(12-20-2010, 06:10 AM)yossarian Wrote: That's my whole problem with the idea of polarity.
My intention is clearly both. I want to be happy and joyful and feel universal love. I also want this for others. I guess I'm stuck in the sinkhole of indifference.
I have great difficulty choosing myself or others. It seems like a false dichotomy. I'd rather serve the Creator, serve the All, and that includes recognizing myself as the creator and others as the creator - everyone as the creator! This is the Law of One is it not?
I don't think that's the sinkhold of indifference. It's a misconception that we must choose to help others at the exclusion of ourselves. In fact, Ra said that harvest is impossible if the entity doesn't love Self also!
It's not about choosing Self OR Others. It's a Choice to serve others (along with Self) vs serving others at the exclusion of Self.
In other words, STS isn't defined as neglecting Self. It's defined as consistently choosing Self at the exclusion of others, even going so far as to stomp on others to please Self, manipulating and controlling others, etc. Or serving Self only, with no regard for others.
That doesn't mean one must serve others with no regard for Self! Taken to an extreme, doing so would be martyrdom, which lacks wisdom.