My Greed: A Gratitude filled life!!

I dream of a world filled with so much gratitude, that when a problem arrives… and we know it will, we use the power of a Grateful Knowing instead of Hateful Showing. For generations before us, there have been issues and hurt… there has also been a deep awareness of faith!!

We speak of a deep faith, yet, when a problem arrives, we move to a place of judgment and live from the energy it creates within us. That energy is becoming a greater reality and we are of the impression, that these external circumstances are OUTSIDE ourselves!! We don’t even have the slightest inkling of HOW we contribute to CREATING this energy.

Shrink your universe and you’ll know, that often, your THOUGHT, which is in REACTION to your ABSORBING of ENERGY these circumstances create… is the big “YES” you send into the universe to either punish the offenders or defend the oppressed! It is easy to get drawn into the world drama of how “THE END IS NEAR” and the signs we see all tell us it is TRUE!! Yet, the ONLY one who can change it all my dear friend is YOU!!!

I have found it difficult myself to STOP long enough to choose a thought forward, with PRACTICE however, it is possible to find a more grateful stance to a vibration that causes us to be drawn to a more hateful disposition.

It isn’t easy, I must admit, to CLOSE out the BAD and FOCUS on the GOOD alone!! Then again, when you follow your dreams… the negatives are often the force that assists you in Marching FORWARD with more confidence? The power of positive projection, comes from a regular practice of Gratitude. In order for YOU to stay practicing, you invite many challenges that are quite the opposite, instead of looking at them as BLOCKS, recognise them as “PRACTICE SESSIONS”

I remember, last year, when I created Santa Workshop… I had many people who reminded me, that it was a mad effort, some told me it is impossible, could have legal implications. Some saw it as a “MONEY MAKING RACKET” and still others kept projecting it as a CHARITY event. In my heart, I knew, that the INTENT was to spread a little gratitude to those who aren’t often RECOGNISED as vital contributors to our everyday life. I kept THANKING for every little N.U.D.G.E in the direction of completion. I felt ALONE and I cried… I cried to JESUS… knowing that this was a test of my INTENT. I received the KNOWLEDGE that ONLY THOSE with MATCHING INTENT, would find their way to the project. Had the REJECTIONS affected my INTENT, maybe, today, SANTA WORKSHOP would still only be an IDEA!! I KNEW the INTENT was pure and from the purity of intent, the project drew unto itself, Dedicated.Enthusiastic.Empowered.Positive people and results. I knew in my heart… that this is exactly what we had set out to achieve… and it was bettered with GOD’s grace.

I had to think of all the sources that brought me to “DOUBT”, make a CHOICE to let them STRAY or STAY and ASK for DIVINE INTELLIGENCE to guide my next steps. COMMITTING the project to GRATITUDE was all it took to START!! So, practically, GOD gave me an experience, of GRATITUDE in ACTION!!

Gratitude, comes with a plethora of CHALLENGES to CHOOSE from and it is UPTO YOU… to make that CHOICE. The question I’ve often heard in my head in a CHALLENGE is… HOW CAN I BE GRATEFUL FOR THIS? I feel the void the challenge creates and sometimes it can be an abyss!! I recognise that the CHOICE I make will determine the OUTCOME… and so, I retreat into the KNOWINGNESS that GOD HAS ME COVERED… and ASK GOD, for GUIDANCE! Then I THANK with all my heart… for the KNOWING of the PAIN and the EXCITEMENT that GOD is going to respond to me!!! It all happens in GOD’S TIME… and everything is SET IN PLACE for me to CELEBRATE, COMPLETION.

There are also times, when I am super excited about something, I know that I am meant to take a step… yet, my DOUBTS are sometimes far stronger… I spend time in GRATITUDE for the DOUBTS… for GRATITUDE is REVEALING to me through my DOUBT, that I may have LEFT OUT someone or something that I should’ve considered as part of my GRATITUDE!! DOUBTS, are GOD’S way of making us AWARE, that this particular issue/situation has another possible CHOICE, that we haven’t taken into consideration. To WAIT for GUIDANCE and have FAITH that GOD is orchestrating the PERFECT result, for the BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME!! Last year, when we were finding a home for Santa Workshop, I remember, wanting to finalise a place in Chattarpur, which, till 4 days before, in my mind was the perfect place… yet, when I did go to meet the personnel, I felt out of alignment, out of Gratitude… I remember, walking out of the meeting and knowing for sure… that I didn’t want our Santa Workshop to be in that space… Suddenly… Santa Workshop didn’t have a HOME!! I prayed that night, knowing GOD had a better plan… and I felt the LOVE OF GOD, embrace me… letting me know, that he is leading me… and the next morning, I met Fr. Stanley…. and Santa Workshop had a home… Yusuf Sadan

I feel like the whole world could do with a little Gratitude and this is only possible once we can begin to see how Gratitude is working in our lives… WE really do need to get a little GREEDY for GRATITUDE!!!

Today, all I ask you to do… is to look back at your entire life… and take a note of MOMENTS YOU are GRATEFUL FOR.. and WANT MORE!!!

The Co-Inspired Life: “Reverse Gratitude”

I had a very high vibration experience, with what I now choose to call “Reverse Gratitude” on three different occasions in the last couple of weeks. The sense of balancing life’s events that once were painful memories… that I have decided that I can now share it with YOU.

How, every incident/Occurrence in our lives is meant for a purpose, to teach us something. More often than not… if we haven’t reached the lesson, acknowledged and accepted the purpose the incident was meant to serve… we continue hurting. And we all don’t really want to hurt.. now… or in the future!! Do we?

Then again, to be able to acknowledge it, we must bring to our awareness the truth of the WHY of the event. The truth, can only be revealed when we accept it as an event in which we can find a reason to be grateful for the occurrence. Some memories, have multiple WHY’s… each WHY a lesson!! So, while I prepare a whole technique, which you will be able to read in “The Co-Inspired Life”, my second book!! Here’s a pilot… to help you help me by Co-Inspiring the COMPLETE “Reverse Gratitude” module!!

Here’s how to begin the process

1) Do this when you have 21 minutes of YOU time OR you have a partner you can do this with, sharing with someone, can bring up even more powerful memories of Gratitude!

2) Think about a which area of your life you would like to heal the past  of to create a brand new experience NOW:

a) Relationships b) Profession c) Social d) Family e) Finances f) Personal etc..

3) Now find one THOUGHT that makes you feel a sense of gratitude. Let’s take RELATIONSHIPS… You could choose one particular relationship… or a community relationship. Even if the memories hurt… and they will… find ONE MEMORY from all of them that does make you smile. Just ONE

RIGHT NOW I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR________

4) Now begin to trace backwards… all the events that led to this MOMENT of Gratitude!!

a) who introduced you… there maybe multiple sources… through whom you met!! Express your Gratitude to those people… events… memories.

5) How did you meet those people… who introduced you?? go back… to that moment… you’ll find it amusing that your memories… will take you places People, events, moments…  that will make you smile.

6) As you continue to “thank in reverse order” you will realise, that some of the events you ONCE found painful to remember… are really the KEY events that you did not connect with as part of your gratitude.

7) Keep asking yourself questions as you float backwards with Gratitude. Here are some that can help you dig deeper :

a) What was happening in that memory? and thank for it.

b) Who was in this memory with me? and be grateful for them.

c) How did I get to this particular memory? what happened that led to this particular event? and be grateful for the trigger!!! 

To cut the story short… so that you can begin your own “REVERSE GRATITUDE” …. here’s what I am most Grateful for RIGHT NOW in my life….

If my parents hadn’t SEPARATED when I was 5… I wouldn’t have been here… sharing this phenomenal technique with you  

Here’s wishing you HEALING and LOVE… think and thank… the past has a purpose… and your NOW is WITNESS of it!!

Learning to G.I.V.E anew!!

We often struggle with the word G.I.V.E… I know I do!!

give, gave, will give, have given, give of, give from, give my, give to, give, keep giving, give up, give in, give away, give out, give way, give a, give _______!!!

When Gratitude invites us to a deeper understanding of the power of G.I.V.E, we begin to see a new point of WE YOU (view) from which to create again.

G for Gratitude

Giving begins with “G”… goodness, grace, gift, gentleness… the most potent of all the G words… “Gratitude”. When we give from our Gratitude, we must be aware of that which we are grateful for, FIRST, in our own lives before we can GIVE of it!

Step 1: Make a list of all that YOU are grateful for. First thought forward are the TANGIBLES…

That which you can see and are pleased. In yourself, in your immediate surroundings, in your workspace, in your social space, in your country, in your continent, in the world. 

That which you can hear and are pleased. That which you say and hear of yourself and others, in your immediate surroundings, in your workplace, in your social space, in your country, in your continent, in the world.

That which you can touch and are pleased. That which you can touch and feel, in your immediate surroundings, in your workplace, in your social space, in your country, in your continent, in the world.

That which you can taste and are pleased. That which you consume in thought word and deed, in your immediate surroundings, in your workplace, in your social space, in your country, in your continent, in the world.

That which you can smell and are pleased. That which you can smell of, in your immediate surroundings, in your workplace, in your social space, in your country, in your continent, in the world.

G.I. :Gratitude.Inspired

When this list is exhausted… you will be led… to what we all know is the 6th sense (a beautiful resource on the understanding is discovered. Would encourage you to read some more by following the link). The INTANGIBLE!! The beautiful space of KNOWING beyond the 5 senses… this is developed only in the presence of the deeper gratitude for the TANGIBLE!! For the IN-TANGIBLE… lies within the Tangible and yet is a beautiful vibration of it’s own… it’s the space where you begin to understand the WHY of creation!!

Tapping in to the 6th sense, is the unfolding of the WHEN, WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW and NOW of your UNIQUE PURPOSE of CREATION.

A deeper Gratitude that will INSPIRE you to be YOU at the fullest… BEAUTIFUL!! In this INSPIRATION filled experience of GRATITUDE, you begin to ALLOW yourself to ACCEPT your uniqueness!! Such a powerful, beautiful openness to ALL THAT IS created… KNOWING that ALL THAT IS created has a PURPOSE… Including YOU!! A purpose beyond… the 5 physical senses. ALLOW this stillness to INSPIRE YOU!!

In this inspiration… here’s what you can do to ACCELERATE the experience. I learnt this from the first book in the self help space, I met… “Life Beyond Limits” by Robert B Stone!! An absolute treasure trove of experience that began my journey way back in 1999!!

Close your eyes… take a deep breath… bring your awareness to your heart beat… and in your mind give instructions to yourself “head turn towards the left”… and bring back your awareness to your breathing… repeat the instruction to yourself in your mind, “head turn towards the left” and bring your awareness back to your heart beat. The power of your mind shall begin to reveal itself to you and let you know how powerful even a subtle thought can be… ENJOY this moment… smile!!

…. this is the beginning of the rest of your spiritual life… you’ve invited your CONSCIOUS awareness into that which you CAN DO… by thought alone… let this moment fill you with a new VISION… a new belonging in a space where you are CONNECTED to SOURCE… the CREATIVE ENERGY you ARE!!

G.I.V… Gratitude.Inspired.Vision

In this moment… ASK of your GRATITUDE.INSPIRED thoughts to come together… that your PURPOSE, your VISION maybe REVEALED to you!! This picture, that is formed in your MIND… is a POWERFUL beginning into understand that which you CAN GIVE of yourself… for in this PICTURE, CREATED of your own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of YOU… is the VISION that you can GIVE of YOURSELF!!

It is time NOW, to take out a BOOK and begin your own personal Gratitude Journal… each day as you practice ALLOWING and ACCEPTING this beautiful VISION of yourself and your unique purpose, you begin to MANIFEST a into your REALITY.

It is important to remember at this point to remain in a playful CHILDLIKE state of creating… you can move things around… put the pieces together that make you feel a deeper gratitude. Your PURPOSE will slowly be revealed to you through the fantastic images presented in the vision!! Each day… for 7 days… create time… to close your eyes and bring this vision back to your CONSCIOUS AWARENESS and recreate… get playful… you may choose to take these 5 minutes time off… while working on your computer… taking a long walk… reading a book, watching TV, speaking to a friend, writing a note, cooking in the kitchen… allow your VISION to find it’s own expression!! That is where your PASSION lies… my friend. And in your PASSION lies your PURPOSE.

In every VISION, there are SIGNIFICANT others involved, some who we may KNOW in person, others who we  may KNOW NOT YET!! There maybe feelings we UNDERSTAND and yet others we may still have to EXPERIENCE!! We may have many questions that need answers…

G.I.V.E Gratitude.Inspired. Vision. Exchange!!

A platform to EXCHANGE our personal visions with each other. A space to collectively CREATE a more powerful INTENTIONS for a better NOW for ourselves and others around the world. A space in which our personal visions come together to create a more Dedicated.Enthusiastic.Empowered.Positive VISION for our personal lives, our professional lives, our social lives, our patriotic lives, our country, our continent, our world. 

In this space of G.I.V.E we would like to INVITE you to bring with you… THOUGHTS, WORDS, ACTIONS that inspire you, that they may inspire us too!!

That we may come together to INSPIRE a NEW I, a NEW WE, A NEW US, A NEW INDIA… a new REALITY in which each person… we meet  may G.I.V.E of themselves that we may learn to G.I.V.E to humankind… a NEW and UNIQUE EXPERIENCE!!

In Gratitude to ALL THAT IS for ALL THAT IS!!

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