(04-07-2010, 08:59 PM)Gribbons Wrote: Is there any form of service to self that isn't based on fear?
Hi Gribbons and welcome to Bring4th!
Ra has indicated that love of self is equally important as love of other-self. In fact, love of self is a requirement for Harvest. (Can anyone find the exact quote?)
It is the love of self at the exclusion of other-selves that is STS.
So, I suggest a distinction be made between the STS path and the serving of self balanced with the serving of other-selves.
When we eat, sleep, exercise, or whatever, is that not serving self?
Hence, self-improvement, whether thru health and fitness, yoga, meditation, developing psychic abilities or whatever, wouldn't be considered 'evil' unless the motivation was to harm others.
(04-07-2010, 08:59 PM)Gribbons Wrote: I hear tones in my ears usually corresponding to thoughts I'm having either to that of the service to others (right) or service to self (left), or so I believe.
I've heard others mention the tones in the ears, but it sounds a little too much like a recipe for my taste. But I really can't speak from experience, and you know your guidance system better than anyone else.
(04-07-2010, 08:59 PM)Gribbons Wrote: My question is that, if you were to open to 4th dimensional thinking, fourth dimensional powers even, would learning how to develop those powers be a service to self? Even if I swear my soul would only use those powers for good?
I think it would depend on the motivation.
(04-07-2010, 08:59 PM)Gribbons Wrote: I mean it would seem like it is a service to self. One must be attuned and disciplined to focus energy from either polarity. But service to self can help one be of service to others in the longer run, right? You have to know and train yourself before you can effectively help others.
You can do both simultaneously.
(04-07-2010, 08:59 PM)Gribbons Wrote: I try to live life seeing others as mirrors of myself, and treat them as I would like to be treated...
Well that's the Golden Rule...sounds like you're doing fine!