Deceased Darrel/Abdul (RIP). Marvin K, oldest son.
Parable of Parental Partiality
A woman asked Plato Negro which of his children expressed hispersonality. Immediately, he replied, all of them. The woman persisted,no, which one really expresses you. Again, Plato Negro replied all ofthem. the woman was not satisfied, she again asked which of yourchildren are really you, the essence of you?
I cannot go there. I shall not go there. I cannot express partiality,and in reality it is not necessary because I see all of them expressingaspects of my personality, some more than others, but all of them areintelligent, spiritual, articulate, verbally and literally. They allhave aspect of my artistic persona and my spiritual persona. And all ofthem have the inclination to do for self or to be economicallyindependent.
Aside from the above, a parent must be a diplomat. He cannot appearpartial, even when it is truthful, especially when to do so involvesfamily politics, i.e., multiple mothers. I must appear fair, just andequal.
In my case, it is not difficult to do so because the truth is that Ihave been blessed with wonder children who express different aspects ofmy personality, along with their mothers and ancestors, let's be clearand truthful about this. Positive DNA comes from all sides, just asnegative DNA does.
So it is not difficult to not take sides or be partial. In truth, I mustsay this, my deceased son, Darrel/Abdul, was a reincarnation of myselfthough to a higher level. Physically similar, yet intellectually he wassuperior and had traveled more extensively globally. So I was no matchfor him, just as I was no match in tennis when he beat my assunmercifully in Reno, Nevada while I was teaching at the University ofNevada.
Truthfully, I see aspects of myself in all my children, intellectual,spiritual, economic, political. When I have tried to be emotionallypartial, the reality of impartiality stepped in to let me know they allshare aspects of my personality.
Every father wants his sons to reflect himself, yet when the daughtersdo the same he is humbled and recognizes this is not a gender issue butspiritual. It is for this reason I say sexuality and/or gender hasnothing to do with spirituality, for it transcends gender. Thus ouressence is not our sexuality but our spirituality.
--Marvin X
6/5/10
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