Santa Clara Meditation Book – About The Dignity Of Sharing
Sharing what you have with someone is a good thing.
But dignity and courtesy must be kept while doing so.
You have to make sure that the person you help is not hurt.
So when you’re trying to help someone, you have to look at the other person’s heart.
Only when you don’t seek a reward after having given can it be considered true kindness.
The Bible says, “Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”
This doesn’t only mean that I should humbly keep my good deed unknown and I shouldn’t brag about what I’ve done but it also means that I shouldn’t even know I did. This is because the left hand is my body like the right hand.
It is possible when there is completely no mind of “having done” left.
That’s why I have to always throw away my mind.
It is true sharing and true love when you give without intention and when you don’t have any mind of “having given” and “having done”.
