I snipped your post to answer, forgive me.

To depend on me, is not to disempower yourself. I am reminded of Jesus' footsteps poem which everyone knows. Why does it comfort the world so? Probably because they know it's true.

So, to explain your question, I would say that learning to scuba-dive is not easy, but rewarding. To test ones self by making ones self cold and miserable, and then to shiver and smile once you get back to your room and have a hot shower and think about all the cool stuff you saw down there.

So, this thing you call "source", I suppose its like tar or something cannot ever rub off of ours souls? That's fine with me, I am not bothered by it or by not having its gentle touch at the back of my neck.