what is "work in consciousness"?

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28.18 Questioner: Thank you. When this major galaxy is formed by the Logos, polarity then exists in a sense that we have electrical polarity, a gravitational effect that probably isn’t polarity, I’m… I’ll have to ask that question… We do have electrical polarity existing at that time. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. I accept this as correct with the stipulation that what you term electrical be understood as not only the one, Larson, stipulated its meaning but also in what you would call the metaphysical sense.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems clear that polarity is the metaphysical charge that allows work to be done, like the "juice" in a battery.  Polarity does not generate power, it is the power, and it's not attention.  Attention guides or focuses consciousness, it does not empower it in this sense.

Well, peregrine, it is just my opinion and personal perspective, but all of these concepts: polarity, metaphysical electricity, attention, power -- they are all intimately related. You are correct that it is more complicated than just "attention". But its a big part of the concept, albeit a bit of an oversimplification.

The most pithy and eloquent analogy I can give you is that of water.

Let's say water is like consciousness/attention/awareness (we can split conceptual hairs if you like, but I think you get my drift), and "will" is like water pressure. The direction of that water pressure (desire), is the direction of the polarity. However, the "strength" of that directional movement (the will) is the strength of the polarity -- again, the amount of water pressure is the capacity it has to perform work.

So while "will" is not precisely "attention", I would certainly describe it as "consciously directed attention or intent". Unconscious will might be termed simply: desire. It has vibrational momentum, just as the conscious application of will does, but it is not being deliberately tuned by devotion, and as such, is subject to the energy scattering effect that is known as spiritual entropy.

So to increase one's polarity is to increase your conscious dedication to service to others, or service to self, in thought and behavior (they are ultimately the same thing). It is to increase the orientation and focus of the consciousness towards either a more pure state of radiation or a more pure state of absorption. The more water pressure there is (will), the more water (consciousness) is summoned forward to match that manifestation (and vice versa -- they are directly proportional). Can't have pressure without water and vice versa. Another, or alternative way of relating this concept is the idea of "spiritual mass" and "spiritual gravity".

These are directly proportionate to one another, and to increase ones spiritual gravity reflexively calls forth the accumulation of an equivalent degree of spiritual mass. Spiritual gravity is love/light or light/love (which I would characterize as intelligent energy or "pure attention") and spiritual mass is awareness. This is why real polarization brings you closer to the creator -- you automatically begin to accumulate spiritual mass.

Again, these are my personal understandings, based on my study and experiences. If you have a different perspective, more power to you, but this is how I presently see it.  

If one accepts this, it brings up a novel question.  When Ra speaks of 51% polarization, that's 51% of what, exactly?  Of stored potential, whether large or small, or beginning at some specific threshold of potential energy or greater?  When someone avers that she is more than 51% polarized, in simple terms, what is that a reference to?

In my opinion to be 51% positively polarized is to spend 51% of your attention (thoughts/word/deed) on the well-being on otherselves, and 50% of your attention (thought/word/deed) on the well-being of self. And to be 95% negatively polarized is to spend 5% of your attention (thoughts/word/deed) on the well-being on otherselves, and 95% of your attention (thought/word/deed) on the well-being of self.