There is another gem in the Q'uote of February 12, here, someone asks about gratitude:
"We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Gratitude is indeed a spiritual principle, my brother. The energy of gratitude contains a world of wisdom and compassion. For one is gratified not only because of the good things, so called, not only the sunny days, but the rainy days, the stormy days, the tsunami. All weathers whatsoever, all, are occasions for gratitude. Therefore, this practice is of a very high order of excellence and we commend you, my brother, for working with this principle in humility and in joy.
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Garnering to oneself the energies of thanksgiving and gratitude create for the self a tuning of the instrument that is his deepest nature, so that he may more and more be able to sound the melodies of spirit that flow through his wind instrument as he breathes, as he speaks, as he thinks, and as he acts. This attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude creates an ever uplifting energy that brings the seeker more and more into the realms of truth, that truth which cannot be spoken but which can be felt."
The practice of giving thanks has helped me a lot battling my own depressions. I heard a talk by this Indian Swami lady, she talks to university students and she tells them if they ever thought about when they go have lunch in the cafeteria - how many people have helped to make this lunch?
We usually don't think about it this way, but there is so much reason for gratitude.
For example, a glass of pickles.
the number of people who have given their labor and help, until this jar of pickles is finally in the supermarket ready to be bought is immense. You need farmers to seed, harvest, you need people to produce the vinegar, the spices, the bottles etc.
Or even when I take a walk along the riverside I give thanks. Like this one friend said, she took a walk when she was in Brasil and later someone told her "oh this was a bad neighborhood, you are lucky nothing happened to you". So I am grateful when no one attacks me or maims me on my walks lol.
Like Q'uo said (Ramana Maharshi agrees on that also) we should always give thanks. I think Ramana said something like "there is one mistake people make and that is to thank God only for the good things. We should be thankful for everything".
and it is so true!
Do you realize how much it changes the energy if you give thanks for some negative catalyst that may be occuring in your life?
It changes everything instantaneously!
Because even the negative things often turn out to be blessings in disguise.
"We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Gratitude is indeed a spiritual principle, my brother. The energy of gratitude contains a world of wisdom and compassion. For one is gratified not only because of the good things, so called, not only the sunny days, but the rainy days, the stormy days, the tsunami. All weathers whatsoever, all, are occasions for gratitude. Therefore, this practice is of a very high order of excellence and we commend you, my brother, for working with this principle in humility and in joy.
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Garnering to oneself the energies of thanksgiving and gratitude create for the self a tuning of the instrument that is his deepest nature, so that he may more and more be able to sound the melodies of spirit that flow through his wind instrument as he breathes, as he speaks, as he thinks, and as he acts. This attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude creates an ever uplifting energy that brings the seeker more and more into the realms of truth, that truth which cannot be spoken but which can be felt."
The practice of giving thanks has helped me a lot battling my own depressions. I heard a talk by this Indian Swami lady, she talks to university students and she tells them if they ever thought about when they go have lunch in the cafeteria - how many people have helped to make this lunch?
We usually don't think about it this way, but there is so much reason for gratitude.
For example, a glass of pickles.
the number of people who have given their labor and help, until this jar of pickles is finally in the supermarket ready to be bought is immense. You need farmers to seed, harvest, you need people to produce the vinegar, the spices, the bottles etc.
Or even when I take a walk along the riverside I give thanks. Like this one friend said, she took a walk when she was in Brasil and later someone told her "oh this was a bad neighborhood, you are lucky nothing happened to you". So I am grateful when no one attacks me or maims me on my walks lol.
Like Q'uo said (Ramana Maharshi agrees on that also) we should always give thanks. I think Ramana said something like "there is one mistake people make and that is to thank God only for the good things. We should be thankful for everything".
and it is so true!
Do you realize how much it changes the energy if you give thanks for some negative catalyst that may be occuring in your life?
It changes everything instantaneously!
Because even the negative things often turn out to be blessings in disguise.