(02-28-2009, 07:58 AM)AwakenedOneness Wrote: How can there be “others” in “the highest reality” when “there is only One?”
In the very first session, Ra indicated that the Law of One is about the resolution of paradox.
The 'highest reality' by definition would be from the perspective of the One Infinite Creator.
(02-28-2009, 07:58 AM)AwakenedOneness Wrote: Don’t get me “wrong”, I loved the Ra material and took great value from it, but it “falls short” in several regards (another post/thread perhaps). How can you truly serve others until you have served yourself?
You mentioned that you were not very familiar with the Law of One material. I am curious how much of it you have read...? Because this issue is definitely addressed in the material: Ra clearly states that it is absolutely necessary for an entity to love self in order to be harvestable to STO.
The term 'service to others' does not imply serving others at the exclusion of serving self. Rather, it is a balance of both. Not a precise balance - there is some wiggle room there - but both are important.
(02-28-2009, 07:58 AM)AwakenedOneness Wrote: If you would extend/radiate unconditional love/light to others, would you not have to first extend it to yourself?
Why must it be first? If self = other self, then why would it matter which came first?
If the impetus for opening the heart chakra is to serve another, the self also benefits. However, the converse doesn't appear to always be true, at least not at this level of reality. We know that STS has its purpose, and STS entities do indeed serve the Creator. But at this level of reality, they may bypass the heart chakra altogether. So focusing on self, while serving others in the long run, does not have the same effect on the heart chakra as does focusing on other-selves and allowing the love to radiate outwards and thru self at the same time.
(02-28-2009, 07:58 AM)AwakenedOneness Wrote: Can you radiate that which you have not awakened/ignited? How can you unconditionally love yourself if you yet hold judgments? If you find yourself in a polarized 3rd D world, programmed with judgment (which always separates), wouldn’t you need first to transcend and transmute that before offering service?
Respectfully, you seem to be caught up in a duality, seeing service as an 'either/or' proposition. To the STO oriented entity, service to other-selves is serving the ALL, which includes the self. There needn't be any conflict. There needn't be any hierarchial order to service, as in 'first' or 'second' but all is done with the intention to serve the whole. STO-oriented service is simultaneous. The STO orientation is that which seeks to serve, with no such distinctions drawn. Distinctions between self and other-self would seem, imo, to be arising from the percentage of self that is STS. For none are 100% one polarity.