Certain portions of text taken from “Your Hands Can Heal You,” by Master Stephen Co and Eric B. Robbins, M.D. The author of this blog's humble personal interpretations of the materials are printed in light grey text so as to preserve the materials from the book exactly as they have been written.
Karma is the unbreakable cosmic law of cause and effect. It maintains that if you perform good actions or deeds, they return to you in some positive or favorable form. Some question the validity of karma as a universal principle because they do not always see the law applied in the way they’d like ore expect. They observe that many “bad” people are outwardly successful or happy, while many “good” or “innocent” people are suffering. But we often lack the wisdom and insight to see through the appearances of this physical world. Just because we don’t see immediate punishment in this world for “bad” deeds and immediate reward for “good” doesn’t invalidate the law of karma. The law of karma is unbreakable and unchangeable.
An especially powerful method of utilizing the law of karma to improve your life and your finances, and a very effective way to neutralize negative karma, is tithing. In its strict dictionary definition, tithing means giving a tenth of one’s earnings to the church. In a more general sense, however, it means contributing whatever amount of money you can to good and worthy causes. As you give and share generously of yourself and your resources, that generosity will be returned to you in kind. If you donate $100 to a charity, at some point in the future $100 in good karma credit or value will return to you. This karmic credit may take the form of money, success in some venture, good health for you, or something else of comparable value that you may need or want.
If you wish to make tithing a regular part of your financial- and spiritual-development routine, here are some guidelines:
Amount. Ten percent of your income, after taxes, is the “standard” recommendation; however, this is not feasible for everyone. You can start with a smaller percentage and work your way up to 10 percent.
Proper tithing beneficiaries. It is good to tithe to organizations that help people in great need. It is also good to give money or money equivalents (gifts) to people or organizations that have directly contributed to your physical, emotional, spiritual, or financial well-being. Online web sites like www.charitynavigator.org may help you evaluate and assess a specific beneficiary to better understand what percent of your donation will go directly to those in need versus what percent will go to administrative fees and overhead costs. For GMCKS’ charitable organizations, no management salaries are paid and less than one percent of all proceeds are dedicated to operating expenses.
Frequency. Some people tithe a full year in advance; others write checks monthly or every two or three months. There is no karmically best way to tithe with regard to frequency, however, some prefer to tithe monthly to build a regular routine.
With the money in your hands say to yourself outloud with sincere intent that you are grateful for the opportunity to serve, the you intend that this donation help as many people as possible, and that you wish it to generate much good karma for you and your family (if applicable). Include in your prayer also your wish that this donation offset or “work out” any bad karma that you may have incurred, and that it generate good karma that will be applied to your financial health, prosperity and abundance.
In times of financial instability or uncertainty, it is wise to do our parts to continue being of service to others who are enduring greater hardships than that which we might be going through. By tithing and donating a portion of our incomes, we create the "space" to attract even greater levels of prosperity and abundance.
Free Counter
No comments:
Post a Comment