What of Financial Freedom?

From the beginning Afrikan souls were naturally steeped in the freedom to cultivate, develop and build their highly civilised societies of rightful order and enduring ascension. Their natural freedom to live rooted to their cultural fabric saw civilisation expressed at pinnacle and unparalleled levels. Here, freedom revealed the maximal potentials and capabilities of this primary and spirit people of creation throughout the various spheres of life. One sphere of necessary life engagement was that of their thriving self-economy and its financial functioning that serviced their flourishing. As one mainstream source articulates freedom can be described as:

“the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved”.

Such a definition may be of acute and deeply meaningful significance given the interruptions and disruptions of the Maafa of recent centuries. Here, ‘freedom’ could materialise as a lived oxymoron in that: the Afrikan could freely toil for the plantation or colony; the Afrikan could freely be confined to an existence solely providing profit and pleasure to others; the Afrikan could freely accept being shoehorned into neglect or abandonment of their cultured norm and self-economy functioning; the Afrikan could freely haemorrhage their valuable resources for worthless trinkets; the Afrikan could freely accept being miseducated and maltreated; the Afrikan could freely accept the status of chattel or commodity; the Afrikan could freely accept enslavement!  

Enter then, popularised contemporary phrases such as financial freedom. According to a mainstream source the term is described thus:

“Financial freedom is a monetary backup that allows a person to do what they desire. It can mean different things to different people. It means having complete control over one's time without trading it for money, being able to explore or pursue a different interest, or quitting a job with passive income”.

Subject to the ‘economies’ of others, what are the desires that are pushed and peddled for Afrikan souls to have? For example, do Afrikans succumb to the acquisition of worthless trinkets at the expense of building self-economy to service their civilised norm? Of course, the outlook and intent of those in control of the ‘economies’ the Afrikan is subject to may be to secure Afrikan as a perpetual consumer of their ‘economy’ produce and their ‘economy’ produce only. Worse, the Afrikan self may be bogusly deemed economy produce or commodity.  Certainly, Afrikan souls ought not consider their freedom as being such a dire misconception.

This is not a call to disregard any necessary engagements for bettering one’s life even in a state of disruption and subject to the ‘economies’ of others. Yet at the same time, surely the Afrikan ought not totally succumb to erroneous ideals with an existence of a lived oxymoron – free and solidifying incarceration. So, surely it is vital for this spirit people of creation to restore a level of self-knowingness, cultured living and self-economy empowerment to determine what freedom and financial freedom positively and progressively means for themselves. Here, upright contributory steps of progress can be taken from whatever station, level or status – however large or small they may be – to bring about the imperative ascension of this primary people.  At the same time, safeguarding the self of contaminants of ill, self-destructive wrongdoings and the like is key to flourishing of rightful order. The natural norm of freedom of civilised living for this soul people is surely imperative.

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.

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