04-08-2011, 12:00 AM
I'm a big believer that naguals/sorcerers/warriors need to interact as
equals in every regard.
An ideal that may hold out in a belief system but not in reality. Here's why: when we go to someone to gain something from them that we don't perceive we have, there's already a 'power' differential and 'equality' goes out the window; we want something we don't have and in order to get it, an exchange of 'something' takes place. Doesn't mean it has to be money (it can be a chicken and a slab of pork) but, unfortunately, those exchanges are not as popular as money lol.
We don't go to a nagual and pay them to give us
something. That implies we have nothing to give them but money. The
value of interaction is the energy involved (power between them) and the
outcomes from such...both benefit on the path..
Yes, we do pay them---even if it is a payment of our attention, time, energy, devotion, etc.--all those 'values of interaction', which includes money. Money is only one exchange medium.
and money is therefore
above and beyond the value the nagual receives. This is my view and what
I choose. If there are naguals out there who charge and students
willing to pay, I say that's their choice, and its not mine so c'est la
vie.
In the past, have you paid with money for the services of a teacher?
equals in every regard.
An ideal that may hold out in a belief system but not in reality. Here's why: when we go to someone to gain something from them that we don't perceive we have, there's already a 'power' differential and 'equality' goes out the window; we want something we don't have and in order to get it, an exchange of 'something' takes place. Doesn't mean it has to be money (it can be a chicken and a slab of pork) but, unfortunately, those exchanges are not as popular as money lol.
We don't go to a nagual and pay them to give us
something. That implies we have nothing to give them but money. The
value of interaction is the energy involved (power between them) and the
outcomes from such...both benefit on the path..
Yes, we do pay them---even if it is a payment of our attention, time, energy, devotion, etc.--all those 'values of interaction', which includes money. Money is only one exchange medium.
and money is therefore
above and beyond the value the nagual receives. This is my view and what
I choose. If there are naguals out there who charge and students
willing to pay, I say that's their choice, and its not mine so c'est la
vie.
In the past, have you paid with money for the services of a teacher?