The Final Weighing
The Scales
A short Ma’at meditation on the scales, truth, and the discipline of right living.
Imagine the scales in the Hall of Truth: on one side, your heart; on the other, the feather of Ma’at.
A heavy heart, laden with wrongdoing, tips the balance against you.
A light heart, free of malice and regret, rises and passes the test.
Each day, weigh your own heart in quiet reflection.
Remove what weighs it down – anger, deceit, greed – one by one.
Feed it virtues that make it feather-light – kindness, honesty, peace.
Do this, and when the final judgment comes you will have no fear.
Your heart will be light as the feather of Ma’at, and you will pass into the Field of Reeds justified.