RA Contact Commentary — Session 79

Date of session: February 24, 1982

Primary text: https://www.lawofone.info/s/79 · L/L Research transcript (HTML): https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/ra-contact/79 · Audio: https://www.lawofone.info/s/79#audio

Each issue offers a Q-by-Q walkthrough of one Ra session, pairing plain‑language commentary with practice prompts, context notes, and a companion reading list drawn from L/L Research resources (e.g., A Concept Guide, Living the Law of One: 101 — The Choice, Tilting at Windmills, A Wanderer’s Handbook).

What’s said: Don checks Carla’s condition; asks about the very large energy transfer last time (sexual); function is to strengthen the contact shuttle. On ritual: maintain the magical personality through the Circle of One only if you truly can; for this instrument it is inappropriate to carry the magical persona into trance.

Why it matters: This frames working safely with high‑voltage metaphysical states. The magical personality amplifies intent but also exposes one to catalyst beyond one’s training; humility and honesty of assessment are protective.

Practice: If you invoke a “best self” (prayer, robe, visualization), consciously de‑robe at close. Maintain a journal cue: “What persona am I invoking—and can I actually stabilize it?”

What’s said: Questioning the third‑density experience before the veil. No forgetting of prior lives; same many‑life incarnational rhythm; optimal incarnation is ~1,000 years. The veil—separating conscious from unconscious—was the first tool of free‑will extension; later refinements followed.

Why it matters: Pre‑veil life has maximal clarity but minimal drama; the veil inserts mystery, birthing uneducated portions of consciousness and therefore novel seeking and deeper polarization.

Metaphor: Think of a game with the map fully revealed (pre‑veil) vs. a fog‑of‑war map (post‑veil). The fog creates meaningful exploration.

What’s said: Before veiling, the archetypical mind comprised nine: for Mind, Body, Spirit the Matrix, Potentiator, Significator. Ra defines each:

Why it matters: These nine seeds are like the alphabet from which the later 22 archetypes spell out experience. They also give a pre‑veil baseline: consciousness was clear but static; veiling injects asymmetry and choice.

Visualization:

Pre‑Veil Archetype Grid —
• Mind: I Matrix → II Potentiator → III Significator
• Body: VIII Matrix → IX Potentiator → X Significator
• Spirit: XV Matrix → XVI Potentiator → XVII Significator
Numbering anticipates the 22‑card system; content reflects the pre‑veil triads.
(Numbering shown here anticipates the 22‑card system but content is the pre‑veil triads.)

What’s said: Ra prefers “more mystery‑filled” to “unavailable” re: conscious–unconscious communication. Early Logoi immediately produced both polarities; however harvestability wasn’t immediate, prompting ongoing archetypal refinements. Post‑veil there were nine archetypes and many shadows—inchoate helpful structures not yet fully formed. Choice becomes implicit once two poles are sundered.

Why it matters: The Choice is not a late add‑on; it is baked into the veil. The “shadows” foreshadow later archetypes that articulate how mind learns under the veil.

Practice: Notice your day’s micro‑choices when the unconscious tugs—e.g., impulse to defend vs. reveal. Label the polarity felt and choose consciously.

What’s said: Don sketches correspondences; Ra tweaks:

Why it matters: This sequence shows how learning becomes character: catalyst → experience (bias) → transformative choosing → the way the mind travels thereafter.

Metaphor: Think of VII The Chariot as the mind’s operating system after installing the “Choice” update—stable, majestic, directional.

What’s said: Ra elaborates: the Significator of Mind becomes complex under the veil. The mind becomes an actor with will—it wants to know, but why and to what end? (Ra later corrects the body/mind slip.)

Why it matters: Your will’s aim is now central. Knowledge can serve separation or communion. The complex Significator is the chooser behind the choosing.

Practice: Write a one‑line intention: “I seek to know in order to __.” Re‑read before study or conflict; notice how it bends your interpretations.

What’s said: Magical ability = conscious use of the so‑called unconscious. Pre‑veil there was maximal ability but far less desire/will to use it; post‑veil, ability is reduced, but desire and polarizing stakes increase.

Why it matters: The veil trades raw power for depth of heart. The game gets harder—and more meaningful.

Practice: When tempted to seek technique before purity, invert the order: aim (service) → presence (open heart) → method.

What’s said: Guidance for Carla’s hands/arms; session abbreviated.

Why it matters: Even high metaphysics rides on humble care of the instrument—body and group logistics are part of the path.