Why do we have to ask for protection daily?

[Patrick]

But why would one consciously put such an unnecessary burden on other entities? It would seem to me that such an approach would be the opposite of faithful - i.e. doubt of self?

Ah! Faith in other self or faith in the self ? My friend, service-to-others also means that you can accept help from all your other selves. Those other selves that wants to help us so much.

Is faith in other selves then doubt of self ? I would say no, because STO is actually Service-to-ALL (others and self).

Only STS would reject help from others and believe they contain all they will ever need. They are not wrong of course. It's just a completely other way of evolving. A path which ultimately is illusory, but isn't all paths within the octave illusory?

On the STO path, you can still evolve while having much more distortions than on the STS path, simply because you can rely on other selves to fill in the gaps of your self.

On the STO path, you do not have to be an adept in order to evolve. On the STS path, you do have to become an adept to evolve.