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Donotcheat,etc.Sowhilethegovernmentcanbeseparatedfromreligionproper

(religiousdogmas,religiousrituals,favoringonereligionoveranother,etc.),it

shouldnotbeseparatedfromethics.Thus,asystemofsocialandpoliticalethics

shouldbethebasisforallgovernmentandpoliticalinstitutions,aswellasbusi-

nessesingeneralsociety.Imagineifeverybossandeveryemployeedecidestolive

bytheseprinciples,howquicklythenegativeaspectsofsocietywouldbetrans-

formedinapositiveway.Imaginewhatwouldhappenifbossesknewthattheirem-

ployeeswouldnotstealfromthem,nottrytocheatthem,andgivetheirverybestef-

fortinperformingtheirwork.Imaginehowitwouldbeifemployeesfeltthattheir

employerswerehonestandtrustworthy,wouldnotmis-treatormanipulatethemin

anyway,andwouldpaythemhonestlyfortheirworkand/orsharetheprofitswith

them.Someprincipalsinthepublicschoolsystemhaveenvisionedthissublimeso-

cialperspective,andhaveinstitutedtheteachingandpracticeofethicsaspartofthe

curriculum.Thisishighlycommendable,andiswhatisneededineveryinstitution

in society, government and private, including each home.

InoneoftheAncientKemeticcreationmythswhichtellshowcreationcameinto

beingandissustained,itissaidthatcreationcameintobeingasGod,calledRa,

roseoutoftheprimevaloceanonhisboat.Thismovementofhisboatonthewaters

bringsforthallobjectsincreation.Raisdepictedasstandingonapedestal.This

pedestalissymbolicofthegoddessknownasMaat,thegoddessofrighteousness,

order,truth,justice,andharmony.Thishastwoveryimportantmysticalimplica-

tions.First,thattheverybasis(foundation)oftheDivinearethequalitiesofright-

eousness,order,truth,justice,andharmony,andsecondly,thattheverybasisofcre-

ationisthesame.Thus,asocietywhicheitherdoesnothaveanethicalbasisordoes

notputintopracticetheprinciplesofethicsuponwhichitwasfounded,isoutof

harmonywiththelawsoftheuniverse,andthereforewillsufferdis-harmonyand

chaos.

Oursocietyhassomerealproblemsthatmustbefacedandaddressed.Lookatthe

factthat 5 %ofthepopulationcontrols 95 %ofthewealth.Lookatthehomeless,

andtheviolenceintheinnercities.Lookatthenursinghomesfilledwiththedis-

cardedparents,beingfurthermistreatedandabused.Lookatthedivorcerateofover

50 %.Evenourfoodsupplyisjeopardyduetoover-farming,irradiation,andchem-

icalandgeneticmanipulation.Holisticnutritionistsurgeconsumerstopurchase