culture.TheDullpersondoesnottrustinthisvoicebecauseitisoftentimesurging
adifferentactionthanthatwhichtheDullpersonwishestopursue,oritseenas
imagination,andthereisfearoflosingthemind,andsoon.TheLucidpersonre-
cognizesthisvoiceasthatoftheHigherSelf,andnottheimaginingsorfantasiesof
theego.Thus,theLucid-mindedpersoncomestorelyonthatinternalvoicefor
guidanceandsolace,andconsequentlytheydonotexperiencelonelinessordevasta-
tionwhentheadversitiesinlifeoccur.Thisinternalguidanceisatremendousforce
forstoppingnegativeactivitiessuchassmoking,drugs,meateating,etc.Itisanen-
lighteningforcethatopensthedoortoagreaterworldbeyondthephysicalandmen-
talstates,guidingtheLucidpersonalitytothediscoveryoftranscendentalexistence,
thesourceofalllifeandwherethereisnoburden,diseaseordeath.Meditationisan
integralpartoftheprocessofincreasingself-awareness,self-confidenceandspiritu-
alstrength,whichallowsapersontonotonlydiscovertruth,butalsotoliveit.The
practiceofpurifyingthepersonalityandlivingbythepreceptsofMaat(righteous-
nessandorder)allowsapersontobestillenoughtopracticemeditation.Sopurific-
ationandorderlinessinlifeareessentialfirststepsonthepathtodiscoveringintu-
ition and supreme health.
THE CURE FOR THE GROSS IMPURITIES OF THE MIND
Unm ka un – medjat
“Feed the mind what is abiding”
Ancient Egyptian Proverbian Proverb”
Howcanonecurethemindthatisfetteredwithgrossandsubtleimpurities?Feel-
ings,thoughtsandemotionsbasedonegoism(individuality)areconsideredtobe
grossimpuritiesofthemind.Theseincludeanger,hatred,greed,worry,anxiety,
jealousy,passion-desire,etc.InKemeticMaatPhilosophy,thescalesofMaatdelin-
eatethepreceptsofrighteousconductforthosepersonalitieswhomustbeguidedby
discipline.Aspreviouslydiscussed,therearesevenaspectstothepsycho-spiritual
personality.Eachoftheseisrelatedtothepsycho-spiritualconsciousnesscentersof
theSerpentPower.TheSerpentPoweristheSekhemorLifeForce,whichsustains
