Why Gratitude Is the Heart of a Daily Spiritual Practice

Why Gratitude Is the Heart of a Daily Spiritual Practice
by our Enlightened Education Team 

Gratitude is a Facilitator for Flow

Practicing gratitude facilitates an energetic shift within us. The continual recognition and acknowledgement that we are always provided for by Source is a daily spiritual practice that cultivates devotion and sacredness. Gratitude is how we say thank you for all that we receive and it activates Joy within. It strengthens our faith, our humility and is an offering of Love. Through daily gratitude practices, we strengthen our relationship with the Divine. Gratitude awakens the heart and allows us to trust as we align with the divine flow. Aligning with the divine flow is the acceptance of Source in our lives and gratitude is the facilitator.

Take Inventory of Your Abundance to Cultivate Gratitude

Through a practice of gratitude, we begin to see the sacredness of our lives and all our experiences. As we take inventory of our abundance each day with a simple daily spiritual practice, we can cultivate the frequencies of Joy and miracles. By choosing to align with divine flow through the expression of gratitude, we learn to trust that all will be provided for by the Divine.

To Cultivate Gratitude:

• keep a gratitude journal
• start your waking day with gratitude
• acknowledge all the blessings you have received throughout your day before sleeping
• express gratitude to someone in your life
• reaffirm a “thank you God” for all you’ve received
• find awe and reverence for the small things in life

How My Understanding of Gratitude has Evolved

My relationship with gratitude has changed greatly over the course of my life. As a child, I recall being told to “be grateful that you have food on the table because there are children starving in Africa”… or “be grateful that you have a roof over your head…” This type of gratitude, which was all based on lack, held no true expression of being grateful for the real prosperity in my life. Yes, I was grateful to have my basic survival needs met, yet it seemed to me that there was more reason to be thankful. My mind was expressing gratitude for merely surviving, instead of my heart expressing gratitude to God for thriving.

As I matured, my approach changed towards gratitude and I began to feel grateful for all the experiences and relationships in my life. I now feel the deepening of abundance within as I come to express my gratitude for everything in my life. I truly feel a reverence to God for providing me all the opportunities I have been given in my life to learn and experience while also acknowledging how being grateful allows my spirit to grow and to expand.

During a challenging time in my life, I started a new tradition as we sat down for our family dinner every evening. We began to reflect and share the best part of our day with each other. Many times, sharing a meal with the people I loved the most was (and is) truly the best part of my day. This encouraged me to inquire within and to be more grateful for the simple experiences in my life. Although I could recognize what was truly precious to me, I still believed I didn’t have enough beautiful moments in my life. My soul wanted to experience this nourishment, expansion, and fullness that gratitude gave me as a permanent way of life.

When I began my spiritual training with Enlightened Education, my perspective deepened. Through daily spiritual practices, the community teaches us how to embody the prosperity consciousness. The Enlightened Education Teachings teach that gratitude is the foundation of all abundance and prosperity. When expressing gratitude from a place of absolute awe, joy and reverence, we begin to attract real abundance into our lives. This in turn creates more opportunities to be grateful for the gift of life and the gifts in life. It’s like a wheel of perpetual giving and receiving.

Gratitude Nourishes Divinity

On a frequency scale, gratitude resonates with Divine Love. As I focus on gratitude and genuine appreciation for the gifts of life, I find that my ego is silenced and divinity can flow through me unimpeded. Everything is simplified and life is elevated.

Shortly after I started my training with Enlightened Education, the corporation I worked for eliminated my department. Instead of criticizing the corporation for its actions and falling into a downward spiral of worry and uncertainty, I thanked my Higher Self for orchestrating this opportunity. My heart’s desire was to devote more time to the EE practices and teachings, and this miraculously became possible. By accepting the perfection of this event, I felt nurtured and cared for, as if God was graciously letting me know that this IS the Divine Plan for my life. I was shown that All is unfolding in the perfection of Divine timing.

With this acceptance, I increased my faith in God which allowed me to trust and surrender to the Divine Will. I allowed grace to flow into my life with ease and my life shifted timelines. Expressing gratitude fostered my relationship and connection with God and opened more doors for me to serve the Divine cosmic plan.

Practicing Gratitude as a Sacred Ritual

Cultivating more divine virtues within makes it easier for me to fill my heart with genuine gratitude. As I recognize how much abundance and support the Divine is constantly giving me, I can only feel more and more gratitude in my heart as I humbly accept and receive. This process of giving gratitude has become a sacred ritual and I feel showered with light, love and more abundance. As I integrate gratitude throughout my day with short rituals, I find that my heart expands significantly. From my experience, expressing complete reverence and gratitude for God throughout the day is a beautiful way to embody devotional love.

Gratitude Challenge

The presence of God within me is the true abundance for which I AM grateful. Enlightened Education offers a 21-day Gratitude challenge to cultivate and nourish this quality. By reciting the Thanksgiving prayer every day for 21 days and meditating on the virtue of gratitude, a foundation of abundance solidifies and begins to expand. The Thanksgiving Prayer is a very deep expression of gratitude which begins with “Beloved God, I Am grateful for my origin, I Am grateful for my essence”. Internalizing the meaning of these lines is a portal to infinite resources.

We recommend doing this practice at night before going to bed. As you shift your vibration before falling asleep, you will carry this frequency through the night and your soul will be nourished. When you wake up, you can connect again to the frequency of gratitude and commit to holding it during the day. With this practice, you can create new healthy patterns and shift your consciousness.

If you feel ready to experience the frequency of gratitude and become a magnet for more abundance and prosperity in your life, we invite you to unlock a universal key to gain access to all that you wish to accomplish, including your Self-Realization!

Begin your journey HERE!

21-DAY GRATITUDE CHALLENGE
Accept Life As It Is

Keywords: gratitude practice – daily spiritual practice