The Power of the Will

[Plenum]

I was struck again, recently, by the strength of the Will, in reading this passage about the 'ghost phenomena'.

Basically, if one is so strongly attached (through one's Will) to one's former existence, then the process of death cannot fully ensue, and one is stuck in an 'in-between' place, in terms of the manifested self.  The yellow ray body is no longer viable, and has been severed, but the mental attachment to the former self is so strong, that it keeps it active as a kind of 'shadow' presence.  It's just astonishing to me.

47.13 Questioner: What stimulus would create what we call an Earth-bound spirit or a lingering ghost?

Ra: I am Ra. The stimulus for this is the faculty of the will.

If the will of yellow-ray mind/body/spirit is that which is stronger than the progressive impetus of the physical death towards realization of that which comes, that is, if the will is concentrated enough upon the previous experience, the entity’s shell of yellow ray, though no longer activated, cannot either be completely deactivated and, until the will is released, the mind/body/spirit complex is caught.

This often occurs, as we see you are aware, in the case of sudden death as well as in the case of extreme concern for a thing or an other-self.

and there were also a couple of other relevant quotes re: the Will, that I think show it's 'tenacity' and directive presence.

kickstarting the engine of activity:

The entity which is strong to think shall either be strong to act or that which it has shall be removed. Thus manifestation of knowledge is an area to be examined by the instrument.

to me, this is like karmic seeding.  Karma, not in the bad sense of the word, but in terms of consequentiality.  It's like we potentiate the instrumentality of action through strong thoughts.  If we don't utilize it, it's like a rejection of the moment, and what we have put power behind.  The Will is like the coupling of of sentience (thinking, feeling, engineering) and the Expression.  Not recogising this inherent linkage is like deflating a very core principle.

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And overapplying the Will, as one gains greater awareness of the depths of the Self then leads to situations where one is more confident in unknown situations that one perhaps has a right to be, and it's almost like not being able to recognise the deeper subtleties of novel configurations, because of the self-assurance that been laid down previously.

Instead, we appreciate and recommend the use of your second verb in regard to the use of the will. Acceptance of self, forgiveness of self, and the direction of the will; this is the path towards the disciplined personality.

Your faculty of will is that which is powerful within you as co-Creator. You cannot ascribe to this faculty too much importance. Thus it must be carefully used and directed in service to others for those upon the positively oriented path.

There is great danger in the use of the will as the personality becomes stronger, for it may be used even subconsciously in ways reducing the polarity of the entity.

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The Will is such an interesting thing to consider.

[YinYang]

Great post, Plenum!

The entity which is strong to think shall either be strong to act or that which it has shall be removed. Thus manifestation of knowledge is an area to be examined by the instrument.

Tell me how you understand this statement?

[Aion]

13.13 Questioner: Was the galaxy that we are in created by the infinite intelligence or was it created by a portion of the individualized infinite intelligence?

Ra: I am Ra. The galaxy and all other things of material of which you are aware are products of individualized portions of intelligent infinity. As each exploration began, it, in turn, found its focus and became co-Creator. Using intelligent infinity each portion created an universe and allowing the rhythms of free choice to flow, playing with the infinite spectrum of possibilities, each individualized portion channeled the love/light into what you might call intelligent energy, thus creating the so-called natural laws of any particular universe.

Each universe, in turn, individualized to a focus becoming, in turn, co-Creator and allowing further diversity, thus creating further intelligent energies regularizing or causing natural laws to appear in the vibrational patterns of what you would call a solar system. Thus, each solar system has its own, shall we say, local coordinate system of illusory natural laws. It shall be understood that any portion, no matter how small, of any density or illusory pattern contains, as in an holographic picture, the One Creator which is infinity. Thus all begins and ends in mystery.

13.7 Questioner: After this, what happened?

Ra: Awareness led to the focus of infinity into infinite energy. You have called this by various vibrational sound complexes, the most common to your ears being “Logos” or “Love.” The Creator is the focusing of infinity as an aware or conscious principle called by us as closely as we can create understanding/learning in your language, intelligent infinity.

15.21 Questioner: Well, in yesterday’s material you stated “we offer the Law of One, the solving of paradoxes.” You also mentioned earlier that the first paradox, or the first distortion I meant, was the distortion of free will. Could you tell me if there’s a sequence? Is there a first, second, third, fourth distortion of the Law of One?

Ra: I am Ra. Only up to a very short point. After this point, the many-ness of distortions are equal one to another. The first distortion, free will, finds focus. This is the second distortion known to you as Logos, the Creative Principle or Love. This intelligent energy thus creates a distortion known as Light. From these three distortions come many, many hierarchies of distortions, each having its own paradoxes to be synthesized, no one being more important than another.

[Plenum]

Hi YinYang,

I'll post the full Q&A, so that the context is fully apparent.

so it starts with Don's question, which is relaying an understanding that Carla has come to:

104.3 Questioner: The instrument has determined that the unwise use of her will is its use without the joy and faith components and constitutes martyrdom. Would Ra comment on that, please?

and then Ra's thoughts:

Ra: I am Ra. We are pleased that the entity has pondered that which has been given. We would comment as follows.

It is salubrious for the instrument to have knowledge which is less distorted towards martyrdom and which is rich in promise. The entity which is strong to think shall either be strong to act or that which it has shall be removed. Thus manifestation of knowledge is an area to be examined by the instrument.

We would further note that balancing which, in this entity’s case, is best accomplished in analysis and manifestation seated with the contemplation of silence, may be strengthened by manifested silence and lack of routine activity. We may go no further than this recommendation of regularized leisure, and desire that the entity discover the fundamental truths of these distortions as it will.

My thinking is that the inner life (experience) is something which has to be aligned with the outer life (expression).   It's like the outer is a reflection of the inner.

Where that ties into Ra's preamble is that we often ask for a different way of beingness (inner experience), and then the opportunities and doorways present themselves in our life.  Part of moving into that new way of beingness is then expressing it through the relevant actions, as presented by the new opportunities.  If we don't choose to implement all the relevant changes that are 'consonant' with the new state of beingness, it won't have the relevant supports; it will just lapse into the former state of beingness.

So that's just how I'm reading that particular portion of understanding

[YinYang]

Thanks Plenum, it's quite an ambiguous statement to me. This as well:

Thus manifestation of knowledge is an area to be examined by the instrument.

[Plenum]

I thought that tied into the previous sentence with "strong to act".

I actually just put the expression into google "Manifestation of Knowledge" and got back:

‘Leadership’ as a Manifestation of Knowledge

Nicholas Allix:Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Peter Gronn:Faculty of Education, Monash University

Abstract
Despite a long history and considerable study, leadership remains a notoriously perplexing and enigmatic phenomenon. Although the ‘new leadership’ perspective has revived convictions and general interest in leadership studies, conceptual and methodological problems nevertheless remain a feature of the research and theory-building terrain, and some voices now argue for more open and questioning approaches, or even abandonment of research in the area as fruitless and unproductive. Since research methods informing leadership studies are underwritten by particular epistemologies, which both furnish conceptual resources and impose constraints on theory building, theories of knowledge are critical to an understanding of the phenomenon. In specifying how learning occurs, and knowledge grows, epistemologies also imply theories of mind and cognition. Issues of knowledge, mind and cognition therefore clearly have a bearing on questions about leaders and leadership, with implications for the nature and direction of theorizing and research.

so show more leadership!!

[YinYang]

Ha-ha, it has a trace of "law of responsibility" in it...

[AnthroHeart]

My will is weak, that's why it's easy for others to take advantage of me.

[ada]

My will is weak, that's why it's easy for others to take advantage of me.

May I ask how is it knowing you are 'the' creator not giving you the greatest will there is?

[AnthroHeart]

My will is weak, that's why it's easy for others to take advantage of me.

May I ask how is it knowing you are 'the' creator not giving you the greatest will there is?

I have a friend who is a big time skeptic, and he rubs off on me, because he is like my lifesaver much of the time.
I get big time anxiety, and am feeling that now.

Some very uncomfortable energy. It's like depression/bipolar/anxiety all in one.

With all this, and schizophrenia, it's easy to forget I am creator.
And when I remember, I don't really feel it.

[Jade]

Gem, if you need other friends to talk to, we're always here for you, too. You can PM me any time.

[Shadows n Games]

I believe you are having alot of blockage in your heart chakra. If you sit within the heart chakra mainly you must stay focused on pumping the energy or light out. See the heart chakra is were the light flows from. If you are in the middle of the light. You are in complete darkness. There is an intense initiation were your cut off from all other chakras, and you are lost in the darkness of the heart. I am an sts convert and went through this imitation. When you reach green ray vibrational awakening or activation. Stos see the sacredness of the creator, and kill there own personality. Sts see the creator as a fool, kill him. And usurp the throne of the magnifcent one. The truth my frienda is that you are the reflection. Grasp the true meaning of this, and you see that the creator is in a state of sacrifice for you to exist. How dare you destroy him, as he gives everything to you. To me my testimonial is the creator played in eternity for who knows...eternity? Then he became lonely and set out in search of others. As he did This he got lost in his own desire, and emotions searching. And went through all the stages of being, now laid out and developed by the rays. He was alone, and gave his self for love, and so that you would not be. Of course this is my internal concept. I love the creator and bow to him. The lovers are us and the creator.

[Shadows n Games]

Your will is the divine creators, the will is the faculty by which all actions begin. That is why the manifestation of will is movement. Ra I believe is suggesting that the will is quite effected by inertia
And is akin to throwing actions, in that yes your goal was this, however all these other actions spurred off the first throw, has now created all this. Your will is then subverted by other entities, and suppoused circumstances.

[Shadows n Games]

If free will is constant movement. Then will is the ability to direct the current.