So Are There Darkworkers?

[Steppingfeet]

Yes basic charlatans and swindlers would be another common and mundane version. They will do things like capitalize on rational fears against the establishment and play on them to sell you snake oil products that are even worse. Look at bleach based covid cures and colloidal silver for two examples.

To me, terms like lightworker and darkworker imply a certain depth of commitment to their respective paths. They either radiate freely-given light or, in absorptive fashion, steal the light from others, thus emanating a field of darkness. There is a metaphysical tangibility to these two scenarios. As one who actively works in the light or the dark, sharing both with others, the Choice has been made.

I wonder: would you apply these terms to those who may exhibit a polarized quality (STO or STS) but who otherwise occupy the sinkhole? It's an entirely subjective exercise in semantics and thus without final resolution, but interesting to consider.

It came up for me because I was considering the types you name above. I would definitely consider those behaviors as indicative of service to self, but I also wonder if they could be manifestations of the morally underdeveloped entity incentivized by economic opportunism. I.e.: "I see an opportunity that I can exploit in order to make $$. Without regard for any harm I cause or lie I tell, I will remorselessly tell people that if they buy my Bleachomatic 5000, they will be cured of covid. It works for 98% of my customers!" And so forth.

Ethically, that's pretty dark to me. I just am curious whether metaphysically that necessarily crosses the threshold.

Then again, determining the grade of polarity of any individual by a given demonstration of action is problematic, though the extremities will make that polarity more visible, I think. (e.g.: Jesus vs. Hitler)