Awakening vs walking the path

[Night Owl]

I think the contradiction of embracing both polarities comes from not making the distinction between serving yourself and serving yourself "over others". Once that misconception is out of the way it becomes a lot easier to make the choice. After all if your intent is to serve others, how can you do so without serving yourself then? It provides a two way service as long as there is no hierarchy involved, no control involved and no need for raising or lowering the self in the process.

I would then think that to "transcend" polarity is not so much about sometimes embracing the negative polarity but more about recognizing that serving one is to serve all. It doesn't do away with polarity, it just stop the paradox of seperating service between self and otherself, as both are served when serving the one and serving the all.