Intenders - Extending the practice of gratitudes
You are invited to join the 
SW Intenders Circle
Tuesday, November 29th, 6:30-8:30
11283 West Rice Place, Littleton CO 303-525-7091
Please use driveway or visitor parking spaces, HOA does not allow street parking
Did you notice how a lot of people were excited about Thanksgiving? Did you notice how strangers wished you a Happy Thanksgiving and wanted to share how they would celebrate? Did you feel a sincere connection to people who you might not otherwise interact with if it was not Thanksgiving? I did and I loved it!
As I was walking down the street on Thanksgiving day, on break from my work in the ER, a women was loading her car with her prepared feasts. She stopped to greet me and wish me happy Thanksgiving. Several days prior, fellow shoppers at the grocery store wished me Happy Thanksgiving; the cashier talked about all she was grateful for. Laura and I shared emails about the topic of gratitude before the holiday for our Intenders circle. I was inspired to wait til after the holiday in hopes of making the point of continuing our practice of gratitude inside and outside of our Intenders Circle all year long!
Our topic this week is - Gratitude!
Why is Gratitude important (a scientific approach) 4 minutes
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/gg_live/science_meaningful_life_videos/speaker/robert_emmons/what_good_is_gratitude/
"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation." ~ Brian Tracy
When you feel gratitude, often you are looking at a difficulty that you have overcome, but there is still some of that "struggle" vibration present. The state of appreciation is seeing whatever you are looking at through the eyes of Source. . . You could walk down a crowded street with all kinds of things that a lot of other people would find reason to criticize or worry about, and you would not have access to them because your vibration of appreciation is picking out for you things of a different vibrational nature. --- Abraham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXDMoiEkyuQ&feature=share%3E
(10 minute You Tube on Gratitude
"People are always asking me, how I remain so happy all of the time, especially when they learn of the early trauma's and challenges I faced, during the first 2/3rds of my life. Simply put, through GRATITUDE. Being in a state of heartfelt gratitude allows us as spiritual beings to receive the full benefit of the evolutionary process we are engaged in. Let's face it, if we've already gone through an experience then we have already paid whatever price we needed for it. After paying the price for
life, we should at the very least orient ourselves to receive whatever maximum gift there is for going through it. You have paid the price now please receive the gift. Even if the lesson does not make sense to you at the time, continue not just the parts you like. Not just that which makes you look and feel good, but the whole of life. Wake up every morning and acknowledge gratitude for everything in life. The spiritual truth is that no one can create an experience that they do not need. Therefore everything that occurs in our life is required in order to reach enlightenment. It therefore serves us immensely to be grateful for the whole of it. {exceprt courtesy of "You Are What You Love"by Vaishali}
From the Daily OM: When it comes to the things we want, there always seems to be an endless list. No matter how many times we get something off that list, we add new things to replace it. In life, this drama of wanting and getting and wanting is all part of the dance. The things we want motivate us to get up and get them.
And yet, at the same time, we can torment ourselves with our wanting, especially when we want something we can't have or can't find. It is in cases like these that it might be fruitful to entertain the idea that maybe what you really want is right in front of you. Maybe you are using this desire you can't fulfill to distract you from truly engaging the blessings you already have. It may seem like that doesn't make sense, yet we do it all the time. It may be easier to see in other people than to see it in ourselves. We have all heard our friends wishing they were more this or less that, and looking at them we see clearly that they are everything they are wishing they were. We know people who have wonderful partners and yet envy you yours. We wish we could give these people a look at their situations from our perspective so that they could see that what they want really is right in front of them.
It's not too far-fetched to consider that we might be victims of the same folly. It can be scary to have what we want. We get caught up in the chase and forget to enjoy the beauty right in front of us—like a child who never wants the toy she has in her hand but always the one just out of her reach. Take a moment today to consider the many things you are holding in the palm of your hand and how you might best play with them.
What you do is minuscule in comparison with what you choose to think, because your vibration is so much more powerful and so much more important. --- Abraham
From Bob Proctor: "There is another side of gratitude and it should play a much larger part in your life. Expressing gratitude is what you do for others, but experiencing gratitude is what you must do for yourself. Willie Nelson, after struggling with depression and addiction, said, "When I started counting my blessings my whole life turned around."
Feeling gratitude is a potent tonic that can immeasurably improve your happiness and sense of well-being. Author Melodie Beatie tells us why. "Gratitude" she says, "unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more."
The platitudes are true. The key to happiness is deciding to be happy. It's not getting more than you have; it's appreciating what you have."
We want to help you regain clarity about your individual power. Everyone has it. No one can ever take it away from you. No one can ever do anything "bad" to you. No one can assert into your experience. Everything, without exception, comes only by your individual invitation to it. Do you understand the process of asking? When you give something your attention and it becomes your dominant vibration relative to the subject—that is your asking. So, deliberate creating is not so much about looking out into the world and saying, "Oh, there are things that are good that I want to create or attract into my experience, and there are things that are bad that I don't want to create or attract into my experience." Deliberate creating is more about deliberate allowing. Deliberate allowing is more like deliberate vibration. --- Abraham
From the Intenders Vision Alignment Project: Be there. Go there now and never leave. Imagine that your dreams have already come true. Live your life from that mindset. Predicate your behavior on that reality, not the illusions that now surround you. Filter every thought, question, and answer from there. Let your focus shift and be born again - because dwelling from, not upon, the space you want to inherit is the fastest way to change absolutely everything.
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See you Tuesday?
Nancy & Paul
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