This can all be explained by karma, LOC, and free will.
Karma determines the range of "options" we have in any particular situation. Given the LOC we are at, we have a certain range to choose from, with free will. The higher the LOC, the more karma has been cleared and the more options we have. "Lightworking" is just choosing the "highest" option available, the one that increases Love and raises LOC. "Darkworking" is choosing the "lower" options available, even when you have the option to "lightwork".
For someone who is still having problems with Fear / Desire / Apathy, what we call "darkworking" is actually a positive beneficial thing. I would actually call that lightworking, because he is doing his best out of the possible range of options that he has, i.e. getting out of his rut, improving himself, fulfilling his desires and potential, raising his own personal power.
But for someone who is already in Reason or Love, "darkworking" is just darkworking, fulfilling the ego's desires at the cost of Love, because you have the option for Love and didn't choose it. Out of the range of possible options, you chose the lower ones, even though you could have chosen higher ones. That actually tends to lower your LOC, as the more you choose these options the more karma accrues, and the more the upper range of options becomes restricted.
So as has been said, working for oneself does not mean either "lightworking" or "darkworking", it means which side of the range of options are you consistently choosing. It's all relative.
Saying a certain action is "lightworking" or "darkworking" does not mean anything, because actions and goals and thoughts are only content. When you provide the scale (context) to measure that content by, then you know whether you're raising LOC or not.
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