One of the keys of respect, and therefore of internal joy and enlightenment, is to learn to be grateful and to thank with gratitude and with proper understanding. They will certainly tell me that sometimes there is no reason to say thank you, and that it cultivates an innocent, passive and weak attitude. In truth, gratitude is everything except weakness. Open the door to superior science and knowledge. An act emanating from gratitude is always beneficial and beautiful. Not knowing how to thank does not mean strength at all, but weakness. A prisoner of his discontent falls into negative mental states that steal his strength and energy.
The expression "thank you" is not a mere polite and conventional phrase. It is, above all, a magical phrase, a sacred enchantment, a powerful mantram transmitted to all people by the great spiritual masters and their most enlightened disciples. Yes, many customs of life that we unconsciously practiced were originally instituted by beings of light who wanted to help humanity. The expression "thank you" has the power to open awareness and awaken to true wealth. Those who know how to say thank you when they fall for the tests demonstrate their internal value and their connection with a higher consciousness. Such thanks must come from a clear conscience and a perfect knowledge of the laws of life. Then he possesses the alchemical power to transform situations and mental states.
When it is said in the right way, gratitude has the virtue of purifying the earthly soul and the relationships between beings. To thank someone is to purify the atmosphere between you and that other person. Sometimes it can even heal karmic relationships and difficult situations. "Thank you" exercises a liberating power; It allows detachment, abandonment (or acceptance of things), and facilitates forgiveness. It can become a true blessing for oneself and others; it can be a wall of defense against the forces of darkness that often try to interfere in our lives to sneak up, complicate or destroy everything. Through gratitude, a firm base can also be created - one on which a useful, harmonious, rich and conscious life can be built - on the psychological aspect of life.
The virtues of gratitude are too numerous to describe; The simplest is to know them from their own experience, putting gratitude into practice. No doubt we will need a new perception of the world much more spiritual and subtle. It is in the invisible world where gratitude acquires all its dimensions. Of course, if we live without spirituality, without conscience, if we turn our backs on the invisible world, then I admit that thanking can become a weakness: for an ignorant, thanks is death. But I think we still don't get to this.
For those who are aware of their spirituality and, therefore, of the most subtle part of their being and of life, to thank is to increase the intensity of life. Discontent narrows life, while gratitude expands it, increases it, increases joy, and opens the doors of infinity, of love. Those who receive love with gratitude receive it twice, while those who are unhappy lose it. Gratitude is the art of savoring life with pleasure; It is also an intelligent acceptance and work on oneself. The little boy who receives a lot of care cannot have shelter, while he thinks he deserves everything. To live a lie is to sentence oneself to misfortunes and disappointment.
I am convinced that joy depends on our attitude in life. If your thanks contain everything that is from heaven, then it becomes a fabulous prayer and a gift of love. Who pronounces "thanks" in this way, understands that nothing on this earth belongs to him, and that everything is a gift from the superior beings who watch over him. Not even his body, his thoughts or his desires belong to him. To thank for all these blessings is to be on track to truly acquire them, and to do something positive with them. When gratitude is transformed into a prayer, it acquires the power to triumph over the dark forces and negative mental states that poison life.
More and more, the world resembles a jungle infested with insects and strange animals, to the point of finding oneself in situations where dark mental states invade consciousness and sensitivity like a cloud of mosquitoes, increasingly frequent. We no longer know how to escape these destructive states. The great gratitude "he who knows the path to the invisible upper world" can set us free. I repeat what I say, because for me the gratitude that rises to heaven with respect and gratitude is the most beautiful prayer. Now, it is the most effective prayer to get human beings out of control of dark forces and negative mental states. The word "gratitude" also means rebirth of oneself.
Finally, we must understand that we have allowed an artificial way of life that increases the development of negativity. Therefore, both in the future and in the present, internal alchemy techniques will be increasingly indispensable. Without them, it will be impossible to fight to maintain one's dignity, the treasure of the soul, the inner beauty. We must reinvent a new way of living on earth in order to recover the forces of the soul that open the doors of heaven and enlightenment. This is a necessity for the future.
When human beings carry heaven and earth within themselves, there are no negative forces that can penetrate them. Understand me well: for me discontent is a negative force. Of course there is a kind of discontent that is beneficial, because it allows us to work even more to achieve perfection, but this discontent is measured and controlled, it is a tool of creativity. I am not referring to this one, but to the one who invades the soul and leads to subservience, closing the doors to higher intelligence.
"Thank you" is a word that unites heaven and earth. When the gratitude is sincere and full of life force, it has the power to touch and wake up that intimate center that lies in the stomach and that the Japanese call the "hara". The true strength comes from the deep gratitude that touches the center of being uniting heaven and earth. Who knows how to thank the earth, finds the foundation of psychological life. The earth cleanses, purifies and heals many psychological problems, and even physical illnesses, because both are closely related.
Who knows how to thank the intelligence of heaven finds direction in his goal in life. It is a light that illuminates with true knowledge. All we need to do is get to work. Many things in our life depend on the way we direct our energies. Intelligence does not lie in digesting things as a parrot, but in the ability to understand the positive meaning of life and walk in this direction for our good, that of others, and the world. Everyone on earth must offer sincere and warm gratitude to all beings - not to the small artificial being in them, but to the Unnamable, omnipresent. The acceptance of the divine, sublime, infinite, immortal, through all human beings and through the All is the perfection of gratitude.
Now I will teach you an ancient Essenian technique.
Old Essene Exercise of Purification and Health
Stand in the midst of living nature, between heaven and earth.
Feel the earth under your feet; Feel like the earth charges you and sustains you.
Feel the infinite sky above you; It inspires you, it improves you, it elevates you.
In heaven, think about the origin of your spirit and your intelligence.
In heaven, think of the origin of your eternal soul, of the highest universal consciousness.
On earth, think about the origin of your earthly soul, in your individual consciousness.
Feel like a living union between the forces of heaven and earth, of the infinite and of what is developing.
Kneel on the ground, and with your right hand dig a small hole in the ground.
Place the two hands together on your chest (the heart of heart), in a sign of prayer and of inner union with heaven and earth within you.
In this sacred posture, allow a beautiful light, the strength, the presence of heaven, to flow through you: the omnipresent Father of all living beings. Imagine a diamond light, clear as pure water.
Bow with love on Mother Earth, and place your hands around the little hole. Bend over the earth and place your mouth in your hands.
Offer with your words to earth the gratitude of heaven to Mother Earth; Offer also the gratitude of your heart and, through it, the heart of humanity.
Pronounce the words:
Mother Earth, I offer you my thanks with all my heart, and through him the heart of all men and women. May all beings in your womb protect, nourish and bless everything that grows.
Lie down later on the earth and abandon yourself on it. May your body and soul born of her be one with Mother Earth and her hidden splendor.
Think and say:
Mother Earth, eliminate all my illnesses and my faults according to your will, so that I can receive the blessing of the divine spirit and transmit it to all living beings, according to your will. .
Stay in communion, in silence, while you let the earth purify you completely.
Get on your knees again and place your hands in front of the solar rose of the heart.
Think of your spirit, feel your soul, and say with your life force:
With love and gratitude, I offer you my loving gratitude full of light.
To Mother Earth, thank you;
to the water of life, thanks;
to the beautiful air, thanks;
to the sacred fire, thank you;
to the minerals, thanks;
to the plants, thanks;
to the animals, thanks;
to humanity that walks the path of evolution, thank you;
to all the angels, thank you;
to the cosmic intelligence that created my thought, thank you;
to the ocean of love that created my sensibility, thank you;
to the universal life that permeated my future with the seed of individuality, thanks;
To all the beings in the world, I thank in him, the only Source that unifies all beings in their origin and purpose.
Cross your arms over your chest, bend your head slightly, and say the closing word: Amen .
Then, refill the hole you dug to talk to the Mother of the world.
Through the practice of these exercises, which are fully compatible with our contemporary life, you will notice that you receive a force of balance and harmony that allows you to be more balanced and be yourself in life. The gratitude technique allows one to develop a greater sensitivity towards the higher world. It is not an unhealthy sentimentality, but an awakening that comes from greater clarity, more strength, more goodness. Our life is our life. It is we who have to live it, nobody else. But it is obvious that to live life in a harmonious way, we need strength and lucidity. The gratitude technique allows us to obtain this, and even more.
One generally feels fear of sensitivity, because he thinks that the more sensitive a person is, the more unhappy and sick he will be. Of course, if gratitude is not expressed in the right way, it can make you sick, because the energies are not directed towards the spirit of heaven, but remain unconscious and too personal. Who thinks that he or she is the center of the world, when he thanks only expresses an educated and conventional dead phrase, to hide the true being that he or she is, by pure appearance.
True gratitude opens the perception of beauty, wisdom, greatness and love. If a human being no longer perceives the reality of the omnipresent higher world, he is lost. It is only a matter of time before the fall is inevitable. Only the correct cultivation of greater sensitivity can lead humanity towards a true evolution of light and harmony, and allow it to overcome all trials and temptations.
A source of well-being and of great benefit to life is to offer oneself moments of solitude in which harmony and original goodness can be cultivated calmly and quietly, and when the magical phrase of great gratitude can be pronounced. Then we can share this with others through simple acts, friendly words, warm smiles full of light that come from a world where the human reigns.
Olivier Manitara
