Using the "armor of light”

[Vestige]

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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.

In answering the above question, I'll attempt to sort it out as I see it.

Certainly service to all would at some point gain enough focus and clarity to have "settled into a rhythm of intentions and deeds which serves all nearby all-at-once." Even then I think it is too demarcated of a point, since there is always more to learn, more expansion of consciousness, more to experience in more layers of learning. Getting to that point one still emits the light one has at any given point, or the confusion, or any aspect of being which is authentic. But I get your idea, in that at some point the practical application of focus would become very effective (and by that I mean energy with less entropy) in service.

Until that point, as one emits one's energy signature whatever it is, that does not mean one isn't being of service actually although there may be little or no intent to be so; as whatever one is can still be a mirror or provide some counterpart of experience for someone else. So in this view, we are all servicing each other whether we know it or not.

I like your analogy of of the engineering team or Homecoming, which I think relates to "the law of squares," and speaks to the beginnings of 4th density. Taking the engineering team as the example, an engineer does not learn the engineering craft all at once, but as the engineer gains useful knowledge of the craft along the way, she may still put some knowledge to use. She doesn't need to wait until she knows everything about the craft to be of service in the field. She has value in the field which grows as the knowledge accumulates. She may lack experience, which is generally not something one has an epiphany about—it must take its course and accumulate.

A little on epiphanies: I tend to think that "epiphanies" (by that I mean great sweeping realizations) are usually emotional realizations and not likely to stick or are too sweepingly complicated and abstruse to put into practical use (although of course they are important); whereas small steps forward are easier to process and unpack and incorporate into one's life, resulting in a perhaps more foundational change in a being. An analogy would be building a structure with blocks: one way would be to toss all the blocks at once; the other would be to lay them down one by one. The problem with piling all the blocks at once is the sorting out, proper placement, and seeing how they fit together—this being compared to a sudden big leap or sudden epiphany. This is not to say big change doesn't happen or that it isn't a good thing.

In referencing your question, I personally have no specific goal such as to be of service to all, although that is just part of who I am. That may be because I have no such choice to make—it was already made. (And by the way I do not consider myself an adept or advanced being and I slap my forehead every day over things I do, say, or think which do not match up with the person I see myself as). The only thing that compels me is to expand consciousness, to grow not stagnate, and make practical use of my time here on Earth (having fun is part of that). I resonate with what Ra said about coming across a starving being and feeding that being—it isn't my goal to save all the homeless people but if I see one on a street corner asking for help I give them money. A central question for spiritually oriented beings gathering for a purpose like the engineers gathering to diffuse a bomb would be, What is that purpose and why are you doing it? If all in the spiritual group are adepts and advanced beings and harmonized like the Ra group, the purpose and reason would probably be quite clear. But for most here on this planet at this time, any group will include various levels of understandings and purposes, conscious and unconscious. That is no reason not to gather, but the end result will be more random due to various energy signatures. And motivation must be questioned—is one attached to changing others? In other words, we are all stumbling along here under a veil, so the sweet spot you may be referring to might not be so clear. And along the way we continue to emit what we authentically are.

Diana, thank you, again.  I will say, in short, I agree with all you have said here.  I also wish to insert another excerpt:

https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/2006/0903
You are capable of embodying that which you can pull through from above by your desire. If your desires are for lust then you shall leave your kundalini in red ray. If your desires focus upon personal relationships, then you shall raise your kundalini to the orange ray. If your true desire is for marriage and a good work situation, then you shall raise your kundalini to the yellow-ray level. If your deepest desire is to open your heart, then you shall raise the kundalini to the green-ray level. If your deepest desire is to learn how to love with wisdom and to know what it is to have compassion while invoking justice, then you move into those energies of acceptance and of justice that are invoked in blue ray. And when you finally desire above all things to be devoted ultimately and completely to the one infinite Creator and live in the precincts of faith, then by your desire you have pulled up the energy into indigo.


But you cannot simply desire to love the Creator and expect to have full energy into indigo. You must keep the pipeline clear while keeping your desire clear. It is a true discipline of the personality to pursue this goal and it is one which is like housework: it never ends. There is always, in the moment after a fully experienced perfection, something that pulls you back into the world of maya or illusion. And there, you must get a grip upon your new situation. Then you assess it. You sit with it. And you use it in the way that you feel is the highest and best.

I suppose, I should have been less impersonal.  For, I am not attached to changing others, but I do wish to change myself.  Or, I wish to surrender to my authentic self, or release what is inauthentic, or however the process can be described.  
I have been trying to interpret a sidereal recast of my natal chart--probably a vain effort, compared to more patient seeking within meditation.  Perhaps I lack faith, for I feel I need some kind of external help--a teacher, or an ethereal guide, or even just a new set of data.  When I try and stir up my authentic desires, I find that I have some difficulty placing it.
My desire is not clear.  Looking at the energy centers where it could draw from ... 
Certainly, I wish for harmonious relationships with friends, family, and neighbors.
I am cognizant of a desire to be employed for 'meaningful' work.  I do not wish to work in whatever I see as a harmful industry.  As well, I am happy to wash dishes, but I believe I would become restless if I were employed as a dishwasher for any protracted interval.
Clearly, I wish to open the heart--I wish to meet all of the "me" that I have been, and forgive them, and accept them; and I wish to meet every other person this way; and every trial and trouble this way, too.  Clearly, too, I struggle with this, though I would still dare to say that I do wish to have compassion informed by clarity or honesty.  I have found, or maybe I have simply self-deceived, that it is easier to open the heart when the door is illuminated with those brief flashes of blue.  So, again I would affirm that I do not wish to change others, but I do wish to understand them, and their motives, and their being.  And, of course, I wish to devote myself to the Creator--but that feels so far off ...
Maybe I am simply pessimistic.  Maybe I am confused.  Maybe I am impatient.  (I sure wish I could use the armor of light!)
I'm not sure why I wrote all this.  I am aware that I wear my heart on my sleeve around here, maybe too much.  I suppose, I just wanted to say, I appreciate what you said, Diana, about taking small steps, and with each step, questioning my own motives, while keeping an innocent faith about the motives of others.