Grateful for Rumi

 

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange

pull of what you really love.

It will not lead you astray.

Jalaluddin Rumi
Essential Rumi, versions by Coleman Barks

Gratitude is an Antidote to Greed (Aided by Meditation)

Anatoly Petrenko - Gratitude is an antidote of greed - which never lets you rest and experience abundance.

Ron Alexander Thanks Anatoly Petrenko, you are such an inspiration. I imagine your Outdoor Healing work includes a lot of hiking and climbing?

Anatoly Petrenko Yes, Ron. Yet whole life is a practice no matter what your body is doing. Fine tuning awareness of present moment thinking is the goal. To get a taste of it, sometimes is necessary to isolate from compulsions of tasks and reshuffle priorities.
From a perspective of a calm mind vistas appear much clearer!

Ra Divakar Yes Sir! Every day, every hour, every moment (there are 60 seconds in a "moment", so I do take some breaks - a few seconds anyway - lol)

Ron Alexander In other words, Anatoly Petrenko, meditation is an awesome practice for

 incorporating gratitude?

Anatoly Petrenko We're meditating all the time. What we're meditating on is up to us to notice. A TV commercial is a form of meditation, since it is repeatedly broadcast with intention to be set in in the mind of a viewer.
If you intentionally meditate on gratitude, you will create an effect mirrored in physical phenomena — a deeper satisfaction with your place in the world and a line of destiny that you draw on the canvas of your universe.

Gratitude Mantra for the Day

Gratitude is the sweet fragrance of an opening heart.

Aine Belton (gratefulness.org)

Todays' Gratitude Mantra -  My gratitude walk mantra:

With Breath I walk in gratitude.
With Briskness I walk in gratitude.
With Healing I walk in gratitude.
With Success I walk in gratitude.
With Certitude I walk in gratitude.

appreciation for all things at all times aids in being able to find the life enhancing in any situation. thank you Ron and Ra. gratefulness cultivated results in unconditional love. (in mho)

Betty Allgrim  - "in daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy" - David Steindl-Rast

 

 

GRATEFULNESS, THE HEART OF PRAYER

I highly recommend this book. Although listed as Christian, Brother David is a fav. of the Zen Buddhists also. In fact, I went to a lecture of his at a Zen Monastery in Ca. (Green Gulch). The Zens love his... simplicity and beautiful aura. He has a very simple Jesus Mantra meditation, he teaches too.
There is a fabulous website dedicated to his work called Gratefulness.Org.

A monk reflects on the many aspects of the spiritual life with the basic attitude of gratefulness.
"A true delight." —Henri J. M. Nouwen

By the way to "look inside" go to Amazon.

Thanks dear One, Read GRATEFULNESS, THE HEART OF PRAYER & go to gratefulness.org to understand more about the power of gratitude! It has really been working for me - Stay in gratitude & One is "Praying without ceasing."

Ron Alexander Let's keep sending gratitude and appreciation around the world - "lengthening the unending, golden chain of connections-in-goodness that stretches across the world."
Anatoly Petrenko - This is a great activity Ron! And I dearly appreciate the pure intention behind it — that is to increase positive thinking of faith in ones mind which results in the experience of genuine happiness. Thank you! _/♥\_
Betty Grimm shared - "in daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy" - David Steindl-Rast

The Key to Unconditional Love

The key to love is to love unconditionally without expectations of reciprocation. This can and will make many people uncomfortable because they believe in conditional love and don’t know how to handle unconditional love. They can learn but the process starts within ourselves as we learn we may be the key to others doing the same, but it need not change our choice to love unconditionally.
When you ...are truly accepting and loving of yourself, your energy vibrates at a higher frequency, and people definitely notice this shift, even if they can't see it, they can feel the difference. You attract new people, situation, and relationships into your life. When you love yourself, you invite others in to love you and take the journey with you! Treat yourself well, love self, and then see others follow your lead."

Walking in Gratitude (A Key to Happiness)

Walking in Gratitude at Sunrise
With Beauty I walk with gratitude
With Joy I walk with gratitude
With Peace I walk with gratitude
With Love I walk with gratitude
With Life I walk with gratitude
With Breathe I walk with gratitude

With Attitude, I walk with gratitude.

Thanks dear One, Read GRATEFULNESS, THE HEART OF PRAYER & go to gratefulness.org to understand more about the power of gratitude! It has really been working for me - Stay in gratitude & One is "Praying without ceasing."

Ron Alexander Let's keep sending gratitude and appreciation around the world - "lengthening the unending, golden chain of connections-in-goodness that stretches across the world."
Anatoly Petrenko - This is a great activity Ron! And I dearly appreciate the pure intention behind it — that is to increase positive thinking of faith in ones mind which results in the experience of genuine happiness. Thank you! _/♥\_
Betty Grimm shared - "in daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy" - David Steindl-Rast

I Am So Grateful for Each and Every One of You

Recipients of our appreciation are apt to express their own gratitude to others, lengthening the unending, golden chain of connections-in-goodness that stretches across the world.

Mary Ford Grabowsky
The Way of Mary (gratefulness.org)

— with Jude Wecker.

Ron Alexander Let's keep sending gratitude and appreciation around the world - "lengthening the unending, golden chain of connections-in-goodness that stretches across the world."
Anatoly Petrenko - This is a great activity Ron! And I dearly appreciate the pure intention behind it — that is to increase positive thinking of faith in ones mind which results in the experience of genuine happiness. Thank you! _/♥\_