06-06-2017, 07:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-06-2017, 07:49 AM by MangusKhan.
Edit Reason: clarification
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Edit: So I just realised you were looking for an AUTObiographical account. I feel that such a thing would be hard to come by.
Did you ever read up on Grigori Rasputin?
He was the other STS mentioned along with Genghis Khan in the Ra Material. The fact that he lived only 150 years ago means his life is pretty well documented. What strikes me about Rasputin is that he chose the life of an orthodox priest, and without knowing the inner machinations of his mind, you could not pinpoint him as an STS entity. Compared to Genghis, he seems like a saint. People knew him as a holy man and he was known to have genuinely helped people with their spirituality. He was not violent, and all his STS behaviour was quite subtle, minus the indulgence in sex and alcohol, which he was able to convince people was necessary in order to truly repent. Whereas Genghis would have women brought to him as slaves after slaughtering their husbands, Rasputin would simply convince them that submitting themselves to him would allow them to get closer to god. He was quite widely detested though for his shameless lifestyle and for the way he manipulated his way into having political power. Eventually, he was killed when members of Russian aristocracy and parliament decided his antics could no longer be tolerated.
What I take from the account is that polarity is almost all about intention, and the STS path can be trodden in many ways.
Does anyone else find this face unsettling?
![[Image: Rasputin_near_1914.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Rasputin_near_1914.jpg)
Did you ever read up on Grigori Rasputin?
He was the other STS mentioned along with Genghis Khan in the Ra Material. The fact that he lived only 150 years ago means his life is pretty well documented. What strikes me about Rasputin is that he chose the life of an orthodox priest, and without knowing the inner machinations of his mind, you could not pinpoint him as an STS entity. Compared to Genghis, he seems like a saint. People knew him as a holy man and he was known to have genuinely helped people with their spirituality. He was not violent, and all his STS behaviour was quite subtle, minus the indulgence in sex and alcohol, which he was able to convince people was necessary in order to truly repent. Whereas Genghis would have women brought to him as slaves after slaughtering their husbands, Rasputin would simply convince them that submitting themselves to him would allow them to get closer to god. He was quite widely detested though for his shameless lifestyle and for the way he manipulated his way into having political power. Eventually, he was killed when members of Russian aristocracy and parliament decided his antics could no longer be tolerated.
What I take from the account is that polarity is almost all about intention, and the STS path can be trodden in many ways.
Does anyone else find this face unsettling?
![[+]](https://www.bring4th.org/forums/images/collapse_collapsed.png)