Light and Dark Working at the same time?

[scottdblog]

I kept searching and hoping that I could find this answer in the forum archives, but I've had no luck. I normally can grasp Steve's posts quickly. I can't seem to answer this question in my head:

If Steve took the mentality of-
1.)Dark-working. He wants his blog to be successful so he can have a lot of money and toys.
but also
2.)Light-working. He wants to share and help the world grow and develop.

can't it all work out while having "dueling" polarizations?

It would seem that light-work, which aims to help a large number of people, could include yourself as one of those people, but if you do include yourself specifically in your polarization manifestation efforts, you are now dark-working. Or I am lost. Hopefully someone can help.

[AndyMartin]

What I think Steve is talking about is an approach for bringing your efforts and your intentions more into your alignments by eliminating conflicts from your motivations. He defines an axis, that being how you want to position your desires against the collective, and he explains that you are more effective if you act consistently in one direction or the other, should you choose to align on that axis. As such, there is no benefit trying to find latitude in the model; it's not absolute. It's just a model to strengthen personal development and the law of attraction. There are other axes upon which you can align yourself -- other models, if you will, but he's talking about this one. So yes, he could let them battle it out, but if he has chosen to structure his life according to this model, then why would he?

[JHL]

Originally Posted by scottdblog

If Steve took the mentality of-
1.)Dark-working. He wants his blog to be successful so he can have a lot of money and toys.
but also
2.)Light-working. He wants to share and help the world grow and develop.

can't it all work out while having "dueling" polarizations?

If I understand you correctly, you're basically saying you want to do well for yourself, but also try to help others at the same time. But that according to a theory someone has written this approach would be problematic.

My answer to you is that the voice you should be paying most attention to in your spiritual journey is your own inner voice.

Spiritual accroutements such as this theory are useful if they help people to find their inner light. But relied upon too much, they may very well become the obstacle to the very thing you seek.

Goethe said "Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live." What do you think about the problem you stated? Do you think you can achieve both at the same time? I venture that nobody here can answer that better than you can for yourself.

A thousand pardons if my tone seems a tad preachy, but I just came back from seeing the movie Ghostrider. I feel ready to drink napalm and spit hellfire (or at the very least to moderately toast some marshmallows). Growl.

[scottdblog]

[QUOTE=JHL;58486]If I understand you correctly, you're basically saying you want to do well for yourself, but also try to help others at the same time. But that according to a theory someone has written this approach would be problematic.

My answer to you is that the voice you should be paying most attention to in your spiritual journey is your own inner voice.

Goethe said "Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live." What do you think about the problem you stated? Do you think you can achieve both at the same time? I venture that nobody here can answer that better than you can for yourself.
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Great analysis, this is just what I needed to hear. Thanks!