by Paul T.

In the famous Kemetic image sometimes called the 'judgement scene' we see the heart being weighed against the feather of Maa't. The results of this evaluation is recorded by the god Tehuti. This made me wonder, why would the goddess & gods need to write anything down? I know the imagery is symbolic and not to be taken quite so literally, but it still made me wonder why would spirit need to document anything. Keeping in mind the Hermetic principal of Correspondence which says "as above, so below, as below, so above", my conclusion or interpretation of the scene is, essentially, if it's not documented (recorded) it never happened.

Imagine you were pulled over by police and asked to produce evidence that you own your car. Now imagine you somehow couldn't show that evidence, that documentation. I hope your phone has battery because you're going to need to call an Uber.

Every event must be documented. The buying of your house, your car, your hiring, your firing, birth, death, marriage, income, etc.; think about how every commercial purchase you make comes with a document we call a receipt. Everything you own has a document. A document is proof.

Disputes and discrepancies may as well have never happened if they were never documented (captured). Medical records, police reports, passports, adoptions, mergers, transfers, all legal matters begin and end with documentation. Nowadays with cameras being everywhere, video has become the record, or documentation, of choice. Distributed ledger technologies are ushering in the 4th industrial revolution. A ledger is a book of recordings, documentation, and a document was always intended to be a record of the truth.

So why would spirit (god/source) need to document anything, it's not like spirit might forget. I submit that the documentation we see in the ‘judgement scene’ (also sometimes called ‘the weighing of the heart’) is not so the goddesses & gods can have something on file in case they need to pull up the records, they already have all knowledge. I submit that the documentation is done as a courtesy for the rest of us. The document bears witness.

It’s said that the god of words (Tehuti) made the calculations for establishing heaven and earth and all the stars. I think of these calculations as the plans, the blueprints or the schematics which defined the universe and everything in it. They also defined the mechanics and behavior of all things within the universe. This tells us that before creation or manifestation, there is first a plan. If you had a great idea for a business, the first thing investors want to see is the plan, the plan being the fundamental document of feasibility. Without documentation an initiative can hardly be taken seriously. In this same way, I suggest, whatever it is you wish to achieve, whatever it is you wish to become, wherever it is you want your life to go; you would benefit by first creating the document.

When you write something down you substantiate it. You literally give it substance because it's now here in the physical realm in the form of a physical document. Is it the full manifestation we want? No, but we've taken the first step and we've brought it into the physical reality to a degree. Dead Prez has a song called 'Game of Life' where Stic says "what you achieve comes degree by degree" and we know success is built brick by brick. Everything is cumulative, so it then becomes a matter of consistency and returning your mind’s focus back to your documented vison repeatedly. Even through the physical act of writing we endow our idea, image, or intention with physical energy. This is the essence of bringing concept into reality.

When you write something down you’re creating a pathway for it to travel into reality.

A symbol is the interface between the visible and invisible worlds.

When people say things like "I can't put it into words" what’s the "it" they're referring to? They are referring to something that is invisible or immaterial; a thought, a feeling, an idea, a mental image. A word is made up of graphic symbols we call letters. A word is like an IP address for ideas and concepts, for all of the images that exist in the mental plane. Words resolve and map-out our vision, they allow us to export and transmit the intangible and they eventually become tangible so make sure you’re using your words in a constructive way. Your document is the code for your vision.

I opened by saying, if it's not documented, it never happened. Perhaps we can also say, if it's not documented, it never happens.