Gratitude is an exceptional quality that should be an integral part of every person. You know that nothing in this manifested world can be received without first giving something. And this balance is astonishingly precise – gram for gram. However, gratitude is the one thing that allows you to receive without giving anything in return.
Think of it as a high-level alchemical mechanism, a deep mystery. You send a “mystical alchemical code” toward the source. And this mechanism exists only to create, give, and offer. It activates in its very essence. It awakens, joyful that someone remembered to set it in motion – because that is its nature. It connects through the infinity symbol, and through this mechanism, it begins to interact with the point where the activation originated (that point is you, in prayer or meditation.)
This initiates a cosmic play of consciousness that flows from you to it, in gratitude. And from it back to you – bringing you new possibilities, potentials, and challenges. All of it precisely what you need.
How? Through the principle of unity. When you deeply connect with ‘it’, there is no difference between ‘it’ and you. All is one, and one is all. You surrender: “Lead my way!”
Close your eyes, relax deeply, park your senses, and disconnect from this manifested world. Open your heart, raise your spiritual eyes and consciousness, and connect high to the source. See it, feel it, and bond with it.
Actively, with the deepest feeling of love, begin to give thanks. Yes, give thanks for everything you carry within you. Gratitude has a multidimensional nature. But now, it is best to focus on this cycle that is coming to an end. Now is the time to give thanks for the passing year.
In this unity with the source, re-live within yourself the most powerful moments of this year. Let them play on your mental screen like a movie both the joyful ones and the other ones as well. As they flow, direct them toward the source. Guide them to the source with the energy of gratitude. Let gratitude from all these experiences carry them to merge with the purity of the source into pure love. Back to where they came from, to serve your spiritual growth.
In this way, you achieve two things: you release burdens that have fulfilled their purpose, and you create space for new experiences. The process is automatic – you let go of old experiences, sending them to the source with gratitude.
By doing so, you initiate a process that immediately begins to create new experiences to carry you forward. They are already on their way.
Be grateful! This is the time to do it, in these final days of the year.
A deep bow to you,
Sensei