The Tao of Star Trek

[Wabi-sabi]

Remember the Star Trek episode where the good Captain Kirk needed the evil Captain Kirk in order to become the whole Captain Kirk?

We need both negative and positive emotions in order for our lives to be in balance. Without balance, we tend to make either good Captain Kirk decisions or evil Captain Kirk decisions. Neither are in our overall best interest. Steve, you seem to have become a good Captain Kirk.

For example, if you were capable of greed, you might have made better decisions concerning the sale of your book. At a time when thousands of new viewers were checking out the new Hayhouse author, you were starving yourself on a juice fast (he's a nut) and now polyamory (and into kink). With a healthy dose of greed, you might have concentrated on topics to dazzle potential book buyers instead. I understand, truth, love and power above all else but when you are not in harmony with your evil Captain Kirk, how can you know what your truth, love and power is?

You can love a relationship to death. Without emotions like jealousy, resentment, anger and fear in the mix, your relationship will lack balance (and probably passion). Since your relationship seems to be so unbelievably loving, you probably need polyamory to bring things back into harmony. Most of us can accomplish the same thing by forgetting an anniversary or leaving the toilet seat up. In your next relationship, learn to be jealous.

Negative emotions are essential for complete self-cultivation. Use them to your advantage, don't eliminate them from your life.

[bunnyman]

Originally Posted by Wabi-sabi

In your next relationship, learn to be jealous.

Okay. Why? Give specific reasons why being jealous is good?

I'll hold on to my own thoughts and give you a chance to share yours first.

[yossarian]

I'm gonna have to give this a name.

I'm gonna call it "The Widespread Myth that non-polarization is superior to polarization"

too long?

There is this myth people have that non-polarization is superior.

The only reason the myth continues is because people never try to sincerely polarize. Polarization is basically the most powerful force in the universe.

Moderation in everything doesn't mean taking the middle road in everything - it means using progressive training to train yourself within your limits. You keep lifting weights and lifting heavier and heavier weights, but you work within your limits. This is the true meaning of moderation. This is the true meaning of the Tao.

After a few years of moderate weight lifting, you look like a polarized weight lifter because you can now lift 200 lbs more than you could when you started.

Mixing greed with generosity is not effective. It neutralizes all your results. In all honest truth, the #1 issue with the world is that people neutralize their own results out of habit. People have both the habit and social conditioning to neutralize EVERYTHING they attempt.

I'm not being facetious, this is the entire existence of the Earth plane. From a metaphysical standpoint the Earth is a pig pen of people who have not yet tried to polarize and instead are attached to neutralizing their own efforts constantly. It is the #1 epidemic of suffering on Earth.

I don't know how to emphasize this more, lol. It's a tough concept to explain I guess but it is so fundamental. Maybe Steve's next book on polarization will help convince people to try and polarize.

It really really really works and it is the most powerful force of the universe.

I don't care which way you polarize but pick ONE and STICK with it and SEE the MAGIC happen.

[Dan.Linehan]

Great post Yossarian - couldn't agree more..

[Eric Revelin]

Why do you assume that he wanted his book to sell better than it did? Steve has said many times that he was never after money, rather he wanted to make money as irrelevant as possible in his life. He's done that, so...

Now, you could argue that by focusing on selling more books he'd reach (and therefore help) more people, which would be a stronger motivation for him. You failed to show that greed would be a superior paradigm to that.

As an aside, greed is unnecessary if you want to make money. Making money isn't a problem. There's nothing wrong with a lightworker that wants to be a millionaire. It's only a matter of greed if money is the most important thing on that person's mind. If someone like Steve adopted that mindset it would undermine every choice he's made. Greed and altruism are entirely incompatible. Anyone that tries to use both of them will remain divided and they'll stagnate.

I don't know what relationships you've been in where resentment and jealousy added flair and passion, but it seems like you'd have to be awfully bored to need that. I find that harmonious relationships work far better- they're a lot more fun and growth is nearly effortless. Conflict on that front is too weighty and distracting. It prevents you from focusing your energy on more important stuff. When it happens, it happens, but why seek it out?

You do need to integrate the two halves of yourself, that I agree with, but I think you're confused on what that means. Embracing the shadow self means that you're completely honest. Now, that means different things in different contexts. If you're undivided it means that if you have a murderous thought you'll acknowledge it without judgement and let it go or you'll make it a conscious intention and act on it (not necessarily by killing anyone but through subtle attacks, mind games, etc). Someone following your advice would face perpetual inner conflict.

Good Kirk needs Evil Kirk because he'd be extremely naive without him. His understanding of himself and other sentient beings would be too limited to be useful. If he actually did what Evil Kirk wanted then he wouldn't be Captain Kirk.

[Kazeko]

Originally Posted by Wabi-sabi

... you were starving yourself on a juice fast (he's a nut) and now polyamory (and into kink).

LOL Thank you for making my day! I hope Steve saw it and appreciated its humor, too.

P.S. That's what I exactly think about Steve often