The BA and the KA
These are the teachings which I learnt about the soul and body:
The human body is considered the home for the Egyptian 'Ba' and this 'Ba' does not die or vanish with human death but transfer to another home. The 'Ba' is responsible for the good and evil doings in a person's life because it is the doer of these things.
There is also the 'Ka' which has nothing to do with a person actions but it stays with a person merely as a guide or adviser or a guardian angel or conscience
If the 'Ba' follows the teachings of the 'Ka' and its guidance it lives in peace and safety, and if disobeys it then there is misery and deprivation.
,We can describe the 'Ka' as being the higher soul or the holistic soul or the 'universal soul'. When a person dies the 'Ka' departs looking for another 'Ba' to guide and accompany in its life journey. Common people call the 'Ka' 'companion' or 'brother' and in Egypt if a person falls people say "salamat your brother who is better than you meaning the ‘Ka’
The teachings do not believe in the resurrection of the body but in the moving of ‘Ba” from body ‘home’ to another and from one journey to another until the person reaches perfection of the state of ‘Nirvana” as is described by the Buddhists.
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Africans North and South
Today I saw a Nigerian student on the tram dressed in the national dress of his country and I liked him in his flattering dress of bright colours. I also liked the pride he had in the national dress of his country as if he is challenging those Europeans in their long and tight pants. The dress of this Nigerian chap if it does anything it shows self-respect and indicates esteem. We Inhabitants of North Africa forget that we are Africans. We are truly Africans. The Nile that comes from the heart of Africa and crosses our land from Juba and flows to the shores of Alexandria originates from the high lakes of Ethiopia and the equatorial lakes of Uganda and South Sudan.
It may be said that we are part of the Arab nation because of our language, but we are first and last Africans by our existence along the Nile from past eons and we established the world first civilizations along its shore.
It is the duty of the educated to enlighten the brains and guide the thoughts toward the truth of our African heritage and that we established several civilizations along the Nile in Africa from thousands of years.
Kenyans Egyptians and Sudanese are Africans first and Kenyans, Egyptians and Sudanese second. Iraqis, Lebanese and Syrians are Asians first and Iraqis, Lebanese and Egyptians second. What united them and united us to them are relations of thought..
But our relation with our brothers in Africa is stronger and closer because it is a relationship of the one land and culture. one past and one future and one
It is our duty to be proud of our land and our culture and to all others to understand that here in Africa is the cradle of humanity and civilization.