A Black Psychological Definition

By Shahidi IslamBlack Psychology, Godbody Theology, Psychology
Shahidi Islam - Theologian and Author

Peace to the Gods and Goddesses of the foundation;

Much love goes to New York City;

And mad respect to London;

As concerning our psychological development as Black people it is imperative that we progress through the phases of racial empowerment. This begins with racial self-consciousness.

As I mentioned in Psychological Foundations at this phase the Black person is aware that their racial category has set them apart for difficulty in the current world system.

The understanding that White social structures, when internalised, produce Black mental strictures creates for these Black people a cocoon to hide in from responsibility for their progression.

Basically, everything gets blamed on the White man with no hope or intention of ever getting themselves or their people out of this predicament.

White social structures, whether consciously or unconsciously, still get internalised but now more tacitly.

Racism is seen everywhere in their minds as mentally they are very aware that their Black body stands them out, this is because in spite of knowing they are different and disadvantaged in a White world and social order, they have no knowledge of self or love of self.

The next phase is cultural consciousness, which comes when racial awareness turns into racial pride, as cultural distinctions are glorified.

At this point the vicissitudes of the Black self – based on Freud’s id, ego, and superego – are no longer divided between the Black primitive id and the White cultured superego, but are reversed to the White savage id and the Black civilised superego.

When one has reached a place of cultural consciousness they are able to see the beauty of their Blackness, their Black soul, and their Black culture.

All things Black are now exalted and all things White are emasculated.

The Black psychological mechanisms now transfer the evil, savage, and inferior position from the Black to the White, and fights internally to overthrow the White devil and the White devil doctrine that had them and/or their race oppressed (The delusion of Black supremacy).

This is a continuation of a delusion of personal grandeur into the delusion of racial grandeur. Knowledge of self and love of self at this phase has not been controlled so that the Black person has Black pride without Black power.

Following this phase is the phase of national consciousness, when the race spontaneously forms nationalist groups with the purpose of nation building and in opposition to the White social order.

This phase is one of the socio-political fight. Any mental disorders experienced in the other two phases are at this point rectified. Hallucinations and delusions begin to melt away as one struggles for national dignity and empowerment.

However, the social pressures of governmental repression more than compensate for the psychological empowerment gained. State repression takes the form of murder, theft, destruction, and torture; and the torture can be of both body and mind.

These state sponsored psychological disorders can have the appearance of mental breakdown in the individual but are not.

The individual and their close associates may not be able to tell the difference but the truth is they are finally in a place of mental wholeness, and the traumata they are feeling is the price of war and can be resolved through persistent counselling.

Nationalism, however, is not in the individual but in the political group; in this the state may instigate actions on the part of the nationalists that resemble disorders so as to dissociate them from any non-political groups thereby delimiting their effectiveness.

It is at this point that the final phase of Black psychological development takes place, which is God consciousness.

At this phase the national battle has exhausted itself, either through the victorious nationalists’ inability to genuinely change the social, cultural, and economic realities of Black people or through the natural progression from nationalism.

God consciousness, just like the two that came before it, includes a fight but it is a little more complex than that of the Black cultural or Black national struggles.

The Black godbody first realised that culturalism was a dead end as it took from the White and only reversed it. Also nationalism was a dead end as it took from the White and only imitated it.

Here the id, ego, and superego become all three Black, and the maintenance of a mentality based on the Blackness of the psychological vicissitudes of the Black person are channelled into the Black system now in development.

Basically, Black godbodyism goes a different route, the central and essential issue for godbodies is to attain divinity and interact with those who have attained divinity.

In attaining divinity imitation of the Messiah is imperative: the Black person, in seeing the Messiah as Black and self as Black and proud, can see self as the Messiah.

The Messiah is the higher self, or the self when it has attained a higher elevation, which must overcome the lower self, or Shaitan.

Shaitan is not only seen as personified by White people, but as that part of the self that fights to oppress – his attributes are also represented as the devils or spooks that haunt the Black person.

The Messiah, on the other hand, is that part of the self that fights for righteousness – his attributes are represented as holiness, which is really just the refinement that a person manifests when they live righteously.

The development from militant nationalist to militant godbody is supra-religious in that there is toleration of all religions and religious systems under it.

In fact, its main strengths are in the theological, psychological, and sociological standards of rightness.

However, with regard to politics and economics it is not so strong – the central political opinion of the godbodies is embedded in our cultural structure.

The internal Shaitan is neither a Black nor a White id, the internal Shaitan is a psychological or sociological traumata.

We as Black people have experienced the historical trauma of slavery, colonialism, segregation/apartheid, criminalisation, and White supremacy.

Now we must fight against these systems affecting us any more than they already have; this means fighting down all the enemies that seek to oppress us.

 

51 thoughts on “A Black Psychological Definition”

  1. Valuable info. Lucky me I discovered your web site by chance, and I’m stunned why this twist of fate didn’t happened in advance! I bookmarked it.

  5. Nice post. I was checking constantly this blog and I am impressed!
    Very helpful information particularly the last part 🙂 I care for such information a lot.
    I was looking for this particular info for a long time. Thank you and best of luck.

  7. Hello! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any issues
    with hackers? My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing a few
    months of hard work due to no backup. Do you have any solutions to protect against hackers?

    1. Unfortunately I am a bit clueless when it comes to hackers so I have no real advice to give you. In fact, I would love to take any advice you can give concerning this problem.

  8. Hello there, I discovered your site by way of Google even as
    searching for a comparable topic, your site came up, it seems to be good.
    I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.
    Hello there, just was aware of your blog through Google, and found that it is really informative.
    I am gonna be careful for brussels. I will appreciate if
    you happen to continue this in future. Lots of other people might be benefited out of
    your writing. Cheers!

    1. Thank you. Although I do plan on writing again it will not be for some time as I have other projects I must attend to. But I definitely appreciate your feedback.

  9. Pretty section of content. I just stumbled upon your web site and in accession capital to
    assert that I acquire actually enjoyed account your blog posts.
    Any way I’ll be subscribing to your augment and even I achievement you access consistently
    rapidly.

  11. I think this is one of the most important info for me.
    And i’m glad reading your article. But want to remark on few general things, The website style is perfect, the articles is really great : D.

    Good job, cheers

    1. Thank you. The website has been hard work to maintain and I’m glad you liked my article. These posts have been fun to make although there was a lot of work involved in making each of them.

  12. Usually I do not learn post on blogs, however I wish to say that this write-up very forced me to check out and do it!

    Your writing style has been amazed me. Thank you, quite great post.

    1. Much appreciated, I am glad you like my writing. It makes me proud to know I am inspiring so many people.

    1. You are right, a lot of hard work goes into this website and I am grateful to everyone involved in making it work.

  14. hello!,I love your writing so much! percentage we keep in touch extra
    about your post on AOL? I require an expert on this house to resolve my problem.
    May be that is you! Looking forward to look you.

    1. Thank you for considering me. But while I have studied psychology for 10 years now I still wouldn’t consider myself an expert. I am relatively untrained. If you would still like my help I can email you just be sure to leave the correct email.

  15. I’m really impressed with your writing abilities as neatly as with the
    format on your blog. Is this a paid subject or
    did you modify it yourself? Anyway keep up the excellent high quality writing, it’s rare to look a great weblog like
    this one nowadays..

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words. I do all the work myself and I love the feedback I’ve been getting for it. Thanks again, I appreciate all the positive feedback I receive.

  16. Fantastic beat ! I wish to apprentice at the same time as you amend your
    web site, how can i subscribe for a weblog site? The account helped
    me a appropriate deal. I were a little bit acquainted of this your broadcast offered vivid clear
    idea

  17. Excellent beat ! I wish to apprentice while you amend your web site,
    how can i subscribe for a blog website?
    The account helped me a appropriate deal. I were a little bit acquainted of this your broadcast provided vivid transparent idea

    1. WordPress has an excellent website for setting up and subscribing to blogs. It has its problems too but you can work your way through them. Just watch out for hackers and spammers.

  19. Do you have a spam problem on this blog; I also
    am a blogger, and I was wondering your situation; we have developed some nice procedures and
    we are looking to trade methods with others, why not shoot me an email if interested.

    1. Thank you. That’s real cool that you like my style. I’ll do my best to keep doing you proud.

    1. Thank you for your appreciation. I love comments like yours. So positive and upbeat. I’m glad my article was useful to you and I’m also glad you love my website. Much love fam.

  23. Howdy I am so delighted I found your weblog, I really
    found you by error, while I was researching on Google for something else, Regardless I am here now and
    would just like to say cheers for a incredible post
    and a all round interesting blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to
    go through it all at the minute but I have book-marked it and also added in your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back
    to read much more, Please do keep up the awesome job.

  24. Today, while I was at work, my cousin stole my apple ipad and tested to see if it
    can survive a forty foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now destroyed
    and she has 83 views. I know this is entirely off topic but I had to
    share it with someone!

    1. Thank you. That’s beautiful. I’m glad you like my work so much and that it has inspired you this way.

    1. I am grateful for all the kind words you’ve said. It really validates this project.

  27. I really like your blog.. very nice colors & theme.

    Did you design this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you?
    Plz reply as I’m looking to create my own blog and would
    like to find out where u got this from. many thanks

    1. Hey there,

      Sorry for the late reply; but yes, I did design this website myself with some suggestions from my friends.

      WordPress makes it easy, but to get the best themes you have to pay for them.

      Just search WordPress themes on Google with the class of website you will be making and they will show you the best.

      The only problem with WordPress is you get spammed a lot, but you can delete all irrelevant comments so it’s okay.

  28. You really make it appear so easy along with your presentation however I to find
    this matter to be actually something that I believe I might by no means
    understand. It seems too complex and extremely extensive for me.
    I am taking a look forward on your next post,
    I’ll try to get the dangle of it!

    1. Sorry I made it more complicated than I thought. The general idea is that psychologically we as black people are beginning to rise. What that means right now is more a cultural rise, which is where most black people are right now. They have come to a place of awakening their love for black culture.

      The more these black people come to love and appreciate black culture the more they will come to realise that the current political and ideological systems are against them as black people and are preventing them from truly living by their black cultural essence (a concept heavily challenged in academia).

      It is at this time that these black culturalists will become black nationalists, i.e. the natural progression in the psychological development of black people is from fighting for a black culture to fighting for a black nation. This is where our culturalism will inevitably lead.

      However, black nationalism will not solve all the problems of the black community. Indeed, it will complicate things even more. This means the endgame for black people is not in establishing a black nation: whether African, Caribbean, or American. The endgame for black people is to come to the knowledge and love of self.

      When black people have developed a genuine knowledge and love of self and kind then they are on the path to what is called God consciousness. While cultural consciousness leads to where we are now, and national consciousness leads to the organising of political parties to rival the top ones; God consciousness leads to transfiguration of self and kind.

      To transfigure means to change the figure (body and soul) of a person or being into something greater than it originally appears. When you love self and kind to the point that you see self and kind as divine then you have effectively transfigured them. This is the last step to psychological empowerment for black people. To see self and kind as divine.

      I hope that has answered up some of your questions. But feel free to look through some other entries which may also help you in this matter.

  29. Hey there, I think your blog might be having browser compatibility issues.
    When I look at your website in Chrome, it looks fine but when opening in Internet
    Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up!
    Other then that, superb blog!

  30. These are genuinely enormous ideas in about blogging.
    You have touched some fastidious things here. Any way keep up wrinting.

  31. Heya i am for the first time here. I found this board and I
    find It truly useful & it helped me out a lot.
    I hope to give something back and help others like
    you aided me.

Comments are closed.