Gimpy said:
Hi shijing,
In reading Laura's post, when she said "those that can be answered without recourse to the C's", I thought she was talking about doing one's own research/reading/investigating, not necessarily via other channeled material. I could be very wrong thinking that, but its what stood out to me most when I read it.
Just my thoughts on it. :)
Yes, that is exactly the idea. The point is to learn to figure these things out ourselves - so when the time comes when there is no other way - we can Do it.
Regarding the Seth material - if one realizes its general value and that as 'time' has passed, it has become rather obsolete - since the future is open and the future for 'Seth' is the past for us, then why would one be 'caught up' by any specific phrase or set of phrases? I suppose my point is that if one understands that, in the larger picture, information is transmitted at and for a given 'space and time' - then why read it like gospel or absolute truth at all - needing to always and in everything correspond to current understanding?
There is also the ever-present issue of the channel, especially a singular channel or one who limits input due to their own preconceptions - the channel will and does influence the material that comes through. This is a given, as proven with the Ra material.
So, my question would be - why would one get 'caught up' over any specific phrase from 'Seth' when one is aware of the larger picture? At some point, we must begin to think for ourselves - not read various channeled material as gospel, linearly and limited - but as clues - clues that very well may contain the inherent flaws introduced by the channel.
If one does not automatically and mechanically take these sources as the gospel truth - then it becomes very, very hard to get 'caught up' on anything. We are here to learn - We have been given clues and as 'time moves forward', We will be given more clues to figure this out for ourselves. Flexibility in thinking is paramount - a willingness to stretch and apply our understanding - to adapt, apply and expand our knowledge is key.
Once we become stuck in one place, thinking that any source is the 'gospel truth', must be read literally and held to each phrase 'uttered' (via a human channel), we wholly lose the power to learn for ourselves.
Considering the channel, the context, the source and the 'time' - I don't think there is much to not understand about the Seth material. fwiw.