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Something came to me during meditation that I thought maybe would be nice to share here with you guys. It popped into my head while I was pausing to feel my energy. I remembered reading that feeling/expressing gratitude is an extremely beneficial thing to do and in fact can be life transforming. How cultivating positive personal attributes fortifies us during times of adversity and emotional turmoil and leads to greater happiness and resilience. Moreover, of all the attributes one can develop, gratitude is most strongly associated with mental health.
Expressing gratitude improves mental, physical and relational well-being and these effects tend to be long-lasting. I looked up the benefits of gratitude, which I am sharing here.
Benefits of Gratitude:
Improved physical, emotional, and social well-being
Greater optimism and happiness
Improved feelings of connection in times of loss or crises
Increased self-esteem
Heightened energy levels
Strengthened heart, immune system, and decreased blood pressure
Improved emotional and academic intelligence
Expanded capacity for forgiveness
Decreased stress, anxiety depression and headaches
Improved self-care and greater likelihood to exercise
Heightened spirituality -- ability to see something bigger than ourselves
So, I'm meditating and feeling energy, and this gratitude thing pops into my head followed by a memory of how, in most yoga classes I've been in, the instructor will usually end the session by taking a moment to give thanks for the session.
So, spontaneously, I decided to incorporate gratitude into my practice right then and there.
I decided that the person who most deserves gratitude is Satan and secondly, our Guardian Demons.
So I finish my practice sitting up, spine straight, eyes closed and focused on my third eye. I say aloud something like this – it varies from day to day as I am speaking from my heart and not from words on a page. When I'm done speaking what is in my heart, i finish with 3 AUMS. Goes something like this:
Dearest Satan: I want to take this moment to express to you my thankfulness for all you have done, and continue to do. For us, and also for myself personally. Thank you for your wisdom and guidance. Thank you for always being there, for refusing to give up on us. Thank you for being my Father. I'm so happy that you are my Father. I want you to know I love you very, very much. I feel such gratitude, for your being a part of my life. Thank you for my life. And, wherever you are right at this moment, I hope you can hear me. And I hope you have a wonderful day today.
Dear (Guardian Demon):
Thank you very, very much for all the times you have guided and guarded me, even for the things you have done for me that were unseen and perhaps unappreciated. Thank you for being my Guardian. I wouldn't want any other Demon but you. I love, honor and respect you. I want you to know I'm very grateful for your presence in my life. And I hope you hear me when I say this. And have a wonderful day, wherever you might be at this moment!
It just felt to me like, Satan and the Demons give us so much assistance. People usually want something. Or, people dedicate to Satan and immediately are asking Him to do something for them. Help me with this, help me with that. And we forget, I think, to just have some gratitude for them. Wouldn't it be a nice thing to remember to thank Satan and the Gods, to feel some gratitude and send it their way? If most of the world without is shitting on Him all the time (and they are), blaming Him for everything, denigrating Him, telling lies about Him.
How nice would it be, to hear our voices coming from this wilderness of hate, to feel our hearts full with respect, love and gratitude, this being specifically, consciously directed to Him?
Seemed to me it would be a very nice thing to do. I've been doing it every day since the idea came to me
I hope some of you might consider taking this idea up and doing it in your own daily practice. I think as much as gratitude may be good for our souls, its also very good for Satan, to get some much needed appreciation.
I get the feeling He doesn't get very much of that.
And its a very nice, positive way to end your practice for the day
Expressing gratitude improves mental, physical and relational well-being and these effects tend to be long-lasting. I looked up the benefits of gratitude, which I am sharing here.
Benefits of Gratitude:
Improved physical, emotional, and social well-being
Greater optimism and happiness
Improved feelings of connection in times of loss or crises
Increased self-esteem
Heightened energy levels
Strengthened heart, immune system, and decreased blood pressure
Improved emotional and academic intelligence
Expanded capacity for forgiveness
Decreased stress, anxiety depression and headaches
Improved self-care and greater likelihood to exercise
Heightened spirituality -- ability to see something bigger than ourselves
So, I'm meditating and feeling energy, and this gratitude thing pops into my head followed by a memory of how, in most yoga classes I've been in, the instructor will usually end the session by taking a moment to give thanks for the session.
So, spontaneously, I decided to incorporate gratitude into my practice right then and there.
I decided that the person who most deserves gratitude is Satan and secondly, our Guardian Demons.
So I finish my practice sitting up, spine straight, eyes closed and focused on my third eye. I say aloud something like this – it varies from day to day as I am speaking from my heart and not from words on a page. When I'm done speaking what is in my heart, i finish with 3 AUMS. Goes something like this:
Dearest Satan: I want to take this moment to express to you my thankfulness for all you have done, and continue to do. For us, and also for myself personally. Thank you for your wisdom and guidance. Thank you for always being there, for refusing to give up on us. Thank you for being my Father. I'm so happy that you are my Father. I want you to know I love you very, very much. I feel such gratitude, for your being a part of my life. Thank you for my life. And, wherever you are right at this moment, I hope you can hear me. And I hope you have a wonderful day today.
Dear (Guardian Demon):
Thank you very, very much for all the times you have guided and guarded me, even for the things you have done for me that were unseen and perhaps unappreciated. Thank you for being my Guardian. I wouldn't want any other Demon but you. I love, honor and respect you. I want you to know I'm very grateful for your presence in my life. And I hope you hear me when I say this. And have a wonderful day, wherever you might be at this moment!
It just felt to me like, Satan and the Demons give us so much assistance. People usually want something. Or, people dedicate to Satan and immediately are asking Him to do something for them. Help me with this, help me with that. And we forget, I think, to just have some gratitude for them. Wouldn't it be a nice thing to remember to thank Satan and the Gods, to feel some gratitude and send it their way? If most of the world without is shitting on Him all the time (and they are), blaming Him for everything, denigrating Him, telling lies about Him.
How nice would it be, to hear our voices coming from this wilderness of hate, to feel our hearts full with respect, love and gratitude, this being specifically, consciously directed to Him?
Seemed to me it would be a very nice thing to do. I've been doing it every day since the idea came to me
I hope some of you might consider taking this idea up and doing it in your own daily practice. I think as much as gratitude may be good for our souls, its also very good for Satan, to get some much needed appreciation.
I get the feeling He doesn't get very much of that.
And its a very nice, positive way to end your practice for the day