Tithing

Tithing is a special kind of giving: it is giving with the thought of God uppermost in our minds. It can be a disciplined way to experience being a channel in the flow of giving and receiving. “Tithe” means a tenth — pure tithing is giving ten percent of your income to the source of your spiritual good.

Tithing recognizes the presence of God within as the source of all good. If a person tithes through any feeling of coercion or fear, or even habit, we miss the point. It could be giving to your church, it could be to a person, it could be to any number of things — assess where you receive your spiritual nourishment and tithe to it. Nothing builds consciousness as much as the process of giving willingly, cheerfully, lovingly, joyfully.