[split] Adversary relationships, and the mated pair

[Louisabell]

Good points have already been covered here. I just wanted to add another point on Ra's quote referring to marriage as an 'adversary relationship'. 

I think greater clarity can be gained when seeing the focus of that statement being on the nature of  the sexual energy exchange itself. Ra states that the ideal sexuality is "the free giving one to another in the love and the light of the Infinite Creator". 'Free giving' does not ask or demand anything 'extra' to the act of service itself. When using this as a starting point, it can easily be seen how the concept of marriage can be at odds with this. 

The concept of 'marriage' often gives people an incentive or expectation surrounding sex, whether consciously or subconsciously. It may not even be intentional, but a permanent question of 'what does this mean about our commitment to each-other' can hang over the experience. The tropes of "hooking someone in" with sex, or certain expectations that a married couple should have a certain amount of sex on a regular basis exist. There can then be the forming of obligation or guilt pertaining to sex, or lack there of. All these issues can take away from the spontaneous, free-flowing nature of "free-giving". 

Marriage itself is a very significant contract codified into the laws of the land. This then puts a heavy weight within the yellow ray energy centre, where the sexuality of a person has been entangled within the societal milieu to a great degree. This can be heavy enough to make it difficult to move past the orange and yellow rays, into exchanges of the higher energy centres, where sexual encounters are offered as a pure gift and sanctified within the presence of the Creator. 

This is not to say that sexual energy transfers in the higher rays cannot happen in the context of a marriage!!! But I suppose I am saying that it happens in spite of a marriage contract, not because of it. 

I tend to agree that the institution of marriage itself has a stabilising effect on society, and currently the best situation to raise children within. However, it cannot be forgotten that in humanity's tribal past, marriage wasn't as common or neccessary. I know that in the history of certain Celtic tribes in Portugal, the tribal women would mate with whomever they found to be the best genetic fit at the time. Children were then raised by the whole tribe. This behaviour was largely changed with Roman influence (as they brought in their monetary system). The Romans were huge proponents of marriage, and enjoyed the benefits of wealth and family lineage preservation. So indeed, all these trends are recorded in the racial complex and have implications for us today.