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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 753166" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>This is a fascinating concept applied in this way, Blindsided. I was not sure how to proceed. I was stuck with the idea that currency is a "thing" not a state. So I looked up the definition of currency and the etymology.</p><p></p><p>This is what I learned: The word currency emerged in the 1600's and came from the Latin root "currere" which means to run or to flow, "a state or fact flowing from person to person." We most commonly think of money, that symbolic transfer of value from person to person, but at its root, the transfer could signify the movement or flow of any quality or thing.</p><p></p><p>Like "flow" in the spiritual sense. The current or stream that we seek as "the zone." So, as I looked further at these definitions and looked up "flow" in Wikipedia, I thought about how these kids of ours do seek a sort of flow, with their addictive behaviors, and their avoidance, and their hyper-focus, seeking escape or an altered state. It's just not the kind we want for them. It lacks the essential personal agency of which flow, in the spiritual sense, has as a central part.</p><p>This is what I struggle with, too. But I am seeing, like you have, that I can't take part in this. If flow is spontaneity, energy, unrestricted movement, how can I or any other person enter into this? I would only create blockage and obstruction.</p><p></p><p>But the thing is, and thank you for this, if I retract myself, containing my desire to dominate, impose, define, demand, and make my ego small, with these actions, I can create the space <em>for him to move himself. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>And in doing that, retracting my own ego (defense), I create space for myself to move, to be.</p><p></p><p>Thank you very much for this post. I achieved what I see as my greatest efficacy in my work. And I am coming to see that that capacity grew not from any ability to do anything, but from pulling back and creating space, a channel, for energy to flow. For currency exchange. Who knew that my parenting would depend upon the same thing?</p><p></p><p>Thank you very much Blindsided.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 753166, member: 18958"] This is a fascinating concept applied in this way, Blindsided. I was not sure how to proceed. I was stuck with the idea that currency is a "thing" not a state. So I looked up the definition of currency and the etymology. This is what I learned: The word currency emerged in the 1600's and came from the Latin root "currere" which means to run or to flow, "a state or fact flowing from person to person." We most commonly think of money, that symbolic transfer of value from person to person, but at its root, the transfer could signify the movement or flow of any quality or thing. Like "flow" in the spiritual sense. The current or stream that we seek as "the zone." So, as I looked further at these definitions and looked up "flow" in Wikipedia, I thought about how these kids of ours do seek a sort of flow, with their addictive behaviors, and their avoidance, and their hyper-focus, seeking escape or an altered state. It's just not the kind we want for them. It lacks the essential personal agency of which flow, in the spiritual sense, has as a central part. This is what I struggle with, too. But I am seeing, like you have, that I can't take part in this. If flow is spontaneity, energy, unrestricted movement, how can I or any other person enter into this? I would only create blockage and obstruction. But the thing is, and thank you for this, if I retract myself, containing my desire to dominate, impose, define, demand, and make my ego small, with these actions, I can create the space [I]for him to move himself. [/I] And in doing that, retracting my own ego (defense), I create space for myself to move, to be. Thank you very much for this post. I achieved what I see as my greatest efficacy in my work. And I am coming to see that that capacity grew not from any ability to do anything, but from pulling back and creating space, a channel, for energy to flow. For currency exchange. Who knew that my parenting would depend upon the same thing? Thank you very much Blindsided. [/QUOTE]
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