Shared Culture of Oneness- Here, There and Elsewhere: What of Cultural Self-Reflection?

It has been – and continues to be – important in Afrikan cultured living for Afrikan souls to hold up the reflective mirror to themselves not only to admire and celebrate their constructive achievements for their ascension but also to gain deeper understandings, learn necessary lessons and so on in service of the same.  Cultural self-reflection then, is an ongoing endeavour that can empower the Afrikan to ever-sharpen the effectiveness they have in the realisation of their fullest flourishing and security.

According to a contemporary mainstream source, the term cultural self-reflection attracts the following description:  

“Cultural self-reflection is a way of understanding yourself or institution by exploring how the culture you live in shapes who you are”.

Additionally, another mainstream source offers this detail:

“Our upbringing and personal experiences inform our actions, values, beliefs, and assumptions and can shape our perceptions and expectations of others”.

Of course, in an a interrupted state of existence where Afrikan souls may be destructively set upon by others that mean the Afrikan ill, the application of such statements can be challenging in Afrikan life when it comes to their own authentic culture – creatively restored or otherwise. For example, upbringings from childhood into adulthood in a consistently cultured and wholesome Afrikan way can be met with a host of vices and pitfalls set to derail continuity. Still, it is for the Afrikan to make best use of their cultural substance and practices in the most effective ways possible that can chart the course for onward ascension.

With this (amongst other things) in mind, it is considered apt to adapt the sourced details to bring forth focus specifically upon the Afrikan experience. The results of alteration may look something like the following:

“Afrikan cultural self-reflection is a way for Afrikan souls to understand themselves and the necessary establishments they build in service of their fullest flourishing and security. To do this knowingness of their culture and the ways in which it empowers the fullest realisation of their Afrikan identity is key. Being able to ‘see’ the self-determined cultivation of Afrikan life throughout its various stages to inform and empower maximal potential and maximal capability in this primary people can also be crucial in such a reflective process”.

If one considers the reasoning involved when checking their image via the reflection from a physical mirror. There is likely some semblance of a standard that one has in the minds eye to be compared with the reality of the actual image seen. Here, adjustments can be made in order that reality resembles the image in mind. So then, Afrikan culture can be seen as the frame of reference from which to shape Afrikan life.  Only Afrikan souls can do this for themselves, even if faced with the challenges of interruption and disruption. Thankfully with outstanding examples in cultural creative restoration such that brought about the Nguzo Saba and the cultural observance period of Kwanzaa from which it hails, engagement can be readily realised by the Afrikan here, there or elsewhere. After all, civilisation is not of happenstance.

Kwanzaa is one of the essential cultural observances of life within the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. 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.

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Also, in the approach to the important cultural observance of Kwanzaa, the text: From Pert-En-Min to Kwanzaa - A Kuumba (Creative) Restoration of Sacred First Fruits by this author is available to purchase online here. This publication provides informative detail on the of the Kwanzaa celebration. You can also visit the institution of Yemanja -O to pick up a copy.

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