A milestone I wish to share
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:47 pm
I am turning 50 years old this weekend. I decided it was time to share a few thoughts.
Firstly, please don't wish me a happy birthday. While I appreciate the sentiment and well-wishing, I maintain that I didn't do any of the work, my mother did. I just showed up in all my cuteness and glory. When she was living, I used to send my mom flowers on this day. And I would call her and say, "Happy Giving Birth Day." We had a very strained relationship. Co-dependent. Oil and water, you might say. At least we made peace before her sudden death. I wasn't supposed to live this long. I have myriad health problems and it gets tiresome trying to manage them all. But I am a scrapper, a survivor. I have to be. I'm the only one living my life. It's good to remind oneself of this from time to time.
Secondly, I want to say that I am fully committed to the cause of advancing my kinsfolk, in all areas of life as we experience it. What I wish to see is us (collectively, as white leaders) not tearing down others; rather, we should be moving ever forward on our own pathway. Improving our intellect, refining our society with beautiful art and poetry and music, seeking new advancements in the sciences. I don't think it is necessary to push the other races down to prove our own worth. We all have the right to live in peace and in the comforting presence of our own kind. We should and do reserve the right to establish our own social mores and government that suits our ethics and tribe. It is also correct to allow the other races to do the same. We don't have to hate anyone in order for ourselves to live in peace. There is no need to have the people of the world acknowledge one people's superiority over another, just as the assumed superior race need not boast. There is no ranking system for achievement, no comparison for a prize. Achievement will speak for itself. We all simply live on the earth and must share and steward its resources. Each people a sovereign nation, with self-determination and a right to peaceful co-existence with all mankind.
Thirdly, inasmuch as mankind needs religion as a compass and guide, I do believe that Cosmotheism is a worthy candidate to do so. My spiritual journey has taken me all over the map, as it were. I have embraced the nuggets of truth I would find in each turn of the pathway, from whatever source it would come. Truth is truth, no matter the source. When I finally rejected Christianity, and what I believe to be its false god(s), I didn't want to turn to any spiritual path that used the same "language" as it did, casting the same characters in a different play. Having recently found the teachings of Cosmotheism, I remember my first reading of Mr. Pierce's treatise met with vigorous enthusiasm, shaking my head in agreement to every line on the page. It seemed so refreshing to have a clear outline given from a perspective that had no taint of the Christian god(s) in it. I believe in a Higher Intelligence. A greater Force that is All in All. I believe we are part of a universal drama that has been unfolding for billions of years, and will continue billions more. We don't have to be stuck in a rut, believing we are less than, behaving like we are less than. We are charged with the act of living. The only thing there is, is Life. Let us each one put down the tools of our destruction and enslavement and march forward bearing the gifts we were given as we came into this world.
Can it be told what we might accomplish? Has the world ever seen it? Can we not have a society living in peace, with a backbone of law and order, all the while vital in trade and learning and innovation? Why shouldn't we have the healthiest, most robust children? Why shouldn't our elders live out their days with dignity and respect for their lifelong contributions? Why shouldn't every man have the work of his hands to occupy him? Why shouldn't every woman have a hearth and a home to look after? Why can't we come together in community, each bringing his or her own best to the table? What if we just left all the other races and cultures behind and ran out ahead, urging them to catch up?
I'm turning 50 years old. I have a lot of questions. I have a lot to learn. And I think I am just getting started.
Firstly, please don't wish me a happy birthday. While I appreciate the sentiment and well-wishing, I maintain that I didn't do any of the work, my mother did. I just showed up in all my cuteness and glory. When she was living, I used to send my mom flowers on this day. And I would call her and say, "Happy Giving Birth Day." We had a very strained relationship. Co-dependent. Oil and water, you might say. At least we made peace before her sudden death. I wasn't supposed to live this long. I have myriad health problems and it gets tiresome trying to manage them all. But I am a scrapper, a survivor. I have to be. I'm the only one living my life. It's good to remind oneself of this from time to time.
Secondly, I want to say that I am fully committed to the cause of advancing my kinsfolk, in all areas of life as we experience it. What I wish to see is us (collectively, as white leaders) not tearing down others; rather, we should be moving ever forward on our own pathway. Improving our intellect, refining our society with beautiful art and poetry and music, seeking new advancements in the sciences. I don't think it is necessary to push the other races down to prove our own worth. We all have the right to live in peace and in the comforting presence of our own kind. We should and do reserve the right to establish our own social mores and government that suits our ethics and tribe. It is also correct to allow the other races to do the same. We don't have to hate anyone in order for ourselves to live in peace. There is no need to have the people of the world acknowledge one people's superiority over another, just as the assumed superior race need not boast. There is no ranking system for achievement, no comparison for a prize. Achievement will speak for itself. We all simply live on the earth and must share and steward its resources. Each people a sovereign nation, with self-determination and a right to peaceful co-existence with all mankind.
Thirdly, inasmuch as mankind needs religion as a compass and guide, I do believe that Cosmotheism is a worthy candidate to do so. My spiritual journey has taken me all over the map, as it were. I have embraced the nuggets of truth I would find in each turn of the pathway, from whatever source it would come. Truth is truth, no matter the source. When I finally rejected Christianity, and what I believe to be its false god(s), I didn't want to turn to any spiritual path that used the same "language" as it did, casting the same characters in a different play. Having recently found the teachings of Cosmotheism, I remember my first reading of Mr. Pierce's treatise met with vigorous enthusiasm, shaking my head in agreement to every line on the page. It seemed so refreshing to have a clear outline given from a perspective that had no taint of the Christian god(s) in it. I believe in a Higher Intelligence. A greater Force that is All in All. I believe we are part of a universal drama that has been unfolding for billions of years, and will continue billions more. We don't have to be stuck in a rut, believing we are less than, behaving like we are less than. We are charged with the act of living. The only thing there is, is Life. Let us each one put down the tools of our destruction and enslavement and march forward bearing the gifts we were given as we came into this world.
Can it be told what we might accomplish? Has the world ever seen it? Can we not have a society living in peace, with a backbone of law and order, all the while vital in trade and learning and innovation? Why shouldn't we have the healthiest, most robust children? Why shouldn't our elders live out their days with dignity and respect for their lifelong contributions? Why shouldn't every man have the work of his hands to occupy him? Why shouldn't every woman have a hearth and a home to look after? Why can't we come together in community, each bringing his or her own best to the table? What if we just left all the other races and cultures behind and ran out ahead, urging them to catch up?
I'm turning 50 years old. I have a lot of questions. I have a lot to learn. And I think I am just getting started.