07-07-2021, 02:40 AM
My take/advice is to remember the ratios of focus given in the channeled works for polarizing one way or the other. For STS, I think it was approaching pure focus on self, 98% STS, only 2% STO or something in that neighborhood. To polarize STO, on the other hand, one needs only aim for a balance of 51% serving others, 49% serving self. This is because as materially manifested physical creatures, we have a lot of work to do to keep our physical organism healthy, happy, and high vibrational. Those things are naturally self-serving, and that is perfectly fine.
Lacking the option to explore sexuality with a partner might preclude some types of work that might otherwise be explored, but those are hardly the only avenues available. There are plenty of other ways to serve others in this world to make up that 51% (and I agree with the idea that if one is a wanderer, just being here on this planet is such an enormous act of service to others that there's no need to stress about the ratio). The body has its appetites, based on innately knowing what it needs to be healthy and comfortable. Trying to starve it of any of them just results in those things demanding more attention than they should, as you indicated.
I personally believe that feelings of shame or guilt, especially around things the body is designed to need, like food or sex, are an indication of a dark flaw in the teachings that programmed the mind in question to feel said shame or guilt. It's a cultural problem, but one that I think is beginning to heal.
Ultimately, I think that you're absolutely correct that acceptance is the healthy path, and the right approach.
Lacking the option to explore sexuality with a partner might preclude some types of work that might otherwise be explored, but those are hardly the only avenues available. There are plenty of other ways to serve others in this world to make up that 51% (and I agree with the idea that if one is a wanderer, just being here on this planet is such an enormous act of service to others that there's no need to stress about the ratio). The body has its appetites, based on innately knowing what it needs to be healthy and comfortable. Trying to starve it of any of them just results in those things demanding more attention than they should, as you indicated.
I personally believe that feelings of shame or guilt, especially around things the body is designed to need, like food or sex, are an indication of a dark flaw in the teachings that programmed the mind in question to feel said shame or guilt. It's a cultural problem, but one that I think is beginning to heal.
Ultimately, I think that you're absolutely correct that acceptance is the healthy path, and the right approach.
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