by Doug Scott and the Building 4th Community

Overview

This discussion among the “Building 4th” community members as they explored how to navigate societal polarization through the lenses of maintaining an open mind and intentionally showing love to everyone. The conversation centered on the transition to “4th density” consciousness (from the Law of One metaphysical framework) during times of social and political upheaval.

The meeting embodied Clara’s insightful perspective: “I think when I don’t agree with a person I don’t have to stand with them, but I can stand beside them. This has helped me a lot.”

Main Themes

1. Understanding Polarization as Part of Spiritual Evolution

Doug Scott opened with a presentation on the metaphysical concept of “bellicosity and polarization” from the Law of One perspective. He explained that Earth has entered 4th density energy but our collective consciousness hasn’t caught up, creating tension:

“We have a tension between where the earth is located inside of 4th density energy, and then the consciousness of the earth is not near ready for harvest. And that’s where a lot of this tension is.” – Doug

This framing helped participants see current societal turbulence as part of a larger spiritual evolutionary process rather than simply political discord.

2. Personal Responses to Social Tensions

Participants shared vulnerable reflections on how they personally navigate the polarized climate:

Clara shared her commitment to not getting triggered by opposing beliefs:

“If I get defensive or triggered about other people’s beliefs that contradict mine, that’s a sign I have a very strong ego. What is true cannot be threatened, and what is not true does not exist… I don’t have to fight for the truth. The truth fights for itself.”

Peter DeCicco described navigating between two responses:

“I sort of go between 2 poles… There’s some side of me that just is like, gets really belligerent… and another side of me is saying, ‘Hey, you know we are… making the world better and understanding.'”

3. The Role of Respect in Healing Division

Elizabeth Stephan identified disrespect as a key driver of conflict:

“One of the things that has really caught my attention… is this phrase that I keep hearing from different people, and the phrase is, ‘I feel disrespected.'”

Troy expanded on this insight, noting how it connects to current political movements:

“Elizabeth’s point of disrespect is, I think, relevant to the MAGA population and the Populist movement in that the left became elitist… and left the lower middle class out. And I think that’s where a lot of our backlash is coming from because they felt disrespected.”

4. Maintaining Personal Center During Chaos

Participants shared strategies for maintaining spiritual equilibrium during turbulent times:

Doug emphasized finding one’s “polar North”:

“What I’ve also been truly encouraging my clients, and also myself, is to find your polar North in this chaos… We need to be people who choose wholeness, and let that be our polar north.”

Michael articulated his approach:

“My intention is to live a life where I love everyone unconditionally. That’s my north star, and I know that’s really hard… as long as I have the intention every morning to live my life in love, peace and joy, that somehow I’m aligned.”

5. The Perspective of Marginalized Communities

Fred Lynch provided valuable insight on navigating injustice from the perspective of a person of color:

“We were taught from ground up as kids, you have to be twice as good as your counterpart that’s a different color than you, and you still will probably get half as far as he’ll get. So that has just been a constant reality.”

He described learning to work with “cosmic principles” that “every now and then have an ability to like almost leapfrog the bullshit.”

6. Finding Hope and a Way Forward

Elizabeth offered a powerful poetic reflection that many participants found deeply moving:

“The cost is breaking my heart. The place of peace is waiting for hearts to find rest… I am building a new way, a path directed toward love. Take the time to let me show you my pathway… Water your soul, it is dry and wasted. Come to the spring to be refreshed by my love.”

The group responded with unanimous appreciation for this message of hope.

Conclusion

The Building 4th community demonstrates a remarkable commitment to maintaining loving awareness during challenging times. Rather than retreating into polarized positions, members actively practice standing beside those with different views while maintaining their own center. They recognize current social tensions as part of a larger evolutionary process and seek to respond with open-mindedness and love rather than reactivity.

As Doug summarized: “We don’t know where we’re going, but we know how we’re gonna get there.” The “how” appears to be through intentional love, respect for all, and maintaining an open mind—even and especially when it’s difficult.

Bellicosity and Polarization in the Law of One: Understanding Spiritual Evolution in a Conflicted World

Introduction to Bellicosity in Metaphysical Terms

Bellicosity, conventionally defined as an aggressive or warlike attitude and disposition toward conflict, takes on deeper metaphysical significance within the Law of One material. Rather than merely describing hostile behavior, bellicosity in the Law of One represents a fundamental distortion of consciousness—a manifestation of separation thinking that contradicts the core principle that all beings are expressions of the One Infinite Creator.

This separation consciousness emerges from imbalanced energy centers, particularly when the survival instincts of the red ray and the personal power dynamics of the yellow ray operate without the tempering influence of the heart chakra’s unconditional love. As entities evolve spiritually, the Law of Responsibility dictates that they become increasingly accountable for these bellicose tendencies, with such actions carrying greater metaphysical consequences as consciousness expands.

Metaphysical Bellicosity in Political Leadership

Political leadership provides a particularly visible arena for manifesting metaphysical bellicosity. Leaders who have attained positions of influence often demonstrate this distortion through:

1. Deliberate Deception for Power: Knowingly spreading misinformation to manipulate others, controlling orange ray (personal relationships) and yellow ray (group dynamics) energies to maintain dominance while violating others’ free will.
2. Resource Hoarding Through Policy: Implementing systems that concentrate resources among elites while claiming universal benefit, revealing distortions in red ray (survival) and orange ray (possession) centers that prioritize separation over unity.
3. Manufacturing External Threats: Creating or exaggerating threats to unify supporters through fear, manipulating yellow ray (tribal/national identity) energy without the balancing influence of heart-centered recognition that the “other” is also the Creator.
4. Suppression of Spiritual Knowledge: Actively preventing others from accessing spiritual or metaphysical understanding, directly violating the Law of Free Will by restricting opportunities for consciousness evolution.
5. Environmental Destruction for Short-Term Gain: Authorizing actions that harm the planetary organism despite understanding the interconnectedness of all life, demonstrating a profound responsibility violation toward entities unable to defend themselves.

These expressions of bellicosity represent not just political strategies but metaphysical choices that impact spiritual evolution, both for the leaders themselves and for those affected by their decisions.

Planetary Dynamics in Late Third Density

A late third-density planet whose population has generally chosen positive orientation yet remains far from harvest-ready presents a distinctive metaphysical scenario. Despite majority alignment with service-to-others principles, such a planetary system would demonstrate several recognizable characteristics:

Mixed Catalyst Intensity

The apparent chaos and bellicosity from nation-state leaders serves as intensified catalyst designed to accelerate polarization before the end of the major cycle. This represents the planetary logos creating conditions for accelerated growth through challenging external circumstances.

Sleeper Effect

Many positively-oriented entities would intellectually understand service-to-others principles while lacking the disciplined will to manifest these principles consistently, especially when facing difficult catalyst. This creates a gap between theoretical understanding and practical embodiment of unity consciousness.

Distorted Communication Centers

Planetary communication systems would exhibit significant distortion, creating collective blockage in the blue ray (communication) center. This prevents clear transmission of information required for informed choice-making, keeping even positively-oriented entities confused about effective service to others.

Karmic Momentum

The planet would exhibit unresolved karma from earlier cycles, manifesting as seemingly intractable social and political problems that serve as repeated lessons until collectively addressed. The bellicosity of leaders partly reflects this unresolved karma seeking expression and resolution.

Unconscious Separation

Despite conscious endorsement of unity, many positively-oriented entities would maintain unconscious separation patterns—a green ray blockage preventing full heart chakra activation due to unexamined biases, fears, and judgments, particularly toward those perceived as politically or culturally different.

Comfort Inertia

The material comforts of late third-density civilization would create a “comfort inertia” where many choose familiar patterns over the discomfort required for spiritual growth, avoiding the challenging internal work necessary to achieve harvestable polarization.

Spiritual Bypassing

A significant portion of positively-oriented entities would focus on spiritual concepts without addressing shadow material, resulting in incomplete energy processing that prevents full green ray activation—pursuing positive polarization intellectually while avoiding the inner work required to truly embody it.

Integration and Implications

These themes collectively illustrate the complex interplay between individual consciousness and planetary evolution in the Law of One framework. The bellicose tendencies of political leaders serve as powerful catalysts for spiritual growth, offering opportunities for positively-oriented entities to deepen their polarization through conscious response to challenging circumstances.

The stalled polarization on a late third-density planet reflects not a failure but a necessary stage in the spiritual evolution process. The apparent chaos serves a cosmic purpose: creating conditions where entities must make clearer choices about their orientation toward service to self or service to others, thereby accelerating their spiritual development.

For individuals seeking positive harvest, the key lies not in changing external conditions but in responding to these conditions with increasing consciousness and love. By recognizing the bellicosity of leaders as catalyst rather than obstacle, spiritually-oriented entities can transform apparent chaos into opportunities for deeper polarization through consistent heart-centered choices that recognize the Creator in all beings—even those manifesting profound separation consciousness.

In this understanding, bellicosity becomes not just a problem to solve but a teacher offering advanced lessons in responsibility, forgiveness, and unconditional love—the very qualities required for graduation to fourth density positive experience.

• Cosmic Christ