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Originally Posted by Jasper

The first problem that presents itself is this: Who is to decide who benefits? There isn't some objective entity that can say "this is benefiting the whole" or "this is ultimately only benefitting the single cell". And thus you regress into the religion kind of debate of right vs. wrong.

Another problem is the result vs. intentions. What determines what you are? Your wants/desires of result or your actual results? And who is to say you will be able to determine all of your results anyway? (What if Hitler killed some people that, if not dead, would've killed more than he was responsible for? An outlandish example to be sure, but one can never know.)

Intentions determine your alignment, not results. An intention to serve, even if you steal, kill, murder, etc. puts you firmly on the lighter side of the spectrum. Hitler was a lightworker.

And what is the "whole" anyway? Is it the human race? Or is it the entire eco system? And who decides that? It clearly makes a difference. In one case saving a human could be considered lightworking, in the other, darkworking. We are, after all, killing the body, one could say.

A lightworker can focus on humanity, upon the ecosystem, or upon doing as little harm as they can to everything. The focal point is service whether it's to humanity, the environment, or an ideal.

Another point you could make is that if every cell was a great darkworking, that would help the whole as well.

If every cell went dark the body would implode. The same applies if all of them were light. When some cells become darkworkers everybody benefits but it's a happy side-effect, it's not the point of the path.

In the end, there are so many assumptions in this debate, it's almost impossible to agree on any of it.

I think the value in this whole matter is this:
Focusing your energy on a single point will increase your chances of a - in your eyes - favorable result. Be of single mind and purpose.

Focus on something long enough and you begin to draw and accumulate energy which changes you, your perspective, and your motivations. That's what separates light from dark. The trouble with these discussions is it has to be experienced. You can't think your way through polarity and that's precisely what most people try to do. (Let me make it clear: thinking is important. What I'm saying is theory is useless without action.)

All the jibber-jabber besides that point is just that. Steve might feel great about himself because he thinks he's on the path of light, but some people might see his as a darkworker because he is trying to help people at all. Who is to say what is light and what is dark? Who is to say what is served?

Is he focusing on the needs of others, whoever that "other" might be, over his own? Then he's a lightworker, detractors be damned.

Polarity has a long history. Lightworking and darkworking are new terms but the phenomenon they describe stretches back as far as history itself. While both paths have evolved one thing has remained constant: one is devoted to service, the other to the cultivation of self. Neither choice limits your actions but it colors everything you do.

Can a darkworker be a paramedic? Yes, but why he's a paramedic is only known to him. In any role, good or evil, you'll find both lightworkers and darkworkers, but it takes keen eyes to see them.