*VICARIOUS - also see EXPERIENCE, EMPATHY
1. performed, exercised, received, or sufferred in place of another (Dict)
ie. Jesus' death on the cross for our sins (Randy, 2/8/97)
3. pertaining to or involving the substitution of one another (Dict)
Vicar of Christ - the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church. (Dict)
We can experience and see God through the eyes of other people's (esp. Priests) stories about God, life, suffering, love, etc. (Fr. Hayes)
Every experience you have, I have. I am experiencing my Self through you. I could not know Myself were it not for You. I created you (see BEGINNING) that I might know Who I Am. (Conversations, p99)
I have vicarious feeling when the kids get excited about things or I see them doing something I never had the opportunity or didn't appreciate it then, but do now in their doing it. For example, the kids playing with the dog, girls calling or writing them, learning about science and technolgy (esp. computers), doing sports (organized soccer/baseball, skiing, golf), and doing activities that I never experienced until adulthood (SU basketball, vacations, esp. Florida/DisneyWorld). Also see EMPATHY. (Randy, 2/8/97)