You Never Lose by Giving

 

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You Never Lose by Giving

All of us are seekers of the ultimate truth and follow different religions; all religions tell us to give selflessly without any expectation. Nature gives us selflessly – look at the sun, the moon, the stars, the flora and fauna – they just give without expecting anything in return. Once we start giving selflessly, we start becoming one with nature. Once we tune in with nature, we have an inexhaustible supply of consciousness which we keep drawing from the unseen Source of Life – you may call that God, Paramatma, Universal Consciousness or anything you deem fit. You can take all you want and not only will it suffice for you, but the surplus will become instrumental in helping others in need. Your smile will inspire another smile. Your strength will impel another to be strong. A noble soul always draws out the noble quality in others.

Give all you can, but don’t lose your own peace. It’s also all right not to help others if it will help you in preserving your own peace. If you yourself are not at peace, there is no way in which you will be able to help others. It is only when you are at ease and in peace that your help can be useful. Else, you may just end up being harmful in the situation rather than helpful.

Swamiji talks about love being the path to liberation if meditation is not helpful. Love is synonymous with the God within, love is representative of the state of our heart chakra and is one of the paths to liberation of the soul. Love knows true renunciation and sacrifice for the good of others without any consideration. A person who is truthful, leads a life of continence, radiates love to all others for the sake of the God residing within them, and knows only ‘giving’, ‘giving’ and always ‘giving’. We never lose when we give.

When we give love, does the love in our heart diminish? No! In fact, the more we love selflessly, the more love we get in return, thus starting a chain of ongoing, never ending love energy which keeps flowing from within. We should be able to love all beings – both sentient and non-sentient. If one cannot love those that one can see, how do we love ‘God’ whom we cannot see? And if one cannot love the unseen, there is very little chance of the love energy flowing from within us – so, it is best to love ourself first, by doing that we open the floodgates to love others selflessly! 

Just as love is important so is maintaining your own peace. Don’t do anything knowingly that is likely to disturb your peace. There is a joy in thinking of others and helping others first. So, give! By giving you never lose! You will have more peace and joy in doing that!