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to Connie read this introduction
Generosity Incorporated is a unique publishing company, created to produce and market the works of author and spiritual teacher Connie Kaplan, as well as other products which stem from these works. We are a privately-held, self-capitalized corporation. We reside in eleven cities and rural communities across the United States. |
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We are also a devoted spiritual community, mutually committed to the interdependent practice inspired by the teachings put forward in our books, CDs and related products. (Please click here to read about our spiritual practice.) Our uniqueness in the corporate world stems from our unusual emergence. Recently seventeen of us gathered for our annual retreat. In the midst of rocking, knitting, beading and chatting one peaceful afternoon, we came to a realization. In the years we'd studied and practiced together, each of us had experienced profound transformation in her worldview, thought patterns, capacity for compassion, and ability to love. |
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Although we have an extensive network of brother and sister practitioners located all over the world, we expressed to each other how deeply we longed to share the benefits of our work with a much larger audience. Yet we also confessed how limited we felt in our ability to do so. How could a small spiritual group impact the world? Thankfully, in that moment the principle of Generosity blasted its way through our shield of littleness and into our hearts. We realized that we were our own best resources. |
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We have in our ranks three published authors, several artists, an entrepreneur, an attorney, a financial specialist, a book designer, an editor, and a publicist. Added together, we have 475 years of professional experience. Most importantly, our product has already been tested, as each of us has worked extensively with this material, and our desire to extend it to a larger community stems from our own acquaintance with its power. We could impact the world by giving what we have received back to the world. |
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By the end of that retreat, we had formed a new company. We became our own shareholders so that we wouldn't need to gather funds before we could start giving. In a sense, we are a backwards corporation. We materialized out of an already-bonded group. Except for a few special needs, we didn't have to go to outside sources for expertise or capital. And our desire to give is, in this instance, much larger than our desire to receive. |
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| We named ourselves Generosity Incorporated because a large part of our theology involves embodying (incorporating) the spiritual principle of Generosity. When one's worldview encompasses balance between giving and receiving, greed and competition for "more" disappear. In their place a fervor for acts of loving kindness materializes. | ||
