DEFENESTRATION:
Written by Daniel Masese on July 2, 2024
To realize the importance of a lifetime: may you enquire from one who by the whisker’s breadth has missed the life’s transforming fair crack of the whip.
To realize the importance of forty years: may you enquire from the Israelite who has been crippled, jangled, mangle wrecked, pothered and wallowed in the scorching and sweltering Kadesh Barnea Desert; yet the verdant Promised Land rife in profuse flowing milk and honey is just a cheek-by-jowl- four-day journey.
What happens when political discontent finds its most literal expression through a window?
Defenestration is when grievances take the flight.
Can the shattering of the glass ceiling change the course of nations?
In the annals of rebellion, defenestration redefines the power of a pane and a plane.
Is defenestration an act of desperation or the ultimate assertion of and ascendence into authority, power and strength?
Politics through a window: this is where gravity meets governance in an entente.
How does a single window become the threshold between authority and upheaval?
When leadership falls out of favour, peradventure, sometimes it’s through a window.
In the fauna enterprise: defenestration is the act of forcibly ejecting through a window – might seem purely human. Yet, observations of primates and birds engaging in similar acts prompt me and you to explore this phenomenon beyond the human realm.
In the fauna kingdom: while plants lack the mobility inherent in animals; instances of self-defenestration through seed dispersal mechanisms reveal nature’s ingenious adaptations. External defenestration: the baobab tree drains the lion’s share of the universal solvent and the nutrients from mother nature thus killing cheek-by-jowl domiciled fauna. The grasshopper that lives cheek-by-jowl to his mother incessantly benefits from the dulcet, sumptuous and nutritious beverages, meals and plethora of side-prized dishes unleashed philanthropically, sufficiently and unreservedly by the mother. Permit me and you to dive into how plants navigate their environment, metaphorically exploring the concept of defenestration.
From cellular membranes to ecological balance, defenestration serves as a stark reminder of boundaries breached. Delving into biological systems, we unearth, unpack and unravel microscopically, surgically and relevantly how organisms maintain integrity amidst challenges akin to defenestration.”
In the corporate world: defenestration takes on a metaphorical dimension. It is the abrupt ejection of executives or strategic pivots through organizational windows. What are the aftermaths of those strategies employed in such corporate maneuvers?
In religious spheres: defenestration has historical connotations, notably in the story of the dud and umami Queen Jezebel’s demise. Examining the corporate, personal, private, social, spiritual and moral narratives alongside moral implications; what are the ethical dimensions of defenestration through a religious lens?
In the chemical reactions: the concept of defenestration mirrors the sudden expulsion of particles or energy through molecular windows. Permit me and you elucidate how chemical principles extend to broader contexts, illuminating unexpected parallels.
Across geographical transcendent, verdant, virgin and exploited landscapes: defenestration reverberates in the geological shifts, seismic and tectonic movements; not being wooden bespectacled to the human settlements and encroachments. From natural erosion to architectural designs; permit me and you gaslight how spatial dynamics influence instances of defenestration throughout history.
Throughout history: defenestration has punctuated political upheavals and symbolic protests; from the Defenestrations of Prague to the contemporary expressions of dissent. These are the traces the genesis, continuation and evolutions of defenestration being a potent symbol of power and resistance.
Mathematically speaking: defenestration can be conceptualized as a sudden change in trajectory or displacement through spatial dimensions. This is the exploration of mathematical models helping us in understanding the dynamics and consequences of such movements.
In the realm of Physics: defenestration illuminates principles of momentum, gravity and energy transfer. By examining physical laws; may me and you be educated, empowered, entertained, equipped, exposed, informed, inspired, thought provoked and transformed courtesy of unpacking the forces at the center stage play featuring contemporary and historical defenestration incidents.
Ethically and socially: defenestration raises profound questions pegged on: consent, power and the sanctity of personal and social spaces. May me and you navigate through the ethical frameworks capered with the implications and justifications surrounding acts of defenestration.
He did see the Promised Land; regrettably, he did not make an in-road into it. This is none other than the erudite and intrepid Prophet Moses. Undeniably, this is defenestration.
No sooner had he in an eyeball to an eyeball, openly as pique, straight as a ramrod and in the broad daylight amplified, glorified and magnified the ALMIGHTY LORD GOD and expunge all the 400 false prophets of Asherah and 450 false prophets of Baal; than the sordid and umami Queen Jezebel demanded his head prompting him to turn tail like a wild-eyed rookie; contemplating on suicide under the Juniper tree in its shade. He suffered from: depression, emptiness, exhaustion, hiding, isolation, Messianic syndrome, paranoia and self-pity. Factually speaking: this is defenestration. This is Prophet Elijah.
He envisioned propelling the everlasting Gospel of the Kingdom to Spain. Regrettably, in 67 AD, the bloody-minded, bloody thirsty, draconian, dud and sordid Emperor Nero brazenly beheaded him. He is the ineffable Apologist, Apostle, Author, Philosopher, Polyglot and Trailblazer Paul. Admittedly: this is defenestration.
He envisioned the birthing of the League of Nations. Regrettably, he blew his last on Sunday,3rd.February.1924 before sighting the birth and implementation of his brainchild. He is the former American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson. Undeniably: this is defenestration.
At the Mason Temple Church, Memphis, Tennessee in the USA did he prophecy his imminent death in the I HAVE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP speech and the rest making an inroad into the Promised Land minus him. “Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly; somewhere I read of the freedom of Press; somewhere I read of the freedom of speech and somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for the rights. Well I don’t know what will happen now; we’ve got some difficult days ahead. But that does not matter to me now because I’ve Been To The Mountaintop. Like anybody else I would love to live a long life, longevity has its place. But I am not concerned about that, I just want to do GOD’S will and HE’S allowed me to go up to the Mountaintop and I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want to assure you tonight that we the people shall get into the Promised Land. So I’m joyous. I’m not worried about anything; I’m not fearing any man, any woman; mine eyes have seen the coming of the LORD.”
He is reputed for learning the non-violence method(turning the other cheek when slapped) from Jesus Christ and utilizing it to advocate and fight agaist the British colonialism, Caste System and bridging the gap between the Touchables and the Untouchables in India. Regrettably his endevours rubbed wrongly the shoulders of the Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse who assassinated him on Friday,30th.Jamuary.1948 at Birha house, New Delhi in India. Regrettably: till today, the caste system is alive and kicking in India. Regrettably: India and Pakistan, a once one cohesive and united country, are disintegrated on Hinduism and Islamic subscriptions. He is none other than the Non-violence Civil and Human Rights Activist Mohandas Karamchand Mahatma Gandhi. Inevitably: this is defenestration.
Through non violence model and template, he valiantly fought and advocated for equality on all and sundry on the American soil. This was catalyzed by the inspiration drawn from the intrepid Rosa Louise Mc Couley’s steamroller stance and arrest on Thursday,1st.December.1945 at Montgomery, Alabama in the USA. Regrettably on Thursday,04th.04.1968 aged 39 years only atop the second floor of his motel room of the LorraineMotel, at the balcony, at Memphis, Tennessee in the USA at06:01 .PM.; the Jesuit James Earl Junior assassinated him. He was taken to the St. Joseph’s Hospital at the dropping of a hat manner. Regrettably at 7:05 P.M. his curtains finally came down. He is none other than the Non-violence Activist, Advocate, Civil, Human Rights Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Doctor Michael Martin Luther King Junior.
She envisioned enjoying the fruits of her erudite son, the Professor. Regrettably at 59 years on Easter Monday,6th.April.2015 at 7:00 P.M. on bed number seven, the seventh ladies’ ward in Mbagathi District Hospital; her curtains finally came down. She is Mrs. Esther Mokeira Ondicho. Admittedly, this is defenestration.
The vision:
- Satisfies the bearer courtesy of Acts 26:19;
- Sends the bearer thanks to Acts 26:16-18;
- Stops the bearer courtesy of Acts 26:12-15;
- Strengthens the bearer thanks to Acts 26:20-23 and
- Stretches the bearer courtesy of Acts 26:24-29.
By Professor and Philosopher Daniel Masese.