[enteltcheft]

ok - i've been mulling this over for a bit now and i think i have it at a point where i can explain it. when i first started studying the ra material, i had a general view of the polarities as linear, and existing in opposing spaces. (see attached stovstslinear.gif)

but after digesting the material, it seems to me that progression happens along a plan more shaped like a teardrop. (see attached stovstsactual.gif)

meaning that the polarities aren't so different after all; in fact, the more strongly polarized on either path would be, in this model, more similar to each other than to the undecided.

and the paths are seen as not so different; sts vs sto stops being so much a question of good vs bad and becomes more of an issue of efficient vs. inefficient, with sto analogous to riding the up escalator to the creator, while sts would be analogous to running up the down escalator, pushing and bumping your way through the people who are standing still. it takes longer, you make fewer friends along the way, and not as many people do it, but eventually you get to the same place.

what does everybody think? is this how you picture it in your minds?

[Bymnbypeten]

johnasmodeus,

that's a good analogy. a different way to look at it...i couldn't agree more.

one 66

[enteltcheft]

ok- sorry to post a reply to my own thread starter. but i realized that the first diagram wasn't accurate, and was too small due to the forum restrictions on image size. so i redid it and turned it on its side to allow a larger overall gif size. if you look at it, you'll have to rotate it in ms paint or something or at least tilt your head. anyway, i remembered that the negative path stops in sixth density, so i reflected that in the graphic, as well as the fact that after the polarities are unified, the path can no longer be characterized as "positive", so i stressed the return to oneness by switching the goal color from green to white. anyway, this is what i got:

[Vkowefek]

and the paths are seen as not so different; sts vs sto stops being so much a question of good vs bad and becomes more of an issue of efficient vs. inefficient, with sto analogous to riding the up escalator to the creator, while sts would be analogous to running up the down escalator, pushing and bumping your way through the people who are standing still. it takes longer, you make fewer friends along the way, and not as many people do it, but eventually you get to the same place.

i love that analogy.

i can't view the attachments, though -- it says "attachments pending approval"