An Apology to The Original Thought

[Minyatur]

I'm not all that sure the STO path is all that efficient toward moving outside of illusion. Seems like a slow evolution as focus is not put on self so much.

I guess I see it a little differently.  When I think of "service to others", I think of "service to all", which includes self.  So it is more a focus on "wholeness" or "unity".

While I do agree with this I think both polarities prior to being transcended are a polarized focus of unity. As such neither path lies more in unity for unity englobes both of them.

Unity is that which does all the things but the STO polarity does not. Of course self is not excluded in the STO path as that would be quite a delusion, just as others are also not excluded in the STS path as self is an offering to the All. If the STS path creates catalysts for growth in an infringing manner for other-selves, then the STO path favorises stagnance and accomodance which tends to dwell in illusion in it's own way.

Of course both polarities have a gradiance of their own and quite a long evolution and number of lessons to move through.