Difference between revisions of "Quotes About Giving"
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| + | "It is important that you who come bearing gifts not only feel that you should give or that you must give but realize the extent to which you are given to." | ||
| + | *[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 15, p. 180 | ||
== Short Quotes == | == Short Quotes == | ||
"Only those who know that they have come from their Ancient Home can give." | "Only those who know that they have come from their Ancient Home can give." | ||
*[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 15, p. 179 | *[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 15, p. 179 | ||
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"It is not you who does the giving. It is your [[Knowledge]] that does the giving through you." | "It is not you who does the giving. It is your [[Knowledge]] that does the giving through you." | ||
*[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 15, p. 180 | *[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 15, p. 180 | ||
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"When you practice in meditation, you come to give yourself to it, and there is a response because your Teachers come to give themselves and that is the touch. That is where you touch each other. I give to you, you give to me and we share our mutual giving." | "When you practice in meditation, you come to give yourself to it, and there is a response because your Teachers come to give themselves and that is the touch. That is where you touch each other. I give to you, you give to me and we share our mutual giving." | ||
*[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 15, pp. 182, 183 | *[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 15, pp. 182, 183 | ||
| − | + | "The contradiction of living in this world is that it is a hiding place. | |
| + | People are afraid to give and afraid to receive because when you start giving and receiving, the whole idea of hiding begins to dissolve, and you | ||
| + | realize that God has caught up with you already." | ||
| + | *[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 9, p. 111 | ||
| + | "How can you give Knowledge? Well, you cannot. It gives itself. Then, | ||
| + | everywhere you go people will respond to you, even if you are not trying | ||
| + | to give people anything. There is something in you now that is giving you | ||
| + | to people. It is not you giving it. It is giving you." | ||
| + | *[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chap. 10, p. 120 | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
[[Devotion]] | [[Devotion]] | ||
*[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chaps. 15, 16 | *[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]], vol. I, chaps. 15, 16 | ||
Revision as of 03:05, 16 November 2011
Directives
"It is important that you who come bearing gifts not only feel that you should give or that you must give but realize the extent to which you are given to."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 15, p. 180
Short Quotes
"Only those who know that they have come from their Ancient Home can give."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 15, p. 179
"It is not you who does the giving. It is your Knowledge that does the giving through you."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 15, p. 180
"So, you are not the giver. You are the medium of the giving. this is a very important difference."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 15, p. 181
"Many people expect or demand devotion from others but are incapable of giving it themselves, for they wish to bargain with their affection."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 5, p. 52
Long Quotes
"You are here for a purpose.You went to great lengths to be here. You have something to give in being here. You cannot go beyond this world because you have not given what is essential for you to give here. Your giving contains your self-realization, and your Knowledge is your foundation."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 5, p. 54
"When you practice in meditation, you come to give yourself to it, and there is a response because your Teachers come to give themselves and that is the touch. That is where you touch each other. I give to you, you give to me and we share our mutual giving."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 15, pp. 182, 183
"The contradiction of living in this world is that it is a hiding place. People are afraid to give and afraid to receive because when you start giving and receiving, the whole idea of hiding begins to dissolve, and you realize that God has caught up with you already."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 9, p. 111
"How can you give Knowledge? Well, you cannot. It gives itself. Then, everywhere you go people will respond to you, even if you are not trying to give people anything. There is something in you now that is giving you to people. It is not you giving it. It is giving you."
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chap. 10, p. 120
See also
- Wisdom from The Greater Community, vol. I, chaps. 15, 16