Dear Friends,
This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class CC 49, which was published in Volume 3 of The Living Light Dialogue. It begins with a question from a student, which is italicized to distinguish it from the response of the teacher.
“Would you, within the context of this understanding, explain the difference between generosity and givingness? I also recall that at one time, I think, you said that givingness is the principle through which the Divine flows. Also, consideration was mentioned as the principle. Could you clarify the difference between this and gratitude as opening the door to supply?
Thank you. And the lady has asked several questions, including generosity, givingness, gratitude, compassion, and the door to supply. When a person is truly grateful, they emanate a rate of vibration. And that rate of vibration goes out into the atmosphere and brings its kind back. Now, for example, we understand that God, the Divine, is not a master, but is the greatest servant of all. And a servant, in our understanding, is one who serves. And gratitude is an expression for a service rendered. So when a person is truly grateful, they are expressing their recognition and their acceptance for the service that they have received. Therefore, they guarantee a continuity of that service.
Now, what happens when a man is ungrateful? Now one of the easiest ways to recognize ingratitude is complaining. If you have a person that is constantly griping and complaining— that this isn’t being done and that isn’t being done and why is this being done and why isn’t that being done and I can’t accept that without a full explanation first. That level of consciousness, whenever we express it—because the level exists in all of us—that level of consciousness is a level of ingratitude. Therefore, you will notice with people who complain and cry the most, they’re the ones that seem to have the most difficulty with God’s divine, abundant supply, you see. All right. So that is our understanding of gratitude. Now, gratitude isn’t something where you say, “Well, now, thank you, God. I’m very grateful,” then you complain about something, because, you see, that’s contradiction. And a house divided cannot stand. That’s our own house: it cannot stand. So doors open through an expression of gratitude.
Now, what does that have to do with givingness and generosity? A man may be generous for many, many varied motivations, but a man in givingness is in God. And that is the basic difference. I do hope that’s helped with your question."
Gratitude opens the door to supply.
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