definition of a darkworker!

TheRavenMother · #1 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 12:12 PM

Here is a definition of darkworking, which some people might find interesting!

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...consciousness/

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How can a darkworker experience higher levels of consciousness like unconditional love and peace?

The original descriptions of the levels of consciousness are lightworker-biased. For a darkworker the level of unconditional love is directed inwardly as love of self. It’s like a highly concentrated form of arrogance. It may not be expressed outwardly in the form of a smug attitude, but inwardly the person comes to embrace the idea that s/he is the most important person on earth and should act accordingly. Honoring this perspective can actually lead to a state of peace that is virtually the opposite of humility.

While some might label the darkworker path as evil path, I dislike using words like good or evil to describe these paths. They’re really two different sides of the same coin. A darkworker experiences unconditional love by recognizing that s/he is God, adopting a life of service to self. A lightworker learns to see God in others, adopting a life of service to what s/he perceives to be the greater good.

Ultimately these two paths lead to the same place. The lower the level of consciousness, the more distinct they seem. As you go up in levels, the dividing line becomes blurrier, and the actions of lightworkers and darkworkers become increasingly similar. This is because ultimately service to self and service to others become the same thing once you reach the level of awareness to recognize it.

Think of it like this. We human beings are all individual cells in a larger body. The darkworker path is to devote your life to doing what’s best for your own individual cell. The lightworker path is to do what’s best for the whole body. As you, the individual cell, become more aware (i.e. smarter), you will eventually recognize that these two paths lead to the same place. A healthy body cannot exist without healthy cells, and vice versa.

At lower levels of consciousness, these two paths seem distinct because the individual cell doesn’t yet have the understanding to know what’s truly best for itself or for the whole body. So it makes a lot of foolish decisions and mistakes. The darkworker cell competes with other cells, taking resources from them as needed to ensure its own survival, thinking that’s a smart way to get ahead. But then other cells suffer, and the body suffers as well. Eventually there’s a backlash against the darkworker cell to preserve the health of the body. It gets punished for hurting the body. This is what I call Darkworker Syndrome. It’s what happens when a darkworker simply isn’t aware enough to recognize that his/her own good and the good of all are inseparably linked.

Similarly, the newbie lightworker cell decides to nobly sacrifice its own well-being for the good of the whole body. The body may initially benefit from this, but if that lightworker cell convinces too many other cells to do the same, then we’ll see too many dumb sacrifices being made, and the body begins to suffer. Imagine your heart sacrificing itself to save the brain. This is what I call Lightworker Syndrome. It’s what happens when a lightworker simply isn’t aware enough to recognize that the good of all and his/her own good are inseparably linked.

If a single cell in the body were super intelligent, it wouldn’t matter if it was a lightworker or a darkworker. It would recognize that its own good and the good of the whole body are the same good. It would have the wisdom to make decisions that would improve its own long-term well-being and that of the whole body simultaneously. This cell would serve as a role model for others, such that if every other cell followed its lead, the whole body would thrive.

We individual humans, however, aren’t super intelligent. We don’t yet have the far-reaching mental clarity and the awareness to make optimal decisions in every situation. The knowledge on which we must base our decisions is always imperfect.

By selecting one path or the other and focusing on it exclusively, we gain tremendous clarity in decision-making as well as the motivation to act. Consider the darkworker path. When you devote your life to doing what is absolutely, positively best for you as an individual, a lot of decisions that would have otherwise confused you become crystal clear. Things that were only shoulds become musts. You tap into a new level of drive and ambition that was previously dampened. Are you following the diet that is best for you? Are you exercising in a manner that’s best for you? Are you working in the career that’s best for you? Are you making enough money to fulfill all your desires? A darkworker will do his/her best to optimize all of these — no lame excuses.

Similarly, a lightworker will always be asking, “How can I increase my service?” This provides tremendous clarity, and those shoulds become musts. Of course you must maintain your health. Of course you must fill your life with supportive relationships. Of course you must pick a career that gives you a tremendous outlet for service. Again, wimping out is simply not an option. There are no lame excuses for lightworkers either.

Now the interesting thing is that these paths lead to the same place. For example, when we act as darkworkers from total self-interest, we eventually see that we must account for the health of the whole body. If the body dies, we go down with it, which does not serve our own needs. When we act as lightworkers from a passion for service, we eventually recognize that our own well-being plays a big part in our ability to serve. If we don’t thrive as individuals, we aren’t much good to anyone else.

But the key you must understand is that if you don’t pick a path and really throw your whole life into it, it’s extremely unlikely you’ll achieve your own happiness. You’ll never tap into your deepest levels of motivation, and you’ll always end up wondering what might have been. Your life will fill up with excuses instead of action and results. “Why bother?” will become your mantra… or “I don’t have the energy.” If you really want to live out your existence as a hapless drone, that’s your choice. But be certain it’s a choice you’re making consciously, rather than something that’s been conditioned into you.

The darkworker path and the lightworker path are not for everyone. As I mentioned before, I’d say less than 1% of people are either lightworkers or darkworkers; most are neither because they haven’t decided to polarize. Polarization is an accelerated path of personal growth. With the darkworker path, you gain a much deeper understanding of what is truly best for you as an individual, and you take action to optimize your life to make it better and better. With the lightworker path, you broaden your perspective to thinking about the good of the whole planet, and you learn to optimize the service you provide to the world. Most people, however, never understand this fundamental decision and end up living out their lives without seriously learning to tap into their deepest levels of passion and motivation.

People who haven’t polarized may aim to live a balanced life. But in so doing, they simply get sucked in by distractions, and their lives reflect it. They chose careers that don’t fulfill them and which don’t do much good for the planet either. They live in a very half-assed manner. There’s no fire behind their eyes. They don’t even know why they’re here, so they go through the motions in a confused daze, like a cartoon character who just got bonked on the head.

A lightworker or darkworker, however, is an intensely committed individual. They know why they’re here, and they center their lives around what matters. It’s either complete and total service to self or complete and total service to others. They’re both capable of overcoming obstacles that would intimidate a non-polarized person. These people are alive and passionate.

This whole “Personal Development for Smart People” website is really aimed at that 1%. It’s not a “for dummies” site. My job isn’t to teach everyone on earth how to tie their shoes, what to eat for breakfast, or how to write a resume. My role is to help people who are supposed to be in that 1% to come to terms with what that means and to accept the responsibility of being a “smart person.” One really intelligent and aware individual has far more leverage to make a difference on this planet than a thousand drones, so I perceive that my greatest leverage is to help and encourage those who have the potential to make huge differences on this planet in the years ahead. I think this is how I can be most effective. While I may be lightworker-biased, I also want to encourage those who choose to pursue the darkworker path because as long as they keep growing in awareness, all of us will ultimately benefit from it.

SteveThePirate · #2 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 12:20 PM

Somehow the link got disabled. Could you repost the link to the article please?

TheRavenMother · #3 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 12:29 PM

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...consciousness/

SteveThePirate · #4 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 12:37 PM

Cool it works. Thanks RM

You're the greatest.

TheRavenMother · #5 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 12:54 PM

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SteveThePirate · #6 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 01:00 PM

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3 X's sounds naughty LOL

Calibas · #7 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 01:15 PM

This sounds like the left/right path from various occult practices. I find that self-improvement and helping others go hand in hand.

Matthew 7:3-5
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

SteveThePirate · #8 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Calibas

This sounds like the left/right path from various occult practices. I find that self-improvement and helping others go hand in hand.

Matthew 7:3-5
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

They very much do Will

I am learning this same scripture you quoted every day that passes.

TheRavenMother · #9 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 01:27 PM

very wise words indeed, however - in my experience people who preach the wisest things seldom have wisdom in seeing what they preach within themselves.

That is the problem with the world in general... thorough blindedness. So eager to say, not so eager to see, especially about themselves.

spiritzzz · #10 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 01:29 PM

From the same site about darkworkers

The Darkworker Path

For a darkworker the elevation of one’s own consciousness is all that matters. Usually this is achieved via the pursuit of greater power and control of one’s life. Darkworkers ultimately want to be the kings and queens of their own universes. If you don’t deeply desire some form of dominance and control over your reality, you aren’t a darkworker.

Since the consciousness of others is viewed as either nonexistent or irrelevant, darkworkers are willing to do things that lower the consciousness of others, acting like energy vampires. They believe it’s possible to create a net gain for themselves at the expense of others.

With respect to the list in 10 Ways to Become More Conscious, a darkworker will often employ the exact opposite strategies in dealing with others if s/he finds it personally advantageous to do so. This includes lying, using fear and intimidation tactics, being cruel, squashing others’ dreams, keeping secrets, and manipulating others. It’s a very competitive mindset. Darkworkers often make the people around them more fearful, more apathetic, and less conscious. Treating others this way isn’t their goal; for darkworkers it’s only a means to an end. Socially it may be important for a darkworker to avoid being caught doing such things, but they don’t suffer serious inner resistance to such a path.

You can often detect the presence of a darkworker by the effect they have on your consciousness. For example, if you work for a company run by darkworkers, you may perceive that going to work at your job actually lowers your consciousness compared to if you just stayed home. Going to work is like entering an awareness-lowering cloud, inviting you to resonate with lower states of consciousness such as fear, greed, apathy, depression, and worry. When you leave work, you feel like you’re coming out of that dark cloud; it’s like you can finally breathe and be yourself again. If you recognize that you’re in such a situation and continue to allow yourself to be vamped because you feel too powerless to do otherwise, then you have first-hand knowledge of how effective darkworking can be. The weaker your independent will becomes, the more you empower the darkworker that’s using you. Think of this as energetic slavery.

So could it be that darkworkers are using IS????? Darkworkers would seem to be those that use negative energy at least in this opinion but this question is one for the individual to make on their own.

Doug

SteveThePirate · #11 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 01:39 PM

Doug,

I think with any path it is always an individuals view of what that path is. I've always considered myself a darkworker but as of recent have been blending my old ways into new ways and adopting some of the lightworkers ways. Yes it is very true that darkworkers want to focus on their inner selves and put an importance on that aspect. I'd even go so far as to consider it a cousin of Satanism. But that is not all it is to being a darkworker. Unfortunately having the word dark in the title automatically gives it a negative tone

I don't know what else to write at this point as my mind is floating off to different areas of concentration

spiritzzz · #12 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveThePirate

Doug,

I think with any path it is always an individuals view of what that path is. I've always considered myself a darkworker but as of recent have been blending my old ways into new ways and adopting some of the lightworkers ways. Yes it is very true that darkworkers want to focus on their inner selves and put an importance on that aspect. I'd even go so far as to consider it a cousin of Satanism. But that is not all it is to being a darkworker. Unfortunately having the word dark in the title automatically gives it a negative tone

I don't know what else to write at this point as my mind is floating off to different areas of concentration

everyone has a choice and neither choice is better then the other choice though both bring various energy back to the choice maker. Here I tend to preach the right of choice and when others decide they know the best choice for anyone else and then attack any that make a choice different then they feel is correct that I feel problems begin. Here for the first time in the history of this site are we seeing those that insist on their way or the highway. There are ways to voice declension and to disagree that bring forth discussions and a learning process. Negative attacks do nothing but stir up emotional energy and for what reason if not what is found in the quote about darkworkers below????? Again it is up to the individuals here to decide what is happening for themselves. Where is all this negative energy coming from. what is the true motive for this creation of negative energy and here I speak of the motive within the motive within the motive. Meaning I find indication of a design hidden under guises. That is just my opinion again look from the beginning of the negative energy as it came into IS. Look at the pattern where it began and with who and how it has moved about and with who it is now carrying it forward. There seem to be individuals who have been brought here for the sole purpose of spewing negative energy is that what IS is about. Oh well excuse me for rambling but if we do not end this negativity then this negativity will eat this board and it will be like many others but that is but a humble opinion.

Doug

SteveThePirate · #13 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 02:14 PM

Doug,

I know what you are speaking of but it seems to have went off topic. At least in my eyes it did. It must be on topic for you to have written it though. I actually agree with what you said. I am making choices, some of them not so good concerning my emotional state of being. But I am working on that. I am hoping others will see the improvements and possibly use the better more positive energies to make whatever changes they also need to make. I hope that made some sense LOL

UntoldGlory · #14 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 02:21 PM

To my mind, the emphasis of the darkworker path is on personal liberation. The darkworker path teaches us to accept our thoughts and feelings without judgment, and to embrace ourselves as we are and not as we think we should be. There are definite parallels with the left hand traditions, but I think it might be more accurate to say that darkworkers draw on some of the same philosophical underpinnings as the left hand traditions (i.e., Nietzche's view of morality, Ayn Rand's objectivism, etc.)

spiritzzz · #15 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by UntoldGlory

To my mind, the emphasis of the darkworker path is on personal liberation. The darkworker path teaches us to accept our thoughts and feelings without judgment, and to embrace ourselves as we are and not as we think we should be. There are definite parallels with the left hand traditions, but I think it might be more accurate to say that darkworkers draw on some of the same philosophical underpinnings as the left hand traditions (i.e., Nietzche's view of morality, Ayn Rand's objectivism, etc.)

there are much energetically a like between the left and right hand ways but I consider myself to be of the right hand and find acceptance of thoughts and feelings with no judgment so I wonder of which hand that may apply. Much love and light to you untoldglory.

Doug

spiritzzz · #16 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveThePirate

Doug,

I know what you are speaking of but it seems to have went off topic. At least in my eyes it did. It must be on topic for you to have written it though. I actually agree with what you said. I am making choices, some of them not so good concerning my emotional state of being. But I am working on that. I am hoping others will see the improvements and possibly use the better more positive energies to make whatever changes they also need to make. I hope that made some sense LOL

Hey, everything is but experience we have to learn from brought to us by us for reasons we are mostly unaware of. Much love and light to you Steve.

Doug

SteveThePirate · #17 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by spiritzzz

Hey, everything is but experience we have to learn from brought to us by us for reasons we are mostly unaware of. Much love and light to you Steve.

Doug

Love and light to you Doug as well

UntoldGlory · #18 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by spiritzzz

there are much energetically a like between the left and right hand ways but I consider myself to be of the right hand and find acceptance of thoughts and feelings with no judgment so I wonder of which hand that may apply. Much love and light to you untoldglory.
Doug

Here's a simple test. You find yourself thinking "I hate my cousin Sam." The image of Sam dangling over a pit of sharks occurs to your mind, and you find yourself growing giddy at the thought. You start to laugh, and then you stop and think....

a) What's happening to me? This is horrible. I shouldn't be thinking like this. I need to be loving and compassionate.

b) Holy $hit! That's a beautiful thought!