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Gosh! Reading this sends an emotion I can't describe......awe,gratitude and an explanation of what is truly the most prescious state to be in. Thank you ever so much.

That would be the Holy Spirit enabling God's sacrificial love to be demonstrated in tangible ways, i.e. "Love your neighbor as yourself".

Verily  is this a Prcious parable .The Isa Upanishad says-
` Whatever there is by God stand permeated
Hence liberated Thou art
Why desire !
Where there is no posession !

Evidently, this was a very GREEDY MAN...........

PRECIOUS STONED OR PRECIOUS STONE?

The ettempt of this parable is to show that the real value of life is in the satisfaction of not having to need "worldly" things to be happy. That the satisfaction of the innerself is not reliant on posessions. However it also shows man's greed in that he is not satisfied with obtaining something for nothing, he wants to swap it with something he thinks is of greater value.
A bit like Adam and Eve trying to get a refund on the apple of wisdom.

 You can't know the old womens motive ! The path to the decision is obscured by the Generalized Second Law,entropy.     Capt G.      

I think this is a really nice story. It shows us what is really important in life. You can't buy friends, innerpeace or whatever. It is a very inspirational story to me.

Great!

The man's name was OBVIOUSLY NOT Donald Trump.

great

Wow, teach a man to fish, amazing, anyone incorporate radionic acupuncture rates with eft?  Become trained, change the world
PEace

HOW CAN I USE EFT TO IMPROVE MY PSYCHE. THAT IS I WANT TO BE MORE PSHYCHIC.

The traveler was not ready to accept the words describing what the woman had inside her enabling her to give up her precious stone.  If he could be so selfish as to ask for the valuable stone, which he knew was her security, he certainly could not grasp anything she would tell her regarding selflessness.

I think that the man was so greedy that he wanted her to show him a better way of life. Her way of living. He must have been feeling so guilty about about taking the precious stone and had been thinking about it to the point that made him want to be like her because of her generousity and kindness. He wanted to change his life for a better way! That's my opinion...

loved it!  

It's in the prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi ". it is better to guive than to receive..."

Really great!

Yes, a nice story, and a nice ideal.  Major kudos to the woman who can give up something so precious. But to be honest most women do that everyday.  There are a lot of women out there who give so much of themselves to their friends, families, especially their children, and keep very little, if anything, for themselves.  

As for men, well here's a classic example of how he asked for something, then saw something better and asked for that.  Then when he realised there was something even better to be had and asked for that instead but on a barter system, by offering to give back something he'd already been given freely!

You probably think I'm rather bitter about men, and perhaps I should tap on such feelings. I agree, and if I ever meet a man who proves me wrong on that front I will accept that my feelings for the opposite sex may be erroneous and take appropriate action. However, I have not found this to be the case so far and so I'm not prepared to eradicate views that are currently and historically correct. And no, I am not just basing my opinion on men I've dated, but on male work colleagues and partners of friends.  I could go on for hours. But I won't.  

Alright, so the moral of the story when you are truly happy within yourself you can give up everything to those who need it, yada yada yada.  But you can only give so much before you've given too much. Too much of yourself.  The more you give the more people want, the more they want the harder it becomes.   I'd have more respect for the woman if when she was asked for the stone she had said 'no' and only given the food.  She could have told him where or how she found 'the precious' and pointed him towards finding it for himself.  That's empowerment.  Give a man a fish, teach a man to fish, that kind of thing.

So that's my Monday morning rant and pontification out of the way. My God Gary, I think you've developed a new form of therapy, the BRT or the Blog Response Technique.  I like it.  Keep on blogging, perhaps one day you might publish one of my repsonses and a dialogue can begin.  I'm sure there are many who would agree and disagree with me and that's what gives life it's spice, don't ya think?

By the way, I do love your site, I've been subscribing for three years now and have watched it grow. It helped me deal with my Fribromyalgia, Cronic Fatigue, depression, and a few other things too.  Still haven't cured the cronic migrane though, but I'm working on it. I've used it on my son to get him through constant nightmares and a fear of Warewolves and the full moon.  I've also used it with him to get over a nasty habit of clearing his throat constantly for no reason we could discover, but its gone now and most of it was done using the borrowing benefits technique as he's excessively ticklish, and would really have me tap for hours if he could, but then he gets the hiccups which are a nightmare to get rid of in themselves.

All the best,
Rachael,

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all find this goodness inside us!  There are lots of people out there who are unselfish and willing to give there all, however there are lots of people out there who do not recieve so graciously.  We must all be open and willing to accept what is given to us in our time of need as well as those who give.  Give with gratitude, accept with gratitude...        

Do you have any of your material on VHS video tapes. I don't own a DVD player.

Fantastic story, fantastic!! That begger is a rich man in disguise, he is the wisest begger in the world for sure!!!

Thank you for this story, it helps me stay aware of my mind set. That begger was a great thinker, you know?

CHU

A wonderful insight.  

easier him than place

Wonderful, as all your emails!

Therapeutic thanks!

Aurea

(in Brazil)

I loved this saying. I am printing it so I can share it and pass on this valuable insight. Thank you for sharing it.

Go in Peace

How beautiful and how wise .
We are living a time where there will be more people who  come to realise  the truth of that which IS ; in spite of themselves.
Converts usually make the best diciples.

Yes, that was a great parabol....all we have that precious stone inside us but only few knows it.
Namasté;
Rey.

I found that little story very, very enlightening.  It's almost like to give is to receive, or something of that philosophy.  Or maybe it has something to do with inner peace and groundedness because in order to give something of such value away, you must really value yourself enough not to need external wealth.

Thank you, Gary, for your words of  inspiration and your ongoing work to make the world a better place for all.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.  I am so grateful for EFT and for the work that you inspire me to do.
A most blessed and happy, miracle-filled day to you.
Sincerely, Meg

When you embody LOVE, what else is there to desire?

A wonderful parable on unconditional love and wanting the best for another person.  That is a quality that cannot be given but cultivated and radiated by those desiring the virtues.

A friend of mine radiated the love of Jesus Christ to everyone.  I wanted that quality and took years beneath the surface of awareness to develop it.  My zenith was when a very vocal aetheist called a friend of mine after we had played a round of golf - 4 hours  on the course - and asked what the quality was that I had and how could he attain it.  Earlier, I was advised by our mutual friend not to discuss faith with him before we ever met.  I had been humming hymns to myself to pass the time riding in the golf car between holes.

The wise woman in the story, was obviously dying or severely incapacitated.  The clue here is that when the other traveler came back "a few days later", she was still in the same place--there is no mention of the second traveler having to find her.  The dying woman, realizing that the precious stone would shortly be of no use to her, gave it to the other traveler.  

Another possibility is the following:  

When the woman saw the bared teeth and glittering eye of the man who saw the precious stone, in her bag, she realized that unless she gave him the stone, she would soon be hit in the head with a much larger, non-precious stone.  Rather than lose her life, and the precious stone (hereinafter referred to as "the gem", for the sake of brevity), she handed over the gem.

Now the other traveler (hereinafter referred to as "The dolt"), not realizing how transparent his intentions were, reasoned in this wise:

"She sure handed over the gem easily.  I wonder how come she was able to do that.  I know--she must have a whole bunch of gems in her bag, and the one she gave to me was just a minor, insignificant thing, compared to the rest.

"But, on the other hand,"  further reasoned the dolt, "I got a pretty good look in her bag and didn't see the other gems.  Aha!  She must have swallowed them when she saw me coming, thinking that she'd be able to save them.  Well, we'll see about that!".  He then hurried back down the road to find the wise woman.

Meanwhile, the wise woman, with a sigh, moved her little, nickel-plated, two-shot Derringer to a more accessible place.  When the dolt found her, informed her that he figured out that it was the hoard of gems that she had swallowed, and now had within her, that enabled her to give away the first gem so easily, the wise woman told him, "No, that is not the case--it is my advanced spiritual state that enabled me to give you the gem."

"Oh yeah?" said the dolt, as he whipped out his razor-sharp buck knife, " I'm going to recover that inner treasure right now!"

With yet another sigh, the wise woman let him have both barrels, recovered her gem, rolled the body down the hill, watched it disappear into the underbrush and proceeded on her way.

Keeping in touch with humanity and your inner self is a lesson for us all!

Gary I thing your inspirational tid bits are great and encourages others to keep looking to share them with others.

Dear Mr. Craig,

I often wondered why you're sharing EFT so freely and not keeping it to yourself for financial profit, like everyone else tends to do with everything...

Well this parable makes it all clear now :-)

Thanks you so much for giving health back to others!

Benoît

Good story! Reminds me of the saying,"What I want is a teacher who does not influence me, but one who teaches me not to be influenced."

Dear All,

I gave im September 06 a precious stone away, becaouse my friend need it, to kill her pain. At that time I did not know "eft".  I give the question to you, wether, I did so, if I had used this precious technique.

Hugs

Susan

I find the story very profound.  During my recent problems I have come to realise the importance of inner peace over almost everything else, certainly over material wealth or posessions.  The rewards of of a peaceful mind and relationships with others far outweigh anything else

The woman has peace & knowing within her, her generosity is based on the fact she knows her life's journey is not governed by holding onto the stone.  The stone in the hands of the man, has caused him to look for the peace and knowing.  The womans giving gave another human the opportunity to make more peace in the world.  
I feel this is rather like Gary Craig ........who so generously gives people the opportunity to change their lives with EFT, & those who so readily share their experiences on the website.

The basic EFT is free, the rest if affordable, which so many things in this world are not; things that would give peace in peoples lives if they could afford them.
Thank-you for the "stone", Gary

I thought that story was outstranding and willpassit on
KAren

Why, I think your parable of the Precious Stone is just lovely, particularly now with Thanksgiving on the way.  The thing that strikes me is that the traveler was *hungry* and it may have been that the hunger he had all along was for "what was within."  Certainly he knew it was more important to satisfy that hunger than the 1st kind or even the 2nd.  Thanks for sharing the story with us.  

What a lovely story. I am a teacher and sometimes I struggle to direct learners away form the things which have transitory value to those things which one can really take with us when we pass on. Generosity and sharing are eternal spiritual values which do just that.

I really like this parable since I am always giving away stones as a symbol that we are not alone.  The Stone person gives off energy and wisdom as old as the earth.  This ties nicely into our Native belief system of the wisdom of the Stone People.  Thank you!

Quite touching Gary!  If only we'd all be able to reflect so profoundly in such circumstances.

It would seem to me that what the woman had was faith in God.

This is great...it also makes me realize the importance of my gratitude rocks/stones.

There is so much in Maslow hierachy of needs that once being satified one can move on to his peak experiance...

But those needs do not include anything but what we basically need and that is not money power status in society....

this women was in a ste of the peak experiance and the man recognised it as his quest ...

as Joe Campbell talks about follow your bliss

and what is bliss to me-- finding the true human treanscendant with in

l8r
:-)

only, when the superior substance of freedom is sensed, is it possible to prefer freedom over materiality.

Awesome parable!!! It really struck the soul.

Awesome parable!!! It really struck the soul.

No more words needed...this story tells what is important for all of us to remember. So I will say no more!!!

Hi all.
The guy didn't give the stone back in exchange for the woman's wisdom. He wasn't bartering something give to him.
He gave it back with HOPE.
Hope of a better life for himself. Hope for the possibilies that this would bring, including the possibility to propagate that wisdom to others, even.
Is that wrong?
I think not.
That is what everyone here is about, is it not?
Using for themselves, and propagating to others the benefits of EFT?
The man is needy, yes.
Aren't we all to some extent.
But he comes to a realisation that his perception of his need is wrong.
This parable is about realisation that one's needs are not what one thinks they are. That happiness is peace and helping others, not greed and selfishness.
It's not about whether we need things or not, but WHAT we need to be happy, healthy, etc., seeing the ingrained (imprinted?) lies for what they are, and finding the truth that will set us free from them.

I loved the story and the comments just as much.  I especially loved  Jean Margon's story. That one made me laugh.  
Anyhow, I don't think this parable was written to disect as some did.  But that just shows how differently we all are.  The point to be taken is simply that the man could not fathom why someone could be like this woman.  And his curiousity(or  complete bafflement )would not allow him to go on.  Sorta like" curiousity killed the cat."    Only, he wasn't killed , just hopefully he learned an invaluable life lesson.  
 Or maybe he figured there just had to be something wrong.  Or hey, what's gonna happen to me now, or ................  Wait a minute, Im starting to sound like Jean.  HA!  Great stuff, and great comments.  

The real question we should be examining here is where are we reading this from.  If I am reading this parable from a state of lack, fear, negativity, greed, etc., I see lack, fear, negativity, greed, etc.  If I am reading from a state of being (peace), I see something beautiful.   Today I saw something beautiful, tomorrow I may see something negative.   That's the ego and projection in a nutshell.  What I see outside of me is what is inside of me.  And what is inside of me is beautiful and what I perceive rather "ugly."

The parable is but a mirror, a teacher so to speak as to the parts of me that are either healed or still unhealed, the parts of me I've accepted and learned to love and the parts of me I have still to accept and learn to love.

My goal is to string more days of beauty together than negative days.  How I get there is using EFT an hour each morning and whenever I think about it during my day.  Somedays I'm good at it, some days I'm not.  I'm just grateful to Gary for giving me a tool that gives me the power to heal a life-time of self-hatred.  

It is a wonderful story. Thank you Gary for sharing your precious Gem with humanity
unselfishly.
Warmest regards.
Padman

Hi Gary,
thsi is a wonderful story and it touches me, because this is the reason, why I am working with EFT: giving people the precious gift of inner peace and the consciousness of abundance and joy!
I translated it into german and editied it onto Robert´s german EFT Forum: http://www.eft-forum.de - to share this precios stone with other people...

Thank you!!
Gabriele from germany

This story reminds me of the descriptions of wholeness weaving through the Tao te Ching:  "the man of Tao does nothing, yet nothing is left undone."  "The man of Tao has plenty of money, but knows not from where it comes."  When one attains wholeness, one know from where everything comes, and where everything goes.  And to who.

The story gives  beautiful thoughts for pondering, but the vaious replies also give an indication of where people are coming from.  I think we often hesitate to give away a preciouse stone because we don't know how it will be received.  Will it be graciously accepted or will the motive be questioned to the extent that we wish we hadn't even offered it.  We may thus keep our gem to ourselves when we sincerely wish to share it.  

I liked the story, and my pennies worth is this: when you learn through the law of abundance that you can create, and that all abundance is yours, then once you create something, it follows that you can repeat the performance. If you see a need therefor and can use what you have created to fill that need, knowing that you can recreate it for yourself when you need it, then you have no feeling of giving something up that is rare, you have no feeling of loss of it, because you know that you can have it again as easily as you had it the first time. As a small example of this i might say that as a child, it was hard to make a peanut butter sandwich, if i could do it myself, and having succeeded in making one would have been hard put to give it to a sibling, however as an adult its easy to make one, and I give no thought whatsoever to doing it, and doing it again and again. It is no hardship to make one for all my family. And as it is possible this woman "created" with her constant thoughts the precious stone and a means to acquire it, she knew she could do so again. therefor it was not hardship to give it away. wealth is only a stumbling block through the door to heaven if you can not give it up.

thanks for listening to my thoughts

If someone gave me a precious stone so easily I would want to know what secret that person had learned,as it would be far more valuable than the physical stone

ever could be.

That would not be selfish as, some seem to think. Is it selfish to seek knowledge?

Thank you,Gary for a useful and enlightening story.

Fran

March 16,2008