06-18-2015, 04:51 AM
this thread has been on my mind for some time now, and it's been percolating for a while.
I used the term "spiritual correctness" in the same way that we have the term "political correctness". In that, there may be a set of beliefs or patterns which are considered "spiritually correct", and going beyond those is somehow inappropriate or too upsetting.
I think one of the reasons why the New Age movement is often referenced in a bad way on these forums is that somehow we consider the belief patterns associated with the "new age" as somehow stereotyped, methodical, unthinking, and to be frank, spiritually correct. They have been recycled and emasculated so that anyone can just copy and paste those beliefs, and somehow think they are doing spiritual things, and being on the spiritual path. This is not to demean or criticize the people involved; this is more aimed at the belief structures and patterns which are so-called "new agey".
Spiritual Correctness also seems to automatically apply to Indian traditions and Buddhist Traditions. It's like somehow, these eastern traditions are somehow more pure and direct than what we have access to in the West, and so there's no need to critique or analyze what comes out of these Eastern Schools of thinking. They are just "spiritually correct", and you can't fault them.
One of the things I like about Ra is that I would consider their thoughts and answers as anything but Spiritually Correct. They are positively iconoclastic, and aren't afraid to burst bubbles with their higher perspective. They don't do this for kicks; they answered the questions because they were sincere, and Don wanted to know what those answers were. Ra wasn't there trying to burst the bubbles of expectations; they offered up their thoughts in response to what was sought.
some examples of spiritually 'incorrect' viewpoints (in my opinion):
some entities are more advanced than others:
"The seniority of vibration is to be likened unto placing various grades of liquids in the same glass. Some will rise to the top; others will sink to the bottom. Layers and layers of entities will ensue. As harvest draws near, those filled with the most light and love will naturally, and without supervision, be in line, shall we say, for the experience of incarnation."
I think we all recognise this, at some level, and yet the spiritually correct viewpoint is to stress equality above all else. There is equality in the sense that we are all of infinite worth and value as part of the Creator, but there is also no dispute that some people are more developed than others, more clear than others, and more skilled than others.
that we are totally responsible for *all* our physical distortions:
"Catalyst is offered to the entity. If it is not used by the mind complex it will then filter through to the body complex and manifest as some form of physical distortion. The more efficient the use of catalyst, the less physical distortion to be found.
There are, in the case of those you call Wanderers, not only a congenital difficulty in dealing with the third-density vibratory patterns but also a recollection, however dim, that these distortions are not necessary or usual in the home vibration.
We over-generalize as always, for there are many cases of pre-incarnative decisions which result in physical or mental limitations and distortions, but we feel that you are addressing the question of widespread distortions towards misery of one form or another. Indeed, on some third-density planetary spheres catalyst has been used more efficiently. In the case of your planetary sphere there is much inefficient use of catalyst and, therefore, much physical distortion."
the spiritually 'correct' viewpoint is that there are victims, and there is karma that we just have to 'suffer' through to learn the lesson. Ra pinpoints that physical distortion only happens when the mental catalyst has not been recognised and utilized.
There are also pre-incarnative limitations as Ra referenced in this above quote, but again, it may be all too easy to ascribe our issues to some unchangable choice that happened when we drew up our life plan. It forestalls further investigation and inquiry, and unloads the responsibility for our condition to same vague "hand of fate" that plucks the tune of our life without our wherewithall.
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Spiritual Correctness, just like political correctness, ultimately stops us thinking and asking harder questions. We confine ourselves to a smaller base of operations, and comfort ourselves that others are also buying into the same unthinking attitudes. But if you start dealing with individual, everyday catalyst, you start to recognise the variety and the uniqueness of your own perspective and experience, and you have to truly start thinking for yourself. Spiritual correctness just can't fly when you're walking on your own sovereign path, meeting other sovereign individuals who cross your path. Uttering platitudes and wanting others to conform to a template of pre-ordained thoughts is just not honoring the true variety of the creator.
Going against spiritual correctness doesn't mean that you have to be rude, or in someone's face. Or try to smash up their spiritually correct viewpoints. But it does mean being unafraid of asking questions; not out of trying to make someone uncomfortable, but because you genuinely want to know the answers to something, even if that something is beyond the conventional boundaries of 'spiritual correctness".
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so do what Ra does; do what Don did. Ask questions, but make sure you actually want to hear the answers, and are willing to change your viewpoint and attitudes and behaviour when you hear an unwelcome viewpoint which happens to be challenging, but deep down you recognise has the golden glimmer of lasting truth.
Spiritual Correctness is all about close mindedness and thinking you already know the answer, and others somehow need to know it too. Everyone knows when someone is trying to push an answer/viewpoint on them; it's pretty unwelcome, and you say - thanks, but no thanks.
let's cherish variety, and the 'potential for misunderstanding', and therefore 'of experience'.
there's no need to railroad people into a viewpoint before they are ready for it, and actually ask for help in moving towards that viewpoint.
I used the term "spiritual correctness" in the same way that we have the term "political correctness". In that, there may be a set of beliefs or patterns which are considered "spiritually correct", and going beyond those is somehow inappropriate or too upsetting.
I think one of the reasons why the New Age movement is often referenced in a bad way on these forums is that somehow we consider the belief patterns associated with the "new age" as somehow stereotyped, methodical, unthinking, and to be frank, spiritually correct. They have been recycled and emasculated so that anyone can just copy and paste those beliefs, and somehow think they are doing spiritual things, and being on the spiritual path. This is not to demean or criticize the people involved; this is more aimed at the belief structures and patterns which are so-called "new agey".
Spiritual Correctness also seems to automatically apply to Indian traditions and Buddhist Traditions. It's like somehow, these eastern traditions are somehow more pure and direct than what we have access to in the West, and so there's no need to critique or analyze what comes out of these Eastern Schools of thinking. They are just "spiritually correct", and you can't fault them.
One of the things I like about Ra is that I would consider their thoughts and answers as anything but Spiritually Correct. They are positively iconoclastic, and aren't afraid to burst bubbles with their higher perspective. They don't do this for kicks; they answered the questions because they were sincere, and Don wanted to know what those answers were. Ra wasn't there trying to burst the bubbles of expectations; they offered up their thoughts in response to what was sought.
some examples of spiritually 'incorrect' viewpoints (in my opinion):
some entities are more advanced than others:
"The seniority of vibration is to be likened unto placing various grades of liquids in the same glass. Some will rise to the top; others will sink to the bottom. Layers and layers of entities will ensue. As harvest draws near, those filled with the most light and love will naturally, and without supervision, be in line, shall we say, for the experience of incarnation."
I think we all recognise this, at some level, and yet the spiritually correct viewpoint is to stress equality above all else. There is equality in the sense that we are all of infinite worth and value as part of the Creator, but there is also no dispute that some people are more developed than others, more clear than others, and more skilled than others.
that we are totally responsible for *all* our physical distortions:
"Catalyst is offered to the entity. If it is not used by the mind complex it will then filter through to the body complex and manifest as some form of physical distortion. The more efficient the use of catalyst, the less physical distortion to be found.
There are, in the case of those you call Wanderers, not only a congenital difficulty in dealing with the third-density vibratory patterns but also a recollection, however dim, that these distortions are not necessary or usual in the home vibration.
We over-generalize as always, for there are many cases of pre-incarnative decisions which result in physical or mental limitations and distortions, but we feel that you are addressing the question of widespread distortions towards misery of one form or another. Indeed, on some third-density planetary spheres catalyst has been used more efficiently. In the case of your planetary sphere there is much inefficient use of catalyst and, therefore, much physical distortion."
the spiritually 'correct' viewpoint is that there are victims, and there is karma that we just have to 'suffer' through to learn the lesson. Ra pinpoints that physical distortion only happens when the mental catalyst has not been recognised and utilized.
There are also pre-incarnative limitations as Ra referenced in this above quote, but again, it may be all too easy to ascribe our issues to some unchangable choice that happened when we drew up our life plan. It forestalls further investigation and inquiry, and unloads the responsibility for our condition to same vague "hand of fate" that plucks the tune of our life without our wherewithall.
- -
Spiritual Correctness, just like political correctness, ultimately stops us thinking and asking harder questions. We confine ourselves to a smaller base of operations, and comfort ourselves that others are also buying into the same unthinking attitudes. But if you start dealing with individual, everyday catalyst, you start to recognise the variety and the uniqueness of your own perspective and experience, and you have to truly start thinking for yourself. Spiritual correctness just can't fly when you're walking on your own sovereign path, meeting other sovereign individuals who cross your path. Uttering platitudes and wanting others to conform to a template of pre-ordained thoughts is just not honoring the true variety of the creator.
Going against spiritual correctness doesn't mean that you have to be rude, or in someone's face. Or try to smash up their spiritually correct viewpoints. But it does mean being unafraid of asking questions; not out of trying to make someone uncomfortable, but because you genuinely want to know the answers to something, even if that something is beyond the conventional boundaries of 'spiritual correctness".
- -
so do what Ra does; do what Don did. Ask questions, but make sure you actually want to hear the answers, and are willing to change your viewpoint and attitudes and behaviour when you hear an unwelcome viewpoint which happens to be challenging, but deep down you recognise has the golden glimmer of lasting truth.
Spiritual Correctness is all about close mindedness and thinking you already know the answer, and others somehow need to know it too. Everyone knows when someone is trying to push an answer/viewpoint on them; it's pretty unwelcome, and you say - thanks, but no thanks.
let's cherish variety, and the 'potential for misunderstanding', and therefore 'of experience'.
Ra Wrote:you may begin to distinguish the hallmark of an Infinite Creator, variety. Were there no potentials for misunderstanding and, therefore, understanding, there would be no experience.
there's no need to railroad people into a viewpoint before they are ready for it, and actually ask for help in moving towards that viewpoint.