Daily Om: Often when we practice being
thankful, we go through the process of counting our blessings,
acknowledging the wonderful people, things and places that make up our
reality. While it is fine to be grateful for the good fortune we have
accumulated, true thankfulness stems from a powerful comprehension of
the gift of simply being alive, and when we feel it, we feel it
regardless of our circumstances. In this deep state of gratitude, we
recognize the purity of the experience of being, in and of itself, and
our thankfulness is part and parcel of our awareness that we are one
with this great mystery that is life.
It is difficult for most of us to access this level of consciousness as
we are very caught up in the ups and downs of our individual experiences
in the world. The thing to remember about the world, though, is that it
ebbs and flows, expands and contracts, gives and takes, and is by its
very nature somewhat unreliable...read more>>>...