THE WISDOM TO BUILD: Directives for an Emerging Year
Message from His Excellency Minister Ahmed Assalaam, S.G.M.
UNIA Potentate & Supreme Commissioner

ONE GOD! ONE AIM! ONE DESTINY!

It is with honor and humility that I take this time to extend greetings and salutations to the esteemed members of our Great Association and most noble members of the race. A new year has dawned not only bringing with it the light of hope which illuminates our pride in who we are as a people, but also clearly illustrates what we can achieve through self determination.

To say it mildly, I am proud to be counted among the ranks of the Negro Peoples of the World, founders of civilization and culture whose time has now come to restore universal harmony by subduing the wicked and corrupt savage beast. When I say subdue I mean in essence that we must reach within our internal depths in order to re-assert a higher level of consciousness that is directly tied to the Supreme Mind of the Almighty One God. That is our manifest achievement!

Therefore, my first directive for the coming year would be for each of us to stop and ask our Self the question: “Am I a man/woman, or am I a beast?!” If you answer to the latter then before doing anything else you need to go and get your Self under control.

When I remember the stories of the ancients I envision the lessons of Noah, Job, Jonah, and countless others who possessed the knowledge and attained the wisdom to understand that acts of faith and courage are key elements in the equation of overcoming evil with a greater good. I see the days of Melchezidek the High Priest who had ruled upon the throne of glory for a thousand years, and who directed Abram and counseled him in his victory at the Valley of the Kings. I see the boy and the stone, the boy in the pit, those tried by the fire, the man of many coats, temptation on the mount, and Muhammad at the Battle of Badr; all born and nurtured (physically, mentally, and spiritually) through the unceasing love and devotion of the Black Woman, mother of earth and civilization. This is my insight into the victory of good over evil.

From the ancestors to the babies who shall continue to be born, our thoughts evolving through the processes of kinesis, is electro-magnetic energy deriving from and returning to the Mind of the Supreme. Those of higher understanding are able to tune themselves into the frequency of unified consciousness where they come to know and understand that it is not self preservation that should be the rule of civilization, but rather the principles and practices of like preservation which shall sustain our noble race upon the highest Order of the reality of existence.

Today, there is no doubt that in order to survive we need to get with that “Unified Mind” in order to make our aims and objectives become reality or everything else is folly! We have faithfully set out the task before us through adoption of the Ten Year Plan first enacted August 2006. Right now we are encountering a vast yet fathomable apex that has made it absolutely clear we must have a well developed plan of approach if as a race we are going to take our rightful place as true leaders in the world arena. Based upon this understanding we have acknowledged that the Ten Year Plan will not only bring us into the 21st century, but also take us well into the next millennium.

Having completed the first and second order of business according to the Ten Year Plan (appoint/elect the High Executive Council and turn the day to day administration back into the hands of the President General), and having already initiated our third order of business through the adoption and signing of the “Unification Agreement of August 10, 2007“, our directives for the emerging year are to increase worldwide membership, and continue to issue charters. This includes an active and ongoing attempt to unify all factions and off shoots, or isolated subordinate societies, as well as, the fourth order of business which is to reassemble the greatest minds of our time and our race to actively pursue and complete the plan and make this thing happen!

Throughout this year and for years to come it is absolutely crucial that we remember our oath and commitment to the cause of African Redemption and continue striving according to the Ten Year Plan.

My final directive is to say that now is the time we should all rally around President General Cleophus Miller, Jr. and not be swayed by the inevitable events of time. We should honor President Miller’s name and pray that he will only grow stronger as he leads us towards our intended destination embodied and sealed in the “Unification Agreement.”

Surely our destiny is in our own hands.

Your obedient servant who loves you as God Loves you….

“Up you mighty race you can accomplish what you will.”

For a more detailed summary of the Ten Year Plan I ask that you read my message soon to be posted at WWW.UNIA-ACL.COM

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