Finally, Theophile Obenga (1990, 158) affirms the wide range of interrelated meanings of the Maatian ideal, noting that “(t)he notion of Maat is complex and rich.” It expresses itself in four basic areas (1990, 158, 166-167):
(1) the universal domain in which Maat is “le Tout ordonne,” the totality of ordered existence, and represents things in harmony and in place;
(2) the political domain in which Maat is justice and in opposition to injustice;
(3) the social domain in which the focus is on right relations and duty in the context of community and;
(4) the personal domain in which following the rules and principles of Maat, “is to realize concretely the universal order in oneself; to live in harmony with the ordered whole” (1990, 158).

Ma’at the Moral Ideal in AE, Karenga, pg 8