As every gift my brothers give is mine, so every gift I give belongs to me. Each one allows a past mistake to go, and leave no shadow on the holy mind my Father loves. His grace is given me in every gift a brother has received throughout all time, and past all time as well. My treasure-house is full, and angels watch its open doors, that not one gift is lost and only more are added. Let me come to where my treasures are, and enter in where I am truly welcome and at home among the gifts that God has given me.
Father, I would accept Your gifts today. I do not recognize them. Yet I trust that You Who gave them will provide the means by which I can behold them, see their worth, and cherish only them as what I want.
✨ Summary & practice
All gifts you give your brothers are your own, give without holding back.
Just as every gift your brothers make is yours, every gift you make is also yours. Giving and receiving are one and the same. In giving, you receive. In offering, you grow rich. Every gift you give a brother erases a past error, leaving no shadow on the holy mind that God loves. Divine grace is given to you in every gift received by a brother, across all time and beyond time.
The central idea is that giving is not loss but gain. You may have forgotten this, conditioned as you are by the world’s laws where giving seems to impoverish. But in God’s Kingdom, giving is the only way to have. Your treasure is full, and angels guard its open gates so no gift is lost and new ones are constantly added. What you give with love returns to you multiplied. The secret of happiness is in giving, not in holding.
This lesson complements the previous one and completes the teaching on unity. If others’ gifts belong to you, so do yours. You are not only a passive receiver; you are an active giver. And in giving, you align with God’s very nature, who only gives. Previous lessons invited you to receive; this one invites you to give. The circle is complete: giving and receiving are one.
In practice today, look for opportunities to give. Give a smile, a word of encouragement, a moment of attention. Give without expecting return, without measuring what you give. Just give, joyfully. Notice what happens within you as you give. You will feel warmth, expansion, joy that does not come from what you receive in return, but from the act of giving itself. This is proof that the gift is its own reward. At the end of the day, count your gifts, not your possessions.
In giving, you become like God. Hold nothing back today; give everything, and all will be returned to you.
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