[here2seek]

As I was trying to wrap my head around the concept of the darkworker and shed any projected negative connotations that it is somehow "bad" or "evil". I came up with this hypothetical profile of a darkworker. I think it will help others to shed the negatives they project onto the darkworker concept.

Let's call our hypothetical darkworker Edgar. As a child Edgar was always interested in science and technology. Has passion for science and technology drives his academics and he lands himself in MIT and gets a top-notch education in bioengineering. During the course of getting his degree he took classes in religion, psychology, and philosophy and subsequently develops a passion for seeking the ultimate reality behind the universe and applies both scientific and spiritual discovery in this process. Edgar begins to realize his divine nature and connectedness to the universe and sees it as a source of power and intuition to aid him on his quest. In Edgars case, he finds that it is much easier and more effective for him to draw from the universe than to give and begins down the path of the darkworker wholeheartedly.

Now polarized as a darkworker, Edgar applies his new found powers to make a profound scientific breakthrough and increase HIS understanding of the universe (and ultimately himself). Edgar invents an ultra-efficient solar cell technology that can even produce energy from non-white light solar rays even in the darkness of night. This has a profound impact on the planet, drastically reducing humanity's reliance on petroleum and giving the environment a bright future. Note that he didn't want to "save the planet". He saw the energy problem as a grand challenge that would grow HIS power, status, freedom and understanding of the universe.

Of course this makes Edgar fabulously wealthy and he builds a company around the technology. He feels that a company would give him the power and freedom for even grander truth seeking and ultimately self-understanding. He builds a consortium around his technology and helps many others start companies, become wealthy and employ many people, but he does this to simply grow his personal power. He realizes that the most successful companies have the happiest employees, so he completely subsidizes his employees healthcare and creates a fun and flexible company culture. He does this because it will make his company dominant, not because he cares all that much about everyone else's path in life or well being. He creates a philanthropic arm of his company to invest in "green" and eco-friendly startup companies because he knows that it will be powerful marketing and encourage more people to buy his products, ultimately giving him more power and freedom to explore the nature of himself.

As a leader Edgar is courteous, clear, trusting, and empowering. Why? He knows that being a jerk to people will cause distracting friction in his life that he'd rather not deal with, and he finally realizes the connectedness of reality and sees no sense in being nasty others as it is ultimately damage to himself, and disruptive to his darkworker path. He can easily trust others because ultimately it is only his own path that matters (he is not dependent on anyone), and he empowers others to go off and find success on their own as he is not interested in their path. He even reacts to criticism in an ego-less manner seeing it as simply information and not having any negative bearing on his journey.

Edgar is a vegetarian. Not out of compassion for animals, rather he believes it is the best diet for his body, allowing him to live long and have the maximum amount of energy for his passionate quest for self-discovery.

At home Edgar also wants to focus on his path, and to enable himself to do that he maintains a healthy and harmonious home life. His wife is happy, beautiful, intelligent, competent and relaxed, making it easy for him to draw sexual and intellectual power from her when desired. His children are well-behaved and independent because he simply does not have the time or desire to deal with troublesome children, and ultimately they must be encouraged to find their own path. He has no time or desire to share his discoveries them as his path is the one that matters. A frictionless home means he can focus on his self discovery. You might wonder why he even has a family, but to him, family is another experience to help him learn about himself.

Edgar amasses many billions of dollars and finds a new source of friction in his life with the IRS, distracting him from self-discovery. He sets up a granting foundation that provides millions and millions of dollars to medical and environmental research, relieving a bulk of his tax burden and removing that friction from his life. He is also interested the raw science being performed with his foundation money as ultimately it will help him understand the nature of reality and thus his own nature. If they cure cancer with his money he will not feel compassion towards the people who benefit from the cure. Their path does not matter.

In retirement Edgar seeks a new direction in trying to understand his god-self and joins doctors without borders. Using his power and intelligence he quickly learns the necessary field medicine, and flies off to do the work. Does he does this out of compassion for others? No, he needs to see what the experience tells him about himself. He wants to encounter people who suffer greatly, watch them be healed, learn from them so he can learn more about himself. It is not compassion for others that drives him, but a drive for self discovery.

Near the end of his life, Edgar spends time at a prominent university, taking classes and talking to intellectual elite to help further his understanding of his divine nature. In a moment of ego-centrism, Edgar gives the university a billion dollars to build cutting edge learning and research facilities that bear his name.

I believe that Edgar, as I've portrayed him, stayed true to his darkworker polarity until his death, but throughout his journey to understand himself, he had a profoundly positive effect on the planet and the lives of millions, if not billions of people. I hope this helps people shed their belief that someone who polarizes as a darkworker is somehow "evil" or "destructive".
Edgar's path led him to understand God, the unity and connectedness of the universe, and possibly even a loving light behind it all, but he did it through service to and discovery of the self.

Try not to get too hung up on nit-picking details in my story. I'm just putting it out there in the hope it conveys a larger understanding of the darkworker path. Of course this is just a reflection of my current understanding of the darkworker which may be different from yours.