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Looking at Africa, the most mineral/raw material rich continent in the world and yet the poorest and most
backward, it is clear what is missing: scientific know-how, technology and applied modern engineering. A nation that
knows how to use its raw materials to build, construct, manufacture, harvest, create, mass produce and distribute has the
means to provide for it self; its people do not starve. Any nation that does not is left destitute with hat in hand.
From existence we get to logic and not necessarily the other way around. Logic comes from history; it is history summed up.
Science has shown consistently that human cognition can discover logical formations in reality only because the objects of
cognition possess them in the first place. Theory, therefore, is the systematic summarize practiced. The material
object of thought is, therefore, the object of some relative expression of reality. Essentially ideas and real theoretical
concepts categories are not more eternal than the unique historical conditions that they express. In sum,
the essence, the heart, the foundation of any concrete theory that is reflective of reality is practice. Practical verification
is the fundamental raw material of scientific theory, whereas theory is the fundamental guide to practice. Therefore, social philosophy, theory, or method is measurable based on its actual practical application to
reality. One purpose of progressive social theory and method is to provide that knowledge of social tendencies that
will most effectively liberate the actions of those who suffer the "slings and arrows of unrighteous misfortune."
Fundamentally sound social theory, therefore, is not speculative insight into the past and present; it paves the way
for prospective anticipation of the future based on a factual/logical summation of the past and present in such a frame as
to deduce means and method for the improvement of the future. It explains why the present is what it is, based on the
past in order to improve it. It liberates. Black people need real answers, not soothsaying and
empty mysticism.
1. Traditionally, in the resurrection
of modern African centered thought scientific assessment of reality are dominated by mystical incantations of obsolete speculative
christian-islamic dogma who's scope rarely leaves the idealistic discussion of abstract spirit, religion, white/arab/jew
critiques of made-up fantasy of a history and god-allah-jehovah. In modern African-centered thought, this "spirit"
is decked out under so many names (e.g. selfish, magical incantations, savior, blessed, made up stuff), it betrays any objective
verifiable definition. Thus, for those trapped by mysticism, there is no longer a history of practical behaviors that lay
the foundation for practical ideas. Out of mental laziness, ideas are made to drop from the sky. 2.
In the progressive element of KMTic thought, each organic life form had a motive force, an internal driving force, a will.
That will was manifested in real- life deeds that developed in sequence, not in invoking powerless abstract spirits that could
not stop one White man-made bullet from piercing the skull of one innocent African child---a hundred million times over; not
one rape stopped, not one enslaved person thrown in the ocean to sharks saved, not one hung innocent one cut from the rope
before their necks were snapped. Just excuses. 3. The best of ancient Kmt saw free as
supreme and internal to the individual; there was no determinism to make one person innately good or the other person evil.
You had a choice, and you made it good or bad. You were judged on what you did. Those forces played themselves out in the
internal struggles of the individual and were practically expressed in their day-to-day deeds. No excuses, no sin, no soul
saving prayers after a guilty life of murder and mutilation, no guilty consciences, no crawling around, no fear, no unfinished
lives. Just a human, living making errors, correcting themselves, seeking redemption in this world, and working toward the
betterment of their family and the world. You were judged on what you did, your living body of works, how you had lived. 4. The Arab and European holocaust and mass enslavement against African civilization happened in this real-world.
And the so-called all-powerful, but absent in the greatest hours of need, arab, white, jew gods were nowhere in practical
reality to be found for the over 600,000,000 innocent one's who did not have the scientific material means to stop those
who had the scientific material means plus their own "gods" (that they themselves had made up in their own image
and interest). Check the ocean floors for the millions of bone fragment from broken African bodies just thrown over board
ships. Sharks obviously believed they were blessed to be in the vicinity---they followed enslavement ships and the stench
of blood and human flesh. This was their judgment. 5. Clearly, an African can be as scientific
as an Asian in Japan. That same African can be spiritually driven to do as much or more for justice using that science as
the Europeans do to maintain their injustice against Africans. 6. One does not have to
be anti-scientific to be pro-spiritual. This is a tremendous ideological error in the progressive aspect of the African-centered
movement. Ideas do not drop from the sky. The question should be: What material condition fortified the will in Whites
to use science for whatever purpose in benefit of White civilization? What material conditions was ancient African KMT bequeathed
that allowed for its 6000 years of developing science and spirit in benefit of African civilization. How can those conditions
be replicated as to ignite the spirit of Africans today? To continue to be so many "just" Africans who allow
so few "unjust" populations to destroy so much and so many with so little is itself unjust.
In
sum, usually the worst of African thought claiming spirituality dominates the best of African movements today. They
purport to create ideas from the sky in terms of a logical and timeless order of necessity, not in terms of the succession
of material , objective and yet temporal reality. Their views have yet to even leave absolute idealism whereby the material
world of matter, space and time have all been devolved into appearance and ideal concepts as opposed to real developing actual
processes. Instead of showing an incompatibility between any revolutionary ethics and an objective idealism which sanctified
the existing order with ambiguous formulae about the identify of the real and the rational, they cowardly cling to hopes that
a god-allah-jehovah figure conjured up by their very oppressors/slavemaker whites, arabs, and jews hold the key to their understanding
of objective reality.
The result of this procedure is to make
the familiar appear to be mysterious product of the ghostly conjugation of categories. Instead of starting with the
familiar and working out the logical categories involved in ordinary experience, they attempt to deduce the character of ordinary
experience from presumably simple and necessary logical truths. What should be the point of departure becomes
a mystical/superstitious/speculative result and what should be a rational result becomes a mystical point of departure.
They do not understand that the existence of a thing is as intelligible
as it is discovered scientifically to be. It is the subject of all possible attributes which may be predicated of it
but is not therefore merely they systematic totality of such predicates. The more we know about its attributes, the
more we know about the thing. But the existence of the thing does not depend upon the order in which we learn of its
attributes nor upon their subsistence in some nontemporal realm of being.
One should never attempt to deduce the historical succession of things in time from he immanent development
of ideas out of time. From existence, chronology (time), then historical context/events we get to logic and not necessarily
the other way around. Thought can discover logical relationships in matter only because the objects of thought possess
them in the first place. History is made by humans, it is not the product of the automatic operation of impersonal forces
whether they be spirit, nature, culture, politics, military, or social. Humans make history, but they do not make it
as they please; conditions, time and pressures constrain them. Human effort is the mode by which the historically determined
comes to pass. History does nothing, it does not have an auto-piloted agenda; it is nothing but the activity of humans
in pursuit of there own ends. To solve the race problem then one must seek a causal explanation of historical
activity not in the way people think, not in their abstract ideas, not in their mere opinions and pronouncements, but
in their concrete needs and in the conditions out of which those needs arose.
The
object of thought is therefore the object of some mediated or unmediated reality. Essentially ideas and categories are
not more eternal than the relations which they express. They are historical and transitory products.
Practice is the life of theory; theory is the guide to practice. Activity is an integral
part of thinking. A social theory is to be judged by what it effects, directly and indirectly. The purpose of
social theory is to provide that knowledge of social tendencies which will most effectively liberate revolutionary action.
Philosophy is not merely retrospective insight into the past and
present; it is prospective anticipation of the future based on a theoretical logical summation of the past and present and
improve the future. It explains why the present is what it is based on the past in order to improve it. It liberates.
In any society in which race, sex-gender, class and generation divisions
give rise to conflicting needs, values, cultural forms and ideas, each race, sex-gender, class, and generation sets itself
up as a representative of the common interests of the entire society. Each race, sex-gender, class, generation develops
a world view, and ideology which it holds to be universally true and around which it seeks to impose as the view of the entire
society. The group with the force, the military, political, psychological, and intellectual might---rules. The powerless
are ruled; the powerful rule. Except for power, all is illusion. Those who have power determine the gradual flow
of history; does who do not have power follow the flow of history.
In sum, To know essence, search for origins. All that exists throughout time and space has
a life cycle: The new develops in the womb of the old, reaches a point of conception, fights a life and death struggle for
its existence, and in the birth throes of this complementary struggle it comes into being as a new formation; the adaptable
element of it is preserved in the new process. A new formation is born from a synthesis
of the old and new elements of its predecessor. In the process of establishing themselves as independent beings (new
objects, thoughts, etc.), new formations transition from that which existed before to what they are becoming; fully revealed
or expressed without vagueness, implication or ambiguity. Grasp the whole
in motion and reveal the fundamental internal contradictions. Unity and
struggle of internal contradictions constitute the moving principle of a formation's development from birth to death to
rebirth Under certain conditions the internal elements are in agreement
(unity), while in other circumstances they are in opposition (struggle).
Kmt
Cosmology to Philosophy
Cosmos before the Present
Universe 1. Early KMTic thinkers grappled with the questions of existence-origins,
knowledge of the world, the cosmos, and how they came into being 2. [philosophical implications
of grappling with questions of existence by relying on observations of material world] 3.
Before all, there existed Nwn, a watery abyss, absolute in essence, which already contained all primary matter [seek source
of this understanding in the external environment-Nile understood as the source of life] 4.
That matter was posited in the form of water extended, quite naturally, from their experiences along the Nile 5. In time, matter would gain consciousness of itself, manifest itself as creation [philosophical implications-before
something exists in essential form, what will become its component parts resides in an undifferentiated state within a set
of conditions that are ripe for development] 6. Creative demiurge emerges from within
Nwn and only after that does the work of creation begin 7. There is no independent creator
standing over and apart from creation. [philosophical implications-the essence of being and source of change lay within (originate
from within) 8. In the beginning there is matter (water), in a form apparently inchoate,
obscure, abyssal, yet potentially powerful, dynamic, creative, innovative, a generative source [philosophical implications-there
are conditions in which exist elements that, under certain conditions (at a certain point), organize themselves into a definite
form; these elements constitute pieces of potentiality that find expression when unified] 9.
Right from the start, matter is posited (in the form of primal water) at the origins of the universe; this primordial matter
was in a form qualitatively different than what would later emerge from (be born of) it. 10.
Modern science suggests that the universe originated in a manner similar to KMT's cosmology 11.
KMT's error-that this primordial matter was liquid-was due to their technological development at the time 12. The most important thing to note is that they posited matter prior to anything else 13. That the Nile was so central to their existence, it was natural that water would come to represent the
primordial mass called Nwn 14. Nwn-primal matter, primal, abyssal water 15. Atum, Re represented the creative reason (and consciousness), which then gave rise to all of creation
[philosophical implications-reason, intelligence organizes chaos. We cannot understand the world around us without having
developed a set of strategies, tools, categories, concepts that permit us to take in sensual stimuli, mentally organize it,
understand it, and respond appropriately. This process (of intelligent understanding) requires the existence of a language
that permits members of a population to communicate with one another about reality]
Seed
Time of the Cosmos 1. Human intelligence normally strives to understand how all that
exists came to be 2. Matter is posited first, although it has no thematic form [philosophical
(and practical) implications-the mind is liberated from orthodox approaches to issues of genesis and origin, enters a realm
with no questionable premises] 3. Matter, through its interaction with intelligent consciousness,
becomes involved in a process of becoming. 4. The concept of this inchoate primordial
mass was a sort of spatial medium antedating (and beyond) space and time. Everything-all of reality as we know it-would ultimately
emerge from this "originating medium" and within it; this reality explored and exploited by human ingenuity [philosophical
implications-from the simplest, most undefined and chaotic of beginnings emerges generation after generation of ever specialized
beings] 5. Nwn: This spatial medium was not yet capable of expressing the real and the
imperceptible; it predated the world, itself uncreated, but adaptable as the raw material for creation; this was an ungenerated,
uncreated reality that was neither born nor created [philosophical implications (of the last part)-if KMT considered Nwn as
neither born nor created, then it suggests a couple of things: (1) that they recognized that they did not have an answer,
or (2) that reality comes into existence on its own (self-generation), or (3) acceptance, at a certain point, of reality (fate),
things are as they are] 6. The universe and the creative god were distinct, the former
antedating (anterior to) the later. 7. God, as demiurge, was born within Nwn, which existed
before it [philosophical and practical implications-god represented consciousness and intelligent reason (if the concept of
a god existed at this point in the development of KMT philosophy) that emerged within the womb of Nwn by its own creation;
secondly the concept of god(s) emerged out of human intelligence to capture principals of nature and human morality/behavior,
and reflects the inchoate mass (conditions of existence) from which it was born 8. KMT
philosophers conceived of a universe that came before the demiurge itself and all of its universal offspring, its entire creative
activity. The universe and the creator god were distinct, the universe being anterior to the demiurge. This early universe
was very different form the one we know now. 9. Before generation there was ungenerated,
uncreated reality, that which was neither born nor created. 10. Menes unified northern
and southern KMT under a pharonic institution; a coherent organization for channeling and harnessing the waters of the Nile
through systematic irrigation, accompanied by a writing system useful for regulating ceremonies and rituals, setting the calendar,
and communicating the pharaoh's messages across great distances. All at once, KMT created a set of impressive architectural
constructions. 11. At this time, the earliest philosophy emerged; just as rigorous and
vigorous as the geometry of the pyramids, precise as the pharaonic ritual 12. Upon this
concept of the uncreated, an eminently philosophical concept, the ancient Kemites organized their worldview. 13. The KMT thought system, which laid the foundations and erected the scaffoldings for temple architecture,
was a decisive organizational influence on the construction of the pyramids.
Nwn:
The Primal Waters
1. The beginning of all beginnings
was Nwn, the primal, absolute mass of water, container of all seed, home to all creative potential. It was reality before
the universe we know, already pregnant with the ‘raw material' of creation in a latent state. 2. In the cosmogony of The Book of Coming Forth by Day, it was within the primordial chaos that the
demiurge achieved consciousness of itself. Only after that rise to self-consciousness did the demiurge come into real existence,
on its own and by itself. Then it began to work. 3. Everything in the world had a starting
point, a genesis, with the exception of Nwn; Nwn was the uncreated reality of moist, watery, abyssal depths, fecundating and
creative 4. In African philosophy, the concept of water is the logical outflow from the
lived experience of the African environment. All stream outward from the great cosmic waters, flowing into the real world
as a generous force working to seed the earth, touching all it reaches with it s animating vitality. Water is and water lets
be. 5. Water is the drought-ending energy that clears the way for the active life, season
after season, day after vital day, in a tireless cycle. 6. Nwn is not simply a name for
some inert, primal abyss, rather it flows across space and time. The Great Waters are constantly revived, and new life born
out of their quickening flow. 7. Nwn is a structural concept, a vehicle of progress. The
concept of Nwn infuses historical meaning and human intelligence in the present, while retaining its immanent status
Primal Egg
1. The cosmic
egg, represents the morning of the nascent world, the world in the state of becoming 2.
The egg represents the concept of completeness, perfection, wholeness-of purity, youth and life. By the same token, it evokes
the future, the world about to be born from it.
Basic Elements: Water, Fire, and
Air
1. In KMT philosophy, there is no opposition
between ‘matter' and ‘spirit.' Nature is a whole, within which matter and consciousness are merged. Water
is a substance; living water is a germinating force, an energy, a divinity. Matter and spirit are different manifestations
of reality. 2. The objective object is inseparable from the subjective subject. 3. Because it was a living system of thought, KMT philosophy is frequently identified with religion; this
is not justified.
Ontology and Cosmogenesis 1.
From the moment it exists, That Which Is causes being to come into existence 2. Through
its own power, its own energy and movement, that That Which Is comes into existence; it engenders itself, from itself 3. It is the Absolute, that which exists by itself, from the beginning, before Creation, 4. That Which Is causes the other modes of existence to come into being through love and through its own will,
being alone by its own power. Being is absolute, it is also love and will. 5. Being is
in addition, and above all, reason. Being designs projects in its heart; in complete, lucid consciousness 6. Reason encompasses the entire design, then the creative plan presents itself before the Creative one, in
front of it, completely visible, with no confusion. Creation is a clear concept, neat, distinct, unambiguous to the Creator,
who is absolute love, will and reason, an active energy, the very essence of efficiency, master of the whole. 7. Through Creation, the existence of What Is gets multiplied, becomes a fecundating process, is diversified 8. Tremendous scientific discoveries have been made over the past 2 centuries; yet despite these discoveries
and the ever-increasing technical know how, the most fundamental aspects of the natural world remain unknown 9. In the end scientist are left with questions that require contemplation beyond the limitations of the data
used for its explanation 10. Science is not a belief system 11.
If any doctrine fully embraced science as a means of explaining nature, including humankind, it would be labeled in ancient
Kmt as the Tehuti (science) mystery school---or school of the unknown.
Philosophy
to Scientific Theory
Matter 1. Fundamental questions posed by the ancients-who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here-are the
very same now posed by scientists-what constitutes the fabric of reality and how does it relate to our existence? 2. The ancients invented first myths then religions to explain the unknown
Quantum
Facts of Matter 1. Before the 20th century, understanding of the nature
of reality was based on a discrete and concrete view of the world 2. At the turn of the
century, quantum physics was born 3. Fundamental property of matter is that every particle
sometimes behaves as a wave and that every wave sometimes behaves as a particle 4. The
atom's electrons do not orbit the nucleus in the way that planets orbit the sun, but exist virtually a cloud of numerous
possibilities 5. Electrons exist in all places at all times until observed; they don't
almost exist 6. Most of the atom is simply space
Wave/Particle
Duality 1. Because all physical objects have mass and are forms of energy, mass must
also have the ability to exhibit wave-like or particle-like behavior 2. An object can be
considered to be formed energy 3. Everything physical exists in a dual wave/particle-like
state 4. Time, space and all cause-effect relationships we attach to physical reality exist
only in the immediate, observable world; they do not necessarily apply to the subatomic world 5.
The definition of particle is based upon assumptions that the world can be understood as consisting of discrete elements (distinct
objects). A particle is a discrete, finite bit of energy that exists at a specific location with a definite mass
and charge. 6. A wave (not a part of the observable world) can be infinite, does
not occupy space, and may propagate itself to exist in all locations 7. The classical view
of a discrete world had to be revised, as it did not reflect this dual quality of matter. As information about the physical
world is revealed and built upon through science, our systems of thinking and beliefs must be revised to reflect this expansion
of knowledge 8. Physicists embraced the idea that the world is fundamentally not a collection
of discrete objects, rather it is a unified world of energy where, at times, discrete objects are perceived 9. All matter exists as a wave structure that we cannot directly see. We see the localization of the wave
structure with its release of energy (called the vector collapse). The release of energy is a photon (particle of
light). 10. Humans perceive the released energy as a particle, even though it is really
a wave. This occurs because of how the human brain is organized to receive and process information. 11.
Through repeated experiments, physicists have established that matter exists as a wave. Particle behavior exists as a fact,
however. The particle behavior is a function of and dependent on human biology, while the existence as a wave is objective. 12. Photons (particles) are the only things we can see (the human eye cannot perceive waves). The photon is
what enters the eye as visual stimulus and provides perception of our surroundings. In essence, we are always seeing a reflection
(particle-like behavior) of the real phenomenon (wave-like behavior).
Quantum Reality 1. The atom is a grouping of wave functions we observe as particles-the atom is composed of energy (it exists
as energy) 2. The essence of energy is movement or the possibility of creating movement 3. Energy can be ordered (mechanical) or disordered (thermal); it exists in potential (stored) and kinetic
(used) forms. 4. The concept is easy to grasp in the observable world-every living organism
requires energy (food) to move. 5. In the quantum world, the energy itself is the movement 6. Subatomic particles are pure energy with a certain charge, the atom itself is not 7.
The atom is energy that has somehow been arranged to exist as a 3-dimensional physical object. An atom is matter; it is energy
that has been configured. 8. Energy and mass are really the same thing but exist in different
states: E=mc2, where energy (E) is mass (m) times the speed of light (c) squared.
Zero-Point
Field 1. Evidence suggests that empty space contains an underlying sea of continuous,
fluctuating energy at every point in the universe (zero-point field) 2. It cannot be observed
and exists theoretically. The underlying idea comes from an uncertainty principle 3.
Either a subatomic particle's velocity or location could be calculated with accuracy, but not both 4. Since time is continuous (and a forward moving aspect of physical reality), the uncertainty principle allows
every real particle to be encased in an envelop of virtual particles 5. Virtual existence-a
theoretical state of particles at 0 velocity. When a particle ceases to move, it ceases to exist; but where does it go? To
virtual existence, moving in and out of reality. Particles are constantly appearing and disappearing into and out of this
existence. This concept is important, as it describes the continuous vibrational characteristic of subatomic particles, even
those supposedly at rest 6. Space is not a void, but rather a low level electromagnetic
field 7. Evidence for the Zero-point field 8. There
are numerous patterns in an electromagnetic field and because they exist at the quantum level, they are subject to the Heisenberg
uncertainty principle. When an electromagnetic field is quantized (limited to a discrete set of values), each pattern is treated
as a harmonic oscillator, vibrating at a fixed frequency and independent of amplitude (its maximum absolute value) 9. Every pattern in the electromagnetic field must have an average minimum energy of hf/2 (h is Planck's
constant and f is frequency) 10. Although this is a small amount of energy, the number
of wave patterns is huge and it increases as the square of the frequency 11. The result
is that the energy per pattern, although miniscule, when multiplied by its large spatial density yields a very high theoretical
energy density 12. Example: Microwaves, which are not waves of anything of substance, but
energy moving in a specific direction at a certain frequency, existing in a polarized state 13.
Matter is not really a fundamental property of the physical universe; there is only energy. Einstein's equation expresses
the amount of energy necessary to create the appearance of mass. 14. Mass is not equivalent
to energy...it is energy
Human Factor 1.
Scientists agree that the earth existed in such a state that no human life could have existed 2.
Process lasting millions of years these was a movement from a single cell-animal life 3.
*inorganic life to organic life 4. Step-by-step increasingly complex life would begin to
form 5. *from complex organic compounds to/and finally to complex organic life 6. This statement is true concerning the earth, ocean and atmosphere 7.
Simple cells began to synthesize with each other, giving birth to more complex cells: (single cell nucleus-well defined nucleus) 8. *this is where the foundation for different species would be laid 9.
Single cell to multiple cells 10. Everything has a unique time span 11. Matter is in constant motion 12. Some species allows you to have a
general picture of life 13. (At an accelerated rate) the development of life moved from
primitive pre-cellular form(s) to cellular organization to multiple cellular organisms 14.
Precellular-cell organization-multicellular organisms-invertebrate-vertebrate 15. From
mammals to primates which ultimately laid the foundation for Homo Sapien Sapien (US) 16.
(at this point in evolution) primates were to become the pinnacle of the development of organic nature and the starting point
for the origin, formation, phenotypic adaptation, differentiation, of Hominid life forms 17.
*primates served as the basis (building blocks) for all human life forms 18. "...everything
is in motion and take (own unique) time." 19. The complete series of fossils specimens
which document the five stages of hominid formation were found exclusively in Africa. 20.
Five specimen all from Africa 21. australopithecines 22.
homo habilis*** 23. homo erectus* 24. homo sapien Neanderthal 25. homo sapien sapien** 26. *first specimen to emigrate out of Africa 27. **the existing specimen (currently) 28. ***tool users 29. Three primary routes out of Africa 30. the isthmus of Suez (the
main route) 31. The north/south axis: Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia...by south Yemen. (richest
area of fossils and the most ancient remains of humans found) 32. the straits of Gibraltar
(Spain an Portugal) 33. *these are factual routes de to the emergence of fossils found
along trail 34. From fossil evidence a particular specimen develop over a long period of
time then is confronted with a crisis, and in a relatively short time that species passes away and adapts to the environment
by replication itself 35. "...one fragment lays foundation for the next." 36. Because of our brain's structure, everything around us is perceived as substantial and real, despite
the fact that everything physical is nothing more than configured energy. 37. Behavior
is not the result of a specific part of the brain 38. The brain is a dynamic organ; behavior
affects the brain just as much as the brain affects behavior 39. Prevailing view among
neuroscientists is that the brain gives rise to the mind and does so in such a way that the result is greater than the sum
of its parts. 40. Humanity was born and developed in Africa. It is this humanity that went
out of Africa to populate the other continents of the world. And when it went out, it was differentiated-that is to say it
took on different aspects, a different appearance. Human beings changed their appearance as they changed continents. Climate
equals color, phenotype, looks. Not only was humanity born in Africa, it was developed there on that continent to create the
first of the world's civilizations, which is the African KMTic civilization. It was obviously a civilization created by
Africans. 41. It was also this civilization that created engineering, architecture, federal
governance, medicine, art, and science which was plagiarized by invaders who destroyed the civilization by 332bc and named
what was left-over Greek, Roman, and Arab "Egypt." In fact, the Nile Valley River system, which runs through the
heart of the African continent, is at the center of (1) the human species in all of its stages dating from 5,500,000 years
ago; (2) the first settled human class societies, dating from 10,000 years ago; (3) and the first ancient advanced civilizations,
dating from 7,000 years ago. 42. Ancient KMT has played the same role in relations to
African culture and civilization that the Greco-Roman civilization has played in relationship to western and Eastern Europe.
All civilizations have a life cycle that includes a period of gestation, rise and expansion, a period of maturity and stability,
and a final period of decline, dissolution, and disintegration. If the society dies a natural death, it is reborn from
within the culture; it is invaded and destroyed, it is then dismantled and carted away to other lands. Kmt was dismantled
and carted away. From a position of political supremacy and cultural ascendancy Kmtian influence weakened politically,
economically, ideologically and culturally until the year of the Persian Conquest, 525 B.C. when Kmt became a conquered, occupied,
provincial and colonial territory. African's highest civilization had collapsed under the weight of internal decay and
external invasion and conquest.
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Kmt Science through Human Conscious Thought and Practice Describing Consciousness - 1. Being aware of one's surroundings is fundamental to the description
of consciousness; all known animal life exhibits this feature. Human consciousness encompasses more than this simple awareness,
however.
- 2. In addition, humans have an internal perception of past, present and future, and are also aware of our
own thoughts; we are self-aware
- 3. Humans have the ability to abstract (consider abstract concepts, apart from concrete
existence), a true sense of self-awareness, and the capacity to reflect on the past as well as to contemplate the future.
Difficulties
in Defining Consciousness - 1. No clear definition of consciousness: (1) an individual's waking state,
(2) an organism's state of being alive, (3) refers to deliberate action, such as a ‘conscious attempt'
- 2.
Difficulties in explaining certain human abilities related to consciousness: categorization of objects or moods, reactions
to various experiences, focus of attention, the deliberate control of behavior
- 3. An individual's thought world
is easy to describe in experiential terms, but difficult to explain as a biological process
- 4. Experience is fundamental
to consciousness-each day we are bombarded with external stimuli (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching), as well as
internal stimuli (thoughts, feelings)
- 5. Experience contains a subjective element dependent on the state of mind of
the individual
- 6. Humans experience and perceive the world and think in such a complex way that it is impossible to
duplicate the essence of human thought and behavior in a computer algorithm
- 7. Another difficulty is the nature of
knowledge itself, in which biological systems exist as subjects of experience. The fact is that experience is derived from
material reality; but how and why remains unknown
- 8. Another difficulty involves understanding what generates a sense
of self in the act of knowing. The effect behind this is that the individual perspective each person has that is built from
the proprietary knowledge held in her/his mind. Each person is an observer, perceiver, knower and thinker
- 9. Consciousness
can be understood as the occurrence or perception of experiencing by a living organism and the awareness of the simpler events
an organism encounters each day. The organism observes and is an observer, as well as participant in experience
- 10.
In humans, there is the additional element to consciousness in which perception and deliberation occurs-this is what is referred
to as the mind.
The Mind - 1. Fact-the brain is an organ that receives and interprets
sensory input and regulates body functions
- 2. The mind is something different; it is not a physical object that can
be removed and inspected
- 3. Cognition (thought) that occurs in the mind can mean many things. Functions of the mind
include:
- 4. To formulate
- 5. To reason or reflect
- 6. To decide, judge, regard, believe, expect or devise
- 7.
Intention, memory, concentration, introspection and imagination
- 8. When we refer to the mind, we mean the sum of all
thought, perception, will, emotion, memory and imagination. The mind is a concept.
- 9. The relationship between the
brain and the mind remains elusive. Three possibilities include: (science has been unable to demonstrate any of these)
- 10.
Brain determines all behavior, as well as subjective experience
- 11. The mind (mental events) bring forth brain activity
just as much as brain activity brings for the mental events
- 12. Subjectivity does not exist, and what we think is
subjectivity is nothing more than a by-product of the brain's processing of external stimuli
- 13. The rational
mind is limited and may not be able to access some truths of the universe
New Science of Consciousness - 1.
In cognitive science, there are two theories on how consciousness arises in the brain:
- 2. The brain gives rise to
thought based on sensory input, which brings about consciousness. The majority of thought takes places on an unconscious level
where, through the mind, the observer experiences only a small portion of all thoughts.
- 3. Thought and consciousness
exist as a result of complex biological formations that begin with the atom. Each new level emerges from the previous level:
atoms build into molecules and biochemical structures, which become nerve impulses, neurons, and neural assemblies. Finally,
as the aggregate of all levels, the brain emerges, and with it comes consciousness-the whole is greater than the sum of its
parts.
- 4. What is still unknown is how consciousness occurs.
- 5. A new theory-quantum consciousness
- 6.
Quantum states inside the neurons give rise to thought and perception
- 7. Events that lead to consciousness occur in
binary fashion inside microtubules (a neuron's substructure)
- 8. Microtubules are made up of tubulin (hexagonal
lattices of proteins)
- 9. All tubulin molecules contain an electron that exists in one of two states (analogous to
0 or 1 state of data bit in computers)
- 10. The alternating quantum states of a single tubulin form a ‘bit'
of information
- 11. The aggregate of quantum tubulin forms consciousness
- 12. Scientists believe that the immediate
world and the quantum world are bridged by consciousness
- 13. Consciousness exists only from the viewpoint of the organism
that experiences it, which includes the objectivity of the brain states and the subjective state of the mind.
Observer - 1.
The sense of self-where this sense comes from is the mystery of the observer
Brain's Quantum Interface
- 1. The firing of neurons in neural networks is the essence of brain activity. Why a neuron fires is a
mystery
- 2. Current theory on how a neuron fires: when a nerve impulse reaches the presynaptic terminal of the sending
neuron, neurotransmitters are released and spread across the synaptic cleft onto the postsynaptic terminal, which causes the
next neuron to fire. How the neurotransmitters are released is believed to be through the diffusion of calcium ions within
the body of the cell.
- 3. What lacks is a source of energy to pen the vesicles and their gates, allowing the neurotransmitter
chemical to flood into the synaptic cleft
A Model of Consciousness - 1. How we experience
what we perceive as reality is a function of how the brain works
- 2. Within the brain, consciousness arises from a
quantum mechanical process involving synaptic connections between neurons. Electrons tunnel between synapses causing neurons
to fire, thereby releasing neurotransmitters. This process in the brain is an ongoing process. Connecting neurons, as a result
of the electron tunneling its way across the entire brain creates consciousness. It occurs so quickly that the signals throughout
the brain become a single grand, unified process
- 3. The self, the observer, resides somewhere in the brain and in
the consciousness of that brain.
- 4. Individually and collectively we select a state from an array of possible states.
In other words, we decide on a behavior. As a result, a particular synapse fires from a selection of consciously coupled interacting
synapses. Therefore consciousness is a reciprocal relationship between the quantum and the observable world and a continuous
loop of information gathering and analysis.
- 5. The brain=a measuring device; observation=consciousness
- 6.
Reality is matter consisting of particles; also consisting of energy waves
- 7. Brain forces state vector collapse on
the entire system, turning the waves into particles
- 8. The observer of quantum mechanics is also really a quantum
system himself and that consciousness is the bringing about of this ongoing state vector of possibilities that runs through
the brain.
Historical Basis of the Logos - 1. Idea that there is unity in multiplicity
- 2.
[description of principles according to the creative laws of nature-what we do]
- 3. Numbers are the extension and energy
of causation contained in One and represent the functions and principles by which the universe is created and animated. As
numbers increment, each successive number symbolizes a specific function and incorporates all combinations of previous numbers
- 4.
One: absolute, unity of all things that exist
- 5. Two: duality, polarity
- 6. Three: composed of the one and
two, creates equilibrium between them
- 7. Four: the basis for all nature, born from the combined principles of one
through three, it connects all beings, elements, numbers and seasons; it is the first geometric solid. It is matter. The principles
manifested are life.
- 8. Four in comparison with one: 1 is abstract and unknowable; 4 is intelligible, representing
such human qualities as mind, science, opinion, and sense (4 qualities of the human soul, 4 elements-earth, air, fire and
water). Earth=receptive and formative principle; fire=active, coagulating principle; air=subtle, mediating principle; water=material
principle
- 9. Everything that exists in nature operates according to one or more of these principles. Everything in
the universe is in motion; motion defines existence (fire). Everything physical is formative, except air, which means it can
be formed into other compounds (earth). Air, the mediating aspect, separates all physical objects. Water is a mediating factor
in the same way that air is, yet it also is formative; it combines into a form and is active because it flows.
- 10.
Five: symbolic of ether, sum of two and three, the 1st even and odd numbers. It is also the sum of the one and
four-the elements are manifested by the unity of the absolute. 5 is symbolic of the universe manifest, the concept of naturally
occurring phenomena being dual in nature and triple in principle.
- 11. Male (odd) numbers represent functions that
are initiative, active, creative, positive aggressive and rational; female (even) numbers are correspondingly receptive, passive,
created, sensitive and nurturing, representing a state that is acted upon. Four is the concept of matter and one is its creation.
- 12.
Six: represents the formation of matter in what we recognize as the cosmos-the physical universe including space and time.
It is the creation of all form and the ordering of the form that brings perfection to all that exists
- 13. Seven: mystical
nature of humans; it is the unity of the 3-fold creative quality of humans (mind, spirit and soul) and the concept of matter
(4)-together they represent humans as abstract, as well as a physical being conscious of themselves and of their surroundings.
- 14.
Eight: a new unity analogous to the first unity, representing renewal or self-replication
- 15. Nine: represents spiritual
and mental achievement
- 16. Ten: comprises all arithmetic and harmonic proportions; it perfects all numbers, within
it is the nature of all that exists
- 17. Logos is the irrationality at the origin of things. It resides in the language
oriented, creative capacity of humankind identifying with its source and the fragmentation of a homogenous state of oneness
into a physical state of individual uniqueness. Logos refers to intellect and reason, but in its traditional sense it is ‘weaving'.
Kmt:
The Ancient Source of Knowledge - 1. Luxor's Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu is an asymmetric complex built
on 3 separate axes over a 1,500 period. Additions that were made later were aligned according to the original axes, suggesting
that the architectural guidelines ordering the temple were handed down from one generation to the next.
- 2. Left side
of brain: centers on logical, sequential, rational, analytical and objective modes of thinking. Right side of brarin: engages
in random, intuitive, holistic and subjective thought
- 3. The symbol appeals to the right side of the brain-intelligence
of the heart; the symbol is understood implicitly; one does not read a symbol as one would read a newspaper or magazine
- 4.
Kmt culture represents a worldview in which science, religion, philosophy and art were part of a single discipline based on
human's innate and intuitive knowledge of nature and creation
- 5. What appears as a pantheon of animal gods was
really a way of expressing cosmic principles; each animal represents a certain principle of nature and, as such, evoked that
principle in humankind when its head was placed on a human body
- 6. Natural neters are the functional life of natural
objects and events. From mineral to humankind, they preside over all reproduction and regeneration. E.G. renenuret for harvests...
- 7.
All living organisms are in contact with the rhythms and harmonies of all energies of the universe. One cannot separate her/his
energy from the surrounding energy, except perhaps through meditation.
- 8. The origin of instinctive actions is what
the neter represents. The relation between the sun and a plant, for example.
- 9. The Word (Logos)
- 10. Represents
the intersection of complementary notions which gives rise to form
- 11. The Word itself is not magical, but the action
it implies is
- 12. There are numerous litanies that give examples of ‘magical' role through the use of sounds
- 13.
The conditions for comprehension are purity, selflessness, and mastery of instincts
- 14. It is the principle of divine
origin (esoteric) and the manifestation of the principle in the physical (exoteric). Together they form life as we know it.
Understanding the universe will always contain both
RECENT WAYS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY - 1.
Coming out of the enlightenment...
- a. For science, what could not be measured or observed was considered irrelevant
at best
- b. For religion, what could not be measured remained its trump card, and a matter of faith
Brain
and Mind - 1. A priori knowledge makes it possible to learn complex, abstract
ideas and skills from an early age
- 2. The left side of the brain
- 3. appears to be the seat of language
- 4.
processes information in a logical, sequential order
- 5. left-sided processing is based on local bias or detail
- 6.
area where mental skills require us to act in a series of discrete steps, or fix on a particular fragment of what is perceived
(i.e., stringing together of letters to form a sentence)
- 7. The right side of the brain
- 8. More visually based
- 9.
Processes information intuitively in a holistic manner
- 10. Right-sided processing is more global
- 11. Used
to form an expansive background picture whose panoramic understanding provides a general connectedness to the environment
- 12.
No function is entirely isolated to one side of the brain
- 13. The totality of brain functions composes a perspective
that is subjective and unique to each individual
- 14. The process of how humans create through thought and them implement
what we have created in the physical world as a construction or manufacturing project is best described as esoteric
- 15.
Spiritual experiences are not based on superstition but on real, biological functions that are part of innate energy
- 16.
Two kinds of knowledge: 1) what we know without learning and 2) what we learn and develop over the course of our lives
- 17.
There are 2 concepts that exist apriori: space and time...it would not be possible to describe nature without these concepts.
Space and time, as well as how the brain processes external stimuli, are the conditions for experience and perception, not
the result.
- 18. Learned knowledge comes through social means and is exoteric; unlearned apriori (secret) knowledge
is esoteric, in the sense that language is inadequate to describe its character. This secret knowledge and how we use that
knowledge to be creative (technically or artistically) can appropriately be understood as secret wisdom.
- 19. Kmtians
leveraged this understanding through the creation of their symbolism-the symbolic
- 20. The intricate processing of
innate knowledge-innate consciousness-operates differently from the processing of learned knowledge. Learned knowledge is
the direct result of instruction and is based on the ego, which is part of mental consciousness.
Symbolism
and the Symbolic •1. Symbolic can be thought of as a mental
frame of reference or state of mind; it is a form of communication used to described an object or phenomenon - 2.
Symbolism is a technique used to express meaning through images
- 3. Symbolism/Symbolic can be auditory and
visual; anytime an object has significance through memory or imagination, a symbol is involved. The symbol immediately evokes
its associated characteristics in the thought process (or consciousness) of the observer
- 4. A symbol, however is meaningless
unless its significance has already been explained to the observer
- 5. Esoteric symbolism: pre-exists in humankind's
nature and is a part of its innate consciousness. It elicits an abstract response expressed physically, mentally or emotionally
- 6.
The human response to esoteric symbolism can be understood as a relationship to the unknowable cause of existence, which is
the essence of what we perceive as harmony, order and beauty (awe when looking at a mountain, for example). Its effect is
produced through the unification between the setting (the nature of the cause) and the favorable circumstances of the moment
perceived by the person. At that moment of unity, there is a basis for understanding causality and the original cause.
- 7.
Everything that is quantifiable contains quality (an aspect of apriori knowledge that serve as the construct of experience)
- 8.
Cause and effect are inseparable in time (negation of the negation-the leap)
- 9. Creation is constant and exists exclusively
in the eternity of the present moment; growth is the perception of creation as we observe it from one moment to the next
Esoteric
Meaning of the Cross - 1. Ankh: Crossing, represented by weaving, symbolizes the idea that reasoning (science)
stems from duplicity and from the comparison of any two notions
- 2. The king represented the culmination of man; viewed
as divine essence and the ferment of perfection (ferment-body or compound changing into another substance). This process of
fermentation is symbolized by the heq (scepter in the form of a staff
- 3. Crossed at the wrists, the scepter-bearing
hands signify death or, when opposed by 2 fists, depict judgment. Double crossing of the hands and the scepters always indicates
resurrection for this life as well as a transcendent afterlife, or the principle of renewal
- 4. The lotus represents
the culmination of creation-all 4 elemental principles are expressed by the lotus. It roots in the earth, grows in and by
means of water, its round flat leaves nourished by air, and the lotus blossoms by the sun. The lotus flower represents finality,
the end result of which is the divine nature. The lotus represented regeneration and the exalted.
Symbols - 1.
Known as the heart of RA, lord of divine words, self-created; essence of life and growth; responsible for cosmic order and
society's institutions; he personified reason and logic, language, science
- 2. Sphinx-represented divine purpose
as humankind
- 3. Hippopotamus (cow of the water) represents the earth mother and the bringing forth of life
- 4.
Crocodile was one of the earliest types representing the sun as the soul of life in the water
Consciousness
and Kmt Philosophy - 1. Science was holistic and sacred; its aim was the perfection of existence
- The
extraction of the essential elements of this moment, critical assessment of philosophical, theoretical, and methodological
systems is necessary to advanced philosophy, theory and methods in this area. However, no philosophy, theory, or method
is every intellectually disposed of by the mere assertion that it is false or by simply ignoring that they exist.
- It
has to be "sublated" in its own sense, that is in the sense that while its form had to be annihilated through criticism
the new content which had been won through it had to be saved. This process of intellectual advancement via critical
annihilation of obsolete ideas is not new to the physical sciences where established theories are superceded in physics, chemistry,
and biology on a yearly basis without much fanfare. The form must be annihilated through criticism, and the new content,
which has been won through, has to be preserved, reinforced and elaborated with historical fact.
- And so in the course
of technological developments in modern research instruments, that which was previously acceptable becomes unacceptable, that
which was labeled as bias-free is shown to be biased, that which was presented as factual is shown not to be factual, that
which was thought to be real is shown to be unreal, that which was thought to be reasonable and rational is shown to be unreasonable
and irrational.
- In the place of a moribund reality stands to come a new, viable reality.
Study
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