8. Activity
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Below is a powerful meditation to nurture causeless gratitude in you:
Every morning as soon as you wake up, before getting out of bed, just try to feel deep gratitude for just being, for just living as a human being in this wonderful Existence. Bring up the understanding that you are able to enjoy all that you enjoy only because you are a human being. Try to feel grateful for it. Melt for a few minutes with that gratitude.
Throughout the day have gratitude for all the things that you have, whether small or big.
When you take your plate to eat, see the plate as a gift. When you serve food on the plate, see the food as a gift. When you sit down on the chair to eat, see the chair as a gift. When you wash your hands after eating, see your fingers as a gift.
Every night before you go to sleep, sit on your bed and honestly bring in deep gratitude for just being. Feel it in your whole body and mind. Even if you have had a bad day, it is okay. Put everything aside and feel grateful for just being. All days are not bad days. There are people who have days that are worse than the worst of your bad days. So put all the judgments aside and feel gratitude. Go to sleep with this feeling.
To be born with human consciousness is the first blessing we have received. Our gratitude should start right from there.