The question that boggles my mind
How do we organise ourselves to get the best that life has to offer and still be bound by justice ?
In order to attempt an answer I have to first compare different cultures and find answers as to why those that failed have failed and those that are successful have succeeded.
I have to state that we human beings are I think the only beings with the ability to change everything including themselves consciously.
Both other living things and non-living things display lack of this ability. An animal can not cure itself or defend itself from the elements . It can also not refrain from certain actions or inactions for a self serving interests on a long range basis .
On my arrival in Europe I remember looking out from a window seeing roads ,buildings and people all in a hurry to get somewhere and I almost cried saying why ? What order has brought about this and why have we not caught up? Why do we still die from diseases that are almost extinct from other cultures ? Whence come this chaos that is itself the culprit ? And finally why are we not even looking for answers and solutions ?
Some of the answers are obvious and we all know them but still fail to combat the perpetrators. Every time one is drawn into a tribal debate one will necessarily have to deal out justice on a tribal basis and generalisation of that breadth only strengthens another’s tribal identify.
I therefore avoid that sort of engagement.
Discussions or debates must be precisely targeted and must necessarily be about ideas and their consequences in the context of justice and the promotion of life.
Just Law
We must negotiate a path that accords each what is rightly their own and constrain others from keeping what is not theirs.
Iman
This I think is necessary because as we all know no one ,not even a government can defend you . A government can mediate for a just entitlement later on and maybe provide incentives for others not to trespass in the first place but it can never stop people from harming you. To avoid total chaos directions of actions must be agreed upon before hand and responsibility of defence must thus be solely left to the system. So no right to bear arms except for the enforcement officers.
Now Iman is the trust in GOD and this calms down the unnecessary pressures from insecurity to act offensively in self defence. Weird isn’t it this concept of “pre-emptive strike”. It is now catching on like a bad cold-turkey claims the “right” thereof as well. And it also contributes to a general mood of trust among us Somalis. AAMIIN.
The above two points should go a long way in directing our actions or energies to the best results for each and consequently for the whole. Let the invisible hand (from Adam smith’s wealth of nations) guide us to the greater good and all without a conscious redirection of efforts .
Let us seek betterment of our conditions. Let truth be our highway to the history books . Let honour serve us as the selective membrane which decides what to let in or keep out. Let us not just live but live righteously and finally let us never let any machine - institutions -rule upon us by decree but consent .
I hope that I am not alone in my search and that there are other Somali’s out there somewhere that believe in themselves and in the ability of GOD subxanahu watacala.
As they say two heads are better than one and the more the merrier.
