The Ways of Acceptance (alternative reading of 'STO')

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I think the term 'Service to Others' has a great potential for being mis-understood. This is because our cultural heritage has legacied to us various christian notions of service and self-sacrifice. Most prominent among these are:

* doing charitable deeds (visible service)
* donating money/time (pouring one's personal resources into an organisation)
* martyrdom ('sacrifice' of the self, for the perceived benefit of the other).

Ra uses the term STO primarily, but Don also asked about other definitions or understandings of polarity.

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my own understanding/practice of the 'positive path' has come down to this:

The Ways of Acceptance. The Ra material offers much advice on self-balancing, and these are keyed around the notion of 'acceptance'. Now, some might say this is putting too much emphasis on the technique, but Ra offers us Archetype 22 as the 'choice'; which is a unifying concept. What more unifying concept is there than making a choice of accepting something, or rejecting it?

this further expands on the notion of the spiritual path as one of BEING, rather than DOING. The Doing, of course, arises when an opportunity presents itself, and when there is a calling; but the emphasis is on the cultivation of an attitude which is kindly and accepting, and embracing.

I believe there are layers to being a positive/radiant/STO being in general.

The layers would be the energy centers being unblocked. Which is in congruence to accepting experience as it passes through each Chakra/Energy Ray Center

Red

1. Being without Fear - Accepting experiences/energies


Orange


2. Acceptance of the Self

Yellow

3. Wishing Joy and Happiness to all other selves - Accepting happiness/pleasure as it is given to others and not taking it for only yourself

Green

4. Accepting/Expressing Love and Compassion on a universal level


Blue


5. Expressing honesty/open communication to others without fear or rejection of other-selves actions. Accepting communications from others without rejection or negative reaction.

Indigo

6. Accepting the self as the entirely worthy of infinite value/of being the One Infinite Creator.


Most human beings are stuck between the lower three energy centers and more notably the orange-ray as most people currently are having trouble accepting the self and dwelling upon what they deem as being self-flaws such as physical appearances, feeling unintelligent, useless, and unworthy of the acceptance of others.

Such lower blockages surely cause a dampening on entities to express love, compassion, and service to others.