02-21-2009, 09:59 PM
(02-05-2009, 07:26 PM)AppleSeed Wrote: If I remember correctly we are in the (pre-)process of creating for ourselves a social memory complex, but that this, free will and all, will take some time (late 4D?).
More or less. I go back and forth on whether Ra meant that we were (1) in the process of achieving social memory, or (2) in the process of further developing our existing complex. Either way, it's not too important a distinction, but I do find the idea of social memory as a quantitative change rather than a qualitative one intriguing.
(02-05-2009, 07:26 PM)AppleSeed Wrote: Is my understanding correct that this would mean the ability to first-hand understand the experiences of others, so that the experience gathered by all will be of use to all?
At a certain level of development, yes. I'm not sure mere telepathy is what is so powerful about social memory, though. Ra also mentions being able to access the roots of the planetary or race mind. We would start to discover our collective archetypal heritage that is now only an undercurrent to our incarnate experiences presently. These are deep parts of our collective identity that fly below our individual radars, and having a conscious experience of them would be deeply powerful, I'd think. Social memory is more than the parts knowing each other; it is the whole knowing itself, and the parts recognizing the identity of the whole and their seamless integration in it.
(02-05-2009, 07:26 PM)AppleSeed Wrote: We all take on different roles to play, so that the creator may experience itself, and within the social memory complex we may also get some payback for this division of labor. However, those who choose to graduate otherwise, to take the step to the left, will not be a part of this, so that even when our experience is a result of their and our actions combined, we will not have the whole story. Maybe if we had the whole story the whole polarization thing would deflate, which I guess is the case in late 6D.
Yeah, this is kind of a vague area. My guess is that those who polarize STS do not necessarily leave the complex. Ra does say or hint at some point that the identity gained by participating in an emergent complex stays with the entity even after 3rd density.
(02-05-2009, 07:26 PM)AppleSeed Wrote: I certainly do not believe that all evil (that which within the human framework would be perceived as evil) acts are perpetrated by STS entities. A lot of it is just a distorted STO within the tribal mind, trying to serve the group rather than the all.
STS, to my mind, *is* distorted STO. It is an experiment in the possibility of disunity. Whenever free will is abrogated, the signs of STS are apparent.
One can infringe on free will with the best of intentions, but doing this is STS in a fundamental way because it places one's own will as a part of the Creation over another part's will. Remember: STS does not equate with "evil"; the judgements we level on actions are just more catalyst to process; they are not themselves the Choice.
(02-05-2009, 07:26 PM)AppleSeed Wrote: But the experience of the true STS is a vital part of all of our experience here, so I guess my question is: once we're off to 4D, will we be completely separated from this, and still unable to understand this part of the experience?
According to Ra, we take our experiences in third density with us. 3rd density experiences would appear to be very powerful determiners of future evolution through the densities. And there's not so much a forgetting in future densities, according to Ra.