What is Creation?
Who Created Creation?
What is the Purpose of Creation?
Book:
African Religion vol 1: Anunian Theology,
p31-33
Author: Dr. Muata Ashby
These
questions have been asked time and time again over the course of history. Is
there any answer? The Ancient Egyptian
Sages thought so and they recorded their discoveries in the form of a Mystical
philosophy (Shetaut) called Pauti. This volume focuses on the
Ancient Egyptian philosophy of the Pauti and how it contains important mystical
teachings about the nature of Creation, God and human existence.
There are
several creation myths in Ancient Egypt. There are three major myth related to
the Ancient Egyptian Trinity of Amun-Ra-Ptah in which Creation emanates from
Neberdjer (Nebertcher) or the Absolute,
Supreme Self, in the form of a Trinity. There are also myths related to
Creation as having emanated from each individual member of the Trinity (Amun,
Ra, Ptah).
There are
also myths related to the gods Khepri and Asar (Osiris) and how he created the
d by uttering their own name. The goddess has also been recognized as the
source of Creation as well. These myths may appear to be contradictory but this
understanding occurs n the deeper aspects of Ancient Egyptian Mysticism are not
well understood.
Yoga is the
study and practice of wisdom and spiritual disciplines which will allow a human
being to discover the source of all existence and to attain the highest level
of self-discovery which leads to inner peace, contentment and unobstructed joy.
Yoga is the
practice of mental, physical and spiritual disciplines which lead to
self-control self-discovery by purifying the mind, body and spirit, so as to
discover the deeper spiritual essence which lies within every human being and
object in the universe. In essence, the goal of yoga practice is to unite or yoke one's individual consciousness with
universal or cosmic consciousness. Therefore, Ancient Egyptian religious
practice, especially in terms of the rituals and other practices of the Ancient
Egyptian temple system known as Shetaut Neter (the way of the hidden
Supreme Being), may be termed as a yoga system: Egyptian Yoga. In this
sense, religion, in its purest form, is a yoga system, as it seeks to reunite
people with their true and original source.
The
disciplines of Yoga fall under five major categories. These are: Yoga of
Wisdom, Yoga of Devotional Love, Yoga of Meditation, Tantric Yoga and Yoga
of Selfless Action. Within these categories there are subsidiary forms
which are part of the main disciplines. The emphasis in the Ositian Myth is on
the Yoga of Wisdom, Yoga of Devotional Love and Yoga of Selfless Action. The important
point to remember is that all aspects of yoga can and should be used in an
integral fashion to effect an efficient and harmonized spiritual movement in
the practitioner. Therefore, while there may be an area of special emphasis,
other elements are bound to become part of the yoga program as needed. For example, while a yogin may place emphasis
on the Yoga of Wisdom, they may also practice Devotional Yoga and Meditation
Yoga along with the wisdom studies.
So the practice of any discipline
that leads to oneness with Supreme Consciousness can be called yoga. If you
study, rationalize and reflect upon the teachings, you are practicing Yoga
of Wisdom. If you meditate upon the teachings and your Higher Self, you are
practicing Yoga of Meditation. If you practice rituals which identify
you with your spiritual nature, you are practicing· Yoga of Ritual
Identification (which is part of the Yoga of Wisdom and the Yoga of
Devotional Love of the Divine). If you develop your physical nature and psychic
energy centers, you are practicing Serpent Power (Kundalini or Uraeus) Yoga (which
is part of Tantric Yoga). If you practice living according to the teachings of
ethical behavior and selflessness, you are practicing Yoga of Action (Maat)
in daily life. If you practice turning your attention towards the Divine by
developing love for the Divine, then it is called Devotional Yoga or Yoga
of Divine Love. The practitioner of yoga is called a yogin (male
practitioner) or yogini (female practitioner), and one who has attained the
culmination of yoga (union with the Divine) is called a yogi. In this manner,
yoga has been developed into many disciplines which may be used in an integral
fashion to achieve the same goal: Enlightenment. Therefore, the aspirant should
learn about all of the paths of yoga and choose those elements which best suit
his/her personality or practice them all in an integral, balanced way.
Enlightenment is the term used to describe the highest level of
spiritual awakening. It means attaining such a level of spiritual awareness
that one discovers the underlying unity of the entire universe as well as the
fact that the source of all creation is the same source from which the
innermost Self within every human heart arises.
All forms of spiritual practice
are directed toward the goal of assisting every individual to discover the true
essence of the universe both externally, in physical creation, and internally,
within the human heart, as the very root of human consciousness. Thus, many
terms are used to describe the attainment of the goal of spiritual knowledge
and the eradication of spiritual ignorance. Some of these terms are:
Enlightenment, Resurrection, Salvation, The Kingdom of Heaven, Moksha or Liberation, Buddha Consciousness, One With The Tao, Selfrealization, to Know Thyself etc.
The term religion comes from the
Latin "Relegare" which uses the word roots "RE", which
means "BACK", and "LIGON", which means "to
hold, to link, to bind." Therefore, the essence of true religion is
that of linking back, specifically, linking its followers back to their
original source and innermost essence. In this sense the terms
"religion" and "yoga" are synonymous. This source which is
the underlying reality behind every object in Creation is described as unborn,
undying, eternal and immortal, and is known by an endless number of names, some
of which are: Consciousness, Self, Higher Self, God, Goddess, Supreme Being,
Divine Self, Eternal Self, Soul, Pure Consciousness, Brahman, All, Allah,
Jehovah, Neter Neteru, Creator, Absolute, Heavenly Father, Divine Mother, Great
Spirit. These various names, while
arising from various traditions and separate cultures, in reality represent the
same divine and transcendental principle.
So the study and understanding of
Creation is an integral part of a person’s yogic movement towards spiritual
enlightenment. Therefore, this volume will focus on the principles of
understanding mystical philosophy. It will focus on the most important creation
myth since all the creation myth of Ancient Egypt are related to the most
ancient one. The Creation based on the
Theology of the Ancient Egyptian city of Anu.
Anunian Theology is based on the understanding that there is one Supreme
Divinity from which all other deities, known as Pauti, and indeed nature itself
arises.
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