I've recently read the Law of One / Ra Material, which seems to be where the whole STS/STO and lightworker/darkworker material came from. Quite interesting read, and I highly recommend anybody interested in polarity to check it out.
Now I see where Steve is coming from, regarding how polarization speeds up spiritual evolution, and how both STS and STO eventually ends up in the same place.
The only thing is, the Law of One material did not describe in full detail what the path of darkworking / STS, experientially, entails. If it did, I doubt Steve or the rest of these "darkworkers" would talk so lightly and freely about it.
The lower astral, or upper levels of hell, is just an inkling of what it takes. And then you have to go even deeper and deeper. I don't even know if it's possible to get back out by going straight through it.
I don't think people really understand what darkworking really means. It means you have to be pure evil, to the point of being evil just for evil's sake (to polarize). The more innocent people you can harm and control, and the more spiritual (lightworking) people you can push off their path, the more you can polarize. It isn't just a matter of "I'm serving myself and I don't care about what happens to others" -- it's almost like, "I am God and I have the right to do whatever I want -- and to prove it, I'm going to have to hurt and manipulate and control as many people as possible to grow in power."
Pretty grim picture. I doubt anybody on this forum, actually has this in mind. So I ask again for all supposed "darkworkers" to reconsider what they're getting into