The 42 Laws of Ma’at are also known as the “Declaration of Innocence” and over 7000 years old. They are drawn from the Afrakan holy book, “Pert em Hru “Book of Coming Forth by Day,” one of the world’s oldest books of holy scriptures. With these laws, our ancient Afrakan ancestors maintained a society without policemen for thousands of years. The principles of Ma’at are: Truth, justice, harmony, balance, order, reciprocity, sobriety and propriety.

In the early morning say, “I will not…” in the evening say, “I have not…” This is how we perform moral inventory on a daily basis. They read as follows:

1. I will not do wrong.
2. I will not steal
3. I will not act with violence
4. I will not kill
5. I will not be unjust
6. I will not cause pain
7. I will not waste food
8. I will not lie
9. I will not desecrate holy places
10. I will not speak evil
11. I will not abuse my sexuality
12. I will not cause the shedding of tears
13. I will not sow seeds of regret
14. I will not be an aggressor
15. I will not act guilefully
16. I will not lay waste the plowed land
17. I will not bear false witness
18. I will not set my mouth in motion against any person
19. I will not be wrathful and angry except for a just cause
20. I will not copulate with a man wife
21. I will not copulate with a woman husband
22. I will not pollute myself
23. I will not cause terror
24. I will not pollute the earth
25. I will not speak in anger
26. I will not turn from the words of right & truth
27. I will not utter curses
28. I will not initiate a quarrel
29. I will not be excitable or contentious
30. I will not prejudge
31. I will not be an eavesdropper
32. I will not speak over much
33. I will not commit treason against the ancestors
34. I will not waste water
35. I will do no evil
36. I will not be arrogant
37. I will not blaspheme “NTR” the one Most High – Mother/Father of creation
38. I will not commit fraud
39. I will not defraud temple offerings
40. I will not plunder the dead
41. I will not abuse children
42. I will not mistreat animals