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Totality in Gratitude0:20 – 5:44

James BesharaHost

0:20

Gratitude is a term that is used quite often in our modern world.

James BesharaHost

0:26

And I'm grateful for it.

James BesharaHost

0:27

Thankful for it.

James BesharaHost

0:30

As we've noted in this podcast before, and it's in the first episode of Yoga for Your Intellect, another podcast dedicated to Vedanta that I, it's more of a conversational podcast that I have with my teacher, Joseph.

James BesharaHost

0:43

And in the first episode, he had a phenomenal knowledge bomb that gratitude and desire cannot coexist.

James BesharaHost

0:53

So if we ever find ourselves in a moment of despair within desire, something isn't going our way, something's distracting us from our day-to-day because we want something to go our way.

James BesharaHost

1:07

When we're lost in the mire of desire, one of the ways that we can get out of it is to shift our mind.

James BesharaHost

1:15

Use the power of the intellect, our subtler equipment within us, shift it towards gratitude, shift the mind towards gratitude instead of towards acquisition of more.

James BesharaHost

1:27

But what does this philosophy say about gratitude itself or the practice of gratitude? It goes so far beyond a gratitude journal.

James BesharaHost

1:42

or practicing it here and there, cultivating a sense of gratitude, when you get into the three daily practices of Vedanta.

James BesharaHost

1:52

The first is question everything.

James BesharaHost

1:54

The second is do not take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

1:58

Don't take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

1:59

And the third is to study, reflect daily.

James BesharaHost

2:03

That second bucket, that is pure gratitude.

James BesharaHost

2:11

I find it so much more beautiful than just be grateful, practice gratitude, keep a gratitude journal.

James BesharaHost

2:21

If you keep a gratitude journal, maybe you write down five, 10, 15 things that you're grateful for in the morning.

James BesharaHost

2:26

And that's great.

James BesharaHost

2:30

That can be a really healthy practice.

James BesharaHost

2:34

But don't take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

2:36

That is a whole other level.

James BesharaHost

2:41

You might have 14 things that you write down in a gratitude journal in the morning, but don't take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

2:48

That is, you just got a cancer diagnosis.

James BesharaHost

2:52

Don't take it for granted.

James BesharaHost

2:56

You just got let go from a job.

Totality in Gratitude0:20 – 5:44

James BesharaHost

0:20

Gratitude is a term that is used quite often in our modern world.

James BesharaHost

0:26

And I'm grateful for it.

James BesharaHost

0:27

Thankful for it.

James BesharaHost

0:30

As we've noted in this podcast before, and it's in the first episode of Yoga for Your Intellect, another podcast dedicated to Vedanta that I, it's more of a conversational podcast that I have with my teacher, Joseph.

James BesharaHost

0:43

And in the first episode, he had a phenomenal knowledge bomb that gratitude and desire cannot coexist.

James BesharaHost

0:53

So if we ever find ourselves in a moment of despair within desire, something isn't going our way, something's distracting us from our day-to-day because we want something to go our way.

James BesharaHost

1:07

When we're lost in the mire of desire, one of the ways that we can get out of it is to shift our mind.

James BesharaHost

1:15

Use the power of the intellect, our subtler equipment within us, shift it towards gratitude, shift the mind towards gratitude instead of towards acquisition of more.

James BesharaHost

1:27

But what does this philosophy say about gratitude itself or the practice of gratitude? It goes so far beyond a gratitude journal.

James BesharaHost

1:42

or practicing it here and there, cultivating a sense of gratitude, when you get into the three daily practices of Vedanta.

James BesharaHost

1:52

The first is question everything.

James BesharaHost

1:54

The second is do not take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

1:58

Don't take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

1:59

And the third is to study, reflect daily.

James BesharaHost

2:03

That second bucket, that is pure gratitude.

James BesharaHost

2:11

I find it so much more beautiful than just be grateful, practice gratitude, keep a gratitude journal.

James BesharaHost

2:21

If you keep a gratitude journal, maybe you write down five, 10, 15 things that you're grateful for in the morning.

James BesharaHost

2:26

And that's great.

James BesharaHost

2:30

That can be a really healthy practice.

James BesharaHost

2:34

But don't take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

2:36

That is a whole other level.

James BesharaHost

2:41

You might have 14 things that you write down in a gratitude journal in the morning, but don't take anything for granted.

James BesharaHost

2:48

That is, you just got a cancer diagnosis.

James BesharaHost

2:52

Don't take it for granted.

James BesharaHost

2:56

You just got let go from a job.