I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Ra quote comes from 77.23:
“Questioner: In that case, it seems that a thorough knowledge of the precise nature of these philosophical foundations would be of primary importance to the study of evolution of mind, body, and spirit, and I would like to carefully go through each of the basic twenty-one, starting with the mind, if this is agreeable with Ra.
Ra: I am Ra. This is agreeable with two requests which must be made.
Firstly, that an attempt be made to state the student’s grasp of each archetype. We may then comment. We cannot teach/learn to the extent of learn/teaching.
Secondly, we request that it be constantly kept before the mind, as the candle before the eye, that each mind/body/spirit complex shall, and should, and indeed must perceive each archetype, if you use this convenient term, in its own way.
Therefore, you may see that precision is not the goal; rather, quality of general concept complex perception is the goal.”
As we finally decided to pursue the study of the archetypical mind by using the tarot, Ra suggested that we study each image, and then state what our interpretation of the various facets of the image was. Then Ra would comment concerning our accuracy and give additional information about each image to further our grasp of its nature. At a later time Ra suggested that the nature of these images was more to “haunt” rather than to “explicate.” This method of learning removed the possibility of Ra’s infringing on our free will and kept us active in the learning process so that we began to form our own understanding of each image. In 90.29, Ra again reminded us that they did not wish to give us so much information about the archetypes that they became learn/teachers and learned for us what we needed to learn for ourselves:
Questioner: That’s OK. I don’t think that was that good a question anyway.
Now, when Ra initially planned for helping the Egyptians with their evolution, what was the most, or the primary concept—and also secondary and tertiary, if you can name those—that Ra wished to impart to the Egyptians? In other words, what was Ra’s training plan or schedule for making the Egyptians aware of what was necessary for their evolution?
Ra: I am Ra. We came to your peoples to enunciate the Law of One. We wished to impress upon those who wished to learn of unity that in unity all paradoxes are resolved; all that is broken is healed; all that is forgotten is brought to light.
We had no teaching plan, as you have called it, in that our intention when we walked among your peoples was to manifest that which was requested by those learn/teachers to which we had come.
We are aware that this particular line of querying—that is, the nature and architecture of the archetypical mind—has caused the questioner to attempt, to its own mind unsuccessfully, to determine the relative importance of these concepts. We cannot learn/teach for any, nor would we take this opportunity from the questioner. However, we shall comment.
The adept has already worked much, not only within the red, orange, yellow, and green energy centers, but already in the opening of blue and indigo. Up through this point the archetypes function as the great base or plinth of a builded structure or statue, keeping the mind complex viable, level, and available as a resource whenever it may be evoked.
There is a point at which the adept takes up its work. This is the point at which a clear and conscious consideration of the archetypical mind is useful.
I thought that the most interesting thing that Ra had to say about the images was that they had an individualized message or meaning for each seeker. Because of each seeker’s uniqueness, each of the twenty two images of the archetypical mind would also have a unique interpretation and use in the life pattern. So there was no absolute set of “correct” answers that had to be discovered but an interpretation that lived within a general set of characteristics or guidelines for each image. Thus we found that following our intuition, in many cases, allowed our subconscious minds to direct us in some instances toward a deeper, or broader, interpretation of the archetypical images. In 93.23, Ra gave a good overview of how the archetypical images can be uniquely interpreted by each student:
Questioner: Is there any other aspect of this third card that Ra could comment on at this time?
Ra: I am Ra. There may be said to be many aspects which another student might note and ponder in this image. However, it is the nature of teach/learning to avoid trespass into the realms of learn/teaching for the student. We are quite agreed to comment upon all observations that the student may make. We cannot speak further than this for any student.
We would add that it is expected that each student shall naturally have an unique experience of perception dealing with each image. Therefore, it is not expected that the questioner ask comprehensively for all students. It is, rather, expected and accepted that the questioner will ask a moiety of questions which build up a series of concepts concerning each archetype which then offer to each succeeding student the opportunity for more informed study of the archetypical mind.
This morning Gary, Austin, and I hosted an L/L Research podcast on the nature of money, Ra’s comments about it, and how a spiritual seeker could use money in a positive sense of service to others. Some of the questions we considered were:
- How are people enslaved by money?
- Is there any way to avoid enslavement by money?
- From the spiritual or religious point of view, what would the Biblical quotation have to offer regarding money: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all else will be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33.
- Could Right Livelihood from the Buddhist tradition have any ameliorate the enslaving of money?
- Could giving to charities of time, talent, and money aid the service-to-others entity in its spiritual path?
We had quite the interesting conversation with lots of different angles to approach these questions, and our podcast lasted almost two hours. Austin will have it posted on our website by tomorrow.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
January 27
Beyond Reason And Comfort
I am the spirit of the consciousness of love, the creative principle of the universe and all that is manifested within it.
To deal with words is to become involved in overstatement and understatement, both of which are unavoidable. And to seem to be rational is a situation we must endure. For the spirit of mighty love is anything but rational. And its strength lies not in man’s ability to reason it out but in the ability of spirit to gaze beyond the reason of man.
Thus it will sometimes seem to you that the spirit is a harsh and unforgiving voice and is perhaps more interested in enriching negative experience than in offering ease and comfort. Yet to be a Comforter is to seek hard times and hard decisions and then to invest such with the consciousness of love. For it is not in comfortable times that a Comforter is needed but during the transformation of difficulty.
We ask you, then, to ask of the spirit not “Why?” but “What?” and “How?” For though we shall not be the voice of reason to you, yet shall the comfort which we do offer be more precious to the seeker than rubies and gold.
In peace we leave you, now and always. Amen.
I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:
We come in the name of Love and open our hearts, our minds, and our souls to send love, light, and healing energies to Mother Earth as she brings forth a New Earth in fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energies of the One Infinite Creator heal the heart of each soul in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energies in their hearts, in their minds, and in their souls. Amen.