Submitting Questions to "In the Now"

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Every other week, the home crew of L/L Research gathers to discuss spiritual topics on our bi-weekly podcast, "In the Now." The panel consists of Jim McCarty, scribe of the Ra Contact and president of L/L Research; Gary Bean, administrator of L/L Research; and Austin Bridges, administrative assistant of L/L Research - each a spiritual seeker and devoted student of the Law of One.

Episodes will be published on Wednesday afternoons on the L/L Research website's "Podcast" page (http://llresearch.org/podcast).

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When submitting questions, please remember that this is a Law of One podcast. Try to keep your questions as spiritually oriented as possible. In general, the responses will be spiritually oriented in nature, often utilizing information taken from the channeled material L/L Research has produced over the last 35+ years.

Well, I have A LOT of questions I would like some sort of input on.

Not sure if Im asking too many, but the idea of having Jim available to explore these questions is too much for me to turn down the opportunity, so I'm hoping I can hear what he and everyone else might have to say? 

 Hi Phoenix, I am returning to these forums after a long hiatus, and if you are still looking for answers to any of your list of questions, I would be glad to answer them (not all at once obviously, maybe one at a time, as most of them do seem worthy questions) if you want.

I was reading through and your questions on marijuana and Islam caught my attention as they are ideas that I have struggled with as well. I can tell you that from my experience, marijuana is a very good tool for making breakthroughs in understanding, however, the way it is used in American culture removes most of the potential benefit. I’ve found 5mg of THC in a tea (completely legal in the jurisdiction I am in at the time), plus a voice recorder and an evening stroll gave me a HUGE amount of personal insight that I am still processing months later, to my benefit, but most people overuse it since the goal is to establish who among your peer group can get the highest. This is like going to a really nice restaurant and holding a filet mignon eating contest.

As far as I can tell, Islam is neither positive nor negative but a mix. If you read the Koran, you can actually pick out two voices in the revelation: one voice that speaks to Muhammad about God, and another, that is always assumed to be God Himself, speaking of himself - or, as it is translated in my version, “Ourself”. If you compare the messages these voices give, you will find that the Ourself voice seems more accepting of slavery, warfare, and treatment of non-muslims as less than Muslims. I’ve always understood this to be the imposter voice, possibly even a negative social memory complex, as an SMC would share thoughts and be able to refer to itself as ourself. It never out and out claims that it is God, but it never has to - Muhammad never challenges it. The messages put forth by the other voice, Gabriel, seem more positive.

THis also fits the MO that has been put forward about negative SMCs in general - when they find a positive opening, they rush in to neutralize the potential for light to come out of it, ideally by turning that light to their own purposes. The temptation for Muslims to think of themselves as chosen or better than non-muslims is a powerful one, and I think it took root quite strongly for a while, and what resulted required the Mongol invasions to balance it out, much like the accumulated karma of the Hebrews required the Romans.

All in all, there is a lot of potential for good in Islam, but I find it is sometime overshadowed by the negative parts, ultimately benefitting the negative SMCs by increasing suffering and division among those who would find the light that much quicker were they not given these increased and vivid opportunities for new kinds of separation.