01-31-2011, 12:56 PM
Thanks all, for this interesting discussion. I don't have much to add except to bring up the biggest surprise to me, the first time I read Volume 1: Ra said that we serve the Creator in the 3rD not by learning lessons but just by having experience.
At first, I flat out disagreed with that but as I pondered it I realized that, with so many limitations of this plane, it's good to know we have a pass if we don't learn much. This is especially important if we can't learn because life gets in the way, so to speak. That is the experience that we came for.
Not that there is anything wrong with learning stuff, of course. That's experience too. And, certainly, coming to terms with Wandering and going on that path of service is a huge deal.
At first, I flat out disagreed with that but as I pondered it I realized that, with so many limitations of this plane, it's good to know we have a pass if we don't learn much. This is especially important if we can't learn because life gets in the way, so to speak. That is the experience that we came for.
Not that there is anything wrong with learning stuff, of course. That's experience too. And, certainly, coming to terms with Wandering and going on that path of service is a huge deal.