03-16-2015, 01:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2015, 02:36 AM by APeacefulWarrior.)
I think, personally, one thing to keep in mind in this discussion is - as hard as it is to face - Earth and humanity are just one infinitesimal bit of the whole of Creation. We're one experiment being run in a multiverse of millions (billions? trillions?) of similar experiments. Humans could scour the entire surface of the Earth with nuclear fire, rendering the planet uninhabitable for millennia, and at worst the Creator and/or sub-Logoi would go "Well, let's not try THAT again." It wouldn't make a bit of difference to the overall plan, and everyone from the Earth would just migrate to other planets to try again.
To a large extent, heavily coming down on the side of Positivity or Negativity is still a way of picking teams/sides. It matters to us, in our own tiny pocket of Creation, but it's just a drop in the ocean compared to everything else happening out there.
Another thing that I think is implied in Ra's discussions is that the STS path is a bit more, shall we say, "imaginative" in how it utilizes the tools available. A purely positive/STO path would tend to be very stagnant, because everyone's so chill that nothing really changes. So to a large extent, I think it can be argued that the STS path is useful for spurring change/growth in the same way that forest fires are sometimes necessary to rejuvenate a forest choking on its own underbrush. From the POV of an individual tree, a forest fire sucks, but someone who's studied forestry knows they're sometimes necessary for the continuation of the overall ecosystem.
By exploring the options an STO-oriented being would refuse to touch, the STS entity opens up new doors, new possibilities, and new futures. Whether those possibilities are "good" or "bad" is largely a matter of opinion. (That said, since I'm quite fond of this planet, I'd certainly prefer the 'nuclear annihilation' door stay closed... :->)
To a large extent, heavily coming down on the side of Positivity or Negativity is still a way of picking teams/sides. It matters to us, in our own tiny pocket of Creation, but it's just a drop in the ocean compared to everything else happening out there.
Another thing that I think is implied in Ra's discussions is that the STS path is a bit more, shall we say, "imaginative" in how it utilizes the tools available. A purely positive/STO path would tend to be very stagnant, because everyone's so chill that nothing really changes. So to a large extent, I think it can be argued that the STS path is useful for spurring change/growth in the same way that forest fires are sometimes necessary to rejuvenate a forest choking on its own underbrush. From the POV of an individual tree, a forest fire sucks, but someone who's studied forestry knows they're sometimes necessary for the continuation of the overall ecosystem.
By exploring the options an STO-oriented being would refuse to touch, the STS entity opens up new doors, new possibilities, and new futures. Whether those possibilities are "good" or "bad" is largely a matter of opinion. (That said, since I'm quite fond of this planet, I'd certainly prefer the 'nuclear annihilation' door stay closed... :->)
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