Gratitude Meditation

Spreading a warm glow of gratitude to every aspect of your body, your being, your life, the earth, space, and the universe. Sensing that gratitude is essentially love, and that the love is the essence of all things, and of the universe itself.

Transcript

Gratitude Meditation.

I'd like you to begin by remembering a situation in your past where you felt an intense sense of gratitude towards somebody or something.

A situation where somebody acted with great kindness and generosity towards you and as a result you felt a warm glow of gratitude fill your whole being.

So just take a few moments to remember that situation and to rekindle that warm glow of gratitude.

And now I'd like you to allow the memory of that situation to fade away.

Just allow it to pass from your mind so that all that is left is that glow of gratitude.

So for a few moments just allow yourself to feel that glow of gratitude within your being without reference to any situation.

And now we're going to spread that glow of gratitude to different aspects of our being and different aspects of our lives.

So first of all let's be aware of our bodies.

Let's consider all of the incredible things that take place inside our bodies every moment of the day to keep us healthy and alive.

Consider all of the tiny microscopic processes that take place inside you.

All of the bacteria,

Millions of bacteria that are working every moment to keep the processes of your body moving along so that you can be healthy and alive right now.

Let's spread that glow of gratitude towards all of these processes within our body.

All of these tiny microscopic processes working to keep us healthy and alive.

And let's consider the organs of our body that keep us healthy and alive.

Our lungs,

Our heart,

Our kidneys.

Let's send that glow of gratitude towards all of the vital organs of our bodies.

And also our senses.

The senses that open us to the wonders and beautiful aspects of the world.

Our vision,

Our hearing,

Our sense of smell,

Our sense of taste,

The sense of touch.

Let's send the glow of gratitude towards these senses for opening us up to this wonderful and beautiful world.

And let's consider our minds.

Let's remember how our minds help us to plan our lives,

To organise our lives,

To respond to situations,

To concentrate,

To recall knowledge.

So let's send the glow of gratitude towards our minds as well for helping us to function in our lives and in the world.

So now the whole of our bodies should be filled with this warm glow of gratitude.

Our minds as well,

All of our beings and our bodies should be glowing with gratitude.

But now let's send the glow of gratitude outside us as well.

Let's consider the air,

The air we breathe in,

Which keeps us alive.

And for the next few breaths that you take,

Breathe in the air with gratitude and breathe out gratitude back into the air.

Every time you breathe out,

Breathe out your gratitude back into the air for every breath that sustains your body and your mind and keeps you alive.

Just breathe out gratitude back into the air.

And let's consider the earth itself,

The earth that we're living on the surface of.

Let's consider the beautiful aspects of nature,

The trees,

The flowers,

The soil.

Let's consider the earth beneath us,

The soil beneath us and beneath that the rock of the earth.

Let's send gratitude towards the earth for the privilege of being alive on its surface,

For the privilege of perceiving its beauty and being part of its oneness.

And let's consider the people who live on the surface of this planet.

First of all,

Let's send gratitude towards our parents.

Whether they are alive or whether they have passed on.

Let's be grateful for our parents for giving us the gift of life.

If they hadn't conceived us,

We wouldn't be here to take in the wonder of existence and the privilege of being.

So let's send gratitude towards our parents and also to our grandparents and our great grandparents and every generation before them.

Because all of them have given us the gift of being.

They have all enabled us to be here right now.

Let's consider the other members of our families and our friends.

Wherever they are at this moment,

Send that warm glow of gratitude towards them.

As we sense how valuable they are,

How beautiful they are and how much we love them.

And not just our friends and relatives,

But all the human beings that live on the surface of this planet.

All of our fellow members of the human race.

Let's send gratitude towards them for sharing the journey of our lives,

For sharing the surface of this planet with us.

And not just our fellow human beings,

But all living beings on the surface of this planet.

And in the sea as well,

In the oceans and in the sky.

All of the animals,

All of the insects,

The fish in the oceans,

The birds in the sky.

Let's send out gratitude towards all of them for sharing our lives on this planet with us.

Let's send out gratitude into space,

Into the space around us,

Into the Earth's atmosphere,

Which is full of life-sustaining chemicals,

That which we would never be able to survive.

Let's send out gratitude into the space around us,

Into the Earth's atmosphere.

And beyond that,

Into space itself,

Beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

Let's feel that warm glow of gratitude stretching and spreading into space.

And let's be grateful to the sun,

Millions of miles away,

Which sends down heat and light and radiance to our planet and to us individually,

Sustaining our lives,

Sustaining all life on this planet.

Let's send our gratitude millions of miles across space towards the sun,

At the centre of our solar system.

And even beyond the sun,

Even beyond the solar system,

Into the whole of the universe,

Let's feel the warm glow of gratitude stretching through all space,

Stretching through the whole universe,

Endlessly,

Infinitely,

Through the whole universe.

So now,

The whole of your being,

The whole of your body,

Is glowing with gratitude,

Is filled with a warm feeling of love and appreciation.

Through the whole of your body,

From your head,

Down towards your shoulders,

Through your arms,

Down towards your hands,

Through your chest,

Towards your stomach and your waist,

Down through your legs,

Down towards your feet,

You can feel that glow of gratitude all the way up to your mind and your senses.

And stretching outside you as well,

Beyond your body,

Into the space around you,

Into the earth below you,

Immersing all of the people in your life and all of the people and all of the living beings in the world,

Stretching through the earth's atmosphere into space.

And let's consider that gratitude is,

In essence,

Love.

Love is the essence of gratitude.

And love is the essence of all reality.

Love is the ground of the universe,

Which pervades all things and which underlies all things.

So let's simply be aware of this essence of love,

Filling our beings,

Filling all space,

Filling the whole universe.

Just for a few moments,

Let's rest within this essential love and feel its radiance and warmth.

And remember that love is timeless and eternal,

Stretching beyond space,

Stretching beyond our individual beings,

Beyond all the manifestations of matter.

There is only all-pervading love.

And now,

Return your attention to the chair you're sitting on,

To the ground beneath your feet.

Return your attention to the sounds inside this room and any sounds outside the room.

And let's retain that sense of gratitude,

That warm glow of gratitude flowing through us and outside us.

Let's retain that as we slowly open our eyes.

And as we bring this meditation to a close.

Reviews

Thanks so much for your lovely meditation. May the joy be with you. Nàmaste

Thank you Steve ❤️

Absolutely beautiful so grateful for this session 🙏 all we need is love !

Good. Thank you

Peaceful and glowing .
Just what the doctor ordered ;)

Thank you!

Another awesome meditation from Stevie!

Lovely, inclusive. I appreciate how gratitude is equated with the essence of love near the end. Thank you for sharing your gift. Much love & gratitude.
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Gratitude = LOVE = the essence of all things.
All you need is Love.
Love is All you need.

Sitting in the glow of gratitude. Thank you!

Thank you for reminding me and remembering Love. Namaste 🙏🏼

I loved this meditation! Really felt a strong sense of gratitude and love.

My heart is filled with gratitude. Beautiful.

Very peaceful and grounding. Thank you! Namaste.

Filled with appreciation and gratitude. Thank you.

Thank you. What a beautiful way to return to the essence of being alive.