The Feather As A Symbol

The Feather Symbolizes the most minute, accurate weight.
A Feather's weight can often save the day or destroy a kingdom.
A Feather's weight is what tips the scales of balance and order.
We have cliches that attest to this truth, such as: "Little things
mean a lot" and "It's the little things that count".
Many times relationships, competitions, and kingdoms are lost
due to the slightest error of judgment - a Feather.
Likewise, it is by paying attention to the "little things" -
a Feather - that relationships and kingdoms are saved; and
competitions won.
In ancient Egypt this concept was explained through the Neter
Maat (a Neter is a Divine Principle). Maat wears an ostrich feather
on her head and she represents divine order, cosmic harmony,
justice, truth, balance and peace.
When the Pharaoh died he was escorted into the underworld by
Anubis where his heart was placed on a scale and weighed against
the Feather of Maat. If his heart was lighter than, or equal to, the
weight of the Feather of Maat he was allowed entrance to the
afterlife. If his heart was heavier than the Feather of Maat he would
be immediately devoured by Ammit, a beast with the head of a
crocodile, the front legs and body of a lion and the back legs of a
hippopotamus.
We are all pharaohs of our own realms; rulers of our own kingdoms.
Our kingdom consists of our physical domain and our spiritual
domain. If our thoughts and actions are in harmony with Divine
Order we are ruling our kingdom with a "light heart". If our
thoughts and actions are not in harmony with Divine Order
we are then being ruled by external events and experience life
with a "heavy heart".
We have all experienced times when events are going our way
and we are living our life with a "light heart". These are the times
when we are in harmony with life.
We have also experienced times when life is difficult. These are
the times when we are not in harmony with life. These are the
times that we suffer with a "heavy heart".
Only by recognizing that we are not in harmony with Divine Order
can we make the necessary changes to our thoughts and actions
that return us to "light-heartedness" and control of our kindgom.

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