How Do STS's View Other Selves?

[OpalE]

You associate good and evil with understanding and misunderstanding? Sounds mentally racial.

No and yes.  I think i was associating the words "good and evil" themselves with misunderstanding (of positive/negative polarity) ... but yes, i do associate negative polarity with ?intentional (?purposeful) misunderstanding.

"Mentally racial?" Maybe.  But duality (and ... ?spectrum division?) in general feels that way to me.

Evil is just selfishness, and selfishness certainly exists within the context of the illusion, as I've said ad nauseum in this thread. But I wouldn't necessarily say that seeing selfishness is a failure to see self-lessness (what I'm calling good).

I don't feel this.  (I'll use positive/negative polarity ... i'm still uncomfortable with good/evil).

Both appear equally selfish and selfless from my perspective.  If i had to attempt a similar association, it would be:

positive polarity = self / other-self ?expression (i don't have a good word for this.  "expressing that i am"?  "experiencing joy that i exist"?  something like that).

negative polarity = self /other-self ?denial ... ?destruction ("i am not what i am"?   "existing hurts, please end it ... and give me carnal pleasures and/or obliviousness until you're finished"?)

Light shines gladly wherever there is no choice to prevent it ... gives willingly of itself indiscriminately with no ?fear that it may be diminished in the process (because it knows that it cannot be).

Darkness says "i have secrets.  step into me and find them,"  the biggest secret being "i intend to consume all that you are."  Eventually -- no matter how powerful -- the depth and charge seems to becomes strong enough to overpower and eclipse the ... ?expression of existence? of the willing seeker.

From the perspective of negative polarity, merging with the light and being consumed by the darkness are the same thing.  The only choice is (again... clunky words: ) "which master to serve."  Either way the self appears to be lost.

... **blinks**

dammit, anagogy!  how are you doing that?  I think i've just typed myself into seeing your point.