[Freelancer]

Here's my view on lightworking/darkworking (similar to OP's);

Light worker

A person mainly considered of the well being of everybody else.

stage 1
At the start of his journey (low level of conscious) he will be very aware of the needs of everyone around him. He will have a tendency to have to much empathy and sacrifice to much to help others, ultimately this limits his ability to help others. These are the people who have a tendency to agree with everybody else and not really expressing there own opinions, they'r miserable because they can't serve others (and themselve, you are as important as everybody else).

stage 2
Some of them realize that by focusing on self growth increases there ability to help other people, so he starts raising his level of conscious. This is a point of a lot of inner conflict, he has to come with terms of helping himself first so that everybody can benefit the most. This is the start of his journey to a higher level of consciousness and ultimately enlightment if he gets that far. This is also the toughest phase to go through...

Stage 3
At this point they have raised there consciousness to a sufficient level to both serve themselves (through growth) and other people. I'm not sure of what happens after this level of consciousness, I can't see that far. I'm still not polarized and I have a feeling I'm more edging towards darkworker than lightworker, although I first have to come in terms with myself about focusing on myself regardless of my path.



Darkworker

Stage 1
The low level of consciousness here has two parts;
1) The criminals and thugs, these darkworkers have a tendency to hurt others to satisfy themselves. They are generally raised in hostile environments that require 'self defense' both emotionally and physically. They'r not necesarry evil but misguided, they don't understand yet that the best way to get maximum benefit is to find a way to serve the masses. They are not focused on mental growth but mostly interested in material goods. This is also the darkworkers most people imagine.
2) The darkworker which society has tried to mold into a lightworker, they generally feel unfit for society like there not a part of it. These type of darkworkers tend to process the easiest into a higher consciousness because they can start to see the benefits of growth and helping others. They have a tendency to 'go with the flow' because they don't see a benefit for fighting against the system. By going with the flow they reduce the pain and risk but limit happiness at the same time. These people have a tendency to numb the consciousness with PC games/tv/mindless jobs while being overly materialistically orientated.
They get to a higher consciousness and become more growth orientated if they realize that becoming a better person means more happiness/wealth/love for himself.

Stage 2
For both of them the next phase in there personal development journey is the same, although they will encounter different problems. At this point they realized that by becoming a better person (both skills/socially/empathy) has a lot of benefits for him. They will start to seperate themselves from the general mold and leave there old habits behind. There real growth starts to happen at this point and they start serving society more while always keeping the benefits (and how to maximize them) to themself in the back of there mind. They stop focusing on immediate benefits but instead start focusing on improving there life (and ultimately there future). In OP's story the character seems to have skipped the lower level's of consciousness very smoothly.

Stage 3
This is still foggy for me but I'd think he continue's to refine his ability to serve himself while continueing to grow. Its possible that it splits into two category's again at this point, one becoming the big corporate business men who's wealthy and unhappy (generalizing here). And the other goes further down the path of enlightment and tries to understand the universe while serving himself. This second type is what OP describes and the first type is the person a lot of people see as a darkworker. There are a lot of shades of darkworking as well, its not entirely black and white and there all seperated by the level of consciousness.
The first type is the 'evil' one who turns into the next hitler if continueing along that path, this person is sufficiently far along the path of higher consciousness to see the bigger picture but still below the second type.
The second type has the possibility of turning into the next big historical figure, they do a lot of good for humanity but ultimately serve themselves.

General

The path's for both darkworkers and lightworkers are both very similar the higher your consciousness starts to rise. The initial starts are very different however and there choice to 'polarize' was made for different reasons. Lightworkers have a underlying principle of serving others/themselves best while darkworkers try to serve themself best. The outcomes are very similar in that they become the persons in history who make the difference, there actions are often very similar but the underlying reasoning is very different.

Note that they are very different personality's from the inside but looking from the outside in they'r very similar. I'd think that its easier to understand all of this if/when your polarize and understand what it means (if you understand your side than the otherside becomes more clear as well).

Note that both the light and darkworkers have to balance there own needs and other people's needs to gain maximum efficiency, its also a constant balancing act of mental growth and physical action. Both balances are probably the biggest hurdles both have to overcome.

Note that its much easier for lightworkers to fall back into a very low level state of consciousness than darkworkers. The turn side of the coin is that darkworkers are much more drawn towards world domination and 'evil' things.

Note that both lightworkers and darkworkers can be forced by society to do the things associated with the 'other side. If a lightworker is raised in a harmfull environment with addicted parents and full of crime and poor he'll inevitably end up doing 'evil' things. This doesn't change his nature, it won't feel natural to him but they feel its the only way they can function.
The other way around can work as well, if a darkworker has a tendency to think of himself before others than society is very much capable of hammering this out. Its still in his core but covered up with believe systems of other people. These darkworkers turn into the robotic factory guy...
This is once again a lower level of consciousness, they are simply not aware of it.

This is just my view of the whole thing, and I'm pretty much in 'step 2' and starting to discover my own potential. I'm not sure if I'm a light or darkworker at this point, I know I'll eventually discover my polarity and that its either way good for me. The results are in the end the same, and the passion/drive is the biggest benefit for me. I also believe there is a middle path between light/darkworker as a person who automatically has a tendency to pull himself ahead of others but still considers somebody else happiness important (not from a ego centered view). Not sure about that though, its just a thought of mine. My view is on the rest of the road is still a bit foggy, I guess I need to walk further before I really start seeying the benefits of either polariziation (and the end of the path).

I also think that this is steve's view of the whole light/darkworker although I think he's more focused on the later stages while I'm still focusing on the earlier stages (thats where I am). I realize though that its difficult to understand the higher stages if your not atleast close to that path. Its like walking down a misty path, you can only see a few meters ahead and behind you. I am still very much in the early stages so I can't see very far ahead but I can clearly see how it all starts. I imagine steve is way further down this path than me so he can see the later stages better than me, but the earlier stages are a bit foggy.
Again this all sprung from my own imagination reading this story and steve's articles...



This turned out into a small article and a lot longer than I expected, its such a fascinating concept. I could write a entire book on this view with stories about persons I see around me, basically I see the 'evidence' of a flawed society that supresses human ability's of both light and darkworkers...



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Summary for the tl;dr people;
If you focus on getting a higher consciousness while balancing mental/physical ability's and helping others/yourself you'll have the most success, what polarity you are will come to you eventually...