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THE EMPRESS

CATALYST OF THE MIND

Arcanum 3

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Catalyst: something that causes an important event to happen

Mind: that which is responsible for one’s thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

Empress: a woman of an empire; married to an emperor; the female equivalent of an emperor

What is the catalyst of the mind

“The third archetype may broadly be grasped as the Catalyst of the Mind. Thus it takes in far more than disciplined meditation. However, it is certainly through this faculty that catalyst is most efficiently used. The Archetype, Three, is perhaps confusedly called Empress although the intention of this number is the understanding that it represents the unconscious or female portion of the mind complex being first, shall we say, used or ennobled by the male or conscious portion of the mind. Thus the noble name.” -Ra, Session 78

“All that assaults your senses is catalyst. We, in speaking to this support group through this instrument, offer catalyst. The configurations of each in the group of body offer catalyst through comfort/discomfort. In fact all that is unprocessed that has come before the notice of a mind/body/spirit complex is catalyst.” -Ra, Session 93 

If the High Priestess can be seen as a bride and the Magician is the groom, then the Empress is the representation of the blessed union of our two. I suspect this is why we often see this card drawn as a pregnant female. This card could also be seen as Mother Mary after her immaculate conception.

An immaculate conception is the one between the conscious and unconscious mind and catalyst is the result of their union. Everything begins with a thought. That thought is instantly communicated to the unconscious mind at the time of thinking, it takes mere moments for the unconscious to become impregnated with thought… If we follow this line of thinking then we could also see the time inbetween thought and manifestation as a gestation period. There is a buffer of time between thought and manifestation in our reality, we don’t just think “I’d like a cheeseburger” and instantly one appears.

However, many of your modern “law of attraction” believers will tell you that you only need to align your thinking with your deeper beliefs (or your Higher Power) to manifest anything you want more quickly. This is true if one is aware of one’s unconscious biases. So if you truly believed that you could instantly manifest the cheeseburger on an unconscious level, then one must appear for you. In my estimation, catalyst works something like this. We are introduced to a new thought, we imagine (and this might be an unconscious or natural reaction to the new thought, in fact we often do this without any action at all) the thought in our minds eye. Sometimes we might get a feeling in the body or a picture in the mind, a sound, whatever it is for that person that is representative of the energy created by the mind and unconscious minds union.

In the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, the old king tells the boy about omens and instructs him to pay attention to them then learn to read them. He is saying that some catalyst is worth paying special attention to. Modern day people call this synchronicity.

Catalyst can be provocative and tempting. It can make you believe that it is something real and tangible, but in reality it is only a taste meant to move in the right direction. The sun in the card shines it’s protective and unconditional love on ALL catalyst. Consider that for a moment if you will. Even those things you observe with disgust or anger, in fact it is those things that you are meant to observe, until the time that you can look upon it with out bias, then it can flee from you and you can move on to more and more wonderfully exciting catalyst.

Catalyst can be seen from many many perspectives, there is no one right vantage point or another. Understanding as many viewpoints as possible help a person to cope with events that seem painful or uncomfortable, but they are tools in our tool bag to see the whole story and not only our small part of it. This helps us to properly digest catalyst so we aren’t repeating old lessons because of narrow or limited thinking.

We know that the world we see is a reflection of world within. How we feel about ourselves has an impact on how we perceive everything else outside ourself. If I think I am a smart, capable person, then when I gaze out into the world I will see all of the opportunities for me to be smart and capable. Conversely, if I saw myself as dumb and lazy, when gazing outward I would see all of the opportunities to be dumb and lazy. When you are locked in one mindset (self-reinforcing thought program) or another, you are seeing the world through the filter of that belief. Our main figure wears a sheer shoulder veil perhaps to illustrate a similar point. We are able to see through catalyst only so much as we are able to look beyond the limits we have imposed on ourselves through habitual thinking.

More about Catalyst as Explained in the Law of One

“The third archetype may broadly be grasped as the Catalyst of the Mind. Thus it takes in far more than disciplined meditation. However, it is certainly through this faculty that catalyst is most efficiently used. The Archetype, Three, is perhaps confusedly called Empress although the intention of this number is the understanding that it represents the unconscious or female portion of the mind complex being first, shall we say, used or ennobled by the male or conscious portion of the mind. Thus the noble name.” -Ra, Session 78

“All that assaults your senses is catalyst. We, in speaking to this support group through this instrument, offer catalyst. The configurations of each in the group of body offer catalyst through comfort/discomfort. In fact all that is unprocessed that has come before the notice of a mind/body/spirit complex is catalyst.” -Ra, Session 93

“The incarnating entity which has become conscious of the incarnative process and thus programs its own experience may choose the amount of catalyst or, to phrase this differently, the number of lessons which it will undertake to experience and to learn from in one incarnation. This does not mean that all is predestined, but rather that there are invisible guidelines shaping events which will function according to this programming. Thus if one opportunity is missed another will appear until the, shall we say, student of the life experience grasps that a lesson is being offered and undertakes to learn it.

From Session 1 

Questioner: If an individual makes efforts to act as a catalyst in general to increase the awareness of planetary consciousness, is he of any aid in that direction, or is he doing nothing but acting upon himself?

Ra: I am Ra. We shall answer your question in two parts, both of which are important equally.

Firstly, you must understand that the distinction between yourself and others is not visible to us. We do not consider that a separation exists between the consciousness-raising efforts of the distortion which you project as a personality and the distortion which you project as an other personality. Thus, to learn is the same as to teach unless you are not teaching what you are learning; in which case you have done you/they little or no good. This understanding should be pondered by your mind/body/spirit complex as it is a distortion which plays a part in your experiences at this nexus.

To turn to the second part of our response may we state our understanding, limited though it is.

Group-individuated consciousness is that state of sharing understanding with the other distortions of mind/body/spirit complexes, which are within the evident reach of the mind/body/spirit complex individual or group. Thus, we are speaking to you and accepting both our distortions and your own in order to enunciate the laws of creation, more especially the Law of One. We are not available to many of your peoples, for this is not an easily understood way of communication or type of philosophy. However, our very being is hopefully a poignant example of both the necessity and the near-hopelessness of attempting to teach.

Each of those in this group is striving to use, digest, and diversify the information which we are sending this instrument into the channels of the mind/body/spirit complex without distortion. The few whom you will illuminate by sharing your light are far more than enough reason for the greatest possible effort. To serve one is to serve all. Therefore, we offer the question back to you to state that indeed it is the only activity worth doing: to learn/teach or teach/learn. There is nothing else which is of aid in demonstrating the original thought except your very being, and the distortions that come from the unexplained, inarticulate, or mystery-clad being are many. Thus, to attempt to discern and weave your way through as many group mind/body/spirit distortions as possible among your peoples in the course of your teaching is a very good effort to make. We can speak no more valiantly of your desire to serve.

“The Law of One, though beyond the limitations of name, as you call vibratory sound complexes, may be approximated by stating that all things are one, that there is no polarity, no right or wrong, no disharmony, but only identity. All is one, and that one is love/light, light/love, the Infinite Creator.

One of the primal distortions of the Law of One is that of healing. Healing occurs when a mind/body/spirit complex realizes, deep within itself, the Law of One; that is, that there is no disharmony, no imperfection; that all is complete and whole and perfect. Thus, the intelligent infinity within this mind/body/spirit complex re-forms the illusion of body, mind, or spirit to a form congruent with the Law of One. The healer acts as energizer or catalyst for this completely individual process.

One item which may be of interest is that a healer asking to learn must take the distortion understood as responsibility for that ask/receiving, thus healing. This is a honor/duty which must be carefully considered in free will before the asking.” – Ra, Session 4

“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, less important being information such as we share with you. ” – Ra, Session 17

“Consider, if you will, the tree for instance. It is self-sufficient. Consider, if you will, the third-density entity. It is self-sufficient only through difficulty and deprivation. It is difficult to learn alone for there is a built-in handicap, at once the great virtue and the great handicap of third density. That is the rational/intuitive mind.

Thus, the weakening of the physical vehicle, as you call it, was designed to distort entities towards a predisposition to deal with each other. Thus, the lessons which approach a knowing of love can be begun.

This catalyst then is shared between peoples as an important part of each self’s development as well as the experiences of the self in solitude and the synthesis of all experience through meditation. The quickest way to learn is to deal with other-selves. This is a much greater catalyst than dealing with the self. Dealing with the self without other-selves is akin to living without what you would call mirrors. Thus, the self cannot see the fruits of its being-ness. Thus, each may aid each by reflection. This is also a primary reason for the weakening of the physical vehicle, as you call the physical complex. ” – Ra, Session 19

“It is completely true to the best of our knowledge that the orientation or polarization of the mind/body/spirit complex is the cause of the perceptions generated by each entity. Thus a scene may be observed in your grocery store. The entity ahead of self may be without sufficient funds. One entity may then take this opportunity to steal. Another may take this opportunity to feel itself a failure. Another may unconcernedly remove the least necessary items, pay for what it can, and go about its business. The one behind the self, observing, may feel compassion, may feel an insult because of standing next to a poverty-stricken person, may feel generosity, may feel indifference.” – Ra, Session 33

Major mechanisms designed to provide catalytic experience that do not include interaction with other-self

“…the primary mechanism for catalytic experience in third-density is other-self. The list of other catalytic influences: firstly, the Creator’s universe; secondly, the self.” – Ra Session

Sub-headings under self or ways the self is acted upon catalytically which would produce experience

“Firstly, the self unmanifested (that is, the self which does not need other-self in order to manifest or act.). Secondly, the self in relation to the societal self created by self and other-self. Thirdly, the interaction between self and the gadgets, toys, and amusements of the self, other-self invention. Fourthly, the self relationship with those attributes which you may call war and rumors of war.

“any interaction betwixt self and other-self has whatever potential for catalyst that there exists in the potential difference between self and other-self, this moderated and undergirded by the constant fact of the Creator as self and as other-self.”

From Session 34.6 

Questioner: Thank you. Can you give me examples of catalytic action from the last session beginning with the self unmanifested producing learning catalyst?

Ra: I am Ra. We observed your interest in the catalyst of pain. This experience is most common among your entities. The pain may be of the physical complex. More often it is of the mental and emotional complex. In some few cases the pain is spiritual in complex-nature. This creates a potential for learning. The lessons to be learned vary. Almost always these lessons include patience, tolerance, and the ability for the light touch.

Very often the catalyst for emotional pain, whether it be the death of the physical complex of one other-self which is loved or other seeming loss, will simply result in the opposite, in a bitterness and impatience, a souring. This is catalyst which has gone awry. In these cases then there will be additional catalyst provided to offer the unmanifested self further opportunities for discovering the self as all-sufficient Creator containing all that there is and full of joy. 

From Session 34.7 

Questioner: Do what we call contagious diseases play any part in this process with respect to the unmanifested self?

Ra: I am Ra. These so-called contagious diseases are those entities of second-density which offer an opportunity for this type of catalyst. If this catalyst is unneeded, then these second-density creatures, as you would call them, do not have an effect. In each of these generalizations you may please note that there are anomalies so that we cannot speak to every circumstance but only to the general run or way of things as you experience them. 

From Session 34.14 

Questioner: Can you give me the same type of information that we are working on now with respect to war and rumors of war?

Ra: I am Ra. You may see this in relationship to your gadgets. This war and self relationship is a fundamental perception of the maturing entity. There is a great chance to accelerate in whatever direction is desired. One may polarize negatively by assuming bellicose attitudes for whatever reason. One may find oneself in the situation of war and polarize somewhat towards the positive activating orange, yellow, and then green rays by heroic, if you may call them this, actions taken to preserve the mind/body/spirit complexes of other-selves.

Finally, one may polarize very strongly fourth ray by expressing the principle of universal love at the total expense of any distortion towards involvement in bellicose actions. In this way the entity may become a conscious being in a very brief span of your time/space. This may be seen to be what you would call a traumatic progression. It is to be noted that among your entities a large percentage of all progression has as catalyst, trauma.