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Are You Giving Too Much, or Too Little? Giving is more powerful than receiving. Giving implies having. The more you give, the more you get. The giving of attention, money, care, kindness, appreciation, goods, and information creates abundance not only for the receiver but especially for oneself. The more you put out, the more you get back. Exchange creates energy. I highly recommend giving more than receiving. When you receive more than you give, it tends to create laziness and arrogance. Those waiting to receive or get attention, money, a helping hand, an email, a call, an object, a word of advice, acknowledgement, or anything else, tend to be more in a situation of disadvantage. Too much “waiting to get” and “wanting to get” generates lack.
Here’s a nice little energy-trick: Say you have desperately been waiting for a specific email from someone. You’ve been wishing that it finally comes, that the person finally writes to you, that the person gives you word about something. Try this: Consider there might be someone desperately waiting for an email from you, which
You attract a new relationship by sending out the firm intention once, then letting go of it, occupying yourself with other things in the trust that it will “hit you when least expected”. Too much preoccupation creates a sort of neediness that is repellent to attracting one.
When you meet various potential partners, let it be OK to have them and OK not to have them. This keeps your overall aura light and friendly rather than desperate (this is why it’s easier to attract relationships when you are already in a relationship – like attracts like).
Desperate people couldn’t care less about their neighbors, parents, and clients. Their whole focal point is some fantasy about a particular partner.
By becoming too focused on one person, you are severely limiting what the Universe is able to do for you. As you
That’s why it’s not a bad idea to embrace all criticism from other people. If their criticism is not true, it will not hurt you. And if it hurts you, that’s because it is true. Some people spend their lives alone because they do not want to hear criticism or disagreement. But such avoidance keeps them weak. If you look only for things you agree with or only people who agree with you, you learn nothing new. Relationship is a wonderful mirror. This is why I don’t recommend having a relationship with someone too similar to you.
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Love, Sex and Soulmates by Frederick Dodson presents key insights from the contemplative tradition. The 7 passages above capture the essential teachings.
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 7 are particularly representative.
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