The Story so Far

[Ankh]

Dear Austin,

Thank you for sharing your story. (It was about that time! )

As with almost each story here, I resonated with a lot of things, smiling when reading parts that I have also experienced, recognizing many things within myself.

I especially loved this part:

So I did just that, and my mom took me to their storage room full of boxes, pulled down a box full of books among 30 other boxes full of books, opened it up, and sitting right there on top in the first box we looked in were the first four books of the Ra material. I felt the fire burning inside of me, as if I were on to something major, yet they seemed so alien to me. I read the back of Book 1 and scoffed, I flipped through the introduction, looking at all of the pictures, and almost put the books away for good, thinking this was some weird cultish New Age crap. But that night I started reading, and was captivated by the words. I felt such a strong resonance inside of me that I felt like I was on fire. There was some obvious power behind what I was reading. I got about halfway through Book 1 that night before I closed it, put it down, and thought “I am being tricked. This is no different from any other spiritual information, just playing on insecurities and hopes of mindless drones. I mean, come on...Infinite Creator? Love and light? BS.”

I wasn't able to dismiss it as easily as I wished. I could not get this material out of my mind...everything I had experienced up to that point, from staring at stars, to dipping my toes into philosophy, to learning about UFO's; I knew it was all connected, but I tried to deny it. So I decided I was going to be a loyal skeptic.

What are the odds of these books being in the first box, just on top of all others when you "called" for this information?... Beautiful!

And the part of being "tricked". I remember how nauseous I felt just before I started to investigate what the heck this Ra material was. Cause I didn't know anything about what it was or who L/L Research was when I just started to read the material. I jumped right into reading sessions, and they were so beautiful, so alive, so out-of-this-world-amazing that I felt this nausea when thinking "what if this is just another hoax"? I was so afraid of it! Afraid of it not being "true", and I would find it out when starting to investigate what this "contact" and the organisation called L/L Research is...? =)

The main observation I've had with this channeling culture which I find a bit odd is the idea of "resonance" being a sign of truth or accuracy. Exploring the idea of why you are attracted to something, instead of the idea that you are attracted to something, is much more beneficial to spiritual evolution in my opinion. Many people seem to take the resonance and run, while I would suggest to sit with it.

Hmm... This was interesting... Why do you think that we are attracted to the Ra material? Do you have any thoughts to share in this regard? And how should we "sit with it"?

Once again, thank you for sharing, brother. I loved your story!

And um... Welcome to the forum!