self-deception (self misunderstanding) in choosing service

[Plenum]

there is a passage which descibes the people of Maldek, and what befell them. I remember being particularly struck by this passage when I first came across it, and it still has a certain 'sting' value today.

the crux of it revolves around the majority of their social complex ideas being swivelled around what are service-to-self concepts.

the kicker is that they absolutely sincerely believed they were service-to-others orientation.

I mean, I think we can all recognise the conscious STS leaning, and one who is consciously aware of their deliberate pathway ("Genghis", 'Bulba", "Rasputin".) They absolutely KNEW what they were doing.

but then there is the situation of people(s) who profess to be STO, and yet, much like the two Wanderers on Venus, in their self-belief of serving others, they end up actually polarising negative!!

the self-deception and lack of self-understanding is astonishing. That one thing could end up resulting in the opposite.

10.1 The peoples of Maldek had a civilization somewhat similar to that of the societal complex known to you as Atlantis in that it gained much technological information and used it without care for the preservation of their sphere following to a majority extent the complex of thought, ideas, and actions which you may associate with your so-called negative polarity or the service to self.

This was, however, for the most part, couched in a sincere belief/thought structure which seemed to the perception of the mind/body complexes of this sphere to be positive and of service to others.

what is the extent of one's acceptance? what is the extent of one's control? that seems to be the only way to gauge/barometer a philosophical system.