Are You Really Called to the Kemetic Path?

Npu (Anubis) weighing the Ab (Spiritual Heart/Sou)

Are You Really Called to the Kemetic Path? How do you know if you are or not? Well  before I answer, the other day I was listening to Oshay Duke Jackson – who did a video titled “Here’s The Real Reason Why The Black Church Doesn’t Cater To Black Men Anymore.” Like most of Oshay’s videos, this video was funny and hard-hitting because he states. The reason there are a kazillion churches in the black community versus the white community is that there are a lot of beta males setting up churches instead of being patient, waiting their turn, and working with the established alpha male pastor.

As I said, he was so on point because growing up as a preacher kid, I saw this trend all the time. Many people allege they were called to the ministry but because most black churches do not clearly define and explain what the calling is. Most people, especially men, assume that their calling means they are called to be a preacher.

This reminds me of one of my uncles who started a church and had church service in a school gymnasium. His parishioners were another one of my uncles, his kids, my uncle’s kids, and their kid’s friends. Ten people. Yeah! Ten people attended his church that was conducted in a gymnasium for years. I mean, clearly, read the signs.

Anyway, it sounds funny, but Oshay touched on something that I felt is not spoken on within our conscious and spiritual community. These same “I was called to the ministry” people (especially males) exist in the conscious and spiritual community as well. These dusty, so-called woke men are only about getting their shine and nothing else.

After watching the video, I commented to Brother Kushite Prince how these individuals have superimposed that same funky attitude into the spiritually conscious community. I told him how I remember talking to this brother who had a t-shirt business. He explained that out of all of the t-shirts he sold, the biggest sellers were Biggie, Tupac, and Bob Marley T-shirts. When I asked what about his Malcolm, Marcus Garvey, and other spiritual conscious shirts. He flat out told me that “conscious” dudes don’t buy anything. All they want to do is talk and waste his time. Basically, it is the women who buy most of his merchandise, which is why Biggie, Tupac, and Bob Marley T-shirts were his big sellers.

This is why whenever I meet a spiritually conscious vendor, I try to support them by buying at least something like some incense or anything. If I say I want to improve my community, I need to do it. You see, there is no reason to advertise buying black if you practice the principles of Maa, which encourage you to respect and love your environment.

This is why when I see people who are claiming to be about this Kemetic life, it makes me want to ask them, “Are you sure you were called to this path?”

Understand. I am not here to judge, but it really gets on my nerves to see people (mostly men) talk about the glories of Kemet. Yet, they aren’t supportive of those who are doing the work. Instead, they would rather sit or stand around complaining about how they are put down or oppressed and argue about how much knowledge they got versus someone else.

This is why I keep stressing that your name change, your attire, the food you eat, and all of the books you have read don’t make you Kemetic.  I mean think about, if you ate some meat or if you don’t wear an ankh, do you really think this matters in the afterlife? No. What does?  If you said,  the concepts and principles that you live by or the Maa, you are absolutely correct.  This is the only thing that matters.  This is the reason you incarnated to this planet. This is the reason you are here. 

Family. Remember that Christianity was inspired by Kemetic Spirituality. So, when they say that your Christian life makes your light shine, it is more accurate in Kemetic Spirituality.  I am saying this because many people are into this Kemet thing but ain’t doing any kind of work on their soul.

I mean, one of the reasons I left the church was that they did not have a spiritual technology that would help you develop spiritually. In all of my books, I talk about how the church’s remedy to everything was to give your life to Jesus and pray. But everything in life does not follow this same cookie-cutter pattern. That’s why when crack cocaine hit the streets in the mid-1980s, this cookie-cutter salvation didn’t work for a lot of us. It didn’t work for me, which is why I got out of it and found my salvation through Kemetic spirituality.

If you are really about Kemetic spirituality, it ain’t no joke because your Spirits are brutally honest and don’t do that Christian sugarcoating. (The negative Spirits do because many of them are delusional, but I will save that for another post).  We always see images of Npu weighing the spiritual heart or Ab on the scale, but this is because They (the Spirits) don’t hold back and will tell you what you don’t want to hear so that you can grow. They will say to you, “Man/Woman. The reason you can’t get no mate is that you got some conditionings you got to deal with.” If you don’t understand this or if this sounds foreign, you may need to question if this is your path.

Our Spirits guide us in life and in death.

So are You Really Called to the Kemetic Path? Better yet, how do you know are really Called to the Kemetic Path?

Answer: Synchronicities, or as they say in the church, “God doesn’t give you a vision without making provisions.” In other words, you know if you are called to the Kemetic path because you will receive signs indicating that you are on the right path.  In fact, this is when you will meet and see your guides.  If it is meant to be your Spirits will make things fall into place, unlike my uncle who was struggling to maintain a church by renting a school gymnasium. 

The point that I am trying to make is that if you want “change,” then you need to put in the work to make it happen.  What the church calls your ministry, which I refer to as your maa (personal truth, balance, order, etc.) is reflective of the Maa.  If you are serious about Kemetic Spirituality, you need to overcome your ego and work with those trying to improve the community’s conditions. Stop trying to do things just to get recognition and do it because it needs to be done. Stop waiting for someone else to do it, and do it yourself. Stop publicly criticizing one another just because you don’t see or agree with the vision given to someone else. Resolve all conflicts by consulting the Ancestors, and be prepared to fight for what you have earned.

Hetepu (Peace & Blessings).