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January 2014
The AC Phoenix
"Twelve Years A
Slave" And Still
Counting
By Dr. Ada Fisher
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E. J, Fisher, Sr. passed on to his son the
Reverend Dr, Miles M. Fisher who passed
on to his kids, me being the last of the
Mohegan's, an understanding that the
thing which keeps a man a slave isn't the
chains or the whip, but our unwilling
ness to release our minds in appreciating
our unlimited possibilities; as well as our
search for false prophets and gods of the
here and now centering on decadence
of body and soul making us children of
a lesser god, while witnessing the deser
tion of the faith of our fathers, with for
some the need of G-d in our lives and in
our deeds being questioned.
Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a physician, licensed
teacher in secondary education—Math
ematics and Science, former School
Board Member and as well as the NC
Republican National Committee Wom
an. Her book, Common Sense Conser
vative Prescriptions Solutions for What
Ails Us, Book I which is in part dedicat
ed to ancestors and family may be or
dered through any bookstore or pur
chased on line through Amazon.com or
thecreatespaceStore.com or on Kindle.
Contact her at:
P. 0. Box 777
Salisbury, NC 28145
DrFisher@DrAdaMFisher.org
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Magnificent
Obsession
By John Raye
By now, you have heard about or seen the
movie, "12 Years a Slave", the true story of
Solomon Northup, a free New York state
Black man who was drugged, kidnapped
and sold into slavery for twelve brutal
years.
How he survived such physical and men
tal brutality, remains a complete mystery
to me, the same as Nelson Mandela's 27
years of prison enslavement.
To take away a man's physical freedom is
one thing, but to rob him of his dignity,
his courage, and self-worth, is beyond
human understanding. It is a high crime
against humanity.
What sustained Mandela and his long
walk to freedom? Twenty-seven years is
a long time to walk anywhere, especially
when the walk is inside an isolated prison
cell on an isolated, nondescript island, al
most unknown to the outside world.
Solomon Northrop was a free, grown
Black man who never knew the horrors of
slavery until he found himself in chains,
beaten and repeatedly brutalized for
protesting his captivity.
For years, both men suffered horrendous
physical and mental torture, some of it so
dehumanizing that even the rocks would
cry out! Both survived a form of human
bondage and suffering that would break
even the strongest of the strong, the
bravest of the brave.
Mandela, for example, could have got
ten an early release and cut his 27 years
behind bars in half, had he agreed to sign
a confession renouncing violence and
his fight against South African authori
ties. By every account, Northup, born a
free man and a free, educated Black man,
mind you, with wife, children and a rela
tive quality life, simply could have lost
his mind and gone crazy, or even as many
slaves did, took his own life.
These men, faced with circumstances
beyond their control, were forced to find
a secret place deep inside themselves, a
place beyond hopelessness, hell and de
spair. Both were forced to find that secret
place, a place where desire remains su
preme and uncompromising. Both had a
white sheet of desire to live and not die.
What they had, however, was no ordinary
desire. Instead both, due to circumstances
beyond their control, developed, through
sheer will, an obsession— a magnificent
obsession. Come hell or high water, any
individual who develops such an obses
sion, be it for freedom or an, insatiable
desire or yearning for material comfort,
cannot be denied.
A magnificent obsession is an altered
state of consciousness that can only be
circumvented by death.The human mind,
you see, is without limitations. The only
limits on the mind of man are the ones he
consciously or unconsciously, allows to
be born or placed in his mind.
Mandela fortified his mind with free
dom. Northup, through brutally tortured,
beaten, and mentally vandalized, did
the same. In both cases, the element of
imagination was without limitation.This
means, a man eventually becomes what
he thinks about, sooner or later, all day
and all night long. Such a reality is inevi
table because a man moves in the direc
tion of his thoughts, be they sad or glad,
good or bad.
And he eventually attracts to himself or
creates for himself, the most dominat
ing and most persistent thought, idea,
dream, image or vision, held in his mind.
Mandela's physical body was locked up
for 27 years, but not his mind. Northup's
12 years of captivity did not extend to his
mind.
Therefore, desire, wrote Hill, is the start
ing point of all achievement!
So the question is not what can you do;
rather it is what you want to do! If suc
cess is your intention, your ultimate
destination ,then you must developed a
sense of profound and critical urgency.
What you want must be plastered, locked
and cemented on your mind every sleep
ing and waking hour. You must walk,
talk, eat, breathe, dream, think and sleep
with laser-like intensity on the recurring
mental equivalent of what you want, re
ally want, in your life.
It's not necessary tell the whole world
what you want—begin first by telling
yourself. Convince yourself that you are
worthy, that you deserve and that you are
able, capable and completely responsible
for creating your own reality, your own
heaven or hell.
Stir up your gifts with righteous indigna
tion that you are in control, of your own
mind, and that your mind responds only
to your commands. Believe that you are a
mental giant and that you are a master of
your universe.
So dream big! Think big! If you don't
have a magnificent obsession, now is the
time to develop one! An empty mind,
we know, always seeks pleasure and be
comes the breeding ground for the devil's
workshop. Therefore, fix your mind only
on what you want!
Understand, know and believe that you
are already a magnificent human being.
So go spread your wings, and make suc
cess your very own magnificent obses
sion!
-—John Raye, a life-wellness-health-
business coach, is an eight -year cancer
champion. He lives in Kernersville, NC (ra-
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