L/L 资料库
Martyrdom
Martyrdom is a form of service in which an entity chooses love unbalanced by wisdom. It is inherently sacrificial. That is, in the compassionate desire to aid other selves, the path of martyrdom leads to the giving and expending of the self without regard for the preservation of the self. In the diluted sense of the word, this can refer to any sacrificial and depleting cost to the self in service to others. But in the truest sense of the word, martyrdom results in the death of self for the cause of service. Jesus being the quintessential Western example.
Seen through the eyes of wisdom, this unrelieved compassion is folly and creates a mismatch in the ultimate balance of the entity. However:
  • We do not imply that this course of unbridled compassion has any fault but affirm its perfection—it is an example of love which has served as beacon to many.[69]
[Yet], for those who seek further, the consequences of martyrdom must be considered, for in martyrdom lies the end of the opportunity. […] Each entity must seek its deepest path. – 75.15
Questioner: The instrument asked the following question: Ra has implied that the instrument is on a path of martyrdom, but since all die are we not all martyr to something? When, if ever, does martyrdom partake of wisdom?
Ra: I am Ra. This is a thoughtful query. Let us use as exemplar the one known as Jehoshua. This entity incarnated with the plan of martyrdom. There is no wisdom in this plan but rather understanding and compassion extended to its fullest perfection.
The one known as Jehoshua would have been less-than-fully understanding of its course had it chosen to follow its will at any space/time during its teachings. Several times, as you call this measure, this entity had the possibility of moving towards the martyr’s place which was, for that martyr, Jerusalem. Yet in meditation this entity stated, time and again, “It is not yet the hour.” The entity could also have, when the hour came, walked another path. Its incarnation would then have been prolonged but the path for which it incarnated somewhat confused. Thusly, one may observe the greatest amount of understanding, of which this entity was indeed capable, taking place as the entity, in meditation, felt and knew that the hour had come for that to be fulfilled which was its incarnation.
It is indeed so that all mind/body/spirit complexes shall die to the third-density illusion […]. It is a misnomer to, for this reason alone, call each mind/body/spirit complex a martyr, for this term is reserved for those who lay down their lives for the service they may provide to others. We may encourage meditation upon the functions of the will. – 84.4
Author’s Note: To Lay Down the Life in Service
In 42.6, Ra says: “The fourth density…abounds in compassion. This compassion is folly when seen through the eyes of wisdom. It is the salvation of third density but creates a mismatch in the ultimate balance of the entity.”
One general reason this may create a “mismatch in the ultimate balance of the entity” is simply a feature of metaphysics. On the positive path, all seven centers are activated and balanced with one another in the seeking of the Creator. Each center reflects some facet of that Creator. We are 360-degree beings, as Q’uo says. To maximize one center at the exclusion of its counterpart (green ray over blue ray) is to miss or omit a key dimension of experiencing the Creator.
Another reason this may be a mismatch is due to the martyr’s undeveloped understanding of free will. In desiring to alleviate the other-self of their suffering, the martyr sacrifices his or her own life. While noble, beautiful, and a true service to others, this path manifests a desire to take on the consequences of the other-self’s free-will choices. That is to say, in the desire to protect the other-self, the martyr may try to shield the other-self from seemingly “bad” outcomes that are, in fact, natural consequences of the other-self’s actions.
Love balanced by wisdom, on the other hand, still wishes to be sensitive to the need of the other, and serve with every fiber of the being—and, who knows, that may involve protecting an other-self—but it will recognize that the other-self is experiencing the fruits of their own sacred exercise of free will.
In other words, balancing love with wisdom is an invitation not to cold indifference, to standing by watching an other-self suffer because, well, “they are experiencing the results of their free will.” Love balanced by wisdom still exercises empathy, feels pain for the other, and wishes to help through inspiration, information, or any act that may serve to lighten the load of the other—we of the positive polarity are all here to help each other carry our heavy burdens.
The third and perhaps more important reason it creates a “mismatch in the ultimate balance of the entity” is the depletion of self that martyrdom eventually causes. In serving the other-self, the martyr lovingly but unwisely serves to its own destruction, thus ending its opportunity for further incarnate growth.
What I believe the wisdom aspect does is to inform our service in such a way that we value ourselves and our journey as much as those we seek to serve. This also elevates our service, helping those we serve to awaken within themselves their own inherent power to author their journey and learn from their catalyst.
Carla, who had a tendency toward martyrdom, was continually offered accentuated opportunities to become the martyr for the cause of the Ra contact, whether through sacrificing a need, her well-being, or risking fatal outcome. In addition to simply contemplating the choice of the martyr, Ra repeatedly recommend valuing herself as-the-Creator as means of balancing this distortion:
  • The instrument[’s] journey from worth-in-action to worth-in-esse is arduous. […] We encourage the instrument to value itself and to see that its true requirements are valued by the self. We suggest contemplation of true richness of being. – 103.8
  • The choice of the martyr [is] to put value in a fatal action and die, or to put value on consciousness of the creation and of the One Creator and, thereby, live. – 103.4
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