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- Title
Samadhi: The Highest Stage of Human Development -- Implications for African Societies.
- Authors
Hotep, Uhuru
- Abstract
This research, based mainly on sources published over the past 70 years, examines the transcendental mental state known to the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) priesthood of the Nwy (Nile) River Valley as "hetep"; the pious Yoruba of Nigeria as "lai-lai"; the illustrious Akan-speakers of Ghana as "nana"; the medieval European Christians as the "mystic union"; the enlightened Tibetan Buddhists as "satori"; and the saintly Hindus of India as "samadhi." For the sake of simplicity, the term samadhi will be used exclusively throughout this essay primarily because most of the available literature describing this level of mental-spiritual functioning comes from the Dravidian and Aryan philosophical traditions of ancient India where the term is most often used to describe this exalted state. I argue in the concluding section that until African societies are thoroughly organized and managed by Maatian Pan-African centered elites well-versed in the best of Western science and the science of consciousness elevation that lead to high-level mental states like samadhi, Africa will remain disunited, weak and powerless, serving no higher purpose than to enrich the coffers of her neocolonial masters and their unscrupulous supporters who are motivated by the hope of personal gain.
- Subjects
INDIA; SAMADHI; TRANSCENDENTAL Meditation; PRIESTHOOD; ELITE (Social sciences)
- Publication
Journal of Pan African Studies, 2014, Vol 7, Issue 7, p36
- ISSN
0888-6601
- Publication type
Article