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Originally Posted by pyrogen  I must respectfully disagree with what most people think a Darkworker is.
Asmoday, IMO, has the best description of what a Darkworker is. What is a Darkworker? |
And it goes without saying I agree.
The interplay between light and dark is not something I understand and I may never understand it fully, but what I can say based on what I've experienced is that you will have darkworkers who do nothing but suck the air dry and then you will have those like myself who channel energy so it can be put to good use. One is a vampire while the other keeps energy flowing as it should. There's nothing to be despised about either polarity, every polarized person is beautiful, and it's a shame so many would choose one path and shun all who would walk the other. We're most effective when we work together and many of the imbalances in our world can be attributed to our tendency not to.
Now regarding the initial post, there might be some truth to it. I've heard it said darkness presents light with a matrix where it can manifest. However, there is nothing about the development and care of your individual self which necessitates a greater focus upon it than upon the whole. You can focus on the whole and include yourself in that. You won't ever develop the kind of strength a darkworker has but that's the tradeoff you make-you become stronger in different ways, you can do things a darkworker never could.
Now I can't sit here and make a list of things which are impossible for lightworkers or darkworkers to do because it's far more subtle than that; a lightworker can kill and a darkworker can die a martyr if circumstances are just so. There's a delicate mix of elements which determine how the players must act and it's then when their personal strengths and limitations shine through. I have the will to do what a lightworker won't and a lightworker will redeem someone I've given up on. That's why we need each other and it's why any definition that focuses upon deeds, or even self vs. others, misses the point. Those are effects-the cause goes deeper and you can't grasp what polarity is about without touching upon the cause. A focus on self or others can reveal what's behind the curtain but it's not itself the core of either path.