The law of giving and receiving - Part 5 - You are the river bed

Getting my body back -Day 131

Feel like you're giving and giving but not receiving in return? Maybe you're looking in the wrong place to receive. Your Source is not rested in the arms of the manifested but rooted in the soil of the Spirit who is your Source.

A river bed is always open to the flow of receiving and giving water. There's no difference between the two, giving and receiving - it's a continuous flow. It's all in the openness of the bed and the level of freedom from debris that determines the freshness and consistent movement of the water flow. The wider and deeper the river bed the greater the capacity to receive and give water.

Look to God for the reward on your giving, but more so, be consciously aware that you are the river bed that the water flows through and as the river bed, as long as you remain open, your Source of life of Living Water will always flow to you. Looking to the banks to keep you flowing is a sure way to stop the flow. As a river bed is open to the water and clear of debris, so you must be open to receive and to give. You are the river bed. Your Source is the water.

Take the emphasis off your looking to the limited, which is external sources and focus on the limitless which is within - the Unlimited Source.

As you make your request to God, release the outcome and focus on giving that the channel to your receiving will be open through your giving.

Fuelling words: I am the river bed. God is the abundant supply that flows through me. I have all I need for I am one with infinite supply.

Workout: endurance exercise, stretching, weight lifting, walking, gardening

The law of giving and receiving - Part 4 - Go deep within

Getting my body back - Day 130

When you go inward, you give yourself to your Source and as you give yourself you receive in exchange Spirit's guidance and all the attributes that belong to the Spirit. The deeper you go the more open you are to the flow of the life of the Spirit moving in and through you and out to others.

When you go deep within and connect with the Spirit, you are open to receive more so you could give more. You are receiving on a spiritual plain that affects all areas of your life and moves you to a higher level of service and connection to others.

It is in that exchange in giving your attention to Spirit that you are given Spirit attributes that transform your life. As you give your attention to the Spirit, your focus is not on you but on Spirit and the depth of Spirit's personality and love. At this point, you are wide open and in alignment with the Universal law of giving that you may receive.

The scriptures say that it is better to give than to receive. Because as you are giving, your heart, mind and emotions are all in a positive energy vibration. When you are focusing only on receiving, your focus is on you and therefore you are closed. It takes both sides of the spectrum of giving and receiving to work in order to create balance and continue the flow. As you go deep within and are giving yourself to the Spirit, you are wide open and in this mode of openness you are also receiving, as well.

When we gave to our neighbours some of the vegetables from our garden, we were not looking to get anything from them. But because we were open in our giving we were in the same positive energy frequency of the Spirit, and the Universe - God, responded to our desire for watermelon.

While you are busy giving yourself to the Spirit and in turn giving to others, your request are answered as the Universe goes into active motion and set up circumstances, people and events to act on your behalf. Focus on giving, go deep within and give yourself to the Spirit so you can receive to give of yourself to others and as you give to others, all that you desire will come to you easily and effortlessly.

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Fuelling words: I am open and willing to give to others and in this giving I am also open to receiving.

Workout: walking

The law of giving and receiving - Part 3 - Be open to receive

Getting my body back - Day 129

It is important that when we give we are also open to receive. When we are not open to receive we close the flow and therefore stop what we're expecting to come into our lives.

If my baby is unwilling to drink the milk when I give it to her, the milk supply becomes backed up and causes me tremendous discomfort. Sometimes the breast can become so full it makes it difficult for baby to latch on and drink the milk.

If we are giving but are not open to receive, what we're expecting to come into our lives cannot come because we're not open to receive through the channels the Universe has chosen to bring our desire.

We shared some of our harvest from our garden with some of our neighbours. However, our new set of watermelon that started out so good are being affected by the cooler weather. I was really hoping that we would have had some watermelon for the season and thought that maybe we would purchase a couple from the store. Today, one of our neighbours was given two watermelons and decided to give us one of them.

When we are willing to share with others, we open the door for good things to come back into our lives. We weren't expecting anything in return, but the law of the Universe brought us our desire to have watermelon this summer. After all, what's summer without watermelon, huh?

We gratefully received it. We could have said, "No, it's okay, we don't need it," or "You didn't have to do that." If we did, we would have been shutting the door and the flow of giving and receiving and stopping the other person from receiving what they desire as well.

A river that flows freely benefits all people, and similarly, a river that is dammed up affects all, as well. This is also true in giving and receiving. When we give to others it not only benefits us but others as well, whether or not we're aware of who the individuals that are benefiting from it. The reverse is also true. Withholding takes away from those who need to be blessed.

Fuelling words: I give but I am also open to receive to keep the circular flow of goodness coming into and flowing through my life.

Workout: endurance exercises, walking

The law of giving and receiving - Part 2 - Give of yourself

Getting my body back - Day 128

Go to Part 1 if you haven't read it as yet.

When I breast feed my baby, I'm giving milk from a source that's within my body. The more she nurses, the more milk is supplied from the source.

As we give of ourselves the more of what we need to give is supplied to us. We open the channels of our lives - our gifts, talents and abilities - for a fresh supply to enter in. The issue is not so much as in the thing you're giving but in the heart of the giver.

Giving can be expressed through many avenues but it all comes from one place and that's inside of you. The extent to which you give all depends on who you are and how open you are to receiving. If you give thinking about how much you will have left, you would hesitate in your giving and not give freely what you initially thought you should have given to another. In doing so, you are blocking the flow of your own personal receiving.

Instead of holding back on your giving, release it knowing that your supply freely flows through and in you. The Source of your supply is constantly flowing in abundance to satisfy all you need and could never be exhausted.

When we change in our thinking and open our minds to the abundance of the Spirit, we cease to live in fear of loss and lack and begin to live in connection with the Spirit and freely receive the abundance of life.

Whenever you're not receiving in any particular area of your life, check to see what area you have not been freely giving, where you can increase your giving and where there's a blockage that's stopping you from receiving. The scripture says that whatever we sow that we shall also reap and that we reap in accordance to the amount that we sow. Increase your seeds of giving in all areas of your life and harvest the abundance of your giving.

Fuelling words: I give healthy foods to my body that I may reap a healthy body in return. I exercise so that my body will be strong and remain in healthy working order.

Workout: endurance exercises, weight lifting, walking, jogging

The law of giving and receiving - Part 1

Getting my body back - Day 127

I had blocked breast duct over the weekend and if you've breastfed a baby you'd know how painful this is, if you've ever experienced it. For the guys who are reading this, just bear with me, there's a good lesson here regardless of gender.

A blocked duct can occur when baby does not completely empty the breast on feeding. The milk pools in one of the milk ducts and blocks the milk flow. So here I was, feeling cold chills and a bit feverish as I climbed into bed. Yes, these are couple of the symptoms. When I woke up the next morning, I got a hot water bottle and applied it to the area to loosen things up, remove the block and get the flow happening again. I put the baby into different feeding positions to clear the block.

As I was sitting in my quiet zone, I questioned why I was experiencing this. Yes, I did explain why a blocked duct occurs but I was looking at something deeper here. Sometimes things come to us in natural forms which are avenues for us to glean deeper spiritual wisdom that simplifies certain principles for us, if we're paying attention when they arrive. I thought that if this is a blockage, what's the deeper meaning here?

Every time baby feeds, Mother Nature has ensured that the milk is released from the milk duct down through the nipples to baby's mouth. The more the baby sucks the more milk is produced. When baby reduces feeds the milk supply lowers.

The law of giving and receiving says, "The more we give, the more we receive." Our receiving is in direct relation to our giving. It may not always come back in the same form as we gave it, but it does come back to us. If we keep our channel of giving open, we will always receive freely as we have given. The opposite is always true, we hurt ourselves and block our receiving, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, by our withholding and not giving out all that we can give.

I've been giving milk to my baby but she was not completely emptying out the breast, and as a result of that, the milk remained and formed a blockage. The very thing that we did not completely give out, when it is in our power to give freely and completely can turn out to be the thing that blocks our receiving.

Whenever we have opportunity to give, we need to give all that we can to help another and do not withhold that which we know we should give. If you feel that you're not receiving, check your giving and begin by paying attention and applying the warmth of love to loosen up the blockage and get things flowing.

Fuelling words: I open my channels of giving that I may freely receive.

Workout: weight lifting, walking, jogging, endurance exercise

Preparing for the harvest - Part 1 - Sharing

Tending the garden of the heart - Day 95

Some of our crops are ready for harvesting, like the Swiss chard, lettuce, some carrots, and thyme, while others are still growing as we await their full maturity, like our corn, tomatoes and squash.

Even though we have a large family and we could find ways to preserve many of our crops keeping it all for ourselves does not activate the law of giving and receiving and therefore can stop the flow of abundance in our lives.

Our family does not start and end with us only, it continues on to others in the human family and as we extend our harvest to others around us, no strings attached, no expectation from them, we are blessing them and allowing the cycle of blessings to continue in our lives.

We sow a different kind of seed - a seed of blessing that not only blesses us into our future but the lives of those with whom we share. To them it is a blessing - a sharing of the harvest, to us it is a seed - a starting of a new crop.

When you begin to reap your harvest, ensure that you keep the cycle of giving and receiving flowing in your life. Share with others outside of your immediate family circle activating the law of giving and receiving.

As you provide for their needs, you are providing for your own because we are one. We are connected in oneness on a spiritual level even though we may appear separate on the physical plain. Our giving or not giving affects all our lives on a deeper spiritual level and therefore manifest itself in the form of selfishness and uncaring leading to unnecessary suffering in the world.

In order to continue harvesting you must continue to sow and sow your seed in sharing with others.

Weeding your life's garden - Part 5

Tending the garden of the heart - Day 65

Since we've last weeded the flower garden the poppy flowers have begun to blossom; some yellow and one orange, so far. The four o'clocks have not yet blossomed but they're looking very strong.

We've taken the time to give this garden the attention it needed and now we're enjoying the rewards of our labour.

As you activate the law of giving and receiving in your life, you open the door to much joy. It may not always come back to you in the way you gave it but it does come back and many times it comes in the form of that which you most desire.

When you cease to give, you block the flow of God's universal blessings from flowing to you and through you to others and then back to you. You interrupt the natural law when you hold on tightly and don't release what's in your hands; whether it's money, food, clothes, love, joy, peace or talent.

Releasing what's in your hands frees your hands to receive what God desires to give to you. Give to others knowing that you will receive; knowing that all your needs have already been met and will manifest itself naturally and effortlessly.

Let your life be a conduit through which the abundant life of God constantly flows in, through and out of you.