You Are Perpetrating As a *Ma'atic Afrikan if...

[Kala]

Greetings Afrikan Family

I think it's time to pull some rank, and hold people accountable. Often times we hold up our leaders and key figures for the great work they do, and ignore that they also had/have issues that they should have been called on; Unrighteous Behavior on the part of leaders, those we look up to, and/or those so called "conscious" Afrikans, our family/friends around us, and also ourselves that seems to get overlooked.

Now, it's true that we are all human, we are all evolving, and we all have faults, AND we have to also acknowledge our challenges and be willing to work towards being better Afrikans.

So, in the spirit of Ma’at, and Love, and in the spirit of calling people out, and calling ourselves out to do self reflection and collective work, and add in a bit of humor and sarcasm too... I entitle this post...


You Are Perpetrating As a *Ma’atic Afrikan if...
(Please check the definition of Maat below)

1. You preach nation building for Afrikan people, but don't think dating and/or being married to yt is a contradiction (and counter-revolutionary).

2. You think that it is necessary for Afrikan people to work with yt in order to be liberated, and don't think it's possible to be liberated unless we do so.

3. You think that Afrikan spiritual systems are "religions" to be shared with yt.

4. You preach eating healthy and practicing a holistic diet, while your backside is spreading.

5. You preach nation building for Afrikan people, while you are engaged in intimate relations with multiple, unknowing partners at the same time.

6. You preach an African-centered lifestyle, but do not think chemically altering your natural hair is a contradiction (and counter-revolutionary).

7. You maintain an Afrikan-centered internet persona that does not truly reflect your actions or personality in real life.

8. Your definition of being an Afrikan working towards liberation consists solely of having membership with Afrikan-centered websites, going to Afrikan centered lectures, and reading books.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD ON!

9. You sing "conscious" music, but use scantily dressed yt females to market your albums

10. You have 10 plus years of expertise on what you don't agree with as far as culture, religion etc.. But have not identified a culture, religion etc that you do practice. This person is not connected to any cultural institution, nor under the training, leadership of any elders. This person may have alot of information, but is not accountable to any standards, principle, nor anyone i.e. A roving rebel.

*MA’AT: The symbolic representation of Ma’at as a human figure with outreached hands and wings, is the Netcher of the weighing of the soul in ancient Kemet. The heart of the deceased was believed to be the seat of the soul and it was weighed on the scale of the Netcher Ma’at, against a feather, which represented the principles of truth and righteousness (the seven cardinal virtues). This symbolic weighing of the heart against the feather of truth (Ma’at) was performed to established the righteousness of the deceased. The scale of Ma’at was balanced after the recitation of the "42" Declarations of Innocence or Admonitions of Ma’at. Pg. 91, NVCTC.
The Neophyte or students ultimate aim in Kemet was for a person to become "One with God" or to "become like God." The path to the development of godlike qualities was through the development of virtue, but virtue could only be achieved through special study and effort. According to George G. M. James in his timeless work Stolen Legacy writes: The following of the 10 virtues were sought by the Neophyte in ancient Kemet. In the final analysis, the ancient Kemites sought Ma’at or to be more correct they sought to become one with Ma’at, the cosmic order.

(1). Control of thoughts
(2). Control of actions
(3). Devotion of purpose
(4). Have faith in the ability of [your] [teacher] to teach Akyeame Kwame the truth.
(5). Have faith in [yourself] to assimilate the truth
(6). Have faith in [themselves] to wield the truth
(7). Be free from resentment under the experience of persecution.
(8). Be free from resentment under the experience of wrong.
(9). Cultivate the ability to distinguish between right and wrong and
(10). Cultivate the ability to distinguish between the real and the unreal

"TRUTH IS LIKE LIGHTING WITH ITS ERRAND DONE BEFORE YOU HEAR

THE THUNDER"

Gerald Massey.



Principles of MA’AT

Truth

Justice

Harmony

Balance

Order

Reciprocity

Propriety



Admonitions of Ma’at

(Concepts for Living in Balance)

1. I have not done iniquity.

2. I have not robbed with violence.

3. I have not stolen.

4. I have done no murder; I have done no harm.

5. I have not defrauded the offerings.

6. I have not diminished obligations.

7. I have not plundered the Ntr.

8. I have not spoken lies.

9. I have not snatched away food.

10. I have not caused pain.

11. I have not committed fornication.

12. I have not caused the shedding of tears.

13. I have not dealt deceitfully.

14. I have not transgressed.

15. I have not acted guilefully.

16. I have not laid waste to the ploughed land.

17. I have not been an eavesdropper.

18. I have not set my lips in motion (against anyone).

19. I have not been angry and wrathful, except for just cause.

20. I have not defiled the wife of any man.

21. I have not defiled the husband of any woman.

22. I have not polluted myself.

23. I have not caused terror.

24. I have not transgressed.

25. I have not burned with rage.

26. I have not stopped my ears against the words of Maat (Right and Truth).

27. I have not worked grief.

28. I have not acted with insolence.

29. I have not stirred up strife.

30. I have not judged hastily.

31. I have not pried into others’ matters.

32. I have not multiplied words exceedingly.

33. I have done neither harm nor ill.

34. I have never cursed the Pharaoh (The Beloved of Maat).

35. I have never fouled the water.

36. I have not spoken scornfully.

37. I have never cursed the Ntr.

38. I have not stolen.

39. I have not defrauded the offerings of the Ntru.

40. I have not plundered the offerings of the blessed dead.

41. I have not filched the food of the infant; neither have I sinned against the Ntr of my native town.

42. I have not slaughter with evil intent the cattle of the Ntr.