02-14-2010, 10:05 AM
(02-13-2010, 03:35 AM)peregrine Wrote: One other thing comes to mind just now. Having examples at hand of what inconceivable horror we are capable of inflicting on ourselves and one another provides us with specific vibrations we can search ourselves for in our quest to encompass all. I wonder how often an entity chooses to indulge in a negative polarity in order to teach others about their own dark capacities? Sounds like a rather indirect path to peace and happiness. But maybe if you have another 2 million years to kill before graduation it might seem like a worthwhile experiment? Not for me to say.
In that case you would need to close down the heart, rather than not opening it in the first place, which would be much harder. But really, just as STO can't help but being STS at the same time (if I manage to touch another person they always touch me at least as much), it goes the other way as well, through the very intense learning experiences provided.
So, if you go through something where you witness and suffer some of these inconceivable horrors, and then later find a more solid than ever place of peace and forgiving, and a depth of self-knowledge you wouldn't have reached as quickly with a less intense experience, are you then doing a disservice to those trying to polarize negatively, by recognizing that they did in fact do you a service? It really is a funny dance.