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Being Your True Self
Service to Others |
Foundation Twelve
Having realized my unity with Spirit, the preciousness of my human existence, and a joyous sense of being alive I give myself in service to others.
This new understanding and experience of myself, this appreciation of my human existence, this feeling of gratitude, this deepening of my connection with Spirit, this newfound connection with others, and this experience of my own aliveness and joy inspires me to reach greater depths of self-realization and to lovingly share my illumined state with others.
An Outpouring of Grace
Sharing your inherent qualities is not something you have to work on or complete; it’s the natural expression of your true self; it's the natural expression of someone who lives as an authentic human being. Spirit creates this whole universe by the overflowing of its own nature, and its qualities naturally abound in us, and through us, when we’re in touch with the fullness and joy of our own life in unity with Spirit.
We are not here to convert anyone; it’s not about signing up people, or trying to promote a movement, or trying to meet some need in ourselves through helping others; it’s about the natural and selfless overflow of our own divine qualities into the world. It’s about the purity of Spirit expressing itself through us. It’s about our love overflowing and bringing benefit, and aliveness, and joy to everything and everyone it touches.
Give as Spirit Gives
Selfless giving is a natural expression of our boundless nature. Giving as Spirit gives opens us to bounty of the Infinite Source. There cannot be any “should” in our giving, or thoughts of gain, or the attitude of “I give this to get that,” or any motivation to acquire praise or merit. It has to be pure, selfless giving, giving from the heart. If not, it’s just a business transaction.
Spirit is one. It’s never divided. It’s always “all in.” Spirit can never give but a portion of itself because Spirit’s giving is absolute. When it gives, even to a blade of grass, it gives the whole of itself; it gives so completely that it loses itself in the giving—and only that which is given to remains. To truly give, give as Spirit gives; to truly love, love as Spirit loves. And to do this, to approach this kind of selfless giving, your heart must be in it.
Whatever you do—if you wish to bring value and aliveness into your life—your heart must be in it. The primal feeling of Spirit, the feeling that gives rise to all creation, is love; it’s the fullness of the heart over-flowing. So give with all your heart. Welcome others with all your heart. Be yourself with all your heart. Feel what it’s like to be you with all your heart. Enter into the spirit of life, of overflowing love and grace with all your heart. This is the gateway to the splendor of everything. And if you cannot put all of your heart in it, keep inclining yourself in that direction. With a pure intention and a pure heart all things will settle into their perfect place.
The more fully we enter into the spirit of all with which we are concerned, the more thoroughly do we become alive. The more completely we do this the more we shall find that we are penetrating into the great secret of Life. It may seem a truism but the great secret of Life is its Livingness and it is just more of this quality of Livingness that we want to get hold of. It is that good thing of which we can never have too much. (Troward, The Hidden Power, p. 147)
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Having realized my unity with Spirit, the preciousness of my human existence, and a joyous sense of being alive I give myself in service to others.
This new understanding and experience of myself, this appreciation of my human existence, this feeling of gratitude, this deepening of my connection with Spirit, this newfound connection with others, and this experience of my own aliveness and joy inspires me to reach greater depths of self-realization and to lovingly share my illumined state with others.
An Outpouring of Grace
Sharing your inherent qualities is not something you have to work on or complete; it’s the natural expression of your true self; it's the natural expression of someone who lives as an authentic human being. Spirit creates this whole universe by the overflowing of its own nature, and its qualities naturally abound in us, and through us, when we’re in touch with the fullness and joy of our own life in unity with Spirit.
We are not here to convert anyone; it’s not about signing up people, or trying to promote a movement, or trying to meet some need in ourselves through helping others; it’s about the natural and selfless overflow of our own divine qualities into the world. It’s about the purity of Spirit expressing itself through us. It’s about our love overflowing and bringing benefit, and aliveness, and joy to everything and everyone it touches.
Give as Spirit Gives
Selfless giving is a natural expression of our boundless nature. Giving as Spirit gives opens us to bounty of the Infinite Source. There cannot be any “should” in our giving, or thoughts of gain, or the attitude of “I give this to get that,” or any motivation to acquire praise or merit. It has to be pure, selfless giving, giving from the heart. If not, it’s just a business transaction.
Spirit is one. It’s never divided. It’s always “all in.” Spirit can never give but a portion of itself because Spirit’s giving is absolute. When it gives, even to a blade of grass, it gives the whole of itself; it gives so completely that it loses itself in the giving—and only that which is given to remains. To truly give, give as Spirit gives; to truly love, love as Spirit loves. And to do this, to approach this kind of selfless giving, your heart must be in it.
Whatever you do—if you wish to bring value and aliveness into your life—your heart must be in it. The primal feeling of Spirit, the feeling that gives rise to all creation, is love; it’s the fullness of the heart over-flowing. So give with all your heart. Welcome others with all your heart. Be yourself with all your heart. Feel what it’s like to be you with all your heart. Enter into the spirit of life, of overflowing love and grace with all your heart. This is the gateway to the splendor of everything. And if you cannot put all of your heart in it, keep inclining yourself in that direction. With a pure intention and a pure heart all things will settle into their perfect place.
The more fully we enter into the spirit of all with which we are concerned, the more thoroughly do we become alive. The more completely we do this the more we shall find that we are penetrating into the great secret of Life. It may seem a truism but the great secret of Life is its Livingness and it is just more of this quality of Livingness that we want to get hold of. It is that good thing of which we can never have too much. (Troward, The Hidden Power, p. 147)
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