As You Give, You Will Receive

"Do onto others as you would have them do onto you" - the Golden Rule

You Are Energy

As children we are taught the law of Karma, "what you do comes back to you".  Well, I figured that I would be set for life because I am a good person.  I have always looked out for people, defended the underdog, extended a helping hand.  I have always shared generously and really just want the best for everyone around me.

But somehow, for some reason that is not what life gave back to me.  People betrayed me, they let me down, they left me hanging when I needed them most.   I came to the realization that I was in some way attracting these things to myself, I did not know how I was doing it but I could see it clearly.  The golden rule did not seem to be working for me.

Psychology tells me that those who are victimized form deep patterns of programming in their mind which attracts more of the same to themselves.  So a child who is abused often attracts abusive partners, one who was ill attracts further illness and most who grow up in poverty remain poor for life.  I looked around me and I look at my own life and I could see the truth in this.

I prayed many times to God, ‘how can you allow this, surely this cannot be fair?’ I set out to prove that I could live the life I desired, not the life that was prescribed based on my past experience.  I tried valiantly to live above my past and somehow the life I worked so hard to build always seemed to fall apart.

Then I came across the concept of the Law Of Attraction,  "like attracts like".  This immediately made sense to me.  The other truth which immediately resonated with me is "we are energetic beings, an extension of Source energy".

"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." - Genesis 2 : 7

My bible tells me that I am the very breath of God, that I am the light of the world,  that I am in God and God in me.  God promised to send His spirit to dwell in me.  God in me is energy.  I am energy.

I am not one to accept the mumbo jumbo spouted by every Tom, Dick and Harry that passes by, nor am I content to absorb what I am spoonfed by any particular religion, doctrine or creed.  I believe in God and I believe in the wisdom of God in me.  I believe that I am guided to wisdom, knowledge and truth.  So even though I approached some of these theories with a healthy dose of skepticism, certain truths resonated with me.

I am energy. 

I have always been a powerful energy, people respond when I walk into a room.  People become excited and motivated and happy or they become disgruntled, dissatisfied, frustrated or angry.

My energetic vibration became clear to me in my work life.  I love my work, I love the people and have such great concern for their well-being.  Yet people responded to me with intimidation, distrust and dislike.  People turned on me, people betrayed me, people rejected me.  It was devastating because I was doing everything I could to be good to people but I could see clearly that they were not receiving what I was trying to give.

Then I realized.  The energy I project is not tied to my intention, to my goodwill or to my desire.  My energy is tied to that which is strongest in my deepest, darkest places.  What was strongest in me was pain, frustration, resentment, betrayal, fear, distrust and despair.  And the world responded in kind.

What You Give Out Comes Back To You

What you give out you will receive. What you give out you will receive.  What you give out you will receive.  Give love, give compassion, give tolerance, give goodwill, give peace, give hope, give joy, give forgiveness, give grace.

But giving does not come from action.  Deepak Chopra says “the most powerful forms of giving are non-material”.  

You give of your energy.  You give of your heart.  You give of your spirit.  And blessed God energy cannot flow from a corrupted source.  So in order to give positive energy you must be feeling and experiencing positive energy within yourself.

Make a daily practice of releasing all that is negative within yourself.  Inherited fears and insecurities, childhood wounds, collected scars.. let go of anger, let go of fear, let go of resentment, let go of guilt, let go of shame, let of revenge, let go of spite, let go of malice, let go of judgement, let go of criticism .. let it go.  Let it go.  Forgive those who have hurt you, forgive yourself, forgive the universe. 

And having surrendered all the negative energy inside of you, open yourself to receiving.. faith, hope, joy, peace, love.  Hold those feelings in your heart and feel them permeate every fibre of your being. Now you are ready to give.

 

You are energy.  Your energy is not what you want it to be, not even what you intend.  Your energy is the balance of your deepest thoughts, feelings, emotions and expectations.  Your energy cannot be both positive and negative, it is whichever is strongest within your heart, your spirit, your soul.

You can only give of what you have within you and as you give, you will receive.

Life Teaches You Who You Are

My life has had its share of challenges, and it has taught me some very important lessons:

I have learned that I am God energy and I cannot be separated from the Source of all that is.

I went through a horrible period in my life where I felt I had lost everything.  All that was most precious to me was taken from me and I felt absolute abandonment and separation from God.  

For months I walked through my own personal hell, lost and in despair,  then I woke up one day and realized that I had survived it.  And that I had never been alone.  Even when I was unable to feel God, to believe in Him or to hold on to Him, I was never alone.  I could not be separated from God for God is the very breath of life within me.

I have learned that we are all God energy in physical form and every form is perfect.

Wouldn't it be lovely to see God only in all people?  In the crack-head lying in his own filth on the sidewalk, in the prostitute turning tricks, in the murderer in prison, in your cheating husband or the crooked cop.. The Yogis say "Namaste" which means "I bow to the God in you" or “the divine in me honors the divine in you”.   

Seeing and honoring the God in the other person requires you to let go of criticism, of judgement, of intolerance.  It requires you to let go of your expectations of others and to stop projecting your own fears and insecurities onto them.

I think we are trained to judge each other unfavorably.  We do it automatically.  Very young children do not do it, they love and accept everyone unconditionally.  But then they get to school, they start learning the rules and our little angels start to turn on each other viciously.  You're fat, you're ugly, you're too small, you're too stupid, you're black, you're yellow...on and on it goes.

Have you ever sat in church and watched a sister walk up to the altar and this is what goes through your mind .."what is she thinking?  Does she not see that that skirt is too short?  Is she trying to cause the pastor to sin?".  Admit it.  You're in the house of God, tearing your sister down.  What you should be thinking is that this is another blessed God spirit, just like yourself who is here trying to connect to the source of all that is.  You should walk down to the altar, take your sister's hand and bless her.

But our halos are still at the shop, so we have to work at it.  I recently started the process of noticing my own thoughts as I am out and about in the world.  I was shocked at the many critical thoughts that stream through my mind.  I am quick to notice the tacky wig, the too heavy makeup, the too tight skirt or the too short shorts.  I don't miss the hanging beer belly, the cruddy toenails, the dirty clothes or the tattered shoes.  All so superficial.  All so meaningless.  All so mean.

So now when I notice a critical thought I stop, I focus on the person and I find something about them that I can compliment.  I compliment them and I bless them.  I do this mostly in my mind but every now  and then I voice the compliment to the person and I watch them light up with joy.  That makes me happy too.

I have learned that I am the creator of my reality.

I recently reconnected with my biological mother who walked out when I was an infant.  I had had a few interactions with her in my life and she let me down every time.  I didn't want much to do with her, could not see how she could be of any value in my life.  She came back into my life at a time when I needed her desperately, she was open, she was persistent she was genuinely trying.  But I needed help.  I needed real, physical, tangible help and she was not offering.

Once again she disappointed me.  Once again I closed the door.  But I have grace working inside of me.  I'm learning, I'm growing, so I decided to accept her simply as she is, expecting nothing, releasing the failures of the past and holding no pre-conditions for the future.  Funny enough, when I stopped bitching about my circumstances and projecting negative energy all over her, she stepped forward and offered the help that I needed with no prompting on my part.

I had created a different reality simply by changing the way I was responding to her and to my circumstances.  That has played out over and over again in my experience as I walk this new walk, my relationships are healing, people are extending loving energy towards me and are giving rather than taking.

I am the same loving heart that I have always been but I am different.  I am breaking through the wall of negative energy that had always surrounded my heart.  I'm beginning to glow with the light of divinity within me.  And the world glows with me.

God Wants Only The Best For You

"Do you understand how beloved you are?  How blessed you are? How adored you are, and what an integral part of the creative process you are?" - Abraham Hicks

Do you understand who you are?

I have always lived with tremendous duality within myself.  My heritage from a dysfunctional childhood was depression, resentment, mistrust and an angry spirit.  But I have always known that I am a spirit of joy.  I am a spirit of wonder, creativity, adventure, curiosity, laughter, love, compassion, grace...

Even as I write the words joy wells up inside of me.  I know who I am!

And I'm not in any way special or blessed above anyone else.  We are all children of boundless compassion, benevolence and grace.  We are all children of God.  We are all born into a legacy of abundance, of joy, of blessing and of grace.  Every single one of us.  And we are all worthy.

"We are here to help you remember the powerful nature that is you; and to assist you in returning to that confident, joyful, always-looking-for-something-else-wonderful-to-turn-your-attention-to person that is you" - Abraham Hicks : Ask And It Shall Be Given

Author’s note

This post is inspired by my upcoming book I Speak Prosperity.  I hope that you will learn to accept yourself as a blessed child of God and allow that energy to be your gift to the world.

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I bless you, I bless your journey and I am so happy to be a part of it. 

Inspiration Link

* I am in no way affiliated with the sites that I link to here.  The messages presented are in alignment with the thoughts presented in this post and they have inspired me, I hope that they will inspire you too.

My inspiration this week comes from a plethora of books.  As I write I am reading:

·        Ask And It Is Given : Abraham Hicks
·        7 Spiritual Laws of Success : Deepak Chopra