04-21-2009, 03:41 AM
My friend, you can polarise to STO and STS in every action, every moment.
What was your intention with your action? Did you focus on the love in the act, the love of your friends? This is what matters, I believe. To think further about it leads to the paradox I outlined above. To love yourself is not STS (for loving yourself is a prerequisite to loving others) and you did a loving gesture to your body to bring it tea, but if you would consciously deny your friends this tea should they ask, then it would be STS in my eyes. But you thought about your friends in one part, and remained neutral in the other. Sure, it was not optimally STO but it was ultimately STO.
To take an extreme example: You could kill people and yet be STO, should your intention and dedication be to help them in some way, such as purging them from this 'foul realm' to a 'better place' - ie heaven, or somesuch.
This service would be misplaced though, since the most difficult service one can do is to go out and physicaly affect people. I have extreme difficulty serving people other than my closest ones. For the others, I wish peace and harmony on the path they chose in life.
I will quote Hatonn on this:
The bold parts are congruency.
What was your intention with your action? Did you focus on the love in the act, the love of your friends? This is what matters, I believe. To think further about it leads to the paradox I outlined above. To love yourself is not STS (for loving yourself is a prerequisite to loving others) and you did a loving gesture to your body to bring it tea, but if you would consciously deny your friends this tea should they ask, then it would be STS in my eyes. But you thought about your friends in one part, and remained neutral in the other. Sure, it was not optimally STO but it was ultimately STO.
To take an extreme example: You could kill people and yet be STO, should your intention and dedication be to help them in some way, such as purging them from this 'foul realm' to a 'better place' - ie heaven, or somesuch.
This service would be misplaced though, since the most difficult service one can do is to go out and physicaly affect people. I have extreme difficulty serving people other than my closest ones. For the others, I wish peace and harmony on the path they chose in life.
I will quote Hatonn on this:
Hatonn Wrote:The second way is to go forth among the people of your planet and serve them. They will return to you love, and you will absorb this love and store it within your being. I must at this time caution that this service to your people must be done in such a way that it is service that they wish.
Do not make a mistake, as so many of your people have done, in trying to impress an unwanted or unsolicited service upon your neighbour. To go forth and to serve your fellow man at this time upon your planet requires much care and planning, for it is at this time rather difficult to accomplish, for interpretations of service vary greatly, and it is necessary that you understand what service is, in order for yours to be effective. This can only be done by following the first step, or plan, which is meditation.
The bold parts are congruency.