10-18-2009, 12:29 PM
Thanks very much, B., for looking up the Ra references.
Funny comment, AQ, about the breakfast cereal. What gave you the impression that graduation was a kind of party favor?
I like to think of graduation this way. I can't vouch for the historical accuracy of this, but someone once told me that the Ancient Greeks had a belief that pets who learn to have a truly loving relationship with their owners then become eligible for graduation to 3D. [There's comparable stuff in the Ra Material, I seem to recall.] In other words, they have learned to use their instrument in such a developed way that to simply remain playing in the 2D band isn't fun anymore. They instinctively search out a context where they can more thoroughly explore their newly developed skills.
In 3D we're given a rather cumbersome instrument to master and, obviously, not much of an owner's manual. In order to learn to use it, you first look to those around you for hints, but then, if you really want to develope sincere skill, you must look inside it to understand the inherent meaning and means of operation.
As skill developes, so too does the desire to play in a band and a context which are compatible with your own skill level. So, at graduation time, one is drawn instinctively, perhaps, to wander off in the direction of band-mates with comparable interest and skill.
Isn't it Ra (and/or Qu'o) that speaks about each chakra being like a note of the musical scale and service to the Eternal being like tuning each chakra so that it has the inherent flexibility to respond beautifully and effortlessly in response to any given catalyst? So, it would be like the hatha yogi who's trained the instrument of the physical body to respond elegantly to any given contortion, except the *deeper* instrument is the entirety of your own being. Sounds like fun, no? What could possibly be more fulfilling?
On the other hand, surprises that drop out of the breakfast cereal carton are cool, too.
~P
Funny comment, AQ, about the breakfast cereal. What gave you the impression that graduation was a kind of party favor?
I like to think of graduation this way. I can't vouch for the historical accuracy of this, but someone once told me that the Ancient Greeks had a belief that pets who learn to have a truly loving relationship with their owners then become eligible for graduation to 3D. [There's comparable stuff in the Ra Material, I seem to recall.] In other words, they have learned to use their instrument in such a developed way that to simply remain playing in the 2D band isn't fun anymore. They instinctively search out a context where they can more thoroughly explore their newly developed skills.
In 3D we're given a rather cumbersome instrument to master and, obviously, not much of an owner's manual. In order to learn to use it, you first look to those around you for hints, but then, if you really want to develope sincere skill, you must look inside it to understand the inherent meaning and means of operation.
As skill developes, so too does the desire to play in a band and a context which are compatible with your own skill level. So, at graduation time, one is drawn instinctively, perhaps, to wander off in the direction of band-mates with comparable interest and skill.
Isn't it Ra (and/or Qu'o) that speaks about each chakra being like a note of the musical scale and service to the Eternal being like tuning each chakra so that it has the inherent flexibility to respond beautifully and effortlessly in response to any given catalyst? So, it would be like the hatha yogi who's trained the instrument of the physical body to respond elegantly to any given contortion, except the *deeper* instrument is the entirety of your own being. Sounds like fun, no? What could possibly be more fulfilling?
On the other hand, surprises that drop out of the breakfast cereal carton are cool, too.
~P