A Life That Transcends
Throughout the span of one's life, we are exposed to many teachers or people who impart some level of wisdom or, at least their individual understanding of the world, to us. Most of the time it is our parents or relatives who have the biggest impact on our intellectual and emotional development. Ultimately, our environment becomes the main tool that shapes our paradigm and also becomes the same roadblock that we must eventually get past in order to learn the realities of our existence. My father, for whom I have the utmost respect, has been involved in my life throughout its duration, and he has taught and exposed me to many things. My first exposure to words like ancestors, offerings, pyramids, sacrifices, Gods, afterlife etc., were at the hands of my father. Despite all these things, as I grew older I still felt a huge void in connecting to my true roots and ancestral ways.
Colonization has limited the resources that those seeking truth have to use, resulting in an insufficient understanding of the self and a situation of mental and spiritual confusion. The system provides us with many books (based mostly on speculation), artifacts, papyri and other aspects of our ancestral Kemetic culture. Most of the time our drive to find out more stops when we feel that we have found the truth. Unfortunately we don't even consider the source from which these perspectives of our ancestral cultures have been presented to the world. When I reached this point in my life I still had this feeling of emptiness, I felt lost. I constantly asked my ancestors to lead me to the original source of knowledge that the world once followed which went far beyond race, religion, hate, capitalism, suspicion, borders, individualism etc. My father told me, when I was young, that when a student is ready a teacher will come. At that time I had no idea my ancestors were aligning my life so that I would one day cross paths with someone who would not only change my life but also everyone else's who came in contact with him.
This person that I speak of is Master Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, traditional high priest, healer, philosopher, astronomer, etc. There are many memories of Master Naba that I value but I will only speak of a few. I remember sitting in one of our Ka'at Ibi (Kemetic Meditation) classes and he asked everyone "if a God gave you one wish what would it be?" I don't remember what answer any of my classmates or I gave but I do remember what Master Naba's answer was. He said "be like them," referring to the Gods. The first thought that crossed my mind was why would a human want to be a "God" and how was this possible. Master Naba began to explain to us that this is the reason why we live. We reincarnate life-time after life-time trying to elevate ourselves, improving on our human qualities with the goal of one day becoming a God. The experience I was receiving was life changing. Master Naba has opened my eyes to realities of the world, the Neteru (Gods) and our place in relation to them. Human beings in their essence are corruptible beings, Gods are incorruptible and pure. Humans aren't Gods as some people in society today are self-proclaimed "Gods" Many of us lack the basic understanding of how to even live as a civilized human being and to proclaim ourselves as Gods only confuses us with the work we have to do to become Divine. The things he shared with us in class made sense to me unlike many things I have learned receiving a colonial education. My brain continues to go through its own readjustment because now I'm being exposed to notions my ancestors protected with their life for thousands of years. I understand why our ancestors were so obsessed with the World of the Dead (Imentet) and death. They lived life preparing for death so spiritual growth was their priority.
In the modern society we see too often the individual living a life that doesn't make sense, living a life with no clear objective other than making money, pursuing fun and pleasures or seeking some unnecessary material possessions. What happens to these things when we die? Why does our focus become fixated on things that we pick up only to put down before we enter the grave? Our lives revolve around things that are limited to this material world. I found myself heading in that direction before my ancestors allowed me to cross paths with Master Naba and The Earth Center. At The Earth Center, we are exposed to many realities of our existence. We are learning the difference between what we call useless knowledge and useful knowledge. Useful knowledge is knowledge that transcends our physical death. It is knowledge that prepares us on our journey of coming close to the Gods. This type of knowledge is the exact opposite of useless knowledge. Useless knowledge is knowledge that only benefits you in this material world. Once we die this type of knowledge isn't useful to us any longer. This is why the political leaders of the world put so much money into the "educational system" so that pursuing useless knowledge becomes our focus. The system benefits from us focusing on it and not ourselves. This wasn't always the case. The Kemetic society promoted unity amongst all people despite the subtle differences. Its hard to imagine living in a society that wants the best for you and the rest of humanity.
The 77 commandments, also known as the "Perfect Model," is another important notion Master Naba has exposed me to that has allowed the quality of my life to slowly improve. It's the model we follow because those before us followed them it and they had a harmonious world. Following the 77 commandments worked for our ancestors, it allowed them to coexist with nature and not be seen as a threat. Our ancestors used what they needed from the Earth and respected it. Now everything that lives on Earth; the water, air, ecosystems, human souls, human minds etc., are being poisoned. There were no pointless wars, genocides, religions, attacks on indigenous values and ways of life when we had our eyes on the Model. The world was at peace. We didn't have to look over our shoulders and wonder if we were going to get robbed or betrayed, that wasn't even a thought our ancestors had. The Earth Center teaches us that the way the world is now is due to the the values we have embraced, values that lead to destruction. We continue to take part in the destruction because of these values we continue to embrace. Our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents have adopted these destructive values, some times under the threat of force but our children will also see this self destructive lifestyle as their own if we don't start with ourselves, saying no to corruption, no to breaking commandments. We must guard our life with the 77 commandments, they become our safety net. If they aren't our daily concern we won't accomplish our goal, because they are difficult to follow especially if they aren't constantly on our minds. We may forget some or pretend to forget some and before you know it, another one has just been broken. This is our mission, following as many of them as we can, feeling our lowest when we break one so that we are doing everything within ourselves not to break the same one again. The human's challenge is the battle within the self to take out all the seeds of destruction. When we are able to do this the world that we want to see will be at our feet: the relationships among people will change, the behaviors of people will change, the environment will change, humanity will begin to heal.
Master Naba was truly a special person and I'm so very fortunate to have spent close to five years of my life knowing him. I learned so much from him directly and indirectly. Everywhere he has gone he has changed peoples lives; whether it was with his smile or words of wisdom, or his healing that is responsible for saving thousands of lives around the planet. He was a father to many beyond being blood related. One of his nicknames was Pa Pa because he was seen as a father to so many. He will be missed but his work will continue to empower people world wide for lifetimes to come.