rootedness, invest in themselves. Here, self-knowingness is key. From whatever locale, station, level or status this soul people can take progressive steps forward for the restoration of self-knowledge and their upright ascension in economic terms and otherwise. After all, civilisation is not of happenstance.  

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.

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