Regal Dignity for Ascension: What of Self-Respect?

Imagine a world in which the primary people of creation held no respect for themselves. In their natural norm of highly civilised living such a dire void would have been so far from reality in general terms that even an attempt to imagine it may fail. The great monarchs of and for this soul people (of which the number of examples is vast) naturally came from and represented a level of self-respect that pervaded within a given realm.  

However, in a state of interruption and disruption where Afrikan souls may be subject to acute levels of destructive imposition by others that mean the Afrikan ill, a lack of Afrikan self-respect may not require imagination. Indeed, a deficit of self-respect amongst Afrikan souls may be reality in such a state. Worst yet, such a dire condition may even be erroneously considered by some as a sort of ‘norm’ as others of ill fuel the lacking.

According to a mainstream source, the term self-respect carries the following meaning:

“a feeling of respect for yourself that shows that you value yourself”.

Another mainstream source offers further details on the subject in the following way:

“self-respect is an internal sense of our own worth that we create for ourselves…. self-respect can’t be given to you by someone else, and it can’t be taken away by them either. Self-respect doesn’t come from material things, beauty, or empty accomplishments. Self-respect is about behaviour—we build self-respect by seeing the way we have treated ourselves and others in life”.

To bring focus specifically to the Afrikan experience combination and adaptation of these sources is considered apt. In so doing the following may be expressed:

“Afrikan self-respect is the respect Afrikan souls hold for themselves as they engage in the imperative thrust of their ascension of rightful order. Afrikan self-respect is a product of this primary people’s knowledge of themselves and their spiritual-cultural living. It is from this rootedness that Afrikan self-respect is cultivated and rightfully expressed. Afrikan self-respect is determined by Afrikan souls themselves whether they are located here, there or elsewhere, and cannot be ‘given’ to Afrikan people by others.  Afrikan self-respect does not come from the ills of modern materialism, tertiary aesthetics nor empty accomplishments. Rather, it is the stuff of constructive behaviour in service of Afrikan ascension and the Afrikan ability to build for the benefit of the Afrikan self throughout its various levels and throughout the various the spheres of Afrikan life and wholesome life expressions”.

In a context of interruption and disruption, Afrikan souls can do themselves a great service in safeguarding against becoming the ‘tools’ of nullifying Afrikan self-respect by proxy of others of ill. Obviously, this means – as a basic fundamental – Afrikan souls must surely educate themselves of themselves wherever located. In this, self-respect amongst Afrikan souls in any given location can be rightfully cultivated and developed here, there and elsewhere. Thus, the destructive ills of Afrikans susceptibility disrespecting themselves in a particular locale or between different locales can be avoided. Indeed, attempts by others of ill to pit Afrikans against each other via the vice of disrespect ought to be banished. The building of Afrikan life and the security of Afrikan life for continual ascension is  key to Afrikan self-respect.

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