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Originally Posted by MariconesUnited  I see what you're saying. Breaking habits definitely isn't easy and making a switch from devoting all of your energies towards your personal well-being to devoting all your energies towards helping others isn't easy at all. And vice-versa. And yet I do think making a switch is possible. It could take multiple lifetimes, but it's possible. |
Lifetimes? Only if reincarnation is indeed a reality and the individual in question resists the change once they've decided to make it. I doubt a polarity shift is ever a pleasant ride but as with all things it's as quick and easy or as long and painful as you want it to be.
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What I'm saying isn't about disowning part of your humanity. I recognize there is the ego and the self within. It's about a deeper comprehension of the nature of society. A person invented the wheel. We don't know who that is but that person probably got a lot of love and recognition for that person's achievement. A little more recently  , Michael Jackson released the album "Thriller", which uplifted millions of people's hopes and enriched their lives through emotion and music. He also got a lot of love, appreciation and money in return (let's not get into other parts of his career...I'm trying to make a point here ). When a person gives, they receive back a lot more than what they gave, whatever it is that they gave. That's where the false dichotomy comes in...there is a 3rd option to polarization.
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No there isn't. A third option completely negates the idea of polarity. There's nonduality at the end of the tunnel, sure. Perhaps that could be categorized as the third option. For people starting out, though? They can't just choose to be nondualistic. That's a shift which comes from expanding or contracting your consciousness to the point that the line between energies blurs and you tap into the essence underlying both.
I hold that there is no altruism. I'm also quite generous. I'm still a darkworker even though I'm compassionate. When I talked about "disowning your humanity" I wasn't bringing ego and self into the equation, I was speaking strictly of giving/taking. Give and take is part of life; it's another way of framing cause and effect. It is inescapable and even as a selfish person I would be stupid to ignore it.
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I really have to thank you for this conversation. You're helping me gain a better understanding of polarization. Is there any reading you could recommend on the topic? And I really have to ask, what happens when your consciousness reaches a critical level and your paradigm breaks down?
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Talk to a lightworker if you want their perspective, as for me and my ilk Asmoday does a pretty good job of explaining it:
What is a Darkworker? Path of the Darkworker Polarization and Polarity