Something I found when I was researching more about Heka Magick. This is copyright but unfortunately I cant remember the site I found it. So this is not my own words but most may find it interesting. Enjoy ;)
The Heart and the Feather:
By a religious man or woman, sin would be defined as any act which is hateful in the eyes of his or her gods. But who can pretend to understand the workings of the divine mind? It would seem that we are required to live in strict accord with rules that are never explained to us.
This paradox is one that we have been wrestling with for aeons. In the end, though we in turn seek the wisdom of the old, the young, the sacred, and the profane, we finally come to rely on that inscrutable and unquestionable measure of good and evil, our conscience.
In the Halls of Judgement, deep within the many-gated Tuat, or underworld, we find ourselves standing before the throne of Asar, judge of the dead. We see ibis-headed Djewhty, bearing the Book of Life in his hands and waiting to make the final entry under our name. Anpu is there to oversee the weighing of our heart against the feather of Maat, as the fierce Amemet looks on, ready to devour our soul should it prove to be burdened by sin.
With a clear voice and clear conscience, incapable of untruth in so holy a place, we recite the so-called Negative
Confessions:
"I have committed no evil against mankind.
I have caused no misery to those around me.
I have committed no wrongs against the Throne of Truth.
I have befriended no evil men.
I have committed no evil deeds.
I have demanded no undo praise for my name.
I have deprived no humble man of his property.
I have done nothing that is hateful in the eyes of the gods.
I have inflicted no pain.
I have made no one hungry by means of my greed.
I have made no one weep with sorrow.
I have committed no murder.
I have driven no man to murder another.
I have inflicted no suffering.
I have stolen no offerings from the altars of the gods.
I have committed no unclean acts in the sanctuaries of the gods.
I have taken no milk from the mouths of children.
I have driven no man's cattle from his land.
I have caught no fish with bait of their bodies.
I have held back no water in its season.
I have extinguished no fire in its season.
I have turned away from no god in fear or shame.
I am pure."
But are we in fact so pure? Could we say in honesty that we have never caused another sorrow or pain? That we were always humble and meek? That our every deed was worthy in the eyes of the gods?
Certainly not. Humans are not, by definition, perfect creatures. What then makes the scales show our heart to be free of the burden of sin? Rather, what is the burden of sin?
Guilt.
If we have committed a wrong, but knew not at the time the consequences, we have no doubt come to remember the event as an unfortunate mistake. If we have done what we thought best, and caused another grief in the process, we think of this as having done what was necessary. We judge ourselves in our hearts every day, and we know the depths of our own souls. No man may judge another, and it seems that no god can judge us, either: for in the weighing of the heart, the verdict only shows our own opinion of the sum of our lives.
Faust, can you find us that fair use law (I can't find it.) I've had many people say oh, what you are posting is copywritten.
We all must know that there is no original thought, only those that got to claiming it as theirs, first.
But, the important part here is that people are unaware that we are not using works like this for copyrite infringement; rather to use with fair use, for discussion, which is legal to do so and bears no burden upon this copyrite issue. I'd just like to diffuse anyone's further concerns with this with permit due to this fair use law. We are not profitting, we are not doing much of anything but having fair use to refer to data.
Most of my copyritten by others posts, I had no idea, as I was given it by someone else. I already know I can post it. But, to stop the worry and concern of copywrite issues, the fair use law would be a good thing to have on line here, especially for a non-profit agency, for the life saving of humans/earth training such as our council.
I just think it will help us along to learn and not worry so much about posting to share or reflect.
For example. Dictionaries, all copywritten. Yet, we can and will quote the dictionary at all times.
Referencing/sharing and referencing Shakespeare, all fair use. So, would this article and many others we reference.
Copyright is not violated if one doesn't make profit with protected goods. I put a note on copywritted material I post only if I deeply respect someone's intellectual property. This is world wide web, it's public. If someone's being a smartass, with something he "stole" from another site, he should be exposed by other members and humiliated. On this site only admin can be punished for the violation of copywright, if he did such thing of course, because he makes profit.
