A simple practice to experience greater positivity and inner peace
Life moves quickly.
Our attention can easily become absorbed by problems, responsibilities, and worries.
And without realising it, we can overlook some of the extraordinary things supporting us every moment of every day.
The air we breathe.
The water we drink.
The food that nourishes us.
The light and warmth of the living Sun.
The beautiful Mother Earth beneath our feet.
And the extraordinary gift of simply being alive.
Appreciation is the conscious act of noticing and valuing the good things in our lives.
And taking just a few minutes each day to appreciate what we normally take for granted can begin to change the way we experience life.
WHAT COULD REGULAR APPRECIATION DO FOR YOU?
Reported benefits include:
- Greater happiness and a more positive outlook
- Improved wellbeing
- Reduced stress and negative emotions
- Stronger feelings of connection with others
- Greater kindness and generosity
- Better sleep
- Greater inner peace
- And more!
Ready to experience it for yourself?
Try the guided Appreciate For Peace practice below. It takes just a few minutes and requires no previous experience.
WHY APPRECIATION CAN BE SO POWERFUL
What we repeatedly give our attention to can have a powerful influence on how we experience life.
Our attention can easily be absorbed by what we haven't achieved, something we are worried about, what somebody said, or something we wish were different.
These things may be perfectly real and sometimes need our attention.
Appreciation doesn't mean ignoring difficulties or pretending that everything is wonderful.
It means deliberately making room to notice what is also good.
Something beautiful.
Someone who cares.
Something your body allows you to do.
Something in nature.
Or something so familiar that you normally take it for granted.
With regular practice, we can become increasingly aware of the positive and meaningful aspects of life that might otherwise pass unnoticed.
APPRECIATION AS SPIRITUAL SERVICE
According to the spiritual teachings of The Aetherius Society, sincere appreciation also releases positive, constructive spiritual energy which can:
- Help bring balance and harmony to our environment, which in turn can help others you may never meet — including those affected by floods, drought, and other environmental challenges.
- Generate positive karma for humanity, which opens the door for greater Divine intervention.
- Generate positive karma for you personally for a better future.
In other words, appreciation can become a simple yet powerful form of spiritual service — one that can also help you advance on your spiritual journey towards greater freedom and Enlightenment.
“We have been requested to remind the gentle people of Terra [Earth] that they take much for granted.
How many men of Terra do turn their face towards the Holy Sun and thank The Divine Creator—It shines even again?
How many do turn their face towards the rain-cloud and thank the Devic Manipulators [nature spirits] for bringing such necessities to them?
How many, when they plant seeds in the soil of Terra, do thank the Spirits of Nature for the germination of those seeds?
How many men of Terra do thank the Controllers of Nature for the oxygen in their atmosphere and for the nitrogen in their atmosphere—always balanced?
Indeed, any unbalance in this content is brought about as a direct result of some folly of man, not as a slip-up made by the Devic Controllers. How many of you do thank these Beings, this God which made Them, this Divine Architect which formulated the Law in the beginning and visualized its manifestation?...
Look, oh dear brothers, at your very existence.
Think about your dependability upon the work of the Higher Intelligences and give thanks for this, it is little enough
to ask in return for the unfailing tasks performed by these Intelligences.
Intelligences who often are sacrificing themselves on behalf of all of you.
Dear friends, open the gates of your hearts, let your love flow forth and as sure as you do, will it travel outwards and backwards, describing a complete circle.
Then will the Flame Itself within your hearts be fueled anew."
Mars Sector 6 - channelled through the expert mediumship of Master of Yoga Dr George King.
SOURCE: Cosmic Voice Volume 2
Dr. King at a radio interview
"In fact, take none of the great gifts, the great Laws of Nature for granted. Be thankful to God, also, that the Laws are as they are because they allow you to live, to breathe, to become more and more enlightened.
They allow you to gradually go up the stepladder back - to - your - Divine - Source.
And this is the greatest of all journeys and, ladies and gentlemen, the only journey.
There isn’t another one for anyone at any time. Never has there been and never will there be. Never can there be...
So be thankful for all these things.
You’re more enlightened now than you were when you came in here. Put that enlightenment to some use, and thank God many times a day for the major things—for, if you like, your blessings. And the more you are—strangely enough, and it’s a Law, the - more - will - come - to - you."
Master of Yoga Dr George King, Give Thanks To God For Your Blessings — 12th May 1968
APPRECIATE FOR PEACE — GUIDED PRACTICE
Try this 10-minute practice once a day for the next 7 days and let us know how it changes you at [email protected]
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