The term generosity has special meaning to the teacher of God. It is not the usual meaning of the word; in fact, it is a meaning that must be learned and learned very carefully. …To the teachers of God, it means giving away in order to keep.
The teacher of God is generous out of Self interest. This does not refer, however, to the self of which the world speaks. The teacher of God does not want anything he cannot give away, because he realizes it would be valueless to him by definition. What would he want it for? He could only lose because of it. He could not gain. Therefore he does not seek what only he could keep, because that is a guarantee of loss. He does not want to suffer. Why should he ensure himself pain? But he does want to keep for himself all things that are of God, and therefore for His Son. These are the things that belong to him. These he can give away in true generosity, protecting them forever for himself. (A Course in Miracles, M-4.VII.1:1-2,5;2)
The ego’s world is a dream of limitation in which every form is defined by its limits. Thus giving any form away must mean the giver of the form loses it. With this perception, true generosity is impossible, for giving always involves loss.
Because God’s Love is eternal and one, it is impossible to lose. It could be said that a teacher of God is a teacher of Love. A teacher of God remembers that only Love is real. His true Self is an extension of God’s Love, eternally one with Love. Love by Its nature is eternally extending Itself. Thus our true Self is always extending Love.
Each time we forgive ourselves for believing we are separate, we make way for the Love of our true Self to give of Itself. Our true Self’s generosity is innate. It is always ready to teach only Love, for that is what It is.
Let us be generous with our Love today by letting It guide our thoughts, words and actions.
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