I don't believe in polarization, just as I don't believe in darkworkers or lightworkers. When I work for myself, if I am doing things right, I am working for others. When others work for themselves, they work for me. If I enjoy my work, why not enjoy and be pleased by the fact that my work helps/adds/betters others? If I get to be a good painter, does it only have to be, either "people, do enjoy my paintings", can't I enjoy them myself? The opposite is also appliable. If am the a great painter, am I only to enjoy my work on itself, cannot I enjoy the pleasure my work gives others? Because you think yourself talented as a painter, can't you recognize the genius of a violinist?
I don't believe in polarization as I don't believe in the dichotomy lightworker-darkworker. If you do things right, when working for yourself you work for others, and in working for others you work for yourself. The two facts are intextricably connected. You finance education for people in poor countries, and maybe those people will set up small businesses and won't chop rainforests to sell the timber. You give something good, and get something good in return, why shouldn't you enjoy both things?
I don't like the separation of darkworker-lightworker, because I believe that I can both say "I have an inner divinity, see me", and enjoy my development, AND say of others "You have an inner divinity, I see it", and enjoy whatever potential for genious everyone else has.
Steve has many times said that "either or" questions are limiting. I agree with that. So I reject the concept of lightworker and darkworker: doing things right, you should be a lightworker who gets some of the light for herself.
I feel darkworker approach is limiting, because I could enjoy only my potential and not that of others. I feel lightworker approach is limiting, because I could only enjoy others' potential and not mine. If I am a genius in embryo, I can enjoy both my geniality and that of others. I can well enjoy my success, and the fact that it gives to others. I may well enjoy others' successes, and the fact that it gives to others... and to me, of course.
So, I refuse the concept of polarity, I don't think it's smart and I don't think it makes you stronger. So I simply forget the articles on polarity. We don't all believe everything Steve says, don't we? We take the beliefs that make us stronger XD
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