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Gratitude is thanking your body

Every human being is a unique masterpiece of God. That is why no two bodies look alike. God is not an engineer. He is an artist. That is why each of us looks different. If He was an engineer He would have made us all with the same mold, like in a production line! He has uniquely created each one of us. But we never feel that we are beautiful enough. We constantly compare ourselves with others and try to look like them. We never make our body feel it is beautiful. Our body is influenced by the thoughts we entertain about it. Every cell responds to our thoughts and feelings about it. If we feel gratitude towards our body, our body responds by improving our health. If we hate our body, the body responds by shrinking with disease. It is just like the effect of out thoughts on other human beings. If we encourage people, they work better. Only because of this body you are able to now sit and hear this talk. The fact that you are here reading these words is because of your body. Then how can you abuse it or take it for granted? If you just look around, you will see there are people born without an arm or a leg. There are people who were born without eyesight or lose their eyesight in an accident. We have everything and yet we take it all for granted. Sometimes people who have a physical handicap are more grateful that those who have a perfect body. The handicapped person knows what it is to miss a body part, so he is automatically grateful to the other body parts.

Photograph of Swami Nithyananda

Every human being is a unique masterpiece of God. That is why no two bodies look alike. God is not an engineer. He is an artist.

Your body can listen to you!

Every cell responds to your thoughts and feelings about it. When you feel gratitude towards your body, it responds by radiating well-being. When you ignore your body, it responds by shrinking with disease. When you pray intensely to your body, it responds to your prayers and requests. Its intelligence will activate its own healing.