The Law of One is a series of five philosophical monographs written between 1982 and 1998 by L/L Research. The series presents commentary and transcripts of a dialogue between a "Questioner" and an extra-terrestrial being "Ra". The introduction to the first book explains that the Questioner is Don Elkins and that Ra is an intelligent life form speaking through the body of Carla Rueckert, one of the co-authors.
Communication with Ra was achieved through channeling, which involved Carla Rueckert entering a hypnotic state (called an "unconscious trance" by the authors) where she would answer questions posed by Don Elkins. Her answers were taken to be direct communications from Ra. This dialogue between Don Elkins and Ra was then recorded and transcribed by James McCarthy to produce the five books.
What emerged from these dialogues was an elaborate philosophy called "The Law of One" presenting the basic principle that "All is One" or that all things are ultimately the same thing. The five books explore this premise in relation to many aspects of life including philosophy, religion, spirituality, cosmology, anthropology, history, physics, biology, geology, and the paranormal.
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The Law of One articulates a nondualistic philosophy according to which all things are The Creator.[1]
According to The Law of One, the universe is created by the Infinite Creator, who created the universe out of itself. The Infinite Creator became the universe through a process called "distortion" whereby the Infinite Creator "distorts" itself into the various things that exist. The process occurred one distortion at a time, in a specific order.
The first distortion created by the Infinite Creator is called "Free Will", the second "Love", and the third "Light". All other things come from this trinity of distortions through a complex set of further distortions, giving rise to an infinite number of universes, including our universe. After the fashion of a hologram or a fractal, each of the parts of the creation is like the whole.[2]
Each star or planet is a creation of an intelligence called a Logos.[3] Each Logos creates many sub-Logoi. An example of a sub-Logos is our sun.[4] The sub-Logoi, in turn, create sub-sub-Logoi. Human beings are examples of sub-sub-Logoi.[5] Each Logos, sub-Logos, and sub-sub-Logos is a microcosm of the Creator.
The Logoi create a progression through seven levels of spiritual evolution, called "densities."
Ra claims that humans are complexes composed of a mind, a body, and a spirit, and therefore would refer to individual humans as a "mind/body/spirit complex". Ra believed that humans, along with the earth, are going through a process called harvest.
Ra explained that there are many other living beings in the universe that are similar to humans but differ in body, intelligence, culture, and spiritual evolution. These beings, like humans, are referred to as mind/body/spirit complexes.
Many individuals, called wanderers, have at this time incarnated on Earth from higher densities in order to aid in the process of harvest.[10]
Ra claimed that all mind/body/spirit complexes, upon being formed in third density, progress upward through the densities as they evolve spiritually, until they become one with the Creator at the end of seventh density. This evolution is accomplished in a series of incarnations.
In order to progress from third density to fourth density, beings must make a choice between service to others or service to self: or, in ordinary language, between altruism and selfishness. The purpose of third density is to make this choice.[11]
As beings evolve, they progressively balance and unblock their "energy centers" which directly correspond to the chakras. The Law of One contains an extensive discussion of the chakras.[12]
The Law of One uses nonconventional terminology for the chakras. The chakras are called "energy centers," and their individual names are as follows:
The Law of One contains an extensive discussion of the Tarot.[13][14]
Ra explains that humans and the earth are undergoing a transition from third density to fourth density. This transition is said to necessitate a process called "harvest".
An important concept that is widely discussed is that of polarity, which is a framework that is used to discuss moral choices. Ra explains that there are two polarities: service to self, and service to others. These two polarities approximately relate to the everyday concepts known as evil and good, or selfishness and altruism.
Ra describes "Service to Others" in terms of an energy center configuration where the green-ray center radiates outward to other beings. This results in compassion, love feelings, and acts of service toward others.
Ra describes "Service to Self" in terms of an energy center configuration where the green-ray center is pointed mainly inward, correlating with the mind/body/spirit complex mostly feeling love for itself with little love or compassion for others. These feelings lead to self-serving intentions and actions.
Ra views the Earth as a living being that has a mind, free will, and grows over time both physically and spiritually. Ra explains that the Earth is currently in the process of changing from third density to fourth density.[15]