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that between Mind and The peace of hetep is an “inner” energy and matter are
Matter, could also properly peace, because it is a state that is mutually transmutable.
have been rendered as the considered still to lie somewhere Be that as it may, the state
dichotomy between Mind within Man. It is not to be of hetep, in terms of the
and Spirit, for matter, too, found in the material (energy/ mind aspect of Being, is
as “energy-slowed-down,” matter) principle of the universe, the ultimate state of pure
is but a form of spirit. But rather in the mind principle. inner peace. In terms
such a usage would do Therefore it lies within. It is of the matter aspect of
too much violence to the an aspect of existence that is Being, it is the ultimate
common understanding inherently indivisible: when state of pure, quiescent,
of these matters, and the you get to “it,” there is nowhere energy-as-potential. Both,
usage that goes with it. In further to “go.” I believe Amen together -- quiescent
common usage, we speak has speculated somewhere in mind, and quiescent
of body, mind, and spirit as his writings that Democritus matter (energy, really)
all being distinct, certainly imperfectly understood this -- constitute the Kamitic
to the best of the ability Kamitic concept of “Atum,” and concept of the Creator
of our senses to perceive sought to apply it to matter. It before creation. This is
these distinctions. At the is from this misconception that Amen, and the Source
same time, we use the term Western science found its way to from which all comes.
“spirit” as a common noun the notion of the atom, as being It is also, in the Kamitic
to refer to individuated the smallest indivisible particle spiritual science, the true
“souls” that have given up of a substance. No sooner was nature of the hidden God
the body, but which retain the atom discovered, however, within, which is essentially
as an essential attribute the it turned out that it contained unconditioned, and
attribute of Consciousness/ yet smaller constituent particles which cannot be upset by
Will, or Mind. Given the of stuff. There is apparently no externals. It is represented
potential for ambiguity, end to the proliferation of yet at Sphere 0 above the Tree
I stick with Mind/Matter smaller sub-atomic particles. of Life. In the Yoruba
as being the fundamental Kamitic spiritual science tradition, that aspect of
dichotomy, but with the confidently predicts that the God represented by Sphere
clear understanding that fundamental building block -- in 0 is called Olodumare. It is
Spirit, qua energy, falls a delicious irony of metaphor also what, as we have seen,
under the category Matter. -- of matter, is not matter at all, the Zulu call the Itongo.
The concept of soul, in but the energy polarity of the
relation to that of spirit, is energy/matter principle. The The Purpose Of Creation
a tricky one, and will be wave/particle duality of photons,
addressed later on, in the and of sub-atomic particles, is If the true nature of God,
context where it is most a manifestation of the energy/ the Source, is Amen, and is
easily explained. matter principle, namely that essentially unconditioned
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