12-20-2017, 12:38 PM
Sprout Wrote:Polarity itself is an unfair labeling in my opinion, why would one be a defined STS and another STO?.
I agree; it is deceptive to assign that polarized identity to another self. I've written about the before on my Bring4th blog in the very first post titled "The Amorality of Polarization". Since the blog system doesn't allow me to directly link to my post, I'll excerpt some of it here.
Quote:Furthermore, STS and STO signify approaches to the Creation in my view. Our choice isn't about whether we choose to join a team so much as how we choose to think of ourselves and the Creation. STS promotes a mentality that sees the individual self as the dominant partner with the Creator, and because this is fundamentally untrue, this position must be constantly reasserted, usually through the abrogation of free will in others. STO promotes a mentality that sees the individual self as a co-equal partner with the Creator, and that "all is well" so that it is about learning about oneself through otherselves and vice versa so that the whole Creator can better know itself.
The takeaway is that these are philosophical and energetic configurations, not identities. Especially in third density, regardless of our Choice, we could be emphasizing either one on a moment by moment basis as we process our catalyst. Sure, we will eventually choose to specialize in one configuration over the other, but choosing STO doesn't mean we will never serve ourselves. It just means that, given two paths, the work we are willing to do conforms most to one or the other.
But it is still work that needs to be done: catalyst to process, emotions and thoughts to ground, service to be done according to our moment by moment choices. It is not a static thing we sign up for, but a way of understanding our approach to the Creation in a fundamental manner. Therefore, while I agree that the equivalence of STS with "evil" is not ideal, I see a deeper danger in seeing oneself as "STO" or "STS", since the identification is inconsistent with the authentic Choice that will be made, and it can be distracting from the real work we have to do.
To put it another way, it might be better to think of polarity as a more kinetic phenomenon. STS and STO are verbs, not nouns. What you do, how you think, how you use your love/light--these are the marks of polarity, not some label that serves as a shortcut glossing over what it means to be polarized.