Greetings All –
ONLY THE RICH CAN GIVE, FOR THEY ARE NOT DESTITUTE.
Only the rich can give, for they are not comfortable with a possession unless
it is given. Only the rich can give, for they cannot understand their
possession until it is given. Only the rich can give, for they wish to
experience gratitude as their only reward.
YOU ARE RICH AND YOU CAN GIVE. You possess a wealth
of Knowledge already, and this is the greatest possible gift. Any other action,
any other favor, any other object that is a gift is only meaningful insofar as
it is imbued with Knowledge. This is the unseen essence of all true gifts and
all true giving. You have a great storehouse
of this essence, which you must learn to receive. You
are rich beyond your own awareness. Even if you are financially poor, even if
you think you are alone, you are rich. Your giving will demonstrate this today.
Your giving will demonstrate the source, the depth and the meaning of your wealth and will imbue all of your giving with
the essence of giving itself. You will find in time that you will give without
trying and that your life itself will be a gift. Then, your life will
demonstrate the wealth that each person possesses but which they have not yet learned
to receive.
REPEAT THIS IDEA UPON THE HOUR, and in your two
longer meditation practices, experience your own wealth. Experience the presence
and the depth of Knowledge. Be the recipient of Knowledge and give yourself to
Knowledge, for in giving yourself to your practice, you affirm your own wealth
already, which only needs to be affirmed to be fully realized.
PRACTICE 158: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Note: “You are rich beyond your own awareness. Even if you
are financially poor, even if you think you are alone, you are rich.” This is something you may have already experienced
in your life. If not, it is a place Steps can take you if you do the Steps.
Yesterday: Step
157 - I am not alone in the universe.
From the Journal:
Tuesday,
December 21, 1999
…
8
A.M. This morning I read about stillness, but don’t have the time to practice. Still
– I Know I am with it, it is with me.
10
p.m. A tired/but good day.
Not much in the journal, except a confirmation that
knowing is growing. The idea that I am, we are, within life is diagramed on the
Step page. If you are a visual thinker, you might use drawings as well for your
own visualizations of the relationships noted.
Note: T-om is a pronunciation of my name that I expressed as an attempt at humor when speaking at The Lord's Chapel in 1989. Another joke was to say my name in the mirror world was Mot. People liked T-om, so I came to use it as a "spiritual name."
NNC
