What is an Other-Self? Are 2D Entities Other-Selves?

[kdsii]

This is a plane of accelerated karmic learning. It makes all the world of difference. We're not on a planet of radically varying other-selves in this density so that we can learn to be oblivious of that fact, but so that we can temper ourselves with the catalyst.
Everyone that came here had pre-planned catalyst for this life. That doesn't mean that we can't stop to enjoy the unity of creation, but it does mean that we're here to grow, to polarize, to make up our minds. This is what Third is all about.

Though basic principles of the positive polarity ought to be present in all relationships with other selves, the "opportunities for service" are not equal among the various sorts of "other selves" that the self will encounter, whether those other selves reign from second density, third, fourth, or inner-plane beings, or entities outside of the densities, like the Logos (sun).

Also, it seems that the meat of our catalyst comes from dealing with other selves of a third-density nature.

I am not sure why the above matters. If all is one, the consideration of one's polarity and the comparison of service appears to me as egocentric in nature. To compare opportunities of service is to seemingly place more importance upon one service over another.

For me, the general attitude of being of service does not rest upon how much polarity is derived from it, rather that I pursue a path from an open heart and feeling of connection to all things.

I find it possibly more important from a certain perspective to do service for 2D creatures just as humans will do service for human babies and children. They are dependent upon us not to destroy them. They do not have the choices we do, or the means to counter our actions. We have more catalyst with each other, yes, because we are more complex, but also because we have collectively built a consciousness.

Other-selves include everything, in my mind. I treat my kitchen table with care and respect, and I have had it since 1986. This seems like a stretch of the term other-selves, but to me it is more of an attitude that all things are connected and derived from the same source; and that I touch the world lightly, leaving as little damage as possible.

Certainly to the most rudimentary human awareness having had the experience of a loving pet dog, animals are other-selves. To see plants and minerals as other-selves as well requires a bigger view. The largest view may include everything, in a manner of speaking.