(02-01-2009, 07:10 PM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: Hmm, we may just disagree, and that's fine.
That's ok! I still love you too!
(02-01-2009, 07:10 PM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: How do you explain this quote? "The seeker which has purely chosen the service-to-others path shall certainly not have a variant apparent incarnational experience. There is no outward shelter in your illusion from the gusts, flurries, and blizzards of quick and cruel catalyst."
I think the key here is the distinction between personal catalyst and group-karma catalyst.
An entity's karma/pre-incarnational programming may attract a blizzard of seemingly cruel catalyst, and there is no protection for that, regardless of whether they are STO or STS.
But an STO entity won't be caught in a natural disaster, which is either a random catalyst or group-karma catalyst, unless it is also his/her personal catalyst.
Since there is no way an observer can tell what the nature of an other-self's catalyst is, on the surface an STO's life won't appear any easier than an STS' life.
Both have an 'edge' in some respect: The STS entity has an edge, a bias of protection, in their dealings with other-selves; ie., that 'sharpness' that was mentioned previously. The STO has an edge, a bias of protection, in their reduced susceptibility to random catalyst. So those 2 biases cancel each other out. Both are equal regarding personal catalyst. So the end result is that neither is actually easier than the other, at least when it comes to having catalyst manifested in their lives. Choosing the STO path does not guarantee a peachy incarnational experience.
That's my interpretation, For what it's worth.