"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?  Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.  Your playing small does not serve the world.  There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.  We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.  It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.  And, as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.  As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others."

Nelson Mandela, 1994 Inaugural speech

I recently read that the mystery of life is examimning all that you know and all that can be known, and seeing there remains a paradox in the universe; namely, that something came from nothing. It is ultimately understanding that this is NOT a paradox that enables the truth of the universe to settle within us. I can't recall who said it.

In fact one might postulate that such an event or even goal, is meaningless.

We have an intellect, we have a spirit, we have a body, we have emotions. They are all tools to enable us to soak up experiences. When one dominates the experience is distorted and is likely to be re-presented in one form or other. That we do not consciously intend something when we write, act or speak does not mean we did not subconsciously intend it. This is why our communication with ourselves must go deeper than the surface.

As I said I read your post in its entirety, with no tears in my eyes or anger in my heart to evoke a suggestion that emotion alone was driving that particular response. I was, if you like, in observation mode.

3D entities who are to become 4D STS must not only lower their FRV but intensify its amplitude so that it rings loud and heavy

...for after fifth-density graduation wisdom is available but must be
matched with an equal amount of love. This love/light is very, very difficult
to achieve in unity when following the negative path and during the earlier
part of the sixth-density, society complexes of the negative orientation will
choose to release the potential and leap into the sixth-positive.

The sixth-density negative entity is extremely wise.

The point of this is to show that even without access to the higher centers it may still be possible to transcend 3D, but the perverted nature of that technique eventually catches up with the entity when its gravity increases to the point of implosion upon reaching the 5D/6D threshold.

Q: (L) Are the 6th density Orions known as Transient Passengers?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) So there are Transient Passengers that are STO as well as STS?
A: TP is "wanderer".
Q: (L) And what is a wanderer?
A: TP.
Q: (L) Well, the idea of the Wanderers, according to the Ra Material, is 4th or 5th density beings that have chosen to come back into 3rd density to help us. Would that be the same
kind of Wanderer?
A: 5th or 6th density.

Q: (L) Okay. Now, I would like to know, for the sake of all the Theosophists around the world, what was the source of the information in the book "Isis Unveiled" by Helena
Blavatsky?
A: Orions STS and STO. 6th Density.
Q: (L) So, her information was from both sides? And it is up to the reader to figure out which is which?
A: Good idea.
Q: (L) Is there any possibility that the information we get through this source is STS oriented?
A: Yes. Always possibility.

Q: (L) Are there 6th density STS beings?
A: No, when you get to 6th you no longer need to recycle.
Q: (L) But still, is there an STS experience at 6th density, like the 6th density Orions?
A: These are only reflections of individuals, not unified entities. These reflections exist for balance. They are not whole entities, just thought forms.

Q: (L) So, there are STS and STO at 6th density which balance? And they are just there, they exist?
A: Reflection for balance.

Q: (L) ...how can one identify a 5th density STS source?
A: Not often communicative.

Let us now examine from the practical point of view how man can reach esotericism; by what means he can work towards the aim of establishing permanent connections which will make it possible for him to evolve. The problem is treated in the Tradition by the help of the diagram below. In esoteric teaching this figure could be said to be the most important. It incorporates a multitude of ideas; far more than the comments we are about to give. That is why we must return to it often and meditate upon it.

The black arrows represent influences created within life by life itself, this is the first variety of influence by which man is surrounded. These are called 'A' influences. We will notice that they are distributed almost equally over all the surface of the circle of life. As in the case of all radiant energy in nature, their effect is inversely proportional to the square of the distance; thus man is subject most of all to arrows influencing him from those immediately around him. He is pulled every instant by the way they act at that moment.

The influence of the 'A' arrows on exterior man is imperative; driven, he wanders in the circle of his life from birth to death, following a broken line which is sometimes subject to dangerous changes of direction.

The ensemble of 'A' influences forms the Law of Chance or Law of Accident. Man is subject to its rule, yet if we examine the figure more closely we will perceive that each black arrow is counterbalanced, neutralized in some other part by another arrow equal in force and diametrically opposed, so that if we had left them to effectively neutralize each other the resultant force would have been equal to zero. This means that in their ensemble the 'A' influences are illusory in their nature, although the effect of each one of them is real, so that exterior man takes them for reality. The white circle represents the esoteric Centre, located outside the general laws of life.

The white arrows represent influences called 'B'. These influences are thrown into the turmoil of life and originate from the esoteric Centre, treated outside life, these arrows are all oriented in the same direction. In their ensemble they form a sort of magnetic field.

Since 'A' influences neutralize each other, 'B' influences actually constitute the only reality.

The small circle with the shaded lines represents man, who in this figure is taken in isolation. The oblique shaded lines signify that the nature of exterior man is not homogeneous: it is mixed.

If man spends his life without distinguishing between 'A' and 'B' influences, he will end it as he started, one could say mechanically, driven by the Law of Accident. However, according to the nature and the intensity of the resultant forces to which he is subjected, it can happen to him to make a brilliant career, in the meaning the world gives to this expression.

Yet he will come to the end of his days without having either learned or understood anything of Reality. And earth returns to Earth.

In life, every being is subjected to a sort of competitive test. If he discerns the existence of the 'B' influences; if he acquires a taste for gathering and absorbing them; if he continually aspires to assimilate them better; his mixed inner nature will slowly undergo a certain kind of evolution. And if the efforts which he makes to absorb the 'B' influences are constant and sufficient in force, a magnetic centre can be formed within him. This magnetic centre is represented in the diagram by the small white space.

If this centre once born in him is carefully developed, it takes form, and in its turn will exercise an influence over the results of the 'A' arrows which are always active, deflecting them. Such a deflection may be violent. In general it transgresses the laws of exterior life and provokes many conflicts in and around man. If he loses the battle, he emerges with the conviction that the 'B' influences are nothing but illusion: that the only reality is represented by the 'A' influences. Slowly the magnetic centre which had been formed within him is reabsorbed and vanishes. Then, from the esoteric point of view, his situation is worse than the one he had started with, when he was just beginning to discern the 'B' influences.

But if he emerges a winner in this first struggle, his magnetic centre, consolidated and reinforced, will draw him to a man having a 'C influence stronger than his own, and possessing a stronger magnetic centre. And so on in succession, the last man being in connection with another having an influence 'D', who will be his link with the Esoteric Centre 'E'.

Henceforth in life, that man will no longer be isolated. He will certainly continue to live as before under the action of the 'A' influences, which for a long time will continue to exercise their power over him; yet little by little, thanks to the effect of the influence of the chain 'B'-'C'-'D'-'E', his magnetic centre will develop. To the measure of its growth, the man will escape the dominion of the Law of Chance and enter the domain of Consciousness.

If he reaches this result before his death, he can say that his life was not lived in vain.

Let us now examine a different version of the same diagram:

This second figure, with black magnetic centres, represents the situation where man deludes himself and, believing he is absorbing 'B' influences and making the necessary selection all the while, he in fact absorbs 'A' influences, those of the black arrows that are in some way parallel to the white arrows of the 'B' influences. This will put him into contact with people who possess magnetic centres of the same nature: who are themselves duped or who dupe others, and who have no direct or indirect link with the esoteric Centre.

Specifically, do you think Ra is talking about the higher centers in self as the Higher Self or just about the 6d oversoul or social memory complex (SMC)?  If they are talking about the SMC then maybe the higher centers do develop but with an inverted focus.  I'm currently leaning towards 4d/5d STS as having developed the higher centers with the same knowledge as 4d/5d STO but choosing to focus that knowledge inward instead of outward.

Questioner: Is there anyone in our history who is commonly known who
went to a fourth-density self-service or negative type of planet or any who
will go there?

Ra: I am Ra. The number of entities thus harvested is small. However, a few
have penetrated the eighth level which is only available from the opening up
of the seventh through the sixth. Penetration into the eighth or intelligent
infinity level allows a mind/body/spirit complex to be harvested if it wishes
at any time/space during the cycle.

Questioner: Are any of these people known in the history of our planet by
name?

Ra: I am Ra. We will mention a few. The one known as Taras Bulba, the
one known as Genghis Khan, the one known as Rasputin.

Questioner: How did they accomplish this? What was necessary for them to
accomplish this?

Ra: I am Ra. All of the aforementioned entities were aware, through
memory, of Atlantean understandings having to do with the use of the
various centers of mind/body/spirit complex energy influx in attaining the
gateway to intelligent infinity.

Questioner: Did this enable them to do what we refer to as magic? Could
they do paranormal things while they were incarnate?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct. The first two entities mentioned made little
use of these abilities consciously. However, they were bent single-mindedly
upon service to self, sparing no efforts in personal discipline to double, re-
double and so empower this gateway. The third was a conscious adept and
also spared no effort in the pursuit of service to self.

A magician's power - that of a Cagliostro, Rasputin and their like is
based, as we said, on excessive development of the motor centre, which
dominates the other two. The working of the intellectual centre is reduced
to what is strictly necessary to ensure vital needs and to elaborate projects;
its negative part is smothered, and this is what leads to the absence of
doubt. The emotional centre is not only not smothered but is rather well
developed. However, this development is unbalanced, as it is not the result
of correct discernment of 'B' from 'A' influences, but of the accumulation
of those of the latter whose action, although different in quality, lies parallel
to the 'B' influences {false B-influence}. Lastly, an overgrowth on the psyche is formed on the
right side of the emotional centre of this type of man 1, which shows all the
characteristics of an impure or black magnetic centre. While the magnetic centre
formed of 'B' influences is a subsidiary organ enabling esoteric development,
this black magnetic centre formed by 'A' influences can clearly not be
oriented towards esoteric goals. Shaped by 'A' influences whose action runs
parallel to the 'B' influences, the orientation of this black magnetic centre is
automatically directed towards objectives limited to within the perimeter
of exterior life. These objectives are well known; money, women, and
power in all their forms.

This type of unbalanced development of Personality, which gives birth
to the sorcerer in all its aspects, is shown below: [diagram]

The reader will remember the diagram in chapter VI of the first volume
accompanied there by a brief explanation. Evidently the black
magnetic centre, instead of sending man forward towards the second Birth
and so towards the union of his Personality with his real 'I' {Higher Self}, emphasizes and
crystallizes the 'I' of the Personality and inspires it with the strength it
needs to impose itself on other Personalities who are in an unstable inner
state.

It is important to know that this human type exists, especially for those
who have an inclination for esoteric research and who begin by looking for
the 'marvellous.' While awaiting an encounter with a guide, their Personality
is wide open to the influences emanating from this type of man, and
they may easily fall under his sway. Such a 'guide' may be represented by
the diagram from the first volume we have just described. We reproduce it
here because of its great importance: [diagram]

The scriptures and authorized commentaries have drawn seekers' attention
to this danger many times. This is why it is written that 'the children of
this world are more cunning than the children of light.' Beginning long ago, many
warnings have been given about this.

Besides giving birth to magicians, this type of man gives rise to false
false Christs, and even the Antichrist.

It is curious to see how much these false prophets, magicians and
'christs', impressed themselves on the imagination of the men -and even
more of the women of the past. It is the same today.

For there is a type of human being who declines all moral responsibility
for himself or for those to whom he is in duty bound. One comes across this
type quite often, always trying to find someone else to shoulder his responsibilities
as long as this someone else possesses some kind of authority,
earned or otherwise. These people are open to any form of hypnotic suggestion
and practically ask to be hypnotized. They are of good faith, but
they search for the 'marvellous' because they are too weak or too lazy to
undertake esoteric work successfully. And the 'wolves' devour them
finding justification in the fact that they are only the 'scourings of
humanity.' But this is not true; for 'scourings' who are converted can
become key figures on the esoteric chess-board.

However, there is a case which merits our special attention. It is the
deformation which, pushed to the extreme, makes the man a black magician
or false prophet, enabling him to acquire certain psychic powers.
The Personality's partial deformation in this sense also plays a role in life.
Constituted in this way, a man unknowingly acquires a certain influence
over those around him; hypnotic influences of the 'A' kind emanate from
him. And this can happen not only to the man of type 1, but equally to types
2 and 3.

Someone who undertakes esoteric work seriously must guard against
these hypnotic influences which can emanate from him without his knowledge,
and which create new karmic burdens for him which he must later
neutralize by conscious efforts. There is yet another valid reason for distrusting
one's own hypnotic influences. The latter automatically look for
fertile ground: weak natures, generally not very deep, are open to them,
especially in women subject to a morbid mysticism sometimes accompanied
by certain sexual inclinations. When one gives in to them, these
influences only accentuate the degeneration of such natures.

What does “practicing in an evil way"  mean? Well, there are a number of forms of it.

There’s a certain type of people who specifically do evil practices, and their stuff has
been passed down for generations. Why do they pass that stuff on? It’s because they want
to build up their reputations, benefit themselves, and get rich. That’s what they care
about. Of course, their character isn’t high, and they don’t get any gong. So what do they
get? Karma. When a person’s karma is huge, it can form a kind of energy. But his level is
nothing, and he’s nothing compared to a cultivator. He is able to have power over
ordinary people, though. That stuff is also a form of energy, so when its density gets very
high, it can strengthen the abilities that the human body has. It can have that kind of
effect. So there have always been people who teach that stuff. They say, “I do bad things,
I swear at people, and my gong grows right up."  They aren’t building up their gong in the
least. The fact is, they’re just increasing the density of that black matter since doing bad
things gives them black matter, karma. So they can strengthen those few little tiny inborn
abilities with that karma and bring about some minor abilities, but they can’t do anything
big. These people think they can build up gong by doing bad things, that’s their theory.

Specifically, do you think Ra is talking about the higher centers in self as the Higher Self or just about the 6d oversoul or social memory complex (SMC)?

Questioner: Let me take as an example the one that you said was called
Himmler. We are assuming from this that his higher self was of the sixth-
density and it was stated that Himmler had selected the negative path.
Would his higher self then dwell in a sixth-density negative type of
situation? Can you expand on this concept?

Ra: I am Ra. There are no negative beings which have attained the Oversoul
manifestation, which is the honor/duty of the mind/body/spirit complex
totality, of late sixth-density as you would term it in your time
measurements. These negatively oriented mind/body/spirit complexes have
a difficulty which to our knowledge has never been overcome, for after fifth-
density graduation wisdom is available but must be matched with an equal
amount of love. This love/light is very, very difficult to achieve in unity
when following the negative path and during the earlier part of the sixth-
density, society complexes of the negative orientation will choose to release
the potential and leap into the sixth-density positive.

Therefore, the Oversoul which makes its understanding available to all who
are ready for such aid is towards the positive. However, the free will of the
individual is paramount, and any guidance given by the higher self may be
seen in either the positive or negative polarity depending upon the choice of
a mind/body/spirit complex.

Questioner: Then using Himmler as an example, was his higher self at the
time he was incarnate in the 1940s a sixth-density positively oriented higher
self?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct.

Questioner: Was Himmler in any way in contact with his higher self at that
time when he was incarnate during the 1940s?

Ra: I am Ra. We remind you that the negative path is one of separation.
What is the first separation: the self from the self. The one known as
Himmler did not choose to use its abilities of will and polarization to seek
guidance from any source but its conscious drives, self-chosen in the life
experience and nourished by previous biases created in other life
experiences.

Questioner: Well then let’s say that when Himmler reaches sixth-density
negative, would he realize that his higher self was positively oriented and for
that reason make the jump from negative to positive orientation?

Ra: I am Ra. This is incorrect. The sixth-density negative entity is extremely
wise. It observes the spiritual entropy occurring due to the lack of ability to
express the unity of sixth-density. Thus, loving the Creator and realizing at
some point that the Creator is not only self but other-self as self, this entity
consciously chooses an instantaneous energy reorientation so that it may
continue its evolution.

Questioner: Then the sixth-density entity who has reached that point in
positive orientation may choose to become what we call a Wanderer and
move back. I am wondering if this ever occurs with a negatively oriented
sixth-density entity? Do any ever move back as Wanderers?

Ra: I am Ra. Once the negatively polarized entity has reached a certain
point in the wisdom density it becomes extremely unlikely that it will
choose to risk the forgetting, for this polarization is not selfless but selfish
and with wisdom realizes the jeopardy of such “Wandering."  Occasionally a
sixth-density negative becomes a Wanderer in an effort to continue to
polarize towards the negative. This is extremely unusual.

Concerning the absolute divisions, Fourth Way (and here I mean Gurdjieff/Ouspensky, not Mouravieff) says that we are 100% cut-off from our higher centers, that despite their working tirelessly we can know nothing of them until that distant day when the "master arrives home." I think that is "putting the cart before the horse" because I have experienced enough accurate intuitions, instant-knowings, and rare moments of selfless compassion to know that despite my 3D existence the higher centers are there and come through in flashes, and that it's in  seeking, nurturing, and sustaining these mini-illuminations - assimilating these B-influences - that eventually a fully self-sustaining state of illumination may eventually ignite.

...the H.I. even if only in glimpses, helps to frame lower intellectual knowledge in a higher absolute context.

STS love at a 3d level before recognition of something higher is a self-preservation love. [...]
STO love is not achieved until recognition is achieved.

Okay, I guess then that love is an impulse that moves Creation forward, implying it differs depending on the stage and direction of individual evolution. The impulse that moves forward 4D STS evolution would be the same in essence, but different expression, from the impulse that moves anything else forward in its evolution. Like since self-preservation and procreation form the core of 2D growth, 2D love would be primarily of a carnal nature based on need.

Ever see "The Chronicles of Riddick"? That movie portrayed pretty well what I understand of 4D and 5D STS. You can tell that the "bad guys" in the film are not acting out of crude self-preservation, but a fervent devotion to a higher ideal. I do wonder though about the black magnetic center, because it is through that that one becomes a 4D STS candidate. See, according to the Ra Material the advanced STS individual has become increasingly cut off from his or her Higher Self. I'm thinking perhaps the black magnetic center is what plugs them into the demonic or higher STS "social memory complex" which then substitutes for the Higher Self. I was wondering whether they are cut off from their H.E. but instead hooked up to something equally transcendental but STS oriented. You know, like the black hole / Ormethion thing sitting at the end of their evolution like some huge waterfall at the end of the river.

Of course, the centers integrate in differing ways between 3d and 5d depending on the individual and the interactions from higher level entities.  Some in 3d may not have developed the higher centers yet and some may have.  Although 4d is the realm of love and compassion (H.E.) it does have and use the H.I. as well, of course.  5d is the contemplative zone and the balancing zone for the lessons learned in the lower densities but that doesn't exclude the other centers.  It in fact combines all centers into one cohesive unit.  But that can be accomplished in 3d as well.

The L.I. concerns itself with the mechanics of physical reality.  It seeks to preserve self by gaining knowledge of it's environment.  In our society, these mechanics involve what many refer to as the matrix control system.  The L.I. can reach a 'point of seeing' that there is something beyond it's capacity but it cannot gain access to that directly.  In our society, the connection to physical creation is severely dampened which makes that 'point of seeing' even more difficult.  As StarCat points out, it keeps the L.I. busy in thought loops.

STS love at a 3d level before recognition of something higher is a self-preservation love. [...]
STO love is not achieved until recognition is achieved.

STS love does come from the H.E. center only after recognition of the power within and the choice to expand that power by enslaving of others.  Before this recognition and choice the STS love is from the L.E. center and is basically self-preservation.