Beliefs of Lightworkers and Darkworkers

[Plato]

Note: This thread is not for the purpose of discussing the value or validity of the darkworker/lightworker concept.

For those people looking to polarise either to "lightworking" or "darkworking" I think it would be useful to have a list of congruent beliefs on both sides.

I shall begin with some examples, If people could add to this list or correct it that would be awesome-

A Darkworker Believes:

1- Fundamentally I am mortal
2- There is no objective morality; the irrational will rules all
3- Most people have a herd mentality
4- The herd are unworthy failures
5- Love and friendship are fascades
6- The world is a competitive place
7- Religion is justification of weakness and represents bonds of oppression upon the strong.
8- The will to power underlies all decisions. All other motivations are symptoms of herd mentality.
9- The highest good is to dominate others and further one's own good

It is not crazy to think that Nietzsche's concept of the "Ubermensch" is in fact equivalent to that of a darkworker. Aligning one's world views with those of Nietzsche would in fact lead you to darkworking. To him the concept meant an individual who surpassed humanity. Some examples of individuals he considered to be Ubermensch...

Goethe
Beethoven
Napoleon
And himself

A Lightworker Believes:

1- Fundamentally I am immortal
2- There is no objective morality; but compassion dictates actions
3- All people are fundamentally one
4- I love everyone
5- Love and friendship are abounding and everywhere
6- We are all on the same team here
7- Religion when practiced well is a guide towards the realisation of enlightenment and oneness.
8- The will to joy underlies all decisions. All other motivations are symptoms of fear and delusion
9- The highest good is to share love with others and further the good of the whole world

This is best expressed in the philosophy of Hinduism. See the Upanishads and Bhagavad-gita.

[Steve Pavlina]

While these are a possible set of beliefs for both sides, I wouldn't say they're required as a set. Lightworkers and darkworkers have much more flexibility in their beliefs than this.

For example, you can certainly be a darkworker who believes in some kind of immortality of the spirit.

You can also be a lightworker who shuns religion. Beyond a certain point, following an organized religion will lower your consciousness instead of raising it.

[Plato]

Yeah, I suppose creating narrow boxes isn't a helpful thing. The thing I'm stuck on at the moment is what comes first, the polarisation or beliefs that support it? Or do you consciously cultivate them at the same time?

[Steve Pavlina]

What comes first is this: You must recognize the nature of the polarization choice, particularly that it's a choice you're completely free to make and that God or the universe doesn't dictate your answer.

The choice is very simple really. You can choose to be the hero, the villain, or an NPC in your reality. If you don't choose the first or second deliberately and consciously, you remain stuck in the third option by default.

[Plato]

I see...

To be a hero there has to be something to rescue... and thinking about it, that works really well. What a great story -- to have been sent here to unite people under a single cause: the pursuit of human flourishing...

Or play the villain and create an almighty empire of dooom

I feel like a kid in a toy store.

[Keith]

There are only two types of people in the world:
1. People who believe the world can be divided into two types of "workers" - light and dark.
2. People who don't.

Lightworkers and Darkworkers both have belief #1.

P.S. The above comment is ironic. In practice there are more than two types of people: For example, people who believe the world can be divided that way, but that it's only one of many possible ways to divide it.

[Kingston]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

The choice is very simple really. You can choose to be the hero, the villain, or an NPC in your reality. If you don't choose the first or second deliberately and consciously, you remain stuck in the third option by default.

People who don't understand polarization don't belief in "Lightworkers" and "Darkworkers" because it's hard facing the fact that they are NPC's. But no one escapes feeling either love, greed/fear, or nothing. The names are brilliant summaries of spiritual choices.

[Marth]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

The choice is very simple really. You can choose to be the hero, the villain, or an NPC in your reality. If you don't choose the first or second deliberately and consciously, you remain stuck in the third option by default.

I call Wolverine!

[Kingston]

Originally Posted by Marth

I call Wolverine!

Yep, you're an NPC