12/21/2012: David Wilcock, Harvest, Ra, New Age Gurus. What does it all mean?

[Tenet Nosce]

You'd think so. But then there is the appeal to regressive, non-developmental, modes of thought, such as going back to the 'ground of being' as espoused by Tolle and others. Where everyone seems to want to bask in what they refer to as the 'present' while, ironically, simultaneously complaining about unchanging conditions and projecting hopes onto the future which (as Tolle points out) does not exist.

Lately, I've been re-reading The Fourth Way by Ouspensky. I had originally encountered it around the same time I found the Ra Material, but had since set it aside.

I find it to be a very practical approach. For example, if we spend any amount of effort observing ourselves- we can very quickly arrive at a small truth. The truth is that we are not fully conscious. By keeping this truth in the forefront of our awareness as much as possible, we can actually have a chance at getting some work done. We actually have a reliable focal point to start from- something we can build upon that is self-evident and does not require placing faith in others to tell us what is true.