World Peace: World Peace Celebration

By Salomon Alain Mpouma

Life is not a story to tell, but a life to live. Our true nature is obscured by our own actions. This book gives us a chance to understand principles and concepts of life not only intellectually, but also practically through the daily life of the author.

• Language: English
• Publisher: TOPLINK PUBLISHING, LLC
• Release date: Feb 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9781948556583

Salomon Alain Mpouma

He is an ordinary person who didn't grow up with a dad figure; his dad was killed when he was two years hold and half during a political campaign for the emancipation of Cameroon where he was born. Thus, he managed to rely on his own mind from the very young age which made him very critical in many things in life and also very vocal about education, social issues and religious teachings. After college he started working in the Government, then at the bank where he left in 1992 to come to America. When he looks back, he is not surprised today why and how was able to write a book titled "World Peace." Because during all these years of experiences not only he was not fitting in, in all groups, but also he had never stopped asking himself many questions about life in general, and finding answers from his own seeking mind, for most of the time, he was not satisfied with answers of the people in his surroundings.

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World Peace

World Peace Celebration

Salomon Alain Mpouma

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

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Conclusion

Glossary

Part I

Acknowledgements

I express my gratitude to my mother, Sarah Confort Mpouma, for her example of strength and her never-give-up spirit in life.

I express my great appreciation to Sarah Lillian Mpouma for her constant efforts to be the best daughter in the world.

My thanks to Mary Phelan and Neville Johnston the author of The Hidden Language Code who have inspired me to write this book.

I express my profound gratitude to the SGI President, Daisaku Ikeda, for his encouragements and his great example of integrity and determination.

Everything that is said in this book is not by any means intended to upset or embarrass anybody, but to open up with myself physically, mentally, psychologically and spiritually. If anybody who reads this book feels offended, I sincerely apologize, because I hold no grudge to anyone.

I also express my profound gratitude to everybody who has directly or indirectly played a role in my life that I missed to mention here. My effort is to relate my life as it is, with my circumstances and feelings of each moment. Gladly! It was a great learning experience. Because it’s not what I have been through or achieved that really matters; it’s who I have become.

S. A. Mpouma

Preface

Any war, ever won is lost in advance.

(St. Augustine)

World news these days is still marked by the rise of Arab revolutions. These liberal aspirations, although valid, cleverly sidestep the real issue, which is the human being inner fulfillment. If we continue with this tendency, we will for instance, stop all violent or obvious wars around the world, without realizing happiness in human being. Does that mean that a world in peace is the one where violence and physical scenes have ceased? We are going to find out! In order to magnify the links of cooperation, solidarity, and mutual respect around the world, the United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in its Constitution in 1946, after the war, argued that the wars taking birth in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that must be summoned defenses of peace. The establishment of the United Nations (UN) during that same period has not had real success in cessation of violence. As a result, we have always been at war in the world till today. The last event in date is the recognition of the Palestinian State, officially as a member of UNESCO. At the time when I am editing this book, the diplomatic fire flame lit under the thatched cottages, would not be near extinction.

The author of this book has the merit of having not paid into the sensational peroration like its congeners, opting for the improvement of all International structural systems already established still in difficulty in local’s participation whenever there is a conflict on the ground.

What is the idea Salomon Alain Mpouma has developed in this book in relation to world peace? He went beyond our entire current thesis developed until now to channel the core of our being: which is the inevitable process of human revolution. A process that welcomes the transformation of each individual to reveal our Buddhahood or our true nature, on this planet where everything has the unfortunate propensity of tends to the dust. We all have the potential to transform our negative karma with the possibility to bypass our karmic repetition and retribution, celebrate our differences, our missions, choices, skin colors, not only this lifetime but throughout eternity is called world peace. This is the peace that takes into account, our wonderful cultural biodiversity. Thus engaging the process of transformation of our negative karma is called human revolution by praying, meditating, practicing or chanting whichever way we chose and in my case I chose Nam-myoho-rengue-kyo. All events and activities of the universe appear to the master-word of this book that emerged from the beaten roads. At the time when Asian philosophical currents have propelled their populations to the international scene, World peace must dig his way in people’s heart, but not in diplomacy which cannot change our karmic dimensions. Through this way, we are building a real peace of hearts! It is appropriate to consider this old wish of President Nixon, when he said to the NATO Council on April 10, 1969; We must strive to build an open world, open hearts, open minds. A world open to the exchange of ideas and people, forgetful of old dogmas and old doctrines. A world open for truth and to the advent of this true peace the peoples of the world bear in their hearts and by which they cherish the hope. The man who was the President of United States in 1969 spoke each of these words with emphasis by saying; we know that everyone will not be the friend of the United States; but we will do so that no one is our enemy…We must build an alliance strong enough to deter those who would threaten us to war, being realistic enough to consider the world as it is, and flexible enough to allow new constructive paths of cooperation. "These are exactly the channels which are subject to the work of Salomon Alain Mpouma…Meaning that each line of this book installs new defenses of peace in our life.

Harrisburg, November 15, 2011

By Pierre-Marie DJONGO, editor

Journalist-writer

Introduction

Reform, in such matters, must come, if at all, from within…

The public as a whole is whatever the processes that occur,

for good or evil, in individual minds, may determine.

—Harvard University Philosopher, Josiah Royce.

Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by the stories of my grandfather and father. Even though I didn’t have the chance to know either one of them, I was transfixed by descriptions of their behaviors. Their stories comforted me while I was growing up. My dilemma has always been, from an early age, that I have difficulty fitting in anywhere, and for many years I wondered what was wrong with me. Why couldn’t I just be like everybody else?

I heard that my grandfather, Ngoutte Simon, had a reputation for speaking his mind and was dismissed as a troublemaker from most of the meetings he was invited to in the village or in the neighborhood. His nickname was Oboss, meaning the one who always messes things up.

He was very practical, authentic, and was not attached to formalities. On the other hand, my father, Samuel Mpouma, although very well to-do compared to others of his time and location, had this great dedication to the wellbeing of others that deeply touched my heart.

In any case, there are certainly people, as I look around, who make their way in life through success after success. There is nothing wrong with that. But when I look back on my life, I find myself, for the most part and since I was born, on the other side of the fence, going through failure after failure with only this voice inside me telling me at the crucial moment: There is a possibility to go on living, as long as I am still breathing.

Those moments enabled me not only to make my way through life, but also to understand and strengthen my life day after day. My purpose for writing this book is to tell the story of my life, what I have learned about it, and to suggest humbly an inner dialogue to each individual without exception around the globe about subjects that are taboo and kept on the back burner, or so-called untouchable subjects in our society that jeopardize our peace and our happiness today.

These subjects also jeopardize the world that we create for the future and the legacy that we work hard to leave to our children and our children’s children. There is a reality in our universal life that we can’t escape as human beings. There are many reasons why we resist such wonderful opportunities and their solutions. It is also worth pointing out that there are two principles of transformation that go with that crucial reality. Our inner dialogue or inconspicuous monologue appears as an outer dialogue, breaking all the walls of separation and division that we have built among ourselves by learning just three simple things: how to listen, tolerate and accept.

We can live with others without attempting to manipulate, control, dominate, use, or change them. By doing so, each of us will be free and live so much better in this wonderful world. This kind of talk seems like a dream, like a remote reality. We are going to find out in this book, in simple language and with examples that the solution belongs to the moment. This inner dialogue is a process; it’s not a destination. It is not important to convince, to convert, or to agree with each other. We can learn from everywhere, from anything and anybody, regardless of age, status or skin color. Just check this out, there is so much to learn from children and if we haven’t noticed that yet, it is about time to find out. By becoming accepting and tolerant, we let our inner dialogue do its work. We have to know that punishment or revenge is not the answer.

The only person we can change is ourself. Life is just the reflection of our inner reality. The desire to change the other person by any means engenders suffering, separation, possessiveness, competition, war, comparison, fear, violence and defeat. But we have to awaken to the fact that we carry the solution to all our problems within us, individually, in our society as a whole and in our country in particular. And it’s a win-win situation for the haves and the have-nots that embrace humanity’s grand and beautiful diversity. So there is nothing to be afraid of. We have to be informed of the means that transforms all conflicts into harmony and sufferings into happiness.

It is not imperative to take action from this understanding, but it is critical to awaken to our reality by reading this book and engaging in open discussion or dialogue among ourselves. Peace is not the absence of problems or diversity, and they are not the absence of peace either. Peace is the clear understanding of our magnificent and amazing reality of life. I personally made a pledge that, despite the fact that people may or may not like me at all, as long as I am developing an inner dialogue and am in agreement with my consciousness, I firmly believe this is the process that celebrates our peaceful world.

Salomon A. Mpouma.

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1

DOUALA is the largest city in Cameroon, a bilingual country located on the central west coast of Africa. It is actually one the most expensive cities in Africa in terms of the cost of living. For some, Cameroon with its diversity is Africa in miniature. If you take the African continent map, it appears that Africa has a gun’s shape pointing downward and Cameroon is exactly where the trigger of the gun is, interesting, isn’t?

Anyhow, Douala is the commercial capital of the country, with the largest port and the major international airport handling the country’s major exports, chiefly oil, cocoa, coffee, as well as transit trade to or from Chad, a neighboring country. It is also home to the Eko Market, the country’s largest market. Douala is linked by railroad to other cities like Yaoundé, Edea, Eseka, Ngaoundéré, Kumba and Nkongsamba, just to name a few. This city of over two million people is also linked to others by the highway and is built on the banks of the Wouri River estuary, crossed by the Bonaberi Bridge. The climate is hot and humid. The first Europeans to visit were the Portuguese in 1472, which were fascinated by what they called Rio Dos Camaroes, which means River Of Shrimps.

Here is where the name Cameroon came from. Around 1650 Douala, my hometown, was created by immigrants coming from the interior of the country, who spoke the Douala language. Douala became part of the German protectorate in 1884, and was considered before the emancipation as the capital of unified Cameroon. Kamarunstadt, meaning Cameroon City, was renamed Douala in 1907 as part of French Cameroon in 1919. From 1940 to 1946, it was the capital of Cameroon. Akwa is the town’s nightlife center and it seems to be right to call it the downtown of the city.

Douala is a flat and sandy coastal city. The daylight of the city appears bright and energetic under a magnificent blue sky, clouded from time to time by the weather. The city main thoroughfare is surrounded by some of the best restaurants, coffee houses and French-style patisseries of the country. Around the waterfront many bars, bistros, circuits* and tourne-dos*; that give patrons a chance to enjoy the traditional food; the first one operates mostly at night and the second is open during the day, may be found, with a commanding view of the Gulf of Guinea and nearby mangrove swamps. The city has one of the largest expatriate populations in the country. These expats mostly hang around and have a good time in some of these establishments. Most of them are French or Lebanese and work in petroleum industry. During the eighteenth century Douala was the center of the transatlantic slave trade.

When I first heard that the slave trade in this city involved my ancestors, I started reading books to find out how and why it happened. I did a lot of thinking while I was growing up and I felt tremendously relieved when I came to the realization that each individual is his or her own authority and creates 100% of his or her own life’s scenario. Nothing happens to us without our consent or authorization and if we have any complaint, it’s just because we have forgotten our own commands. Throughout the eternity of life, we have been creating our lives every single moment with our thoughts, words, and deeds, and everyone is accountable.

We are the question and answer of our lives and we create our lives with our free will. Problems start when we ignore our innate power and wisdom and give our responsibilities to the external. For instance, with our thoughts we have been creating a trilogy of victim, villain, and third party (that can be the police, a government, justice, etc.) to solve situations in our lives. And at this time I voluntarily assumed to be a victim in order to experience a different aspect of my life based of my free will and continue eternally to the next existence in my life process. The choices that we all make in life through our thoughts, words and deeds are commonly recognized as mission, vow, action, intent, decision, preference, role, duty, job, hobby, agenda, duty, business, profession, task, destiny or a calling. We all, consciously or not, have a mission as a result of our own volition; it’s what makes our personality unique.

It is important to understand here that our uniqueness does not have any limitations; it is eternal and unlimited. If we all know that every single moment in our life can determine our life entirely, meaning our past, our present, and our future, then true happiness or victory is possible instantly. When we decide that no matter what circumstances we are in, it’s our choice - it is the effect of our own causes, an opportunity to enjoy life to the fullest by creating values instead of finding excuses and justifications - then we begin to live our lives and stop just surviving. In other words, as far as we are concerned, the challenge or the conflict we face is not outside our lives. It’s a losing battle to look for the fight elsewhere, even though it is much easier and more comfortable to do so. The external is just the reflection of the inside, no matter how we find ways to spoil or distract ourselves. As a common sense expression says: You can only give what you have.

This expression is absolutely true. We are right now witnessing the early years of the twenty-first century, where the darkness accumulated in our subconscious is waging a losing battle with the reality. And when we go over our history, we notice that individual or universal consciousness has already reached the saturation point where we recognize very quickly what is true and what is not. Because of that realization, we live in a time where the bullies are becoming less and less our heroes.

Even though people of these attachments like bullying, aristocracies, despotism, tyranny and the like are still oppressing and exploiting the naivety and vulnerability of ordinary people by using prejudices and fears. For instance, in today’s world we can see the type of protests and marches since the beginning of the third millennia in countries where it was unimaginable ten years ago, and we see people fearlessly expressing themselves for personal and collective interests. It is a mind-blowing experience. If we make a big leap out of our contemporary facts for the last three thousand years and consider the origin of our humanity according to the Bible, the first people on the planet, Adam and Eve, were created by God.

They lived very shortly in Eden, an imaginary and beautiful garden, which they lost by disobedience to God; they ate the forbidden apple, instigated by Satan the devil, created by God also. According to the Book of Genesis, the geographical location of the Garden of Eden was in Mesopotamia between the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates. That which is now Iraq was the cradle of civilization. Some historical events of the main Western religious books, even the earlier Judeo-Christian literature such as Jubilees, recognize that the place where Noah built his ark and where Nebuchadnezzar built the Tower of Babel, or where Daniel was in the lion’s den, just to name a few, were in Iraq. In Genesis 4:1-16, the Qur’an at 5:26-32, and Moses 5:16-41, Cain and Abel, first and second sons, were born after the fall of Adam and Eve from the grace of God. Cain committed the first fratricide by killing Abel after God rejected Cain’s offering and accepted the one from Abel.

Unfortunately, with this pathetic story we have recognized and programmed ourselves with this so-called first human act of killing as normal in our subconscious. Because according to what Leonard Orr calls in his book, Birth Trauma, the job of our subconscious is to store all our actions and use them as references to subsequent behaviors. Meaning if abuse occurs in life, it becomes a way of life, or normal, and we are always creating abusive situations. As result, individuals are killing each other and countries are at war every day. At the end of his book, Leonard Orr mentioned that the subconscious programming thus recognized can be rewritten.

That’s really the good news. It appears in this story that Cain, probably because of his age, anger, jealousy or his own nature, was stronger and even belligerent. No wonder that until today being aggressive, competitive and criminal is the way to make it in life. He took advantage of his age and strength over his younger brother. I would love to see a situation throughout the history of humankind where an act of violence has solved any problem for good or for the better. This means that as long as we keep reacting with violence, we perpetuate it. Violence, as anything else, is a permanent cycle that generates many other forms of cruelty. According to a French expression from a Western movie, Aujourdhui ma peau, demain la tienne, meaning, Today my life, tomorrow yours.

There is no end to this cycle until we raise our awareness. If one person is happy because he or she has won today against anybody else, it is just temporary, because the defeated person is always looking for revenge sooner or later, generation after generation; the causal chain is maintained in the same direction. We have to break this pattern of violence at some point or it will continue to get intense and sophisticated. Now is the time for each of us, in our own capacity, to say that enough is enough. It is time to change direction by replacing violence with kindness, segregation with unity, hatred with love.

Until we decide individually to change it, it will never change positively. What kind of world are we going to leave to next generations, to our children and our children’s children? Everyone is accountable to answer this question. As long as we continue to expect or hope for a peaceful and happy world to come from some supremacy or something outside ourselves, the whole world will remain in a bleak and helplessness situation. This is pure insanity, no matter how we massage or intellectualize it. We have been running after things outside ourselves for far too long now. Our society as a whole looks like a parade of grown-up children, who are out there showing how we are getting rich in perpetrating all kinds of violence or brutalities to others. It is time to awaken to our individual or collective consciousness. We are all one person, one human family or one race.

In that regard, with a deeper understanding of our social interaction, an apology is nonsense, a distraction for everyone and for anything in our evolutionary world, no matter what is happening now or has happened in the past. If we understand that violence, manipulation or exploitation is not only physical or mental but also verbal, then there is no reparation to be made about slavery, for instance, in the past. Let’s just say for a moment that it’s okay, there is an apology to be made. Then the questions are: The apology is to be made from whom and to who? And as soon as the apology is made, who is going to be happy or validated? The only thing we can do is to validate ourselves. Our lives are unique and absolute once again and there is no one who is entitled to validate anybody else’s life. Each person is sovereign. Because all our actions, thoughts and words are oriented for outward solutions, our individual and social problems will always get sophisticated instead of getting resolved in our evolutionary world. No one else can give you dignity and nobility, but yourself. World peace, absolute happiness, freedom and validation are right here, from inside and in the present moment by just deciding. It is like turning on the switch of the light bulb.

When we put other people down and qualify them or other nations as evil or criminal, what we are doing is really talking about what we do not like in ourselves, and at the same time we embolden others. And because of our cowardliness, we lack the courage to face and accept the ugliness of our karma. We direct our attention outside ourselves by accusing, blaming, insulting, demonizing and criticizing others. This is a cul-de-sac. Our religious and secular world has turned everything upside down over centuries and millennia and has plunged us into corruption, power games and chaos.

We can truly understand the issue of slavery - by the way, there is no need to feel uncomfortable about this - if we really understand that the working of causality is absolute, whether we are victim or perpetrator. Slavery is as old as the history of humankind itself. Let’s take this illustration: Slavery is like the body and the external is like the shadow, when the body moves or bends, so does the shadow.

Obviously it is an endless effort to strive to change the shadow. But if we decide to correct the body, the shadow is going to follow. So the slavery factor has been unfortunately polarized into racial issues, mainly between two races, meaning one of them claims superiority over another race or across all others. This feeling or notion not only exists in all other aspects of our lives, but also is embedded so heavily in our subconscious, allowing this one word, Discrimination, to generate a herd of social nuisances to our well being, which can be anything from all the isms to possessiveness, competition, fear, good and evil, right and wrong. Among the first words that a baby learns when he or she starts speaking are Me! Mine!

This example shows the continuity of life, through our inheritance and the link between our past, our present and future. It’s why lifetime after lifetime our collective consciousness that Carl Jung talked about has evolved and continues to sharpen in the direction of our social tendencies of discrimination. Instead of celebrating and appreciating the beauty that comes from our diversity, we are missing our enjoyment and appreciation of our preciosity in life.

What does human beings mean? Human beings means People of colors.

By fighting each other, we are going against our true nature. We claim to be happy by going against the core values of our lives. What illusion and arrogance. We could instead show our greatness or goodness by what we embrace and who we include in our religious and secular institutions, as opposed to what we deny ourselves and who we exclude.

On January 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln historically pronounced

The Emancipation Proclamation that abolished slavery. That day he declared solemnly that all slaves must be freed and live freely. This American document was written more than 144 years ago and still shines today to the rest of the world. According to the world situation today, can we just say that we are winning the battle of our feelings and emotions?