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    Bring4th Bring4th Studies Strictly Law of One Material Using the "armor of light”

    Thread: Using the "armor of light”


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    02-14-2022, 02:26 AM (This post was last modified: 02-14-2022, 02:29 AM by Vestige.)
    (02-13-2022, 12:07 PM)Diana Wrote:
    (02-12-2022, 02:17 PM)Vestige Wrote:
    Quote:The Law of One blinks neither at the light or the darkness, but is available for service to others and service to self. However, service to others results in service to self, thus preserving and further harmonizing the distortions of those entities seeking intelligent infinity through these disciplines.
     
    STS is about separation, and STO is about all being one. Therefore, STO must include self, or there is separation.


    (02-12-2022, 02:17 PM)Vestige Wrote: I recall that the nature of the positive entity is to radiate, and the nature of the negative entity is to absorb.  ...

    My working-theory thoughts...

    A STO being radiates to others and self, which is counterintuitive as it seems logical that one either serves self or others, but when seeing this as serving self or all (self + others) it makes more sense. There is a fundamental difference whereby the self in service to all lets go of the separation between self and others, seeing all things as important or equal or worthy of love (forgive the inadequate descriptors), removing the boundary between self and others that makes the self the center of everything and the most important thing, but at the same time not demoting self to mattering less than anything else (this is complicated by the idea that one only makes choices for oneself which one is accountable to and responsible for, and makes it seem like one is indeed the center of everything and the most important thing). To only serve others without serving the self is martyrdom and not an ideally balanced state.
     
    Therefore the radiating of light of a STO being which has removed the separating boundary between self and others (not just other humans) will enlighten self as well as projecting the light outward. If one hasn't removed the boundary, perhaps it is something like a one-way valve, due to the boundary of separation, and thus can be seen as a choice to be STO, but in the process of becoming more balanced in this choice; more enlightened because of the removal of the boundary (the defining separation between self and others). Thus the STO being isn't giving anything away, so the choice to not be of service to STS beings may be seen more as a state of being rather than a one-off decision. The STO being isn't giving up it's light though it is still radiating it—like a lightbulb which illuminates both itself and other things in its environment. Darkness doesn't get inside a lightbulb, but it can be lurking in shadows outside the lightbulb where things standing in the way (catalyst) create darkness. This may be related to the mysterious Archetype, the Experience of the Spirit.


    While in the process of removing the boundary between self and others, which may also be seen as opening the heart energy center, there are discernable stages. First stages may include loving a child or family, unconditionally. This opens the heart somewhat and allows the radiating to flow unmitigated to the extent the acceptance is unmitigated or not qualified by expectations. Then maybe to pets, and other people such as a life partner. Finally one must include self in unconditional acceptance. These steps have levels of catalyst to work through, and are in a state of flux and rebalancing with wisdom (light). So an open heart center, or acceptance, (unprotected by the boundary it has dropped and is now subject to all incomings, such as a wide-open empath who receives everything with no way of dealing with it) must be balanced with the strength of the light stabilizing it (wisdom).

    Diana, thank you for your thoughts here which I perceive as investigating the distinctions between service-to-self, service-to-others, and service-to-all.  
    I have previously encountered this, the restatement of service-to-others as service-to-all, and the usage of one statement or the other intrigues me, so I would like to continue the investigation.  
    Please feel free to read all of my statements as questions - I am not trying to assert one claim or another, I simply prefer to use concrete language.
    I'll be quoting fragments from your quote in this green hue.  


    I am still curious about what general principles might be followed on a path which, let's say, explicitly synonymizes service-to-others with service-to-all.

    Quote:These steps have levels of catalyst to work through, and are in a state of flux and rebalancing with wisdom (light)
    I make the distinction between the explicit and implicit statements because the explicit statement, wherein the self and the others are affirmed together as the 'all', is, in a sense, itself a restatement of the Law of One: ... "You are not speaking of similar or somewhat like entities or things. You are every thing, every being, every emotion, every event, every situation. You are unity. You are infinity. You are love/light, light/love. You are. This is the Law of One."

    As this is the reality we are in, any description or expression of service to another will always contain and carry this principle implicitly.  
    When the principle is made explicit, it loses some potency--at least, when the principle had been made explicit, historically, this is what had occurred.  Ra explains this here, in the context of the space/time conditions antecedent to the invention of the Veil.  Before the Veil, the Law of One was consciously and innately known.  

    Q'uo explains it also here, in an answer on why teachings on reincarnation were largely eschewed from Christianity.  At that time the Law of One was consciously assented to, perhaps, but, also the Veil had already been installed.  Within the modern form of the Holy Bible, I would mark two passages only as the most explicit statements on the Law of One (although Ra notes that the Law of One is, indeed, expressed with variable purity throughout the entire text), and both are, fittingly, in my opinion, located within the four canonical gospels.  
    • John 17:21 ... "that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us" ...
    • Matthew 25:37-40 ... “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’"
    Q'uo notes elsewhere that the energy of Christianity, as it is in its relatively pure forms, tends to be emblematic of the heart chakra, less so the indigo and violet, and this is true considering the total body of instructive material.  Jesus the Christ, having been an entity "of the highest sub-octave of the vibration of love" who had entered into a stubborn third-density world, naturally emphasized more frequently the exercise of serving others, and the process of joining together, and the promise of a new world, as these were not yet fully realized from the third-density or earthly vantage point at that time.  Q'uo identified Buddhism as being primarily wisdom-oriented or as expressing the energies of the blue-ray center or throat chakra.

    All that to say, it seems to be that the explicit (but equal) affirmation of self-alongside-others is, as you seem to imply, a balancing of love and wisdom, which, as I perceive it, is an approach that tends to be adopted by either advanced students or, perhaps, by those who confuse wisdom with intellect.  
    (By the way, I am not implying that you are confused - far from that; I admire your thinking and appreciate you as, in one role, a teacher.)  
    Said yet another way, it seems that it would be very possible to serve others to a completely satisfying degree even (or, especially?) upon the path of martyrdom ...  

    Quote:To only serve others without serving the self is martyrdom and not an ideally balanced state
    Quote:There is a fundamental difference whereby the self in service to all lets go of the separation between self and others, seeing all things as ... worthy 
    ... Thusly, martyrdom in the third density is only unbalanced in the fuller view of spiritual evolution across the subsequent densities.  
    I consider your thoughts advanced precisely because you, like Ra, appreciate this wider balance, which seems to be struck betwixt heart, throat, and brow.  
    Martyrdom will "frame a selfhood in poorness which feeds unworthiness unless the poverty is seen to be true richness."
    Given that the indigo-into-violet activity is the peak, so to speak, it does seem appropriate to say,
    Quote:Finally one must include self 
    where perhaps the 's' in 'self' would be capitalized to indicate the Self (self-as-Creator)-to-Self nature of the activity.

    I, and I'm sure many, many others, would raise the question of where self-care enters the picture, and self-dignity, and so on; even if these qualities are only those which contribute to this richness, to true self-worth, and may in fact be necessary to perceive self-worth, and yet cannot be the summation.  
    The affirmation of self-worth can be reduced or rather related to the balancing of the every energy center, "in seriatim," and here is how I might paraphrase this process (of balancing the chakras) in the context of self-worth:
    • Red, the foundation ray, related to vigor for life in general, contributes to self-worth through disciplines of physical health: the symbols of good diet, gentle cardiovascular and musculoskeletal exercise, contentment with sexuality and with bodily form in general, and really any practice which honors the physical vehicle.  I find it helpful to, actually, remember that I am (as we all are) bonded with a second-density entity or animal which is our body.  So, I often talk to my body.  I apologize to my body if I feel aches and pains.  I (try to) bless my food as I give it to my body.  I treat self as other-self. 
    • Orange, the energy of individual power or self-expression and growth.  Somewhere, Q'uo comments that positive orange-ray activity occurs when one person expresses themselves to another and hopes that the other will appreciate them and share in turn.  Positive orange-ray might still be conditional, or even transactional, but not insistent if it is to remain positive.  Ra uses the example of sports, and, indeed, I think back to my time running cross-country where we would gleefully try to 'out run' each other, though all in good fun.     
    • Yellow, the energies of society; self-awareness, as in social status, as well as our larger awareness or sapience.  I think it is Q'uo again who comments that the (red ray and) orange-ray and yellow-ray together comprise the (shell of the) personality, including the intellect-as-distinct-from-truer-mind-and-wisdom.  Positive and negative entities both will benefit from a strong lower-triad, though I think we can all characterize the differences between the two.  Negative adepts may be characterized with the phrase, "cult of personality," due to their charisma, ambition, and often single-pointedness.  I will admit, or maybe I'm realizing, that I get stuck in the lower triad most often when I am pursuing something with an intellectual purpose or nature.  I have accidentally pulled all-nighters when distracted by research--not a sexual hunger, but a hunger nonetheless, searching for an article that 'explains things enough.'  I feel I have more in common with an obsessive stockbroker than with a steely warmonger, at this level.  Ideally, I ground myself in the heart, with the color--
    • Green, signifying compassion, forgiveness, unconditional love, and universal acceptance.  All of these qualities I see as having no particular order.  One example: I notice that I am fixating on some intellectual question and have spent hours on a mostly-fruitless search.  Instead of chastising myself, I forgive.  It's a habit--and a bad habit, maybe--but the energies involved can lend to a higher expression, so I don't condemn them when they lead me in circles.  Another example: You see someone stumble and drop their lunch.  You see their face drop, and instantly you feel for them--you suffer with them (com-passion)--and you feel moved to offer them your own lunch.  Notably, green-ray is an energy of universal acceptance in the face of opposition, or, let's say, magnanimity, or even good humor.  You drop your lunch, and from the open heart, bless the beetle who claims your cookie.  You are berated by a boss, or a friend or parent, and you smile, thank them for being forthright, and maybe ask to work on the issue together.  Grumps are still worthy of love.  Every moment contains love.     
    • Blue, energies of honesty, clarity, and inspiration.  Here is where I see self-worth taking definite shape.  Maybe you speak to the boss or the friend or parent and are able to uncover why there had been a miscommunication or misalignment between you.  Without rancor, you illuminate a pattern of abuse or neglect and offer avenues to a more harmonious relationship.  Perhaps you realize, for the first time, how pivotal a seemingly-small (at the time) gesture or innocuous compliment had worked in your life.  Maybe sharing that with another inspires them, in turn.  I find it quite intriguing that the blue-ray center can be activated before the green (though the energy becomes most efficacious when the green-ray does, soon, accompany the blue).  (Sometimes that spotlight is what finds the doorway to the heart at all.)    
    • Indigo, then, seems to be more than a glimpse at self-worth (or others-worth); this, the "third-eye" chakra, can gaze with real appreciation:
      • The indigo ray is opened only through considerable discipline and practice largely having to do with acceptance of self, which I take to mean that the student has become immensely well-acquainted with the outer personality (of self), often to the extent that the student can also be a teacher, a true teacher, with any associated titles like guru, shifu, sage, and so on --
      • And one who can return and return again to this level of acceptance (or, hope, or, faith) can and usually does adopt a devotional life, which can be solitary or not but might be perceived as radical or sacrificial--I think of persons such as Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a young nun of intense magnanimity--
      • And these devotees are, whether solitary or communal, devoted to the Creator in all things.  Ra notes again and again how exemplary Carla had been in this regard, despite her predilection toward martyrdom.  In my interpretation, and as I think is evident, Carla was not just willing to die to serve others; she (often) saw this as the greater service.  I believe also that this is partly what enabled the Ra Contact at all, and of course informed all her work, so Carla's predilection toward self-sacrifice may have been more of a tenuous balance than a stark imbalance.  Generally, though, the opportunity for martyrdom would be one worthy option juxtaposed with the entire lifetime of learning and devotion that is possible.

    So--just one more thought from me for now--might you conceive of your stages of inclusion, Diana, as most efficacious when the stages occur as nearly simultaneously as possible?  That is, service-to-all would ideally settle into a rhythm of intentions and deeds which serves all nearby all-at-once?  I think of the L/L Homecoming gatherings, or, for an extreme example, an engineering team working to diffuse a bomb placed in a public space ... services which are, in one sense or another, the culmination of the life's work.

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