I lack clarity regarding the meaning of the Kohar. It sounds like the guardian angel. This item is a recitation of the spirit's merits which i find meaningless since in fact all this is known automatically and the supplication shown is more an imitation of feudal fealty.
This type of presentation works well for a priesthood wanting to retain royal favor as it establishes behavior for all subjects.
Otherwise it also informs a Pharaoh of proper behavior of a man with real world power..
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE SACRED REGISTERS - PART 11
My Heart, my Spirit, my Kohar, guardian of my
memories, cast not your words in the balances against me. My faults and
failings are not few, for no mortal man is perfect, yet they weigh hghtly
against my qualities and good deeds. Say not that I have vwought evil to any
man wilfully or with malice, say not that I am a man of wickedness. Let me not
suffer sorrowful remorse in the gloom and darkness, but let me live forever
within the Region of Light.
I have done deeds of goodness and led a goodly
life. I have overcome the wiles of wickedness and avoided the snares of
temptation. I have lived in peace with my neighbours. 1 have dealt justly and
fairly with them and have not uttered words of malice to stir up strife. I have
not gossiped about my neighbours, nor engaged in idle chatter concerning their
affairs. These things are not easy, and as no man is perfect I have at times
been bad tempered under provocation. Therefore, speak words that will weigh in
the balances against my failings.
I have not slandered any man, nor have I
wilfully caused pain and suffering. I have not caused the widow to weep, nor
the child to cry without cause. I have dealt justly with my servants and with
the servants of others, and I have been loyal to my masters. I have not slain
unlawfully, nor wounded any man wilfully. Yet no man is perfect and when my
burdens have weighed heavily upon me I have spoken harshly. Therefore, speak
words that will weigh in the balances against my failings.
I have never oppressed a poor man or taken from
him what is his by virtue of my position. I have never oppressed the weak or
cheated in the substance of metals. I have never said to a hungry woman,
"Lay with me and you shall eat", for this is a vile thing. I have not
lain with the wife of another man or seduced a child, for these are
abominations. Yet no man is perfect and few are commanders of their thoughts,
Therefore, speak words that will lighten these things in the balances.
I have not turned the water of another so that
he is deprived of his full measure. I have not stopped flowing waters in their
course. I have not kept fodder from cattle, nor allowed the pastures to be
neglected. 1 have not caused any child to know fear without reason, nor have I
beaten one in bad temper. I have not transgressed the statutes of the king. Yet
no man is perfect and sometimes that which is right in its day becomes wrong in
another. Therefore, speak words that will weigh in the balances against my
wrongdoings.
I have not stolen, neither have I taken the possessions
of any man by deceit. I have not divided the household of any man, nor
separated him from his wife or children. I have not quarrelled with any man
because of ignorance.
I have not turned from my duties or failed in my
obligations. I have not hidden my errors or buried my failings.
Yet no man is perfect, therefore speak words
that will weigh in the balances for me.
I have never behaved boisterously in a sacred
place, nor have 1 ever defiled one. My hand has not been demanding because of
my office, nor have I dealt haughtily with those who came to me with a plea. I
have not increased my position by false words or writings. Yet my burden has
been increased because of the perversity and wilfulness of men, and no man is
perfect. Therefore, speak words that will weigh in the balances against my
weaknesses.
I have not permitted envy to eat my heart, nor
malice to corrupt it. I have not been loud of mouth, nor spoken words of
boastfulness. I have never slandered another or uttered words of falsehood. My
tongue has never escaped from the control of my heart. I have never derided the
words of another because they passed my understanding, nor have 1 stopped my
ears to words of enlightenment. I have never hidden myself to observe others,
nor have 1 ever disclosed the secret designs or doings of others, unless they
be of evil intent. Yet no man is perfect, therefore speak words that will weigh
in the balances for me. When I have done wrong I have adjusted the scales that
weighed down heavily against me. I have not hidden my weaknesses and failings
in dark places, but washed them clean in the sunlight of honest compensation.
I have not succumbed to the lures of lewdness,
nor has my tongue spoken slyly of things which should be kept private. I have
not peeped at nakedness or pryed into another's privacy. I have respected the
modesty of womankind and the innocent delicacy of childhood. Yet men are as
they are and imperfect, while thoughts stray wilfully and are not easily
resfrained. Therefore, speak words that will weigh in the balances for me.
O Great One, protect me. O Kohar, save me. Hear
the words of my heart. I was one who was ever mindful of what was right and
what was wrong. I did what I thought was right and shunned that which I thought
was wrong. I listened to those who were wiser than I and helped those who were
less privileged. Can man do more?
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