Principles for Vibrant Living: (1) The more we have; (2) Giving and receiving are one. (WAS: social work!)

[Guest guest]

Such self-sacrifice is not altruism ... it is merely self-sacrifice ... the

destruction of oneself to " help " others until one no longer can.

 

Principle #1: The more we have, the more we have to give. Genuine self-love

engenders genuine self-care. These are prerequisites for having, and

therefore for sustainable giving and receiving.

 

Principle #2: Giving and receiving are one. Without genuine receiving, there

is no giving, only self-sacrificing in the presence of someone who is taking

without receiving. Genuine giving and receiving are uplifting and nourishing

for all involved, whereas self-sacrificing and taking are self-destructive

and depleting to all involved (yes, even to the taker, whose sense of self

is diminished by each such transaction).

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Anna Bishop

Saturday, June 16, 2007 2:54 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Re: social work!

 

 

so's prostitution....but she may not want to do that!...

 

i find most social workers to be extremely altruistic people...self

sacrificing to the extreme...somehow event planning doesnt strike me

as very much in line with that...

 

i could be wrong...

 

anna

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

well then..

 

i would have just called it a messiah complex.

 

but it wouldnt have sounded anywhere near as eloquent..

 

peace

anna

 

On 6/16/07, Elchanan <Elchanan wrote:

> Such self-sacrifice is not altruism ... it is merely self-sacrifice ... the

> destruction of oneself to " help " others until one no longer can.

>

> Principle #1: The more we have, the more we have to give. Genuine self-love

> engenders genuine self-care. These are prerequisites for having, and

> therefore for sustainable giving and receiving.

>

> Principle #2: Giving and receiving are one. Without genuine receiving, there

> is no giving, only self-sacrificing in the presence of someone who is taking

> without receiving. Genuine giving and receiving are uplifting and nourishing

> for all involved, whereas self-sacrificing and taking are self-destructive

> and depleting to all involved (yes, even to the taker, whose sense of self

> is diminished by each such transaction).

>

> Best to all,

> Elchanan

>

> _____

>

> rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

> Anna Bishop

> Saturday, June 16, 2007 2:54 PM

> rawfood

> Re: [Raw Food] Re: social work!

>

>

> so's prostitution....but she may not want to do that!...

>

> i find most social workers to be extremely altruistic people...self

> sacrificing to the extreme...somehow event planning doesnt strike me

> as very much in line with that...

>

> i could be wrong...

>

> anna

>

>

>