🗞️ About This Series (brief)
In each entry we walk, question-by-question, through a single session of The Ra Contact, offering clear summaries, careful commentary, and friendly signposts to related companion texts and official resources. This entry covers Session 22 (February 10, 1981) with cross‑links to LoO 22.x question numbers.
🧭 Session Snapshot
Date: February 10, 1981
Setting: Louisville, KY; tunable trance channeling with a dedicated support circle
Cast: Don Elkins (Questioner) • Carla L. Rueckert (Instrument) • Jim McCarty (Scribe)
Big Themes: Instrument care (incense smell, health/efficacy) • End of the 2nd major cycle (lifespans, Law of Responsibility) • South American harvestable group (near‑900‑year lifespans) • Population & harvest numbers at cycle’s end • Confederation visit to the 150 and their decision to remain • Recognizable monastic saints as examples • Council of Saturn action & the Atlantean call • Atlantean training (crystals, pyramids, temples of learning), later distortion into power‑seeking • Ra’s admission of naïveté and commitment to recoup distortions
🌟 Key Takeaways
Signals from the unconscious. The instrument’s occasional incense smell is a symbolic thought‑form arising as Ra’s SMC meshes with her unconscious dedication to service; improved health comes from prayer moving to the unconscious and acceptance of self‑placed limits. (LoO 22.1–22.2)
Why lifespans dropped in the 2nd cycle. By the cycle’s end, average incarnations ran ~35–40 years (with some near 100). As responsibility rose, entities had subtler opportunities to accept/deny lessons (money/ownership/manipulation), and rejecting duty shortened lifespans. (LoO 22.3–22.6)
Exception that proves the rule. An isolated South American culture reached lifespans approaching 900 years, showing that harmony sustains vitality even when the wider planetary field trends shorter. (LoO 22.6–22.8)
Numbers at the bell. End of the second cycle: ~345,000 incarnate; ~150 harvestable—visited by a light‑being who offered a shield of light, a vision of planetary plight, and the beauties of lived love; these chose to remain to aid Earth. (LoO 22.9–22.13)
Familiar names. Ra cites Augustine, Teresa, Francis of Assisi as examples among those repeating 3D in service‑oriented contexts. (LoO 22.15)
From concern to call. After no harvest, the Council of Saturn permitted additional 3D entities to incarnate randomly (to preserve free will) until a call arose—Atlanteans asking for understanding and help for other‑selves. (LoO 22.16–22.19)
Atlantis: inspiration, then distortion. Confederation visitors encouraged unity studies; later, in response to requests, they gave healing/crystal and pyramid/temple information. Over time, trainees used crystal powers beyond healing and entered government, catalyzing power‑seeking distortions. Ra names their own naïveté and a duty to recoup the resulting distortions. (LoO 22.20–22.27)
🧩 Full Q&A with Commentary
Notation: Each subsection lists the question number (e.g., 22.6), a brief Summary, and Commentary & Notes with links. Unless noted, references are to Ra, Session 22 (see also LoO 22).
22.1–22.2 — Incense & health
Summary. Incense smell = symbolic signal from the unconscious as SMC‑meshing deepens; health improves as prayer now contacts the unconscious, aligning the spiritual and easing pain distortions.
Commentary & Notes. Method matters: dedication + unconscious access amplifies efficacy; accepting self‑placed limits paradoxically frees energy.
22.3–22.6 — Lifespans at 2nd cycle’s end; Law of Responsibility
Summary. Many lived 35–40 years, with some up to ~100. As civilization offered money/ownership/manipulation, people could more readily reject lessons—shortening life due to disharmony.
Commentary & Notes. Responsibility isn’t punitive; it simply multiplies catalyst. Lifespan reflects collective ethos.
22.6–22.8 — The South American exception
Summary. An isolated culture maintained lifespans toward 900 years.
Commentary & Notes. Confirms Session 20’s principle: where love/harmony stabilize, vitality lengthens.
22.9–22.13 — Population, harvest, and the visit of light
Summary. ~345k incarnate, ~150 harvestable; a light‑being with a shield of light gave a vision of planetary third‑density and beauties of love; these chose to stay to serve.
Commentary & Notes. “Shield of light” = non‑doctrinal inspiration; the emphasis is choice, not compulsion.
22.14–22.15 — Recognizable helpers
Summary. Among repeaters: Saint Augustine, Saint Teresa, Saint Francis of Assisi (monastic ambiences suited their learning).
Commentary & Notes. Ra provides names sparingly to illustrate principle, not to canonize.
22.16–22.19 — After concern: Council action & first call
Summary. Council of Saturn allowed extra 3D entrants randomly (to avoid bias) until the Atlantean call for understanding to help others; the Confederation answered via channeling (as today).
Commentary & Notes. Balancing by opportunity: calls open doors; spectacle would infringe.
22.20–22.23 — Atlantean training & the crystal turn
Summary. Initially, unity studies; eventually, healing/crystal and pyramid/temple information was shared; temples were learning centers, not elite healer cults. Trouble began when adepts used crystals for non‑healing aims and joined governance.
Commentary & Notes. Knowledge without discipline of personality drifts toward glamour/power.
Summary. Visits occurred; conditions were: a calling whose square overcame resistance and the naïveté of Confederation members assuming direct contact would help (as it had them). Ra includes themselves among the naïve and vows to recoup distortions until balanced.
Commentary & Notes. A rare confession from Ra: means must match ends; even well‑meant aid can distort.
22.28–22.29 — Atlantean lifespans
Summary. Early Atlantis: ~70–140 years. Desire for power then shortened lifetimes rapidly; hence the request for healing/rejuvenation lore.
Commentary & Notes. Ethical decline → vital decline; “healing tech” sought to fix a moral problem.
🛠️ Practice Corner — Responsibility without punishment
Why: Session 22 ties lifespan and societal tone to accepting—or rejecting—lessons of love and duty.
Money/ownership check. Today, choose one transaction to do with extra clarity & gratitude (no manipulation). Note how your body feels after.
Knowledge → service. If you’ve learned a healing/technique, apply it in humility, not for leverage.
Call, don’t compel. In meditation, ask for understanding to help others; release glamour and the urge to impress.
🔗 Companion Reading (why it helps here)
A Concept Guide — Law of Responsibility, Calling & Law of Squares, Service & Naïveté, Discipline of the Personality.
Living the Law of One: The Choice — turning everyday ownership/transaction moments into love/clarity practice.
Tilting at Windmills — reflections on aid vs. infringement and learning from past errors.
A Channeling Handbook — method ethics; why preparation > spectacle.
Unified Index — quick jumps for Atlantis, South American group, Law of Squares, Council of Saturn.
🧠 Study Prompts
Where do money/ownership dynamics tempt you to manipulate subtly—and what would a clean alternative look like?
What knowledge/skill of yours needs more humility before it’s truly healing?
If you “call” for help today, what one concrete service will you offer to another in response?
🏁 Closing Note
Session 22 shows how civilization’s choices shorten or lengthen the arc of learning—and how even benevolent help can distort when delivered without the discipline of love. The remedy is steady: answer calls with clarity, keep means aligned with ends, and remember that the most durable technology is still a disciplined, loving heart.