01-11-2013, 08:40 AM
(01-11-2013, 02:01 AM)anagogy Wrote:(01-09-2013, 09:42 AM)ShinAr Wrote: Does the Ra Material ever refer to the three circles of existence?
Not that I'm aware of, unless you are referring to: the mind, the body, and the spirit. Those are the 3 circles of existence that I'm aware of.
Thanks Anaogogy, but no, that is not what I was wondering about.
I know that many here would think adversely to this, but I rely heavily on the quotes provided in these posts and the discussions of the material in the posts, to gather my understanding of what the Ra material offers.
I would rather observe how various fields of consciousness are interpreting and assuming the information offered, then simply add my own to it.
In this way I avoid the trap of just building another religion in my mind to follow and believe in.
And also the polluting of my mind with clutter and information which becomes a further burden of interpretation.
Believe me, I already have enough clutter in there to sort out and find it extremely difficult to process. I am aware that many here suppose that I think of myself as a know it all and that I am here only to impose my own understanding, but nothing could be further from the truth. those that truly know my thought processes will affirm that declaration with ease.
I am here because I was called by a member, and the reason for that calling has been resolved.
I remain here to observe how this information is being gathered and consumed, and to see what it may have to offer to my own understanding, which I offer to the discussions in the process. Just as everyone else also does.
Some here are content to simply believe whatever the Ra Material suggests, without question. It has become their new religion.
Others are here to browse to see what it is that is being offered. Many different understandings are being formed based upon various interpretations of the material, just as we find in any other religion.
The misinterpretations of STS and STO have been prominent in that effort, and were one of the contentious issues which first became apparent to me upon my arrival here.
Many have used their interpretation to support their attraction to experiences of dark and evil practices of self gratification, excusing it with their interpretation that experiencing such lifestyle is also supported by the Ra material as okay and even.
In supposing that because enlightened understanding realizes that both paths are merely a matter of choice, and should not be judged as evil or good or right or wrong, they then also also suppose that this removes the individual need for discernment of what is good for humanity as a whole, and that which serves only self gratification.
Despite the judgmental past thinking of the right hand path one judging, there is still the logical and rational component of discernation in the thought process of discriminating between self gratification and that which is beneficial to The All, or the whole.
Which one chooses to tend toward is choice. But that freedom of choice does not eradicate the differences between the two, nor the matter of which is of more benefit to The all.
This is my understanding, and I hope it is somehow helpful to you. I am not even sure how the heck I got to this context from your original response to my question of the three circles? lol
I suppose this is what they mean by rambling, which seems more like proselytizing than simple consideration and speculation.
However, this is exactly as our discussion would proceed if you were in my own home face to face, and it would never be with any intention to persuade you to accept my speculations over your own.
It is simply the development of a discussion as one offers their understanding of a topic for consideration.
if some want to judge that as proselytizing I will not be influenced by their errors of judgement or understanding, just as they would not want to be imposed upon by my own understandings.