*SMILES*
Why am I smiling, one might ask?
Well, because if someone as "great" a R.U.N.A. can have his frailties exposed, what then does that say of us "mere mortals"?
Every atom does not have the same number of electrons. In fact, the number of electrons in any atom can change due to chemical forces. In fact, atoms of the same element, that is atoms that have the same atomic number (number of protons) can have a different number of electrons and are called isotopes.In fact, no layer of any atom has more than eight electrons.
My Beloved Sheqhet, AMEN was not incorrect in his mathematic equations.
I borrowed and browsed through a friend's copy of the MA'AT book last night, and in doing so, I found some very pertinent info, that refutes your claims here.
In doing so, I also cross referenced it with some general physics info, just to verify.
Here's what I'd found:
In the MA'AT book, AMEN does not speak about the number of electrons in an atom, which, as you stated, are indeed varying and constantly in a state of flux.
What he did, however, speak of what the number of electrons in an ELECTRON SHELL.
Here is some basic info about Electron Shells:
http://www.southwest.com.au/~jfuller/chemistry/chem2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_shell
The formation of Electron Shells within an atomic orbit, unlike electrons themselves, are very fixed, unvariable, and exponentially infinite.
As you stated, Sheqheti, this info is easily referenceable, though not so easily understood.
So many unknowns. How do I know?
REQ EM AB.
The only "unknown" that any human being should be primarily and initially focused upon, is the Unknown that is Self.
Jesus said (for those who care),
"Seek ye first, the Kingdom of God, and all other things will be added unto you....."
Everything--and I do mean everything--is subsequent to your internal mental and spiritual fortification and development.
Where do you think that "Kingdom of God" resides?
It certainly isn't "JERUSALEM #2" (LMAO).
And if I don''t know then what can I do but believe or not believe? You say you know these rituals will lead to enlightenment and nirvana. Do you know this by experience? Have you reached the Ausarian stage? Do you even know anyone who has? And I don't mean know of them or about them but I mean personally, imtimately, experientially know someone who demonstrably is at or has been to that stage of spiritual development.
I can honestly and sincerely answer this entire set of questions, with a resounding YES.
But even if I couldn't answer this.......
If not then you are a believer, not a knower. If so then that's the person I want to talk to.
What if my answer was no? Would you truly forsake your spiritual ascendance because you couldn't find someone to guide you, or to pattern yourself after?
Going back to my comparison of development on the physical and spiritual levels, if I had no one to guide me to the degree that I would ideally desire, why should that stop me from learning to bench press 700lbs, if that was my goal?
If there was not a single person left alive on earth but me, I'm STILL going to attain the level of AUSAR, with or without the help. Why? Because, it's my destiny to do so.
It's yours too.
Ultimately, I don't know what I can do based on what I see others do; I know it because I know Mine Own Self. I know my potential.
REQ EM AB.
In Volume 1 of Metu Neter, AMEN talks about a general Physics Theorem:
"(Paraphrasing) Things in and of themselves to not possess distinctive qualities...It is only when a thing is placed in proximity and comparison to another thing, that the the individual qualities of both things manifest themselves".
I know what I am and what I can do, because I know SELF.
As you and brotha james have noted that will not be an easy thing to accomplich on my own. And I am on my own. When I shut the computer off there is not a soul that I can talk to.
My Beloved Sister, all you are experiencing right now, is the pains of the first Sphere--The Ausar Faculty. You're looking for the comfort and safety that unity provides.
You're also feeling the Auset Faculty--that desire to have these truths evidenced and reaffirmed for you.
We all go through different uncertainties as it relates to the PA'UT NETER, because we are all different rays from the same beam of light--different vessels for the same God.
When I was at your level of development, I felt the pains of the TEHUTI and SOBEK (ANPU) faculties. These 2 spheres are almost diametrically opposing to yours, but that's only because you and I are complementary opposites.
But then, that's what Man and Woman are.
Sheqhet, nothing's wrong with you, but nothing's wrong with this Spiritual System either.
It would do you much good to have a more real-time connection with others who have more experience with it, just as the Brother Elder stated.
This is why I have always felt that it's not good to live in those "Boondocks" type areas, where one has little to no access to the various resources necessary to enhance one's quality of life.
That's why, Chicago, here I come!!
HOTEPET
... please make yourself at home ... 