STS/STO

[Turtle]

To be STO doesn't mean you have to be a bucket of sunshine and rainbows all the time. Being STO means that you have decided you want to surrender to the realization that we all are one- that you see your fellow men as Other Selves instead of things that are tools to help you get what you want.

Well said ahktu!

Biu_Tze, self-discipline or controlling yourself does not make an entity STS..it's about the lack of love and respect for other beings that makes an entity STS. The word "service" in the descriptions of STS and STO can be misleading if we don't look to the full explanation Ra/Q'uo give about these polarities. STO beings do not have to go out and DO anything to be STO polarity (although helping others proactively is a natural trait found in STO people)...contrarily it's more about just feeling compassion in your own heart, and seeing other beings as worthy of the same compassion since you view them as your equal. This possibility of a "third path/option" sounds more to me like what you are already doing/being. You love to control yourself, and not others. This description is not one of a "new" path, but of a STO entity who simply loves to control and discipline his own emotions and thoughts.

The real difference as I see it explained by our brothers and sisters of the Confederation is...

STO = "Others are my EQUALS, worthy of love and respect."
STS = "Others are LESS THAN EQUAL, worthy only as slaves to my ambitions."

Godspeed!