{"id":3433,"date":"2013-02-22T20:17:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T20:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2013-03-20T02:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T02:57:19","slug":"feeding-on-greed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/feeding-on-greed","title":{"rendered":"Feeding on Greed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I need a greed feed now!<\/p><\/div>\n

Ah greed, one of the 7 deadly sins. According to Merriam Webster, greed is a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed. I like Carol\u2019s definition: greed is an empty energetic promise of satisfaction that can never be achieved. In this model, greed sets up an expectation vortex – to wit, the more we get, the less we think we have and the more we seek to compensate for the deficit as a result.<\/p>\n

As in the tapeworm metaphor (see the Tapeworm Metaphor), greed is a parasitic thought process that demands minimal input from itself and a maximum outflow from its host. The parasite\u00a0 consumes ever more energy from its host, yet is never satisfied in the end. Unaware of its existence, the obedient host mechanically serves the parasites demands and unconsciously nurtures its growth. As the parasite increases in size and strength, its appetite and expectations grow even more voracious and demanding.The will of the host eventually becomes that of the parasitic feeder within as a last chance survival effort.<\/p>\n

The underlying element that turns a want into a need is INTENT… a lie born of separation\u00a0 intends to separate. The parasite uses distraction away from oneness, while fooling the host into believing the opposite.
\nI must defend my needs – as much as trying to satisfy them. Thinking that I\u2019m satisfying a psychological need can be a perceived ego boost when I am feeling less than OK. It is a setup for an energy feed. The paradox, however, is that when I feed on someone else\u2019s energy, it is a feed on my own life force.<\/p>\n

So I ask myself, “How much do I need my [psychic] feeds?” What lengths am I willing to go to get my need filled?If this applies to you, too, you’re not alone – one out of every other person has a similar need, more or less.<\/p>\n

As social creatures, we like having support or agreement. Setting up a target host for our feeds can be part of the attraction of a feed. Like the predator that lies in wait in the brush for its victim to pass by, there’s an excitement, an anticipation of engagement with its prey that adds the satisfaction of the kill. The best feed support can be from the victims themselves. One might even seek to validate the feeder by joining in to the feed.\u00a0 Like fellow predators, fighting over the spoils.<\/p>\n

Once a feeder gets a taste for this, they want more and … and MORE! Might we be talking about an addiction?<\/p>\n

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Ah greed, one of the 7 deadly sins. According to Merriam Webster, greed is a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed. I like Carol\u2019s definition: greed is an empty energetic promise of satisfaction … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[188,61,165,187,186],"class_list":["post-3433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts-on-feeding","tag-expectation","tag-feeder","tag-greed","tag-parasite","tag-target-host"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3433"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3456,"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions\/3456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carol.bennette.org\/feeders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}