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什么是真正的布施，或，你是否有一个“精神等式”？

　　　　　　　

发布时间：2008年05月28日
来源：摘自《历史上最伟大的赚钱秘密》   作者：Joe Vitale，畅销书《精神营销》作者
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What is True Giving? Or, Do Your

Have An "Equation Mentality" ?

　

I just got off the phone with my dear friend, Dr. Paul Hartunian, publicity genius, philanthropist and true lover of dogs.

I asked Paul about giving and how he saw it working in his own life and with his own personal cause. That's when he told me something truly eye-opening.

"Too many people make an equation out of giving," he said. "They give some money and then wait for it to come back to them ten-fold. That, to me, is not true giving."

This was a shocking statement to me.

"What is true giving then?" I asked.

"I believe true giving is done anonymously," Paul explained. "If someone gives a million dollars to a foundation because they are going to have a building named after them, then that is trading, not giving."

Paul was bringing up a valid point.

I remember a time when someone e-mailed me, asking what they should do if they try to give money to their friends and it's refused. I remember thinking, Why do your friends have to know it's coming from you? Can't you give in secret?

Paul went on to tell me something even more fascinating.

"I think the secret to giving is in not caring if it comes back to you or not," he explained. "Once you don't care, you're in the flow."

Ah, yes!

That's the secret!

Give without expecting return --- give because your heart moves you to give --- give because it's your joy to give --- and you're in the flow of life itself.

"All I can say is that maybe the Cosmos handles the rest," Paul told me. "I've been blessed in my life but I didn't give to be blessed. The cosmos just took care of me."

I love how Paul Hartunian explained all of this to me. He gave such a practical, level-headed view of giving.

"I have no problem with someone being recognized for giving," he added. "But if you give because you want recognition or you expect a ten-fold return, then you're not giving, you're calculating."

Paul walks his talk. Around Christmas of 2002 he sent me an email and asked if I had anything of a spiritual nature he could give to the readers of his e-newsletter. He said he always gave them publicity and money-making advice. Now he wanted to give them something spiritual.

I suggested he let his fans read the e-book version of my #1 best-seller, Spiritual Marketing. I told him anyone could read the eversion online at http://www.mrfire.com/spirit

Paul let his readers know. He was very generous to do so. After all, he didn't make a dime off my book and never would from this endorsement. He was simply giving.

Now the punch line here is that Paul had, at that time, about 76,000 readers. That meant his gift (and my gift, too) touched a lot of lives. Paul gave from his heart. I gave from my heart. How this will come back to us, no one knows --- except maybe the Cosmos.

Are you giving?

"The law of prosperity, whose first action is giving, comes so close into the heart of being that we can scarcely expect to weigh and balance it by numbers and calculations...We must give without expectation of return."

-- Ernest C. Wilson, The Great Physician


什么是真正的布施，或，

你是否有一个“精神等式”？

　

我刚刚和我的一个亲爱的朋友，Dr. Paul Hartunian 通过电话；Paul Hartunian 博士是一个新闻天才，慈善家和一个真诚的爱狗者。

我问 Paul 关于布施的看法，以及布施如何影响他自己的生活和事业。他的回答令我大开眼界。

“很多人都有一个‘布施等式’，”他说，“他们布施出去一些钱，然后等着这些钱变成原来的十倍再回来。对我来说，这不是真正的布施。”

这真是一个令我震惊的论断。

“那什么才是真正的布施呢？”我问。

“我认为，真正的布施是不为人知的，”Paul 解释说。“如果有人布施给一个基金会100万美元，因为该基金会将建设一座以他的名字命名的大厦，那么这就不是布施，这是交易。”

Paul 说的很有道理。

我记得有人曾经给我来电子邮件，问我，当他们想帮助自己的朋友并布施金钱的时候，这位朋友却谢绝了他。他们问我遇到这样的情况应该如何处理。我当时想：为什么你要让你的朋友知道，他得到的金钱资助是来自于你的呢？为什么你不能悄悄的去布施呢？

Paul 继续为我说了一些更为有意思的事。

“我认为，布施的秘密就在于，你要完全不去想你的布施是否能获得回报。”他解释道。“一旦你这样做了，你就和宇宙的潮流一致了。”

啊！对了！

这就是秘密！

布施而不期待回报 —— 布施因为你的心催促着你 —— 布施，因为你乐于布施 —— 而你就会进入生命之流。

“我要说的是：也许这个宇宙会处理所有的其他事情的，”Paul 告诉我。“我的一生都蒙佑护，但我并不是以布施来换取佑护。宇宙自然会照顾我的。”

我非常喜爱 Paul Hartunian 的这番道理。它给了我一个关于布施的实际的、清醒的理解。

“有些人以布施而闻名，这没有什么不对，”他说，“但是如果你是为了出名，或者是为了十倍的回报，那你就不是在布施，你是在‘算计’。”

Paul 实践了他自己的理论。2002年圣诞节的时候，他给我来了一封Email，问我是否有一些有关精神修养领域的材料，可以提供给他的电子通讯的读者们阅读。他说他以前经常给读者们各种公众信息和赚钱建议，现在他想提供一些精神领域的东西。

我建议他让他的读者们看看我的排行第一的畅销书——《精神营销》的电子版本。我告诉他，任何人都可以在线阅读：http://www.mrfire.com/spirit

Paul 告知他的读者这一消息——他真是慷慨，因为他从中没有赚到一分钱，也不会因为这个推荐获得任何利益。他只是布施。

这个事件的妙处在于：Paul 的电子通讯有大约76,000读者。这意味着他的礼物（当然也是我的礼物）会触及这么多的生命。Paul 发自内心的布施，我也是发自内心的布施，这些布施将会获得如何的回报，没有人知道 —— 也许只有宇宙知道。

你布施了吗？

“富足的定律（其第一行动是布施），来自人的心灵深处，以至于我们很难衡量和算计其数量和结果... 我们必须布施而不期待回报。”

　　-- Ernest C. Wilson, 《伟大的医师》

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