Our ability to give and receive is directly related to our capacity to create and experience true prosperity, true love, and grow in consciousness.
Many of us have difficulty with giving, receiving, or both. Giving and receiving are opposite energies that are linked together, like inhaling and exhaling. If one aspect of that cycle doesn't function, the entire cycle doesn't function and life force cannot move freely. If you can't inhale, you will soon have nothing to exhale, and before long, your body will be unable to continue living. Giving and receiving isn't always seen as being as vital as inhaling and exhaling because our bodies can live without the giving and receiving cycle, but we won't live as well as we could live with that cycle.
I believe the inability to truly receive is more common than the inability to give. There are a number of reasons why receiving is difficult for so many of us. One factor is cultural conditioning. Giving is generally viewed as honorable and praiseworthy. Receiving, or taking, seems perilously close to selfishness, which has a lot of negative connotations for most of us.
Giving is seen as power and receiving is seen as weakness. When giving, we're "in control" in a way. Our actions are willful and deliberate. When receiving, we must surrender control and open to the feelings that are awakened in us by the giver. We may feel awkward, embarrassed, unworthy or even ashamed. When we stifle our receiving energy, we stop the flow of gratitude and, ultimately, the flow of prosperity and good in our lives.
Life can change for us when we realize that giving and receiving are 2 sides of sharing love. Giving has more meaning when the receiver has the strength to be receptive, because the art of receiving is itself a form of giving.
Live a full, complete life...be both a grateful giver and a grateful receiver.
I'm holding the high watch!
Rev. Donna
1 comment:
A very insightful message and I enjoyed it very much.
Bruce
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