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anxiety,envy,jealousy,hate,fear,frustration,depression,sadness,mentalunrest,

mentalillness,physicallillness,stress,etc.).”Thus,accordingtoShetautNeterSys-

tem,therootcauseofallphysicalandmentaldiseaseisNOT“KnowingThyself.”

Thisstateoflackingself-knowledgeisreferredtoasthestateofignorance,called

KemnintheKemeticlanguage.Thus,SemaTawiandothermysticalphilosophy

teachesthatkmen,ignoranceofone’sSelf,leadstothedevelopmentofmentaldis-

easewhichexpressesasnegativethoughts,emotionsandbehaviors,andthesein

turnleadtophysicaldisease.Thus,inthestrictestsenseoftheSemaTawiandother

mysticalphilosophy,anyonewhoisnotanEnlightenedpersonality,thatis,anyone

whodoesnot“Know”themselves,isconsideredtobementallyill,thedegreeofdis-

easebeinginaccordancewiththeextentofthelackofSelf-knowledge.Sowhat

generalsocietyconsidersasbeingpsychologicallynormal,yogaphilosophywould

considerasabnormal,andwhatgeneralsocietyconsidersasabnormal,yogawould

considerasbeingseverelyaffected.Thus,yogaurgesthestudent(aspirant,initiate)

tobecome“supernormal,”andriseupagainstthesesociallyaccepted,butdetriment-

alnorms.Itisinterestingtonote,thatinrecentstatementsreleasedoverthenews

mediabythepsychologicalassociation,theystatedthatnewresearchindicatesthe

conditionofangertobeatemporarystateofpsychologicalimbalance,andofcourse

wearealsofamiliarwiththeterm,“temporaryinsanity,”whichdescribes,inanal-

mostcondoningway,thepsychologicalstatewhereasocalledrationalpersonacts

inanintenselyunbalancedpsychologicalmanner.Therefore,mysticalphilosophy

seesthattheonlywaytoachievehealthofbody,mindandspiritistoengageinin-

tegral practices and disciplines such as Sema Tawi (Egyptian Yoga).

First Step to Controlling the Emotions– UnderstandingTrue Happiness:

Wehavealreadyestablishedthattoexperiencegoodphysicalhealth,itisimperative

thatonecontrolsone’semotions.Onemustbeabletopreventthemindfrombe-

comingangry,frustrated,worried,anxious,sad,depressed,fearful,etc.Yet,asyou

know,theseemotionsseemtoasifdefinethenatureofthemindforthemajorityof

people.Angerandsadnessarethetwoemotionsthatmostpredictthelikelihoodof

heartdiseaseandcancer,respectively 32 .Seeminglylittleeventslikesomeonecut-

tingyouoffintrafficisenoughtoelicitasparkofanger,andastrikeagainstyour

physicalhealth.Thinkofhowmanystrikesyoumakeonanaveragedayagainst

yourphysicalhealthduetoyourmindindulginginthesenegativeemotionalstates.