Grit & Transmutation

[Steppingfeet]

Grit & Transmutation
 
In 95.24, Ra says that, for the positively oriented seeker, “there is no outward shelter in your illusion from the gusts, flurries, and blizzards of quick and cruel catalyst.”

So when quick and cruel catalyst assails one, what is the response? How is it held? How does it affect the attitude and the orientation?

The possibilities range an infinite spectrum, from bitterness to anger to bellicosity to depression to diminishment of acceptance/love to giving up to wanting to crawl into a hole and die.

But Ra speaks of another possibility in the same quote:

• To the pure, all that is encountered speaks of the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator. The cruelest blow is seen with an ambiance of challenges offered and opportunities to come. Thusly, the great pitch of light is held high above such an one so that all interpretation may be seen to be protected by light. – 95.24
  

I am not in any way claiming to be among the “pure,” but I have worked long enough with quick and cruel catalyst using the spiritual tools gifted to us in the perspective of the Law of One to have verified and tasted, for my self, the reservoir of wisdom contained in Ra’s statement.

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Grit is a word that comes to mind when I contemplate the attitude to which Ra points. What is grit? I think it is a certain tenacity of perspective that simply endures the hard and cold winds.

Maybe grit complains and vents a little as a therapeutic act of processing, but if so, that venting contributes to grit only a small pressure-relief valve which may make space for the heart muscle to continue its exercise of endurance. This complaining/venting, however, is not without risk, because if dwelled upon, intensified, and enlarged – not in the way of the balancing exercises but in the way of un-mindfully feeding the inner shadows – then it can sour the attitude and lead the seeker astray from its highest aim: union with the Creator.

Ultimately, grit is a dogged refusal to give into a self-defeating mindset. In acts of physical endurance, one thinks of the extremes: the ultra-marathoner, the mountaineer, the triathlete, the olympian, etc.

But while the body can express grit, its origin is fundamentally of a psycho-spiritual nature—of the mind, of the spirit. One thinks of intense and/or unrelenting psychological pressure: the mother working multiple jobs, the caretaker of a severely physically and/or mentally ill loved one, the poverty-stricken, the target of judgement and accusation, the receptacle of demands and expectations of others, the (and I’m not claiming any of this for myself but it’s a common enough occurrence in history) persecution, say of a religious or racial minority, or he or she who is perceived by some quality to be different and inferior.

Grit, alone, doesn’t yield the transmutation of catalyst which results in the transformation of self. It is, rather, that baseline capacity that allows the strength to flow into the being sufficient to keep one foot in front of the other. And for those who blend grit with…

• …the primary blue ray which is the first ray of radiation of self regardless of any actions from another…. – 41.25. (See also 26.38)
  

…then the stepping feet join, at the other end of the body, the head held high, literally or figuratively. (In a blizzard, one may need to keep the head down.)

It is tenacity, resilience, backbone, endurance, and focus – a keeping of the eye on the “prize,” as it were. And for the positively oriented student of evolution, that prize is the realization of self as the Creator.

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That baseline of grit held to in the face of hard catalyst is needed to keep the self upright so that transmutation of catalyst may occur. And to the self who, by calling upon grit, stands tall, figuratively speaking, the energy centers can remain open. In this openness, the upward spiraling light can flow north through the system to meet and mate with the downward spiraling light, the inner fire, the Polaris of Self, the true nature, the Creator indwelling within.

This happens because a mindset has been increasingly crystallized which understands that *however painful and challenging the catalyst*, there is no true threat to identity. Many things in the world and about the self can, indeed, be threatened, whether physical harm to the body or loss of property or even reputation. But ultimately the mindset of transmutation understands that, quite literally, catalyst is unfolding in an helpful fashion.

That is, the entire intelligent universe and everything that transpires in your life is geared toward offering you this catalyst for your spiritual evolution. “It’s rigged—everything, in you favor,” Rumi reminds us. It is all conspiring for your growth, but it is responsively being shaped according to your use, skillful or otherwise, of free will.

• Questioner: I see the most important product of this communication [the Ra contact] being a vehicle of partial enlightenment for those incarnate now who have become aware of their part in their own evolutionary process. Am I correct in this assumption?
  Ra: I am Ra. You are correct. We may note that this is the goal of all artifacts and experiences which entities may come into contact with, and is not only the property of Ra or this contact. – 71.22
  
• All things in manifestation may be seen in one way or another to be offering themselves in order that transformations may take place upon the level appropriate to the action. – 94.26
  
• We suggest the nature of all manifestation to be illusory, and functional only insofar as the entity turns from shape and shadow to the One. – 106.23
  

What perspective could be more self-empowering than to look out upon the landscape of one’s present and one's biographical past and see everything as catalyst, as fuel for one’s spiritual growth? And that you have been aided in this growth:

• Consider, if you will, the path your life-experience has taken. Consider the coincidences and odd circumstances by which one thing flowed to the next. Consider this well. Each entity will receive the opportunity that each needs. – 8.1
  

This holds true even when our pain seems in a run-away condition of overabundance.

• You may see, in some cases, an entity which, either by pre-incarnative choice or by constant reprogramming while in incarnation, has developed an esurient [hungry] program of catalyst.  Such an entity is quite desirous of using the catalyst and has determined, to its own satisfaction, that what you may call the large board needs to be applied to the forehead in order to obtain the attention of the self.
  In these cases it may indeed seem a great waste of the catalyst of pain; and a distortion towards feeling the tragedy of so much pain may be experienced by the other-self. However, it is well to hope that the other-self is grasping that which it has gone to some trouble to offer itself: that is, the catalyst which it desires to use for the purpose of evolution. – 83.27
  

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I am sure that in a moment of strength and inspiration, this orientation can be spontaneously adopted and applied such that transmutation of catalyst and subsequent transformation of self results immediately. However, in my experience, this orientation or mindset is one born of diligent and sustained work over time, through successfully processing the constant iterations of catalyst thematically patterned around the use – unconscious or conscious, skillful or otherwise – of our free will.

It is a crystallization of the self, a rendering of the incarnate personality transparent to ever-present One Creator, and the creating of a new kind of entity which can face and process these difficult moment such that…

• …even the most unhappy of experiences, shall we say, which seem to occur in the Catalyst of the adept, seen from the viewpoint of the spirit, may, with the discrimination possible in shadow, be worked with until light equaling the light of brightest noon descends upon the adept and positive or service-to-others illumination has occurred. – 80.15
  

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This movement from grit to transmutation requires the disciplining of the personality and the disciplined use of will, as the above text alludes to, but it is as nothing without the synthesis of will’s counterpart, the faculty of faith. What is faith in essence but a deep and abiding, consciously sought trust that all is well; that all is whole, complete, and perfect; that, no matter the surface appearances, even unto loss of life and limb, the universe is with and working for one.

In this vulnerability, the self - as the very first quote in this essay spoke to - has no “protection,” as it were, from catalyst. The experience of the moment and the energies therein cannot be defended against.

While outward action may need to be taken to draw boundaries, to shine light into shadow, to bring clarity where it is lacking, on an interior level the catalyst is met head-on without inner resistance, which is to say, the catalyst is met with acceptance. The self softens, the hard edges are made round, the resistance to death and the existential pain of living a separate identity are yielded in the disarming vulnerability of wholeness against the backdrop of everlasting perfection.

I don’t see that acceptance as a meek acquiescence to harmful behavior, or as an act of martyrdom, or a passivity which seeks not to build a more beautiful world, but as an energy that, in its highest form, dovetails and merges into true-self-realization. So radically deep does acceptance go that discovering the heart of true acceptance approaches enlightenment itself: all energies of life are brought into the heart to be realized as distortions of the Creator, in trust of the Creator. This integration and balance is the path of unity. Thus is acceptance the roadway to the end of separation and illusion.

This circle of acceptance grows to include discomfort, pain, and the many cruelties of human beings. It grows to include your whole self as you are, in your totality, the light and the dark. It is from this perspective that judgment of self and others dissolves. The vision then lifts to behold the Creator who had always been fully present, just hidden by non-acceptance. Only through acceptance does the Creator begin to reveal its Self from beneath the mirages of illusion. Only through acceptance can the third-density game be won:

• This game can only be won by those who lose their cards in the melting influence of love; can only be won by those who lay their pleasures, their limitations, their all upon the table face up and say inwardly: “All, all of you players, each other-self, whatever your hand, I love you.” This is the game: to know, to accept, to forgive, to balance, and to open the self in love. – 50.7
  

[tadeus]

Thank you for your thoughts about transmutation of catalyst and grit!

I would say that this massive catalyst is necessary to push the mass of the people out of the Sinkhole of Indifference Ra has talked about.
The people that are already out of this sinkhole needs grit to come over this time.

I want to favourite this sentences:

This movement from grit to transmutation requires the disciplining of the personality and the disciplined use of will, as the above text alludes to, but it is as nothing without the synthesis of will’s counterpart, the faculty of faith. What is faith in essence but a deep and abiding, consciously sought trust that all is well; that all is whole, complete, and perfect; that, no matter the surface appearances, even unto loss of life and limb, the universe is with and working for one.

[meadow-foreigner]

Very well-written topic. I have nothing to add but my congratulations.

[KaliSouth]

Steppingfeet, I just wanted to share a personal message that I recieved to illustrate your explanation, which is very well put.

I have been wondering what I need to do to move into the power of my higher vibration and serve the purpose I incarnated here for. I clearly don't fit into the 3D madness, so the old ways of Planet Earth are clearly not my game to play. I have a "New Age" therapist helping me through this. My treatment plan involves meditation and affirmations.

All of my wondering was not satisfactorily helping me. I decided to visit a shaman who confirmed some of the messages I have received from my guides. What a beautiful energy! I asked her what I was supposed to do to make progress with my guardian angel, who has been guiding and protecting me through this journey. Not only did the shaman's description of my guardian match a description that someone completely unrelated gave me, but she also cofirmed my intuition that I had to work for my guardian. That is, I am being taught and moved along my path with the assistance of my guardian. She is my tutor.

One of the other things that came out of our discussion was some of the physical ailments I have which are extremely uncomfortable and annoying but not life-threatening. This goes straight to your point about needing a catalyst to push us. The shaman told me that my guardian was causing these ailments. They were not anything to be concerned about, but would be relieved when I moved to the correct path.

It was really a wonderful experience and also catalysed my developing approach to this incarnation. Your explanation is a great explanation of what I am going through.

[Steppingfeet]

I would say that this massive catalyst is necessary to push the mass of the people out of the Sinkhole of Indifference Ra has talked about.
The people that are already out of this sinkhole needs grit to come over this time.

Thank you, tadeus. Your first sentence reminds me of Ra's short sidebar when they say "It is to be noted that among your entities a large percentage of all progression has as catalyst, trauma."

I don't see that trauma is strictly necessary in the third-density environment. It, like disease, is an outgrowth of widespread and chronic inefficient use of catalyst.

When the entities are not doing their homework, not using their catalyst, then the catalyst grows louder, you could say. Trauma, disease, or crisis may result.

Those three aspects of experience - trauma, disease, and crisis - can be pre-incarnationally programmed as teaching tools, of course. But I think that they are also mechanisms to promote what you indicate above: the pushing people out of their personal and collective Sinkhole of Indifference.

We were a more harmonious world making more efficient use of catalyst, and much less bellicose, I believe that trauma and disease would be far less rampant. And in such a world filled with more conscious beings, conscious of the processes and mechanisms of spiritual evolution, healers would be far more effective in catalyzing the healing of root causes instead of treating symptoms.

[Steppingfeet]

One of the other things that came out of our discussion was some of the physical ailments I have which are extremely uncomfortable and annoying but not life-threatening. This goes straight to your point about needing a catalyst to push us. The shaman told me that my guardian was causing these ailments. They were not anything to be concerned about, but would be relieved when I moved to the correct path.

It was really a wonderful experience and also catalysed my developing approach to this incarnation. Your explanation is a great explanation of what I am going through.

Thanks KaliSouth. I didn't specify it but you're totally right, in my opinion, that physical ailments are also integral to the processes I examined above. It is such a huge flipping of the script to see physical/mental challenges as designed catalyst, designed either on the pre-incarnational or incarnational (likely very subconscious) level.

And your post illustrates how empowering it can be when one comes to realization that they are not the victim of cruel fate (cruel though the impact of the catalyst may seem), but they are its authors, ultimately; and that catalyst, physical ailments included, are teaching tools.

I think that this is why Confederation sources so consistently commend to the seeker the discipline of offering "praise and thanksgiving." The giving of gratitude for that which is difficult helps to clear the eyes sufficient to find the gift and the blessing, the meaning and the purpose, and the positive use of catalyst. Affirmation, as you note, falls into this category too. (And reminds me of 73.19.)

So cool as well that you are able to perceive such direct communication and support from your guides. I have had innumerable moments of support and guidance in my life, but very very seldom is it ever consciously perceived, save for the more obvious synchronicities.

[Dtris]

Grit is an attribute and even a word which has become hard to come by except in breakfast.

Whether it is modern society or just a function of too much convenience, grit is something which is not seen as a positive attribute by many. The new age masses market a simple fix, with minimal investment, that makes everything EASY.

Ease, is the name of the game of modern life. Information? Google it. Need a specialist? Google it. How to fix something? Google it. What about being outside in the rain and the wind? What about working thru the storms and the heat waves. What about ENDURING.

You have brought about an important point, grit is necessary at some point to be able to transmute the negative into the positive. Ease is good when you begin the journey, but when you have survived the storms, the lessons speak louder.

What is important is that Grit can be developed. The mind and body can be taught to be resilient and endure hardship. This can be done in different ways. Any way you do, the grit allows you to get to the other side of the hard times as a better, more complete, and more accepting and forgiving person.

Grit is under rated.

[tadeus]

I don't see that trauma is strictly necessary in the third-density environment. It, like disease, is an outgrowth of widespread and chronic inefficient use of catalyst.

When the entities are not doing their homework, not using their catalyst, then the catalyst grows louder, you could say. Trauma, disease, or crisis may result.

Those three aspects of experience - trauma, disease, and crisis - can be pre-incarnationally programmed as teaching tools, of course. But I think that they are also mechanisms to promote what you indicate above: the pushing people out of their personal and collective Sinkhole of Indifference.

That's right but I would say we must differ between your own preincarnatic catalyst and the catalyst that is given to a social memory complex / mass of individuals.
Q'uo is only talking indirect about this topic i accidentally read yesterday :

Saturday Meditation May 20, 2017

Gary: Q’uo, not having the Confederation’s viewpoint or framework of spirituality, many in this world might feel despair, feeling that humanity has not a hopeful but a tragic outcome ahead of itself. How many in this world are in such despair, and how can despair be transformed to a hopeful orientation of the soul?

Q’uo: I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We would suggest that the counting of souls of one nature or another at this time might be considered somewhat premature. However, we might suggest that there is a great number of souls upon your planet which find themselves facing a difficult situation in regards to being able to consciously perceive their spiritual journeys. They are what you might call those who are yet unawakened to the reality of possibilities within the third density, and continue to move in the routines and rhythms of the illusion which provide the attractions of worldly things, the gaining of money, of position, of power, and so forth. Oftentimes, after such gains are made, entities with a sufficient amount of each of these qualities find that there is yet lacking the satisfaction from such possession. This dissatisfaction, or angst, may also be experienced by those who seemingly have failed to gain enough of each money, or position, or power, or those other worldly affectations that are offered daily in your advertising and business worlds.

Thus, it is that the possibility of transforming the doubt, the sadness, the fear of a life living without purpose, is the hoped-for motivation for looking upon the daily round of activities as being more than what it has been seemed to be—that which is the goal, that which is the end of the efforts and energy expenditures of each entity.

There is, within each soul’s incarnational pattern, those pre-incarnative lessons that each has fervently hoped would be able to be learned within the incarnational pattern. The subconscious mind of each has been programmed by the soul to look with a certain bias upon catalyst that comes in the notice of the seeker, so that at some point the heart chakra might be opened enough to experience a sense of loving those about one, of loving the self, of loving the universe about one. This type of transformation is possible when one is able to be alert and aware of the pre-incarnative lessons so that when catalyst comes one’s way, it can be seen in a certain fashion, so that no two entities would look at the same catalyst in the same way, since all are unique, and all have programmed certain lessons that are indeed unique, though they may include the lesson of love in some facet or fashion for each entity.

Thus, it is our hope that as the fourth-density vibrations continue to engulf the planet, that those entities who have not yet been able to find a conscious realization of their purpose in this life pattern might be able to open the door to their own hearts, so that there is the ability to experience the love therein, and to share it with those about one.

So this mass of catalyst hopefully has the task to make the transformation possible, even it is coming as trauma.

[Patrick]

"the great pitch of light is held high above such an one so that all interpretation may be seen to be protected by light" ~ Ra

That sounds like eternal optimism no matter what is happening.

Many may see this attitude as foolish, but it's really just faith that all really is well always no matter what. And as you said Gary, we are allowed to complain a bit from time to time when our perception is wounded enough to hide for a little while that great truth that all is well always.

[tadeus]

Eternal optimism sounds good - loosing it will take all the grit with it.

The discussion in this thread is part of generating grit.

[Sacred Fool]

Grit, alone, doesn’t yield the transmutation of catalyst which results in the transformation of self. It is, rather, that baseline capacity that allows the strength to flow into the being sufficient to keep one foot in front of the other. And for those who blend grit with…

• …the primary blue ray which is the first ray of radiation of self regardless of any actions from another…. – 41.25. (See also 26.38)
  

…then the stepping feet join, at the other end of the body, the head held high, literally or figuratively. (In a blizzard, one may need to keep the head down.)

It is tenacity, resilience, backbone, endurance, and focus – a keeping of the eye on the “prize,” as it were. And for the positively oriented student of evolution, that prize is the realization of self as the Creator.

 
 
Naturally there is some truth in this, but it seems to me there are other significant factors left out.
 
Tenacity, resilience, etc. come in to play in situations of adversity and, for me, the key elements of the adversity are usually internal.  Ergo, the backbone, endurance and all that are necessary to, basically, prevail over the self because that's usually whom we're resisting.  We're usually resisting our own self-limiting stories which are derived from past (i.e., no longer existing) experiences.  It's these stories, in large part, which prevent us from recognising our self on the level of the green ray, blue ray and so on.
 

Ra: I am Ra. The Law of One, though beyond the limitations of name, as you call vibratory sound complexes, may be approximated by stating that all things are one, that there is no polarity, no right or wrong, no disharmony, but only identity. All is one, and that one is love/light, light/love, the Infinite Creator.

 
In the upper quote, grittiness supposedly allows one the "radiation of self regardless of any actions from another," but that radiation on the level of the blue ray, I would say, comes not by way of tenacity against adversity, but via recognition of self within on that particular level of vibration (blue ray, in this instance).  This could happen with gentleness or grittiness or something else.
 
So, in my view, grit can help keep one in the game when one is in the stage of struggling within the illusion, but when self is largely balanced and accepted--that is, when catalyst is less physical and emotional, but more spiritual--attributes which are more radiant become more important in the quest of finding self within, recognising the Creatrix inside the fleshy box.
    
 

[tadeus]

Tenacity, resilience, etc. come in to play in situations of adversity and, for me, the key elements of the adversity are usually internal.  Ergo, the backbone, endurance and all that are necessary to, basically, prevail over the self because that's usually whom we're resisting.  We're usually resisting our own self-limiting stories which are derived from past (i.e., no longer existing) experiences.  It's these stories, in large part, which prevent us from recognising our self on the level of the green ray, blue ray and so on.

Yes - this is all usually internal.
And there are more factors.

For instance that you simply are here and can go nowhere else, or it makes no sense to go somewhere else.
We are resisting because we loose our individuality / free will and go into STS as slave when we will not resist.

Yesterday i read this interesting channeling:

September 3, 2017, Homecoming Meditation

Now, a situation of great confusion inevitably arises when one makes every effort to give this kind of ground only to discover that every inch one gives is taken, and more is constantly demanded, up to the point that one’s own free will is being infringed. At some point, it does become necessary to find a way to step back from such engagements, and it can be the case that when the prospect of being dominated by a resolute seeker of the self is imminent that one might need to act rather precipitously, to act in a way that can even seem, on its face, to be violent, and in that violence, of course, we will confess there is negativity.

Now, this is not news to those of you who have dwelled upon this planet in third density for some time. In fact, we will say something further: it is also a trait, it is also what we would even call a crisis in the creation that bleeds through into fourth density, even into fifth density, and we will say even into the early part of sixth density. Now, as those of Ra have suggested in the sixth density, the polarities are, in fact, unified, so that there is no longer the need at that point to polarize by making a choice of the one or the other. So, it is tempting to say, “Well, since that is, indeed, the goal that all evolving souls are directed towards, why do we not simply now take that result as a conclusion and begin to operate as if, indeed, the two polarities are, in fact, already unified?”

We would say to you that our answer to this question is going to seem like a somewhat disharmonic one, even though we as Q’uo—corporate entity that we are, combining fourth-density Hatonn, fifth-density Latwii, sixth-density Ra—attempt to harmonize our voices as best we can in the form of a single response. Upon this question, we would have to say, however: Ra: the polarities are harmonized; Latwii: the polarities are in the process of being harmonized; Hatonn: the polarities still are in opposition to one another—sadly, sadly, sadly.

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We find also that those who have chosen the path of service to self, and have achieved harvestable quality in pursuing that path, are not, shall we say, stupid. They recognize very well what the dynamics are that they are dealing with, and so there is no means by which a service-to-others entity can talk them out of their position, or show them the error of their ways. You may offer them love and light, but it is safe to do so chiefly behind a strong curtain of protective light—a curtain of protective light, we would add, which is always available to you to invoke. It is your birthright as an incarnate soul to have access to this curtain of light which is often made use of by those in a positive orientation when faced with a psychic attack. You cannot talk an Ipsissimus out of the polarity that has been deeply and fundamentally chosen and honed over long years of development. You can seek to co-exist as best as you can.

There have come times when groups oppositely polarized have come to blows. It is not a characteristic of the positive polarity to initiate these blows, or to act preemptively, but it is a characteristic from time to time—when necessary to preserve the integrity of the seeking process in free will—to act defensively; and it remains a rather strong instinct within third density, lasting well into fourth, to act protectively for others who may be seen to be vulnerable to the intrusions of service to self. We, as Q’uo, are not in a position to attempt to dissuade you from defensive action. We, as Q’uo, will say: you do have resources that you rarely draw upon that you can call upon to come to your aid, and when you do so, you can obviate the need, in many cases, for more overt hostile encounters. However, even that resource will sometimes fail, and it does prove to be true that when push comes to shove, shove must push back—sadly, sadly, sadly we say.

[Sacred Fool]

For instance that you simply are here and can go nowhere else, or it makes no sense to go somewhere else.
We are resisting because we loose our individuality / free will and go into STS as slave when we will not resist.

 
I would suggest that one has a choice in any of such circumstances to participate as if the outward drama was the thing of primary importance and choose one's reactions accordingly, or participate as if the underlying reality was yet another invitation to search within for one's true identity, as best as one can do this, and then stand in resonance and accord with that deepest self-revelation.  As I see it--not trying to be dogmatic or extreme about it--one is the way of being lost in the fun house illusion while the other is the way of, as I said, self-revelation.
  

[tadeus]

I would suggest that one has a choice in any of such circumstances to participate as if the outward drama was the thing of primary importance and choose one's reactions accordingly, or participate as if the underlying reality was yet another invitation to search within for one's true identity, as best as one can do this, and then stand in resonance and accord with that deepest self-revelation.  As I see it--not trying to be dogmatic or extreme about it--one is the way of being lost in the fun house illusion while the other is the way of, as I said, self-revelation.

That's indeed a possibilty.

In your suggestion i would ask how you will participate for instance in the Covid-trauma searching within an true identity?
I can find absolutely no resonance with any deepest self-revelation there.

When you will include the option to name it a madhouse and not only fun house illusion i will agree.
This is not restricted to the example of Covid.

[Sacred Fool]

In your suggestion i would ask how you will participate for instance in the Covid-trauma searching within an true identity?
I can find absolutely no resonance with any deepest self-revelation there.

When you will include the option to name it a madhouse and not only fun house illusion i will agree.
This is not restricted to the example of Covid.

 
Recently, an old friend was told by a cardiologist that the nearest thing her EKG resembled was some particular condition, but they would need to do further tests to confirm that.  She went home and looked up the condition and found that it is not treatable, that you might die within a year and would definitely be dead within five years.  She then found herself sobbing and sobbing uncontrollably. 
 
The further tests contraindicated that diagnosis, but the catalyst she experienced has propelled her into thinking in a very focused manner about how she wants to spend the next few years of her incarnation.  The way one can decide such things is by looking within to see what matters most.  What does one identify with that has the deepest, most beautiful resonance?
 
Beyond the catalyst of facing mortality, there is the catalyst of the general pandemic killing hundreds of thousands of loved ones, limiting opportunities for so many and changing all of our lifestyles.  For me, the same thing applies.  I ask myself, how should I spend my time to best be of service to my deeper self and to others?
 
Is this planet a madhouse?  I would say that one's view of things is an expression of the sub-density of 3D one is currently enjoying.  At a different sub-density (i.e., being able to metabolise and work with a different level of Divine Light and Love), this world may look beautiful, despite its struggles.  It's very hard to convey the perspective this different metabolism allows, but it takes things FAR less personally.  You know how you can take a picture of a scene using visible light or infrared light to show heat signatures?  Imagine a picture using the vibration of love to capture the scene.  What do you think that would show of our planet if love was imprinted on the screen instead of visible or other sorts of light?  It might just be a much richer picture than you would imagine.
   

[tadeus]

The further tests contraindicated that diagnosis, but the catalyst she experienced has propelled her into thinking in a very focused manner about how she wants to spend the next few years of her incarnation.  The way one can decide such things is by looking within to see what matters most.  What does one identify with that has the deepest, most beautiful resonance?

I would add here the work of different other people that have shown that the most cases of disease are a result of the situation in our live.
So when you really hate your work and live there will come a monday with a cardiac infarction, just to avoid to must go to work again.

Is this planet a madhouse?  I would say that one's view of things is an expression of the sub-density of 3D one is currently enjoying.  At a different sub-density (i.e., being able to metabolise and work with a different level of Divine Light and Love), this world may look beautiful, despite its struggles.  It's very hard to convey the perspective this different metabolism allows, but it takes things FAR less personally.  You know how you can take a picture of a scene using visible light or infrared light to show heat signatures?  Imagine a picture using the vibration of love to capture the scene.  What do you think that would show of our planet if love was imprinted on the screen instead of visible or other sorts of light?  It might just be a much richer picture than you would imagine.

This was really meant as additional view.

When i look around there is a rich picture, that has many dark corners, specially where a mass of people are living in a condensed way.
There is a correlation between consciousness for the nature and love.
And there are black areas where people dominate over other people, specially in a manner telling that they only want to protect the other one.

[Steppingfeet]

Tenacity, resilience, etc. come in to play in situations of adversity and, for me, the key elements of the adversity are usually internal.  Ergo, the backbone, endurance and all that are necessary to, basically, prevail over the self because that's usually whom we're resisting.  We're usually resisting our own self-limiting stories which are derived from past (i.e., no longer existing) experiences.  It's these stories, in large part, which prevent us from recognising our self on the level of the green ray, blue ray and so on.

"Adversity" in quick definition is defined as "difficulties; misfortune." I think that adversity would be synonymous with, or at least one variety of, the "quick and cruel catalyst" in the opening quote of this thread.

In exploration of your notion above, the source of all catalyst is, ultimately, the self. In its illusory separate state, the self is constituted of of limiting beliefs/programs about who the self is. The higher function of catalyst is to help the limited self realize the unlimited self. Thus on the road to the infinite self, the limited, separate self must experience its dross and outer husks ground away to make its countours transparent to see and embody/become/return to the infinite self (insofar as those outer husks don't just effortlessly fall away on their own through hyper-effecient use of catalyst).

This grinding action, as it were, could manifest as "quick and cruel catalyst" or adversity. But in the marshaling of grit, I'm not sure that it's helpful to locate the pain/resistance as simply a "self-limiting story" which we carry with us from a no-longer-existing past. For instance, the loss of a spouse who had been their lifelong best friend and companion to, say, a car accident. There is no "outward shelter," says Ra.

That form of catalyst may land as cruel. And the pain that arises therefrom comes ultimately, yes, from identification with form and lack of perfect realization of the eternity and unity of all things.

However, endurance of the grit variety may still be needed. For instance, Carla had to call upon grit in her seven years through the desert following Don's death. Without that, she might have followed him.

Most of us will be rocked by modes of suffering that defy our comprehension, at least at first, and to get through it, even if ultimately generated by the self in the metaphysical universe, we as conscious incarnate entities may first need to figure out just how to endure.
 

So, in my view, grit can help keep one in the game when one is in the stage of struggling within the illusion, but when self is largely balanced and accepted--that is, when catalyst is less physical and emotional, but more spiritual--attributes which are more radiant become more important in the quest of finding self within, recognising the Creatrix inside the fleshy box.

42.10 ...to the balanced entity no situation has an emotional charge but is simply a situation like any other in which the entity may or may not observe an opportunity to be of service. The closer an entity comes to this attitude the closer an entity is to balance.

[Steppingfeet]

"the great pitch of light is held high above such an one so that all interpretation may be seen to be protected by light" ~ Ra

That sounds like eternal optimism no matter what is happening.

Many may see this attitude as foolish, but it's really just faith that all really is well always no matter what.

"The great pitch of light" is not a turn of phrase that yields immediate comprehension. It's a bit of a mysterious clause and its understanding goes deep, of course, but it could rightfully and simply be seen as faith-inspired eternal optimism. I love that. Thanks, Patrick. : )

[Sacred Fool]

 
Personally, I just don't feel that grit and transmutation are truly partners.  As I said, grit can certainly help keep you in the game, but to transmute something is to change one substance or form into another, such as negative energy into positive energy, and this is done, I would say, through the heart, not by will.


Here's a Q'uo passage to illustrate this.

Jan: Yes. There is a query from David and David says, “What are demons? How did those beings become so separated of the love and the purposes of the Creator?
 

Q’uo: I am Q’uo and am aware of the query, my sister. Those entities that are seen as demons are usually the projected thoughtforms of negatively oriented entities that utilize such thoughtforms in the attempt to control or to bring terror to certain entities so that they perhaps open themselves to further negative polarization, if they are unable to correctly perceive the nature of the demon. Negatively oriented entities utilize such thoughtform projections in order to control certain entities through the concept of fear. The fear of these demons, then, is seen as that which could be ameliorated or removed by the negative entity, for the object of its desire to control the entity that it is sending the demon to bring fear to.
 
Thusly, the demon is that quality that has been constructed by the negative entity after ascertaining the kind of being a certain third-density entity may find a reaction of fear for. Therefore, the demon is, shall we say, personally constructed for a particular mission, for not only a certain entity, but a certain type of entity—usually the weaker-minded entity that is unable to look beyond the demon and see that it is a creature of the One Infinite Creator in its ultimate reality. And when there is love and light transmitted to it from the entity that was full of fear for it, then there is the transmutation of the demon within the mind of the entity instead of fear. This is a means by which the entity that was the object of the demon and the object of the negatively oriented entity’s efforts to control, then is able, by calling to a higher power to move itself beyond the level of the negatively oriented entity and the demon and to shower both with the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator that is heart-felt, for there is, within this entity, then, the feeling that the One Creator is the ultimate type of resource that all seekers of truth may call upon to deal with any demon or any perceived negativity within the life experience.

Again, to me--for what it's worth--this is self awareness, not perseverance and struggle against self.
 

[tadeus]

Personally, I just don't feel that grit and transmutation are truly partners.  As I said, grit can certainly help keep you in the game, but to transmute something is to change one substance or form into another, such as negative energy into positive energy, and this is done, I would say, through the heart, not by will.

Here's a Q'uo passage to illustrate this.

Thank you for your comment and this good quotation.

At this time we experience the daemon of pandemic, that is "personally constructed" too, but not only for one individuum and it is manifested from the social group complex.
How can you transmutate such a manifested fear into love?

When you will not share this fear, you will need grit to come over this time of fear of other self.

[Sacred Fool]

At this time we experience the daemon of pandemic, that is "personally constructed" too, but not only for one individuum and it is manifested from the social group complex.
How can you transmutate such a manifested fear into love?

 
This may sound strange, but some find that as you go deeper into knowing your own levels of consciousness of being, the desire to affect such things in the outer world directly begins to decrease and the power of the inner world--such as transmuting fear within oneself into love--becomes more and more compelling.  So, one answer to your question is that, while no one person can easily modulate the fear of many, one person who is dedicated to such work can greatly decrease the fear in the personal being.  And the resonance of the person being will move out into the social group.
 
 

[tadeus]

This may sound strange, but some find that as you go deeper into knowing your own levels of consciousness of being, the desire to affect such things in the outer world directly begins to decrease and the power of the inner world--such as transmuting fear within oneself into love--becomes more and more compelling.  So, one answer to your question is that, while no one person can easily modulate the fear of many, one person who is dedicated to such work can greatly decrease the fear in the personal being.  And the resonance of the person being will move out into the social group.

There is much less fear of death after reading the material of Rudolf Steiner and Ra.

When i meditate in the nature alone i can feel two things:
I can feel the vibration of love coming from the fourth density into second density
and i can feel much distortion / confusion and pain in the group consciousness of the third density.
Trying to attenuate this distortion and pain cost much more energy i have, so i can only send my love into the group consciousness.

I can only transmutate fear from soul to soul in a direct communication with another self.
Additional i can confirm the biorhythm of spirituality / magic within 18 days, Ra has explained in 61.3.

[yossarian]

 
Personally, I just don't feel that grit and transmutation are truly partners.  As I said, grit can certainly help keep you in the game, but to transmute something is to change one substance or form into another, such as negative energy into positive energy, and this is done, I would say, through the heart, not by will.

Again, to me--for what it's worth--this is self awareness, not perseverance and struggle against self.
 

I agree that transmutation isn't through will but it's also not only through the heart. Transmutation occurs through indigo ray as well. The will can springboard from yellow to indigo allowing powerful magical transmutation without green ray activity

Grit is usually not thought of as struggle, but perseverance is accurate. Self-awareness comes from perseverance because persevering through catalyst is what allows one to see patterns and what leads to self knowledge

It also might be worth remembering how important Ra said the will is, as one of the most important components in developing the magical personality. Ra said something like "the will can never be overemphasized "

[Sacred Fool]

I agree that transmutation isn't through will but it's also not only through the heart. Transmutation occurs through indigo ray as well. The will can springboard from yellow to indigo allowing powerful magical transmutation without green ray activity

I wasn't thinking in terms of the negative path, but now that you bring that up, I would guess that grit would be far more helpful in that context than elsewhere.

Self-awareness comes from perseverance because persevering through catalyst is what allows one to see patterns and what leads to self knowledge

That is true, again, in the sense that "grit" helps keep you in the game.  Surrendering to Oneness in the form of Love, I would say, is likely a more significant factor in spiritual transformation...if one has survived long enough to be able to do that.

 

It also might be worth remembering how important Ra said the will is, as one of the most important components in developing the magical personality. Ra said something like "the will can never be overemphasized "

 
Yes, my memory is that the levels of will Ra usually spoke about is not the will to continue, but the will to seek the one Creatrix and the will to serve.