Creating a Shield

[Patrick]

It's easy to miss the fact that a very self centered person, who never tries to control other selves and accepts all people the way they are is indeed very much walking the STO path.

I would even argue that it's more difficult to passively accept all other selves than to actively help other selves.

I cannot understand this view. If a self-centered person is accepting other-selves, doesn't that imply that they aren't making a decision to accept others directly, rather, they are accepting them by default because they are centered on themselves?

Are you saying that it is more difficult for the STO self-centered person to accept others passively (because he/she is focused on self) than the active STO person who works hard to understand free will and acceptance of a difficult family member?

"Are you saying that it is more difficult for the STO self-centered person to accept others passively"

It's more difficult for any person in 3d. "Passively" in this context could be replaced with "unconditionally".

First, I would like to point out that I am not speaking of me here. I do not see myself as a self-centered person. Often, when I discuss concepts, people think that I am talking about my personal experience. That's not the case. I'm simply letting my intuition talk through me.

My meaning is in the context of self-empowerment. Someone who smiles at all their other-selves, someone who makes all feel welcomed in their presence, someone who loves and accepts ALL their other-selves exactly the way they are. Someone like that is IMHO very much walking the STO path. Never offering to help, because the other self is seen as perfect already and do not need help. Never offering an opinion, because the other self didn't ask for one and already contains everything it needs within its self.

What I'm saying is that this someone could also be seen as very self-centered by other-selves.