The Hero's Journey for Former "Villains": Former 6dSTS Wanderers Who Flipped

[Black Dragon]

Redemption, huh.

I don't have the arrogation to affirm that I was of either polarity, for that would be presumptuous. However, I can add some feedback to the discussion with the experiences I've accrued.

I'll begin with an initial dialectic between wisdom and love, and the common belief that is prevalent in the negative polarity that wisdom supersedes love in practicability and application, and that displays of love and vulnerability show weaknesses rather than strengths. What are your thoughts on this?

Let's see how others interact.

Well, I'm not going to assume anything either or claim I have all the answers, because I'm not in a state where I'm super in tune with my inner guidance at the moment and everyone's journey is different...however, some things that can not be accomplished by one distorted person's willpower alone can perhaps be accomplished with some tools that are decided from the STO toolbox: Teamwork. Openness. Trust in other selves. And since you mention it, a little bit of vulnerability. In this way I have recently been able to make a little headway, paradoxically, on my own inner journey.

My thoughts on the dialectic between love and wisdom: In my heart and the most rational portion of my mind, I believe that love is what shows strength and integrity, and that predatory and/or controlling behavior is actually indicative of the opposite, of weakness and vulnerability to being pushed around by outer catalyst, outside forces shallow emotions, and the "monkey mind"/"Lizard brain". However, as a creature of 3d for the purpose of this lifetime, I'm behind the veil and am sometimes susceptible to the influences of the lizard brain, among other influences both internal and external.

It is easy from a 3d standpoint, including from a standpoint of empathy and intent of STO(and yet even MORE sharply perhaps from the standpoint from former STS turned STO bearing guilt and a sharp discernment of negativity), to see how that which is beautiful, loving, pure, and vulnerable...often suffers so much unfairly. Gets stomped on, eaten, used, abused. This causes a lot of distress and cognitive dissonance. Those who have not cultivated empathy will see this as a teaching/learning moment to become like the "predator" and relinquish the attributes of the "prey". Those with empathy but lacking acceptance will feel(and somewhat rightfully so) that what is good, loving, and vulnerable is in need of protection from that which is not. But who will do the protecting, and how, without losing polarity?

"He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." — Friedrich Nietzsche. Don't agree with everything the guy ever said, but this is a good quote I feel is true. There is a paradox here and slippery slope to unintentionally going down a negative path.

This is a pitfall that I feel could actually be quite common with former 6d STS beings turned positive living in a 3d incarnation. Being at war with what one used to be-the wanderer armor of discernment of that which is not as desired(specifically that which unconsciously reminds one of the former self), and a conscience of guilt and unforgiveness can lead to extreme hatred of STS beings and further embattlement both with them and the self.