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 | The Ra Contact: Teaching the Law of One Transcript of the 106 sessions of the Ra contact between 1981–1984. Through Q&A, the metaphysical blueprint of spiritual evolution is explored, from the microcosm to the macrocosm, from the life on this planet to the life of the cosmos, to the possibilities of healing, transformation, and self-realization. |
 | Living The Law of One 101: The Choice Written with the intent of creating an entry–level, simple to read report concerning the core principles of the Law of One and Confederation philosophy in general, this book takes the reader through a discussion of Law of One principles such as unity, free will, love, light and polarity. |
 | A Wanderer’s Handbook A reference manual for spiritual outsiders. It explores the alienation that seekers experience, the varieties of the pain of living, the healing of the incarnation, the discovery of the life's mission, and how to live a devotional life in a busy world. |
 | Tilting At Windmills: An Interview with Carla & Jim The transcripts of a seven-day interview with Carla Rueckert and Jim McCarty that includes exploration of the Ra contact, the life story of L/L Research, personal biography of its three founding members, and examination of spiritual principles and philosophy. |
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[1] And 170 footnotes.
[2] Though I still cannot explain why they had to say “sound vibration complex” instead of “word,” or for that matter why they had to identify so many words as “sound vibration complexes” when they could have just said the word.
[3] Ra only ever referred to this as the “archetypical mind.” As that is a somewhat cumbersome and entirely interchangeable equivalent of “archetypal,” and as nearly all of the readership says “archetypal,” I chose the latter for this guide.
[5] The tarot was developed as a means of studying the archetypal mind during Ra’s own third-density experience. Ra later transmitted this teaching to the ancient Egyptians who translated them into culturally congruent forms, years later recording them visually as the Major Arcana of the tarot.
[6] In 43.22, Ra says that a body is “one of the preconditions for space/time existence.” However, Ra seems to indicate that we inhabit a body in time/space realms as well.
[7] “Form is substance” comes directly from Ra. In my limited understanding this is akin to saying “thoughts are things.” In other words, that which has no tangible shape or form in our world is as a solid object on the etheric plane. This is just an educated guess, however.
[8] Consider that Ra’s very first words indicate they have been “called” to the group of Don, Carla, and Jim because the group “has a need for the diversity of experiences in channeling which go with a more intensive, or as you might call it, advanced approach to the system of studying the patterns of the illusions of your body, your mind, and your spirit, which you call seeking the truth.” The group’s unified desire to investigate the unknown through vocal channeling of Confederation sources expressed a calling. Ra heard and, to the group’s utter surprise, responded.
[9] Ra analogizes its unpredictability to a “random number generator.” And as to its origin, they say only, “It operates from the dimensions beyond space/time in what you may call the area of intelligent energy. Like your cycles, such balancing, such rhythms are as a clock striking. In the case of the windows, no entities have the clock. Therefore, it seems random. It is not random in the dimension which produces this balance. That is why we stated the analogy was within certain limits.”
[10] Don also calls this the Law of Doubling and Law of Squares. Ra works with both of these alternate terms.
[11] About 1,024 (the result of the tenth calling), Ra says: “The entities who call are sometimes not totally unified in their calling and, thus, the squaring is slightly less. Thus, there is a statistical loss over a period of call. However, perhaps you may see by this statistically corrected information the squaring mechanism.”
[12] Ra was not clear as to whether these 352,000 people were calling them by name or by less-specific means, e.g., by seeking a service which Ra was able to offer.
[13] A number that would seriously take approximately 44 pages of this book to print in its entirety.
[14] I am personally unsure what adjective is most appropriately applied, though I prefer “neutral.” What seems to be the case is that each entity understands, colors, and uses catalyst in accordance with its own unique biases.
[15] Merriam-Webster defines entropy as “a process of degradation, or running down, or a trend to disorder.” As Ra says, “Those seeking intelligent infinity through the use of service to self create the same amount of power but […], have constant difficulty because of the concept of separation […] implicit in the manifestations of the service to self which involve power over others. This weakens and eventually disintegrates the energy collected by [third-density beings] who call the Orion group, and the social memory complexes which comprise the Orion group.”
[16] Including appearing in our skies in what we know as UFOs: “Permission [to break quarantine and appear in the skies] was granted at the time/space in which your first nuclear device was developed and used for Confederation members to minister unto your peoples in such a way as to cause mystery to occur. This is what you mean by ‘advertising’ and is correct.
The mystery and unknown quality of the occurrences we are allowed to offer have the hoped-for intention of making your peoples aware of infinite possibility. When your peoples grasp infinity, then, and only then, can the gateway be opened to the Law of One.” – 7.12 (See also 6.25) Though not all UFOs are of Confederation origin.
[17] britannica.com/topic/confederation-politics
[18] britannica.com/topic/political-system/Confederations-and-federations
[19] Numbers apply to our particular local Confederation.
[20] The phenomenon of the “walk-in” suggests the same, as a different soul can step in and inhabit not just the body of the incarnate being, but the mind and its entire inner landscape or universe of thought, emotion, memory, and beingness. (Which is why I am investing in L/L Research Cryogenics.™)
[21] 47 million 3rd–7th-density planets divided by 500 planetary consciousnesses comprising a single confederation.
[24] This is explored in “Kundalini: Inner Seeking Meets Cosmic Prana.”
[25] Consider the primordial origin sound of the universe—“Aum.” From this single vibration cascading through eons emerges music in all its infinite variations. Distortion is how we move from Aum to Mozart to Metallica.
[26] Ra speaks two languages. In the first language is the incarnate perspective that sees the process of becoming the Creator. In the second language is the final mystical realization, the full penetration of violet ray wherein the self realizes that the self had been the Creator all along. There was nothing to “become,” per se, just a release of the illusion or the fiction that the self was anything other than the Creator. In this latter perspective, all movement away from or toward the Creator, including the movement of becoming/not becoming, is illusory. As Ra says: “Thus self reveals self to self.” (I would capitalize the first two Self’s.)
[27] This may speak to the difference between discernment and judgement in the pejorative sense. Discernment is essential to the evolutionary journey. Judgement in the negative sense is the resistance to or condemnation of what is, and its release is the work of love, forgiveness, and understanding. (Judgement in the positive sense can be interchangeable with discernment.)
[28] Ra nevertheless calls certain distortions “Laws.” For example: “Law of Responsibility,” “Law of Service,” etc.
[29] There is a short story written in 1956 by Isaac Asimov called The Last Question. Asimov presents a future where humanity and technology evolve to a point at which all consciousness the universe over and data are merged into a single entity. In the conclusion of the story (spoiler alert), this unified entity, after reflecting on its mass of accumulated knowledge and its long journey of learning, initiates a new beginning that symbolizes a cyclical process of creation and re-creation. This bears curious resemblance to the timeless interval described in this passage.
[30] In most cases, Ra uses “octave” to mean the eight densities, whether our present octave or those which came before/will come after. But, there are a few instances when “octave” is applied to an individual density: 9.14, 17.12, 82.12, 85.11.
[31] It is unclear whether the red ray and orange ray are immediately activated by virtue of conception and fetal development.
[32] Patton just happened to be one of the historical figures Don questioned about.
[33] “Sacral center,” and “throat center” are not spoken by Ra but assumed to fit relative to the way Ra named the other five.
[34] Blockage may sometimes be perceived by electrical, tingling sensations associated with the particular energy center being blocked or unblocked.
[35] When first queried about the term ego, Ra said, “We cannot work with this concept as it is misapplied and understanding cannot come from it.” (15.11) When Ra used the term a second time in this context, they were likely using it to denote the illusory, separate self generally rather than the specific Freudian concept.
[36] That objective is presumably not generally known to the conscious mind.
[37] How this relates to similar BDSM experiences explored within a generally positive and loving relationship were not explored by Ra, though any consensual activity borne from a foundation of mutual love, trust, and respect is likely not what Ra referred to in describing these negative transfers.
[38] While the figurative clock strike does seem to denote a discrete boundary, it is unknown whether this “striking of the hour” implies an immediate event recognized by incarnated entities (in the case of third density). The topic is explored in some depth in the Feb 16, 2016 and Feb 26, 2017 Q’uo channelings.
[39] Ra was not clear on what these percentages are based or how they might be measured. For a deeper examination, see “Polarity in Consciousness” in this guide.
[40] “Judgment” is so context-dependent that it’s easy to misunderstand. It could be used in a positive sense as synonymous with discernment, and in the negative sense as a value judgment. Ra uses it both ways. They indicate that the healer, in seeing the apparent distortion of the one to be healed in balance with the total perfection, does not exercise the negative form of value judgment.
[41] This is surely not just some technical loophole which states that if the healer says those magic words then, voila, they have avoided infringement. These must not only be the words of the healer, but also the demonstration of the healer. If the healer parrots the words but cultivates an inflated, non-humble sense of the self’s powers, unneeded distortions and infringement may yet be possible.
[42] It’s not entirely clear what a thought-form entity is in this context. It seems reasonable to extrapolate that it is an entity composed of and created by conscious or unconscious thought, its function limited to the purpose of its conception. Thought-form entities may arise out of the human collective unconscious, or they may be created consciously.
[43] Though not addressed by Ra, the spiraling motion of the DNA’s double helix may be one visible manifestation of this upward spiraling line of light.
[44] Though the particular configuration of blockage utilized by the negative polarity yet offers the possibility of using intelligent energy.
[45] More specifically, humans work within the design of the solar system, the solar system works within the design of the galaxy, and the galaxy works within the design of the Primal Logos of the octave, or universe.
[47] These statements represent my untrained understanding—in other words, a reflection of my own ignorance.
[48] Stephen Mitchell translation, 1988. In the Tao one sees intelligent infinity, intelligent energy, and the Law of One.
[49] Indeed it is not even “intelligent infinity”—that being the most precise term Ra could muster to help point to the mystery and its meaning.
[50] See 82.4 – 82.12 for a fascinating look at the development of the universe from intelligent infinity.
[51] The entire universe is reaching the doorstep, as it were, of the mind/body/spirit complex at all times, but is allowed passage into and experience by the self only insofar as the centers are activated, balanced, and opened. Thus, unless and until the mind/body/spirit complex is rendered transparent, the entity seems a self-contained, somewhat closed and separated system. See 15.9 and 54.8-11.
[52] That pathway or shuttle is the spirit complex itself. E.g. “The adept is calling directly through the spirit to the universe for its power, for the spirit is a shuttle.” – 80.14. See also: 6.1, 23.7, 30.2, 49.2, 67.28, 67.30, 79.4, 80.15, 95.27, 105.20. And Spirit Complex in this guide.
[53] Here again we have, from our perspective, the two “natures of the Creator,” the (seemingly) distorted and the un-distorted, the relative and the absolute, the many and the One. See the chapter “Kundalini” in this book for a deeper exploration of this passage.
[54] As to the immanent aspect of self-realization: “The light energy of all things may then be attracted by this intense seeking, and wherever the inner seeking meets the attracted cosmic prana, realization of the One takes place.” (57.33). The One, then, is realized not just at the indigo-ray level (though it is through that gateway that liberation from form unfolds), but also at the red-ray level and all its attendant energies, and the orange, and the yellow, and so on.
This connects to 4.18, “Understand that all natural functions of the body have all aspects from dense to fine, and can be transmuted to what you may call sacramental.”
[55] It is confusing, this statement. All four quotes listed here seem to attribute the shortened life span to a lack of positive polarization (the “enslaving of entities” is a markedly significant movement toward service to self). But in this statement, Ra seems to ascribe the shortened life span to a lack of polarization, whether positive or negative.
[56] Scott Mandelker, Universal Vision: Soul Evolution and the Cosmic Plan (San Francisco: UV Way, 2000), 128. A book brimming with insight on the Law of One.
[57] Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (Boston: Beacon Press, 1959), 65–66. Frankl’s book reaches powerfully into the depths of our inalienable freedom to choose our response to the moment and to give meaning to our suffering.
[58] Regarding the universality of scientific law, Ra indicates that a galactic Logos creates the physical or natural laws for its creation (28.8), implying that they may vary to some extent from galaxy to galaxy. Though in 71.11 Ra indicates that “these variations are not significant but may be compared to various regions of geographical location sporting various ways of pronouncing the same sound vibration complex or concept.” All Logoi are operating within the Law of One.
[59] Similar to love/light light/love, and space/time time/space.
[60] The quote continues: “At the point at which this coalescence is at the livingness or beingness point—the point, or fountainhead, of beginning—space/time then begins to unroll its scroll of livingness.”
[61] See 29.8, 52.12, 81.33, 82.12, 92.22, 93.5. Ra says “much of what you call creation has never separated from the One Logos.”
[62] Ra seems to use octave, universe, and creation synonymously. Understanding this helps shed light on why they used the plural “universes” sometimes. Though in 13.13 and elsewhere, they seem to be using “universe” synonymously with “galaxy.” See “Author’s Note: On Universes and Galaxies in Primal Distortion.”
[63] Whether this has an infinite vertical depth or height is a consideration for minds larger than my own.
[64] The hierarchy of negative polarity is a gross (albeit entirely valid) distortion of the universe’s inherent hierarchy/holography. See the “Service to Self” entry in this guide for greater examination.
[66] It is unclear whether there is an original archetypal mind at the level of the Primal Logos which subsequent sub-Logoi (galactic and solar systems) simply refine and differentiate, or whether the sub-Logoi refine the all-mind of the Primal Logos and thus create an archetypal mind:
Ra: “The archetypical mind may be defined as that mind which is peculiar to the Logos of this planetary sphere. Thusly, unlike the great cosmic all-mind, it contains the material which it pleased the Logos to offer as refinements to the great cosmic beingness. The archetypical mind, then, is that which contains all facets which may affect mind or experience.” – 74.4
Ra: “Please recall the definition of the archetypical mind as the repository of those refinements to the cosmic or all-mind made by this particular Logos and peculiar only to this Logos.” – 90.14
[67] See also the entry “One Original Thought” in this guide.
[68] Incidentally, the precession of the equinoxes—the cyclic wobbling in the orientation of Earth’s axis—completes one cycle in the course of 25,772 years.
[69] It is likely that Jesus’s particular exemplification of this attitude—which is not to be “fault[ed] but affirm[ed for] its perfection” because “it is an example of love which has served as beacon to many”—would apply to anyone capable of exemplifying a pure act of martyrdom to such a superlative degree.
[70] Yogic texts describe a state of “absorption” that transpires here, but such is beyond my personal experience.
[71] The goal is not to attain a specific state. Rather, meditation is about witnessing the mind as it is. If your mind and your attention wanders, then you are observing its nature and gaining an understanding of how it moves.
[72] Eventually seer, seeing, and seen all collapse in non-dual realization, but that’s outside the scope of this author’s note.
[73] Terminology to describe the more mysterious realms of our minds is not necessarily consistent across theories or in popular culture. Ra tended to use the simple terms “the unconscious” or “unconscious mind.”
[74] Ra: “Not all races and sub-races are of various planetary origins.” – 91.12. Presumably the second-density entities native to Earth who graduated into third density would possess their own racial mind. Though whether other native racial minds are possible, or how “sub-races” are formed is not explored. Ra does refer to themselves as a race, along with Egyptians, Guardians, those from Mars, those from Maldek, the Atlanteans, those of Mu, and of course, the Elder Race (which were apparently just 150 people).
[75] However, no two individuals or group minds will have an identical experience of the archetypal mind.
[76] When Ra says that “the mind contains all things,” I believe they make reference to the fact that, in the “great cosmic mind,” all things, or reflections of beingness, are literally contained. Either that or perhaps the mind is, like a mirror, capable of reflecting any distortion of light.
[77] Though I would imagine that, in some respects, it is a database of accessible information which is hierarchically and exquisitely recorded and stored.
[78] The passage could also be interpreted to mean that objective perception is difficult if not impossible for any individual, as whatever circumstance we are perceiving has been first colored by our unconscious minds. Or in other words, we don’t perceive the outer world, we perceive the reflection of the outer world offered to us by our inner world.
[79] How true for so many souls who set a responsibility before the incarnation in a space where the self is unchallenged by incarnational catalyst and the view is broad. But once incarnated, the view is lost, the goals forgotten, and the self is challenged, greatly. From the standpoint within incarnation, the lessons we set for ourselves can seem like an imposition, even a cruelty, a prison sentence.
[80] Ra says elsewhere that, “The self, if conscious to a great enough extent of the workings of this catalyst and the techniques of programming, may, through concentration of the will and the faculty of faith alone, cause reprogramming without the analogy of the fasting, the diet, or other analogous body complex disciplines.” – 41.22
[81] Those whose analytic faculties dominate may have “more to work with” simply because they hold onto more experiential data in their memory and reflections. The analytical mind seeks to order, structure, sort, compare, contrast, analyze, and synthesize that data into meaningful narrative and experience. (This book is obviously an astonishing example of the mind’s ability to “structure abstract concepts.”) Those whose intuitive faculties dominate, on the other hand, may be less occupied with the retention of experiential data, instead preferring to rely upon a more spontaneously sensed approach to the moment.
[82] Springboarding from Don Elkins’s foundational instructions, Carla Rueckert innovated and refined the crucial protocols of challenging contacts and tuning that would become a hallmark of L/L Research channeling. To read more, see: A Channeling Handbook, the transcripts of the 2008 Channeling Intensive, and “The Art of Channeling” chapter in Tilting at Windmills available at LLResearch.org.
[83] Consciously channeled Confederation sources like Q’uo and Latwii refer to this as the “One Great Original Thought.” Ra does not specifically use that adjective, but it could be extrapolated from 82.12: “The creation itself is a form of consciousness which is unified, the Logos being the one great heart of creation.”
[84] The adjective “original” may move into a quandary of semantics, as everything which proceeds from the Original Thought is still unique, novel, and irreplaceable.
[86] Logos then goes on to formulate its plan of self-knowing and, using free will, manifests itself in Light imbued with Love. And infinite sub-Logoi are generated, each repeating and refining the process.
[87] For instance, Ra says in 84.22 that “The harvest from the previous creation [octave] was that which included the male and female mind/body/spirit.”
[88] See also “Author’s Note: Logos: The Foundation of Consciousness” in this guide.
[89] Every profession needs those who have mastered their trade. Any elite or expert entity, group, or institution can be oriented toward humble service to others. It is only when the elite in a given field begin to make a selfhood of elitism and believe that they are fundamentally superior to the so-called non-elite that negative philosophy takes hold. The Orion Empire impresses the thought that the elite class is intrinsically superior and more powerful, and thus ought to enslave and dominate the non-elite for the sole benefit of the elite. Our planetary governments, militaries, and various groups abound in shades of this model.
[90] In 54.27, Ra reiterates how the upward spiraling light moves through the Earth into the south pole, or red ray, of the energy system: “The second point of ingress is the polar opposite of the North Star, shall we say, and may be seen, if you wish to use the physical body as an analog for the magnetic field, as coming through the feet from the earth and through the lower point of the spine.”
[91] A planetary mind would be one and the same with the racial mind if all entities of that planet were of one race. Our particular planet, however, includes various races. Each race has a group mind unique to that race. Each racial mind, then, contributes to, and is a sub-set of, the larger planetary mind. Both the racial and planetary minds occupy their own strata within the unconscious mind. (What constitutes “race” in Ra’s understanding is not entirely clear, but it is not necessarily one and the same as pigmentation or geographically/genetically determined differences in physical features. See Mind Complex in this guide.)
[92] When Ra says “mind/body complexes” in the above quote, they appear to mean that it is not just a third-density population that awakens the Logoic consciousness of the planet, but the second-density and perhaps even first density as well—presumably, though, to lesser degree. Ra says of first-density consciousness: “Whether you may call this mind or body complex is a semantic problem. We call it mind/body complex […]”. (30.5)
[94] A major cause of this difficulty is that the population of Planet Earth contains souls from a variety of sources—three major planetary group and thirteen minor groups—all of whom are repeating third density, combined with those who graduated from second density into third on this planet. See 6.13, 10.6, 91.12–13.
[95] “Opposing” polarities do not necessarily denote conflict. Polarities can be balanced in harmonious, mutually enhancing operation. They are paired such that, as in the poles of positive/negative in electromagnetism, action or work may be accomplished. Even when in conflict, however, they ultimately work together. The yin/yang symbol may offer an insightful visual tool for contemplation.
[96] Some interpret this statement to mean that one cannot know whether the action of self or other is a polarized action. I disagree. If you own other human beings as chattel, you are engaging in service-to-self action. If you, with love, selflessly give your life to save another, you are engaging in service-to-others action. (Though many of our activities are not that extreme or black and white.) I think what Ra means here is that there can ultimately be no value imposed upon polarity, just as the positive/negative poles of a magnet cannot be called “good”/”bad.”
[97] To be clear, when Ra uses the term bisexual, this is not in reference to sexual orientation (i.e., sexually attracted to both male and female genders). Nor does it exclude same-sex pairings or gender identities beyond male and female. Ra is alluding to the fact that each entity contains a unique balance of polarized masculine and feminine sexual energy—regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
[98] In addition to this section, the topic of the attractive forces of polarity is explored in-depth from a different angle in the Kundalini essay at the end of this book.
[99] For a simple example, a negative entity may attempt to exercise control over a positive one, allowing that positive being to experience and become aware of the negativity within itself. The positive entity then has the opportunity to discover controlling, free-will-abridging behavior within itself, offering love to those energies, integrating them into the self, harnessing them for service to others. Thus the positive entity disciplines its will and faith, purifies itself, and polarizes further.
[100] This sort of automatic physics, as I am calling it, also works in reverse. As Ra says in 73.3: “In invocation and evocation of what may be termed negative entities or qualities, the expression alerts the positively oriented equivalent. However, those upon the service-to-others path wait to be called and can only send love.”
[101] “Five percent dedication to other selves” is an inverse and quirky (but insightful) way of saying “95% service to self.”
[102] Bellicosity is an attitude or mindset inclined toward hostility, aggressiveness, eagerness to fight, and even desire for war. It is important to note that it is the attitude and orientation of the self which is the polarizing factor, not the action itself. One can engage in war or perhaps even violent action with or without bellicosity (though bellicosity and violence seem to go hand in hand). Ra indicates that adopting a bellicose attitude, for whatever reason, even for reasons that feel righteously positive, is to polarize negatively.
[103] It is unknown whether our present third density is a first repeat, a second, or more for the various groups that have incarnated here.
[104] In the same quote, Ra adds: “When the entity becomes aware in its mind/body/spirit complex totality of the mechanism for spiritual evolution, it, itself, will arrange and place those lessons and entities necessary for maximum growth and expression of polarity in the incarnative experience before the forgetting process occurs. The only disadvantage of this total free will of those senior entities choosing the manner of incarnation experiences is that some entities attempt to learn so much during one incarnative experience that the intensity of catalyst disarranges the polarized entity and the experience thus is not maximally useful as intended.”
[105] Though to speculate, maybe it was determined to be an infringement because the Guardians acted without a proper call but instead self-initiated intervention. Or the Guardians short-circuited what would have been a longer, more organic process of soul relocation for the Martian population. Or the Guardians made “upgrades” or other specialized enhancement to the DNA. Or maybe in aiding the planet in this way, the Guardians opened this group to the balancing action that necessitated corresponding exposure to negatively oriented service. One can wonder.
[106] “Otherwise,” as Austin said, “what is to stop Orion or other negative entities from running roughshod over every third-density planet? Whereas positive beings would interact with care for the free will of any population regardless, negative entities would have no concern about the free will of any third-density population. So without some kind of external balancing mechanism, it seems to me that negative influence would outpace positive influence significantly.”
[107] It is unclear whether permission to break quarantine is required for wanderers. Perhaps it wouldn’t because, as humans, they can exert no special influence. 22.17 and 70.15 give some indication.
[109] See 89.27, 89.31–43 for the two wanderers who, much to their later surprise, successfully harvested themselves upon the negative path.
[110] These images would be communicated to and then translated by the Egyptians into culturally congruent forms, and in later years be recorded as the images of the Major Arcana of the tarot.
[111] Consider how many professional comedians and generally funny people are on Earth. When a social memory complex forms and the talents are gifted unconditionally to the whole, that surely weaves a strong thread of humor into the collective tapestry.
[112] Due to broadcasting a laser beam of information across bands of reality to and through the tiny point of an unconscious physical human, along with the need to preserve the instrument’s vital energy.
[113] Thanks to the one known as Jonathan Tong for the collection.
[114] Many (or all?) of the quotes in this list could potentially apply to the second meaning of “narrow band.”
[115] The bidding process is a contest of will for dominance between negative entities. “The key to success is the purity of the will of the bidder. The concentration upon victory over the servant must be nearly perfect.” It is the antithesis of the Ra contact. See 53.16, 55.3–6.
[116] This commitment to the preservation of the group’s free will explains much, including why Ra doesn’t provide Don the correct interpretation of the hawk or try to cure or otherwise stave off his mental decline, among many others; and why Latwii’s efforts to safeguard Carla from being deceived into negative time/space came “perilously close” to breaking the Law of Free Will.
[117] In the saga of the Orion entity’s attempt to trick Carla into negative time/space, the Orion entity “attempted to cause [Carla’s] mind/body/spirit complex, which you may call spirit, to leave the physical complex of yellow ray.” 72.5
[118] In one such lapse, “there was a slight irregularity in the words verbalized by your sound complex vibratory mechanisms in the protective walking of the circle.” That slight irregularity was a “missed word.” This created an opening for a potentially life-ending negative greeting. See 62.1–14.
[119] See the Introduction for several examples highlighting their difficulty with and thoughts about human language.
[121] We at L/L Research are not in the habit of dropping F-bombs, but if ever there were a case warranting its use…
[122] Ever one for understatement, Ra says: “[Carla] would find a long path to the Creator under these circumstances, although the path would inevitably end well.” Somewhat relatedly, 89.40–43 offers an interesting scenario whereby two who had inadvertently switched their polarity were able to recover their original polarity, though under much different circumstances than Ra is describing here.
[123] Perhaps in connection to Carla turning to faith as a renewable resource: Ra: “This instrument is capable of almost instantaneously clearing the mental/emotional complex and the spiritual complex for the purity this working requires.” – 39.1
[124] I don’t mean purity in the sense of the pretense of moral perfection, or the even more often misguided “sexual purity,” but the purity of being without mixed motivations—being purely and almost single-mindedly dedicated to being of service, whatever the cost to the self, particularly if it brings happiness to your companion. Purity is also a feature of the advanced negative path where the self becomes pure in dedication to the dark art of negative polarization.
[125] This quote, 67.11, is rich for contemplation for a variety of reasons. Among them is Ra’s description of how there exist other seeming “portions” of the Creator which have a very opposite reaction, including those who would feel that the contact was of a “negative nature,” and those, such as the higher-density negative beings, who “wish only to terminate the life upon the third-density plane of this instrument.”
[126] For more on the balancing exercises, see 5.2, 41.19, 42.2-6, 42.9–11, 46.9, 54.8, 54.15, 60.8, 61.6, 61.11, 85.16, 104.2.
[127] See “Service to Self: Service to Self Using Catalyst” for more information regarding STS protection.
[128] Ra: “As the self increases in experience upon the positive path, he/she shall more and more choose positive interpretations of catalyst upon a conscious level, and receive catalyst biased toward the positive from the unconscious level.” 94.10–11.
[129] The negative polarity will see service offered from those of the positive polarity as non-service. Those of the positive polarity with a broader view may reject the service of the negative polarity as unneeded, but still recognize it as a form of service, with grateful acknowledgment.
[130] See “Measuring Polarity” in Polarity in Consciousness in this guide.
[131] This configuration would statistically be extremely unusual, akin to two of Buddha consciousness transferring energy. It also remains shrouded in mystery (and thus unknown to us) because Ra refrained from describing a transfer that is a full opening of the gateway to intelligent infinity.
[132] Though in purely negative societies, Ra indicates that those on the lower rungs are “willing slaves” to those of the higher. See the quote form 87.7 at the end of the section “Service to Self in Hierarchy.”
[133] Described figuratively in other spiritually oriented texts as “small self.”
[134] See 67.11 for a scenario of loving/accepting the other-self while rejecting the service on offer. Though this is not always so neatly manifested in this world of mixed polarity where polarized agendas constantly run up against one another.
[135] Bellicosity—warlike and aggressive attitude—is an inevitable and strong manifestation of the resistance to what is. As noted elsewhere in this book, it may be possible to have a self- or other-self-preservational defensive position without underlying bellicosity.
[136] The remainder of this passage speaks to how the way of love/acceptance of the positive path is protection against the controlling/manipulating forces of the negative path: "It is not within your conscious selves to stand against such refined power [of the negative entity], but, rather, it has been through the harmony, the mutual love, and the honest calling for aid from the forces of light which have given you the shield and buckler.” – Ra, 87.6
[137] See “Mixed Contact” in this concept guide.
[138] In one instance of disseminating negative philosophy around 3,600 years ago, the Orion Group found “fertile soil in which to plant the seeds of negativity, these seeds, as always, being those of the elite, the different, those who manipulate or enslave others.”
[139] Their control extends not only to others, but to themselves and to the resources of their subconscious minds. See “Penetrating the Veil.”
[140] Ra indicates that service-to-self entities have teachers, but it seems that such receiving of teaching may be a form of willing enslavement.
[141] As the self increases in experience upon the negative path, he/she shall more and more choose negative interpretations of catalyst upon a conscious level, and receive catalyst biased toward the negative from the unconscious level. 94.10–11.
[142] This is simplified, of course. We live in a complicated world where polarity and non-polarity come in ratios, and responses are not always this clearly delineated. Also, in our confusion, positive sometimes seems negative and vice versa.
[143] This may be a way of saying that the spirit complex’s function is to integrate the energy streaming through the south pole with that downpouring from the north pole of the magnetic energy system.
[144] This final sentence speaks to the balance and integration of the individual and the divine will.
[145] Ra adds in the same reply: “The service-to-self adept will satisfy itself with the shadows and, grasping the light of day, will toss back the head in grim laughter, preferring the darkness.”
[146] As an aside, Ken Wendt D.M.A., says, "Historically the symphony was translated as 'Victory Symphony' which strongly suggests Ra is in fact talking about Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Ra however gives values—three quarter notes and one whole note—that are exactly twice as long as the common notation in Beethoven's 5th: three eighth notes and one half note. This is not surprising given Ra's difficulty with numbers and measured values. The proportions, though, are still correct; one could read the music notated both ways and produce identical performances. Also, Beethoven's 5th symphony was written in the key of C minor but the notes Ra spells result in D minor. Once again, the (melodic) proportions remain correct, but transposed one whole step above the original key."
[147] “A large number of these experiments resulted in nonviable body complexes, or those only marginally viable. For instance, it is not a survival-oriented mechanism for the nerve receptors to blank out, unconsciously, any distortions towards pain.” – 83.22
[148] 93.10: “The nature of catalyst is overwhelmingly of an unconsciousness.” 93.20: “By the […] time that the mind begins its appreciation of catalyst, that catalyst has been filtered through the veil and in some cases much is veiled in the most apparently clear perception.”
[149] Ra talks about the veil being “dismantled,” “pierced,” “penetrated,” and, “lifting.” In 94.12 Ra seems to confirm that the permeability itself also changes, but then in 94.13 Ra seems to say that permeability does not change.
[150] That excerpt is doubly rich because Ra goes onto describe how the preternaturally strong will of the instrument can be wielded without benefit of wisdom, and thus lead to depletion and eventual martyrdom.
[151] This is exactly what the Queen’s Chamber illustrates. The Queen’s Chamber position at the start of the first spiral is situated to increase and intensify the amount of this will for the seeker that is then used for initiation, or, as Ra put it, “the abandoning of self to such desire to know the Creator in full.”
[152] See “Kundalini” in this guide for a variant elaboration on this point.
[153] The upward spiraling light is the “energy of life itself.” Thus there is truth to the understanding that one attracts to oneself that which one needs. This, however, is not in operation as wish fulfillment, but it does have correspondence to desire. It is just that the desire operates on multiple levels including well beyond the sight of the conscious mind, even on a pre-incarnational level.
[154] “The origin of all energy is the action of Free Will [First Primal Distortion] upon Love [Second Primal Distortion]. The nature of all energy is Light [Third Primal Distortion].
[155] The relationship between the south pole and red ray is not entirely clear. The best lead comes from 50.2: “The red-ray, or foundation energy center, being the lowest, or root, energy center of the physical vehicle, will have the first opportunity to react to any experience. In this way only you may see a physical locus of the south pole being identified with the root energy center.” They may be one and the same, or the red ray may be the first to process energy moving in through the south pole.
[156] Ra maps the movement of that energy: “The progression is from the galaxy spiraling energy to the solar spiraling energy, to the planetary spiraling energy, to the experiential circumstances of spiraling energy.” – 13.15
[157] The order of this and the next paragraph were reversed from the quote.
[158] Prana is synonymous with the upward spiraling light, the ever-present energy of the Creator which radiates outward from all points in space. “The term ’upward spiraling light’ is an indication, not of your up and down concept, but an indication of the concept of that which reaches towards the source of love and light.” 59.11
[159] The level of ray activity does not limit the entity to use of that ray alone. Rather, I believe it means that that ray is the predominant center in the entity’s experience.
[160] As with the red ray, it is not entirely clear what the relationship is between violet ray and the north pole. These two snippets give indication: “The negative pole is the south pole, or the lower pole. The north, or upper pole, is positive.” – 49.5 | “In the north pole the crown is already upon the head […].” – 49.6
[161] I think that 49.6 is one of many instances when Ra moves into exploration of what mystical traditions often call surrender. For other great examples see: 17.2, 54.16, 3.9, 61.9, 15.7, 65.20, 57.24, 54.8, 74.11, 4.20, 84.7, 57.33, 52.7, 95.24, 106.23, 66.15, 75.23, 93.24, 94.26, 66.10, 104.26.
[162] “Neti, neti” is a Sanskrit expression that translates to “not this, not that.” It is a method of disidentifying from the non-self—from the arising of all form, conception, and sensation—in order to discover that which remains, that which cannot be seen or made into an object, that which is still and silent. This practice opens a path to liberation from the illusion and eventual union with the Creator.
[163] When referring to the mystical energy of the north pole, Ra uses terms like “North Star” and “Polaris of the Self.” I love those terms because they denote a fixed point in the sky of consciousness that serves as a navigational reference, guiding one’s journey home through whatever strange and confusing land one may walk. Thus, wherever the seeker may be in their evolution, they may stay true to their journey by constantly recalibrating the vision to the Polaris of Self.
[164] Meditation is one of the most powerful means of facilitating that awareness. In silence and stillness the self may come into contact with that awareness.
[165] Ra indicates in the same quote that the “balanced position of a group” can also perform this initiatory function.
[166] We are still fed by, and can draw to us, energy in the form of energy, light, or prana.
[167] In 54.30, Ra says of the upward spiraling south pole energy that, “The energy ingress ends with indigo. The violet ray is a thermometer, or indicator, of the whole.”
[168] Ra: “Thus seeking the Creator is done not just in meditation and the work of an adept but in the experiential nexus of each moment.” – 57.24
[169] Ra: “Understand that all natural functions of the body have all aspects from dense to fine, and can be transmuted to what you may call sacramental.” – 4.18
[170] Ken McLeod, Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002), 88. McLeod goes onto offer a very helpful tip for guarding against this situation:
“To protect against this problem, always have at least one person, a teacher, colleague, or friend, with whom you discuss all aspects of your practice and your life. The person needs to be someone you trust and to whom you will listen regardless of the state of mind you are in or what he or she says. The only way to be sure that you will not protect an area of your habituated personality from the effects of practice is to have such a person in your life.” (Also 18.5, 18.11, 19.13)