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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  Understand that an intelligent and aware darkworker would recognize that being alone and isolated is a foolish choice that only leads to suffering, so such a person would plan to avoid that type of outcome. Such a darkworker would recognize that his/her own good will not be served by social isolation and committing blatant acts of evil that will eventually backfire and produce a negative emotional state.
An intelligent and aware darkworker doesn't chose loneliness and isolation. That would be... well... dumb. |
Thanks, Steve. I understand that, I think. But here's what I'm trying to get at: if you turn away from loneliness and isolation <i>for selfish reasons</i>, turning your attention to other people, trying to help them, and so forth, and <i>still don't really give a hoot about them</i> -- if you're still a selfish, self-centered darkworker -- then you'll still be lonely and alienated!
It seems to me -- and again, I'm still just describing my intuition here, I could be quite wrong -- but it seems to me that if you're cold and heartless on the inside, and love only yourself, as a darkworker presumably must, then you're going to be lonely and alienated, regardless of how much you help people externally. You can help other people as much as you want, but if you don't <i>care</i> about them, then they're going to pick up on that, and they won't care about you, either. Lonliness and isolation follows.
If a darkworker starts helping people, and then suddenly finds that s/he <i>does</i> start caring about others, genuinely -- then the lonliness and alienation will indeed fall away. But then, of course, they won't be a darkworker any more! Maybe this second option is what you mean when you talk about darkworkers and lightworkers headed for the same place...?