Is the cult of the dead bad?

A cult in this context is the action of worshipping or prostrating oneself before a deity. Is it good or bad to worship or prostrate oneself before a dead person? For what purpose? African spirituality has always advocated respect for the soul even after the death of the body. Some have hastened to say that Africans worship the dead. Africans who have always believed in the existence of an immortal soul cannot worship either the physical body because it is dust and ephemeral, or the soul of the deceased because a soul does not worship another soul, it respects it. It is this mutual respect of souls that is reflected in the Japanese greeting formula NAMASTE which roughly means my soul salutes your soul the divine in me salutes the divine in you. Respect for the soul should not be confused with the worship of the dead.
by GRAND MASTER FOTSO
SPIRITUAL GUIDE

Translated by DEAR GAIN

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How to get to the top?

In the beginning was the Word. Through the Word, God created man in his image and likeness. By this same Word, Man created the world around him. The word is the concretization of thought. Action is the word in motion. Creation is the result of a thought, a word and finally an action. When a man wants to marry a woman, he first thinks of her, then courts her (word), and finally marries her (action). The world around us is the result of our thoughts, words, and actions. Look at a drunkard. The world around him revolves around beer: his friends are drunk, he is irresponsible. He prefers to drink with his money rather than pay for the children’s schooling or even rationing at home. Also observe an unfaithful woman. His friends are either free women or unfaithful women. The clothes, shoes, make-up she buys are meant to facilitate her infidelity.
When we think about poverty, let’s talk about poverty, we create poverty around us. When we think about failure, talk about failure all the time, we create failure in our lives.
To get to the top, we have to do a deep cleansing of our thoughts, our words, our actions.
A pure Word (the father), generates a pure heart (the son). Both together create the power of consciousness (holy spirit).

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THE FORMER KONGO KINGDOM

The Kongo kingdom extended from Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa, Cabinda to Angola. It comprised six provinces: Mbamba, Soyo, Mpangu, Mbata, Nsundi and Mpemba.
The first ancestors Nkengi Lufuma and Nzala Mpandu had twelve children: Lukengo, Mulangu, Nkombo, Kanioka, Ndinda, Kana, Kimbu, Ngombe, Kalombo, Mulambi, Madionga, Lubaki. They were tall and lived in northern Ethiopia. Tradition tells that Nimi and Nzinga Nkuvu had three children who are the roots of the Kongo clans: Nsaku, Mpanzu, Nzinga. First, the Nsaku clan, represented wisdom, spirituality and justice. Second, the Mpanzu Clan represented science, crafts and metallurgy. Thanks to him, the clan members did not lack tools for war and work. Third, the Nzinga clan represented power, politics.
Ne Mbemba Zulu was enthroned around 220, as prophet and guide of the Kongo people, he brought him out of Egypt.
Around 320, Mama Mbangala was their guide. At his death, Ne Nsansukulu-a-Kanda also called Nimi-a-Lukeni brought the Ne-Kongo to the edge of the Kunene river where they built a first home: « Kongo dia mpangala nzudu tadi », Kimpemba will be the capital. Around 424, Ne Kodi Puangu, Ne Lunda Makanda and Ne Madiangu ma Zulu, took the people to build a second home: « Kongo dia mulaza », Kahemba then Feshi were the chieftaincies.
A third home was built around 529: « Kongo dia luangu » of which Zimba was the chiefdom under the authority of Ne Tuti dia Tiya. Then around 690, the people were led by Na Kulunsi and mama Lemba, a visionary woman, to the mount Kongo dia ntotela. There Ne Nkembo wa Monesua and priests received the laws for the Kongo people. There they founded « Kongo dia ntotela ».
Several kings succeeded one another until the arrival of the Portuguese: Mnabi Mayidi, Zanga Mowa, Mbala Lukeni. The latter led campaigns to enlarge the kingdom. Mbama Bokota, Ngongo Masaki, Nzinga Sengele, Kalunga Punu, Nkanga Malanda, Nkulu Kiangala, Ngunu Kisama, Mandiangu Vu, whose behavior displeased God. The famine then struck the country. Mbuta Kimosi stood up as a prophet to fight the bad habits and curses.
King Nanga Katanga brought the Ba-Kongo back to the path of justice and wealth.
Then there were the kings Ntende Kabinda, Muabi Kunene, Mbamba Muzombo and Woyo Mpangala.
The Prophet Mbuta Kutumi rose up to stabilize the country, as unrest was returning to the country. Then followed kings Mutende Ngidi, Nanga Mutombo, Nzinga Nuzoma, Ne Funza, Ne Muanda Munana, Naga Makaba, Nkanga Nimi, Nkuvu Mutini, Nzinga Nkuvu.
In 1457, a prophet rose to prophesy the arrival of the white man. The meeting with the West (in 1480) will be fatal for the Kongo. Upon his arrival Diego Cão found a prosperous and well-organized kingdom. The missionaries who accompanied this expedition were astonished to find a people whose culture is close to the Hebrew culture with twelve tribes .
The king was baptized on May 3, 1491 under the name of Ndo-Nzwawu. Thus the Kongo became the first remote Christian territory in Europe. With the baptism of the king, the Portuguese hoped to have a hold on the kingdom. Relations cooled down until his death, killed by a Portuguese. His brother Mvemba Lukeni succeeded him, sent his son to Portugal and became the first African bishop in the history of the church. Mbanza Kongo became San Salvador.
In the decades that followed, the empire fell into the spiral of the slave trade. Under this colonial pressure, the king lost his grip on the empire. The empire broke up. Each province, under Portuguese or English tutelage, sought its independence. The Europeans took advantage of this situation to take even more slaves.
The province of Ngola proclaimed its independence, hence the birth of Angola, followed by the provinces of Loango, Ngoyo and Kakongo. The prophetess Kimpa Vita will try to reunify the country, denouncing all these practices. She will be burned alive. The complete division of the kingdom will be decided between Portugal, France and Belgium.
Thus, the Ba-Kongo lost all their gains. The Kongo culture underwent a real dilution until the denial of its identity.
BELIEF
The Ne-Kongo believed in a Supreme and Almighty God, who created the universe and all visible and invisible beings. They also believed in the spirits of the seas, forests and the dead. When misfortune occurred, they consulted the NGANGA BUKA who gave amulets and other natural powders. The dead were not considered dead, but alive on the other side of the sea MPINDA.
The tradition passed on to all generations that God, after creating the universe, the visible and invisible world, created the complete man to whom He gave the name of MUHUNGU. He made a covenant with him, symbolized by a sword (NSENGELE MBELE) that he gave him.

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Start to be rich with my advice

Do you want to be rich? If so, that’s great! But do you have the mindset of a rich person? If so, that’s great! Nevertheless, saying ‘Yes’ to both questions is not enough. You need to match your words with actions. That’s to say, get up and go for wealth. This time is the most appropriate one for you because you don’t know what tomorrow is made of. Being rich results from a long way of successes. You go from one success to another. And these successes will make you rich. This does not mean you will never fail on your way to wealth!!! No, you will fail even more than once because we all were born equal but we all are not supposed to be rich. Wealth is for those who are zealous and persevering, that is, for those who don’t surrender easily when they fail. On your way, you need to have a lot of courage to confront failures. This is why failure and courage have both 7 letters as they go together. When you fail you don’t lose anything. On the contrary, it makes you strong and it gives you the strength to confront more complex challenges. So stop hoping and start doing what your heart is on! Even if you don’t receive any help and support from anyone, start with your own resources ( that is, with what you have got) and if you believe in yourself, I think you can do great. Be blessed and come back to me soon and tell me you have become rich.

Dear Gain

Call for action

Start doing today what you want to do tomorrow. If you are used to postponing actions or initiatives, you’d better stop now. Indeed, when you are still searching for how to start something, somebody else is maybe about to start or has even started doing the same thing. So if you are not lucky, your initiative won’t be innovative, because people will have already seen it somewhere. These days, because of technology and computer science( to quote only the two items), innovations are being made exponentially. Take the examples of people who are well-known today. They started unknown until their ideas brought help and profits to the world. When you firstly start your start-up, for sure, people, circumstances or events will discourage you. But be strong and go ahead, because you won’t eventually regret it. People like Bill GATES succeeded not because they are more intelligent than you, but because they didn’t give up easily as you do everyday. Firstly they had ideas, they believed their ideas were infeasible but they tried practicing them. After they started, they realized their ideas were innovative. Consequently they spent most of their times and energies working on their start-ups so that their offers could be more attractive and helpful. So stop talking, start doing for a better future!