Clothes Freedom is nothing new for the black family. Many generations of black families lived communally and without a shred of clothing for thousands of years in ancient cultures.
These people built harmonic communities where love and freedom was dominant. They lived in harmony with the Earth and were also knowledgeable of the Cosmos. Being natural was vital to them ; natural hair, natural food, bare feet to connect them to the healing of the ground and clothes free to connect them to the natural environment.
Clothes are aura blockers so being clothes free allowed them to connect with each other energetically. They had superpowers well beyond our current understanding and Telepathy, Clairvoyance etc were common. So what happened? We were infiltrated. There was a raid. We were hijacked and we lost our abilities, or at least we forgot that we had them. Modernization and Commercialism took the place of personal and spiritual enhancement.
Now is the time for us to reclaim those abilities and hearken back to that magical time.
One lovely example of nudity in ancient Black culture is the city of Tel El Amarna in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Stories abound of how Pharaoh Akhenaten, his wife Queen Nefertiti and soon to be King, Tutankhamen rarely wore clothes and encouraged their royal household, government ministers and loyal subjects to do the same.
It is well known that Akhenaten, who is credited with beginning Monotheism honored and revered the Sun. He knew the power of the Sun and how it reacted to Melanin in the Skin of Black persons to produce higher states of consciousness. Imagine us now in 21st century families Brothers, Cousins, Daughters and Wives having this existence again. It can happen!
One of
the ways for us to get there is to look back at some of these ancient cultures
and use them as a template for our times. That’s not so easy though because with
the aforementioned raid, a lot of the information about how those ancient
cultures lived was scattered. One option therefore is to create a culture for
ourselves. We could pull together what information we do have and formulate an
eclectic way forward.
One particular modern practice in black families that I like is the practice of Kwanzaa among many African American families during the time of the Winter Solstice towards the end of the calendar year. According to Wikipedia, Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in gift-giving and a feast of faith called Karamu Ya Imani.
It was created by Maulana Karenga and first celebrated in 1966. According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest" .A more conventional translation would simply be "first fruits". The choice of Swahili, an East African language, is historic, as most of the Atlantic slave trade that brought African people to America originated in West Afric
I believe that this
practice can serve as a starting point for how black families can begin to
regain their footing as an observance not just at the end of the year but
through the whole year.
The seven
principles of Kwanzaa, or Nguzo Saba are
a set of ideals created by Dr. Maulana Karenga. Each day of Kwanzaa emphasizes
a different principle.
Unity:Umoja
(oo–MO–jah)
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Self-determination:
Kujichagulia (koo–gee–cha–goo–LEE–yah)
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for
ourselves.
Collective
Work and Responsibility: Ujima (oo–GEE–mah)
To build and maintain
our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our
problems and to solve them together.
Cooperative
Economics: Ujamaa (oo–JAH–mah)
To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit
from them together.
Purpose: Nia
(nee–YAH)
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in
order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Creativity:
Kuumba (koo–OOM–bah)
To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our
community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Faith: Imani
(ee–MAH–nee)
To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our
leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Imagine
for a moment the modern day nude Black family living in harmony with each other
and daily following principles similar to the principles of Kwanzaa. . . . Yes
let’s do it!!
Dale
Harrison
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