Is Giving A Homeless Person $ For Drugs STO?

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The giving of money by itself is not a polarizing act. I believe your intent is what matters, and outcome as well. If you lose a hundred, and someone picks it up and it helps save a sick family member, did you polarize from losing something? Similarly if you are giving as a means of manipulating others around you to believe you are a kind and philanthropic individual was it a positive act?

It seems from the material, like this quote from Ra about Lincoln,

This entity did not gain or lose karma by these activities due to its detachment from any outcome. Its attitude throughout was one of service to others, more especially to the downtrodden or enslaved. The polarity of the individual was somewhat, but not severely, lessened by the cumulative feelings and thought-forms which were created due to large numbers of entities leaving the physical plane due to trauma of battle.

From this we can see that outcome also matters to some extent. What is directly linked to the outcome is the Cumulative Feeling and Thought-Forms. The act of giving to the homeless is unlikely to create any negative feelings or thought forms that would negate the desire to be of service in regards to polarization.

That is an interesting point about motivation for giving. I wonder what the polarization effect of that would be, maybe the STS and STO aspect could in some part cancel each other out. Interesting points.