Oct 14, 2026 · 16 min · 7 segments
Gratitude isn't just a hashtag or a journal entry. It's a process. In this episode of Spiritually Hungry Podcast, we explore five kabbalistic ways to practice gratitude as a spiritual tool. Whether…
Monica BergHostMichael BergHost
And there's a Kabbalistic idea that every time we focus on lack, on what we don't have, it's like we are in this echo chamber of not enough.
And basically what I'm suggesting is that we have an act of rebellion against the ego, the ego that says, I want more.
And when you're in that space, no matter how many blessings you have, it's impossible to stay in a state of gratitude.
So I'm saying to rebel against the ego and that desire and to appreciate what is.
But it's a different way of looking at it because we say, you know, gratitude journals and I need to give thanks and yes, and of course, right? We do all of that.
But I think that if we rebel against an ego, our ego, it's a different kind of way because then you are able to access appreciation that's there.
So I think what you're right touching on is a very important Catholic teaching, which is that
The Kabbalists always ask the question why, right? It is human nature, for example, to take things for granted.
that our soul left alone would be an unbelievable, overwhelming gratitude at every moment for life itself, for breath, for family, for friends.
But what we call the ego, and one can call the desire to receive for the self alone, that force that every single one of us has within us, it is not us, but it is within all of us, is that force that is making us not appreciate and telling us, forget about what you have, go on to the next or desire the next thing.
And there's a Kabbalistic idea that every time we focus on lack, on what we don't have, it's like we are in this echo chamber of not enough.
And basically what I'm suggesting is that we have an act of rebellion against the ego, the ego that says, I want more.
And when you're in that space, no matter how many blessings you have, it's impossible to stay in a state of gratitude.
So I'm saying to rebel against the ego and that desire and to appreciate what is.
But it's a different way of looking at it because we say, you know, gratitude journals and I need to give thanks and yes, and of course, right? We do all of that.
But I think that if we rebel against an ego, our ego, it's a different kind of way because then you are able to access appreciation that's there.
So I think what you're right touching on is a very important Catholic teaching, which is that
The Kabbalists always ask the question why, right? It is human nature, for example, to take things for granted.
that our soul left alone would be an unbelievable, overwhelming gratitude at every moment for life itself, for breath, for family, for friends.
But what we call the ego, and one can call the desire to receive for the self alone, that force that every single one of us has within us, it is not us, but it is within all of us, is that force that is making us not appreciate and telling us, forget about what you have, go on to the next or desire the next thing.
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