07-05-2010, 08:28 AM
unity Wrote:notice that not even the metaphors involve fear.
That's the point of a metaphor brother, perhaps these definitions will help.
Wikipedia Wrote:A metaphor is an analogy between two objects or ideas; the analogy is conveyed by the use of a metaphorical word in place of some other word.
Dictionary.com Wrote:A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
unity Wrote:firstly, opposite of love (as in 4d love) is not fear. it is love of self. love of self and love of others, or at least this is what we understand from what Ra describes.
Agreed, one can love the self or other self, and is equal.
Let me share my humble opinion. If one loves the self at the expense of another, this is still service to self, and based upon fear. One would not choose for themselves over another if STO orientated. Loving the self (for example accepting the self, having patience for the self and being grateful for this experience), should not be confused with thoughts directed at the benefit of the self (fear based usually due to fears of lack). I repeat, this is my own humble opinion.
A relevant Ra quote, linking fear with love...
Ra Wrote:However, the instrument has become more mentally and spiritually able to greet this entity with love thereby reducing the element of fear which is an element the entity counts as a great weapon in the attempt to cause cessation, in any degree, of the Ra contact.
The reason I have focused upon "thereby" is that Ra is very (very) particular with regard to use of English, and does not use slang. Hence it holds much implication. The definition of thereby...
Dictionary.com Wrote:1. by that; by means of that.
2. in that connection or relation
Therefore love exists in the absence, or lack of, fear. An opposite. A polarity. Light and dark. Yin and yang. STO and STS.
unity Wrote:as i have mentioned before, i take Ra material over anything that comes from quo contact, if the question is based in fundamental principles
I support the Ra Material with other sources I trust, including my own discoveries of truth (from meditation and contemplation - this is my most trusted), Q'uo (Ra, Latwii, Hatonn), Abraham and Bashar. Bashar especially (moving from 4D to 5D as we move from 3D to 4D) as the channeling is unconscious as per Carla and Ra. These all promote the Law of One and there are consistent parallels between messages.
From this, I have my own understanding - truths - which I am putting forward here. The broader range of sources is most likely what causes our differences in our own personal truths.