The Power of Giving
There has been a little talk about giving here and I've been meaning to start this discussion to help everyone gain some more insight to its power.
The act of giving, to me, signifies a release of worry. A release of lack. A release of self. When we fully release our self then we can open up more to the harmony that this world has to offer. After all any definition of self that we have is completely ego based and can be changed with just one thought.
While in the past I have given things to people I always felt the feeling of some kind of lack. "What if I need that again?" I would ask myself. This would cause fear and lead to the feeling that I wasn't gaining anything by this act that should be selfless. So I would constantly stay in the feeling of lack and we all know how hard that is to get out of.
Recently I've been having different feelings on the subject that have changed the outlook of my whole life. I met a friend a while back who gives and gives and gives and never seems to ask for anything in return. I'm meeting with him soon to talk about this and his thoughts but for now it remains a mystery how one person can naturally "get it" and how I am just discovering it for myself. The more I paid attention to this powerful act the more people seemed to come out of the woodworks and I was able to see that this is all around us. I'm not sure it's all selfless but it's present.
So now I see giving as an act that directly impacts the world around me. The results are immediate and in most cases the love given is received back instantly.
So please, share with us all your thoughts on this wonderful, beautiful and profound act so we can all come to a better understanding and make the worlds around us a better place.
The act of giving, to me, signifies a release of worry. A release of lack. A release of self. When we fully release our self then we can open up more to the harmony that this world has to offer. After all any definition of self that we have is completely ego based and can be changed with just one thought.
While in the past I have given things to people I always felt the feeling of some kind of lack. "What if I need that again?" I would ask myself. This would cause fear and lead to the feeling that I wasn't gaining anything by this act that should be selfless. So I would constantly stay in the feeling of lack and we all know how hard that is to get out of.
Recently I've been having different feelings on the subject that have changed the outlook of my whole life. I met a friend a while back who gives and gives and gives and never seems to ask for anything in return. I'm meeting with him soon to talk about this and his thoughts but for now it remains a mystery how one person can naturally "get it" and how I am just discovering it for myself. The more I paid attention to this powerful act the more people seemed to come out of the woodworks and I was able to see that this is all around us. I'm not sure it's all selfless but it's present.
So now I see giving as an act that directly impacts the world around me. The results are immediate and in most cases the love given is received back instantly.
So please, share with us all your thoughts on this wonderful, beautiful and profound act so we can all come to a better understanding and make the worlds around us a better place.
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Permalink Reply by Chris on -
Eckhart Tolle explains in his book "The Power of Now" that we need to break attachment to words and the meanings that they hold. All words are only signposts that lead to ideas and they can really mean anything we want them to. A simple example he uses (and I haven't read that book in a while) is that if one looks at a tree and says "that's a tree" the word tree only serves as a veil to what we are really looking at.
Imagine a child looking up at this object called a tree before they are aware of this label. The "tree" is now infinitely exciting as it stands there a million miles taller than the child, swaying with the other large beings that it sits next to and singing a song as the "wind" blows through and around it. This being is no longer a tree but a magic force of energy coming into form.
Now words that describe thoughts instead of objects, such as sacrifice, can be even more easily changed as there is nothing physical to stand in our way of it's concept. Of course there can be strong beliefs that stand in our way of changing but that's what we are here to do right? Shatter beliefs into trillions of tiny pieces so we can start to form them into new beliefs because it's fun. It's like a bunch of lego blocks, break em down so you can build something new.
Why? Because it's fun, exciting, exhilarating, breathtaking, and because we have the ability to do amazing things.
I think we can all agree that words are not what we are looking for here but it's the feeling of connectedness to each other and our source. Whatever words we want to use, whatever actions we want to take and whatever thoughts we want to think to bring us to this connected place are all right. There is no wrong when it comes to happiness. :-)
I'm not sure that answered what was meant to be answered but my intuition took over and that's what came out.
I started my "Giving Plan" by sending money to a charity that gives children with cleft lips smiles. I must admit that it's been hard to stay out of the "I'm great" feelings and just feel the gratitude for having the ability to give. The attitude of gratitude if you will. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Renae on -
Yes... I think there is no right or wrong and thats a good point... Do whatever works for you!!!
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Permalink Reply by Jilly on -
I love that "shatter beliefs". I think we all need to do a little shattering huh.
Yes you are right, Life and how we live it can most definately be BREATHTAKING. I will use that. Thank you Chris. -
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Permalink Reply by Chris on
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Children are so amazing. They just seem to have a knack for getting these things and understanding feelings in the way they should be understood. We are so lucky to have the children we have in this time of existence. I think they can teach us so much about how to live just because they "get it."
Your story touched me beyond words and has inspired me to delve even deeper in this powerful act.
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Permalink Reply by Tatiana Alcantara Griffith on -
If we all gave more love instead of false attention....
I agree that giving is always the best, for the one who gives!
Wonderful post! Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Jilly on
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Hey Chris, I came back to this discussion because for the first time I saw an incredible link between GIVING/BELIEFS/STRESS/THOUGHT/FEAR etc.
Some of us are caught in a cycle of BELIEFS. Some of us dont release/GIVE because we are in some sort of FEAR. That FEAR is from STRESS or causes STRESS. All of the above is from our THOUGHT process. Hmmm...Im still pondering this cycle...JILLY
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Permalink Reply by Chris on
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Hmm. I'll have to meditate on this one Jilly. I like the sound of it though.
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Permalink Reply by Jilly on
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By the way Chris, I remember you saying you were writing a book and this discussion was going to be added in some way as part of your research. Just wondering how the book is coming along?
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Permalink Reply by Chris on
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Hey Jilly, funny you should ask. I have the next 6 days off so it's one of my main goals aside from cleaning my clutter. I'm still exploring the idea of giving and never got to far in my "giving challenge" but I have noticed an increase in my giving which has resulted in an increase of quality of life. It's still so interesting and pretty easy to get into the habit when you do it a few times.
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