My problem with spirituality is that its very .... spiritual lol. It's very true and right. But there's no touch down to the physical world. I've often wondered do Black folks have holy things? Things set apart, set aside because they are sacred? I don't think so. Do we have holy people? People that have done great things that we can invoke their merits and live by their wisdom? (yes, but it seems like we slander them a lot).
I like that we are spiritual, but I do kinda hope for anchors in the physical world.
If I had to pick things to be holy it would be:
(1) Africa. Yes, the whole continent.
It would be so holy that non-Africans/non Black folks shouldn't have any ownership of it. Assuming its the cradle of civilization, the last thing we want is to change the roots. It may have important things for our lives that we don't know yet. And at the rate people are desecrating -- destroying the land, the water, and the air -- I would be very afraid to relinquish control over that sacred land.
(2) Our bodies
(I've often wondered why Abraham would ask Eliezer to put his hand under his thighs to make vows. Kinda like holding a bible or something sacred. And he was holding Abraham himself... or was it melanin? )
(3) Our children
As Dr. Amos Wilson, may his memory be for a blessing, taught, when you teach children, you're not really teaching children, but a nation. You are basically teaching them to resolve the problems of x nation -- hopefully our nation. So, we want to be careful who we allow to teach the future.
If I had to pick things to be holy it would be:
(1) Africa. Yes, the whole continent.
It would be so holy that non-Africans/non Black folks shouldn't have any ownership of it. Assuming its the cradle of civilization, the last thing we want is to change the roots. It may have important things for our lives that we don't know yet. And at the rate people are desecrating -- destroying the land, the water, and the air -- I would be very afraid to relinquish control over that sacred land.
(2) Our bodies
(I've often wondered why Abraham would ask Eliezer to put his hand under his thighs to make vows. Kinda like holding a bible or something sacred. And he was holding Abraham himself... or was it melanin? )
(3) Our children
As Dr. Amos Wilson, may his memory be for a blessing, taught, when you teach children, you're not really teaching children, but a nation. You are basically teaching them to resolve the problems of x nation -- hopefully our nation. So, we want to be careful who we allow to teach the future.
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