Polarity

[JustLikeYou]

I'm having a bit of a hard time understanding the perspective that 'i am other self and other self is self' bc in 3D reality/interactions, that perspective may potentially pave the way for massive projection, misunderstanding, and other errors in judgment. And in some contexts within 3D life this make sense and is extremely helpful in providing feedback to be used for work.

I have noticed that it is very easy for spiritual seekers to parse the Law of One in a way that is useless except in the context of transcendence (also known as "ascension"). I think of this interpretation as the drab reductionist rendition of the Law of One. In this perspective, all is reduced to unity, difference and variety being swept under the synthetic rug in an effort to somehow eliminate the complications associated with them. A one-time-friend of mine has begun to think of himself as a prophet and his message is that "there is no shadow." Strangely, he has taken to vicious, unprovoked attacks upon those who attempt to help him in any way (and his street-life makes him frequently dependent upon help). Clearly, there is, indeed, a shadow.

If the Law of One brings us to negate the experience of separation and variety in 3D, then we have missed the point. The point is not to somehow sidestep separation, to subsume everyone into my own categories because they are all One with me anyway, to simplify life so drastically that the only comfortable environment is on a mat in a temple. Unless your goal is to leave this density as soon as possible, this is emphatically not a useful understanding.

The point of the Law of One -- in the context of living a full 3D life -- is that everywhere I look, I always see myself. Moreover, because everywhere I look, there is mystery, this means that I am also a mystery to myself. Hence, if I wish to plumb the mystery, then I had better give great care and attention to everything around me, because even the smallest part of my reality could offer the next key to the mysteries that lie coiled up within my Infinite Self.

If I assume that the other is merely a reflection of me, I can project my own experiences upon that person because I do not appreciate that I am a mystery to myself. Moreover, I likely also would not appreciate that I am a mirror for the other and also equally a mystery to them. So, for example, my prophetic sometime-friend seems to me to be in the throes of false-enlightenment, calling forth a very humbling experience. I make this assessment because I remember a time in my life when I experienced a false-enlightenment, thought of myself as a prophet and was eventually humbled in a very painful way. My experience of this person tells me nothing about that person. It only clarifies my own perspective of myself. At any moment, I could be presented with some piece of information that completely changes my perception of who this sometime-friend is. Hence, my assessment can only be tentative at best. The other-self is not merely a mirror. It is a mirror, but it is also the infinity, just as I am. Hence, I can only reveal something to the other about herself and she can only reveal something to me about myself. The only time we ever see each other as we truly are is when we witness the mystery of the other-self, for the mystery of the other-self lurks always just around the corner.

The entire creation begins and ends in mystery.