The 'concept' of 'Race' - is self evident.  That is a neutral statement - everything else surrounding ethnicity - culture is subject to interpretation.  However, like most 'Cosmic Principles' - 'Cosmic Law' - there is a paradox - and its apparent "self-evidentness" - stands to be contradicted.  This is the 'Dialectic' - that 'Consciousness' - through its expression of 'The Cosmoi' - engages in - in its "evaluation" of its 'Purpose' - which is to seek "meaningful meaning."  It is as much dialogue, as dialectic.  Some sacred texts, traditions and cultures refer to this as a form of dance - "the dance of time" - or of 'God,' 'gODs' and 'gODdesses' - so fundamental is this precept.  

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Mere mortals struggle - with "Absolute Truth" - that is why they for example - regularly - 'exalt' and 'exalt' - their 'gODs' and 'gODdesses' - in times of war - as if "Absolute Truth" - can be bought!!! 

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Line 1-3: "Race is real"

In lines 1-3 - the truth about 'Race' is expounded - "Race is real" - but what is reality?  Here we can consider another aphorism -

 

"There is a Real -

but there is no

The Real"

Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja, SOTI Collected Works

 

It seems therefore that reality - like beauty - is in the eye of the beholder - and a warning - for what do we know about eyes? 

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"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"

Matthew 7:3, King James Version (KJV)​

 

Having made the statement - the assertion of an apparent Truth - the aphorism is obliged to consider its "negation" - for without that the statement is of little value.  

 

​Line 5-8: "If you cannot transcend - then you lose IT" 

The aphorism - does not detail what has to be transcended - since 'Race' is the subject - it can be assumed that 'Race' is one of the things - that has to be transcended - but the absence of the word itself, suggests that in addition to 'Race' - so must other things be transcended. 

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'Transcendence' - it is through this path - the path of transcendence - that the mortal attains immortality.  In asserting - 'Transcendence' - the mortal - aligns itself - with 'Transcendent Consciousness' - for 'Consciousness is'...

 

"Consciousness is a Universal Transcendent Resonant Facility / Faculty / Function"

Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja, SOTI Collected Works

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What is the Transcendence of Race? - It is the 'Cosmic Citizen' - that entity - that 'Trans-dimensional Being' - which enjoys eternal life - (note the distinction between the element Life and Existence.)  What is required therefore of the 'Cosmic Citizen,' is that - Transcendence of Race - without which -

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"If you cannot

TRANSCEND

then you lose

IT"

Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja, SOTI Collected Works

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You lose IT! - the higher case "IT" - emphasises the loss - since those individual "societies" - "cultures" - "civilizations" - that fail to Transcend Race - not only that which they had - but everything - "IT" - the particular expression of absolute Truth.

 

The greatest of rulers - were those rulers who could enable their subjects - to simultaneously - demonstrate loyalty to their State and the Ruler - but also had regard for the humanity of others too... such were the greatest of Rulers.  Such are those whose kingdom / queendoms - will have no end. ​​​​​​​​