The Law of Altruism states that the
more we give, the greater is the increased flow of energy and the
more we receive back.
I know in theory this is true yet, from
my past I can think of numerous times where I gave and gave and gave
until I had nothing left to give and I received little or nothing in
return.
I have a good illustration to show how
this should work. Imagine that you have this bucket inside of you
and it is filled with water. Every time you give something you take
that glass a dip it into your bucket of water and give it away.
Every time you give, your bucket loses
more and more water from it. If that water isn't replaced your
bucket will eventually run dry. When your bucket runs dry, in my
opinion and some experience, you become depressed and spiritually
dead.
If you give something away, you need to
have that water in your bucket replaced. In theory, that bucket
should be overflowing. You should have so much water that by giving
one glass away, you get a glass in return.
That may sound like keeping score. It
truly is not that way at all. I'm not necessarily talking about
receiving something back from another person. We get things back
from the Universe and from our Higher Power.
In my former marriage I gave to my
ex-wife. I gave to my step-children. What the world saw was that I
was giving and got nothing in return. I don't mean to sound bitter.
I just want to make a point with this situation.
I got to a point that every night I
went to bed I prayed that I would die in my sleep. I was depressed
and spiritually dead. It was wrong of me to expect anybody to give
me what I needed. People give because they are spiritually centered
and at peace with the Universe.
I had no energy to protect myself
because I had no spiritual life. I had lost my Higher Power.
Looking back at it, I was so lost that even my bed time pleadings for
death were said to no one.
Today, I can give and look for nothing
in return. I have given to the Salvation Army for Christmas gifts, I
have given to step-children at Christmas as well, and look for
nothing in return because I now have my Higher Power keeping my
bucket filled. In fact, my bucket is overflowing.
If we have a close and healthy
relationship with our Higher Power, we give without really knowing
how much we have gave...
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