01-12-2018, 04:41 PM
Hello, my name is Laura and this is my first post here so I hope the nature of my question is appropriate for the kind of things discussed here. If so, any thoughts, insights or experiences any of you might have had that would shed light on my question would be most appreciated.
I've studied The Ra Material for many years (picked up my first book back in the 80s) and consider it one of maybe 4 spiritual works that over the years have proven to be central to my spiritual thinking, my practice and my view of "how things work". I have, over the past several years, contemplated and meditated on awakening from duality into the Infinite beyond duality. But an ever present splinter in my mind is that I can't seem to reconcile the two spiritual traditions of seeking growth on a path (such as discussed by Ra and in my case the path of STO), with the spiritual teaching and goal of waking up out of duality. The splinter, so to speak, is the seeming paradox of, on the one hand working within time/space (duality) in order to evolve spiritually... a time-based, linear pursuit, with a seemingly contradictory spiritual pursuit of awakening out of the illusion of duality, into the eternal/infinite reality of Source/Supreme Reality and, presumably, brining to and end all linear, duality-based pursuits.... such as spiritual evolution/STO path.
Has anyone else grappled with this and, if so, have you had any insights to help resolve the seeming conflict of these two paths?
Thanks, Laura
I've studied The Ra Material for many years (picked up my first book back in the 80s) and consider it one of maybe 4 spiritual works that over the years have proven to be central to my spiritual thinking, my practice and my view of "how things work". I have, over the past several years, contemplated and meditated on awakening from duality into the Infinite beyond duality. But an ever present splinter in my mind is that I can't seem to reconcile the two spiritual traditions of seeking growth on a path (such as discussed by Ra and in my case the path of STO), with the spiritual teaching and goal of waking up out of duality. The splinter, so to speak, is the seeming paradox of, on the one hand working within time/space (duality) in order to evolve spiritually... a time-based, linear pursuit, with a seemingly contradictory spiritual pursuit of awakening out of the illusion of duality, into the eternal/infinite reality of Source/Supreme Reality and, presumably, brining to and end all linear, duality-based pursuits.... such as spiritual evolution/STO path.
Has anyone else grappled with this and, if so, have you had any insights to help resolve the seeming conflict of these two paths?
Thanks, Laura