(10-07-2019, 11:38 AM)peregrine Wrote:(10-07-2019, 03:39 AM)Aion Wrote: The misunderstanding is the idea that negative clamp the heart closed and never open it again. Truer is that they become increasingly exclusive in how and when it is opened, reserving it for those they deem 'deserving' or 'elite'.
An equal misunderstanding is the idea that the positive opens their heart wide and keeps it open. That is generally not the case. For both there is fluctuation.
Yes, indeed. And, taken as an whole, one can learn from both.
As for devotion, as I am given to understand it, this is one vital pathway up through to the sixth chakra and not at all limited to the third. For example, understanding without devotion is comparatively greatly limited because the latter informs one how to apply the former. Devotion and polarity are closely linked. I would observe that one element which makes Ra's expressions so pure is the rare purity of their devotion to their seeking.
The concept of devotion in itself is rooted in the yellow ray because it pertains to commitment taken regarding others or a purpose, but more specifically because it is the first ray wherein cooperation plays a strong role. Any energy started in a center can be raised up in to higher levels, but that does not change the root of it. "Devotion" is just a fancy word for some kind of commitment but specifically towards another thing. (Even if that 'other thing' is oneself.)
That devotion can then be applied to the work of higher rays, but the stem and flower are not the root. However, the energy that it begins with stems from the yellow ray and so is the primary 'node'. Thus, I say this concept is mostly under the sway of the yellow ray because even when applied to higher ray work it is still rooted in the same center.
So, you are right, it is a 'pathway' that one can use to move through the centers, but the start of a pathway is not the same as its end, even though they be one.