Here are the 42 principles of Ma'at. They are the principles in which Kemetic (Egyptian) people used as rules to govern themselves. I wonder at times what principles do people govern themselves with, and do they change as soon as things get rough. I know that I govern my spirit by my actions, and in this growth I will have my faith challenge...the key is to never loose it.
- Not have I done wrong. (We choose our rights and wrongs. Just stay true to them.)
- Not have I despoiled.
- Not have I robbed.
- Not have I slain men: twice.
- Not have I defrauded the offerings.
- Not have I diminished [oblations].
- Not have I despoiled the things of the god.
- Not have I spoken lies.
- Not have I carried off food.
- Not have I afflicted [any]
- Not have I committed fornication.
- Not have I made to weep.
- Not have I eaten my heart.
- Not have I transgressed.
- Not have I acted deceitfully.
- Not have I desolated ploughed lands.
- Not have I been an eavesdropper.
- Not have I set my mouth in motion [against any man].
- Not have I raged except with a cause.
- Not have I defiled the wife of a man.
- Not have I defiled the husband of a woman.
- Not have I polluted myself.
- Not have I caused terror.
- Not have I committed offense
- Not have I inflamed myself with rage.
- Not have I made deaf myself to the words of right and truth.
- Not have I caused grief. (One of my greatest challenges)
- Not have I acted insolently.
- Not have I stirred up strife.
- Not have I judged hastily.
- Not have I been an eavesdropper.
- Not have I multiplied my words upon words.
- Not have I harmed, not have I done evil.
- Not have I made curses of the king.
- Not have I fouled water.
- Not have I made haughty my voice.
- Not have I have I cursed God. (Never...when you curse God, you curse yourself)
- Not have I committed theft.
- Not have I defrauded the offerings of the gods.
- Not have I carried away offerings from the beatified ones.
- Not have I carried off the food of the infant, not have I sinned against the god of the town.
- Not have I slaughtered the cattle divine
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