🗞️ About This Series (brief)
Each entry walks question-by-question through a single session of The Ra Contact, offering clear summaries, careful commentary, and practical “how to use it” reflections.
Primary text:
🧭 Session Snapshot
Date: May 4, 1982
Core Topics:
The ongoing “crisis” with the group’s 5th-density service-to-self “companion” (psychic greeting).
The veiled mind’s first property: far-seeing / envisioning (why the deep mind doesn’t speak “in words”).
A concentrated teaching on dreaming: types of dreams, recall, healing function, and visionary/prophetic dreaming.
Why the loss of knowledge/control of the body becomes a polarity engine after the veil.
Sexual energy transfer as the prime example of post-veil bodily catalyst (bonding, sacramental use, polarization).
🌟 Key Takeaways
The STS “crisis” is a polarity cliff. Ra describes a narrowing window in which their 5D negative “companion” must either withdraw or risk losing polarity. (lawofone.info)
The deep mind is conceptual, not verbal. “Far-seeing” isn’t about more data; it’s about a mode of knowing that is too rich for linear language—like trying to describe a melody by listing note lengths. (lawofone.info)
Dreams are one of the veil’s greatest “bridges.” Ra treats dreaming as an active communication channel between conscious and unconscious mind, with different modes depending on blockages and development. (lawofone.info)
Dreaming is also a healer of the energy web. Lack of proper dreaming is framed as a contributor to serious distortion; dreaming “traduces” (translates) distortions for healing. (lawofone.info)
Dream recall is trainable. Immediate recording upon waking is the key discipline. (lawofone.info)
The body’s “unknowability” fuels will. After the veil, not knowing how to best manifest the body generates desire/will to explore—producing polarity-building bias. (lawofone.info)
Sexual energy transfer becomes a central post-veil catalyst. Harder to reach green-ray transfer—yet more likely to bond properly and to seek higher transfers in a committed pair, even reaching intelligent infinity sacramentally. (lawofone.info)
🧩 Full Q&A with Commentary
86.1 — Condition of the instrument
Summary. Physical energy deficit has slightly increased; vital energy has also been called upon and is somewhat less. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. These two measures matter for L/L’s working:
Physical energy: what the body can spare.
Vital energy: the deeper reserve of will/spirit.
A healthy contact is not simply “can we channel?” but “can we channel without borrowing too much from the wrong account?”
86.2 — What caused the calls upon vital energy?
Summary. Ra says many incarnate 3D entities entertain the thought distortion that this instrument should remove distortions for other-selves. The instrument tends to offer whatever service is possible and is not consciously aware of the inroads on vital energy. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is a precise “service-without-wisdom” diagnostic:
The thought-form: “You should fix this for me.”
The self-image: “I must help.”
The hidden cost: vital energy depletion.
In practical terms: even sincere service can become an energetic drain if the boundary of responsibility isn’t clear.
86.3 — Are these incarnate third-density entities?
Summary. Yes. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. Ra keeps the emphasis grounded: not everything is “a greeting.” Much of the strain can be ordinary human projection.
86.4 — Status of the 5th-density STS “companion”
Summary. The period called “crisis” remains. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This “crisis” theme continues from Session 85. The group is living at a high-stakes edge: ongoing spiritual work + energetic vulnerability.
86.5 — What is the nature of the crisis?
Summary. Ra says the companion’s polarity approaches a critical point: it must either retreat and leave greetings to 4D “minions,” or lose polarity. The only other possibility is that the group might lose polarity, allowing the companion to continue its form of greeting. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. There’s a “gameboard” logic here:
If the group holds polarity, the negative strategy fails.
If the negative strategy fails repeatedly, the negative entity loses polarity.
Psychologically (even if you read this non-literally): under sustained steady goodness, certain patterns intensify because they’re approaching a point of either transformation or collapse.
86.6 — Far-seeing / envisioning: what does it mean?
Summary. Ra says language lacks non-emotional terms for the unconscious mind’s functions. They encourage pondering the nature of mind, but offer thoughts without infringing free learning.
They explain the unconscious is conceptual rather than verbal; before the veil, the deeper mind was used via “unspoken concept.” They compare it to trying to describe a melody by naming notes ("a quarter note A…")—which barely resembles the lived experience of the melody (a symbol of victory). Thus terms like “far-seeing” are only stylized pointers toward something too rich to adequately describe. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is one of Ra’s best “how to read Ra” passages.
A helpful visualization:
Words are like a list of notes.
The deep mind is the music.
Far-seeing is the felt journey the music opens—meaning is grasped as whole patterns, not as discrete statements.
If you’ve ever had a sudden “knowing” that feels complete but hard to explain, you’ve tasted what Ra is pointing at.
86.7 — What is dreaming, and how does it aid polarization?
Summary. Dreaming is communication through the veil between unconscious and conscious mind. Its nature depends on energy center blockages/activations/crystallizations.
If blocked at two of the three lower centers: dreams repeat recent catalyst and deeper blockages, giving clues and hints for unblocking.
Even with green-ray or higher activation: catalyst can momentarily reblock/baffle energy flow; dreams provide data and resonance for balancing.
In all cases: it’s useful to ponder content and emotive resonance.
With green-ray activation (or extreme catalyst): dreaming can include precognition—a time/space “knowing” prior to physical manifestation; proper use enables deeper all-compassionate love of all circumstances.
For the adept opening indigo: dreaming becomes the most efficient tool for polarization, since work may be done while the waking mind rests; the adept may call on guides, presences, and the magical personality/higher self analog.
Ra notes other dream possibilities not covered. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. Ra quietly describes at least four dream “modes”:
Blockage diagnosis (lower-center repetition).
Rebalancing after catalyst (momentary baffling even in green ray).
Time/space knowing (precognitive/meaning-before-event).
Adept work (conscious magical intent during sleep).
Notice the through-line: dreaming is not presented as entertainment. It’s presented as a bridge + a workshop.
86.8–86.9 — Who designs the dream?
Summary. The mind/body/spirit complex uses dreaming as it can; it is responsible for this activity. Don asks if the subconscious is responsible for “scriptwriting”; Ra says yes. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is empowering: the dream isn’t “done to you.” It is you (especially the deeper self) communicating in a symbolic language.
86.10–86.11 — Dream recall: accurate? easily remembered?
Summary. Ra over-generalizes because there are several sorts of dreams, but generally only trained, disciplined observers have good recall. The key discipline: record immediately upon awakening every detail you can recall. This sharpens recall. Most people’s perception is muddied and quickly lost. Don confirms: remembering gives clues to blockages; Ra agrees. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is a simple technique with deep compounding returns.
Micro-practice: keep paper/phone notes at bedside; write 3 bullet points (scene, feeling, odd symbol). Over weeks, recall improves.
86.12 — Other valuable functions of dreaming?
Summary. Ra chooses two:
Dreaming forms a finely wrought bridge between conscious and unconscious; in this state distortions in the energy web of the body (due to imprecise reception of influxes) are healed; lack of dreaming can lead to serious distortion.
Visionary dreams of prophets/mystics: roots of mind speaking to the world; service without being personally polarizing in itself, yet for a mystic/prophet who desires to serve, it increases polarity. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. Two major claims:
Dreaming is a maintenance function (healing the energetic “wiring”).
Dreaming can be public service (visionary content).
Taken together, this makes dreams both personal hygiene and potential social offering.
86.13–86.15 — REM and the “chunking” of dreaming
Summary. REM corresponds to dreaming. Dreaming occurs in small units with gaps for a reason. The portions helpful for polarization and mystic vision take place in time/space and use the metaphysical-to-physical bridge for what seems brief in space/time (but is far greater in time/space). The bridge remains and translates distortions so healing may take place. Healing does not occur with REM itself; it occurs largely in the space/time portion using the bridge to time/space to enable healing. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. A careful reading:
REM is the observable correlate.
The work is framed as happening across the bridge.
Visual metaphor:
REM = the visible “door opening.”
Time/space dreaming = the long conversation happening beyond the doorway.
86.16–86.18 — Loss of knowledge/control over the body: why helpful?
Summary. Don asks to enumerate the important losses; Ra says intervening material would help, but won’t suggest what to ask. Don reframes: why was it helpful?
Ra says: before veiling, knowledge of physical potentials gave free range of choices but little polarity development. When knowledge is shrouded from conscious mind, the entity is nearly without knowledge how to manifest its beingness. This lack offers opportunity for desire to grow in mind: desire to know possibilities of the body. Ramifications and biases built have a force generated by desire/will to know. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is a major polarity engine:
Pre-veil: “I can do many things.”
Post-veil: “I don’t know how to be.” → I must choose, experiment, commit.
Ra ties embodiment directly to will—and will is one of the sharpest tools for polarization.
86.19–86.20 — Example requested: pre-veil vs post-veil in one bodily function
Summary. Ra chooses sexual energy transfer.
Before veiling: transfer always possible; no shadow on grasp of the body and its relationship to other-selves in this manifestation; near total lack of use beyond green ray; little purpose to intensive mating relationships because each other-self was seen as Creator equally.
After veiling: infinitely more difficult to achieve green-ray transfer due to mystery/unknowing about the body and its manifestations; yet when achieved it more likely provides catalyst that bonds self and other-self in properly polarized configuration; from there higher transfers more likely sought by a mated pair, allowing the Creator to know Itself with beauty and wonder. When intelligent infinity is reached by sacramental use, each gains greatly in polarization and service capacity.
(Notes about minor wording errors later corrected in Session 87.) (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is a classic “veil paradox”:
Harder to reach green-ray sexual transfer.
But more catalytic when reached.
Why? Because mystery creates:
fear/shame/defense (blockage opportunities), and
devotion/commitment/trust (crystallization opportunities).
Ra’s language here (“sacramental,” “beauty, solemnity, wonder”) is among the most overtly reverent uses of body function in the entire material.
86.21 — Do other body-function veilings approach this efficiency?
Summary. Each body function has some post-veil catalyst potential. Ra chose sex because of its central place in bodily capabilities made more useful by veiling. Ra asks for one more full query due to instrument energy. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. Ra is transparent: “We picked the strongest example.” This again shows that the teaching is not random—there’s instructional prioritization.
86.22 — Are other-self interaction veilings most efficient for polarization?
Summary. Don suggests yes: veilings involving other-self interaction are most efficient; purely self-related veilings less so. Ra says Don is correct to a great extent. Exception: a strongly negatively polarized entity’s attitude toward bodily appearance; some on the negative path preserve “fairness/ugliness” distortions and use beauty to manipulate other-selves. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is a crucial nuance:
Relational catalyst is generally the strongest.
But self-image (and the use of appearance) can become relational manipulation—thus becoming highly polarizing on the negative path.
Practical mirror:
If appearance is used to connect honestly, it can support open-hearted relationship.
If appearance is used to control, it becomes STS leverage.
86.23 — Improve comfort or contact?
Summary. Ra is pleased the instrument prepared with careful mental vibrations called prayer, freeing the channel from prior distortions. They suggest continued care regulating physical activities, and encouraging activities that feed vital energies. They note the instrument lives in this present space/time almost completely due to careful preservation of vital energy. Alignments good. Caution: the physical alignment of the censer; slight difficulty due to variation in incense effluvium pattern. Farewell. (lawofone.info)
Commentary. This is “channeling mechanics” in miniature:
Prayer = tuning.
Regulated activity = protecting the instrument.
Censer alignment = subtle environmental stability.
Even if you read this non-mystically, the lesson is: set conditions carefully for deep work.
🛠️ Practice Corner — Living Session 86
The 3-bullet dream discipline (14 days). Immediately on waking, record: (a) one image, (b) one emotion, (c) one “odd symbol.” Let meaning emerge later.
Blockage map from dreams. If a dream repeats social conflict → explore yellow-ray themes (roles, authority, belonging). If it repeats shame/intimacy → explore orange-ray themes (self-worth, vulnerability). If it repeats grief/opening → explore green-ray themes (forgiveness, compassion).
Far-seeing practice (2 minutes). When anxious, imagine time as a landscape: “How will this look in 3 months? 3 years?” Let the deep mind supply concept rather than details.
Embodiment curiosity (will builder). Ask daily: “What is one body possibility I don’t understand yet?” Choose one gentle experiment (posture, breath, walking, rest).
Relational catalyst honesty. Identify one relationship where catalyst is strong. Ask: “Is my strategy control, withdrawal, or love?” Choose one small act aligned with your polarity.
📚 Extended Notes & Context
Dreaming as bridge + healer. Ra’s framing here pairs strongly with L/L’s emphasis on disciplined spiritual practice and careful tuning. If you’re building a stable practice (prayer, meditation, ritual consistency), A Channeling Handbook provides grounded guidance from the same tradition.
https://www.llresearch.org/library/channeling-handbook (llresearch.org)Definitions on demand. Session 86 leans heavily on terms like veil, time/space, catalyst, polarization, energy centers. A Concept Guide is built exactly to keep these terms consistent and accessible.
https://www.llresearch.org/library/the-ra-contact-resource-series (llresearch.org)The “body as catalyst engine.” The session’s view that bodily mystery generates will maps neatly to the practical “choice” orientation in Living the Law of One: 101 — The Choice, where everyday relationships become the classroom.
https://www.llresearch.org/library/living-the-law-of-one (llresearch.org)Wanderer resonance (optional lens). If your dreams feel unusually vivid or symbol-heavy, and you suspect the “bridge” is active, A Wanderer’s Handbook offers a compassionate, non-dogmatic vocabulary for that experience.
https://www.llresearch.org/library/wanderers-handbook (llresearch.org)Contact story context. For readers interested in the human side—how the group lived with health constraints, tuning disciplines, and the “crisis” atmosphere—biographical context in Tilting at Windmills and The Quixotic Quest can help situate these sessions historically.
https://www.llresearch.org/library/tilting-at-windmills
https://www.llresearch.org/library/the-quixotic-quest
🧠 Study Prompts
Which dream-mode fits you most right now: blockage diagnosis, rebalancing after catalyst, time/space knowing, or adept work? What evidence do you have?
Where in your life does the “mystery of the body” generate will—and where does it generate avoidance?
What relationship is currently your strongest polarization engine, and what would it look like to engage it with steadier love (or steadier honesty)?
Note: This material reflects Ra’s metaphysical perspective and is offered for study—not as dogma. Use your discernment.