According to Andrew Reynolds, the simple unselfish act of giving from the heart and with the comfort of knowing that you will always have more than enough – creates almost a kind of bond between you and your higher power, or whatever you want to call the universe, spirit, subconscious mind, or what some religions have long called God.. That connection to something higher is a sort of bond or trust – a faith – that you will always have more than you need – and you can therefore share with others unselfishly whenever you want to.”
As Reynolds puts it – it is almost as though the Universe is saying “This guy believes he/she has enough to give to others – so lets make sure he gets more so that they can give more. Andrew Reynolds says “It’s a weird concept and one that I was very sceptical about – until I actually tried it. Its been my experience that it really works. You keep receiving more simply because you are giving from the heart.”
These days it is so easy to get bogged down with our own needs and wants- and we can get selfish. We tend to focus on our own petty problems and only think of ourselves. But in reality, if we only looked at the bigger picture, we would see that our day to day issues are in fact very tiny.
Now that’s not to say that we don’t, from time to time, experience serious hurdles in our lives. Hurdles that we need to jump over to get on in life. But they are just that – hurdles. If you look around you and ask yourself what you can do for others – even when you are at your lowest point in life – which happens to everyone, you are not alone. Really ask yourself “What can I do to help someone today?”
Think about it – if we all took the attitude that it is only use who has problems – and we didn’t; help our neighbour – if everyone thought the same way and no-one helped anyone else – we would all find ourselves cocooned in our own little world focused on our own problems and no-one would move forward.
Andrew Reynolds teaches his students that the art of giving is a part of human nature. Andrew explains that this is why he personally gets so much out of the process. He enjoys seeing the smile on peoples faces that the gifts bring. “Each of us has the desire to see someone smile – and to smile back. Deep down we get fulfilment from helping someone else.
But it is so easy to say that you have nothing to give. If you have yet to create financial wealth in your life – and have no money to give – you can still use the art of gifting by giving freely of your time.
Even giving just a small gesture to your higher power and believing that you will always have more than enough to give will trigger the reaction for you.
The Universal Law Of Giving
You may have heard that “As ye sow, so shall you reap” that if you give, you will get something in return. Maybe, in a half hearted “I’ll give it a go’ way, you give a small gift and then sit back, arms folded, waiting for your automatic return. If nothing happens you then declare that “this doesn’t work”. You then stop giving – simply because you have seen no return. In fact just at the point where you are ready to give up – that is the point when you are ready to give.
Ok – that doesn’t make much sense does it?
According to Andrew Reynolds, it does. “There is a universal law of giving. If you give, you will receive back, in abundance.
BUT – you have to give from the heart – selflessly.
You need to give straight from the heart –with no expectation. According to Reynolds, you need to give because you want to share with someone – not for what it will return to you as some sort of reward for services rendered.
You can’t simply decide to give – with the ulterior motive of ‘what’s in it for me’. That simply doesn’t work with the Law of Giving.
Of course there are many people who have been successful in life – really successful Multi Millionaires who are all involved in charities – many of which they worked with before they were successful.
And there will be sceptics who sniff and say: ” it’s great for them as they can write it off against their taxes”
But unlike their money – their time isn’t a tax efficient way of giving – They give their time from their hearts – with no strings attached simply because they are nto expecting anything in return – or at least they don’t enter into the giving with the intention of getting something in return.
Most of the time, truly ‘giving’ people donate money and time – and they give from the heart.
According to Andrew Reynolds. when you give selflessly – and give from the bottom of your heart – you send out a powerful message that says: I am happy to share what I have and therefore the more I have the more I will share with others. This is the message that is picked up your subconscious mind, the universe and your higher self. For no other reason, you will find that you are then put in situations that allow you to have more because you will share more. The key to the whole Law of Giving is to give from your heart and give without expecting anything back.
We are all guilty of putting off the day – telling ourselves that we will do something in the future as ‘now is not the right time. Fight that impulse – try something right now, today. Send a gift, no matter how small – or give a little of your time today to help someone else other than yourself. If you do it from the heart – you will receive back.
What have you got to lose?
