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Ra: I am Ra. We shall begin with the first of the three teachings/learnings.

We begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with intelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be opened like a door. The key is silence.

Within the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular, bearing inner relationships.

To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized. Where you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the corresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in its turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all, identifying both those things of which you approve and those things of which you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every positive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things. Therefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.

I'm not sure i understand this, seems counter intuitive to me to. What does "balancing each and every positive and negative charge with its equal" means ?

I believe when they say "charge" they are talking about an emotional reaction or emotional charge as they might say. So, say you think of an idea, patience to use Ra's example. How do you feel about that concept? Is it frustrating or relieving? Does it feel like you are patient? Do you feel comfortable with being patient? Anything which evokes emotion from you will suggest that the concept has some kind of charge for you. You would then do the same with the oppose, the concept of impatience. How does that feel? Do you naturally feel that way or not?

Do you find you feel more comfortable with one idea or the other? How would you 'compare' the two together? The idea then is to balance the two by accepting them both and realizing that they are both part of you. If you have negative thoughts towards one, say impatience, like it really drives you crazy when people are impatient, you would examine those feelings and see how the charge comes up, what in the idea makes you feel that, and what in the opposite, patience in this case, feels more comfortable. Some will stop there at acceptance.

You can continue as well and work on your charge to eventually release the negative thoughts you have about the concept, ultimately thus balancing the charge because you will no longer have conflicting concepts within your mind. One way to conceptualize this process is as a process of harmonizing cognitive dissonance or making symmetrical what is asymmetrical.

This enhances the state of silence by the calming of the emotions and allowing the mind to open and balance further.