Our definitions of polarity per the Law of One material

[Shin'Ar]

So the polarities are the two opposing forces on the opposite ends of the spectrum (light and dark), and the deeming of STS/STO refers to one's given orientation based on the sum total of the nature and manner of one's choices as to whether they will act in such and such way governed by this set of qualities. People whose polarity is positive is typically oriented in STO, yet can also be prone to performing acts which would be STS, and vice versa. One's professed polarity is merely an indicator that the choices one makes will more often than not fall into a predetermined set consisting of attributes most exemplative of that orientation, but the polarity itself is not a barring factor. Generally, individuals have the propensity to act in either manner, but those who consciously seek specific polarization will be more predisposed to reflect their polarity of choice in their actions and rather than fluctuating between circumstances where differing approaches are taken courses of action rooted in one particular mode of thinking will occur.

Thank you thank you thank you!!! for making the translation.

Damn I wish I could speak like that.

yes, positive and negative are polarities, and those are the points requiring balance. the choices simply determine the direction in which we evolve. One can only go forward or backward. Toward the Light or back into darkness.

In service to othgers one moves forward into the Light. In service to self one commits further to the long continued act of gratifying the temporary self over at the expense of the eternal consciousness.

Choice is not polarity, it is direction.

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This thinking of them being natural polarities is what causes problems when we get to the next verse where Ra speaks of the picnic and personal tastes. Those who misinterpret Ra's explanation of STS/STO as being the natural manifestation of polarity also see it as nothing more than enjoying all of nature's offerings.

I think I understand what the hang-up on semantics is here, but if you could clarify.

You are worried that one might view Ra's "picnic" metaphor, some enjoying light and some enjoying dark, as manifestations of polarity, as if the polarity already existed?

How I view the metaphor is like this:
Don wanted to know what exactly it was which created the bias which would cause one, from an unpolarized platform, to polarize using STO or STS. The answer indicates that, through whatever mechanisms of freewill (and NOT inherent polarity), some enjoy the dark...and thus, from that point, they seek the polarity of darkness.

Is this congruent with your understanding?

I am not sure why Don wopuld ask the question like that without going to those quoptes and seeing them in their entire context. In my mind, unpolarized platform would be a thing in perfect balance, so I do not understand the dynamics of that question.