04-24-2016, 03:55 AM
I only said the bit about putting the material on a pedestal / worship because that is the vibe I was getting from you (and incidentally some others). Apparently my perception was incorrect; apologies if I have offended. I am not saying that viewpoint is a bad thing at all; I was simply saying that is not how I regard the material. To phrase my viewpoint a different way: I view anything and everything as sacramental, thus I don't feel the need to put the Ra Material on a pedestal because it is all on the same level with everything else to me. As an aside, that is also why I am not careful with pronouns. I considered writing pronouns exactly like you (before I met you), but considered it like highlighting the most important parts of a book: if I did, it would be highlighting everything. So I just leave everything casual even though I view everything as the Creator. So I am honoring the Creator as my equal / myself in my own way.
RE: Your examples -
I break down the Ra Material in a very different way. I love and am quite adept at recognizing very large patterns and articulating them into my own understandings / beliefs. To borrow a trope, I tend to see the forest in the trees. As I read the material, I notice most of, (if not all of) the subtleties you are giving in example. This is a bit difficult to explain as I have an easier time visualizing this concept than expressing it in written words. I tend to categorize certain bits of information and add certain things to a larger category rather than make an explicit mental note about something. In your example, I noticed long ago that Ra toggles back and forth between using the first person singular "I" and the first person plural "we". Rather than dissecting "We found that" under a microscope by itself, I quickly add that bit of information to the 'pile' of other similar instances they seem to have trouble distinguishing between 'I' and 'we'. Since I am adding it to an existing theory in larger pattern of theories, I am able to quickly move past / digest large sections of the material at once.
Don't get me wrong, I still slow down and put certain things under the microscope when I find a brand new puzzle piece that doesn't belong in any of the existing 'piles' of similar pieces or refines an existing pile.
To phrase this a different way, I sort of put certain filters on when reading the material. Sometimes I look for specifics. But when I am doing a full reading of the material in chronological order, I like to filter out relatively 'known quantities'. When I filter out the concepts that I already know such as what Ra means by "vibratory sound complexes", it makes it much easier for me to drill down and find some real gems of understanding (such as new concepts or putting a finer point on existing concepts). I realize that is not how everyone is wired, but it helps me and I know I am not the only person that thinks in a similar fashion. Hence why I decided to start this project equally for myself and for others who think similarly.
I have refined my methodology when creating a strike-through version of a session. I tend to mostly strike through "if you will", "so called", "what you would call", etc. I also am a bit more careful when straying from that. For instance, I would not have strike-through'ed a couple of lines in my first example in the OP. I will most likely do another pass-through of the whole material once I am done with my initial pass and 'correct' anything I feel I was not as careful as I should have been with.
RE: Your examples -
I break down the Ra Material in a very different way. I love and am quite adept at recognizing very large patterns and articulating them into my own understandings / beliefs. To borrow a trope, I tend to see the forest in the trees. As I read the material, I notice most of, (if not all of) the subtleties you are giving in example. This is a bit difficult to explain as I have an easier time visualizing this concept than expressing it in written words. I tend to categorize certain bits of information and add certain things to a larger category rather than make an explicit mental note about something. In your example, I noticed long ago that Ra toggles back and forth between using the first person singular "I" and the first person plural "we". Rather than dissecting "We found that" under a microscope by itself, I quickly add that bit of information to the 'pile' of other similar instances they seem to have trouble distinguishing between 'I' and 'we'. Since I am adding it to an existing theory in larger pattern of theories, I am able to quickly move past / digest large sections of the material at once.
Don't get me wrong, I still slow down and put certain things under the microscope when I find a brand new puzzle piece that doesn't belong in any of the existing 'piles' of similar pieces or refines an existing pile.
To phrase this a different way, I sort of put certain filters on when reading the material. Sometimes I look for specifics. But when I am doing a full reading of the material in chronological order, I like to filter out relatively 'known quantities'. When I filter out the concepts that I already know such as what Ra means by "vibratory sound complexes", it makes it much easier for me to drill down and find some real gems of understanding (such as new concepts or putting a finer point on existing concepts). I realize that is not how everyone is wired, but it helps me and I know I am not the only person that thinks in a similar fashion. Hence why I decided to start this project equally for myself and for others who think similarly.
I have refined my methodology when creating a strike-through version of a session. I tend to mostly strike through "if you will", "so called", "what you would call", etc. I also am a bit more careful when straying from that. For instance, I would not have strike-through'ed a couple of lines in my first example in the OP. I will most likely do another pass-through of the whole material once I am done with my initial pass and 'correct' anything I feel I was not as careful as I should have been with.