Great danger in use of the will

[Steppingfeet]

It seems the more one progresses, the more dangerous the fire and potential for getting burned.

True, which is why it is always a good idea to seek the levity in a situation. Laughter is not just the best medicine for Reader's Digest subscribers but especially for the spiritual seeker intent on unraveling the mysteries of self. Helpful it is to find ways to relax, enjoy the simple pleasures of life, and laugh at yourself and the absurdity of daily life on Earth. Otherwise going crazy remains a strong potential. : )

Just so I surmise accurately, the quote talks about releasing every secret desire, and not having the mindset of trying to hold onto anything. To me, this sounds like attachments.

So the more we move on, the more we must be willing to expose within our selves.

In my reading of Ra and McLeod it is not so much that we are attempting to "release all secret desires" (though releasing attachment to time-bound desires will invariably and inevitably happen as we evolve) but rather to:

a) Bring these aspects of our personality into the light of our present moment conscious awareness. Eckharte Tolle is king in offering guidance along these lines.

As I understand it, we do not so much seek to alter desire to a more preferred configuration or to release desire, but rather to simply become aware of the movement of energy through us in the moment. The simple act of observing and cultivating the witnessing consciousness will create a disidentification between You and the wayward desires siphoning your consciousness towards their ends. In this disidentification, there is freedom.

As you observe, you do as Ra says the positively polarizing entity does, you love and accept that which you see, because as Tolle says, to place ones full attention on something is to accept it as it is. Which leads to transformation of that which is observed.

Intense focus and presence of mind is needed. Diligence. Perseverance. So on and so forth.

These non-integrated desires can only operate in your absence. Once you make them conscious simply by paying full attention to the present moment, you increasingly diminish their power.

b) I actually don't remember "b" at this point. Whatever it was I am sure it was good.

Does this continual raising, balancing, and grounding, eventually get to a point where the system no longer works. Then one has to bring everything to light?

By "system" do you mean the personality shell/outer identity/transient or incarnate self?

I don't know that it "no longer works". My understanding is that it loses its solidity, becoming transparent to the One within from which it was never actually separated. Analogy: river merging into ocean.

As I see it, conscious evolution does not involve "bringing everything into the light" as if one goes about looking & hunting within the self for material to bring into the light.

I believe that as we remain present, self material IS brought into the light, but we need not necessarily go looking for it. Rather we need simply to be present in this moment, making this moment the focus of our full attention. We will meet and greet that which we need to encounter.

Which isn't to say that various psychodynamic therapies cannot be extremely helpful, just that the present moment holds the true key to liberation.

I don't think I'm near ready for dissolution of the ego and taking on a pure unity. But I take baby steps of allowing, and pressing onward.

Not that this is something i've consciously experienced, by my study leads me to believe that this "dissolution" of which you speak is not precisely a decision that the outer self makes, as if you were standing on the edge of the ocean and were deciding whether to jump to the bottom or stay ashore.

When the time comes, perhaps in an instant, perhaps by gradual degrees, or both, the "ego" or false separate self simply vanishes like a phantom when the Self is realized to be the ever present One.

And btw I really enjoyed this sentence of yours: "It's like a tapestry of experience and response."

Peace & Love,
GLB