First-ranking lessons

[Plenum]

As I understand the above piece, the disciplines of personality, knowledge of the self, strengthening of the will, and even service to others and meditation are *not* the first-ranking lessons; they are the second-ranking lessons. The first-ranking lessons are these central thoughts, as Ra called them:

"Let us remember that we are all one. This is the great learning/teaching. In this unity lies love. This is a great learn/teaching. In this unity lies light. This is the fundamental teaching of all planes of existence in materialization. Unity, love, light, and joy; this is the heart of evolution of the spirit."

do you think that this is somehow pointing to the intrinsic motivation?

that is, the intrinsic motivation is like the setting of the compass, to decide what direction one intends to go (a choice made in 3rd density), and then the rest proceeds from there - as technique etc?

and much like the setting of the compass doesn't complete your journey (the journey might be quite distant, with many obstacles), once one has experienced enough to make a considered evaluation that 'love, light, unity, and joy' is what you are after, and you set your mind to it, then you find ways of 'actualising' it, making it real, and able to be lived and experienced more and more.

But without that initial setting of direction, it doesn't matter how much 'practice' you do, or how many mantras you recite, it is not fulfilling or supporting a deep desire for oneness.