WHO IS IN THE MIDDLE, IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

LET’S ALL NOT TAKE SIDES, BUT STAND UP TO THE PROBLEM

THE NEVER ENDING STOOOORYYYYY…! I can’t & am not pleased to sing the movie story.

The US’s tactical association with Israel will continue to affect the prospects of peace in the Middle East forever given its unparalleled support and everybody’s guess why has the US been so involved in the region? Does the US foreign policy in the Middle East, especially between Israel & Palestine, unequivocally and equally validated to bring peace? Do you think Palestinian rights and democracy has been equally valued as their counterparts? What have we learned from the war’s loss of lives & destructions between Russia & Ukraine?

The claims that Hamas has launched rockets against Israel is not an excuse to massacre innocent civilians & decimate everything they own, although Hamas is so frustrated that their people’s lives are confined to limited improvements, developments and impossible to make any progresses in the Middle East, doesn’t, likewise, qualify them to kill Israeli civilians out of a continuing and overwhelming anger. However, it seems that’s the only predictable routine they’ve got to scream to the world for help for so long.

On the other hand, Israel can make any type of weaponry and advancements in any areas of assailant technology, but when it comes to other countries like Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran and so forth, they’re not allowed to make any global weapons developments without being indicted for whatever the reason. Israel is aware that they are living on the brink of a volatile sinkhole surrounded by very tolerant and benign Arab communities.

Unfortunately, our world has changed so much since the word terrorism has been created out of people, fighting for their rights, who are subjugated and subjected, to live an immobile and stagnated existence because of unrelenting dominations. I am not condoning to the acts of evil by all involved. I am truly and consciously defining the term based on who is committing the actions, for what purpose, as I see it.

Mind you, every time rockets are launched by few disgruntled individuals, it’s hard to comprehend why massacre innocent civilians and decimate their properties and livelihood. This should be a strong warning that unfortunately, next time when this sort of devastations happens in any country, instead of emotionally destroying innocent people and their property, it may not be an easy operation, humanely & patiently why not hunt for the perpetrators to face their ordeal.

In all conscience, the lighthearted publicity stunt US aid donations of 100 million for the crisis in Gaza will not bring back the dead or inconceivable destructions that took place.

Because this remorseless conundrum has been going on for so long in the Middle East peace process, the world has changed forever in terms of respect for humanity and moral practices. Time and again, we all need to raise our voices for this and all other never-ending wars to end or share the blood of innocent children, all equally treasured like Jewish children, on our hands.

Come on people! Please, make your honest conscious evaluations without hatred against Muslims, Islam religion, Jews, Judaism or Christianity and me for telling you my concern and what I care about or taking no sides against humanity, they should be allowed to live side by side with respect practicing their Asalaam Aleikum or Shalom Aleichem?

It seems to me that in the course of human events, most people face their own defining moments when they least expect it. Often that moment arrives when we are forced to make a choice between doing good, doing evil or remaining indifferent because we just do not care or exasperated for so long.

Also not making a choice or indifference is the easiest choice to make; it requires no thinking at all. The choice between good and evil is paralyzing not because there is actual moral ambiguity or uncertainty in choosing but because evil & indifference is so much more attractive, seductive and appears to offer greater rewards no matter how long.

To stand for the truth, what is good and right, is the hardest choice of all because they require moral clarity and courageous acts of conscience. One must have fundamental convictions and moral principles to speak the truth and to do good and the right thing and in so doing define the moment instead of being defined by the moment & very few lingering prejudices.

In the face of evil, the question in our morality is always a clear one. We can choose to be silent; we can choose to be defenders and accomplices of evil; we can choose to blindfold ourselves in the face of evil or get in the faces of evil doers or we have a choice to be damn evil to condone it or openly accept it.

What are your thoughts and choices about this never-ending war, which keep affecting global peace & creating dreadful human relations, to let the world community to do something about it?

“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, it’s not enough to create change at the level of symptoms and structures. We need to work together even more deeply to change the underlying paradigms of thought and to connect with our deeper sources of creativity and self in a heterogeneous society.

The process of unifying people is difficult and the road to agreement is often littered with the debris of historical grievances, animosity and resentment.

However, any failure can be turned into an opportunity to learn and grow. I say it can, because it requires a particular attitude to benefit from our failure. Without that mentality, all our failures will go to waste. This is true in political affairs as it is in personal life for a leader as well as a follower. So, what is that mentality?

It is a mentality that is willing and able to reflect on past experiences, past actions and their outcomes. It is only through such reflections that one learns one’s strengths, weaknesses and the environment and conditions in which actions were undertaken and what could have been done differently that could have resulted in a positive outcome. It is not enough to admit collective failure. One needs to evaluate one’s role in the failure.

These days in age, we don’t need guns and weapons of mass destruction to change courses of disagreement, but by engaging in dialogues, sharing practical concepts as an interconnected society we can write and re-write differences until we get it right, peacefully.

Nevertheless, this is a wakeup call for all humanity and government officials to take heed and reaffirm the responsibility for their own actions or face this ongoing inevitable fate again & again for generations to come. I’m not violent or inciting violence but commenting my own assessment as I’ve lived through this and all sorts of incidents, war and cruelty and demanding for change.

We’ve the choice to live together in harmony or continue to live in a world of hate and inequality.

Let’s anticipate eliminating shared problems that have entrenched us for so long by redefining the way we perceive its symbolic grounds without blaming one or the other. If we do so by using all of our senses, we may empathize rather than trivialize.

Our condolences to all the families, loved ones & friends who have lost everything.

TIME FOR REDEMPTION & FAIRDINKUM

 First and foremost, I wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians & true sovereign of this land on which we live and pay my respect to their elders of the past, present, from all nations and to those who gave their lives and for enduring praiseworthy foundations by making significant sacrifices.

Commiserations to all who have dedicated their time and energy in the efforts of advancing the fairness vote. It is predictably disappointing that the yes vote didn’t prevail. Now, it’s time to restore hope, present new thoughts and invigorate the public again to deliver the atmosphere of good will for all.

Let’s not be perturbed by the referendum’s no vote preferences. This was like all the past undertakings, a predictable show of fewer hands as the vote for change was marginalized. Now, it’s Makarrata time to refocus and find a different but strong terminology than the previous jargons of “sorry, reconciliation, referendum, yes… that can entice all Australians to burst with earnest messages that can introduce moralities for equal opportunity rather than construe it as if the indigenous people will take over the sovereign.

Let’s not swayed by few hoodwinkers and perpetrators that blaming Prime Minister, Albanese was at fault, the yes vote didn’t prevail. He has allocated so much effort for the vote to be successful, but Australia reflected on its past to disregard it and he was determined to give the indigenous people a better opportunity. It was also disheartening to see some of the responsible but young indigenous representatives and influential leaders misconstrued and being deceived to oppose the referendum.

Make no mistake, a better and more peaceful world can only be attained by societies developing basic principles of humanity, supporting each other thru individual empowerment, practicing non-violence and self-development thru internal transformation.

Recognizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the country’s constitution to represent their people and paying respect to 65,000 years of culture and tradition is not about taking over the sovereignty and leading by dominating the people as some are instigating this system of archaic fear as a motivating standoff and generating division prone conventions by encouraging hesitant crusaders.

Keep in mind that, the yes vote was the start of the emergence of big change. Next time, it will be different. There will be times when they shouldn’t compromise their core values, their integrity, and they will have the responsibility to speak up in the face of injustice and do all that they can to thrive and survive. To do so they need to cultivate and nurture the concept of cultural helpfulness and social cohesion rather than individualistic hatemongering approach even if they don’t get the support for those new changes.

A sense of self-worth by any group in society is only partially internal; it also depends on the willingness of other competing groups in the general public to acknowledge the worth of the other.

Furthermore, just because someone is the leader of the opposition doesn’t mean they have to repudiate every important policies/changes that serve the people without creating unfairness. It’s an absolute disrepute for someone who has leadership knowledge and authority standing to refute the owners of the land that they live on by amassing enormous opportunities to say the least. This message is also for the rest of Australian public who the opposition leaders reverberating to, ‘the people are not ready to accept any voice for change’. When will the public be ready to accept changes? The opposition leaders are just labelling people to show that they are doing something by opposing in their given position. It’s time to understand the functions of the voices/policies being demanded by addressing all false impressions to increase public awareness in good conscience.

We all have the right to dislike and make comments how and what we feel about anything. How others feel is entirely theirs alone. Nobody deserves to be abused or punished because they speak up the language of the new millennium.

We are all making our open contributions regardless of commendations, acknowledgements, appreciations and validations of our efforts, to improve any ongoing social, political and individual dilemmas in our community. Those contributions are somehow used by other personalities in assisting and advancing their actions for a better outcome. That’s also morally a good feeling!

It’s easy to take someone for granted until we see the unimaginable person or candidate emerges to replace the existing ones.

Today, it’s not enough to create change at the level of symptoms and structures. We need to work even more deeply to change the underlying paradigms of thought and to connect with our deeper sources of creativity and self in a heterogeneous society.

It’s the sanctity & crudeness of being human, stupidity, complexity, communality, mortality…and tragedy that we linger on grumbling no matter how fulfilled and comfortable we are.

Reconciliation and Sorry are not only about remuneration with handouts with limited opportunities and ‘unfairdinkum’ treatments in order to maintain equal shares in the conventional society.

It’s now time Australians draw a line under the differences of the past and work together to build consensus around a proposal for change without hostility.

This is long overdue and it’s a decision that we as Australians must make for ourselves. As time goes by we’re becoming heartless, unsympathetic and insidious society. We’re all the same under the universe; every one of us needs to practice it correctly.

Nevertheless, irrespective of the disparities that have long existed here and around the world, learning from the past and still remaining calm to do the right thing, I’m happy and contented to see change is happening at a slower rate than ever before. There’s more to be done. Everything all of us declared and wanted to be accomplished will be realized surely either now or long before we all have gone like all those who have gone before us doing so much and putting up their lives for moral causes.

FYI: UK just announced, “Its jails are crowded & wants to send prisoners abroad.”

Do your part, read more personal reflections on leaders, Royalties, different business bogusness & immoral dealings time immemorial: https://timeforchangesociety.blogspot.com/2019/08/who-can-we-trust.html 

ETHIOPIANS, LET’S RECONCILE OUR INTERESTS

 The imperial Ethiopian state, overtly and covertly, promoted a hierarchal political pyramid in which our Amhara race sat at the top. TPLF merely added what Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani calls “define and rule” to the old colonial statecraft of “divide and rule” and created new identities while dismantling others. It then replaced our Amhara’s race and sat at the top of the pyramid.

Our Amhara solution to identity-based political questions is to propose the abolition of ethnic identity, in favor of a transcendental identity called Ethiopian. This proposal, while useful as a basis for the transformation of the Ethiopian state from imperial into modern, does not repudiate or reverse past and present settler colonialism in Ethiopia. On the contrary, it sustains it.

Through this self-destruction, settler colonialism perpetuates itself by claiming that colonial difference between “settlers” and “natives” have ended while sustaining the ethnically demarcated political and economic inequality through a creation of “trans ethnic” settler polity. This polity eliminates challenges posed by the “indigenous” demand for rights through bogus autonomy and false narratives of belongingness.

To claim that the current Ethiopian federal state is a representative, multi-ethnic polity and that sub-national states are autonomous “indigenous” homelands – while actually tightly controlling both the center and the periphery – is a good example of the resilience and dynamism of settler colonialism; its ability to disguise itself and adaptability to changes in time and circumstances.

Our Amhara and Oromo rival interpretations are not all unfounded, but they are invariably selective, insular, bigoted and self-serving.

It is not simply about identity and epistemology, but primarily about power. Large-scale displacement of our “indigenous” Oromos by our “Amhara settlers” is also the expropriation of their land and suppression of their religious, cultural, linguistic and geographical fault lines so wide and deep.

                           ETHNIC MAKEUP OF ETHIOPIA

When we’ve the emergence of a new political language and imagination, classifications such as “natives” and “settlers” should cease as political identities and must be replaced by progressive agendas which emphasize citizenship, shared values, democracy, individual rights and the politics of ideas.

Aside from the status quo governance of the current regime, our Amaras must bid farewell to any nostalgic illusions of the future Ethiopian polity ever regaining its quintessential form and appearance: The legendary militarist, Orthodox-Christian, injera-eating, iskista-dancing, netela-wearing, land of fascinating myths and auras is gone forever! 

THE WAY FORWARD

In a nutshell, two parallel things must happen if the political aspirations of our Oromos and Amaras are to be reconciled and to forge a strategic and principled political partnership, now or in the future:

1.    LOOKING FORWARD: Our Oromos must reorient their struggle toward the creation of a just, inclusive and democratic Ethiopia where all people move from being “subjects” to “citizens.” Historical injustices and indigenization concerns could be addressed through the establishment of redemptive not vindictive autonomies. These autonomies should not categorize people into permanent, rigid and static “indigenous” and “non-indigenous” identities. They should make provisions for dynamism and the organic and voluntary dissolution of primordial identities in the long run.

2.    LOOKING BACKWARDS: For the future painted above to materialize, the acrimony over the past must end first. It can only end, to quote Mamdani again, if every community rejects the temptation to classify itself as “the victim” and the other as the “perpetrator” of the historical violence and oppression that took place. Instead, every community should consider themselves as “survivors” of a violent history. This is tricky and impractical in a context where the violence and subjugation were largely one-sided and has disproportionately affected our larger community —in our case, the Oromos.

For the purpose of this discussion, it is immaterial if our Amaras were wronged before the 19th century and after 1991. That is because both the destructive legacy of the alleged 16th century Oromo expansion into Amhara territory and our Oromos role in the misery of our Amaras after 1991 are not visible today.

As both our ethnic groups are one of the many of Ethiopian racial groups in nature, therefore, our Amaras must acknowledge the historical suffering of our Oromos and must be prepared to show empathy and understanding without seeking vengeance, both racial groups, for the ignorance of our past. An admission of the damaging political, social, economic and psychological impact of over a century of imperial conquest and domination of our Oromos may provide a measure of closure for them. Without such a closure, the creation of a truly representative and equitable Ethiopian society, in which our Oromos feel at home, is impossible and they can’t continue torturing each other forever. “All must be forgiven, and we should start walking together, again.”

On the other hand, our Oromos must realize that the current generation of our Amaras and, indeed, the one before it, has nothing to do with the crimes imperial Ethiopia committed against them. If at all, in the last over 35 years, our Amaras were the most victimized and dehumanized people in Ethiopia since the overthrow of the monarch.

They endured a fate similar to what happened to the “byvshie liudi” (the former people) in Bolshevik Russia. The “former people” –an arbitrarily categorized group of people including “functionaries of the Tsarist regime, the clergy and rich people” –were persecuted and summarily excluded from the “new” Socialist order.

Our Amaras, under TPLF reign, have been Ethiopia’s “former people”. And their new generation won’t be in any mood to offer apologies for atrocities that they did not commit and that happened centuries ago; when they themselves are, in fact, going through modern-day ordeal. They have reached a tipping point; and once a tipping point is reached, an enraged people have no time for magnanimity or vicarious guilt. That’s what exactly happening now and Abiy is trying his best to repair wounds of the past with all the refusal and misunderstandings of our traditionalist mentality.

PROGRESSING TOWARD THE LAST FRONTIER

PM ABIY AHMED IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER

It is a mentality that is willing and able to reflect on our past experiences, past actions and their outcomes. It is only through such reflections that one learns one’s strengths, weaknesses, the environment and conditions in which actions were undertaken and what could have been done differently that could have resulted in a positive outcome.

ABIY AHMED MODERN-DAY PRIME MINISTER OF ETHIOPIA

It is not enough to admit collective failure. One needs to evaluate one’s role in the failure. This is even more so if one is a leader under whose watch an organization, business or administration failed. Like in our past, denying (to oneself and others) failures, personal accountability and scapegoating or blaming on someone will never help our progression.

People, especially, academics, intellectuals and political aspirants with such mentality cannot educate themselves and others from past failures and therefore deserve no chances to continue abusing and doing the same thing over and over, again and again. That’s why our old idealists or dreamers are reluctant to accept new way of doing businesses that will transform for the better.

The Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, since taking over from PM Hailemariam Desalegn on April 2, 2018, and embarking on taking swift political reforms, firing and nominating capable individuals, touring the most impoverished and neglected regions of the country and making international tours to affirm better relations and to demand the release of Ethiopian nationals languishing in prisons of foreign countries and receiving a Nobel prize for his efforts in his short high-spirited leadership period.

  ETHOPIA'S ETHNIC COMPOSITIONS

Once again, my wish is to stand with the modern-day Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, and his team of new reformers, rather than continuing to throw barrages of unwarranted criticisms, cynicisms, envies, nepotisms, preferences and firmly and honestly stand with him for he stands for all Ethiopians irrespective of their religious, ethnic or racial backgrounds.

My recommendations are in line with the erudite conclusions of John Markakis, who outlined the two last “frontiers” that Ethiopia must cross if it is to graduate from a multiethnic empire to a modern state: The first being “the monopoly of power inherited from the empire builders and zealously guarded ever since by a ruling class of Abyssinian origin”; and the second “the arid lowlands on the margins of the state, where the process of integration has not yet reached and where resistance to it is greatest.”

The solutions I proposed here to surmount our Oromo and Amhara political rift are admittedly easier said than done. It is one thing to propose theoretical or “intellectual” solutions in an “academic politics” scenario where, as Henry Kissinger once said, “the stakes are so low.” It is quite different to come up with actionable political solutions in a real-world environment where the stakes are much higher and more fatal to leave it to a few by excluding the other racial groups who shared the plights to speak.

But the theory precedes the praxis. So, why not use these “intellectual” solutions as a basis to overcome the impasse? We need to change personally rather than criticize, name and shame our new system of governance endlessly. Change takes time; we need enlivened efforts and lasting determinations not ruminations.

          ONE ETHIOPIA FOR ALL WITHOUT BEING DIVISIVE

It is possible if our Oromos, Tigrayans, Amaras and all other racial background motivated factions, politicians and scholars, rather than shouting & killing each other, to start talking to each other so that they can make extra efforts to understand each other’s vantage points, fears, expectations and interests.

The wellbeing of any country –and certainly Ethiopia –depends on its multiethnic people’s ability to confront their fissures head-on. One ethnic group can’t think of others concerns. This also applies to the myriad of other fractures, beyond our Amhara-Oromo political rivalry, in the country.

One Ethiopia for all, all for one Ethiopia!

CELEBRATING THE BENEFITS OF DREAM TO LIVE TOGETHER

 On August 28, 1963: ‘I have a dream’ speech was delivered by American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.,

Today, MLK’s Holiday serves multiple purposes: It honors the total legacy of Dr King, focuses on the issue of civil rights, highlights the use of nonviolence to promote change, call people into public services and humanity to embrace and live with one another without preconditions.

Progressive US civil rights leader and icon Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis on the 4^th of April 1968. He was shot on a hotel balcony and died soon after in a nearby hospital.

Ever since more and more people die because of injustices pointed by King, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

A march that was one of the most celebrated events of civil rights movement, started with the indomitable man of peace, Martin Luther King, Jr., fifty-eight years ago, in Selma, where protesters trying to cross the Edmund Pettus bridge, were beaten by police officers, shocking the nation and leading to the passage of the denied landmark voting rights Act of 1965.

Similarly, in 2015, the nation’s first African American president, Barack Obama, led thousands in a commemorative march of a bipartisan, biracial testimonial to the pioneers whose courage helped pave the way for his election to the highest office on the land in 2008.

Again, commemorating the event, as America’s first and so far only black president, Barack Obama as a leading voter for the next leader of the country took a lead of the last generation of living civil rights leaders and some of the 2020 democratic presidential candidates who have gathered in rows to march arm-in-arm in South Carolina to celebrate the special day.

Today, because of all those who made the difference before us and those who are making the change for a better society now, we’re able to live side by side even though the road to change is still far away from reaching “the mountain top”.

You know what, man created the system, law, rules…man can change anything. Therefore, it’s time to change the guiding lights that was built long time ago only to serve its creator.

We must declare new pledges, to fight radicalism, extinguish hate from our society and stay together with our commonality as brothers and sisters.

We must reinstate our vows again and again to resonate with that of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words of wisdoms, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” 

He continued to educate, “How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, you shall reap what you sow… How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

“If you want to be important – that’s wonderful. If you want to be great – that’s wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's your new definition of greatness - it means that everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know the second law of thermodynamics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love...”

Every meeting he attended was filled with words of wisdom. “I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life’s blueprint. Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your worth and your own somebodyness. Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you're nobody. Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance. Secondly, in your life's blueprint you must have as the basic principle the determination to achieve excellence in your various fields of endeavor. You're going to be deciding as the days, as the years unfold what you will do in life — what your life's work will be. Set out to do it well.”

He continued to ask effortlessly, “The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love?”

It's now time for us to draw a line under the differences of our past and work together to build consensus around a proposal for change without hostility.

This is long overdue. This is a decision that we as society must make for ourselves. Let’s work together as a strong global society. Australia must accept vote choices back to the owners of the land, to create an independent and self-reliant new sovereign nation including changing all the inherited suburban and states’ names with befitting Australian land names. Australians are ready and tired of talking year after year during election times and ones politicians get elected to the commonwealth subservient office, doing nothing to change it. It’s time to vote for indigenous equality!

The world communities like America must also outlaw hostility and hate in order to live together with people of different color.

King told us that, “The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open.” It’s up to us which one we want to be.

No matter what has happened in the past, we can’t obliterate history. What we can do, nevertheless, is forgive and move on knowing that the benefits are much greater than playing politics in a continuous vicious cycle to fix the past hefty maltreatments and all delinquencies with so much unsubstantiated mendacities for vengeance. All I’m asking my fellow human beings while I’m buzzing is to live together peacefully because we all are here for a short time.

We can’t go on doing the same thing forever and expect different results. Needless to say, racism existed for so long and nobody was prepared to do something about it for fear of coercions and controls by the very people performing the act.

Thank you, King, for every step you took to warn our society to live together in the spirit of brotherhood and to be winners or sink together as dissociated sinners.

REST IN POWER!

ዝም አልኩ እንጂ አልጠፋሁም

ሁላችንም ሰው ነን

ለሁሉም ጊዜ አለው እንደተባለው ሁሉ፣ ድሮ እንዳንናገራቸው ዝምታ ወርቅ ነው ብለውን ዛሬ ባሕላችን ሆኖ ቀረ። የሰው ልጅ ባኅሪ ሆኖ ሁሌ በተገናኘን ቁጥርም ምነው ጠፋህ እንባባላለን። ነገር ግን የተጠፋፋንበትን ምክንያት ከሞላ ጎደል ለምን እንደሆነም እናውቀዋለን። ይሁንና ተገናኝተን መከራከሩን፣ መጨቃጨቁን፣ ያልሆነ ወሬ መስማቱንና ማውራቱን በመጥፋትና በዝምታ እንሸፍነዋለን። እኔም በመጥፋት ግንኙነቴን ልቀይር እንጂ ያለኝን ገንቢም ሆነ ተቃራኒ ሀሳቤን ጠፍቼም ቢሆን ዝም እንዳላልኩና እንዳልሸፋፈንኩት በየጊዜው ከምታነቡት አስተያየቴ ትረዳላችሁ። 

አነሰም በዛም እንደሚባለው፣ እኔ የምለው ጎበዝ፣ ያም ሆነ ይህ ዛሬ በአዲሱ ክፍለ ዘመን ይህ ዝምታ ወደ ፊት ሊያራምደን አልቻለም። ትዕግሥትና አክብሮት በተመላበት በግልፅና በፍሬዓማ አንደበት ተወያይተን ነገራትንና ችግሮችን ለየት ባለ መልኩ ለማስወገድና ለማሸነፍ በግለሰብ፣ በማሕበራትና በሐገር ደረጃም አስፈላጊ መሆኑን ማወቅ ተስኖን በሥልጣንና በብሔር ልዩነት ጭንቅላታችንን አበላሽተን የሌሎችንም ከማበላሸት አልፈን የኑሮ መሰናክል በመሆን የሰውንም ሕይወት እስከማበላሸት እንደርሳለን።

በጣሙን አጥብቀን ማወቅ የተሳነን ከየትኛውም ብሔር ብንሆን በኢትዮጵያዊነታችን አምነን ኢትዮጵያዊነት አንድነታችን፣ አንድነታችን ኢትዮጵያዊነት መሆኑን ነው።

ሁሌ ያላዋቂ ሳሚ... ጥያቄዎችን በመሰንዘር የሰሜን ሰው ነህ(ሽ)? የደቡብ ሰው ነህ(ሽ)? የማነህ(ሽ)? የእገሌ ሰው? ብለን ከመለያየት፣ መጀመሪያ ኢትዮጵያዊ(ት) ወይም በተለምዶ አበሻ ነኝ ማለቱ ያስከብራል። ከዚያ የትውልድ ዘር ካስፈለገ በቅንነትና በንጹህ ልቦና ያለመናናቅ መወያየት ይቻላል።

ማወቅ ያለብን ሁላችንም የሰው ልጆች ነን። ነገር ግን ይህ አባባል በባሕላችን ወይንም በሕብረተሰባችን ዘንድ የተለመደ ስላልሆነ ማንኛውንም የሰው ዘር ለማክበር ኅሊናችንን ማስተማርና መለወጥ ይኖርብናል። አእምሯችን ብዙ መጥፎ ነገሮችን ለማስወገድና ጥሩ ነገሮችንም ለመማር (train our brain) እንደሚችል ሊቃውንቶች ደጋግመው ነግረውናል።

መስፍን ሽፈራው - ስንቱን አስታወስኩት

ፅድቅና ኩነኔ ቢኖርም ባይኖርም፣

ከክፋት ደግነት ሳይሻል አይቀርም የሚለው የአንደኛ ደረጃ የግብረ ገብነት አስተምሪዬ መልእክት ሁል ጊዜም ትዝ ይለኛል።

ሁሌም የምናደርገው፣ የምናየውና እምንሰማው በባሕላችን የተለመደውን ባኅሪ ነው። ከሁሉም ጋር ለመኖር አውቀው እንዳላወቁ፣ የማያወቁት ደግሞ እንደሚያወቁ፣ተምረው እንዳልተማሩ፣ሳይማሩ እንደተማሩ፣ወደው እንዳልወደዱ፣ጠልተው እንዳልጠሉ፣አምተው እንዳላሙ፣ተሳድበው እንዳልተሳደቡና ሌላም አስተሳሰብ ወይንም አመለካከት ያላቸው ብሔረሰባችን ውስጥ ብዙ ናቸው ብል እውነቱን በማውጣቴ ንዴትንና ጥላቻን ካባባስኩባችሁ ይቅርታ ልል ነበር ነገር ግን ምን ያለበት ዝላይ አይችልም ነው የሚብለው? እውነት ከመናገር ሌላ ያጠፋሁት ነገር የለም ለማለት ነው። ካጠፋሁ ጠቅልላውን አስተያየቴን በመስጠቴም አጥፍቻለሁ ማለት ነው እንደምታስቡት ከሆነ። ይቅርታ ቀደም ብዬ እንዳልኳችሁ እንናገር እንጂ እንድንግባባ።

ዋናው ነገር አገራችንን ከመለወጣችን በፊት የራሳችንን አስተሳሰብና አመለካከት መለወጥ፣ እንደድሮው ማሰብን መተው፣ ዘረኝነትን ማስወገድ፣ መከባበርንና መተባበርን መልመድ፣ ቅራኔንና ጥላቻን በዱላ፣ በጠመንጃ፣ በትቺትና ወሬ ሳይሆን ችግሮችን ወይንም ጉዳዮችን በሰላምና አክብሮት ተወያይተን መፍትሄ መፈለግ ነው። ቅናትና ምቀኝነትም  በዚህ በአዲሱ ክፍለ ዘመን ምንም ብንናደድ፣ብንፈነዳ እንደማይሠራ አጥብቀን ማወቅም አስፈላጊ ይመስለኛል። 

መልካሙ ተበጀ - ስንቱን አሳለፍነው

መለወጥና መለወጥ እንችላለን

አብዛኛው ሕዝባችን ምን ያህል አስተሳሰቡ እንዳልተለወጠ ለማወቅ አያዳግትም፣ ምክንቱም አዲሱ የአሠራር አስተዳደር በአዲስ መንፈስ ለመምራት በመሞከሩ ደስተኛ ያልሆኑና የድሮው አሠራር እስካሁንም ልባቸው ውስጥ ያለው ብሔረሰባችን ሁሌም ለቅራኔና ጥላቻ ይዳረጋሉ። መፍትሄውም መጀመሪያ ራስን መለወጥና ከዚያም የሚያስፈልጉንን ነገሮች መለወጥ እንደምንችል ነው።

በጣም የሚያሳዝነውና የሚዘገንነው ነገር ቢኖር ብዙሃኑ ምሁሮቻችንም በየዕለቱ እንደ ሕፃን ቀስ በቀስ በማደግና በመልካም አመራር ላይ ያለውን አዲሱን የአገራችንን ለውጥ እያዩ ያደጉበትን የዘወትር ትቺት  ዓመል አድርገው በዘር አመካኝተው ሁሌ ያለምክንያት ሲቃረኑና ሲያንቋሽሹ መስማትና ማየቱ ነው።

ከብዙ ዓመታት በፊት ለውጡ እንደተጀመረ ሀሳባቸውን በየጊዜው በድኅረ ገጽ ላይ አዘውትረው የሚጽፉትም ምሁራን ወገኖቻችን በእድሜ ተሸንፈውና ምናልባት ስለ ሰለቻቸው ልበልና ከመታየትና መሰማት ተሰውረው በጤናም እንዳሉ ለማወቅ አልቻልንም። ያው የምንጠብቀው እንደ ሂሩት በቀለ ሲሞቱ መስማቱን ነው። እስከዚያው ድረስ ግን እስከ ዛሬ ላበረከቱት አስተውጽኦ በሕይወት እያሉ ማመስገን ይኖርብናል። 

ያላዋቂ ሳሚ ...እንደሚባለው ሁሉ በአመራርና በለውጡ ጥፋትም ሆነ ድክመት ካለ የሁላችንም ጥፋትና ኃላፊነት እንደሆነም መረዳት ጥሩ ነው። ለገንቢነት የተሞከሩት የሀሳብ ጥፋቶች የበለጠ እንዲበላሹ እልህ ከማስያዝ፣ ልማቱ በይበልጥ እንዳይሻሻል ቅራኔና ያልተረጋገጠ ወሬና ትችት ከማዘውተር፣ ማበረታቻ ሀሳብንና ምስጋናንም ማዘውተሩ ለእድገታችን ቋሚ መሰላል መሆኑን መልሰን መላልሰን መለማመድ ይኖርብናል።

ብዙ ባሕላችን ሆነው አብሮአችን ያደጉትን ፀባያችንንና ዓመላችንን ትሕትና በተሞላበትና ለየት ባሉ በመንፈስ ተቀባይነት ባላቸው መልካም ዓመሎች ለመለወጥ በጥንካሬና በቆራጥ መንፈስ መታገል ይኖርብናል። ሕብረተሰባችንም የእያንዳንዱን ግለሰብ ለውጥ አይቶ ተቀየረ(ች)፣ ተለወጠ(ች)፣ ኮራ(ች)፣ ዘነጠ(ች)፣ ተቀየመ(ች)፣ እንደድሮ አይደለም፣ አይደለችም በማለት በአሉታዊ ምክንያቶችና ነገራት የባሰ ከማደፍረስ የራሳችንን ፀባይ ከጊዜው ለውጥ ጋር ማስማማትን ማዘውተርና በጥሩ መንፈስም መቀበል ያስፈልገናል።

ማወቅ ያለብን ማንም ከመሬት ተነስቶ ምንም ሳያደርገው ወይንም ሳያደርጋት፣ ስለ እሱ ወይንም እሷ ወሬም ቢወራ ሳናጣራ ሰውን የመጥላት ልማዳችንን ማቆም እንዳለብን ነው።

በደንብ ማስተዋል ያለብን ከዚህ በፊት በሥራቸውና አስተሳሰባቸው ብቁና ችሎታ የነበራቸውን መልካም ለሠሩልን ግለሰቦች ሁሉ ውለታቸውን በጥሩ ሁኔታ ማመስገን እንዳለብንም ማወቁ ጥሩ ነው። ምንም ቢሆን ምንም ማንንም በአድልዎ፣ በዘር፣ በጥላቻና ቅናት ምክንያት አስወግደን በመጥፎ አመለካከት እንዳናይ የእያንዳንዳችን ኃላፊነትም መሆኑን ነው።

ዘመድ ከዘመዱ...ካመዱ ብለው ድሮ እንደተረቱት፣ በአሁኑ ጊዜም ልክ እንዳለፉት ዘመናት ዝምድና፣ ወገናዊነት፣ ዘርነትንና አድልዎነትን ተመርኩዘን ለማሞገስም ሆነ ለማመስገን ልዩነታችንን እናሳያለን። ይህም መስተንግዶ ከባሕላችን የመነጨ ባኅሪ በመሆኑ፣ መንፈሳዊ አስተሳሰባቸውን ቀደም ብለው የለወጡት ግለሰቦቻችን የባሕሪውን መነሻ በደንብ ስለሚያውቁ ጥላቻ ባለው መጥፎ አመለካከት እንደማያዩትም ደግመው ደጋግመው ከሚያደርጉት ተግባራዊ ድርጊቶች እናስተውላለን።

እንኳን ላሳደገኝ እዚህ ላደረሰኝ፣

አመሰግናለሁ ባዳው ላጐረሰኝ በማለት የአገራችን አዝማሪዎች ተጫውተዋል።

ይሁንና በትምህርት ቤትም ሆነ በቤተሰብ ደረጃ ስለእነዚህና ሌሎችም የሰላም ኑሮ ባኅሪዎች አጥብቆ ያስተዋለና ምክር የሰጠ ምሁርና ዘመድ በጭብጥ የሚገመት ነው። እነዚህም ጥፋቶች የተዘረዘሩት ለወቀሳ ሳይሆን አብሮን ያደጉ ባኅሪዎች መሆናቸውንና በአዲሱ ዘመንም ልብ ማለቱና ነገራትን አስተውሎ እገሌ በነገረን ወሬ ብቻ የቅርብ ጓደኞቻችንንና ሌላውንም ሰው ከመጥላታችንና ከመራቅችን በፊት በራሳችን ኅሊና ማመዛዘንና ሳንሸበር በትዕግሥት መጠያየቅንና መወያየትን መቻል ወይንም መልመድ እንዳለብን ነው።

የእያንዳንድችን ብሔረሰብ ባኅሪና አኗኗርም የተለያየ ቢሆንም ብዙዎቻችን ካደግን በኋላ ለጥቅምና ኑሮ ብለን ተሽሎና አይሎ በሚገኘው ብሔር ስማችንንና እምነታችንን ለውጠን እንደምንኖር ማንም ሰው እንደማይክድ ተስፋ በማድረግ ነው።

ለምሳሌ ያህል የስም ለውጥ፣ ብርሃኑ አብደላ፣ መስፍን ሁሴን፣ ወንዶሰን ገመዳ፣ አልማዝ ወልደሰናይ፣ ሐብተወልድ ጫላ፣ በዳኔ ገሠሠ፣ ወዘተ ናቸው። ይህ ለወቀሳና ለመወንጀል ሳይሆን አብሮ ለመኖር ብሔሩ የሚያደርገው የኑሮ ድርጊት ምን ያህል ተግባራዊና የፈቃደኝነት መፍትሔ እንደሆነለት ነው።

ይህ ዛሬ በዝርዝር የፃፍኩት የአገራችን(የኢትዮጵያ) ሕዝብ የኑሮ ባኅሪም አዲስ ያልተሰማ ወሬ መስሎ ቢታይም እውነት እንደነበረ ብዙዎቻችን ብናውቅም ተግባሩ እኔ ከሞትኩ ብዙ ዓመታት በኋላ በደንብና በተሻሻለ ሁናቴ ታሪካችን ውስጥ ገብቶ እንደሚኖር ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ።

መሀሙድ አህመድ - ዝምታ ነው መልሴ

ሰውን ቀርበው በደንብ ሳያውቁ በደፈናው በሰሙት ወሬ ብቻ እገሌ እንደዚህ ነው፣ እንደዚህ ዓይነት ሰው ነው፣ ወዘተ ስለተባሉ ብቻ የማያውቅትን ሰው ለመቅረብ በተወራላቸው ወሬ ጥላቻን የሚያዘወትሩ እንዳሉ የታወቀ ነው። እንደባሕል ሆኖ ሕብረተሰባችንና ማህበረሰባችንም ወሬን በማመን ተገቢ የሆነ ያልሆነ ምክንያት ፈልፍለው መልካም ሥራ የሠሩትን ሁሉ ረስተው ሰውን የሚነጥሉና የሚገልሉ እምብዛም ግለሰቦች እንዳሉ የማይካድ ነው።

ዶሮ ውኃ ጠምቶት መንገድ ላይ ይጠጣል፣

ከዋሉ ካደሩ መረሳት ይመጣል በማለት ንዋይ ደበበ ዘፍኖታል።

ለዚህ ነው እንኳን ጥሩ ሥራችንን ለሰው መንገር ቀርቶ ለራሳችንም ለተደረገልን ጥሩ ድርጊት ማመስገን የሚከብደን። የዛን ሰው መጥፎም ሆነ ጥሩ ወሬ ብንሰማም ከመራቅና በግልምጫ ከማየት፣ ቀርበን መተዋወቁና መወያየቱ ብዙ ነገሮችን ያሻሽላል፣ ያቀራርባል፣ የሁላችንንም ጥሩ ጎናችንንም ለማወቅ ያመቻል።

ሁላችንም እንደምናውቀው የሰው ልጅ በኑሮው ላይ ብዙ ችግሮችን አሸንፎ ለመኖር የሚያደርገው ትግል ብዙ እንደሆነ ነው። ይህንንም ለማድረግ ብዙዎቹ ከሌላው ጋር ተገናኝተውና ተወያይተው ችግራቸውን ለማቃለል ሲሞክሩ፣ አንዳንዶች ደግሞ ሌላውን ላለማስቸገር ወይንም ችግራቸውን ላለማሰራጨትና ከዚህ በላይ የተጠቀሱት ልዩነታችንን ምክንያት በማድረግ ከሚያውቁትና ከሌሎችም ርቀው በማንም ላይ የጥላቻ መንፈስ ሳይኖራቸው በሰላምና በደስታ የሚኖሩ ናቸው።

ስለራሴ ማውቀው እኔው እራሴ ነኝ፣

ለምን ዝም አይልም ሌላው ካላገዘኝ።

በማለት ድምፃዊው ንዋይ ደበበ ችግሩን በዘፈን አጋርቶናል።

ብዙም ዝርዝር ውስጥ ሳልገባ የተባለውን በሙሉ ስለምናውቅ በተቻለ ዘዴ የሰው ወሬ ሰምተን ከመለያየት ወይንም ከመራራቅ፣ እይታችን በሞትና ሕመም ጊዜ ብቻ ሳይሆን ለእያንዳንዳችን መልካም ምኞት ኖሮን የጋራ የሆነ መንፈሳዊ ሥነልቦናና ሥነምግባር በተሞላበት ሀሳብና አስተያየት በሕይወት ተገናኝተን በጽሞና መወያየቱ ጥሩ የመቀራረብ ልምድን ሊያመጣ እንደሚችል ሙሉ ተስፋ በማድረግ ነው።

ማወቅ እናውቃለን፣ ብንናገር እናልቃለን ማለት ቀረ። ይልቁንም በጣም የሚያሳዝነንና የሚቆጨን ያሰብነውንና የፈለግነውን መልካም ነገር ሳናደርግና ሀሳባችንን ያለስድብ ሳንናገር መሞታችን ነው። 

እንደምናውቀው የአገራችንም የብሔር የሥራ አሠራር ሁሌም አገዛዝ ወይም አስተዳደር ላይ ባሉት ብሔረ ሰቦች ሀሳብ ብቻ የተመሠረተ እንደሆነና ይህም አስተሳሰብ ሲወርድ ሲዋረድ የወረስነው የእኩልነት መብት ጠንቅ አሁንም እንዳይደገም በመደረጉ መብቱን የተነፈጉት ጥቂት ግለሰቦች ለውጡን ስላልለመዱትና ስላልተደሰቱ አምባገነን መሆንን መርጠው ሌተቀን ከተመረጡት አዲሱ ሥርዓት መሪዎች ጋር እየታገሉ ይኖራሉ።

አባቱ ዳኛ፣ ልጁ ቀማኛ የተባለው ወገናዊ እርክብካቤ ከቀረ ብዙ ጊዜ ሆኖታል። አሁን የሥራህ ያውጣህ/ሽ ጊዜ መሆኑን መቀበል ያቃታቸው ግለሰቦች እንዳሉ ግልጽ ነው። በያዝነው በአዲሱ ክፍለ ዘመን ሀሳባችንን ለመግለጽና ያፈለግነውን ለማለት መብታችን ቢሆንም፣ ጥላቻና ዘረኝነትን ምርኩዝ አድርገን ሌላውን ወገኖቻችንን ዓይንህ/ሽ ላፈር ማለት ከሰብዓዊነት ውጪ ከመሆኑም በላይ ተገቢም እንዳልሆነ በደንብ ማወቅም የውዴታ ግዴታችን ነው።

ከጊዜው ለውጥ ጋር ለመራመድም አስተሳሰባችን ካለፉት ዘመናት የተሻለና ሰብዓዊ ርኅራሄን ያዘለ መሆን እንዳለበትና የምንኖርበት አካባቢውና ባሕሪው አመቺ ባይሆንም ለየት ባለ እሳቤ ራሳችንን ለመለወጥና ለማሻሻል ትልቅ ትዕግስትና ጊዜ እንደሚያስፈልገን መገንዘብና ጥሩ የማስተዋል ኅሊናም እንዲኖረን ያስፈልጋል።

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