05-20-2016, 11:06 AM
I see what you are saying, but what I also feel is that you personally think it is folly to open the heart in service, and that abstaining in wisdom is the "higher path" (that of the teacher and not the healer?). I get your point of the distortions among manyness, which is why I seek to undistort this concept yet still understand it in the context that Ra meant it. I'm not of the group that believes that Wanderers incarnated just to "be", Ra says most Wanderers are 6th density so that means we didn't do this just on a whim. We want to be incarnated to help.
"I seek to find beauty in all things" seems to me like beauty is not inherent? To me, adoration/reverence is loving what is already there. We can rephrase our perspectives ad nauseam but they will likely always seem distorted to each other. But my point is that in this thread, we are talking about this very specific idea that is one in twenty-two separate yet united concepts. So, it is a "restricted" conversation in that sense because I'm trying to articulate the meaning behind this one specific card, in context, based on Ra's teachings. I'm obviously very open to discussing it in a wider context, but I feel like you take umbrage with some specific concepts as described by Ra and not me, mechanical things like the word "courting" and the imagery of the maiden and the prostitute. These are not my analogies, they are Ra's, and I'm trying to interpret them. You can say "distorted" but it doesn't help elucidate things in the context of this thread unless you re-frame them in the context of the Transformation of the Mind.
You mention that things fall away and that is often how we use the Transformation of the Mind. I believe there is value in using it proactively, as well, which was the initial point of this thread. But what things, for you, have led up to a Transformation? And how would you describe the subsequent Great Way?
Why are we trying to break the paradox? I mean, resolving the paradox could mean seeing all things as service to the Creator and therefore engaging in what one most desires. But I don't want to break the paradox, I like participating in this system.
"I seek to find beauty in all things" seems to me like beauty is not inherent? To me, adoration/reverence is loving what is already there. We can rephrase our perspectives ad nauseam but they will likely always seem distorted to each other. But my point is that in this thread, we are talking about this very specific idea that is one in twenty-two separate yet united concepts. So, it is a "restricted" conversation in that sense because I'm trying to articulate the meaning behind this one specific card, in context, based on Ra's teachings. I'm obviously very open to discussing it in a wider context, but I feel like you take umbrage with some specific concepts as described by Ra and not me, mechanical things like the word "courting" and the imagery of the maiden and the prostitute. These are not my analogies, they are Ra's, and I'm trying to interpret them. You can say "distorted" but it doesn't help elucidate things in the context of this thread unless you re-frame them in the context of the Transformation of the Mind.
You mention that things fall away and that is often how we use the Transformation of the Mind. I believe there is value in using it proactively, as well, which was the initial point of this thread. But what things, for you, have led up to a Transformation? And how would you describe the subsequent Great Way?
Quote:All ways of service are to be let go of if the paradox is to be broken.
Why are we trying to break the paradox? I mean, resolving the paradox could mean seeing all things as service to the Creator and therefore engaging in what one most desires. But I don't want to break the paradox, I like participating in this system.