Be Generous

Be generous...

By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:0:6 IST

When you feel you are stuck in life and not growing, or are bombarded by desires... When you feel you are stuck in life and not growing, or are bombarded by desires, when you feel dryness, no enthusiasm, no juice, what do you do?

Here is the solution: feel generous — right now, not tomorrow, but right now.
Both a princess and a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is a quality of the spirit. When you feel generous, your life becomes abundant — full of compassion and love.

Question: Is generosity the same as gratitude?

No. Gratitude always has self-concern. You are grateful because you have something or you get something. Generosity is an expression that is independent of external circumstances. No one can make you feel generous. That is something that you must do yourself. Essentially generosity is not an act. It is a state of consciousness, but it always finds its expression in an act.

Question: What about passion?

Passion indicates scarcity. Dispassion is abundance. Dispassion without generosity makes you self-centered and causes more dryness.Thinking about our past generosity only brings doership. Drop that and just feel generous.Work does not tire you as much as does the sense of doership. All of your talents are for others. If you have a good voice, it is for others to hear. If you are a good cook, it is so others may eat. If you write a book, it is so others can read it, If you are a good carpenter, it is to build things for others to use. If you are a good surgeon, it is to heal others. If you are a good teacher, it is so others may learn. All of your work and talents are for others. If you do not make use of your talents, they will not be given to you again.

Be Generous

When you feel you are stuck in life and not growing, or are bombarded by desires... Religion To worship or idolize without a sense of belonging is always futile...

Ego

The "I" or ego in you is a tiny atom. If this atom is associated with the body, with matter, it identifies with matter. If this atom is associated with the being, the infinite, it identifies with the infinite.... Freedom We usually do only that which is purposeful, useful and rational. Everything you see is seen through the rational mind.... A pinching mistake shouldn't be forgiven! The pinch will not let the mistake happen again. Forgiveness removes the pinch and then you keep repeating it... The Self When your mind is with the Self, then you do not worry about evolution...

Love Vs Lust

His meditation was disturbed by an arrow of flowers from the lord of lust... Dependence The ego then finds some excuse to revert to smallness because it is not yet soaked in the totality of knowledge... Surrender They are lazy or fearful or both. If you are lazy or fearful, you cannot be in love...

Love

They love themselves so much that they want better qualities for themselves.. .