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Originally Posted by Anagogy  The lightworker wants everything to be distributed equally. The darkworker wishes to be elite. |
Why is there no third category for somebody that won't serve himself by taking from others, but won't serve others by taking from himself? Maybe I'm confused about the definitions of Lightworkers/Darkworkers, but both of them seem flawed to me, because both of them are primarily concerned with other people.
Lightworkers try to help others, often at the expense of themselves. Fundamentally this philosophy seems flawed. How does a Lightworker decide how much personal sacrifice is enough? There are so many people to help in the world that giving everything and more would not be enough. So the ideal, if truly followed, results in death. Not very ideal, if you ask me. So any middle ground between service to yourself and to others would be arbitrary, which certainly doesn't lend itself to what is supposed to be a self-consistent polarization.
Darkworkers, on the other hand, are willing to take from others if it benefits them. Thus, they must attribute the same right to others. This necessarily leads to a life of fear, spent trying to secure themselves and their belongings against a greedy horde. That doesn't sound like happiness to me, spending your time trying to squeeze as much as you can from the people around you while giving as little as possible in return, and always fighting everybody lest you be bested. Because to be elite is to be better than everyone, which means everyone else sets the bar for your life. You have little control, because you've given it over to all the people that might be better than you.
I would rather live a life where I am not concerned with whether or not somebody is better than me, as long as I am doing as I desire in my own best interest. A life where I give, and take, only in honest exchange with other individuals. A life where I don't have to worry about the problems of my fellow man, which are often self-induced, because I attribute to them the same right I have; to live their own life and accept the consequences of their own choices, good or bad. Of course, that does not mean that I would help no one, I simply would do so only in exchange for something that I denote as equal or greater in value (not necessarily material). My selfless giving will teach no one how to produce for themselves. My selfish desire for superiority will gain me nothing, except the hollow victory of having others think I am better.
So I accept neither pole as correct. I will be a Twilightworker.
