(11-03-2011, 11:01 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: Which furthe indicates, IMO, that they didn't predict anything.
Good points, I agree in with some aspects of all of the above. There is certainly something to be said about how we interpret things, and being able to discount or ignore. They also said their words will inevitably be distorted.
I have also contemplated how one must polarize, and being armed with this information, how it affects free will. I see it as a spiritual truth, and if we are honestly seeking it's something that we must learn to accept because it deals with spiritual progression. If it is Ra's purpose to impart spiritual philosophy, we are going to encounter roadblocks if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves. As I see it, the concept of polarization is a direct confrontation with the self. It asks you to evaluate the love and acceptance that is within yourself, and for those who are honest, this can only be beneficial. So I equate the topic of polarization as being synonymous with truth. When the concept is accepted and acknowledged, it becomes a powerful tool doesn't it? It accelerates spiritual growth.
Speaking of someone's fate in this lifetime is entirely different in my opinion. It creates a condition wherein people are no longer living in the moment, but attempting to prepare for the future, in hopes that one has sufficiently done all the right things up until then. Some would ask what's the difference between having to polarize for an instant harvest and polarizing for normal death? That's a valid observation, but I don't think we can equate believing death is right around the corner and polarizing for that, and a change in life approach for the better in general as being equal. One is empowering in general, and the other causes a large amount of anxiety because of uncertainty, and any moment "could be it."
The latter is a violation of free will in my opinion, if Ra is stating it as fact. But they haven't of course, because they have given us enough information to understand the harvest clearly. Any interpretation in between involves influences in our own mind, and is our own doing.