"Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land." (Psalm 68:1-6).
There are no propper words to describe certain things in life. Especially those vibrations / frequencies that we absorb not necessarily through our eyes but mainly through our other senses through listening, feeling, smelling and especially through our third eye, the inner IHI, the replica of the Holy of Holies (i.e. the Ark of the Covenant also known as ZION) within our / JAH Temple. While the letter is referring to our human body (consistant of flesh, skin, bones, blood, water etc.), the former is referring to the spiritual dimensions within our human nature. Spirituality is what in-spirits our material form of existence. Spirituality is what gives our life a vision and a direction where to go and what to do. Especially in ruff times when it seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel and no one to turn to in times of crises. It is the Great Spirit of Life, the very essence, center and fountain of all forms of life (from the spiritual to the material) that is always there for us to give us a helping hand and a place of refuge.
"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."(2 Corinthians 3:17). His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie the First stated it as following on January 19th, 1951 (http://chronological-speeches-of-him-qhs.blogspot.de/2015/01/1901-1-speech-of-day-on-nomination-of.html):
"Spiritual
power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks
supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the
summit destined for him by the Great Creator."
To reach this
summit which is destined for us by our Great Creator we are therefore depending
on this eternal guide (i.e. Spiritual power). Every single one of the whole
human family has his personal gifts and talents and his own very purpose of
existence, whether they are known and developed or still waiting to be explored
and strengthened. His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie The First teaches us the immeasurable
value of education which “has no limitations and no boundaries” (http://chronological-speeches-of-him-qhs.blogspot.de/2015/01/1501-2-speech-of-day-naval-college.html).
There is always something new to experience and to explore with the main aim of
utilizing it for the common benefit and well-being of the (global) human
community.
Throughout history there are numerous of examples of human beings who did not develop their gifts and abilities for the common welfare of the larger human race, but where driven through evil spirits to harmful evil deeds, which instead of playing their rightful part within the human family and therefore to support it`s spiritual and physical wellbeing, aiming to follow their own personal interests, contradicting the rightful order of equal human rights and social justice. His Imperial Majesty Eperor Haile Selassie The First put it with the following words:
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of
those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known
better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has
made it possible for evil to triumph.”
We all know about the atrocities human beings
proved themselves able to commit. We all know through personal experiences that
human beings are able to behave (as it is said) so very unhuman. So without
generalizing we can say that there are two sides, whether it is right and good,
or it is wrong and bad. Human beings were given the ability to decide freely.
This fact on one side is a very great blessing as it allows us to measure out
for ourselves what is best for us and from a social perspective what is at the
same time best for our fellows and at the same time what should be avoided is
it is not of any good value. On the other side it bears the danger of the abuse
of this great power wich lays within this freedom of decision. It is violated
if it is directed towards egoistic benefits of single individuals or single
groups if they are gained upon the disadvantage of others and therefore against
the common good and wellbeing. His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie The
First made the following Speech at the World Evangelical Congress 1966 in
Berlin, underlining this very fact of reality:
„In these modern days, there are a multitude of things published in print and broadcast by radio which captivate the human mind and spirit; many new ideas are disseminated by the learned. Many wonderful appliances are produced to make life more and more comfortable. The rich powers have passed on from exploring and exploiting this earth and are vying with each other to explore and conquer the moon and the planets. Knowledge is increasing in a bewildering manner. All this is good, wonderful and praiseworthy. But what will be the end of it all? It is Our firm belief that only what the Lord wills will be done. We should be careful that the results thus achieved by mankind should not meet with the fate of the Tower of Babel, the handwork of those people of old which came to pieces in their hands. The Apostle Paul says: "The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God" and "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise and they are vain." The reason for this is because generally speaking man makes himself and his wisdom the beginning and the end of his aim in life, and we are convinced that the end of this is destruction and death.
Our Lord
Jesus Christ says: "What has a man profited if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?" Why did the effort of those who tried to
build the Tower of Babel come to nothing? Was it not because they tried to live
apart from their Creator, and because, vaunting themselves in their wisdom,
they tried to build a tower whose top was to reach unto heaven and thus make a
name for themselves? It is Our conviction that all the activities of the
children of men which are not guided by the Spirit and counsel of God will bear
no lasting fruit, they will not be acceptable in the sight of the Lord and will
therefore come to nought as the Tower of Babel came to nought. […] However wise
or however mighty a person may be, he is like a ship without a rudder if he is
without God. A rudderless ship is at the mercy of the waves and the wind,
drifts wherever they take it and if there arises a whirlwind it is smashed
against the rocks and becomes as if it has never existed. It is our firm belief
that a soul without Christ is bound to meet with no better fate.”
Christ, God, the (Holy) Spirit, which form together
the Holy Trinity (Kidus Selassie) is therefore so very essential and necessary
for our human nature and nature in a whole to exist, that we cannot miss HIM.
Every single one of us has a great responsibility towards ourselves and each
other. If we cannot find ways and means to live together in peace and unity
what will be the end of it all? All those familiar with the words and teachings
of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie know the answer very clear and
straight. This is NOT A JOKE THING. This is LIFE in it`s realest form, as real
as (e.g.) the second world war was and still is real!! This topic is o great concern
to all of us regardless of sex, colour, race or creed!!! This topic is „BEYOND “any
denominations human beings might be able to be categorized in!!!
On this point it would be suitable to go further into this direction, as there is so much more to say and mention concerning the very danger of human existence, which His Imperial Majesty taught us is, together with international morality, at stake. His Imperial Majesty started His appeal to the United Nations on the 4th of October 1963 with the following words:
„Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates:
Twenty-seven
years ago, as Emperor of Ethiopia, I mounted the rostrum in Geneva,
Switzerland, to address the League of Nations and to appeal
for relief from the destruction which had been unleashed against my defenseless
nation, by the Fascist invader. I spoke then both to and for the conscience of
the world. My words went unheeded, but history testifies to the accuracy of the
warning that I gave in 1936.
Today, I
stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded
by its discredited predecessor. In this body is enshrined the principle of
collective security which I unsuccessfully invoked at Geneva. Here, in this
Assembly, reposes the best - perhaps the last - hope for the peaceful survival
of mankind.
In 1936, I
declared that it was not the Covenant of the League that was at stake, but
international morality. Undertakings, I said then, are of little worth if the
will to keep them is lacking.
The
Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man:
abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance
of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to
race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and
security.
But these,
too, as were the phrases of the Covenant, are only words; their value depends
wholly on our will to observe and honor them and give them content and meaning.
The
preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights
require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if
necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that
the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and
unremedied. These lessons must be learned anew by each succeeding generation,
and that generation is fortunate indeed which learns from other than its own
bitter experience. This Organization and each of its members bear a crushing
and awesome responsibility: to absorb the wisdom of history and to apply it to
the problems of the present, in order that future generations may be born, and
live, and die, in peace. […]
But each one of us here knows that what has been accomplished is not enough. The United Nations judgments have been and continue to be subject to frustration, as individual member-states have ignored its pronouncements and disregarded its recommendations. The Organization's sinews have been weakened, as member-states have shirked their obligations to it. The authority of the Organization has been mocked, as individual member-states have proceeded, in violation of its commands, to pursue their own aims and ends. The troubles which continue to plague us virtually all arise among member states of the Organization, but the Organization remains impotent to enforce acceptable solutions. As the maker and enforcer of the international law, what the United Nations has achieved still falls regrettably short of our goal of an international community of nations.
But each one of us here knows that what has been accomplished is not enough. The United Nations judgments have been and continue to be subject to frustration, as individual member-states have ignored its pronouncements and disregarded its recommendations. The Organization's sinews have been weakened, as member-states have shirked their obligations to it. The authority of the Organization has been mocked, as individual member-states have proceeded, in violation of its commands, to pursue their own aims and ends. The troubles which continue to plague us virtually all arise among member states of the Organization, but the Organization remains impotent to enforce acceptable solutions. As the maker and enforcer of the international law, what the United Nations has achieved still falls regrettably short of our goal of an international community of nations.
This does not
mean that the United Nations has failed. I have lived too long to cherish many
illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark
confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property
interests. Not even now, when so much is at hazard would many nations willingly
entrust their destinies to other hands.
Yet, this is
the ultimatum presented to us: secure the conditions whereby men will entrust
their security to a larger entity, or risk annihilation; persuade men that
their salvation rests in the subordination of national and local interests to
the interests of humanity, or endanger man's future. These are the objectives,
yesterday unobtainable, today essential, which we must labor to achieve.
Until this is
accomplished, mankind's future remains hazardous and permanent peace a matter
for speculation. There is no single magic formula, no one simple step, no
words, whether written into the Organization's Charter or into a treaty between
states, which can automatically guarantee to us what we seek. Peace is a
day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace
is not an "is", it is a "becoming." We cannot escape the
dreadful possibility of catastrophe by miscalculation. But we can reach the
right decisions on the myriad subordinate problems which each new day poses,
and we can thereby make our contribution and perhaps the most that can be
reasonably expected of us in 1963 to the preservation of peace.”
These words clearly show us the unavoidable necessity of collective security and unity within the human community. It is a decision every single one of us has to do for ourselves. There are only two options. Whether right or wrong. Let us give each other a helping hand on this straight and narrow path to this summit (we all are longing for to reach intrinsically so very much), which is destined for us by our Great Creator.
His Imperial Majesty continues His Speech to the UN in mentioning two particular issues “which are of deep concern to all men: disarmament and the establishment of true equality among men.”
“Disarmament is vital today, quite simply, because of the immense destructive capacity of which men dispose.”
“When we talk of the equality of man, we find, also, a challenge and an opportunity; a challenge to breathe new life into the ideals enshrined in the Charter, an opportunity to bring men closer to freedom and true equality and thus, closer to a love of peace.
The goal of
the equality of man which we seek is the antithesis of the exploitation of one
people by another with which the pages of history and in particular those
written of the African and Asian continents, speak at such length.
Exploitation,
thus viewed, has many faces. But whatever guise it assumes, this evil is to be
shunned where it does not exist and crushed where it does. It is the sacred
duty of this Organization to ensure that the dream of equality is finally
realized for all men to whom it is still denied, to guarantee that exploitation
is not reincarnated in other forms in places whence it has already been
banished.”
What follows
then in His Imperial Majesties Speech to the UN is the very famous part which
Bob Marley used in his “War” song:
“Last May, in Addis Ababa, I convened a meeting of Heads of African States and Governments. In three days, the thirty-two nations represented at that Conference demonstrated to the world that when the will and the determination exist, nations and peoples of diverse backgrounds can and will work together. in unity, to the achievement of common goals and the assurance of that equality and brotherhood which we desire.
On the
question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa Conference taught, to those
who will learn, this further lesson:
That until
the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally
and permanently discredited and abandoned:
That until
there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation;
That until the
color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes;
That until
the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race;
That until
that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international
morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained;
And until the
ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and
in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed;
Until bigotry
and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by
understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak
as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of
Heaven;
Until that
day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if
necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of
good over evil.”
His Imperial Majesty is not only speaking for Ethiopia, not only for Africa but for the whole world, for every single human being regardless of race, colour, sex or creed.
His Imperial Majesty is not only speaking for Ethiopia, not only for Africa but for the whole world, for every single human being regardless of race, colour, sex or creed.
I cannot
close this reasoning without quoting the MOST IMPORTANT WORDS of His Imperial
Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie The First of this 1963 Speech the United Nations
(i.e. the representation of nearly all the nations of the world and therefore
every single human being on this planet earth):
“To achieve this requires courage and confidence. The courage, I believe, we possess. The confidence must be created, and to create confidence we must act courageously.
The great
nations of the world would do well to remember that in the modern age even
their own fates are not wholly in their hands. Peace demands the united efforts
of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse? It is not only the
small and the weak who must scrupulously observe their obligations to the
United Nations and to each other. Unless the smaller nations are accorded their
proper voice in the settlement of the world's problems, unless the equality
which Africa and Asia have struggled to attain is reflected in expanded
membership in the institutions which make up the United Nations, confidence
will come just that much harder. Unless the rights of the least of men are as
assiduously protected as those of the greatest, the seeds of confidence will
fall on barren soil.
The stake of
each one of us is identical - life or death. We all wish to live. We all seek a
world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and
disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear
fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
When I spoke
at Geneva in 1936, there was no precedent for a head of state addressing the
League of Nations. I am neither the first, nor will I be the last head of state
to address the United Nations, but only I have addressed both the League and
this Organization in this capacity.
The problems
which confront us today are, equally, unprecedented. They have no counterparts
in human experience. Men search the pages of history for solutions, for
precedents, but there are none.
This, then,
is the ultimate challenge. Where are we to look for our survival, for the
answers to the questions which have never before been posed?
We must look,
first, to Almighty God, Who has raised man above the animals and endowed him
with intelligence and reason. We must put our faith in Him, that He will not
desert us or permit us to destroy humanity which He created in His image.
And we must
look into ourselves, into the depth of our souls. We must become something we
have never been and for which our education and experience and environment have
ill-prepared us. We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous,
greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race,
overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to
our fellow men within the human community.” (http://chronological-speeches-of-him-qhs.blogspot.de/2014/10/0410-1-speech-of-day-address-to-united.html)
FINALIZING IN
THIS SPIRIT IHI want to share a song of mine which IHI wrote for the exaltation
and praise of the Holy Spirit, the Most IHI God and Christ – the Might of the
(Holy) Trinity (i.e. His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie (whose 123rd birthday
will be celebrated on the 23rd of July)). This song was also
written for the encouragement of every single human being within the human
community. Our destiny, aim and zeal (the summit which is destined for us by
our Great Creator) is to become these very members of a New Race, where there
will be no more pain und no more sorrow, no more first or second class
citizens, but only ONE HUMAN FAMILY, "a world in which men are freed of
the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease." !!!
Towards this goal is where each and every single one of us has the great
responsibility to work towards to, each and every day in our life, no matter
how seemingly hard or hopeless the times. Together we shall stand, divided we
shall fall. Let us support and enrich each other, towards this very ultimative
goal, IN THIS / HIS SPIRIT!!!
Let me close
up with the following advice of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie The First, which
he made on May 5th, 1957, on the occasion of the 16th Liberation
Anniversary:
“From the day
that We were elected by the Almighty to guide the destiny of Our people, and
during the past sxteen years, all those of you to whom We have delegated power
and appointed to various positions of trust in the service of Our people,
should consider yourselves, like Us, equally divinely appointed. Oreover […] We
have always reminded Our people that each and everyone should help and support
Us to fulfill Our national objectives. Our happiness today must not be based
primarily on material things or it would not be any different to animal
satisfaction. Each one of you should endeavor to cooperate with Us to work
selflessly for the development and prosperity of Our country Should you
recognize that like Us you have been chosen to serve Us, you will do your duty
to God and country, lest your conscience condemn you.” (http://chronological-speeches-of-him-qhs.blogspot.de/2015/05/0505-2-speech-of-day-on-occassion-of.html).
Heartical
blessings and thanks to all those who inspired and strengthened so many
(including myself) through their selfless efforts of brotherly / sisterly LOVE.
JAH is LOVE (so) let us ALL LOVE !!! Amen.
"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (John 11:25-26)
IHIses - Imanuel IHI D
