Have you ever really asked, “Why do spiritual people have problems finding love?” I have been in numerous relationships, and I have noticed that when you date someone on a different spiritual level. It is a challenge. Thankfully, in my present relationship, where my wife and I are preparing for our fifth anniversary. We are applying a spiritual practice, which is making our love deeper and stronger. Check out “Why do spiritual people have problems finding love?” Please note: I AM NOT A LOVE GURU. I AM JUST TELLING YOU WHAT WORKS FOR ME.
“What to do when there is too much psychic noise,” is a short simple video for those who are working with their ancestors and spirit guides. Sometimes, we can attract spirits to us because they see that we are psychically open and they want to talk. Sometimes these talks are beneficial but other times, some of these spirits just talk too much. This simple technique reduces their influence.
Why You Need to Stop Trying to Save the People, is not about trying to convince you how vain these efforts are. No, the purpose of telling you that you need to stop trying to save the people, is to save you from a lot of headache, heartache, financial loss, etc.
Many of us suffer from this savior syndrome because a lot of our heroes and heroines like, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Martin L. King Jr., Elijah Muhummad, Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), Rosa Parks, and many others who focused on uplifting the race, were all about the people. But, the one thing that many do not know or understand is that consciousness doesn’t work like that. This is the reason, the “people” didn’t and don’t take care of their leaders. Many of our leaders and their families lived in extreme poverty because the people didn’t appreciate the sacrifices made for them. I say this because if people were truly CONSCIOUS they would appreciate and do for one another, and here lies my issue.
I think a lot of energy has been put into saving people who don’t want to be saved. It is similar to how people stand on the corner or on the pulpit screaming at folks to be saved. You should not have to do all that if you are trying to save someone’s life. I mean why are we screaming at drowning people who see and choose to ignore that we have a lifeboat that can take them to safety?
It reminds me of two classic cult films, They Live and The Matrix, which I encourage Fam to watch. Don’t get me wrong, I am still about helping others, but the days of going out on a limb to save people who don’t want to be saved, I think we need to cut our losses.
This is based upon the understanding of how the Rau (Consciousness) permeates throughout our universe. We have to remember that Set is the youngest netcharu because he is the farthest away from the Rau. This means that the best way to save our people is to save ourselves.
In case you did not know, the summer solstice is upon us and I have “Two Ways to Celebrate Summer Solstice.” Summer Solstice is the longest day and the shortest night of the year. Historically, this celestial event occurred before the rising of Sirius, which marked the inundation of the Nile River. As a result, in ancient Kemet, it marked the beginning of the New Year. I enjoy festivities and for the longest time, I have looked at ways of making celestial events engaging without bastardizing their spiritual significance. Here are a couple of ways that I plan to celebrate Summer Solstice. I hope you enjoy it.
In the “THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-INITIATION” video, I share my personal experience of how I was self-initiated after failing to receive the Holy Ghost via baptism (a formal initiation). What I did not share in the video were the numerous times I was told that I needed to be initiated. Thankfully, my mentor Papa warned me against this spiritual manipulation and helped me to understand my path.
As a result, I am so glad that I was self-initiated because I know now that everything I learned. I seriously doubt if anyone could have taught me about the Maa Aankh and my Kongo ancestry. It was based upon this experience that I know that initiation is for those who need to be put on the religious path for whatever reason. While self-initiation is for those who are already on the path and have been Called to chart a new course to heal their ancestral line, community, people, etc.
I strongly suggest that if you are on the road to self-discovery to watch this video on “The Importance of Self-Initiation” to get a better understanding of your path.
Based upon my experience, here are 3 things you should do before you setting up an ancestor altar, placing an ancestor altar, or make offerings to your ancestors (ancestor veneration). I came up with this list based on my own experience. I remember that when I first started honoring my ancestors. I remember I was in college, and I set up a little box at the foot of my bed. I remember I would place some food that I got from the campus’ cafeteria on the altar every day, but I never knew if the ancestors were pleased with the setup or the offerings. As time moved on, I would meet people from all over the world who honored their ancestors differently from how I did. When I inquired as to how, did they know when their ancestors were pleased? The people who would answer typically would go off on a tangent and tell me that the way I was doing things was incorrect.
After some years of trial and error and finally listening to my Spirits, I learned that there is no right or wrong way to honor your ancestors. There are really only three rules, and they are: 1) Honor your ancestors at least once a week, 2) Never place pictures of living individuals on the altar, and. 3) Never allow your ancestor altar to become dilapidated.
Everything else is optional and relative, which means the way that an individual honors their ancestors is based upon their discretion as it goes according to one’s feelings. In other words, an individual adds and subtracts things from their ancestor altar per their liking. I wish I had known this years ago, and I understand that I did not because I did not know how the ancestors communicated to me. This is why I list three things that you should do before you set up an ancestor altar.
Spiritual Tip #1:
Determine what type of psychic skills that you have.
Most people do not believe it, but we all have a psychic medium skill that we are born with. That is the ability to intuit information. This is the reason children and even animals know when changes are coming and occurring. Most of us are not aware of these psychic skills because we have been taught to suppress them in the West and only believe what we can physically see, touch, hear, smell, and taste. Consequently, when we hear the word psychic, we have all been programmed to think of some old lady with a crystal ball telling people that we will meet the love of our dreams, or something drastic is going to occur like we will turn into wolfman (laugh).
There are four types of psychic skills: mental (claircognizance/clairaudience), emotional (clairsentience), clairvoyance, and physical. There are plenty of online resources that will help you determine your dominant skill but note that you can have all of these skills developed.
Spiritual Tip #2:
Develop this skill because this is how your Spirits will most likely communicate to you. I recommend that you spend at least a month developing this skill. So that you can distinguish when you are making messages and when your Spirits are communicating. Trust me, there is nothing worse than having your Spirits tell you of an opportunity that falls through your fingers. Or being warned of danger, but you plunge into the danger head first because you second, third, and fourth guessed yourself. So, develop this skill.
Spiritual Tip #3:
Finally, test your skill out for a test drive. Contrary to popular belief, most people who work with their Ancestors and Spirits are not your stereotypical medium who blindly follows superstitions. Most of us, like myself, are very skeptical, and we practice certain traditions because we have applied them and observed their efficacy. And, if you continue to follow this path, you will learn to do this each time Spirits communicate to you. So, test it out and see how if it works. Try having your Spirits tell you something based upon your psychic skill and, then, physically verify.
After you follow these three suggestions, you should be able to distinguish between your own voice/thoughts/emotions, your Spirits, and even negative energies. You will also know how to psychically defend yourself and block yourself from destructive influences. For more information on Spirits, check out my booksHonoring the Ancestors the Kemetic Shaman Way, and, theKamta Primer.
Have you ever wondered why you are so fascinated with Kemetic Spirituality, especially at this particular time? Have you ever wondered you are the only one in your family fascinated with Kemetic history and the Kemetic gods? Have you ever really sat down and contemplated why you are probably the only one in your family who has the Pert em Hru (the so-called Egyptian Book of the Dead) or the Kemetic bible?
Isn’t it obvious? You know why you are so fascinated with Kemetic Spirituality, but you refuse to tell your Set (ego) to shut up and sit down. So, you go from place to place, reading this book and that book, and listening to this lecturer and that lecturer, in search of someone to validate what you already know.
The reason you are so fascinated with Kemetic Spirituality, Kemetic history, the Kemetic gods, the Kemetic religion, etc. is because you used to live there.
What did you do while you were there is not really important. What’s important for you to understand is that you used to live there thousands of years ago, and. The reason you are so fascinated with Kemetic Spirituality, Kemetic history, the Kemetic gods, the Kemetic religion, etc. is because you are trying to re-member the system you developed, learned, and/or studied while you were there. This same system is what you taught to your family, and others within your ancestral line, which became your family’s and your peoples’ culture.
Yes. This is the reason you are the odd one in your family. It is also the reason you are the spiritual ambassador of your family. Understand, your fascination with Kemetic Spiritual is not a coincidence. You are here by choice, but also by Divine design.
NPU (Anpu, Anubis) – the Kemetic Guardian Spirit of the Roads and Opener of the Way (Apuat)
So, the other day I was asked by someone “How should beginners practice Kemetic Spirituality?” or at least if they should begin by reciting the 42 Laws of Maat and reading the Pert em Hru (the Book of Coming Forth By Day also known as the so-called Kemetic Book of the Dead).
I told them that first of all, that Kemetic Spirituality differs per individual because it is based upon an individual’s spiritual maturity and understanding. I remarked that when I started practicing Kemetic Spirituality, how I even thought that reciting the 42 Negative Confessions (also called the 42 Laws of Maat) and reading the Pert em Hru was a requirement to practicing Kemetic Spirituality. Later on this path, I discovered that it was not. Reading and reciting the 42 Laws of Maat and read the Pert em Hru is an old fashion and outdated way to practice Kemetic Spirituality. What do I mean?
Let me explain.
Kemetic Spirituality is not like the Judeo-Christian religions where you read the testimonies about God and believe that the same thing will happen to you. For example, you are not going to read about how God wanted to test Abraham’s faith and asked him to sacrifice his son. Then, in return for Abraham’s obedience, he blesses Abraham, which means that if we have an undying faith God will bless us as well.
No. Not in Kemetic Spirituality.
To me, Kemetic Spirituality is about ordination and ritual. You either have gone through ordination and/or ritual, or you have not. For instance, when I tell you that whenever I feel like things are jammed up or that I feel blockage because “my way” is closed. So I call upon Npu (Anubis) to open the way for me by spraying some rum on his image, then blowing three puffs of cigar smoke, lighting a candle, and offering him some candy.
Essentially, what I have just done is 1) introduced you to Npu by presenting to you a crossroad ritual and, 2) presented you with a crossroad situation. Npu will now speak to you intuitively and say something like, “Do you want to know more? Do the ritual.” Then, at that moment, you have just entered a crossroad situation, which is Npu’s domain because you can either choose to do the ritual to learn more about Npu, or continue to follow your egotistical path of familiarizing yourself with definitions, descriptions, etc. that you read in books and other resources based upon fear of the unknown.
Npu (Enpu, Anubis) ApUat – the Kemetic Lord of the Roads Opening the Way to Live Truth
If you decide to take the leap of faith and do the ritual, you may not be able to explain why it works but you know that it works, and that is how you come to “know” this aspect of the Divine. Your Ab soul ” your spiritual heart” will know Truth and will balance the feather of Maat (as depicted in the image above).
You see after you do the ritual will not stand around talking about that you believe Npu is the god of the underworld, and how he governs messages, beliefs, and all of those other descriptions that you read about him (description of Npu). No. You will know firsthand who Npu and realize that this guardian spirit is a real entity because you had a direct experience with him. You will also know after being introduced to him properly that the more you work with him, the better your understanding of him will be just like any other friendship and relationship you have.
This is what I mean when I say that Kemetic Spirituality is about going through ordination and/or ritual or not. To me, Kemetic Spirituality is more about “knowing” and less about beliefs. So, you can read the 42 Laws of Maatand the Pert em Hru, but that is just like reading the Holy Bible (Helios Biblios – Sun Book) because you are reading someone else’s testimony or scriptural account. To be blunt, you will be reading the Scribe Ani’s scriptural account because some of these negative confessions will not relate to you in this lifetime. For instance, “5. I have not stolen grain,” does not apply to you unless you pay people by grains,” and “34. I have not worked witchcraft against the King (or blasphemed against the King).” We don’t have a king for one, but the modern equivalent is a president, and did you see who the president was? In fact, what president has had our best interest? So, do you see how these statements are not really relevant to us? These were issues that Ani overcame regarding his ego.
So, I would suggest that if a beginner wants to practice Kemetic Spirituality that they begin by simply learn to listen to their true self –personified as Osar (Asar, Osiris), and discipline their lower ego self personified – as Set because this is the basis of Kemetic Spirituality.
Npu (Anubis) weighing the Ab (Spiritual Heart/Sou)
Are You Really Called to the Kemetic Path? How do you know if you are or not? Well before I answer, the other day I was listening to Oshay Duke Jackson – who did a video titled “Here’s The Real Reason Why The Black Church Doesn’t Cater To Black Men Anymore.” Like most of Oshay’s videos, this video was funny and hard-hitting because he states. The reason there are a kazillion churches in the black community versus the white community is that there are a lot of beta males setting up churches instead of being patient, waiting their turn, and working with the established alpha male pastor.
As I said, he was so on point because growing up as a preacher kid, I saw this trend all the time. Many people allege they were called to the ministry but because most black churches do not clearly define and explain what the calling is. Most people, especially men, assume that their calling means they are called to be a preacher.
This reminds me of one of my uncles who started a church and had church service in a school gymnasium. His parishioners were another one of my uncles, his kids, my uncle’s kids, and their kid’s friends. Ten people. Yeah! Ten people attended his church that was conducted in a gymnasium for years. I mean, clearly, read the signs.
Anyway, it sounds funny, but Oshay touched on something that I felt is not spoken on within our conscious and spiritual community. These same “I was called to the ministry” people (especially males) exist in the conscious and spiritual community as well. These dusty, so-called woke men are only about getting their shine and nothing else.
After watching the video, I commented to Brother Kushite Prince how these individuals have superimposed that same funky attitude into the spiritually conscious community. I told him how I remember talking to this brother who had a t-shirt business. He explained that out of all of the t-shirts he sold, the biggest sellers were Biggie, Tupac, and Bob Marley T-shirts. When I asked what about his Malcolm, Marcus Garvey, and other spiritual conscious shirts. He flat out told me that “conscious” dudes don’t buy anything. All they want to do is talk and waste his time. Basically, it is the women who buy most of his merchandise, which is why Biggie, Tupac, and Bob Marley T-shirts were his big sellers.
This is why whenever I meet a spiritually conscious vendor, I try to support them by buying at least something like some incense or anything. If I say I want to improve my community, I need to do it. You see, there is no reason to advertise buying black if you practice the principles of Maa, which encourage you to respect and love your environment.
This is why when I see people who are claiming to be about this Kemetic life, it makes me want to ask them, “Are you sure you were called to this path?”
Understand. I am not here to judge, but it really gets on my nerves to see people (mostly men) talk about the glories of Kemet. Yet, they aren’t supportive of those who are doing the work. Instead, they would rather sit or stand around complaining about how they are put down or oppressed and argue about how much knowledge they got versus someone else.
This is why I keep stressing that your name change, your attire, the food you eat, and all of the booksyou have read don’t make you Kemetic. I mean think about, if you ate some meat or if you don’t wear an ankh, do you really think this matters in the afterlife? No. What does? If you said, the concepts and principles that you live by or the Maa, you are absolutely correct. This is the only thing that matters. This is the reason you incarnated to this planet. This is the reason you are here.
Family. Remember that Christianity was inspired by Kemetic Spirituality. So, when they say that your Christian life makes your light shine, it is more accurate in Kemetic Spirituality. I am saying this because many people are into this Kemet thing but ain’t doing any kind of work on their soul.
I mean, one of the reasons I left the church was that they did not have a spiritual technology that would help you develop spiritually. In all of my books, I talk about how the church’s remedy to everything was to give your life to Jesus and pray. But everything in life does not follow this same cookie-cutter pattern. That’s why when crack cocaine hit the streets in the mid-1980s, this cookie-cutter salvation didn’t work for a lot of us. It didn’t work for me, which is why I got out of it and found my salvation through Kemetic spirituality.
If you are really about Kemetic spirituality, it ain’t no joke because your Spirits are brutally honest and don’t do that Christian sugarcoating. (The negative Spirits do because many of them are delusional, but I will save that for another post). We always see images of Npuweighing the spiritual heart or Ab on the scale, but this is because They (the Spirits) don’t hold back and will tell you what you don’t want to hear so that you can grow. They will say to you, “Man/Woman. The reason you can’t get no mate is that you got some conditionings you got to deal with.” If you don’t understand this or if this sounds foreign, you may need to question if this is your path.
Our Spirits guide us in life and in death.
So are You Really Called to the Kemetic Path? Better yet, how do you know are really Called to the Kemetic Path?
Answer: Synchronicities, or as they say in the church, “God doesn’t give you a vision without making provisions.” In other words, you know if you are called to the Kemetic path because you will receive signs indicating that you are on the right path. In fact, this is when you will meet and see your guides. If it is meant to be your Spiritswill make things fall into place, unlike my uncle who was struggling to maintain a church by renting a school gymnasium.
The point that I am trying to make is that if you want “change,” then you need to put in the work to make it happen. What the church calls your ministry, which I refer to as your maa (personal truth, balance, order, etc.)is reflective of the Maa. If you are serious about Kemetic Spirituality, you need to overcome your ego and work with those trying to improve the community’s conditions. Stop trying to do things just to get recognition and do it because it needs to be done. Stop waiting for someone else to do it, and do it yourself. Stop publicly criticizing one another just because you don’t see or agree with the vision given to someone else. Resolve all conflicts by consulting the Ancestors, and be prepared to fight for what you have earned.
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