Left with a feeling of doom

[jafar]

"Perhaps one may only need one more short incarnation of 100 years in 3d to finally graduate, but no... you gotta do the full 26k no matter what"

That depends on how fast of a learner you are. You may only need 3 life times to advance to graduation, but you cannot graduate ahead of the class so to speak, thus you have to wait 26k years for the others to catch up. However, there is no linear time in the higher realms, the life in between lives, so you won't be too bored.

Or 1 lifetime is required to advance towards 8th density consciousness (which actually means becoming nothing thus becoming all).
If one choose to do so out of it's own free will.

Kindly correct my understanding, Mr Ra is mentioning that Planet Earth / GAIA is now 'ascending' to 4th density realm/planet.
For those currently 3rd density consciousness who, out of it's own free will, choose to experience 3th density experience, no need to worry there are trillions of realms available for that too, but not Earth. Feel free to 'respawn' in any of those trillions of realms, but not Earth.

Experiencing 3th density experience is in no way 'inferior' to 4th density experience.

Some might not like, for example, the idea of "Social Memory Complex" in 4th density, yet... and choose 3rd density experience that they're already familiar with, then it's totally fine!

Some might wishing to attain liberation straight away, thus dismantling all virtual layers of bodies / identities (Permanent disbandment of avatars or totally logging off from the VR system) then it's also fine, there you go you're 8th density consciousness. Congratulations now you're aware that you are ALL, you are the infinite creator, and everything / everyone is inside you (and not you inside everything).

STO should have been called Service To All.

Given ALL = Infinite Creator
Then actually both STO and STS provides service to Infinite Creator, the combination of both are "Service To All".
How they actually serve, that what makes it different between both group.