Introduction:
In 2007 I wrote my second booklet on Peace Building as a commissioner of the TRC.
It was entitled: “A Historical Overview & Humankind’s Search for Freedom,
Liberty and Justice for all from and African perspective”. The general premise
throughout this booklet is summarized as follows:
“The selfish heart of public leaders is like the
HIV virus infecting a Nation-State. I coined this state of heart as the ‘FUL-C
virus’[1] and
sort to show in booklet 2 how leaders whose hearts have been infected with “FUL-C”
eventually create a ’Culture of Corruption, Impunity and Selfishness (what I called C-CIMS)”
in their Nation-State. Like AIDS after HIV infection I again sort to show that
such a nation-state cannot be cured by violent revolutions alone or any other
materialistic strategy. At this point no simple change of national leadership,
not even impeachment can resolve the problem of corrupt governance because by
now the problem has taken cultural roots.
My premise concluded with a call for a spiritual
revolution of the hearts, minds and character of the people especially
their leadership class (that critical 1%) centered on restorative justice, meant
to rebuild a new culture rooted in sustainable peace and good governance. I
showed that any attempt to move forward for good governance (as in
constitutional reforms only) without this spiritual reformation process, would be a big waste of time & lead to cyclic repetitions of false peace. Why…? The
heart of the nation remains unchanged. The heart of a person is the root of his
or her behavior; likewise, the heart of a nation and its citizens is the root
of national character.
After a civil conflict, material disarmament
alone, as in taking guns from fighters, staging urgent elections or reforming
the Security and Judicial systems; without Spiritual disarmament, as in Truth
for Reconciliation, coupled with moral/ethical empowerment would not uproot the
cause of our national crisis.”
Liberia,
Africa and the world today; regrettably, have chosen to follow this very path of material
disarmament, with little emphasis on the spiritual revolution or reformation. As a result
we crossed the 21st century with religious diversity and the rise of
religious fundamentalism replacing Communism as our new liberators.
Towards a new Spiritual Revolution:
I would like to repeat the last section of booklet 2 with some updates. In this I hope to justify, by using Liberia as an example, why a spiritual revolution towards the unification of all religions is essential for world peace:
“...Let us conclude this chapter by discussing why a revolutionary change of
leadership cannot resolve the effect of a culture of violence & impunity.
Usually after a revolutionary change of leadership, new leaders find themselves
faced with the same cultural elements of corruption, impunity and widespread
selfishness planted by their predecessors. This is presently the case in
Liberia with Madam Johnson-Sirleaf since Elections2005 and 2011. Without a
new spiritual revolution to deal with the cultural elements, such leaders
usually have no other options but to accept the situation as normal and focus
on practical means to deal with national reconstruction. In most cases
such new leaders only focus on economic development as the hope for stability
and national reconstruction. They do this in ignorance of the true nature
of C-CIMS; seeing the widespread disease, ignorance and poverty of the masses
around them, they usually think the problem is only economics, not knowing that
the C-CIMS virus (selfish heart of leaders) is selfishly sucking up the
economic power that is being pumped into the nation leaving the masses dying of
economic starvation. We have compared this process to the “Wasting Effect” in
AIDS patients caused by opportunistic diseases. In this political scenario it
is caused by political opportunist hidden throughout the global system using their
political and economic power for selfish reasons with only a fraction going to
the Masses!
Since October 2003 with the seating of the NTGL we
have all clearly seen this phenomena in action here in Liberia. The new leadership started
their tenure with great hope such as, cuts in the price of gasoline, rice and
other commodities coupled with clear plans for restoring the utilities and
making current GOL payrolls etc. However after
six months of activities the reality of C-CIMS became transparent. Not
one newspaper in those days did not report our national sickness leaving the
then interim leadership class embarrassed and helpless over the situation, to
the point where GEMAP became there only hope. Eventually with the seating of
the new GOL in January of 2006, leaders of the NTGL were brought to justice for
C-CIMS by the new leadership. Thou the present leadership under H.E Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
(Africa’s first female president) have shown they can make a difference
economically, from 2006 to 2013, providential forces recently opened all of our
eyes to the importance of regional inclusion if we truly want to resolve
C-CIMS. Notice how Ebola destroyed all benefits of the past eight years.
For new leaders
trying, after a failed state scenario, to play GOD by thinking they alone can
judge their past peers and resolve the painful past without a spiritual
revolution to objectively uproot the C-CIMS virus and serve as a prelude
for the rebirth of their nation; providential history continues to teaches them
the hard way as follows :
1. Firstly they are taught that traditional retributive
justice applied on those perceived as criminals of the state after the
temporal restoration of civil order does not restore the nation, since the evil
cultural influence of the past has not been weeded out by the application of proper
restorative justice such as proposed by Liberia’s TRC. Any action on the
part of such selfish leaders without proper judgment of the global historical
past, only gives more fuel to advance the will of evil represented by the
resentment and retaliation of other selfish leaders (like themselves) seeking
justice. This is linked to the mistake of the late President William R. Tolbert
and party taking over after Tubman’s 27-year quasi-dictatorial rule. He sort
rapid change without a proper reconciliation process. It led to his death in
1980!
2. Second they usually find themselves faced with strong
evil forces in their unjust selfish process of politically dealing with the
past. These forces naturally arise from the confused environment of present
human nature which is both good and evil linked to the original S.I.N. (Selfish
Individual Nature) of humankind’s historical predecessors (the bible
refers to Adam & Eve, as a man & woman created by God, fulfilling the
role of historical predecessors; while science tends to believe we have evolved
from Apes …What do you think?). Eventually these evil forces tent to naturally dominate such leaders
making them no different than their predecessors. This was the mistake of the
late President S. K Doe and party as they rose to vindicate the alleged past
injustices of the Tubman/Tolbert led TWP. He too sort a rapid change without a
proper reconciliation process. It too led to his death in 1990!
3. Thirdly having removed those perceived enemies of the state
outside of the normal rule of law, without first dealing properly with the
culture of violence and impunity, these leaders are slowly led to their own
slaughter by higher international laws seeking to properly liberate a
nation as a whole from the general tyranny of evil which they have now become a
part of. This was the mistake of President Charles Taylor as he and his party
sought to lead Liberia into the glorious New Millennium without a transparent and
God-Centered reconciliation of our past. Instead of his death in 2000, his Vice
President died so that he could have the distinct honor of being the first
elected President in the world to be judged for Crimes Against Humanity at the
level of aiding and abiding. He was finally sentenced to 50 years in a British
prison in September 2012.
4. Four and finally having betrayed all local
partners in leadership for the grace of international support towards rapid
economic growth without first dealing properly with the culture of violence and
impunity, these leaders are suddenly shown the wrongs of their ways by
higher level cosmic laws seeking to
properly liberate the world from the general tyranny of evil which they have
chosen to over look for self aggrandizement. This we believe might be the
mistake of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The Ebola virus and its death toll
was only a divine warning. Heaven still has great hope for her leadership and
the destiny of Liberia over the next two years. If not our only hope will be
the new leadership post-election2017.
The Interlude Years after 2013:
In my next booklet 3 (due out
by July2016) we shall attempt to review the biblical bases of why a spiritual
revolution of heart & mind is
critical to properly resolve civil conflicts after the VRS (Violent
Revolutionary Strategy ) technique has uprooted the old political leadership
class. Remember if the goal is TRUE social justice, as in the Liberian National
Pledge: “… with Liberty & Justice for ALL”; then it can be shown that this
is impossible under “the Rule of Law” with men and women of low moral values
running public offices. Thus there is a need to resurrect such fallen people
and transform them into true children of God.
Why…? Only such citizens as true children of God can ultimately resist the temptations of S.I.N (selfish
Individual Nature) existing all around them. They are able to do this because
they have entered the realm where the “word of God” is written in their hearts
not just on their minds as in their Churches and Mosque. We call this realm the “Rule of Love”. It is a realm
beyond the religious diversity of today’s religious community. It will come
into being only when we all understand the meaning of True Love as the parental
love rooted in the heart of the One True God. This heart is revealed through a true family lifestyle.
Towards the final resurrection of humankind:
As long as we have religious diversity
as we have now, evil will continue to divide and conquer us in this new
millennium. The weakness of democracy, with respect to human rights violation,
corruption and impunity to the rule of law is directly linked to the Church and
State separation factor started in the 16th century. While Islamic fundamentalist try to restore this separation by force of arms, heaven seeks to do it by the power of true love rooted in True Families. This is all
coupled to unresolved religious differences of the faith community. This is why
most religious scripture talk about the Second Coming of Christ. They are foretelling
of the need for new Truth and the rise of a new Age of human history.
Without this happening, Satan
will continue to exploit the spiritual weakness of humankind, as we see in the
current rise of global terrorism and organized crime, since the decline of Global
Communism in the 1980s. Every nation
needs a new leadership class, morally and ethically empowered with the heart of
God, to resist selfish temptations. This is the true way to empower political
leadership towards a true democracy.
With a unified leadership
class of this type represented in the United Nations, the New World Order can
begin. The events of this past millennium-crossing in 2000AD, centered on the call for the restructuring of the United
Nations and the global cry for a world culture of peace & unity, are clear
signs the New World Oder is on the rise, thus the spiritual revolution has
begun. Soon with the proper
implementation of this global spiritual revolution, the world will see the end
of C-CIMS, and hopefully AIDS and EBOLA.”
My Final Point of Concern:
On September 5, 2015 my wife and
I started a special 100 day prayer condition for Liberia and W. Africa in the aftermath of our second Ebola outbreak. With the
rise of ISIS and Boko Haram since 2013, I started thinking about my above
conclusions since 2007. As we prepare to enter 2016 I felt the need to conclude
booklet 3. This article is my way of preparing to write booklet 3 by July 26 2016. The predicted rise in terrorism centered on Islamic religious fundamentalism and the ongoing middle east crisis in the mist of the Christian worldview turning towards the acceptance of homosexuality as a normal expression of Human Rights, is a clear sign of the need for a spiritual revolution. Religion today, in its divided state, lacks the power to unify mankind into One family under God. By heaven's grace a new religious movement is in our mist today. Centered on a New Truth called the "Divine Principle", a new Unification Movement founded by the Lord of the Second Coming, Rev Dr. Sun Myung Moon, has launched the final spiritual revolution towards the establishment of God's Kingdom on Earth.
In Booklet three I will start a conversation towards showing why I believe Liberia is a Nation of Destiny for Africa's unity. Aju
