Greetings Membership,
It is my great pleasure to address you all today here in this message. Although I’m sure each one of us as we read this message will find ourselves in a different place and situation than the other, for sure, at the same time we will find ourselves in the exact same place and situation by virtue of being a Human Being here on Earth.
I will take this moment to write this as a message of Unity for everyone and anyone reading this.
No matter what your history is in life, where you live, or what your culture is, you will find that each one of us is capable of anger, jealousy, love, hate, compassion, ignorance, and ingeniosity.
Even in the most well rooted and symbiotic societies on Earth, you will find educational stories handed down through the ages, which are transmitted to the youth from an early age in order to prepare us for the inevitable challenges we will inevitably face in the field of our own Human Nature.
It is only when one believes that they are not capable of what they consider to be the negative in life, that they then become its perfect messenger. Political powers and the new rulers of the world understood this very well in their desperation to control populations over the millennia in perpetuation of their social schemes.
All of the notable characteristics and so-called identities which serve to divide and define us today, somehow are a product of, or exist on a tier of this historical social hegemony.
Out of our own desperation and need to simply survive, make sure our families are fed, and to ensure that we ourselves don’t starve, we continue barreling forward; accepting that we are not capable of the same basic weaknesses the society tells we are protected from by sheer loyalty to its ideologies, and find relief in finding the root of our problems in an “other” in order to ventilate the pressure of fundamental social dysfunction.
To say it simply, we are kept far away from solving this issue by being drowned in politics and our own endless struggle for survival in today's world.
What is exceptional, amidst all this, is finding people who are capable of transcending these psychological, behavioral, and political knots, who reduce the assessments of what they observe in their lives and in their societies to its lowest common denominator; to fundamental common processes.
I invite you all, and challenge you all to take this path of transcendence, to struggle to start untying these knots. The greatest shame in life is being the hand of your own destruction and mediocrity, and shouldn’t dignity and an intelligent lifestyle be basic and common fundamentals in life?
99% of our experiences in life are common no matter where you are from, but it is politics and delusions of personal importance which frames them as vastly different.
Wishing you all courage and persistence!
Nekhitem Kamenthu
Executive Director
The Earth Center Maanu Inc.
Digital Launch for the growing global Kebtah Community
Greetings members,
We are happy to have entered a new era with the Digital Launch for Members as we continue to grow internationally in size and spread. We have grown to 250 members and we are on lands from; Burkina Faso to the USA, Canada to the UK, Grenada to Lithuania, Guyana to Sweden and Ibiza to Jamaica.
Have you been into your unique Membership area yet? If not, take a moment to check it out by clicking here: https://www.theearthcenter.org/login. When you first signed up for membership, you created an account password. You can access your member portal using this email address as your username and the original password that was created. If you no longer remember your password, just click “I forgot my password” and you will be able to create a new unique password to access your member portal. Please contact us via technical support at itsupport@theearthcenter.org with any login issues.
There you’ll find new ways to update your account, discount codes for purchasing published products and the bylaws on which we stand. On renewal, you can choose to automatically renew and manage your membership profile and account, all in your area.
We also have exclusive videos, articles, and prior newsletters related to this great mission.
We will be updating this area regularly so don’t miss the video of Nehez Meniooh’s recent ‘The Dogon Tribe’ talk in Santa Rosa, California. Also, you’ll find the series of interviews that Naba Iritah Shenmira gave on the mission entitled The Ancestral Spirit: A Decade Later…. His Spirit Still Lives, Thrives and Carries Us through.
We will email you separately for the relaunch of our Member Forums and other opportunities for us to get to know our growing community and move forward together with building the world we wish to see. As our founder Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig said, “Beauty is the Diversity in the World”.
We invite you to email us with any questions and reflections on your unique membership area and thoughts for building our connections in our growing community at: membership@theearthcenter.org.
We appreciate your patience and tolerance for any waiting time for receiving cards and responses to your queries in the last few months.
We wish that you and your Ancestors benefit and move forward with the energies of rebirth and resurrection of this part in the Divine cycle.
Biksaa Nessebik on behalf of the Membership Team
Indigenous Renaissance Initiative Update
The Indigenous Renaissance Initiative (IRI) leads the Charitable Projects and Programs of the Kebtah Temple (Earth Center) non-profit spiritual organization, which is dedicated to preserving and promoting humanity's Ancestral culture and spirituality in order to sustain the health and well being of all people.
UPDATES
Children’s Fund (CF)
The youth of the Dogon communities have been educated to understand the intricacies of working closely with nature. They are now seeking support so that they can pursue a modern school education in order to have the skills necessary to communicate and interact on a global scale. With the solid educational foundation they receive in both worlds, they will be ready to heal, guide, and enlighten the paths of those they come in contact with in the future.
Update: Up until the academic year 2022/23 (Sidereal calendar year 422), the CF has been able to support some 46 children with school fees, uniforms, books, and supplies for a second year in a row. In addition this year the Initiates of Kebtah collected new and lightly used clothes for children aged 1-14 and donated them to the families whose children received school materials from the Fund. The support was greatly appreciated by traditional and government authorities, the school leaders, and the elders of the communities in which the children live with their families.
Farming: Land/Forest Reclamation and Agroforestry
Farming is at the center of Kebtah Temple land reclamation, agroforestry, and integrated permaculture initiatives, which restore depleted land, reclaim natural forests and lands and preserve seeds and plant or tree species to return Seed Sovereignty to the indigenous communities. Without these reclamation and seed/species diversity preservation initiatives, it is not possible to revitalize life in indigenous communities.
Update: The Seeds for Indigenous Life (SIL) Seed Bank and Sustainable Farming program has completed the first phase on the land in Bonangana, near Togo, as well as integrated the first community farms that will become the core of the SIL program going forward.
Next Steps
Kebtah Temple is raising funds to expand current projects or launch new ones based on requests from the communities in West Africa.
Expanding Projects
1. The Children's Education Program will expand from 46 children this year to 100 next year
2. The Clothing Drive for children ages 1-14 with continue and happen at least twice each year
3. The Seeds for Indigenous Life (SIL) farming program will grow from 1 to 10 hectares next year
New Projects
4. Launch the first Kebtah Youth Camp indigenous apprenticeship session in the summer of 2023.
5. Launch new phases for the Seeds for Indigenous Life (SIL) program to reach 10 hectares and incorporate more community farmers to ensure community leadership in the future
6. Organize the second Djed Awards Ceremony to celebrate the pillars of the indigenous culture preservers and supporters in the Spring of 2024
Find out more about Kebtah Charitable Projects and support us by visiting: www.projectsofmeritah.org
Cycles and Rhythms
By MahAishat Mutefnout
Ancestral wisdom shows us that the existence is made up of many cycles and rhythms, and thus there is a season for everything. Kem people around the world are reflecting on the closing of a period when humanity is in a state of fragility as The God Wsr, our Ancestral father, made His travels to the Imentet (World of the Dead).
Wsr is often illustrated in a shade of green as He is the manifestation of life after death or what one might call a rebirth. At this time of year, after His transition, we observe a shift in energies towards renewal, rejuvenation, and revitalization. In the coming months we will even see an alignment in nature in many parts of the world with the Spring season and budding new plant life.
As we embark on this new period take some time to meditate on what you want to see growing and revitalized in your life. May your wishes be well received and provide enrichment for you, your family, and your community.
“You never bathe twice in the Nile. Next time,
either you have changed or the Nile has.”
~ Ancestral Proverb
