GRATITUDE PART 2

Here we are. Discussing Gratitude once again .

Gratitude once takes place in our hearts changes our lives and fill it with blessings only. Since Gratitude make us see that everything, even our so called pain was a blessing in disguise. One thing which we can other wise never see or acknowledge or even understand.

From a scientific point of view,  gratitude is a high frequency emotion state, and as Rhonda Byrne of “The Secret” says, it’s second only to LOVE  on the emotion scale of mental and emotional frequency states.

Frequency !!! We never thought about Gratitude in this connection ever !! Did we ??
No ! Never. Let's explore this further ....

Emily Egnew Tells us ---

Why is gratitude central to a close spiritual connection?  One answer is, that the realm of spirit exists at a high level of vibration, and a state of Gratitude matches this vibration, allowing you to “tune in” to the frequency of spirit. It can be helpful to think this way, but it is not the whole truth.

In truth, Gratitude IS spirit. Spirit is the energy of Divine LOVE, and Gratitude is one form of that Love.  It is like Light.

A daily effort at Gratitude is a key part of a proactive approach to spiritual connection. In any given moment, your ability to accept “what is”, and to express Gratitude for it, is a perfect indicator of your openness to spiritual connection. If you are already feeling loving, cheerful, and grateful, great!  You are connected to spirit…now you can do your best to live the guidance you are receiving. But if I’m feeling cranky, resistant, depressed, or resentful, then my efforts to express conditional Gratitude will immediately reveal what is blocking me from a full, unhampered expression of Gratitude.

As you move towards being more and more proactive about staying connected to spirit, you’ll find these practices cut right to the heart of the matter.  There’s nothing more important than staying connected to the flow of the divine. You can use these practices to take responsibility for the free flow through you of this energy, in the form of Gratitude.    ----  Emily Agnew

Once we have decided that living a spirit-connected life is our highest priority, we begin to organize what we think, what we say, and what we do, in order to live that priority.  We become less reactive, and more proactive. Being proactive means we accept that we are 100% responsible for the state of our spiritual life and connection. As we begin to perceive the central role of Gratitude in a spirit-focused life, our desire to nurture Gratitude in ourself will increase.

In nut shell...

Or in easy language... 

We know that connecting to that celestial music which is vibrating through whole universe is our priority. And Gratitude brings us more quickly closer to that Divine Power. Once we understand this , though it takes us long time to understand the power of Gratitude...

But once we understand this... we will strive more harder to stay in the state of Gratitude... 

 Because as we know now ....  Gratitude is a dynamic tool of transformation.

Let's just end with a story ...

About that situation in life.. which we will all agree is hard time to bear ..

When the late John Claypool lost his ten-year-old daughter to leukemia, gratitude was the only way he survived. He tells about that experience in his profound book, Tracks of a Fellow Struggler. After his daughter's death, John walked down three different paths. The first path was to say, "Well, it was just GOD's will. I have to accept it." But that was not helpful. He could not believe that GOD willed ten-year-old girls to die of leukemia. A second path was to try to find an intellectual answer as to why this happened. He tried to make sense of it. But that didn't work either. His daughter's death didn't make any sense. Finally, John walked the path of gratitude. He realized that life is a gift. We are not entitled to it. That we have any life at all is pure gift and pure grace. Therefore, John chose to be thankful for the ten good years they had together rather than being consumed with resentment for the years he did not have with her. This path of gratitude wasn't easy, but it was the only path which offered any help.

Now there are two stories before us. And the truth of spiritual power of Gratitude in front of us. Agreed it is hard for us to feel Gratitude in adverse circumstances for now. But as John Claypool tells us. That only Gratitude has any power to help our soul. We definitely can begin from here and reach to that place where we can offer our Gratitude filled heart and soul to GOD like that porter, in above story. 

AND THEN WE WILL OUR SELF SEE THE DYNAMISM OF GRATITUDE... 

Coz you see ... it is even whispered by THE MYSTICS ... that more Grateful we are ... more our Gratitude makes HIM draw closer to us ....

AND THAT YOU SEE IS THE ULTIMATE POWER OF GRATITUDE IN MY OPINION ....

And then what is there not to be grateful about ???

GURU NANAK JI says... The ONE who has given us ten things, we complain to HIM for one which is not given to us. If HE who denies us that one thing, see it fit to deny us other ten things as well .... Then do we have any power to change HIS will ???

Nope..

Why not just be grateful for everything HE sees fit to give us. For HE is the giver, and we mere beggars..... Plus....

Plus just ask HIM from HIM ... if we need to ask anything at all....

Peace and Bliss to All ... Roohi ..

 

 
 
 

THE POWER OF GRATITUDE ---

Let us start with one story --

At the time of BUDDHA, there lived an old beggar woman. She used to watch the kings, princes, and people making offerings to BUDDHA, and there was nothing she would have liked more than to be able to do the same. So she went out begging, but at the end of a whole day all she had was one small coin. She took it to the oil-merchant to try to buy some oil. He told her that she could not possibly buy anything with so little. But when he heard that she wanted it to make an offering to BUDDHA, he took pity on her and gave her the oil she wanted. She took it to the monastery, where she lit a lamp. She placed it before BUDHHA --“I have nothing to offer but this tiny lamp. But through this offering I want to express my Gratitude for everything that YOU have given to me in this life.”

That night the oil in all the other lamps went out. But the beggar woman’s lamp was still burning at dawn, when BUDDHA’s disciple Maudgalyayana came to collect all the lamps. When he saw that one was still alight, full of oil and with a new wick, he thought, “There’s no reason why this lamp should still be burning in the day time,” and he tried to blow it out. But it kept on burning. He tried to snuff it out with his fingers, but it stayed alight. He tried to smother it with his robe, but still it burned on. The BUDDHA had been watching all along, and said, “Maudgalyayana, do you want to put out that lamp? You cannot. You cannot even move it, let alone put it out. If you were to pour the water from all ocean over this lamp, it still wouldn’t go out. The water in all the rivers and the lakes of the world could not extinguish it. Why not? Because this lamp has been offered with genuine Gratitude in heart. The light of genuine Gratitude can’t be extinguished so easily.

MASTER keeps telling us in HIS satsangs... that one only need to say Shukar Hai Shukar Hai ( Thank YOU , Thank YOU ) with every breath. And if we spend a life time saying Thanks with every breath, it still wont ever be enough to thank our Benevolent FATHER.

Meister Eckhart once said -
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is "thank you," it will be enough.

In fact we do have strongest reason to Thank HIM in our every breath. As we go through many of PERFECT MASTERS sayings we will realize that this Human body is because of HIS grace. In this body meeting A PERFECT MASTER is HIS grace. Having met HIM, when we receive HIS invitation to be with HIM forever ... is HIS biggest grace. None of these things we can acquire through our own efforts. And this invitation is a surety -- that we will one day understand the reality of this illusion. We will one day on our own want to leave this illusion of joy plus sorrows. And we will one day holding HIS hand finally leave it all behind....

What more can anyone hope or wish for ? That is enough reason to be thankful for.... Isn't it ?

HOW MANY OF US OFFER SUCH GRATITUDE TO LORD WHO HAS GIVEN US EVERYTHING. THAT OLD WOMAN, POOR THAT SHE WAS, HAD LOT’S TO COMPLAIN. SHOULD SHE CHOOSE TO DO. YET SHE OFFERED HER GRATITUDE. FOR ALL THAT LORD HAS BESTOWED ON HER. AND WE WHO REALLY HAVE SO MUCH, CHOOSE TO ONLY COMPLAIN.

 THINK OVER THIS. IT IS SAID—WHEN DISCIPLE’S HEART IS FULL OF GENUINE GRATITUDE , MASTER CAN WORK FASTER ON THAT RECEPTIVE HEART.

And this is what we will talk about in our next part about GRATITUDE ...

For today let's just think about the depth of debt that we owe HIM ... And about how to ever be able to Thank HIM enough ----