IMO, the idea of polarisation makes sense - if you choose to focus all your energies on one target, of course you'll be vastly more effective than if you dither back and forth.
However, the idea that there's only two ways to polarise - lightworking or darkworking - seems unnecessarily limiting (see Steve's podcast on
finding third alternative options).
It seems to me that 'sending energy out to help others' and 'drawing energy in to help yourself' are only two possible high level goals that you could have. What if my polarisation is towards creating great art? Say I want this not for my own benefit
or to benefit others, but for it's own sake.
Alternately, what if my polarisation is towards making the world safe so I and everyone else can live in peace? Doesn't that make lightworking/darkworking congruent?
Steve's posts on living congruently make a lot of sense to me. The idea that it's necessary to polarise in a non-congruent way to be effective seems inelegant to me.