PrimaryErn, it's pretty clear that Steve changed his conception of darkworker to a more conventional form.
I had big issues with Steve's old conception of Darkworker, but now with this post Steve has basically re-united with the classical idea of service-to-self and service-to-others.
However, this still doesn't mean that darkworkers are something that should be looked down upon. They are valuable and deserving of love like everyone else.
The big difference between New Age polarity and typical Christian good and evil is the realization that evil is not overcome by fighting it or killing it, but by loving it. Today, we don't need to take this on faith, because we have scientific proof. (Found here:
Invincible Defense Technology Command Center )
Erin and Steve have both made posts leading up to it but I never felt that Steve was really understanding the negative polarity until he wrote this post.
Here's an old post from Erin about how to Fight Supreme Evil:
Fighting Supreme Evil
I think it's right on.
Here's a post I made in 2006 criticizing Steve's old idea of Darkworkers. You'll notice the criticism doesn't apply to his new Darkworkers, DW 3.0 if you want to call it that:
If selfishness isn't evil, then what is evil?
Of course, I still have some objections about his metaphor for lightworkers
But even so I still think the cells in a body metaphor is valuable.
Anyway I think we can all agree that metaphors, labels, and thought experiments are just fingers pointing at the moon. The moon is God* and there are many different ways to point at him. It is not necessary that ideas always be consistent with each other in order to be valuable.
If someone feels called to be a darkworker, that is legitimate service and they should consider exploring it. I explored it excessively at one point and I found that it led to enhanced suffering, but paradoxically it allowed me to appreciate unconditional love even more when I reversed my polarity. This is part of the paradoxical nature of good and evil, both being valuable in their own odd way, eventually re-uniting with the creator in Oneness where there is no polarity and no suffering.