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[Plenum]

My understanding of this earthly experience was immeasurably altered once I came into contact with the concept of catalyst.  The way Ra described it's influence upon the mind, body, and spirit, and delineated it's proper role in the evolution of the self was like grasping the master-key of my life.  I have also been immeasurably reconfigured by the concept of the Wanderer and Ra's mapping of the 22 Archetypes, but on a day-to-day level, it's my relationship to catalyst which fuels my progress.  

This particular passage says so much:

54.17 Questioner: I would like then to trace the evolution of catalyst upon the mind/body/spirit complexes and how it comes into use and is fully used to create this tuning. I assume that the sub-Logos that formed our tiny part of the creation using the intelligence of the Logos of which it is a part, provides, shall I say, the base catalyst that will act upon mind/body complexes and mind/body/spirit complexes before they reach the state of development where they can begin to program their own catalyst. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. This is partially correct. The sub-Logos offers the catalyst at the lower levels of energy, the first triad; these have to do with the survival of the physical complex.

The higher centers gain catalyst from the biases of the mind/body/spirit complex itself in response to all random and directed experiences.

Thus the less developed entity will perceive the catalyst about it in terms of survival of the physical complex with the distortions which are preferred. The more conscious entity, being conscious of the catalytic process, will begin to transform the catalyst offered by the sub-Logos into catalyst which may act upon the higher energy nexi.

Thus the sub-Logos can offer only a basic skeleton, shall we say, of catalyst.

The muscles and flesh having to do with the, shall we say, survival of wisdom, love, compassion, and service are brought about by the action of the mind/body/spirit complex on basic catalyst so as to create a more complex catalyst which may in turn be used to form distortions within these higher energy centers.

The more advanced the entity, the more tenuous the connection between the sub-Logos and the perceived catalyst until, finally, all catalyst is chosen, generated, and manufactured by the self, for the self.

This notion of sensitivity to catalyst, and being able to be triggered by a dewdrop on a spiny leaf is the essence of a consciously created life.  The key to being able to use this self-generated catalyst is to be able to work with symbolic language, and being able to decode the various feelings and emotive impulses behind the many rushings of thoughts that we have each day.

Once we can decode those triggers, the actual catalyst becomes laid bare, and we can actually see what it is offering us.

That said, everyone has their own approach and understanding of catalyst; this just happens to be the method I've taken