Tree of Life Meditation System -- Day 5 -- Maat

Hetep Everyone,

I was very excited about my meditation last night. My objective seems to be shifting. This happens quite often. I begin the meditation cycle with one objective and it shifts into something else that needs to be resolved before I can continue with what I originally intended or I no longer see a need for my original objective.

This seems to have occurred. The objective seems to have shifted to my fear of taking action -- a much needed objective.

Now, let's discuss Maat. Most people who study Maat understand that this energy deals with love, sharing, order, and, of course, truth. Ra Un Nefer Amen, in The Tree of Life Meditation System, discusses Maat, at length, in terms of form and function, truth of premise, interdependence, and inter-relationships. This is weighty stuff, but I've been wading through it. It seems that understanding these concepts allows us to apply Maat in practical terms, but, and this is huge, we must be free of emotions in order to use this aspect of Maat.

Fear is one of those emotions that entices us to commit acts of desperation. If you are about to commit a desperate act, what will cause you to stop and think of whether or not the function of your action will fit the form you are trying to create? For that matter, what will cause you to stop and consider the consequences of your actions?

Well, one of the major benefits of the Tree of Life Meditation System is the opportunity of calmly considering the functions of your thoughts, feelings, and actions while weighing them against the forms you create. The importance of this is that we are given the tools to move our lives as creators rather than products or victims of someone else's creations.

Following is the Law of Maat (personalized from the words of Ra Un Nefer Amen found in Maat, the 11 Laws of God) and some of the insights I gained during my meditation.

Maat -- God needs me in order to come into the world. Fulfilling God's need is the highest act of love and only through my love for God can I fulfill my love for others. I become the love of God in the world for the protection of the world.

Since my objective has shifted from obtaining money that I want to resolving the fears that have blocked me from having already manifested the money, I was led, through meditation, to ask myself two questions:

• What premise (truth), form, and function do my fear serve?
• What premise (truth), form, and function will acquiring money serve?
The answers to these questions are helping me to place my fear, thoughts, feelings, and actions into a prioritized perspective, giving me the conscious choice of viewing my situation through the eyes of desperation or empowerment. Until next time, Hetep

Know Thyself through Your Work

Another difficult lesson for me from the Metu Neter concerns the will, as in will power. You may have some problems with this as well. For some people, they are very focused and are able to achieve what they set their minds to. I used to envy such people and try to emulate them, but things beyond my control kept cropping up like...Life -- family crises, crippling anxiety, poverty, low self-worth, resentments, gang warfare in the neighborhood, uncertainties about God, etc. It's hard to focus when you've got these types of issues circling all around you.

From my horoscope and readings from the oracle of Tehuti, I learned that using my will power to achieve material success was not my first priority. This was an extremely difficult concept to embrace, especially living in the United States where your worth is measured by your bank account. What a mind job this did on me because I could see the truth of these readings. This is the type of truth that keeps you from wanting to look in the mirror. "Forget about material success," Truth said. "Take care of your issues first."

What am I supposed to live on while I'm doing this, was my question. A friend of mine laughed at me once when we were discussing this. He said that things have a way of taking care of themselves. This answer was even worse. I like to see how things will work out, then take action. I had to admit the truth, however, that I never liked what I saw. My vision had been too clouded by all of the negative issues I was living with. The only way to clear my vision was to deal with my negative issues. There has been no way around it. Believe me, I've looked.

Now, I have family elders who survived segregation and remember ancestors who survived slavery. They understand physical labor, certainly not mental or emotional work or even spiritual work. They learned to leave all of these things in the hands of "The Good Lord." This means that they have very little appreciation for what I'm experiencing. How do I handle this? Let's just say that as my understanding grows so does the quality of my response.

The systems of the slave trade, slavery, and segregation, as I see them, are all a part of a time that I call "winter" -- ruled by the white man. In order for me to settle this in my mind, I had to look at things on a galactic scale, beyond the earth and solar system. Winter has lasted for millenniums and we are nearing the end of it. The earth cannot sustain the drain of natural resources that the "work" of winter inflicted. No longer can we work without conscience.

Europeans would have us believe that man has always lived in conflict, but not by a long shot is this the truth. The nature of man is peace not conflict. This is why the work of winter is breaking down. So many people like me are stopping to take care of those negative issues which will bring us out of winter. I feel honored to be among this group. Truthfully, though, I have to keep reminding myself to feel honor. After all, I still live in a world that honors the bank account above all else. But I keep striving.