きょうの午後４時の雲
きょうの午後６時の雲
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今日も一日が終わろうとしています。
きょうもありがとうございました
チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Desire and Destiny 14日目です。
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Day 14 Grateful Me
毎晩祈る時にひざまずくクッションに感謝しましょう-マヤ・アンジェロウ
Mindful Moment :一日を通して、「今」という瞬間を感謝で迎えると決心しましょう。どのような妨害に出合ってもその時に感謝できることに注意を向けましょう。そうしているうちに、努力せずに感謝の気持ちで満たされるようになり、あなた自身の世界が変わっていくのです。
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.” Maya Angelou
Congratulations on completing the first two weeks of our 21-Day Meditation Experience! Spending time in silence is an act of powerful self-nurturance. Through meditation, you are connecting more deeply with your heart, understanding its desires, and clearing a path to realize your dreams.
Today’s meditation focuses on gratitude. When we appreciate all that we have in life, our egos step out of the way, inviting even greater abundance into our lives.
Practicing gratitude for our lives as human beings – for the air we breathe, for our magnificent bodies, and the beauty of being alive – is a wonderful place to start. From this point of view, we can expand our gratitude outward, like ripples in a still pond, appreciating everything and everyone we encounter and those who touch our lives as well.”
Mindful Moment “Set the intention to greet each moment of the day in gratitude. As each encounter and situation crosses your path take time to pay attention to all of the things that you can be grateful for in the moment. May you cultivate the spirit of gratitude with effortless ease and enthusiasm, for as you do so you transform your world?”
Today’s Centering Thought: Gratitude is my prayer
Sanskrit Manta: So Hum. I am
Oprah: “Once again, we’re at the end of a wonderful week together. We’re so grateful for this time we’ve shared. Your participation enriches life for me, for Deepak and for all of us in this global meditating community. That’s what today’s all about – gratitude. Welcome to day 14, Grateful Me. This week, we have harnessed our determination, our passions. We’ve set our intentions and tapped into our intuition, knowing how important and powerful it is to surrender to the divine design of the universe. Now it’s time to say Thanks. Gratitude. Let me tell you. It is transformative. I often quote Meister Eckhart’s powerful thought when he said, if the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you that will be enough. This, I know for sure, sure, sure. Being grateful is by far the single most powerful thing you can do to change your life. When you allow yourself to feel gratitude, wherever you are, for whatever is going on in the present moment, in the now, what I promise you is that the spiritual dimension of your life will change. It will open up and it will expand and you will grow with it. The more you are grateful for, the more comes for you to be grateful for. If you want to fulfill your desire and your destiny, start by being grateful. When we say thank you for what we have, we acknowledge all that the universe has given us and then you’ll begin to see…more shows up. Now, with Deepak, we’ll take an experiential journey to learn just how appreciation for everything we have transforms us and invites even greater abundance into our lives. So, get comfortable. Here we go.”
Deepak: “This week, on the journey toward living our destiny, we’ve spent time contemplating the question, what do I want, aligning us with a deeper understanding of what we truly want in this lifetime. Today I invite you to consider the simple practice of gratitude as a transformational act that opens us to infinite abundance, boundless love and carries us to a place of deep peace. When we can put the stories of our lives on pause for just a moment and marvel in the miracle of this life we are living, we begin to change our entire experience. Gratitude is the doorway to abundance. As we invite the energy of gratitude into our daily lives, we become alchemists, turning dark into light, scarcity into abundance, and fear into love.
When we focus on the things we are grateful for, we are open and accepting of life as it is – perfectly imperfect. Therefore, in gratitude, the ego steps out of the way, enabling us to connect more deeply with Spirit, the true self and the source of all those things that have manifested in our lives.
The highest level of gratitude is an appreciation for existence itself. We are each blessed with the opportunity to experience life, each one of us uniquely exquisite, beings with magnificent capabilities. We feel, we interpret, we create, we ride the waves, we love, and we live. When we silently thank the universe for creating us, just as we are, we realize our own perfection and experience the highest level of gratitude.
Spend a moment taking stock of everything in your life that you are grateful for. At first, you may think of just a few things but as you continue reflecting, you realize there is so much more – the ability to breathe, the experience of your senses, the steady beat of your heart, the love of those around you. All of these are simple things in life that come to you effortlessly and yet, in many ways, they are miracles that happen over and over each day. Take a walk and experience nature – wherever you are. Touch the leaves on a tree. Run the earth through your fingers and quietly thank earth for the abundance it provides. Just the ability to get from one place to another and witness all the beauty along the way is a glorious miracle.
Envision and embrace these feelings of gratitude. See them as a ripple outward like a pebble dropped into a still pond. As the ripples expand, see them carrying your gratitude as far as the eye can see. Even further. Touching the hearts of all humanity.
As we prepare for meditation, consider today’s centering thought. Gratitude is my prayer. Gratitude is my prayer.
Now let’s begin. Make yourself comfortable, placing your hands gently in your lap with your palms open, closing your eyes. In this moment, go within to that place of inner quiet where we experience our connection to the higher self. Let go of all thoughts and begin to observe the inflow and outflow of your breath. With each inhalation and exhalation, allow yourself to become more relaxed, more comfortable, more at peace. Now, gently introduce the mantra, So Hum, repeating it silently and allowing it to flow with effortless ease, So Hum which means I am. So Hum. Now repeat it on your own, just mentally. Whenever you feel yourself distracted by thoughts in your mind, sensations in your body or noises in the environment, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra. So Hum. Please continue with your meditation for about 10 minutes.
Now release the mantra. Please bring your awareness back into your body. Take a moment to rest, inhaling and exhaling slowly and deeply. When you feel ready, gently open your eyes.
Throughout the day, remember all the things you are grateful for and contemplate the centering thought. Gratitude is my prayer. Gratitude is my prayer. Gratitude is my prayer.
Namaste
Journal Questions:
1. “How does being thankful for everything in your life pave the way for greater abundance? What happens in your world when you shift into a place of gratitude?”
2. “Take time to write down all of the things you are grateful for that your physical body provides.”
3. “Who are you grateful for today? Write a thank you letter to one or all of them detailing all of your appreciation and gratitude. Consider sharing your words in an e-mail, text, letter or spontaneous call.”
ナマステ
4. “Reflect further on your experience today.”