Negative Polarity & BDSM

[EvolvingPhoenix]

The danger of not exploring one's shadow is that one becomes unaware of the potential for evil that resides within the self. When this potential is explored, accepted and even honored, the risk of one's shadow side popping up in an uncontrollable or unconscious way is greatly diminished. This is why shadow work is of utmost importance in the STO path.

I'm sure that many of us have either experienced or heard of instances of people who strove for purity and goodness, but who then engaged in extreme STS acts. Christianity is notorious for this, and this is due to this religion lacking (as I believe Carl Jung said) a system for the integration of one's shadow. Christianity takes the approach revolving around overcoming, suppressing and rejecting, seeing the shadow as a demon, something outside of the self, something impure and dirty that has no business being in the self.

I agree with you statement, although the answer of Ra about desires would be easy to be misunderstood. However, I have no doubt about the danger of repression:

The only correction in nuance that we would make is your use of the word, control. It is paramount that it be understood that it is not desirable or helpful to the growth of the understanding, may we say, of an entity by itself to control thought processes or impulses except where they may result in actions not consonant with the Law of One. Control may seem to be a short-cut to discipline, peace, and illumination. However, this very control potentiates and necessitates the further incarnative experience in order to balance this control or repression of that self which is perfect.

Instead, we appreciate and recommend the use of your second verb in regard to the use of the will. Acceptance of self, forgiveness of self, and the direction of the will; this is the path towards the disciplined personality. Your faculty of will is that which is powerful within you as co-Creator. You cannot ascribe to this faculty too much importance. Thus it must be carefully used and directed in service to others for those upon the positively oriented path.

There is great danger in the use of the will as the personality becomes stronger, for it may be used even subconsciously in ways reducing the polarity of the entity.

(52.7)

Ooh! That was very important for me to read, at this point in my process. Thank you for sharing that , Infinite.