The Universal Balancing Act
The Pilgrim’s Walking Stick: The Universal Balancing Act
The complexity of the world in which we live is utterly astounding and downright intimidating. Our scientists have theorized the ever-expanding universe. An expanding universe presents us with an infinite number of possibilities. The human species is but one component of an infinite diversity. And for us, if we are honest with ourselves, the unknown is the most frightening phenomenon to our consciousness. The world is clearly a battle of forces, some preservatory and some destructive; some expansive and some implosive; some ascending and some descending. Life itself is just a product of this battle, this chaos and far before our modern “professional” theorizers talked about a random explosion at the origin of our world our spiritual texts spoke of chaos as the predecessor to life and the harmony of positive and negative, protruding and receiving, male and female energies are the harness of life.
The spiritual schools of Kemet which illuminated human consciousness have presented us with the knowledge of the Neter Heru-seth. Heru-seth is a two-headed Divinity that represents and maintains the harmony that results from the battle between constructive and destructive forces that make up our existence. What seems like the chaos that would destroy life is actually the prerequisite to the harmonious territory in which life is found. A complete success of any one of those forces will throw the scales off balance towards their extreme and we would fall out of the platform of harmony which Heruseth maintains.
The Neter Heruseth rules over all life on Earth. For not only does everything we see upon Earth submit to this balance but Earth itself is forced to maintain its harmonious position in the cosmic battle of forces that act upon it. If it cannot keep up and maintain this harmony it will be pushed towards destruction by the greater forces acting upon it all working towards the most efficient harmony. The Kemetic schools tell us of planets that were unable to achieve this feat. Planets our astronomers observed, charted and saw destroyed. Harmony is the law of the universe and it forces all to submit to it.
The countless species on Earth follow that principle. They are forced to keep up with Earth’s needs and if they cannot they are set for self-destruction. There have been species humanity has observed crawling around this planet at one time only to not see them anymore. These species were unable to maintain their harmonious positions in the greater families and kingdoms to which they belonged. All of us on Earth must at some level make sure our disharmony doesn’t get in the way of Earth’s need to stay out of disharmony with the universe. Just as we follow this principle as components of a greater entity also submitting to this principle we can see this within as well.
The schools of Sounnt (Kemetic Healing) have taught that the health of the human being is synonymous with our ability to stay in the balance of forces that support our life. All of our organs and components must stay in balance between the destructive and constructive forces. The human being needs food for the energy to maintain its energy. Too much food and the individual will suffer from all kinds of digestive illnesses, bloating, vomiting, depression, etc. but too little food and the human being will suffer from malnutrition, and a list of other stomach problems, stomach corrosion, constipation, etc. Too much sugar in our diet and we will overwork the liver and suffer from illnesses like diabetes, etc., too little and we will not have sufficient energy to fuel the body. We are subject to forces much bigger than us, forces themselves that are subject to forces and principles much bigger than them. Our mental, physical and spiritual health demands that we actively maintain a harmonious place in the greater existence.
Unfortunately, individuals in the “modern” or “developing” territories of the world who have been systematically educated away from their Kemetic roots are functioning under a new pretense that humans dictate to the planet and perhaps the entire existence. Seeking a harmonious position in the greater world around us has taken a back seat to fulfilling our desires at the cost of the world around us. Today, our medical system doesn’t seem to look to restore harmony within our bodies but instead to medicate us with chemicals that push us further away from harmony.
We must awaken from the dream that the planet will serve us in our ignorance and carelessness. Our new scientific theories have not yet been proven. Our self-gratifying lifestyle is not tried and true as a sustainable one. They are new and “cutting edge” amongst a very old species. As we investigate the pictures we can acquire from our latest telescopes and interrogate the images of the activity of our cells under the most high-tech microscopes we should remember that we are one component of a diverse web all working towards harmony. The further we fall out of that harmony we only beckon at our destruction. We have seen the emergence of new deadly diseases, we have come up with new magnificent excuses for killing each other. May our readers see the need for a change. May each of us seek the guidance of our Ancestors and heal thyself.
