A theory on the chakra system.

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Negative pathway requires the same work "up" the chakras as positive path, but they key to the negativity is the negligence of the balancing of the heart and/or throat and these centers are thereby left out of the spectrum. The chakras are a system, so while negative makes use of the lower chakras, it is still their goal to activate the third eye and achieve higher perception and wisdom, but lacking any sort of compassion.

The version of the negative pathway that purely wants to destroy is at the extreme of the spectrum, and it must be remembered that not every version of falsehood is extreme, there exists incredibly subtle deception that seeks not to destroy but to control and to feed power to limited numbers of individuals. The more wisdom one achieves the more they realize the futility of actively trying to destroy the universe, and instead all resources are given over to attempting to come in to absolute individual control of the whole of creation.

Why destroy what can give you power? This is how service to self thinks, always towards the gain of the individual self.

Also, the downward flow of energy also leads to grounding, and shouldn't be viewed as an exclusive tool of the negative path, as positive can make positive use of that type of flow as well. The Macrocosmic and Microcosmic circulations involve both upwards and downwards flow.

However, it is perhaps typical of a negative entity to tout the superiority of one or the other, whichever that may be.

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Could that be linked with Ida, the left side of the energy channels nadi, where energy supposedly runs downward, from the crown to the base?
interestingly enough the STS path is also called left hand path...

Sadly, that is a very corrupted idea of the left hand path, which originally had nothing to do with STS. The left hand path was originally the path of the divine feminine, of the individuated experience of the collective and the deep accessing of the unconscious realms. It was once used to refer to the same as the middle path, however through the corruption of the church what was once a balanced pagan system of power became used improperly.

The "left hand path" was originally meant to follow the graduation from the right hand path which is meant to bring the individual in to harmony and balance with the collective, and then the left hand path work of complete balancing and harmony within the individual themselves. The left hand path thus only becomes STS when it is pursued and used without the appropriate development on the right hand path which is meant to bring one in to alignment with nature.

That being said, the right hand path can also be used for STS purposes by neglecting the left hand path, and perpetually attempting to control people in to collective patterns and disallowing the blossoming of the totally unique individual. The military is a good example of this which must maintain a certain sameness between individuals.

Therefore, I know the paths as the White Grail and the Black Grail, which represent the different "fruits" which may be obtained from the walking of the path of evolution. One who seeks the White Grail seeks service to others, one who seeks the Black Grail seeks only to serve their individual self. Those who pursue the Black Grail tend to be in ignorance or negligent of the fact that they pursue only a falsehood of the White Grail, using every extent of their wisdom to achieve this corruption and to keep the Grail black.