# Free will (First Distortion) *Canonical page: https://ra.contact/concepts/free-will-first-distortion* *Last updated: 2026-06-25* *The First Distortion of the Law of One: the Creator's freedom to know Itself in infinite ways, from which all other distortions — including love and light — flow.* ## What Ra means Free will is the first shape the undivided One takes. Ra describes it as the primal distortion from which the Second Distortion (Logos, or love) and the Third Distortion (light) unfold in sequence (15.21.4-7). Because it comes first, it is the supreme law governing all other entities and all Confederation operations. To infringe another entity's free will — through enslavement, manipulation, or even unrequested assistance — is the basic transgression in Ra's framework. The paramount quality of free will is stated directly: it is utterly paramount in the workings of the infinite creation (72.7.2). This is why Ra and the Confederation cannot simply teach or correct without being called, and why the quarantine of Earth was set up not to stop the Orion group's attempts to interfere but only to balance them — the Orion group's free will remains intact, while third-density entities retain their own freedom to choose without being overwhelmed by manipulation they cannot recognize (16.2.2-6). The two polarities express exactly opposite orientations toward free will. The positively oriented path honors it so strongly that its own pull on other-selves is weakened — positive harmony is harder to maintain precisely because it holds back. The negatively oriented path, by contrast, does not accept the free will of other-selves at all; its will is bent toward conquest, and in a social complex of high negative purity, the pull on other-selves is constant and unrelenting (71.14.2-7). Ra also notes that Logoi who chose to create without the application of free will produced a very different kind of evolution — slower to the midpoint, then rapid toward the eighth density, but lacking the variety and quality of experience that free will generates (77.17.3-4). ## In Ra's words Free will as utterly paramount — and the mechanics of attraction: > The Law of Confusion, or Free Will, is utterly paramount in the workings of the infinite creation. > > — [72.7.2](https://ra.contact/sessions/72#72.7) The quarantine as a balance that protects free will on both sides: > The balancing is from dimension to dimension. The attempts of the so-called Crusaders to interfere with free will are acceptable upon the dimension of their understanding. However, the mind/body/spirit complexes of this dimension you call third form a dimension of free will which is not able to, shall we say, recognize in full the distortions towards manipulation. > > Thus, in order to balance the dimensional variances in vibration, a quarantine was set up; this being a balancing situation whereby the free will of the Orion group is not stopped but given a challenge. Meanwhile, the third-density group is not hindered from free choice. > > — [16.2.2-6](https://ra.contact/sessions/16#16.2) How the two polarities differ in their relationship to the free will of other-selves: > This is incorrect. Positivity has a much weaker effect due to the strong element of recognition of free will in any positivity approaching purity. Thus, although the negatively oriented entity may find it difficult to polarize negatively in the midst of such resounding harmony, it will not find it impossible. > > Upon the other hand, the negative polarization is one which does not accept the concept of the free will of other-selves. Thusly in a social complex whose negativity approaches purity the pull upon other-selves is constant. A positively oriented entity in such a situation would desire for other-selves to have their free will and, thusly, would find itself removed from its ability to exercise its own free will, for the free will of negatively oriented entities is bent upon conquest. > > — [71.14.2-7](https://ra.contact/sessions/71#71.14) ## Every use Every line where Ra uses this term, in its own context, chronologically. 156 uses, first at 3.14. - [3.14](https://ra.contact/sessions/3#3.14) — …is the Law of Confusion. You have called this the Law of **Free Will**. We wished to make an healing machine, or time/space ratio… - [4.20](https://ra.contact/sessions/4#4.20) — …is a[n] honor/duty which must be carefully considered in **free will** before the asking. - [6.26](https://ra.contact/sessions/6#6.26) — …the potential for answer-giving which may infringe upon **free will**, we offer our answers. - [7.1](https://ra.contact/sessions/7#7.1) — …the basic Law of One in its distortion indicating the **free will** of those who are not aware of the unity of creation. - [7.17](https://ra.contact/sessions/7#7.17) — …of a desire for service nevertheless, by the Law of **Free Will**, have the right to the use of that light/love for whatever… - [9.9](https://ra.contact/sessions/9#9.9) — …of this planet was instituted, for it was felt that the **free will** of those of the Red Planet had been abridged. - [10.12](https://ra.contact/sessions/10#10.12) — …The Law of One has, as one of its primal distortions, the **Free Will** distortion. Thus each entity is free to accept, reject, or… - [11.18](https://ra.contact/sessions/11#11.18) — As all, they follow the Law of One observing **free will**. Contact is made with those who call. Those then upon the… - [11.18](https://ra.contact/sessions/11#11.18) — …of the planetary entities are enslaved by their own **free will**. - [11.19](https://ra.contact/sessions/11#11.19) — I am Ra. I am desirous of being in non-violation of the **Free Will** Distortion. To name those involved in the future of your… - [12.5](https://ra.contact/sessions/12#12.5) — …Any entity thus hailed is bathed in love/light and will of **free will** obey the quarantine due to the power of the Law of One. - [15.13](https://ra.contact/sessions/15#15.13) — …cause imbalance in the direction of the distortion of **free will**. There are other items of information allowable. However,… - [15.20](https://ra.contact/sessions/15#15.20) — …who have never left the earth plane because of their **free will** rather than because of their vibrational level. - [15.21](https://ra.contact/sessions/15#15.21) — …are equal one to another. The First Distortion, **Free Will**, finds focus. This is the Second Distortion known to you… - [15.25](https://ra.contact/sessions/15#15.25) — …which density we observe to be an infringement upon the **free will** of each. Therefore, we state simply the two densities,… - [16.2](https://ra.contact/sessions/16#16.2) — …The attempts of the so-called Crusaders to interfere with **free will** are acceptable upon the dimension of their understanding.… - [16.2](https://ra.contact/sessions/16#16.2) — …of this dimension you call third form a dimension of **free will** which is not able to, shall we say, recognize in full the… - [16.2](https://ra.contact/sessions/16#16.2) — …was set up; this being a balancing situation whereby the **free will** of the Orion group is not stopped but given a challenge.… - [16.9](https://ra.contact/sessions/16#16.9) — …a loss of polarization due to the infringement upon the **free will** of the planet. However, it would be a gamble. If the… - [16.9](https://ra.contact/sessions/16#16.9) — …then were conquered and became part of the Empire, the **free will** would then be re-established. This is restrained in action… - [16.27](https://ra.contact/sessions/16#16.27) — …fifth density. The other information must be withheld. The **free will** of your future is not making this available. We shall… - [18.5](https://ra.contact/sessions/18#18.5) — …the Law of One—this preserving the primal distortion of **Free Will**. The reason it is unwise to overcome is that overcoming is… - [18.6](https://ra.contact/sessions/18#18.6) — I am Ra. As one proceeds from the primal distortion of **Free Will**, one proceeds to the understanding of the focal points of… - [18.6](https://ra.contact/sessions/18#18.6) — …this does not involve the breaking of the distortion of **Free Will** into a distortion, or fragmentation, called infringement.… - [18.6](https://ra.contact/sessions/18#18.6) — …in the particular planetary sphere to act according to its **free will** for the attempted aid of the social complex. Thus, you… - [18.6](https://ra.contact/sessions/18#18.6) — …with respect to self and other-selves not concerning **free will** but concerning harmonious relationships and service to… - [18.20](https://ra.contact/sessions/18#18.20) — …of your time/space continuum, and we cannot break the **free will** Law of Confusion. The two six oh oh [2,600],… - [18.24](https://ra.contact/sessions/18#18.24) — …of Yahweh were very useful. Wherein the entities of **free will** had chosen a less positively oriented configuration of sum… - [19.12](https://ra.contact/sessions/19#19.12) — …the discussion of the Logos. With the primal distortion of **free will**, each galaxy developed its own Logos. This Logos has… - [19.12](https://ra.contact/sessions/19#19.12) — …galaxy developed its own Logos. This Logos has complete **free will** in determining the paths of intelligent energy which… - [19.17](https://ra.contact/sessions/19#19.17) — …picnic. All these experiences are available. It is **free will** of each entity which chooses the form of play, the form of… - [20.11](https://ra.contact/sessions/20#20.11) — …inpourings and instreamings of energy by the choices of **free will**. - [20.32](https://ra.contact/sessions/20#20.32) — …charged with nothing but power, it is possible for the **free will** of those viewing this particular structure or formation to… - [21.8](https://ra.contact/sessions/21#21.8) — …done in a desire to aid, was seen as infringement upon **free will**. The light quarantine, which consists of the Guardians, or… - [21.9](https://ra.contact/sessions/21#21.9) — …entity to forget so that the mechanisms of confusion, or **free will**, may operate upon the newly individuated consciousness… - [21.14](https://ra.contact/sessions/21#21.14) — …for the most part, revolves about the primal distortion of **Free Will**. - [22.2](https://ra.contact/sessions/22#22.2) — I am Ra. This is a function of the **free will** of the entity. This entity has, for many of your years,… - [22.17](https://ra.contact/sessions/22#22.17) — …third-density experience. This was done randomly so that **free will** would not be violated, for there was not yet a call. - [24.8](https://ra.contact/sessions/24#24.8) — …or Squares, there is much resistance to penetration. Yet **free will** must be maintained, and those desiring negatively oriented… - [25.1](https://ra.contact/sessions/25#25.1) — I am Ra. This distortion towards illness was caused by the **free will** of the instrument in accepting a chemical substance which… The first 40 of 156 are listed here; all 156 are on https://ra.contact/concepts/free-will-first-distortion. --- Source: *The Ra Contact: Teaching the Law of One* — Don Elkins, Carla Rueckert, Jim McCarty, published by L/L Research (https://www.llresearch.org/). The transcript is quoted verbatim; Catalyst contributes the navigation, the lexicon and the guides. 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