07-10-2021, 12:03 PM
Wow this thread. I have little to add that hasn't already been said better. Just a basic simple thought:
If I am hungry but have no one to eat with, is it negative to feed my body and eat alone?
If I want to learn, but have no one to read aloud to or alongside with, is it negative to read by myself?
And if I want to explore the silence, and dive into my depths, but have no one to meditate with... you get the picture.
As Ra and others in this thread have highlighted, there are two basic responses and relationship to catalyst: control/manipulation and love/acceptance. As with all catalyst and activity, masturbation can be undertaken with either attitude, or a confused mix of both.
And one more thing. 49.8 speaks specifically to the work of the adept and the use of visualization through concentration, but, there is a principle contained in that passage: solitary work can be undertaken in such a way as to polarize the self positively and literally raise the vibration of the planet positively, no other-self needed.
How that principle might apply to this situation, I don't know, but the principle stands; and it may be worth contemplating generally in your exploration of the philosophy of polarity in consciousness.
If I am hungry but have no one to eat with, is it negative to feed my body and eat alone?
If I want to learn, but have no one to read aloud to or alongside with, is it negative to read by myself?
And if I want to explore the silence, and dive into my depths, but have no one to meditate with... you get the picture.
As Ra and others in this thread have highlighted, there are two basic responses and relationship to catalyst: control/manipulation and love/acceptance. As with all catalyst and activity, masturbation can be undertaken with either attitude, or a confused mix of both.
And one more thing. 49.8 speaks specifically to the work of the adept and the use of visualization through concentration, but, there is a principle contained in that passage: solitary work can be undertaken in such a way as to polarize the self positively and literally raise the vibration of the planet positively, no other-self needed.
How that principle might apply to this situation, I don't know, but the principle stands; and it may be worth contemplating generally in your exploration of the philosophy of polarity in consciousness.
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi
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