04-03-2009, 09:39 AM
Bring4th_GLB Wrote:My response: any reaction of fear when reading of the activities of service to self entities, I would offer, is a creation of the reader's, not the material's. In other words, I would not assign responsibility to the material itself for producing any fear in your heart. Which is not to say that fear is not a legitimate and understandable reaction, because being misplaced in negative time/space, from my standpoint as a positive entity, is just about the worse possible scenario I could imagine.
Hi Gary, yes that was actually my point. I had thought that I had sufficient love and light for the STS philosophy, but when I read this passage in TLOO I realized that the thought of being tricked into becoming trapped and forced to learn the ways of my polar opposite stirred in me a set of feelings and responses that I had not expected, and did not appreciate from myself.
Upon further contemplation of this, I realized that the STS greeter was simply following his own path with the same vim and vigor that I (at least in my distorted 3D mind) am following STO. But more than anything I realized that I did not sufficiently understand this path to properly balance the feelings of fear, anger and betrayal that the passage evoked with the appropriate weight of love, compassion and acceptance.
Thus, as I said, began my quest to better understand and accept the other path as a fully legitimate path to unity. I believe that this thread has provided me excellent mental fodder to advance this understanding, and also to better understand some of the distortions inherent in STO. As with all things in life I've found that through better understanding another entity's position, I can more fully accept their differences as well as better clarifying my own position. Agreement is not a prerequisite for understanding.
Finally, I'd like to thank you, Carla and the other moderators for your thoughtful investigation and consideration of how to address the concerns about this thread, rather than following the reflex reaction of simply expunging it.
Love and Light,
3D Sunset