Daily Question, February 10 How does gratefulness open me to healing? 58 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Nina1 year agoNinaI am grateful to learning from every experience and focusing on what I can learn from any experience, even tragic ones. Being grateful can help you to grow and move forward instead of staying in a difficult situation or negative head space. 0 Reply reality1 year agorealitySuch an inverted precipitous and appearing losing struggle I’ve been on since my accident. From mastery to feebleness in 2 decades; although the weakness has been most in the last year. Per force my spiritual, psychological, discipline, etc., successes have been physically challenged by these processes, to the marrow; so far they’ve held their own- thank goodness, etc.. Now I must struggle to make healing central to halt the fall; or die trying- with my body 99 % possesed by the republica...Such an inverted precipitous and appearing losing struggle I’ve been on since my accident. From mastery to feebleness in 2 decades; although the weakness has been most in the last year. Per force my spiritual, psychological, discipline, etc., successes have been physically challenged by these processes, to the marrow; so far they’ve held their own- thank goodness, etc.. Now I must struggle to make healing central to halt the fall; or die trying- with my body 99 % possesed by the republican conspiracy’s psychic terrorism, usually called the ‘suck’, this may be a lost cause. Yet, protecting the vote, GOTV, voting, realizing a non-republican in the Blackhouse, innaugerated without incident on 1-21-21, will keep me striving to be alival and get it all done; for all life and the Earth- before I’m done. Thanks for all you all do; have a good day ? reality Read More2 Reply Tahsin Tabassum1 year agoTahsin TabassumIt gives me strength to view things with a different perspective 2 Reply Sieger des Friedens1 year agoSieger des FriedensThanks you for all the deepening and widening and also inspiring descriptions about gratefulness and how to practice it daily, …. in any moment. So wonderful to feel the growing power within me. Refering to Tom Titus/David Whyte in Dancing with Gratitude “….. it is the deep, a priori state of attention that shows we understand and are equal to the gifted nature of life. …..” Gratefulness opens me to healing in such a way, that I can refer to my own integrity and wholeness. And the hea...Thanks you for all the deepening and widening and also inspiring descriptions about gratefulness and how to practice it daily, …. in any moment. So wonderful to feel the growing power within me. Refering to Tom Titus/David Whyte in Dancing with Gratitude “….. it is the deep, a priori state of attention that shows we understand and are equal to the gifted nature of life. …..” Gratefulness opens me to healing in such a way, that I can refer to my own integrity and wholeness. And the healing comes, when I build, based on that blanket of a priori State of attention…. to listen to the messages of that nature in life. I like to ly on the ground, when mother earth carries me and I am aware about. Listening to the drumbeat of my heart which synchronises with the beat of mother Earth. Thanks so much for all these openings. Read More2 Reply Malag1 year agoMalagThat no matter what else is going on there is also this, the appreciation and gratefulness for whatever I notice to appreciate. It’s not one or the other. One does not negate the other. But both are vast enough to allow the other and in that there is some healing I think. 4 Reply Ose1 year agoOseWhen I look at the basket of exotic fruits in front of me with gratefulness, I humbly become aware of all the many hands who made this richness on my table possible, internally giving respect and gratitude to the ones who gave their work and heart for them to arrive here, and in doing so, sending healing energy to them and joy for their doing so in my heart, which is healing energy also. Being grateful is healing both the receiver and the giver, including also the soil on which the fruits once h...When I look at the basket of exotic fruits in front of me with gratefulness, I humbly become aware of all the many hands who made this richness on my table possible, internally giving respect and gratitude to the ones who gave their work and heart for them to arrive here, and in doing so, sending healing energy to them and joy for their doing so in my heart, which is healing energy also. Being grateful is healing both the receiver and the giver, including also the soil on which the fruits once have been grown, strengthening and help healing our interconnected being all together. Read More4 Reply 1 year agoWonderful Ose – who gifted you this basket? 1 Reply Ose1 year agoOseWho asks this question? ❤️ 0 Reply 1 year agoVerena, but you might remember me as Nina #Felsentor. but I guess your answer points towards interbeing?! 1 Reply Ose1 year agoOseYes, dear friend, my answer was pointing towards interbeing. 1 Reply Hot Sauce1 year agoHot SauceGratefulness, for me, is not a distraction from what needs to be healed. For example, I'm not so big on the, "Yes, I'm about to have a mental breakdown, but at least I have clean food and clean water!" To me, that really just seems like a form of spiritual bypassing. Instead, I see gratitude as an important part of the healing process. To refer back to the example above, a better way to heal using gratitude would be, "Yes, I'm about to have a mental breakdown because a bunch of really crazy stuf...Gratefulness, for me, is not a distraction from what needs to be healed. For example, I’m not so big on the, “Yes, I’m about to have a mental breakdown, but at least I have clean food and clean water!” To me, that really just seems like a form of spiritual bypassing. Instead, I see gratitude as an important part of the healing process. To refer back to the example above, a better way to heal using gratitude would be, “Yes, I’m about to have a mental breakdown because a bunch of really crazy stuff has happened this past month, but maybe I will learn some positive lessons from this experience, and maybe it will even teach me compassion for those who are going through something similar.” It is not about turning away from the pile of rubble but looking for treasure IN the rubble. Read More5 Reply Cathy1 year agoCathyOh man, Hot Sauce, what you accomplished in this post is huge for me! Reading it over and over, I feel as if I have been set free from something! I share a close friendship with my (blood) brother. But he does this one thing that I seem to allow leaving me feeling inadequate. Things we discuss, he habitually points out what he calls the "silver lining." It goes much like your example. "I'm about to have a mental breakdown." I then feel almost shamed for stating what suddenly looks like a compl...Oh man, Hot Sauce, what you accomplished in this post is huge for me! Reading it over and over, I feel as if I have been set free from something! I share a close friendship with my (blood) brother. But he does this one thing that I seem to allow leaving me feeling inadequate. Things we discuss, he habitually points out what he calls the “silver lining.” It goes much like your example. “I’m about to have a mental breakdown.” I then feel almost shamed for stating what suddenly looks like a complaint because he will one-up me with, “yes but . . . at least you have clean food and water.” Please know that I’m not complaining herein, but trying to work out a frequent internal disturbance and your post genuinely helped me. The lessons I learn from things I feel seem personal within me, and my job is to notice them. Thank you again for taking the time to write your post yesterday, for you put into words what I deeply felt but had no language to express. Read More3 Reply Hot Sauce1 year agoHot SauceI'm sorry you had to go through that. That's what I like to call "gratitude shaming and blaming," which basically weaponizes gratitude to try to make you feel something other than your legitimate feelings of sadness, fear, or anger. Your blood brother probably means well and probably legitimately wants to make you feel better, but these kinds of attempts to deflect from legitimate issues, rather than re-framing them as a difficulty with a potential blessing in them, really ignore people's legiti...I’m sorry you had to go through that. That’s what I like to call “gratitude shaming and blaming,” which basically weaponizes gratitude to try to make you feel something other than your legitimate feelings of sadness, fear, or anger. Your blood brother probably means well and probably legitimately wants to make you feel better, but these kinds of attempts to deflect from legitimate issues, rather than re-framing them as a difficulty with a potential blessing in them, really ignore people’s legitimate emotions. Read More1 Reply Ed1 year agoEdWhenever I open my heart to life’s wonder (which is everywhere), the wonder of life (a bit of color, a baby burping, the wind, the sound of my hands rubbing…) …as I was saying… the wonder of life feeds and fills my heart. I become whole and am healed. (Was it my own closed heart that was wounding me? Well, sometimes I still react.) 4 Reply Eva1 year agoEvaOur brains are know to be wired to register negative experiences much strongly. Gratefulness practice can allow me to build on everyday miracles – same things that used to be so oblivious. It helps me to not get over-run by the negativity bias as much. I believe one needs to be in a safe environment first and foremost for any healing to begin, though. Counting blessings can start add up after a while however small they maybe. Joys can grow, pleasant feelings can grow, positive energy can gro...Our brains are know to be wired to register negative experiences much strongly. Gratefulness practice can allow me to build on everyday miracles – same things that used to be so oblivious. It helps me to not get over-run by the negativity bias as much. I believe one needs to be in a safe environment first and foremost for any healing to begin, though. Counting blessings can start add up after a while however small they maybe. Joys can grow, pleasant feelings can grow, positive energy can grow. I think that’s how gratefulness practice can lead to healing. Before long, loving awareness is the second nature with ease. I think I will always remember the sorrows and pains that accompany life, and grieve at times of loss. But they are now contained in compassion for them, and for me. Gratefulness has a way of making me resilient, too after healing. Read More1 Reply Jorge Santana1 year agoJorge SantanaGratefulness is a wide open door to wellbeing. 4 Reply 1 year agowelcome Jorge Santana! 4 Reply Jorge Santana1 year agoJorge Santana…Thank you Verena! 3 Reply Elizabeth M Jones1 year agoElizabeth M JonesCultivating gratefulness is an antidote to the incessant toxic consumerism. When I look around my small apartment overlooking the bay I am grateful for the simplicity and I think to myself that I am blessed, that I have enough, that I do not have to compare myself to others and that all is well. 8 Reply Cailinrua1 year agoCailinruaYou’ve all said it for me. Thank you. The challenge I face is wanting or choosing the positive over the negative (or being stuck is probably a better way to put it) . To eliminate the resistance and begin to move toward the light–that’s the muscle I need to exercise. 2 Reply sparrow1 year agosparrowBeing consciously grateful shifts awareness and perception . . . I didn’t think that keeping a gratitude journal would make a difference, but it has made ALL the difference. When a heart is full of gratitude it doesn’t leave much room for anything negative. 8 Reply Eva1 year agoEvaI agree! 0 Reply Elaine1 year agoElaineGratefulness has the magical effect of disempowering resentment. Healing and happiness follow. 8 Reply Mica1 year agoMicaGratefulness is a healthy feeling that occupies a space in my mind, displacing some of the space that otherwise might be occupied by the illness. I like to think that gratefulness also shines out and gives healing light to some of the dark space of the illness. Only a certain number of things can occupy my mind at any time, and, if gratefulness is one of them, there will be less space for illnesses. 5 Reply Sieger des Friedens1 year agoSieger des FriedensIf I am aware that I am dealing with “deficite thoughts” (miss something, gaps, dissatisfaction, irritation, hurt, darkness, disappointments…. even “meeting” death….), I started to re-create one of my believes(sentences) “….done something wrong… I am guilty …I am proofed….- which came into my awareness by “autopilot” of thoughts and feelings – I STOP: where am I and what happended – I LOOK: scanning my “Field” – I GO: applying the conscious thought of that lif...If I am aware that I am dealing with “deficite thoughts” (miss something, gaps, dissatisfaction, irritation, hurt, darkness, disappointments…. even “meeting” death….), I started to re-create one of my believes(sentences) “….done something wrong… I am guilty …I am proofed….- which came into my awareness by “autopilot” of thoughts and feelings – I STOP: where am I and what happended – I LOOK: scanning my “Field” – I GO: applying the conscious thought of that life always offers something which affirms lifes-(cycles) and growth – even if it means it is time to pass into another realm of being. My Spirit will be there always – only the being manifests different. Sometimes, it helps to approach it (what happened) by asking me, what is the “good” in the “bad”. I admit it is in a way a shortcut. …. and it works. Joyful Journey with the application of STOP-LOOK-GO of brother David. Read More2 Reply pkr1 year agopkrBeing grateful gets me to focus on the positive, the beautiful, the good, the happy. Being positive keeps my mind healthy and in turn my body. Being positive is sooooo much more healthy than being negative, angry and grumpy. Happy Monday All..❤️ 7 Reply Katrina1 year agoKatrinaWhat Dusty Su said. His response was very helpful to framing what I would have tried to say, but it would not have been nearly as eloquent. 4 Reply Mark Piper1 year agoMark PiperI suppose the space that gratefulness occupies displaces the space that ill-will, rancor, and resentment occupy. Hard to heal when you hold on to anger and resentment. As such if anger and resentment are displaced by gratefulness it seems there is an opening for healing where there wasn’t one before. 4 Reply Trish1 year agoTrishBeing grateful for everything in my life, which includes difficult experiences, allows me to recognize the impact it all has in shaping me. I’m resilient & strong & sassy & an advocate for myself & others. I’m able to have compassion for others because I’ve experienced the “unthinkable.” What a gift. 3 Reply sparrow1 year agosparrowWell said, dear Trish… I feel the same way regarding my own unthinkable past. 2 Reply Trish1 year agoTrishI’m glad you have found some healing? 1 Reply 1 year agoI go with you Trish. 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