(08-08-2014, 11:20 AM)ricdaw Wrote: The Sun above is (as I've mentioned previously) significant in that it shines equally on both figures. If God favored one path more than the other, I imagine there would be clouds blocking the female's side of the sun, or an eclipse. But that is not so. That is a significant idea!
Christians probably reject the concept that the STS path is as highly regarded by God as is the STO path. And that's why modern decks scrub out the explicit message of the Sun card that the STS path is also in God's grace, IMHO.
So in this card we learn two fundamental "significant" spiritual things: (1) a person's spirit polarizes in two ways so that he/she "shines" or "absorbs." (2) Our creator is neutral on that choice and shines light equally to persons on both paths.
ricdaw, I believe you are overstating the Creator's "high regard" for the STS path. The Creator invented the STS path, to be sure, and ultimately the STS entity is the Creator, wearing a mask. Behind the mask, the Creator eternally remains unified and whole, and so of course loves all of Himself, however his light manifests in the illusion.
However, the ultimate destiny of the octave is reunification, where the apparently individualized portions of the Creator "come home" into the oneness and love that are not at all part of the illusion, but are in fact the underlying reality. The STS path is meant to be a temporary negation of that fundamental truth, designed to offer catalyst for the benefit of a fuller flowering of the varieties of existence and experience, rather than being the goal in itself.
As such, STS is limited in 1) number (much fewer than STO), 2) duration (only until 6th density) and 3) capability - for instance, being unable to say "that is the truth" without losing polarity. There are probably other limitations of STO we have not yet discovered, as that is part of the game, but think about that last one - what a beautiful statement this makes about our Logos (who, Ra tells us, has a bias toward kindness!) to have limited STS to being unable to say "that is the truth" without losing polarity!
When I asked about why that should be the case, I was told that STS is meant to be like the spice in a dish - a little bit gives it flavor, but you don't want to let it run amok and spoil the dish!
So, yes, the Creator loves both STS and STO entities, because the Creator is love, and dwells in love, and all are the One Consciousness behind their STO or STS mask of apparent individuality. But STS is inherently designed as a temporary and intentionally limited perversion of the One Reality. Loving all is not the same as favoring all!