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(dance) was heard and beauty never be at peace. His words
emerged out of chaos. Cha- As above so below gave credibility to Ma'at as the
os was instantly suspended, As above so below is one of the balance of life on earth.
creating balance, harmony and Seven Hermetic principles of
a beautiful music called life on ancient Egypt called the Princi- The Afrikan way of Jus-
earth. Ancient Afrikans in Egypt ple of Correspondence. Ancient tice
called this music and balance Afrikans both those who lived
Ma'at. Everything God created in black Egypt and the rest of The ancient Afrikan justice
on earth in their uncountable Afrika, did nothing randomly. system was not just about
numbers didn’t create any form They did all things with clear punishing evil or wrong-doing.
of chaos but rather it all brought understanding of nature and its Not at all. It was about the
together the meaning of Ma'at connectivity with spirit. To them, restoration of Ma'at in a soci-
which is life in its stable form. life on earth must not be lived ety or community. Crime was
Meaning that everything God outside of the life in the Spirit. not met with another crime in
made whether seen or unseen In fact, the reality of Ma'at is the name of justice. For to just
by man was created to give only valid if seen from the dual punish crime without consid-
substance and balance to life. sides of a weighing scale. The eration for the restoration of
The earth (soil) was command- side which represents heaven harmony and balance is to kill
ed to give life when God said or spirit and the side which the very heart of Ma'at. Unlike
"let the earth bring forth grass". represents earth or the physical many modern day Afrikans
The waters were commanded must be in constant balance who now only think in terms of
to bring forth life when God or the scale will be tilted and science, which obviously sees
said "let the waters abound with disharmony and chaos will spiritual things as superstition,
abundance of living creatures". set in. As it is right now in our the ancient Afrikans were deep
The sky was commanded to modern world, the imbalanced spiritual thinkers. The modern
bring forth life energy when He downward tilt of the scale to the day Afrikan has become so
said "let there be light in the side of earth or physicality has shallow in his thinking that he
firmament of the heavens to created and it’s still creating can't seem to connect back to
give light on the earth". Thus by the fears, insecurity, discord, spiritual things even in their
these creative utterances, our disharmony and chaos we have simplest forms. Talk about the
world was populated with life with us. For even Jesus, when poisonous effect of westerniza-
and all was in perfect harmony He mentioned and said "Thy tion. Ancient Afrikans knew the
and balance. For all was pro- will be done on earth as it is in beauty and the gift of God in
nounced good. Ma'at therefore heaven", He was speaking of life. To them, life was more pre-
means the balance and harmo- the principle of as above so be- cious and important that any-
ny of life. low. He knew that without this thing. To them justice was for
correction, restoration in order
balance, the entire world would
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