To Give and to Receive
Posted on Jan 9th, 2007
by 
Rob
Rob
"It is actually impossible to forsake our own spiritual development in favor of someone else's." -M. Scott Peck, from 'The Road Less Traveled' "If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway." -Mother Teresa "To give and to receive are one in truth." -A Course in Miracles, lesson 108 ...in making the distinction between giving and receiving we often deny ourselves a considerable opportunity to rejoice in one aspect of the process or the other. When we give, we receive. When we receive, we give. In both cases humility plays a prominent role. In both cases we serve. In regard to nonduality and nonattatchment, breathing is an excellent metaphor. To breathe in and to breathe out are essential. Attatchment to one's breath inhibits breathing. Detatchment to air inhibits breathing. So it is with giving and receiving. In truth they are one; service of the whole. The key is to remain focused on God, from which all that can be given or received arises; to live as a vessel for Divine Love. Be God's paintbrush. To the paintbrush, there is no greater significance or blessing to picking up more paint than there is to spread it over a canvas. Love, -Rob
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January 2008 
That is beautifullll. I love the analogy to being a paintbrush!
To give is to receive.
I wonder what we receive? I am thinking of the moment I give something, and I usually feel wonderful.
Am I giving myself something like love in the moment?
Beautiful post.
Namaste,
Katya
we don't need to distinguish between what is given or received…like causes and effects…every cause is an effect, and every effect, a cause.
Giving is receiving.
…like, it is in our best interest to nurture, because being nurturing nourishes ourselves. It is in our best interest to have gratitude, because then we can see all that we may be grateful for.
…it's not that anything is ever truly exchanged…it's the context of the exchange that is Love.
:-)
-Rob