Using the "armor of light”

[Diana]

The Law of One blinks neither at the light or the darkness, but is available for service to others and service to self. However, service to others results in service to self, thus preserving and further harmonizing the distortions of those entities seeking intelligent infinity through these disciplines.

How do I understand this statement? 

STS is about separation, and STO is about all being one. Therefore, STO must include self, or there is separation.

I recall that the nature of the positive entity is to radiate, and the nature of the negative entity is to absorb.  ...

My working-theory thoughts...

A STO being radiates to others and self, which is counterintuitive as it seems logical that one either serves self or others, but when seeing this as serving self or all (self + others) it makes more sense. There is a fundamental difference whereby the self in service to all lets go of the separation between self and others, seeing all things as important or equal or worthy of love (forgive the inadequate descriptors), removing the boundary between self and others that makes the self the center of everything and the most important thing, but at the same time not demoting self to mattering less than anything else (this is complicated by the idea that one only makes choices for oneself which one is accountable to and responsible for, and makes it seem like one is indeed the center of everything and the most important thing). To only serve others without serving the self is martyrdom and not an ideally balanced state.
 
Therefore the radiating of light of a STO being which has removed the separating boundary between self and others (not just other humans) will enlighten self as well as projecting the light outward. If one hasn't removed the boundary, perhaps it is something like a one-way valve, due to the boundary of separation, and thus can be seen as a choice to be STO, but in the process of becoming more balanced in this choice; more enlightened because of the removal of the boundary (the defining separation between self and others). Thus the STO being isn't giving anything away, so the choice to not be of service to STS beings may be seen more as a state of being rather than a one-off decision. The STO being isn't giving up it's light though it is still radiating it—like a lightbulb which illuminates both itself and other things in its environment. Darkness doesn't get inside a lightbulb, but it can be lurking in shadows outside the lightbulb where things standing in the way (catalyst) create darkness. This may be related to the mysterious Archetype, the Experience of the Spirit.



While in the process of removing the boundary between self and others, which may also be seen as opening the heart energy center, there are discernable stages. First stages may include loving a child or family, unconditionally. This opens the heart somewhat and allows the radiating to flow unmitigated to the extent the acceptance is unmitigated or not qualified by expectations. Then maybe to pets, and other people such as a life partner. Finally one must include self in unconditional acceptance. These steps have levels of catalyst to work through, and are in a state of flux and rebalancing with wisdom (light). So an open heart center, or acceptance, (unprotected by the boundary it has dropped and is now subject to all incomings, such as a wide-open empath who receives everything with no way of dealing with it) must be balanced with the strength of the light stabilizing it (wisdom).