Law of One

Session 5 begins with Ra clarifying that one cannot heal another, whether directly or by example. 5.1 Is it ever possible to do anything for another? We may intend to, but is that ever how it works metaphysically?

I believe it is not, and I view Ra’s comments as part of a broader lesson that each of us is fully responsible for our self and our choices. When we recover from illness, it is not the doctor nor the pills that has healed us: we have allowed the healing for ourselves. We can’t save others from their lessons, nor can anyone shield us from our own. We can teach, but we cannot learn for another. Whatever it is, we can only open our hand and offer:

“It is impossible to help another being directly. It is only possible to make catalyst available in whatever form, the most important being the radiation of realization of oneness with the Creator from the self.… Enlightenment is of the moment, is an opening to intelligent infinity. It can only be accomplished by the self, for the self. Another self cannot teach/learn enlightenment, but only teach/learn information, inspiration, or a sharing of love, of mystery, of the unknown that makes the other-self reach out and begin the seeking process that ends in a moment, but who can know when an entity will open the gate to the present?” 17.2

In my own life, individual responsibility has been an important lesson to learn, and a reversal of the thinking of my youth. Like many, perhaps, I had grown up relying on adults and believing that they held some responsibility for my own education, health, safety, finances, etc. (And of course, adults do bear some responsibility for children, although Ra says that each of us is responsible from the point of incarnation. 15.7) Well into my adult years, I realized that relying on others, no matter how caring and well-intentioned and competent they are, can only ever be a false security born from ignorance. Living in reality means recognizing that I am fully responsible for myself, and the same applies to everyone else. Each person’s choices are entirely his own — and this responsibility is also our point of power.

What do you believe about personal responsibility — your own and that of others? What has life experience taught you about relying on others or believing that you are responsible for others?

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This is a discussion/contemplation prompt from the Ra Session 5 Study. The full study can be read here, at a very much in-progress website which will eventually include all of the session studies and other writings and imagery. If you would like to discuss any of the other prompts, please do chat/msg me as I'd be glad to post and discuss it.