The letter sent shivers down my spine. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS, now known as Homeland Security) was informing me I was to be deported. I had no idea why...
WISDOM LITERATURE
The chapter ends with an exhortation to readers from India and China. The Indian concepts of karma and dharma are used as a bridge between generosity and abundance and between the two philosophies, Hinduism and Taoism that have long grounded the peoples of these nations.
SUMMARY
Like a river, generosity flows without becoming depleted.
Our very existence is dependent on the generosity of others.
Kindness is present even in seemingly heartless systems.
Generosity-filled safe havens exist in unexpected places.
Our brokenness is tiny beside all that functions well.
We are all constantly deporting or importing others from or into our emotional worlds.
We always have a choice to be generous or mean-spirited.
Learning how to love those we dislike is our emotional Mt.Everest.
Generosity builds a psychological sense of abundance.
Karma and dharma link generosity and abundance.
MUSIC
REFLECTIONS
Encountering the INS was painful. Yet throughout, I experienced the kindness of strangers who helped me, not because of who I was, but because of who they were. Their spirits were stronger than the strictures prescribed by the regulations they had to implement!
The Dynamics of Deporting
Even in the midst of derailed human systems there are self-correcting forces.
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