09-18-2011, 03:14 PM
Lets clarify the meanings of acquiring material possessions. We all acquire material possessions or we wouldn't be alive. If someone's life revolved around the never ending quest to possess more and more then they have an addiction. They are likely to be more STS polarized, but a well polarized STS entity wouldn't care very much about acquiring material possessions because they can get almost anything they want through sheer will power (magic, visualization, manipulating people, etc.).
Someone on the STO path doesn't have to be a hermit. I'm sure there are many people on the STO path who not only live comfortably but are rich. Money can be used to help people, it can also be used to give someone comfort who considers their path difficult but still sticks to it and doesn't want to resort to drug addiction or something like that. I think this topic is reading too deeply into one haphazard statement by Ra, Ra said that wasn't even the meaning they intended in the first place, just that they find Don's interpretation quite acceptable.
Everything is fine in moderation whether acquiring material possessions, using mood changing substances, or drinking water. Too much or too little of anything can be harmful.
Someone on the STO path doesn't have to be a hermit. I'm sure there are many people on the STO path who not only live comfortably but are rich. Money can be used to help people, it can also be used to give someone comfort who considers their path difficult but still sticks to it and doesn't want to resort to drug addiction or something like that. I think this topic is reading too deeply into one haphazard statement by Ra, Ra said that wasn't even the meaning they intended in the first place, just that they find Don's interpretation quite acceptable.
Everything is fine in moderation whether acquiring material possessions, using mood changing substances, or drinking water. Too much or too little of anything can be harmful.
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