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The Creator/Explorer dynamic springs from Plenum's input in the What is Ra's Monism thread.
I think this topic deserves its own thread b/c it has potential to be illuminating on many levels. The illuminating aspects will be discussed further down but first the basis for calling this the Creator/Explorer dynamic and not something else like the Creator/Destroyer dynamic which would seem to be a natural polar dynamic. (and perhaps can be discussed in later posts)
To begin, thanks goes to Plenum for bringing attention to this Ra group quote in the What is Ra's Monism thread.
Defining "properly" as "strictly limited to a specific idea or action" or "purely" we get:
In other words, experiencing takes precedence over creating and, by implication, the title of the One Infinite Experiencer takes precedence over the One Infinite Creator.
This title is accurate and can be used and should be used in certain contexts. But since the term "to experience" is synonymous with "to explore" another fitting and expressive title is the One Infinite Explorer.
To add credence to the notion of the precedence of the One Infinite Explorer is the Ra group quote that "the Creator desires to know Itself" as the sole reason for manifesting creation. The term "to know" also means "to explore".
This quote fortifies the above quote found by Plenum and I've called this the Original Impulse of Free Will to know Self.
Now for the illuminating aspects.
Let yourself be open to the Creator/Explorer dynamic in the following contexts.
I greet you in the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator.
I greet you with the wonder and curiosity of the One Infinite Explorer.
Now the notion of wonder is used in different senses -- as amazement and awe -- but also in the adventurous and dangerous sense such as the following.
For the torturer/tortured dynamic.
I wonder what it feels like to impose fear and pain on another.
I wonder what it feels like to dominate and control another.
I wonder what excruciating fear and pain feels like.
I wonder what it feels like to be dominated and controlled.
For the nihilstic loner.
I wonder what a meaningless non-existence feels like.
On a brighter note there's the sexual fusion dynamic.
I wonder what it feels like to explore your essence.
I wonder what it feels like to open myself to you.
I wonder what it feels like to acquiesce, coalesce and transcend as a couple.
Within the above examples there's both the exploration aspect and the creation aspect which, as a dynamic, mutually induce each other. And so the new age maxim "you create your reality" needs "you experience yours and others unpredictable realities".
This is also where the higher self and totality self dynamics can be understood in terms of exploration and creation.
Some other related dynamics to contemplate are:
Creator/Creation
Experiencer/Experience
Explorer/Exploration
And these dynamics can be interchangeable such as substituting explorer into the following. (explorer is also experiencer)
An experiential and explorative variation from session 10 creator/creation exercises.
Exercises to accelerate towards the LoO or One is All.
1. See through variation to explore and experience the wonder/curiosity underlying all moments. See the Explorer.
2. Look at another being. See the Explorer.
3. Look at your reflection in the mirror. See the Explorer.
4. Look at the experience and exploration of essence. See the Explorer.
Exercises to accelerate towards the LoA or All is One.
1. Assert or allow the wonder/curiosity underlying all moments to see you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
2. Assert or allow another being to look at you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
3. Assert or allow your reflection in the mirror to look at you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
4. Assert or allow the experience and exploration of essence to look at you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
Since experience might feel different to you than exploration, then to get the full effect you may want to try a rotation approach and use all three dynamics in a sequence. So alternating Creator, Explorer and Experiencer in these exercises may work well.
If others have ideas, please share. This topic is open to creative development.
I think this topic also sheds light on the panentheism vs pantheism debate (with panentheism as the more cogent choice) and will be discussed in this thread later. It also will be talked about in the Ra's Fundamental Postulates thread as being a secondary postulate in tandem with the Original Impulse.
Also later -- What about the Creator/Destroyer dynamic?
If you have a serious interest in developing the IUP/AOP and producing a philosophical treatise and curriculum for mainstream university study send an email. Elaborate on what your goals are and what specific interests you may have related to this project.
The Creator/Explorer dynamic springs from Plenum's input in the What is Ra's Monism thread.
I think this topic deserves its own thread b/c it has potential to be illuminating on many levels. The illuminating aspects will be discussed further down but first the basis for calling this the Creator/Explorer dynamic and not something else like the Creator/Destroyer dynamic which would seem to be a natural polar dynamic. (and perhaps can be discussed in later posts)
To begin, thanks goes to Plenum for bringing attention to this Ra group quote in the What is Ra's Monism thread.
Quote:The Creator does not properly create as much as It experiences Itself.
Defining "properly" as "strictly limited to a specific idea or action" or "purely" we get:
Quote:The Creator does not strictly or purely create as much as It experiences Itself.
In other words, experiencing takes precedence over creating and, by implication, the title of the One Infinite Experiencer takes precedence over the One Infinite Creator.
This title is accurate and can be used and should be used in certain contexts. But since the term "to experience" is synonymous with "to explore" another fitting and expressive title is the One Infinite Explorer.
To add credence to the notion of the precedence of the One Infinite Explorer is the Ra group quote that "the Creator desires to know Itself" as the sole reason for manifesting creation. The term "to know" also means "to explore".
This quote fortifies the above quote found by Plenum and I've called this the Original Impulse of Free Will to know Self.
Now for the illuminating aspects.
Let yourself be open to the Creator/Explorer dynamic in the following contexts.
I greet you in the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator.
I greet you with the wonder and curiosity of the One Infinite Explorer.
Now the notion of wonder is used in different senses -- as amazement and awe -- but also in the adventurous and dangerous sense such as the following.
For the torturer/tortured dynamic.
I wonder what it feels like to impose fear and pain on another.
I wonder what it feels like to dominate and control another.
I wonder what excruciating fear and pain feels like.
I wonder what it feels like to be dominated and controlled.
For the nihilstic loner.
I wonder what a meaningless non-existence feels like.
On a brighter note there's the sexual fusion dynamic.
I wonder what it feels like to explore your essence.
I wonder what it feels like to open myself to you.
I wonder what it feels like to acquiesce, coalesce and transcend as a couple.
Within the above examples there's both the exploration aspect and the creation aspect which, as a dynamic, mutually induce each other. And so the new age maxim "you create your reality" needs "you experience yours and others unpredictable realities".
This is also where the higher self and totality self dynamics can be understood in terms of exploration and creation.
Some other related dynamics to contemplate are:
Creator/Creation
Experiencer/Experience
Explorer/Exploration
And these dynamics can be interchangeable such as substituting explorer into the following. (explorer is also experiencer)
An experiential and explorative variation from session 10 creator/creation exercises.
Exercises to accelerate towards the LoO or One is All.
1. See through variation to explore and experience the wonder/curiosity underlying all moments. See the Explorer.
2. Look at another being. See the Explorer.
3. Look at your reflection in the mirror. See the Explorer.
4. Look at the experience and exploration of essence. See the Explorer.
Exercises to accelerate towards the LoA or All is One.
1. Assert or allow the wonder/curiosity underlying all moments to see you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
2. Assert or allow another being to look at you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
3. Assert or allow your reflection in the mirror to look at you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
4. Assert or allow the experience and exploration of essence to look at you as the Explorer. See the Explorer as you.
Since experience might feel different to you than exploration, then to get the full effect you may want to try a rotation approach and use all three dynamics in a sequence. So alternating Creator, Explorer and Experiencer in these exercises may work well.
If others have ideas, please share. This topic is open to creative development.
I think this topic also sheds light on the panentheism vs pantheism debate (with panentheism as the more cogent choice) and will be discussed in this thread later. It also will be talked about in the Ra's Fundamental Postulates thread as being a secondary postulate in tandem with the Original Impulse.
Also later -- What about the Creator/Destroyer dynamic?