We are going to use the Paramitas to be Bodhisattvas to ourselves while we try to establish this new practice goal in our lives. The first Paramita is Dana Paramita or generosity. We could look at this as the generosity of being our true selves. A willingness to part with our poverty mentality. A willingness to let go of or give up those parts of ourselves that we cling to as who we are.
Generosity is generosity of spirit.
The general feeling that you are willing to part with anything that you want to hold on to. So its a willingness to give up this idea about myself that I can't speak around people who I perceive are brighter or more competent than I am. And here we come right smack up against our clinging to our concepts of who we are. We have a great resistance to letting go of our concepts about ourselves. Giving away our used clothing or giving a quarter to a homeless person on the streets is a lot easier than giving away our ideas of who we are.