By Tai Olaniyi
Rather than being confident and hopeful in the oneness of same Humanity, various bitter encounters daily reflect tons of discriminatory practices that now make the oneness of humankind deadly shaky.
Even the idea of Man in creation which many attribute to God Almighty as being the Creator of every living being, everywhere, His mightiness and nature are being disputed by varying modes of worship in various traditions, religions and now scientific and the technological ordering of things.
Humanity is now at the crossroads and the beauty once inherent in the concept of “Unity in Diversity” seems totally caving in to the daily exploration, exploitation and explosion of what divide humankind than unite every man under the auspices of our one and only Creator of every living being, everywhere.
The concepts, meanings, and the ideations behind the universe, cosmos, the planets and their influences on man in his interplay with the environment now create much more of geographic diversity and differences worsened by the climate change, its lethal impacts and the attendant geopolitics of the entire configurations of the world.
This geopolitical compartments of human ecosystem, minerals and natural resources, the capabilities and incapabilities of how such are derived, mined and utilized for varying purposes have greatly categorized many nations of the world and peoples therein as developed, developing and underdeveloped nations by the ruling classes, ruling, ruining, leading and misleading the entire citizens and citizenry of the one and only creation of God in which we all ordinarily should find our living.
Tope Alabi in one of her music “Alagbara Aye” here excerpted in Yoruba describes the transiency of life of the so called “World Leaders” and the karmic implications awaiting how they once used their powers and rulership.
Alagbara aye
Aye a tan ooo
Eni loni egbo
Awon to shana
Won o si moo
Igba loni igba nlo
Bawo lo si ire
Yo san esan.
What a reminder of those that had at one time or the other ruled, those that had ruined and partly those that had led humanity to the realization of the philosophy of same humankind borne out of the realization of self in personal and intimate relationship with God.
Once upon a time we have read about humans even in religious circles maybe with high ethical human ideals thinking humanity could be united under their auspices. To one’s dismay humans are today getting least humane because of fundamentalism and terrorism and the expanse of such that now decimate and put humankind on fire.
Several crisis at once a minimal level, escalated to geopolitical wars and their miseries, or how do we class the world rulers or leaders that once ruled during the the first and second world wars?
Rulers, leaders, war veterans or heroes for what they directly or indirectly did to humankind during their time.
In today’s world there is that fear of the extinction of humankind, the destruction of the world as a result of man’s inhumanity to fellowmen especially as the world of Man is being mislead, North -South, East -West in racial, geo-economics and geopolitical and religio-geographic configurations of the world.
The Middle East is on fire, terrorism and genocide the emblem and flags of their national pride.
Hmmm America, Russia, China, Iran and what have you, seem dictating the tunes as to what would be the future fate, fortune and / or misfortune of humankind including the ripple effects that surely debilitate the lives of those of us in Africa and the lesser worlds.
Whichever way we view our world leaders and those of us they class and categorize as lesser beings, let us all share thoughts with Jimmy Cliff’s message:
Too many people are suffering
Too many people are sad
Too likable people got everything
While too many people got nothing
Remake the world
With love and happiness
Remake the world
Put your conscience in the test
Remake the world
North, south, east and west.
Similarly, Peter Macintosh while observing the beauty of the works of God in creation says:Sittin’ in the morning sun
And watching all the birds passing by
Oh how sweet they sing
And oh how much I wish that I could fly
And I try
I said I try
I try
I really try try try
But I got to
Pick myself up
Dust myself off
Start all over, again (CHORUS 2x)
One cannot deny the fact that many of the world leaders with high financial muscles are now engaging the world the possibility of further exploring space shuttle to the mars, or engaging humanity with the multiplicity of artificial intelligence and robotic escapades of all sorts but are these to glorify God in the science of being or to further decimate the remaining fabric of humankind?
To our “World Rulers” who equally are mere mortals like even the mad ones and beggars on the streets, I humby drop this Rosicrucian admonition, “Today is yesterday’s tomorrow, are you moving forward in thoughts and conducts”?.
They should similarly note that no matter the power bestowed, appropriated or misappropriated to them, the following fact cannot and should never be reputed.
1The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
2For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the [a]waters.
3Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
4He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,….
May Peace Profound return to Mother Earth in Jesus Mighty Name.
