Comments on: questions on giving http://eternalawareness.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/questions-on-giving/ "Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." -Carl Jung Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: stefanbh http://eternalawareness.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/questions-on-giving/#comment-5688 stefanbh Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:40:22 +0000 http://eternalawareness.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/questions-on-giving/#comment-5688 Hi to all, nice blog i just want to say hello here! Hi to all, nice blog i just want to say hello
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]]> By: Gretchen Coleman http://eternalawareness.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/questions-on-giving/#comment-1726 Gretchen Coleman Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:20:53 +0000 http://eternalawareness.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/questions-on-giving/#comment-1726 Hi James. I agree wholeheartedly! And that is the difference between the charletans and true teachers. The charletans think THEY are the source, true teachers know they are conduits for the Source. However, even the true teacher is limited by the human body. That body can only run the Source for so long before it needs replenishing. So, in that sense they are the giver. I have watched Sensei give nearly to the point of exhaustion. He regularly works with my husband who has some pretty severe medical problems. I have observed him on numerous occasions doing energy work for HOURS. He steps away from his issues (yes, he is human with his own issues) and lets the Source through. In this instance, he is very much the giver. He is giving that moment of his life, his body, over to the Source so It can do It's healing. If he didn't give of himself for that, the Source would not come through. Hi James. I agree wholeheartedly! And that is the difference between the charletans and true teachers. The charletans think THEY are the source, true teachers know they are conduits for the Source.

However, even the true teacher is limited by the human body. That body can only run the Source for so long before it needs replenishing. So, in that sense they are the giver.

I have watched Sensei give nearly to the point of exhaustion. He regularly works with my husband who has some pretty severe medical problems. I have observed him on numerous occasions doing energy work for HOURS. He steps away from his issues (yes, he is human with his own issues) and lets the Source through. In this instance, he is very much the giver. He is giving that moment of his life, his body, over to the Source so It can do It’s healing. If he didn’t give of himself for that, the Source would not come through.

]]> By: James Souttar http://eternalawareness.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/questions-on-giving/#comment-1723 James Souttar Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:54:51 +0000 http://eternalawareness.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/questions-on-giving/#comment-1723 Thanks, Gretchen - some nicely observed points. Something I would like to add, although I come from an altogether different 'tradition' to yours, is that it is important not to identify oneself as the 'giver' (I'm talking particularly about giving 'energy' here, although in truth all giving is of energy in some form or another). If one makes oneself a channel (I wish there was a better word!), then the resources of the Source that one can draw upon are infinite. But if one is giving from what one believes is one's 'own', then there is a limitation. One analogy that strikes me is to compare giving money with giving love - we can only give as much money as we have; we're not connected (at least, in my case I'm not! ;) with an infinite Source. But there is no limit to the amount of love we can give. Before my second son was born, I worried that I loved his brother so much I wouldn't have any love left for him - but, in due course, I was able to find at least as much love for him too! My mistake was to think of love as if it was money - a finite resource, with a limited capacity for replenishment. Thanks, Gretchen - some nicely observed points. Something I would like to add, although I come from an altogether different ‘tradition’ to yours, is that it is important not to identify oneself as the ‘giver’ (I’m talking particularly about giving ‘energy’ here, although in truth all giving is of energy in some form or another). If one makes oneself a channel (I wish there was a better word!), then the resources of the Source that one can draw upon are infinite. But if one is giving from what one believes is one’s ‘own’, then there is a limitation. One analogy that strikes me is to compare giving money with giving love - we can only give as much money as we have; we’re not connected (at least, in my case I’m not! ;) with an infinite Source. But there is no limit to the amount of love we can give. Before my second son was born, I worried that I loved his brother so much I wouldn’t have any love left for him - but, in due course, I was able to find at least as much love for him too! My mistake was to think of love as if it was money - a finite resource, with a limited capacity for replenishment.

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