The Importance of Self-Control
The Importance of Self-Control
According to Kemetic spirituality (the original spiritual system that set the path for human refinement), the act of anger is considered a sin. This spiritual sin is one that so easily finds ways to express itself within us. Anger waits patiently for a chance to manifest itself and feed it's insatiable appetite. Anger enjoys its favorite food... excuses... which we always make for ourselves before committing the act. We always legitimize our anger by blaming others for making us feel it, instead of taking responsibility for our own lack of control over the emotions that we display. Anger can be subtle or explosive, and depending on the acts that accompany it, there can be major changes in the direction of one's life or the lives of others.
More often than not, anger leads one to situations of regret, frustration, shame and unhappiness. In our so-called "developed", "civilized", "modern" societies, anger is promoted as a part of being human. It has become a normal reaction for people, instead of one that is recognized as a fault and looked down upon, not only by the one that commits the act, but by the entire society around them. Within Kemetic culture, a system based on human quality and refinement, becoming emotional and angry shows a lack of self control and overall human quality. The lack of discipline is something that plagues the average human being here in the modern world, and those in power of this system understand this and benefit from it immensely.
Lacking the ability to control one’s thoughts, actions and speech is something that has been a part of our conditioning in this system. We are raised to have reactive behaviors and to go about our lives on autopilot, with no need for manual functioning. This behavior is promoted to us on television, in movies, from our parents and fellow members of our society, etc. It is casually accepted that anger is one of the many aspects of being a "free" human being. We are taught that if someone cuts us off while we're driving on the road, we have the "liberty" to express our anger by covering that person with scornful words, or speeding up to pass them while making scornful signs at them. This is one of the many ways that those in control of our system have maintained their positions of power, by educating individuals to gladly accept their own degeneration and lack of moral quality, and to always look for the enemy in everyone else except within their own hearts and minds.
To be able to guarantee that the majority of society will not be concerned with attaining their highest levels of human quality and instead seek pleasure and the paths of least effort secures that the society is filled with weakened people that are easily controlled by the manipulation of their emotions. Those who are easily controlled by the structure of this system and who easily fall into the traps that it has set do not pose a threat to the ones in power of it. And those in power spend a lot of time, energy, and money to maintain control by keeping us in our lowest positions mentally, physically and spiritually. The reason why the leaders of this system work so hard to keep us in a degenerated form is because there is one thing that they fear most... the biggest danger to the leaders of this society are self sufficient, mentally balanced, thinking human beings.
It is interesting to try and imagine what an individual would be like if they never got angry. It seems that the individual would have to have a strong sense of self control over their mind and body. The late Prophet Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, founder of The Earth Center, would talk about the human being’s quest to find the serene approach towards life, which enables one to be at peace with his or her destiny. Conquering one's own anger seems to be a large stepping stone on the journey towards achieving that serenity.
We understand through M'TAM (the educational branch of The Earth Center) that the forces of evil and destruction are constantly working to gain ground. We can see that in certain situations, just like evil, anger has the ability to spread like wildfire. There are many examples of how anger is promoted and spread in our society and in our daily lives, anger is everywhere.
In action movies, we often see the "Hero" become enraged by his nemesis. The "Hero", with all his anger, pursues his enemy because the enemy killed his wife, children, parents, master, etc. In the final scenes of the movie, the "Hero", after tracking down his enemy, ends up killing his foe in the last battle. His anger and killing are justified and supported by us (the audience), only because the "Hero" has won our compassion and support. In movie scenes like these, it is teaching us that breaking commandments is perfectly okay if we have a good enough excuse for doing so.
In music, people are listening to Heavy Metal, Gangster Rap and other genres that have aggressive rhythms accompanied by lyrics of anger and violence. It is a drastic difference to hear the soft soothing vibrations of the kora instrument (a traditional African instrument), opposed to the rhythm of many rap songs that feature a gangster rapper. I urge you to try it out for yourself and compare the two to see the affects that is has on you.
In the video games nowadays, the ones that are most popular are often the ones that contain the most violence. Young children, teens or adults can control characters on their television screens and make them do pretty much whatever they wish. In some of the games, you can make your character wander the city streets beating up bystanders, stealing cars, and shooting police officers or anyone else you choose. Some of the military games teach you how to be a professional killer and assassin. Though they are just video games, they have an impact on our lives and minds. All of this virtual anger and violence comes only to desensitize those who are playing these games, preparing us to accept or even perpetrate the actions in real life.
In the sports arena, we see rival teams pumped with adrenaline and emotions, angered players trash talking each other while their teammates restrain them. We enjoy watching players like LeBron James become angered by a bad call, or a hard foul. We are thoroughly entertained by watching players get ejected from games or even curse out a referee or a heckling fan out of anger.
If we don't get enough rage through our media, then we can surely see it in our daily lives. Whether we see arguments in our homes, in our schools, on the streets, on the bus, at our work places, while driving on the highway, etc. Anger is everywhere in our society, and no one takes responsibility for it because it is not seen as a spiritual sin. It is not seen as something that is abnormal for a human being to express. It is not seen spiritually as something that is equally as evil as killing a human being, robbing or looting, or using violence against one’s family. It is just seen as a common reaction for those who are facing the struggles of their daily life.
At The Earth Center, we have a clear agenda; our goal is to build a quality world through first building quality human beings. Our stabilizing force for reaching this goal is the 77 Commandments, The Divine Code of Human Behaviour. All across the world there are those who are once again adhering to these commandments. If you are searching for a better way of living, check for your nearest Earth Center location, or visit us online at : www.theearthcenter.org