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Originally Posted by Lallymac  I like the concept of Selfworker, Worldworker too. I read a book by Stuart Wilde a few yrs back that outlined the natural stages of man/woman in cronological terms. From memory Wilde believed that in our twenties we are ego, physical, sexually driven and 'it's all about me.' In our thirties we expand into family, home, security, then from our fourties onwards, depending on how successfully we've managed the early stages, we overflow into community, country, world.
To extend beyond ourselves, we first have to first know ourselves well and have fullfilled our own needs. Some people will get there sooner and some never make it past first base. Some people's needs are more easily met, while some need more.
Lallymac |
Wow a Stuart Wilde fan! That's a blast from the past for me, was very into his stuff. He would crack me up! "If your God force is outside of you - then go and grab it right back inside of you - you are God" - he'd say things like that I remember. I even went to a retreat of his back in early 90s. Off topic - but what's he doing now, do you know?
But on topic, my thoughts end up like you describe - with some sort of evolution from me, me, me and then expanding our love/compassion as much as we are able to. And also that we can not expand until first we have fullfilled our own needs. Can a begger give what he/she is begging for?