What does it mean to receive? What thoughts come up when you compare giving with receiving? What if I told you that you receive to heal others, and you give to heal yourself?
I have spent a good amount of time chewing on these ideas and being a part of some groups of people who are exploring this. This is changing my ideas of healing. When a client comes in and seems stuck, or nothing much is happening by way of their progress or healing, I immediately blame myself for not being a good enough giver. It is always up to me to fix people, always has been. I learned from one of the best givers on the planet, my mom. Love you mom. She learned from better givers, her parents.
What if the channel of healing energy had a necessary flow and connection to it, so that to both give and receive meant that the circuit was complete? That would mean that if you spent all your time giving, giving, giving, the flow is only in one direction, and the circuit never complete. If givers never receive, their flow is stopped up.
This idea seemed so foreign to me at first I couldn’t wrap my brain around it. I went to school to learn how to help people heal. Not once did I take a course in receiving. In fact, if it was noticed that you were a little too energetic, you must not have been working hard enough, giving enough, doing enough.
So lately, through groups of conscious people who are exploring these topics, I took Receiving 101. We discussed it, played with it, shared our fears and came to some interesting conclusions and solutions. It is okay to need stuff, and that doesn’t mean you are needy. It is okay to ask for help or for what you need. It is okay to have a voice. It is necessary to also receive. When you receive from another, you allow a flow of love energy that ultimately heals the giver. As soon as the teeter totter tips over and gets stuck on one side, the flow stops up. We need both for balance. It’s a Yin Yang thing.
What does it mean for you to receive?
As always, I so appreciate your comments…makes me feel connected.
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Love this food for thought Laura.
The one little thing that popped into my head is that I really have to watch that I don’t undo the giving gesture by reciprocating and out doing the initial giving. I need to learn how to graciously accept the gift so the circuit can be complete…I unwittingly create a never ending looping of the same gift and this keeps me stuck from experiencing much more. Accept the gift with love and move on.
Thanks for getting me thinking! Xo
So beautifully summarized. An important topic and how interesting – that we are never taught to receive. It shows up in so many forms. This is just the beginning of this important conversation – and just the beginning of feeling comfortable to give AND receive as a part of our daily “work”. I know there is more to come.
I love you and wish I had done a better job of modeling giving AND receiving. I see that now and I realize that there needs to be a happy balance. I’m working on it! Keep up the great work, in both directions! Love, Mom
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There are those who do not receive because they feel they are not worthy.
I believe we receive all of the time. We might not be aware of it though.
There is a yen / yang to the healing and manual therapies.
It’s why God invented chocolate and wine.
You do good works. You have good intentions. There are times people don’t get better for other reasons.
Love n Light – m
