I try not to take any of this as the 'gospel truth,' more as a collection of observations from different viewpoints. I think of it as comparing notes on reality as viewed through different sets of conditionals. While I didn't say it, I hoped it was assumed that what I've stated was my interpretation of the theory, in effort to clarify the concepts.
The point of the pebbles was that both options lead to the same place, they just take different paths to get there, and by committing to one pebble, you get there quicker.
As said with your yin and yang, when it reaches the extreme, it becomes its opposite. While that's not quite exactly what the lightworker/darkworker deal says, there are some similarities.
For a darkworker, there has to be some involvement with putting energy into the greater good, for without the greater good, the darkworker cannot wholly exist.
For a lightworker, there has to be some level of commitment to self, or his service will end prematurely.
Thus, in the end, aren't we all working this same type of balance? By polarizing, you're only committing to one path, focusing intent and decisiveness to your advantage in order to bring about the balance more quickly.
So perhaps the Taoists that can achieve the balance without pursuing it through the light/dark paths, or a convoluted combination of the two, are the quickest bunch?
Truly to be a subject with which to boggle the mind...
~BraveBlueMice |