Wat M Aunkh KaKhepeRa — born WayOfLife in a prison woodshop — spent 12.5 years incarcerated building what stone walls were never designed to contain: a cognitive operating system forged from Kemetic wisdom, Pan-African philosophy, and the testimony of a man who chose to become free long before the gates opened.
Since release he has become one of his state's most recognized poets and voices — blending spoken word performance, ancestral wisdom, and the CIAT framework to guide individuals and organizations from the interior cage of assigned identity into the sovereign practice of self-determined becoming.
Rooted in Kemet and guided by Maat. Teaching the ways of truth, balance, order, harmony, and justice through the lens of African cosmological systems — Tehuti, Sia, Maat, Ubuntu, Kujichagulia, Sankofa.
I speak. I write. I remember. I preserve. I provoke. I call forth what is hidden and speak life into vision and movement. The poet who proved the prison wrong — and writes the proof down so you have the map.
Walking between the seen and unseen, questioning to liberate and realign. An African mystic from the Kemetic Soul Tribe — animating Tehuti as a living principle, not a historical reference.
Reentry. Youth. Anyone. Meeting you where you are and building with you toward where you are going. The Seba who does not lecture — who evokes what is already present and creates the conditions for it to emerge.
CIAT — pronounced "Chat" — is the cognitive operating system developed by Wat M Aunkh KaKhepeRa over 12.5 years of incarceration and refined through years of post-release work as poet, speaker, and coach. It is not a program. It is not a curriculum. It is a living formula with no cognitive escape routes — because every door leads back to the same foundation: honest Identification.
Choice is the sacred hinge between the two triads. The formula is not a line — it is a spiral. It does not end. It deepens.
Everything created from the CIAT framework and the testimony of Wat M Aunkh KaKhepeRa — books, workbooks, workshops, teaching tools, and advanced study. Each piece stands alone and works together as a complete system of cognitive liberation.
The creative testimony that preceded the framework. Over 80 poems written inside 12.5 years of incarceration across six sections: Culture, Inside, Love, Mercy, Spirit, and Trauma. The raw ore from which CIAT was refined. Writing the wrongs and the good in/through the bad.
Sections: Culture · Inside · Love · Mercy · Spirit · TraumaThe testimony and foundation. Six chapters of lyrical prose walking the reader from the interior cage into the sovereign practice of CIAT. Preface, six chapters, glossary of all Kemetic and Pan-African terminology. Available in English and Swahili.
Available: English · Kiswahili (Ulimwengu Uliofungwa)The complete teaching of all six C's — two triads, the hinge of Choice, the formula with Identification and Acceptance, the spiral architecture, and daily practice guide. For coaches, facilitators, and serious students of the CIAT system.
Includes: Daily Practice · Morning/Evening Protocols · Seruj-ta MethodThe Seba's facilitation scroll. Half-day and full-day formats. Five complete modules with verbatim scripts, resistance response protocols, Seruj-ta grounding practices, crisis management, and five participant workbook pages.
Formats: Half-Day (4hr) · Full-Day (7hr)The complete comparative map of Kemetic Neteru and David Hawkins' consciousness scale. Every Neter mapped with Frequency of Awareness, Faculty of the Soul, and Level of Human Functioning — plus CIAT bridge at every level. For coaches, academics, and advanced practitioners.
Includes: Master Map · All Neteru · CIAT C6 ArchitectureThe big concepts in the simplest, most honest language. Written for children and beginners — every concept appearing twice: child-accessible first, deeper adult reading second. The Four C's, CIAT, all eight major vocabulary words, and four practices you can start today.
For: Children · Youth Programs · Beginners · Community OrganizationsComplete definitions of every Kemetic, Pan-African, and CIAT term. 28 entries including pronunciation guides, origins, full expanded meanings, and CIAT applications. A standalone reference document and educational tool.
Includes: 28 Entries · Pronunciation · CIAT ApplicationsThe complete brand, business, and positioning architecture. The Four C's framework, CIAT formula, name theology, speaking offerings, coaching structure, workshop design, brand phrases, and the full business platform of Prose of a Con LLC.
Includes: Speaker Positioning · Offering Structure · Brand LanguageThe access point. Any age, any background, any level of familiarity with Kemetic or African philosophy. Start here.
The raw testimony. The poems before the framework. Feel the Per Ankh being built from the inside.
The book and the method together. Read the testimony and the system simultaneously.
The live experience. What the book offers alone, the workshop offers in community. The Ubuntu contract activated.
The 1:1 container. The Paut Neteru / Hawkins convergence. The CIAT system at full depth.
60–90 minute poetic-performance keynote. Blends spoken word, Kemetic philosophy, and live CIAT application. Available for conferences, summits, universities, corporate events, reentry organizations, faith communities, and youth gatherings.
Inquire for availability and investmentHalf-day or full-day ritual immersion. The complete CIAT C6 system experienced in community. Available for organizations, institutions, and public cohorts. Licensed facilitation training available for organizations wanting to implement CIAT internally.
Half-Day · Full-Day · Licensed Facilitation1:1 coaching using CIAT as the operating system. 3 or 6-month containers. Begins with full Seruj-ta grounding assessment and Identification audit. For leaders, returning citizens, artists, executives, and anyone navigating major interior and exterior transitions.
3-Month · 6-Month ContainersCaged Cosmos and Prose of a Con available for individual purchase, bulk orders for events and organizations, and educational licensing. Author speaking packages bundled with bulk book orders available for conferences and institutions.
Individual · Bulk · Educational License"Creativity is not what you do when you are free. It is what proves you already are."
Caged Cosmos — Chapter Two"It took coming to prison to contemplate what had me imprisoned."
Wat M Aunkh KaKhepeRa"UHURU is not the moment the gates open. It is the moment you decide you are the author of what your life means."
Caged Cosmos — Chapter Six"The formula is not a line. It is a spiral. It does not end. It deepens. Kheper keeps turning. Ra keeps rising."
The CIAT MethodKeynote topics, target audiences, signature quotes, and booking information — everything you need to bring Wat M Aunkh KaKhepeRa to your event.
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