04-24-2010, 08:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-26-2010, 04:18 PM by Steppingfeet.)
Quote:3D Sunset: I also found that there were often entire passages that I had absolutely no idea what they meant (in truth, there still are a few).
I’m with you. There are passages that still remain mystifying to me.
Quote:3D Sunset:…the more I came to realize that almost every response has amazing layers of meaning….Ra often mentions that Don has "penetrate(d) the outer teachings". I have found that there are several layers of such teachings in Ra's chosen words, and they all are there for the student to find, contemplate, and savor.
Fantastic point, 3D. I, too, subscribe to the idea that there are layers of meaning (and even intentional teaching) in Ra’s words. A paraphrasing for the purpose of simplification would likely bury the deeper layers.
Quote:Lavazza:…first by getting a taste [by way of a simplified version] and then being able to have 'the main course'……In this way the student goes from less to more complex versions of the Law of One…
That’s a great point, Lavazza. Should such a project be undertaken, then, an appropriate title might be “Ra: The Appetizer”, with the subtitle, “No Double-Dipping Please”.
Quote:Lavazza: Is the risk of distorting the original information greater than the reward reaped from having a more accessible version available to the new student?
Good question. I’m finding that I don’t have the necessary computing power right now to offer a sufficient response. Preliminarily I would say that there are three factors in this equation: a) the quality of the “translation”, b) the desire of the new reader, c) the strength of the translator’s encouragement to make a study of the original source material.
Quote:3D Sunset: I would also hasten to point out that TLOO is not for everybody, and Ra even dissuaded Don from trying to publicize it's presence too diligently. IMHO, there are more people ready for TLOO now incarnate than there were when it was channeled, but probably not a whole lot more.
In Session #37, the questioner asks about the percentage of wanderers who have successfully penetrated the memory block and become aware of who they are.
Ra replies that 8.5 – 9% have intelligently penetrated their status. Another 50% have a “fairly well defined, shall we say, symptomology indicating that they are not of this, shall we say, 'insanity'". They go onto say that it is to these two groups to whom, “this information will, shall we say, make sense.”
In Session 12, Ra says that the number of wanderers alive on January 28, 1981 was approaching 65 million. According to Google, the world population in 1981 was 4.52 billion. That roughly calculates to 1.4% of the world population consisting of wanderers.
Conservatively assuming that percentage has remained constant and has not increased, then 1.4% of today’s population of 6.69 billion would equal 93.7 million wanderers alive on Earth today.
Using Ra’s percentages regarding the wanderers to whom the Law of One material would make “sense” (a total of approximately 59%), that would mean that that 55.3 million people on this planet today could understand and resonate with the Law of One material!
That number is probably higher owing to factors produced of speculation such as:
1) There have likely been an increase in wanderers
2) The atmosphere or environment (metaphysically and culturally) for seeking has increased since the time of the Ra contact, thanks to the nearer proximity of fourth density and the work of those operating from the heart
3) Non-wanderers who appreciate the material
Though certain things at the same time would reduce the number, such as the material not being available in ones native language, inability to access the internet, and other factors which might bar one from crossing paths with the material.
However, judging by things like the number of hits on the archive website (LLResearch.org) and the number of Law of One books sold (don’t have an exact number), it is safe to say that the Law of One material has a long, looooong way to go before reaching a saturation point among the population.
Quote:3D Sunset: It is out there, it calls to a very few, those that are ready for it, will find it.
This is basically true in my understanding as well, but I don’t think it means that an effort need not be made to create more doors through which people might access the Law of One.
Using the logic of your statement, one could reach the conclusion, as the archive website's webguy does, that: It’s on the internet, it’s available, those who need it/want it will find it. Let’s leave our efforts at that.
I found the material through a non-L/L Research website that was discussing it which was linked by degrees to Graham Hancock’s website. Others (most, actually) come through the door which the one known as DW has created. Some find it in a metaphysical book store, others from word of mouth, dreams, synchronicities, UFOs, or a highly bizarre series of events.
Each door to the Law of One offers a unique entry point for the unique set of circumstances of ones life. While I would like to believe that strength of desire and/or quality of “readiness” will lead the individual to the Law of One no matter the odds or the barriers, I think that there is certainly the possibility that those who could benefit by its message do not cross paths with the material thanks to not having brushed up against one of the doors leading to the Law of One.
In short, I don’t think it can hurt to create more doors in more places to the material, without of course proselytizing.
Quote:Βαθμιαίος:For me, one of the hardest things about my whole Ra/Law of One experience has been coming to terms with the fact that other people don't necessarily find the material transcendently joy-inducing and would really just as soon not hear any more about it.
Me too Βαθμιαίος. I tried solving this situation but when I duct tape people to a chair while I read aloud from the Law of One books, they just don’t seem to be happy. It baffles me.
Quote:Βαθμιαίος: (To Lavazza) That doesn't mean you shouldn't proceed with your life's unfolding, and if this is the next step for you well, then, so be it.
Neither 3D nor I were discouraging Eric from following his heart’s desire! By all means, should Lavazza desire to “translate” the Law of One, I say, godspeed.
And finally, to the one known as otherself-jesse, GREAT find of the quoted Ra excerpt about maximizing “the accuracy of the nuances of the answer”. Being in Book V, I totally spaced on that one. This may be the only instance in which they say, in my understanding, “We choose our words carefully in order to convey as accurate or least distorted a message as possible.” (If another exists, please post it!)
Good seeking,
GLB
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi