Talking Points from the Nia Literary Society Book Discussion: PHILOSOPHY - Conscious thought and practice – unity among all things. NTR - Concepts and attributes of nature. SYMBOLs OF MAAT - Woman, ostrich feather (male/female balance/harmony), scales LIFE LEVELS and the HUMAN/SOCIAL PLANE - Taking care of the earth, respect, harmony with nature, sharing – family, community, nation. LIFE CENTERED: RELIGION, RITUAL & EDUCATION - God is everywhere, NTRU (innate attributes/elements of all things, God as an object, creation as a sustaining process, not an event. What are some common everyday rituals? Prayer in schools. THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE - Spirit as a real entity, addressing ancestors TRANSITION - Do you fear death? LIFE CYCLES: FROM KEMET TO MODERN DAY - The fall of Kemet? Foreign invasion (still happening), existing as a whole.
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