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EDITORIALS
The Hair-netted Gravy Server Strikes Again
Spiritual Consciousness on Campus
By Chester Starks
Campus News Editor
Within this microcosm of
elevated spiritual
consciousness, technological
advancement and limitless
cultural/ sexual/ human
exploitation, I see that the
world has problems and that
people have different ways of
coping with them. I also see a
very detrimental pattern
evolving in
our
communities
across the
world. Some
of these
problems are
represented
and
manifested at
Morehouse.
The problem that I want to
deal with at present is
spirituality.
Many understand that one
must have a strong spiritual
foundation to transcend
problems in society. However,
people commonly mistake
religion for spirituality.
Religion is a group's organized
method of expressing its
spirituality. Spirituality is
one's ability to walk with, hear
and know the Creator. While
religions differ, spirituality
remains the same. Because
people view religion and
spirituality differently (and
usually believe that their view
is better than anyone else's),
opposing viewpoints on
semantics and authenticity
cloud our judgment and
prevent us from seriously
understanding our spiritual
awareness.
For example, a few weeks
ago, Dr. Charles Finch from
the Morehouse School of
Medicine shared some of his
spiritual experiences at a
Crown Forum. Some of his
experiences seemed to be
funny to some of our brothers.
It is a shame that we laugh at
our elders when they testify to
their tangible spiritual
experiences. "Don't knock
what you don't know" is the
phrase for today. If the man
said that he saw
interdimensional candy, let
him have his experience
without so much laughter and
skepticism.
I'm sick of seeing
Christians arguing with
Muslims about God vs. Allah,
Jesus vs. Muhammed. Let's
compare the two individuals
in terms of the principles they
used instead of hoopin' and
hollerin' about which is better,
more real or prophetic. I want
to see us use each others'
wisdom for the positive
elevation of our people's
souls. I only used Christanity
and Islam as an example
because they are the most
popular. Various
denominations of
Christianity argue amongst
themselves, and so do
Muslims.
I want to see us grow
from our
combined
wisdom
instead of
hearing
about it:
Nuwaubian
Moors
having
yelling
matches
with the Five Percent Nation;
Baptists (among others)
complaining about Jehovah's
Witnesses knocking on their
door; followers of KMT's
Metu Neter constantly
reiterating how lost other
religions are, etc. Although
each point of view is not
necessarily wrong, I think that
we can use more humility in
how we present our
perspective. None of us alone
have every single answer to
every single question, but
with us all working together,
we can produce answers that
all of us can use.
Because people view religion and spirituality
differently (and usually believe that their view is better
than anyone else’s), opposing viewpoints on semantics
and authenticity cloud our judgment and prevent us
from seriously understanding our spiritual awareness.
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