But again, it is also a sacred good to be achieved for us now, so that even in our time and no matter in what land or place, we and all others can self-consciously participate in creating and living well in a radically repaired, renewed and remade world in a real moral, material and political sense. And we must engage this world-encompassing and world-transforming task remembering the sacred Husitic teachings of our ancestors that “every day is a donation to eternity and even one hour is a contribution to the future.”
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And as I argue in my work, Maat, the Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics (2004, 2006), it means creating and sustaining an ever-expanding realm of African and human freedom and human flourishing, rooted in a profound respect for human dignity and potentiality, and a steadfast commitment to the health and wholeness of the world and all in it as imagined, explored and instructed in the classical and Kawaida Maatian ethical teachings of our honored ancestors.
The ancient African ethical imperative of serudj ta, to repair, renew and remake the world, remains as relevant today and perhaps more urgent for us and all human beings, given the times in which we now live and the damage, devastation and dangers we sense and see all around us.
Living a Kawaida Life: Self-Understanding, Relatedness, Striving and Sharing Good
By Dr. Maulana Karenga
Dr. Maulana Karenga (File Photo)
One of the greatest and continuing challenges of our lives, in both ordinary and extraordinary times is to know how to live a good life and then to actually live it in a conscious, committed and determined way. Such a practice proves itself difficult in the absence of a guiding philosophy which defines the meaning and measure of a good life and urges us to pursue and practice it. Kawaida philosophy, a African-centered philosophy of life, work and struggle offers a foundation and framework for such a pursuit and practice.