The moment contains Love

[thefool]

So it's complicated!

Yes, it is my friend!!! As they say in the movie Starwars- "search your feelings"

The only thing I would add is that it is not Black or White. Right and wrong. There is some good in everybody and all situations.

[rva_jeremy]

I guess what I'm trying to learn more about here, is how do you go about finding the love in the moment? I think we all have had the experience of having been in a very bad, angry, or otherwise negative situation. Maybe a terribly amplified argument or something on those lines. How do you distill the love there? Or is this more of a metaphysical concept of love as a basic building block of matter, etc?

If any of us knew perfectly how to do this, it's likely we wouldn't be here. We're learning, too.

One way of approaching this is to consider a situation as not having any inherent emotional charge at all, and that all emotions attributed to it are of our own making, whether unconscious or conscious. A given situation is not negative or positive in any ultimate sense per se; it is our reaction to it that makes it one or the other in our minds.

Indeed, those of Ra place emphasis on understanding these emotional charges, if you will, as dualities. You see them juxtapose concepts all the time, as in "male/female" or "teach/learning". So if we can see the negativity, we have the capacity to see the positivity, as the two are a sliding scale of one dynamic and not totally separate concepts.

What I'm suggesting is that understanding that you can have, at minimum, two completely different reactions to a situation means you have a choice. To be conscious of this choice, and to understand that what you choose is of your own making and not "out there" is the real lesson, in my opinion. Because if you can choose, then it all comes down to what you desire. To understand your desire is to penetrate many layers of judgements and constructs we've burdened ourselves with in order to not have to make such powerful choices so often.

So it's not so much that we see the moment containing love in spite of a situation. It's that the situation presents a choice, and that when we practice seeing love in it, we reinforce our power to manifest that. When we practice seeing negativity in it, we reinforce our power to manifest that. Finally, when we can see both options, we can make a choice informed by our genuine desire. I believe a big part of this exercise is to help us get clear on our desire, what we're using our will to manifest.

[Sacred Fool]

This may add something to the conversation.

95.23 Questioner: What I meant to say was that the entity is guarded along the right-hand path, once it has chosen this path, from effects of the material illusion that are of the negative polarity. Would Ra comment on that?

Ra: I am Ra. This is an accurate perception of our intent, O student. We may note that the great cat guards in direct proportion to the purity of the manifestations of intention and the purity of inner work done along this path.

95.24 Questioner: From that statement I interpret the following. If the Experience of the Mind has sufficiently chosen the right-hand path, and as total purity is approached in the choosing of the right-hand path, then total imperviousness from the effect of the left-hand catalyst is also approached. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. This is exquisitely perceptive. The seeker which has purely chosen the service-to-others path shall certainly not have a variant apparent incarnational experience. There is no outward shelter in your illusion from the gusts, flurries, and blizzards of quick and cruel catalyst.

However, 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.

I'll have to work a bit more on the purity of my choice, it seems.

[autumnleaves]

This is such a divine quote by Ra among the many, i should say. Thank You

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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.[/quot]

[rva_jeremy]

'll have to work a bit more on the purity of my choice, it seems.

That makes two of us. Great quote find!

[Shemaya]

Wonderful quote! Encouragement to remain optimistic, and to have faith that all is well, and to trust the Creator.

What does anyone think"total purity" refers to?

It could provoke a sense of "unworthiness", and catalyze some inner reflection :o)

I think it means being able to recognize the catalyst in the moment, and make the choice to see love in the moment as much as possible, and if not in the moment during meditative reflection later, or later in processing.

[Sacred Fool]

Wonderful quote! Encouragement to remain optimistic, and to have faith that all is well, and to trust the Creator.

What does anyone think"total purity" refers to?

It could provoke a sense of "unworthiness", and catalyze some inner reflection :o)

I think it means being able to recognize the catalyst in the moment, and make the choice to see love in the moment as much as possible, and if not in the moment during meditative reflection later, or later in processing.

Purely choosing STO? Well, my feeling is that those who view life as one big opportunity to be of service are the ones who have most purity of choice.

This is wholly my personal opinion, but I suspect that it's that kind of "selfless" dedication to other selves which prompts a being to ascend the fabled staircase out beyond the confines of the 3D "lightstyle."

[rva_jeremy]

What does anyone think"total purity" refers to?

It could provoke a sense of "unworthiness", and catalyze some inner reflection :o)

That's what I see, too, which is why I don't focus on it too much.

Purity implies a standard by which something is judged, and because there is pathetically little understanding on these matters, it is useless to hold oneself to an imperfectly understood standard. It's like trying to hit a target while dizzy.

I'd prefer the achievement of purity be guided by the intuition. That way there is not so much judgment of self as acceptance of self, because since we have no standard we have to face and integrate everything we're getting from the intuition. There's no way we're going to achieve something we can call "pure" in this density, but calling things this or that is, after all, not the point in the first place.

I think it means being able to recognize the catalyst in the moment, and make the choice to see love in the moment as much as possible, and if not in the moment during meditative reflection later, or later in processing.

I agree. Well said.

[Shemaya]

I'd prefer the achievement of purity be guided by the intuition. That way there is not so much judgment of self as acceptance of self, because since we have no standard we have to face and integrate everything we're getting from the intuition.

I think it means being able to recognize the catalyst in the moment, and make the choice to see love in the moment as much as possible, and if not in the moment during meditative reflection later, or later in processing.

I agree. Well said.

Yes I think the intuition is really important, and responding to catalyst.

In addition I was just thinking of having purity of intention. To wake every day and set the intention of our choice to love in the moment. I think in taking this action step in a consistent daily practice, is an aspect of total purity. So you have the inner intuitive aspect working in union with your intent to act in a loving way.

[rva_jeremy]

In addition I was just thinking of having purity of intention. To wake every day and set the intention of our choice to love in the moment. I think in taking this action step in a consistent daily practice, is an aspect of total purity. So you have the inner intuitive aspect working in union with your intent to act in a loving way.

This is something that I'm struggling with today. It is related to discipline, isn't it? The potentials for "not feeling worthy" and self-judgment are enormous.

Also, how does one hold that intent without becoming unbalanced or it morphing into "control" and repression of things one is trying to avoid?

The only way I've been able to deal with this is to just try to love myself and start each day fresh. But it's difficult because you know that eventually you're going to run out of inspiration and self-esteem and then you're going to fall back into patterns that, while they are not healthy, provide comfort and distraction.

Maybe a related concept is: how does one begin the process of keeping one's word to oneself?

[Lavazza]

Hey Jeremy- great post! I'm sorry that I haven't been able to check back here sooner, my illusory reality has been ultra busy lately viewing each moment as a choice seems to me a good interpretation of RAs quote.

LL, e.

I guess what I'm trying to learn more about here, is how do you go about finding the love in the moment? I think we all have had the experience of having been in a very bad, angry, or otherwise negative situation. Maybe a terribly amplified argument or something on those lines. How do you distill the love there? Or is this more of a metaphysical concept of love as a basic building block of matter, etc?

If any of us knew perfectly how to do this, it's likely we wouldn't be here. We're learning, too.

One way of approaching this is to consider a situation as not having any inherent emotional charge at all, and that all emotions attributed to it are of our own making, whether unconscious or conscious. A given situation is not negative or positive in any ultimate sense per se; it is our reaction to it that makes it one or the other in our minds.

Indeed, those of Ra place emphasis on understanding these emotional charges, if you will, as dualities. You see them juxtapose concepts all the time, as in "male/female" or "teach/learning". So if we can see the negativity, we have the capacity to see the positivity, as the two are a sliding scale of one dynamic and not totally separate concepts.

What I'm suggesting is that understanding that you can have, at minimum, two completely different reactions to a situation means you have a choice. To be conscious of this choice, and to understand that what you choose is of your own making and not "out there" is the real lesson, in my opinion. Because if you can choose, then it all comes down to what you desire. To understand your desire is to penetrate many layers of judgements and constructs we've burdened ourselves with in order to not have to make such powerful choices so often.

So it's not so much that we see the moment containing love in spite of a situation. It's that the situation presents a choice, and that when we practice seeing love in it, we reinforce our power to manifest that. When we practice seeing negativity in it, we reinforce our power to manifest that. Finally, when we can see both options, we can make a choice informed by our genuine desire. I believe a big part of this exercise is to help us get clear on our desire, what we're using our will to manifest.