The Powerfist and the Pulling Together of the Community

Afrikan souls, as the primary people of the world, are beyond doubt of natural and superlative excellence. From the beginning this powerful people have elevated themselves to the grand heights of pinnacle civilisation, unmatched in magnificence and longevity. Throughout their natural norm of self-determined living this people have pulled together their energies to build their own institutions of life as fundamental to lifting themselves to the greatest of heights. Deeply meaningful symbols of powerfulness in reverence of the Creator Supreme, rightful living and order were necessarily developed by this people to punctuate and reinforce their continual ascension in life. One such symbol came to the fore with the gesture of holding what has become recognised today as the power fist. Out of the interruptions and disruptions of recent centuries of the Maafa, Afrikan souls have rightfully and vitally sought to restore their own cultural fabric. As such, the power fist has been (amongst other things) restored in the gesture of Harambee (To pull together). By extending the arm upwardly with the digits of the hand separated and then pulling the arm down towards the body whilst bringing the digits of the hand together into a clenched fist represents the powerfulness of Afrikan souls coming together. This gesture of Harambee emerging in contemporary times as a grand feature of the wonderful observance of Kwanzaa is a symbol of empowerment for the Afrikan world.

Of course, the coming together of Afrikan souls for building, mission and purpose of their own ascension remains of reverence to the Creator Supreme. As such, applying the concept and symbol of Harambee to the levels of the Afrikan self: the Afrikan person self, the harmonious and complementary Afrikan male-female union, the Afrikan family, the Afrikan community, the Afrikan nation and the Afrikan world community is surely natural and victorious to do.

The Afrikan Community

The everlasting and deeply meaningful description of Afrikan life is found in the well-known assertion that, ‘I am because we are, and since we are therefore I am’. This is a description of living accuracy, for Afrikan souls hold a deeply rooted substance of oneness that is expressed as a natural norm of life functioning.  This is the stuff of wholesome and continual betterment. However, as a result of alien imposition the philosophy of, ‘I think, therefore I am’ has been popularised, even in negatively exacerbated forms where disorderly thought and the resultant dysfunction can be the result. Has then the already regressive form of, ‘I think therefore I am’,  taken on even more dire negatives? Has grotesque relegation resulted in an existence that reflects expressions of: ‘I wilfully engage in wrongdoing against my own kind, and therefore I am’; ‘I wrongfully slander my own kind, therefore I am’; ‘I constantly fight against the progress of my own kind, therefore I am’, and so on? Of course, self-denigration, disorder, dire states of immorality and the negative behaviours that can result are anathema to victorious Afrikan community building, functioning and ascension.

The following are some suggestions from this author for the establishment and flourishing of the Afrikan community in the contemporary context:

Establish wholesome community educational and other initiatives that work to restore the Afrikan way of, ‘I am because we are, and since we are therefore I am’. This could be creatively restored in specifically channelled ways for particular areas of focus. For example, ‘I am a builder for my own kind because we are builders of self, and since we are builders of self, I am therefore a self-builder’.

Make full use of creatively restored observances such as the wonderful observance of Kwanzaa and it all-year-round values of the Nguzo Saba with meaningful community ascension activity.

Make use of creatively restored virtues such as those that emerge from the laws of the deity Djehuti (the principle law giver) and his deified complement Maat. This can be a great boon for upright community functioning and safeguarding against alien ills of immoral disorder and chaos.  

Use of a basic paradigm for community structure to facilitate harmonising oneness of growth and development. For example, having institutionalised: spiritual practice, self-governance, economics, education, security and media facilities that work in the interests of Afrikan commmunity they serve.   

Be a part of (or at the very least support the self via) available community organs that are working for Afrikan ascension.   An organ such as the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation is one example. 

The gesture of Harambee can certainly then relate to the pulling together the essential of the functioning of community institutions as effectively deemed necessary and determined by Afrikan souls themselves. Thus, the pulling of both hands towards the body to make the power fist can represent the powerfulness of realising upright and progressive oneness at the community level of the self. This then, is surely a power fist that symbolises the power of moral virtue and building strength that can produce the necessary victorious and long-lasting results. This is a powerfist of collective security whether in the form of physical beingness or otherwise.      

The order of Harambee for community is powerful indeed.

Kimungu Madhabahuni is a time of year to celebrate the Afrikan shrine at home and beyond. Kimungu Madhabahuni takes place during the holiday period associated with the spring equinox. At this time many people are away from the mundane of the various institutions albeit largely as a dictate of presently popular foreign religious doctrine. This therefore, can allow many more Afrikan people the time and space to restore, elevate and be themselves freely in reverence at their own special places.Throughout the annual cycle of the spiritual and cultural calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation observance to observance, Afrikan life is endowed with the essential of living knowingness. For the Afrikan souls, being a part of an organ for mission ascendancy is key. The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation is a spiritually and culturally rooted organ for Afrikan ascension.

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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