Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 10, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

So, yesterday I talked about creation as the gift of Netjer to Its children (the ability to do things, make things, change things), and the reality of a need for responsibility around that gift, embodied in the concept (and the Name of Netjer) we call Ma'at.

It is true that humans can accomplish amazing feats through their intelligence, strength, extrapolative ability and sheer willpower. Technology alone would support this idea. Sometimes it seems that the human mind has no impediments, the human spirit no limitations. We walk as gods among our own creations, splitting the atom, creating life out of life either naturally or through genetic manipulation. What is there that humans cannot accomplish?

Are all the things that humans accomplish "good"? Is the act of creation, the gift of Netjer, a "good" thing that thereby renders all creations "good" by default? Where do "bad" creations come from -- or are there such things? More to discuss on the boards....

May Netjer bless you richly today and every day.

Dua Netjer! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing."
Rainer Maria Rilke

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 9, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

I am always proud of my students in my Wisdom Literature class, but the past two nights in particular I really have to commend them. They have done a wonderful job of extrapolating "take-home wisdom" from 4,000-year old documents and even teach me a thing or two in the process!

This week we discussed Ma'at in relation to personal responsibility. It wasn't the original intent of the discussion, but surely enough as often happens when we discuss Wisdom Literature we came right back to two principles or "rules of the universe" as someone called them:

1. Netjer created people, and gave to them the gift of Creation as well.
2. In order to use the gift given in #1, one must obey the law of responsibility, in other words, Ma'at.

Much to think about and perhaps even a board discussion in the making....more tomorrow.

Dua Netjer! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"The price of greatness is responsibility."
Sir Winston Churchill

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 8, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Today we offer food to Khenty-Irety, a form of Wesir, Who guards the Akhu.

List the names of your Akhu before the shrine today. All Akhu whose names have been supplied to me will also be listed by me in our main shrine and recorded in the Book of the Names of the Akhu kept there. (If you would like to have a prayer said for your Akhu today, please send me a prayer request using the link below and it shall be done!)

May Those Who Soar with Nut receive all of our offerings today and always.

Dua Wesir! Dua Akhu! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"He is able who thinks he is able."
Buddha

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 7, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Wesir's Coronation Festival continues, along with the Day that Sekhmet Places the Flame at the Altar.

Add a red candle or a lamp with red oil to your shrine today in honor of the Eye of Ra. Ask for Her assistance in protection in your life.

How did your meditations (see yesterday's devotion) turn out?

Dua Wesir! Dua Sekhmet! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses."
C. G. Jung

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 6, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Wesir's Coronation Festival continues.

Remember that the seeds you sow at this time to become goals in the new season do not grow by desire alone. They will require your dedication, your hard work and your attention. You will need to go within occasionally to "check up" on the status of those seeds, to nurture them and to bring them to fruition.

In pursuit of this "going within," I'd like for each of you to try a new form of meditation, just before you go to rest. When vision recedes and hearing is just a memory, in that small space between asleep and awake, reach out to Netjer with your ka.

You may be very surprised at the results.

Dua Wesir! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"It takes a great man to be a good listener."
Calvin Coolidge

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 5, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Wesir's Coronation Festival continues, along with a celebration in honor of the Drunkenness of the Eye of Ra.

Celebrate in shrine by offering red beer or red wine if appropriate, to appease She Who is Divine Vengeance, and honor Her sacrifice of white-hot anger to rid the world of Isfet. May She turn a kindly Eye upon you and yours as She rids your life of all the baggage it does not require.

Dua Wesir! Dua Sekhmet-Hethert! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough."
Bede Jarrett

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 4, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Wesir's Coronation Festival continues today with a notation in the ancient calendars: Make a holiday in your house today.

Enjoy the day and make sure to include Netjer and the Akhu in your festivities!

Dua Wesir! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Daily Devotions from Her Holiness
Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb)
December 3, 2000

Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Today we mark the first day of a new month and a new season. Let goals be made and celebrations commence!

We celebrate also the Festival of Wesir's Coronation along with a special day in honor of Nehebkau, "He Who Harnesses the Spirits." Son of Serqet, Nehebkau in the form of a great snake encircles and protects the unseen world.

Give special offering today to Nehebkau to gain the protection of the Akhu and Netjer.

Dua Nehebkau! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."
Frederick Douglass

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