by Angela Hryniuk

On October 21st my new Teleseminar on the Six Qualities of an Awakening Being began, and I went Global. People phoned in, listened in on the Web and even emailed in after the hour was up. There was a bit of bumping and grinding sorting out all the technical glitches, and after 30 minutes of that, the Session truly began.

So what did we speak about in terms of Generosity. Well an overview looks like this.

There are FOUR types or ways of being generous. Often we think only of being generous materially. But in fact through giving of our: time, fearlessness, love (speaking the truth) AND material possessions or money we can practise the ACT of generosity.

Giving of Time: when we help someone with their homework, with crossing the street, with researching a particular subject for a presentation. When we give our time freely listening to them, patting their furry coat (an animal), holding their hand in hospital or while they lay on the couch being ill. This is a form of generosity.

Fearlessness: the obvious one in this category is walking someone in the dark to their car after a concert or a party because they are afraid. This category goes further though. Currently we as a species are living in an overall climate of Fear on the planet. Or more rightly terrorism. Whenever one of us lives out of the operating System of Love, Faith, Trust and Unity, rather than Terror or Fear, we are embodying and therefore sharing our sense of Fearlessness. Whenever we choose to act out of love, making decisions based on trust in higher energies, then we are offering up Fearlessness to the planet.

Love/Dharma: this type of giving is in a Buddhist context traditionally seen as offering teachings about the Truth or the nature of reality. This true nature of reality is what we know as Unity Consciousness or Love. When we speak, teach, write about these concepts, and especially if we embody them then we are offering to others the gift of love and the dharma. When someone is confused, jealous, fearful or angry. If they fall into these lower frequency energy states, then we counsel them back into higher and more enjoyable states of being of acceptance, trust, perseverance. This is known as the Giving of Love or Dharma.

Material: this is the one we think of most when we speak about being generous. Have I donated to a charity? Have I put coins into the cup of the local beggar at the supermarket? Do I buy people lovely gifts at Christmas and for their birthdays? In fact, this form of generosity, is only one of the four.

In order to be generous we first must be able to notice where Resistance comes up in our lives. We need first to clear up the resistance, the blocks, to allow new energy to come in for generosity to flow through. So, to do this we must FORGIVE.

All the categories of Giving or Generosity depend upon the Intention and Motivation one has behind the giving. If one wants to give in order to receive something in return, then in fact this is not true giving at all. True giving comes from a purely altruistic intention, to benefit the being, the circumstance solely for their benefit, with no expectation of reward or praise.

Homework/heartwork Each week I am posting homework for people to deepen their understanding of the quality of awakening on the teleseminar. We will also discuss the homework on the following call, to see what it brought up for others with new insights and realizations.

1. Forgiveness Exercise: look to see who you need to forgive in your life for past transgressions, hurts, pains and sufferings they have inflicted upon you. Look inside yourself to where you need to forgive Yourself. Where have you betrayed yourself? Where have you not shown up for yourself? Forgive these times.
2. Clean out closets, old files and old trinkets on your shelves. Let go of old energy, again to allow in new and to create space for more prosperity to show up.
3. Keep track and make note of acts of generosity that you do for others in the four ways outlined: giving of time, fearlessness, material goods and love/the dharma. Also keep track where you are generous with yourself in theses four ways.
4. Complete the Money Madness questionnaire to see what your beliefs are about Money. If you’d like a copy of this, e-mail me and I’ll send a copy directly to you.