The polarization idea is beginning to make sense to me thanks to Steve's latest blog and many of you enlightened posters. I am starting to form my own idea about how this manifest in my reality. Here are some of my thoughts.
I do not care for the the good v. evil, light v. dark, giving v. greed analogies because I think they add a moralistic view that I don't belive the universe contains. I have less problems with love v. fear as "human" motivators because they apply strictly to emotions with which we color the energy we send to the universe. I think the Universe is neutral about which energy it receives , favoring neither.
That having been said I like to use this analogy and will apply recognizable people as what I think are examples of these.
What Steve refers to the love/light/positive polarity I liken to flowing down a river with the Sea as your destination. When you encounter obstacles such as boulders, you find a way to slip around them easily, in the flow, without conflict energy. Your destination, the Sea is the all encompassing source of life, a symbol of unity and perhaps a metaphor for combined consciousness. Your mindset is one of cooperation, synergy, giving and getting along without struggling/fighting the current/flow of your life. Love (of life) would be a good emotion to center on for this type of mindset.
What Steve refers to as the fear/dark/negative polarity I liken to climbing a mountain with the Summit as your destination. When you encounter obstacles you overcome them with strength and power, gaining personal confidence as you climb. Your destination, the Summit is a high, lonely place where there is room for only a select few with the stamina and mental discipline to reach it. It is perhaps a metaphor for the Man as a God subjective universe. Your mindset is one of personal acheivement, self confidence and the ability to conquer the dangers/demons on your route to the top. Fear (of failure) would be a good emotion to center on.
An example of the first mindset, The River, might be Oprah. During the "Secret" shows she mentioned "finding your flow and going with it". She definitely embodies the outward flow of giving and loving and it has made her a very wealthy person in the process. I never identified with Oprah before (my wife always has) but I have a new found appreciation and respect for her as my journey/education has progressed. Extreme examples would include the usual line up of "lightworkers" such as Martin Luther King, Gandhi or the Dali Lama, but I don't identify with these people as much because they represent the farthest end of that polarity.
An example of the second mindset, The Mountain, might be Lance Armstrong. He is the epitome of a self confident, obstacle crushing high achiever. Overcoming cancer and going on to win seven straight Tour de France's is an achievement that may never be surpassed and along the way he has become very wealthy and internationally famous. He has raised millions of dollars for cancer research as an individual, surpassing that which entire organizations have not been able to match. I admire and respect him and gravitate towards his story probably because I am a man/athlete. Extreme examples would include the usual Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Reinhold Messner and maybe George Lucas (?).
Again it is hard to identify with these people who are at the far end of scale.
Society holds people up as heros/role models from either polarity. Most Athletes, Actors and Politicians are from the Mountain. Many Doctors, Scientists and Religious Leaders are from the River.
Are these people Good or Evil? Dark or Light? Can we attach a "moral" compass to their lives? I can't. But I can choose a path towards a polarity based on my desire to fight my way to the Summit or easily flow my way to the Sea.