(01-20-2021, 03:02 AM)Sacred Fool Wrote:
In light of there being in these forums such strong perennial interest in dark forces, dark beings and all that jazz, I would offer here a couple of Confederation quotes pointing out that, as groovy as the darkness may appear, the light just might have an whole lot more to offer....if you're into that sort of thing
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In light of all this, why exactly would anyone of a positive orientation prefer to play games with negative entities? Is there more to it than ego? I wonder.
This is an incredibly naive interpretation that perhaps is representative of a lack of experience in these matters. This is akin to going to a village in the middle of a famine and wondering why the people prefer to starve. Some of us have been subjugated by dark forces our whole lives without us being aware of what it actually was and why we were targets, and it can take alot of work to free ourselves from it. Some of us see the pitfalls of others falling into the traps of darkness, all while thinking they are blissfully walking in the light. Some of us have the wisdom to understand why Don ended his life in such a dramatic fashion, and we don't want to see it happen to anyone else if it can be helped (it may not necessarily be, and that's another thing to understand). Some of us understand there is a greater battle, and that some of us are already implicated in it. Perhaps you are not, or perhaps you don't even realize you are. Ra may talk about putting the cards down, yet there they are, at our door step again due to their karmic attachments from another era, because perhaps they did not fully understand the interplay that the dark had with their actions.
What concerns me is this obsession with controlling the narrative, of coordinating the culture here. There's a particular monster thread here that demonstrates it quite nicely. If people don't understand why there is darkness, and why it's a valid topic, I would suggest one reflect and educate themselves on a broader perspective, or at least adopt some more empathy. Some people need to be aware of what forces are possibly at play on them to identify how to free themselves to fully access the light. I have witnessed too many 'new agey' Lightworkers that are being completely manipulated by the dark, and yet they have not even a clue as they lack any true self awareness while thinking the are a shinning example of everything that is good and are somehow exempt from the bad (the fallacy of virtue). But the forum owners can also decide to only cater to one half of the puzzle, and limit the scope. That is a choice, but it would diminish the usefulness of this place IMO, because from what I've seen there is a lack of balance in most sites, either focusing too much on one polarity or the other. Considering where the source material comes from, I think it would be incongruent to ignore the greater story.
It is worrying to me how much this issue is underestimated, and just because it may not be central to ones development (or it might be, they just may still be unaware), one cannot ascertain that it isn't in others, and dismiss it. Wanderers are especially prone to attack depending on their reason for being here, and it may be important for them to gain knowledge from it, this is not up to anyone to judge, one either understands why or they don't.
It's like a child wondering why people are fighting and just can't get along....while they are essentially right, they are also completely out of their depth of understanding the complicated interplay of forces that is the creation. The negative polarity exists whether one likes it or not, and it can affect them (directly or indirectly) whether they understand it or not. So if one thinks they have it all figured out and just want to sit in a circle and sing cumbaya, well then fine. But they shouldn't dismiss the challenges of others that they don't understand. And no, I do not consider the 'light and love' aspects to be simple, it is very deep, but so is the dark, and one can understand aspects of the light through the aspects of the dark thru the law of correspondence, it may just depend on what vantage point they are starting from in this current leg of their journey.
I was never here for the 'love is STO' vs 'wisdom is STS' false dichotomy era of battles in these forums, but I certainly see the pattern emerge once and awhile. Don't worry about these topics 'detuning' the forum, it's not up to anyone to judge or dismiss others experiences with darker forces, but one can certainly offer advice based on their current understandings, and let it be complimented with the understandings of the corresponding view. Let there be the Yin and the Yang in the discussion.
And I have yet to see anyone 'play games' with negative entities here, at least no more than the LL group did when they were being "greeted". Sometimes monsters show up at your door, and it's good to know how to deal with them in the smartest way possible. It's not as obvious as one may think.