Disclaimers & Confessions
Imagine if the Law of One as articulated by Ra were studied through the lens of psychology, or sociology, biology, physics, neuroscience, systems theory, so many of the sciences, Western philosophy, Eastern philosophy, theology, mysticism, even history (with a dash of mathematics for good measure). Few if any Earthly philosophies have a scope as limitless or a depth as unfathomable as the Law of One. It is a multidimensional, infinite plenitude of color, and each of the above-mentioned fields of study, and so many more, offer colored lenses that reveal different aspects of this inexhaustible philosophy. Every lens is needed.
How many of those lenses do I have in my toolbox? Answer: very, very few. Where I am strongest is in my depth of acquaintance with the Law of One material and the people who gave it to Earth. I have studied this material for twenty uninterrupted years and I have been at L/L Research for seventeen of those years, so I live and breathe the Law of One in many capacities. This helps illuminate the Law of One.
Not to mention that I’m generally a hungry sponge for information from nearly every field (minus sportsball and economics). This helps. And, I’ve read quite a bit on mysticism, the lens with the single-most clarifying effect on the Law of One. Also helpful.
Yet, I am only one voice supported by a small team of scholars writing about a philosophy that will eventually require the collective effort of millions, each one bringing a unique flavor to the study and expression of the Law of One. Not to mention that any one of these concepts could be explored to depths that would expand into books unto themselves. This effort is hopeless!
And then one must consider that L/L Research’s material speaks ultimately of essences and the transcendent, of eternal truths and intangible qualities. The greatest of the topics in this book might be captured better in poetry, or song, or by the contemplative with the protected space to meditate on these subjects over long cycles of their life. Indeed, these are topics best explored in the being, in the living, in the heart’s innermost holy sanctum of silence.
But here I am! And here you are. So while we’re both here, I burden/free you with more disclaimers:
- In all the 106 sessions of the Ra Contact text you will find no bolds, underlines, or italics. However, there are such things in the quotes I’ve used here. I’ll give you one guess as to how they got there.
- This book contains 64 main entries, 97 sub-entries, and 41 author’s notes.[1] Each topic I chose to explore was arbitrarily selected from a far larger number of riches available in the Law of One. There are glaring omissions in here that will haunt me until I die or write another book, like “Balance,” “Light, The Third Primal Distortion,” “Programming and Reincarnation,” “Psychic Greeting,” “Wanderers,” and “The Fruit of the Banana Palm.”
- I would have loved to integrate much more from the consciously channeled Transcript Library. That vast ocean of spiritual insight expands, deepens, and enhances these concepts, and gives eloquence to Ra’s more terse and technical language. Alas, Ra alone provided more than enough to max out my bandwidth. Maybe in another incarnation.
- There is no substitute for reading the source material.
- If you’ve read the Confederation’s words you’re already well acquainted with the spirit of their sharing and their disclaimer. In essence: Please take what resonates and leave the rest behind.
- I have no dogma to offer. I am open to new evidence and to higher understanding. Indeed, I hope my understanding will evolve! And if you would like to highlight an error or offer an alternative understanding, you know where to reach me.
- While I aspire to realization of the principles and ideas explored in this book, I do not fully embody nor have I perfected these qualities. In enlightened society I sometimes feel closer to my primate forebears.
- Even Ra says, “It is impossible to help another being directly. It is only possible to make catalyst available in whatever form, the most important being the radiation of realization of oneness with the Creator from the self, less important being information such as we share with you.”
If Ra’s information is less important than the service of being who you really are, then imagine how much less important is this book’s study of Ra’s less important information. And if Ra was a humble messenger, then what is one who studies and writes about the words of a humble messenger?
I don’t know, but I do know spiritual seekers who are huge Taylor Swift fans, who spend a lot of time watching everything on Netflix, and who know all the best memes and the TikToks. And I know spiritual seekers who live like monks, eschewing the ways of the world in pious purity. I also know seekers who are vegetarians and seekers who enjoy chicken, those who love and those who avoid expletives. And I know a lot of Law of One-reading non-meditators.
What I am saying is that the Creator wears many costumes. And through each costume, I see how all may be equally strong in will and faith because “each entity has its ways of viewing and learning from the illusion, and each processes catalyst using unique circuitry. Thus all need not be the same to be equal in will and faith.”
Ra reminds us that the Law of One abhors no one. It also blinks neither at the light nor the darkness but is available to any who open the gateway. It works the same whatever your particular personality traits and biographical history, whether you are an intellectual giant or an intuitive feeler, an extrovert or an introvert, whether you came from riches or poverty, or whether you did all the “right” things or all the “wrong” things. No one trait, behavior, or thread of the personal history writes the story. It is the way each aspect of the self is integrated and balanced within the whole in forgiveness and acceptance. It is the heart of the intention to serve. And it is the inner light of self, cultivated in the disciplined use of will and faith in seeking the Creator, that shines outward to reach us all.