The Music of Unity
I do not know about you, but I am personally petrified and fatigued by the state of the world. I am tired of a world where divisiveness and disharmony are firmly perpetrated in our collective consciousness. A world where separationist ideologies run free.
I am sick of a world where human beings gleefully abuse, belittle, demean, destroy, disrespect, and exploit other human beings.
From the day we were born, we are accosted and confronted by a sectarian consciousness mirrored through the vectors of religion, class, education, race, gender, etc.
A child is told, you are Christian, desist from any association with Muslims. They are terrorists! The Muslim child is told that Christians are infidels. Need I tell you the fragmentation within the different monotheistic religions? You bet! Within Christendom, the Catholic can’t stand the Protestant. The Baptist disagrees with the Methodist. Within Islam, the Sunnis are at odds with the Shiites.
A child is told, you are born rich and belong to the upper class. Anyone outside your caucus is inferior and beneath you and must be treated either as subjects or objects, if need be. For “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (George Orwell, Animal Farm).
This is why social and economic stratification exists in our world. This is why a few swim in opulence whilst the majority wallow in poverty. This is why an employer exploits his staff members, remunerates them with peanuts and has the effrontery to expect high productivity and commitment. This is why items developed at a low production cost are labelled with hefty price tags and the “lowly” pay for the hope of accessing the realm of the “mighty”. This is why the so-called rich attend exclusive schools and enjoy privileges that the majority could only dream of.
This is why our true worth and value as humans is measured not by our inner qualities of love and compassion, but by the depth of our pockets, you know, the papers. The more green papers you have, the more human and valuable you become. As such, the human connection devolves from symbiotic to a parasitic state. With a deep pocket, it becomes challenging to discern authentic friends from enemies. The so-called poor already has it easy because he knows that whoever lurks around him is real. Overall, a hierarchical society where segregation and hatred thrives engendering a famine of unity, peace, love and harmony, is the abnormal norm.
But the fact remains that we are all equal. No one is born rich or poor. No one is born superior or inferior. These are harmful constructs instituted by society for the disempowerment and obstruction of unity and harmony among us. The moment your mother is wheeled out of the labour room with you, these constructs are on the sidelines waiting to hound and encumber you.
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And should you submit to them, you are going to grow up with a bloated ego and a heightened sense of entitlement. If those you call subjects refuse to acknowledge your egoistic or false self (the true self is loving, considerate and kind), you are going to smear them and curse them and violate them because you have failed to recognise that we are an indivisible unit. That we are one! That when you harm and destroy others, actually, you harm and destroy yourself.
In my observation of the matrix, I submit that it is pro-suffering, pro-pain, pro-falsehood, pro-deception, pro- trauma, pro-disunity, pro-fear, pro-ignorance, pro-sickness, pro-stupor, etc. This matrix is anti-peace, anti-harmony, anti-truth, anti-prosperity, anti-health, anti-joy, etc.
I challenge everyone who reads this today to show love, kindness and respect to others, and experience the harvest of joy and happiness that wells from your inner being. It begins with a smile and the acknowledgement of each other’s humanity. Forget about the constructs of identity politics that we have been conditioned to embrace as normal. These are illusions which strangulate, hurt, injure and cause excruciatingly unbearable pains and trauma. They exist to deprive you of joy, peace, happiness, inner fulfillment, satisfaction and a healthy human connection. If those who have robbed the earth of peace, hoarded her wealth and circulated it amongst themselves were honest, they would tell you that their lives are empty and miserable.
The journey to unity also starts with the music you listen to. I have written elsewhere that musicians are synonymous to preachers. Many, amongst them, have musically expressed a deep-seated concern for the state of the world. Songs are like seeds planted in the hearts of men which can either yield fruits or wilt away. I sincerely hope that the songs on this post would yield fruits in your hearts. I do hope that they nudge you to a state of self-awareness, self-accountability and enlightenment.
It is my pleasure to share with you a playlist of some of my favourite unity-consciousness driven songs.
Angelique Kidjo. "We Are One" Soundtrack to The Lion King 2 - Simba’s Pride (1998).
Aretha Franklin. "Everyday People" What You See Is What You Sweat (1991).
Avicii. "Hey Brother" True (2013).
Bob Marley and the Wailers. "One Love" Exodus (1977).
Brandy. "One Voice" Never Say Never (1998).
Earth Wind and Fire. "Touch the World" Touch the World (1987).
El DeBarge. "In The Storm" In The Storm (1992).
En Vogue. "Eyes of a Child" EV3 (1997).
Helen Baylor. "Live And Let Live" Love Brought Me Back (1996).
India Arie. "I Am Not My Hair" Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (2006).
Innocent “2Face” Idibia. "See Me So" Grass 2 Grace (2006).
Jeffrey Osborne. "If My Brother's in Trouble" Only Human (1990).
John Lennon. "Imagine" Imagine (1971).
Kabaka Pyramid. "Borders" Kontraband (2018).
Lionel Richie. Se La" Dancing on the Ceiling (1986).
Lucky Dube. "Different Colours/One People" Victims (1993).
Luther Vandross. "What The World Needs Now" Songs (1994).
Majek Fashek. "Holy Spirit" Spirit of Love and the Prisoners of Conscience (1991).
Mariah Carey. "There's Got To Be A Way" Mariah Carey (1990).
Mary J. Blige (feat. U2). "One" The Breakthrough (2005).
Mary J. Blige. "Time" Mary (1999).
Maze. "We Are One" We Are One (1983).
Michael Jackson. "Man in the Mirror" Bad (1987).
Michael Jackson. "Black or White" Dangerous (1991).
M People. "Fantasy Island" Fresco (1997).
Paula Abdul. "The Promise of a New Day" Spellbound (1991).
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder . "Ebony and Ivory" All The Best (1982).
Sade. "Why Can't We Live Together" Diamond Life (1984).
Shaggy. "We Are The Ones" Lucky Day (2002).
The Emotions. "Blessed" Rejoice (1977).
The Temptations. "Soul to Soul" Special (1989).
Tina Turner. "Great Spirits" Soundtrack to the Film Brother Bear (2003).
Yanni. "Love Is All" @ The Indian Concert staged at The Taj Mahal (1997).
Disclaimer: None of the songs on this post is mine. They serve the purpose of entertainment and awareness creation. Kindly support the music artistes with your clicks and subscription.
