05-14-2010, 10:27 PM
I have been totally hooked on the LOO books since I first found them in the early 1980’s. I believe at the time I first discovered them, only The Ra Material had been published, and I found it through an ad in Fate magazine, if anyone can remember that. I remember awaiting the next volume almost without being able to stand having to wait. I’ve probably read the books dozens, maybe even hundreds of times over the years and rarely have them too far away from me. Yet at the same time, I’ve found myself at times becoming very skeptical and wondering about it all. It wasn’t until the advent of Bring4th that I was able to read comments and ideas from others regarding all of this. Let me just share a couple of things that seem to fuel my skepticism from time to time. It’s not that I’m a total skeptic at all. I still love the material, and every time I read it, it seems to renew my faith in it, but I’m just saying that these feelings surface from time to time. I’m interested to see if any others have felt the same way. This post isn’t aimed with anger at anyone in these forums. I’m merely being very honest about things within myself and questions I have. Here are some of the questions, and a few of them have more to do with the posters on the forum than with the material itself. I have only good intent in this post, and I’m not trying to begin an argument. BUT………..
Am I the only follower of LOO who has no interest in being a vegetarian? I tried it one time, and I never will again. It ain’t for me, and it never will be. I get somewhat unsettled at posts that seem to imply one can’t be spiritual without being vegetarian.
Am I the only follower who sees most (not all) conspiracy theories as a waste of time? Am I the only one who believes 911 was NOT an inside job? There probably are and have been conspiracies, but this can drift totally into paranoid and fanciful lunacy, and what difference does it make anyway? Does demonizing others fit well into “ looking into another’s eyes and seeing the Creator”, or something close to that? There seem to be people whose entire lives are fueled by a strange kind of adrenaline-driven high that comes from this kind of conspiracy thinking. I haven’t seen it to that degree in the forums, but this kind of thing is very easy to find most anywhere, and I could name some people that everyone would know, but I won’t. You probably know who I’m referring to anyway. What was it Ra said about “much talk about plots, conspiracies, etc.” or something like that
Channeling? Basically, I believe that most channels have little to say that is worthwhile. There are a handful that do, like Carla, who have done it through a kind of high calling that came from a pre-incarnative agreement. However, I do not generally seek guidance through the advice of channeled material other than LOO.
Am I the only follower that sees himself as somewhat politically conservative? This is a big one. I cringe at posts that seem to take a political position and imply or outright state that being politically liberal is essential for spiritual growth. What was it Ra said about “flowering in a political way” as being a temptation offered by the 4th density negatives?
As to the material itself, there are many instances where I have to pause and say, “wait a minute!” There are many such and some of these have been covered well in other posts, but the two that I’ve struggled with the most over the years concern the Easter Island moai having been created 60,000 years ago and the civilization on Mars. This info about Easter Island seems to be almost 100% refutable. The Rapa Nui who created the moai lived there less than 1000 years ago, and their history is well documented. They created the statues, and all of this has been documented by Captain Cook and others.
As to the Martians, one would think that a technologically advanced civilization from 75000 years ago would have left planet-wide evidence that was so glaring that it couldn’t be hidden. I am well aware of Hoagland’s analysis of it being….you guessed it, a conspiracy. Could this be true? I honestly don’t know, but I really wonder. But despite all that, and I truly apologize for the ranting, I remain committed to LOO, and I really am grateful for Bring4th.
PEACE
Am I the only follower of LOO who has no interest in being a vegetarian? I tried it one time, and I never will again. It ain’t for me, and it never will be. I get somewhat unsettled at posts that seem to imply one can’t be spiritual without being vegetarian.
Am I the only follower who sees most (not all) conspiracy theories as a waste of time? Am I the only one who believes 911 was NOT an inside job? There probably are and have been conspiracies, but this can drift totally into paranoid and fanciful lunacy, and what difference does it make anyway? Does demonizing others fit well into “ looking into another’s eyes and seeing the Creator”, or something close to that? There seem to be people whose entire lives are fueled by a strange kind of adrenaline-driven high that comes from this kind of conspiracy thinking. I haven’t seen it to that degree in the forums, but this kind of thing is very easy to find most anywhere, and I could name some people that everyone would know, but I won’t. You probably know who I’m referring to anyway. What was it Ra said about “much talk about plots, conspiracies, etc.” or something like that
Channeling? Basically, I believe that most channels have little to say that is worthwhile. There are a handful that do, like Carla, who have done it through a kind of high calling that came from a pre-incarnative agreement. However, I do not generally seek guidance through the advice of channeled material other than LOO.
Am I the only follower that sees himself as somewhat politically conservative? This is a big one. I cringe at posts that seem to take a political position and imply or outright state that being politically liberal is essential for spiritual growth. What was it Ra said about “flowering in a political way” as being a temptation offered by the 4th density negatives?
As to the material itself, there are many instances where I have to pause and say, “wait a minute!” There are many such and some of these have been covered well in other posts, but the two that I’ve struggled with the most over the years concern the Easter Island moai having been created 60,000 years ago and the civilization on Mars. This info about Easter Island seems to be almost 100% refutable. The Rapa Nui who created the moai lived there less than 1000 years ago, and their history is well documented. They created the statues, and all of this has been documented by Captain Cook and others.
As to the Martians, one would think that a technologically advanced civilization from 75000 years ago would have left planet-wide evidence that was so glaring that it couldn’t be hidden. I am well aware of Hoagland’s analysis of it being….you guessed it, a conspiracy. Could this be true? I honestly don’t know, but I really wonder. But despite all that, and I truly apologize for the ranting, I remain committed to LOO, and I really am grateful for Bring4th.
PEACE