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Recieved: 2002/11/10 21:07
Subject: [K-list] The joy of service and simple living
From: riversoma
On 2002/11/10 21:07, riversoma posted thus to the K-list:
This is a difficult culture we live in sometimes. We are blessed
with indoor plumbing but cursed with an obsession with cash. Many
many people simply do not appreciate services rendered for free. In
general, these are people with disposable income.
Most of us who can participate in this list are wealthy. maybe not
when we compare ourselves to the glittering fantasy of television
where all clothes are new and all cars are perfect. But when we
compare ourselves to the majority of the earth's population we are
rich. If you have a home, and food, and heat. If you have private
space and some form of transportation at your disposal you are
exceedingly wealthy.
This standard of living is taken for granted in the USA. I know that
there is grinding poverty here. I know there are hungry children and
homeless elderly. The fact that we allow this to be so in this
country of plenitude is shameful.
As a healer I love to be of service. I am always looking for ways
that I can serve others for free. Currently I am blessed to be
supported by my mate. It has not always been thus. I have worked
for many many years and would not be surprised to find myself working
again. Such is the nature of life. It twists and turns. Right now
I have no cash. My basic needs are met so I feel wealthy. I have no
spending money but I have a full belly. Thats enough.
Anything else is extra and I don't need it.
I recently opened a free herb clinic to dispense medicinal herbs. It
is something I (and my other herbalist friends) have an abundance of
and so I can enjoy the incredible pleasure of giving things away.
One herbalist said that if I didn't charge something then my clients
would not get anything out of it. That without some form of monetary
exchange they would not heal. This is absurd. The herbs don't care
how much they cost. Either they work or they don't. To insist that
money needs to be part of the process implies that the herbs (or
whatever form of therapy) is useless on its own.
If a healer is genuine and is doing the work that he or she should be
doing then Spirit will support them somehow. Grateful clients will
spontaneously shower them with gifts. The things they need to do
their work (including food and shelter) will magically manifest.
It is my personal belief that good healers of any kind live simply
and charge minimal fees if any. Just because there is no monetary
reward as joyful as selfless service. Sometimes it is not
appreciated. But thats not the point. The point is in the giving.
Not in the waiting to see what you get out of it. Whether it is cash
or ego strokes. It is, in the end, not your client you are serving.
It is God/dess. Nobody else's opinion really matters.
Peace, Rachel
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
http://www.domin8rex.com/serpent/spirit/kindex.htm
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