What a great question! I have pondered this quite a bit myself, and I don't know the answer to it. I have concerns about this, not so much for myself, but for all our teenagers who spend many hours each day engrossed in cyber-violence.
On the one hand, Ra did say that imagination could be a good outlet for random thoughts, and a bit of indulgence might even be healthy, as entertaining the thought in our imagination, instead of actually doing the deed, would satisfy the desire in a harmless way.
But, OTOH, Ra also said that we are holographic beings and our intentions do create our realities.
So how is this reconciled?
The conclusion I have come to thus far is that, if it's a passing thought, perhaps a momentary indulgence is relatively (relatively!) harmless, but it would seem that repeated, continued focus on violence in our imagination, or in cyberspace (which, one might speculate, could be an actual dimension, after all!) could indeed contribute to the overall mood of violence on our planet.
How could it not? Let's think about this...thoughts are things. Repeated focus on violent thoughts could create thoughtforms, taking on a life of their own...right?
I am guilty of listening to heavy music, some of which might be very symphonic and beautiful (mixed with heavy metal/rock) but with very dark lyrics. I usually don't pay attention to the lyrics but think of the voice as an instrument...sometimes I am shocked to learn what they're really saying, as the music sounded so beautiful. In those cases, I sometimes fool myself into thinking the lyrics are actually positive. But I know they are not, so it does nag at me.
Look at how Pathworking affects us by allowing us to interact with the Archetypes...is not playing a video game a sort of Pathworking?
Let's explore this...
On the one hand, Ra did say that imagination could be a good outlet for random thoughts, and a bit of indulgence might even be healthy, as entertaining the thought in our imagination, instead of actually doing the deed, would satisfy the desire in a harmless way.
But, OTOH, Ra also said that we are holographic beings and our intentions do create our realities.
So how is this reconciled?
The conclusion I have come to thus far is that, if it's a passing thought, perhaps a momentary indulgence is relatively (relatively!) harmless, but it would seem that repeated, continued focus on violence in our imagination, or in cyberspace (which, one might speculate, could be an actual dimension, after all!) could indeed contribute to the overall mood of violence on our planet.
How could it not? Let's think about this...thoughts are things. Repeated focus on violent thoughts could create thoughtforms, taking on a life of their own...right?
I am guilty of listening to heavy music, some of which might be very symphonic and beautiful (mixed with heavy metal/rock) but with very dark lyrics. I usually don't pay attention to the lyrics but think of the voice as an instrument...sometimes I am shocked to learn what they're really saying, as the music sounded so beautiful. In those cases, I sometimes fool myself into thinking the lyrics are actually positive. But I know they are not, so it does nag at me.
Look at how Pathworking affects us by allowing us to interact with the Archetypes...is not playing a video game a sort of Pathworking?
Let's explore this...