This was an interesting read particularly the last paragraphs of;
“And as we gradually give more of ourselves to ourselves, we naturally give more of ourselves to others. There is a way we are with people, which makes it easy for them to be themselves. We're not being someone who encourages to act in any other way. We're an open space, holding to nothing, giving it all away.” I found this statement so interesting to read, because I never thought, consciously thought, that if I give to myself, that that giving will initially be a giving to others, Oh yes I know in the growing and awakening of the self that we may have talked about it, studied it, chanted on it, meditated on it, put intention out to do it. But to sit back and read that to look after me, can help someone else, in a giving of me to them.. Nice.. Maybe I have just grown with these words. As I ponder on this and the giving’s I had gave, I think many of us ‘age give’, in our early childhood, we give because we do not judge and give freely - share, in our adolescence we give because maybe we want to be noticed or liked, then in our growing age we give to help, give freely, openly from the heart. So do we not walk the path of Beggarly, Friendly and Kingly in our growth, our growth into learning of self and growing into self… Hmm I give; I am a natural giver, even when the giving may not be wanted :-) But thinking back, I think giving even our ear to someone, to listen to someone is of a Kingly giving, and yep, I see now, how that comes from an internal growth of an open and willing space. This is a very lovely piece of self-learning. Much gratitude and appreciation xoxo
On Jun 22, 2013 Edit Lak wrote :
This was an interesting read particularly the last paragraphs of;
“And as we gradually give more of ourselves to ourselves, we naturally give more of ourselves to others. There is a way we are with people, which makes it easy for them to be themselves. We're not being someone who encourages to act in any other way. We're an open space, holding to nothing, giving it all away.” I found this statement so interesting to read, because I never thought, consciously thought, that if I give to myself, that that giving will initially be a giving to others, Oh yes I know in the growing and awakening of the self that we may have talked about it, studied it, chanted on it, meditated on it, put intention out to do it. But to sit back and read that to look after me, can help someone else, in a giving of me to them.. Nice.. Maybe I have just grown with these words. As I ponder on this and the giving’s I had gave, I think many of us ‘age give’, in our early childhood, we give because we do not judge and give freely - share, in our adolescence we give because maybe we want to be noticed or liked, then in our growing age we give to help, give freely, openly from the heart. So do we not walk the path of Beggarly, Friendly and Kingly in our growth, our growth into learning of self and growing into self… Hmm I give; I am a natural giver, even when the giving may not be wanted :-) But thinking back, I think giving even our ear to someone, to listen to someone is of a Kingly giving, and yep, I see now, how that comes from an internal growth of an open and willing space. This is a very lovely piece of self-learning. Much gratitude and appreciation xoxo