All of the responses are great. There are also these two quotes to add..
"The cross formed by the living limbs of the image signifies that which is the nature of mind/body/spirit complexes in manifestation within your illusion. There is no experience which is not purchased by effort of some kind, no act of service to self or others which does not bear a price, to the entity manifesting, commensurate with its purity. All things in manifestation may be seen in one way or another to be offering themselves in order that transformations may take place upon the level appropriate to the action."
"We may indicate that the crux ansata is a part of the concept complexes of the archetypical mind, the circle indicating the magic of the spirit, the cross indicating that nature of manifestation which may only be valued by the losing."
The idea of buying something perhaps points towards the idea of giving something of which you have. There is something you own, that you claim to be yours by way of creating separation between yourself and the other, which is now being released from your possession. We possess and fear possession in various ways.
Honest response to catalyst often times pushes people apart, which is a form of loss. Then in retrospect, when working with and balancing the catalyst, the value of what was lost becomes apparent. My experience has been that what was lost returns if you gain the necessary insight. It seems however that the thing which we claim and possess is our identity. The external illusion and catalyst makes us think what we're encountering is not us. By working with catalyst in an attempt to merge with the other, through the realization that what you're encountering is an aspect of yourself is a loss of your identity. When you realize that you're facing your reflection, that identity that you held on to which created separation can no longer remain. A part of you has been sacrificed and given up, which is apparent loss by the purchase, which takes great effort because we resist it all the way. But what has truly been gained is unity. Their identity is now yours because the two have become one, which could be said to be beyond price. The jewel being the crystallized entity..the outer becoming inner..becoming one with the others around you..what Ra refers to as becoming "regular".
If you work with catalyst in this way you are truly performing magic..transmuting consciousness.
"The cross formed by the living limbs of the image signifies that which is the nature of mind/body/spirit complexes in manifestation within your illusion. There is no experience which is not purchased by effort of some kind, no act of service to self or others which does not bear a price, to the entity manifesting, commensurate with its purity. All things in manifestation may be seen in one way or another to be offering themselves in order that transformations may take place upon the level appropriate to the action."
"We may indicate that the crux ansata is a part of the concept complexes of the archetypical mind, the circle indicating the magic of the spirit, the cross indicating that nature of manifestation which may only be valued by the losing."
The idea of buying something perhaps points towards the idea of giving something of which you have. There is something you own, that you claim to be yours by way of creating separation between yourself and the other, which is now being released from your possession. We possess and fear possession in various ways.
Honest response to catalyst often times pushes people apart, which is a form of loss. Then in retrospect, when working with and balancing the catalyst, the value of what was lost becomes apparent. My experience has been that what was lost returns if you gain the necessary insight. It seems however that the thing which we claim and possess is our identity. The external illusion and catalyst makes us think what we're encountering is not us. By working with catalyst in an attempt to merge with the other, through the realization that what you're encountering is an aspect of yourself is a loss of your identity. When you realize that you're facing your reflection, that identity that you held on to which created separation can no longer remain. A part of you has been sacrificed and given up, which is apparent loss by the purchase, which takes great effort because we resist it all the way. But what has truly been gained is unity. Their identity is now yours because the two have become one, which could be said to be beyond price. The jewel being the crystallized entity..the outer becoming inner..becoming one with the others around you..what Ra refers to as becoming "regular".
If you work with catalyst in this way you are truly performing magic..transmuting consciousness.