(10-24-2009, 04:00 PM)Questioner Wrote: The next thing I wanted to ask about was about the transition between Don's death and the conscious channeling of Qu'o. Is there a portion of the L/L Research site that describes this history? I would assume that Carla used her same spiritual challenge before accepting the message of Qu'o. What I wonder is whether there was a conscious attempt to initiate channeling to fill in the gap after Ra, or did the subsequent contacts just start happening?
Much of this is discussed in Book V, which has a lot of commentary by Carla.
(10-24-2009, 01:27 PM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: Having listened to the tapes, I find the idea that Ra could have left Carla's body during the sessions and been replaced by another entity ridiculous. Carla was in a deep trance during the sessions, guarded by a circle through which no thought-form could pass. At a couple of points during the session when Ra felt the protection was less than completely adequate, Ra instructed Don and Jim to re-walk the circle and/or expel breath over the instrument's chest, which they did. Believe me when I tell you nothing was getting through that circle.
I don't think it's ridiculous to ask the question, because we know this does happen quite frequently in channeling sessions. However, I agree with you that there's no way it could have happened in Carla's case, because they were so conscientious. I agree that Carla and the contact were protected and it was Ra at all times, with the possible exceptions of those few instances in which Ra did not say "I am Ra." Even then, it might have still be Ra, but Ra was letting them know that they were getting detuned by the transient questions.
(10-24-2009, 01:27 PM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: I also find the whole idea that the alignments were a coded message about the direction of the questions to be not quite completely accurate. In my opinion, the ritual accoutrements were an end in and of themselves, and more important in some ways than the questions themselves.
If I remember correctly, it was Carla who stated that Ra's insistence on proper alignments was actually an attempt to hint to them that they were getting detuned. I could be wrong on that, but that's what I remember. That's not to say that the alignments weren't powerful in and of themselves, but that they may have had an additional layer of meaning as well.
Session 64 Wrote:We may note for your information that our pause was due to the necessity of being quite sure that the mind/body/spirit complex of the instrument was safely in the proper light configuration or density before we dealt with the situation.
This shows how conscientious Ra was in doing what they could to protect Carla.