Having survived a rather powerful New Moon is the sign of Libra, those of us still left on planet Earth should perhaps think about the dark side of life and the powerful balancing force of EQUILIBRIUM.
MAAT goddess of Equilibrium [cTethy]
We are all searching for harmony or equilibrium in our lives. We search for this harmony internally in bodily health and externally in personal relationships, and in our place in the world. Internal harmony or good functional working between body parts brings an Equilibrium of body function called good health, such a condition is a reflection of the external harmony of our lives, or lack of. Our living, thinking and relationships reflect the greater harmony or not, of the Cosmos and the Great Laws of Unity or the Universe. With all these many layers of life and living a lot can go wrong, there are just so many opportunities to get things out of balance according to thinking, emotion and action; and then health, living and relationships go sour and become difficult, without our constant vigilance. Like the dust and dirt that ever accumulates around the house and needs constant attention.
Some say that our internal bodily rhythms are but a reflection of the Cosmic rhythms and when there is balance these internal rhythms play an internal musical harmony that reflects the natural and unpolluted rhythms of natural law and the greater cosmic movements. But, you ask, what are these rhythms of balance that I so yearn for? I cannot hear them, feel them, see them, record them. To which the answer comes, they are silent rhythms that each must discover for themselves by developing those inner senses that can respond to intangible energies and influences. This discovery is helped and assisted by such humanitarian groups of self-development as the Rosicrucians [AMORC] who have been waiting patiently in the background for many, many, years anticipating our coming Age of Aquarius when the majority of people is growing who are becoming seekers of this light of understanding.
Achieving Equilibrium or harmony within ourselves and within our existence is a life-time struggle and the struggle to achieve it proceeds according to our Karma. Karma is the metaphysical concept of living to achieve this much wanted harmony and balance in life. Trouble is, most of us are so out of balance that it takes much effort and perhaps many lives to rebalance our Karma. Karma, what have you done and thought today that will demand compensation tomorrow, or the next day, or maybe in a week, a month, a year, or even in a distant new incarnation. Karma as a subtle energy that pushes all our buttons and forces us to become better than you were.
The ancient Egyptians understood this concept of Equilibrium and balance. They gave it a name, Maat.They made the concept of Maat into a goddess and gave her a partner called Thoth. Maat is the concept of Truth and Justice, not the truth and justice of mankind or his law courts, but the Truth and Justice of the gods or the One reality that the Egyptians of old represented in its many god-forms.
Hermes, Thoth, Tehuti, three names for the same deity, to honour his tri-powers over the three regions of the cosmos and the three metaphysical divisions of our being; all reflected in the Macrososm and the Microcosm, ‘As above, so below’. Tehuti of ancient Egypt represents knowledge and understanding of the heart, which in turn can be symbolised in the Ibis, the wisest of birds according to ancient Egyptian lore. Thoth measures and Maat weighs the truth of that measurement.
Thoth recording Judgement of the Heart
Tehuti or Thoth, presides over the weighing of the heart in the Am Dwat or Afterlife and is therefore symbolised also in the scales; bit like the scales of the sign of Libra The weighing scales are monitored by the wisest of animals, the ape, who sits on the fulcrum of the scales and communicates to Thoth the results of the weighing. The scales are used to weigh the deceased’s heart in one pan against the weight of the feather of Maat in the other pan. How do they measure up, are they balanced or is the heart heavy with neglect. The constellation in the sky known as Libra the Scales, also carries the theme of balance and harmony in life, it is the fulcrum between the constellations of Virgo the pure Virgin, who represents outer earthly work, service and health, and Scorpio the Eagle, sign of sharing and the inner mystical transformative life. In the same way, we must strive to balance our inner and outer living.
Thoth is the judge of the Equilibrium of these scales of judgement, of the Equilibrium or not of the scales. For this reason, Thoth is also known as the god of the Equinoxes, those two points in the year where equal hours of day and night balance our small universe at the commencement of spring and the commencement of autumn. The principle of this harmony or balance comes under the formula or concept of Maat, the syzygy or partner of Thoth.
We move towards harmony and balance [somewhere between Order and Chaos] by not minding so much about the trials and tribulations we are faced with, or the blocks, obstacles and frustrations encountered along the ‘Way’. Such a process is assisted by detaching from the notion of importance of personal opinion and desire. An ongoing and not easy pathway to be pursued, but as the saying goes ‘No-body said it was going to be easy’, just satisfying in the eventual attainment of inner peace with yourself, and knowing that you have done your best. Greet the sunrise with outstretched arms of Equilibrium and purposeful breathing in of the essence of life to nourish your body and soul, then meet your busy external day in the mode of the Sun Hero, treading the Labyrinth Path of Life.
