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Originally Posted by wolfgang  So then it looks more like being a lightworker or darkworker, to me, is about watching out for that extreme case were operating as a horder or draining one'self is the crux. But if it's better to operate one way or the other, why is there a need to watch out for the extreme? |
In the analogy I used above, you just have to recognize that water can only flow so fast. Water
can pile up if you pour it in faster than it can drain out -- picture a clogged sink and water all over the floor. That's darkworker syndrome. Likewise, if you pump water out of your fish garden faster than the ocean can refill it, your fish die. That's lightworker syndrome.
A lightworker doesn't have to "be dark" to receive something. Giving and receiving are not light or dark -- both happen in both scenarios. It's which way
you're pushing - do you pump in or out - that determines the light/dark classification.
So if a lightworker wants to avoid lightworker syndrome, she doesn't pump water back into her fish garden - that would defeat the purpose. She makes a looser net, or builds another pump into the garden, or whatever it takes to receive faster. It's not "being dark" because she's not increasing receiving capacity to have more stuff - she's increasing receiving capacity because it allows her to give more, faster, without depleting herself.
An example would be Steve vs. Me. I have about $500 in savings and $10,000 in debt. I have to spend a reasonable amount of time each day just getting money. And when I do get the money, I can't give it away. I need it just to survive. My receiving pipeline is just too small - I don't get enough to give it away.
By contrast, Steve's receiving pipeline is huge -- or, at least, is twice as big as he needs to survive. I donated $57.49 to charity last month. I wouldn't be surprised if Steve donated 100 times that.
In both cases, our intention is to give. But Steve can give 100 times as much as me. I need to build my receiving capacity. Not because I care about having tons of money (although I confess I'd buy a plasma TV and some nice clothes in addition to giving stuff away) but mostly because I feel like a damned useless lump with my $57.
This post wandered a bit, and I need to go do aforementioned money-making things. But hopefully it helped a bit.