Maat in Ancient Egypt means straight, it means anything that is true, ordered, or balanced. Maat was the female counterpart of Thoth egypt . she is a very ancient Egypt because it was found in the boat of Ra as it rose above the waters of the abyss of Nun on the first day. Together with Thoth, they charted the daily course of the sun god Ra. Maat is sometimes called the Eye of Ra' or the 'Daughter of Ra as a ancient egyptian
before 2,000 years there were Principles of Ma’at in Egypt .
Ma’at, the Ancient Egyptian divine Principle of Truth, Justice, and Righteousness, is the foundation of natural and social order and unity.They developed a humane system of thought and conduct which has been recorded in volumes, such as the so-called Book of the Dead, The Teachings of Ptah-Hotep .. Egypt
Maat
is The symbolic representation of Maat 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 Maát, against a feather, which represented
the principles of truth and righteousness are the seven cardinal virtues this is in pharaoh Egypt
The goal 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.
Truth, Justice, Harmony, Balance, Order, Reciprocity, Propriety
Fourth two of Negative Confessions in pharaoh EGYPT
- I have not committed sin
- I have not committed
robbery with violence
- I have not stolen
-I have not slain men
and women
- I have not stolen
food
- I have not swindled
offerings
-I have not stolen
from God
-I have not told lies
-I have not carried
away food
- I have not cursed
- I have not closed my
ears to truth
- I have not committed
adultery
- I have not made
anyone cry
- I have not felt
sorrow without reason
- I have not assaulted
anyone
- I am not deceitful
-I have not stolen
anyone's land
- I have not been an
eavesdropper
-I have not falsely
accused anyone
-I have not been
angry without reason
- I have not seduced
anyone's wife
-I have not polluted
myself
-I have not
terrorized anyone
-I have not disobeyed
the law
- I have not been
excessively angry
- I have not cursed
God
-I have not behaved
with violence
-I have not caused
disruption of peace
-I have not acted
hastily or without thought
-I have not
overstepped my boundaries of concern
-I have not
exaggerated my words when speaking
-I have not worked
evil
-I have not used evil
thoughts, words or deeds
-I have not polluted
the water
- I have not spoken
angrily or arrogantly
-I have not cursed
anyone in thought, word or deed
- I have not placed
myself on a pedestal
-I have not stolen
that which belongs to God
-I have not stolen
from or disrespected the deceased
-I have not taken
food from a child
-I have not acted
with insolence
-I have not destroyed
property belonging to God.
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