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Messenger: the rock

Sent: 1/8/2004 6:18:51 PM

Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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Messenger: Ark I

Sent: 1/8/2004 10:50:25 PM

Greetings,

That is why I and I must remember to look into ourselves to Iverstand who we are, and how to communicate with the Most High.

It is necessary to gather knowledge to survive and advance in these times as in times before. But if we spend too much time looking on the outside, we will never Iverstand ourself, or Jah. And we won't know what to do with the knowledge we have gained, and it will be vanity.

So look into Iself, and Jah will show the I all things.

Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I

Messenger: the rock

Sent: 1/9/2004 6:14:06 AM

this man lived.wrote the truth not for reasoning,but for info.

Messenger: Ark I

Sent: 1/9/2004 9:50:15 AM

Greetings,

But like Ecclesiastes said in your post, his gathering of knowledge became vanity and increased sorrow. I and I should reason about the knowledge I and I gather, if not with others, with our own self. This way I and I can gain more Iverstanding about it, and put the knowledge to use in I and I lives and the lives of others.

Selassie I show I and I,

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The educated person that Ethiopia and countries of our level needs is not one who had stuffed bits of knowledge into his mind. The needed educated individual is one who uses the ideas he obtained from his lectures, books, and discussions to the best advantage of his own country and his own people. It is he who disseminates new ideas in harmony with the economic and social aspects of his own community so that fruitful results would be realized. This is the educated person who can show segments of knowledge he accumulated in his learning, inventiveness in a new situation.

Higher Education
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It is our wish to assure the spread of education among all African People as much as among our own subjects.

A father should bequeath not only wealth but also provide proper education. Education has value when it is established in individuals of good character with respect to God. We wish that your destiny shall be embraced in an education firmly based in good character before men and respect before God.

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.

A man's happiness is to make his brother happy, and to serve his country. Thus it is possible to justify for knowledge its high and deserved place. For knowledge is power. If it is not applied to its proper purpose, to create, let there be no doubt, it will destroy.

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I and I must always advance. There are so many more books to write, and Jah words to share. I and I learning and advancement never ends, but Itinues always.

Jah rules Itinually,

Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I

Messenger: the rock

Sent: 1/9/2004 10:21:09 AM

yes man

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