Architects of a New Dawn2024-03-29T06:27:51ZMike Malloryhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MikeMalloryhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2980507495?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/group/graditude/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=3j02mdro59r7a&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGratitude Towards Our Divine father....tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2011-08-02:2227378:Topic:2838872011-08-02T14:23:12.061ZMike Malloryhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MikeMallory
<p>Friends,</p>
<p>Our First feelings of Gratitude towards our Father In Heaven......</p>
<p>Next will be our Parents who has given birth to us and we could come on this planet Earth....</p>
<p>Always be Grateful To all our Elements which are responsible for our precious Body and Our Soul should have Gratitude for our Mind which is a good Companion and our Good Intellect by which we can do best deeds and help others.....</p>
<p>We should be Grateful to our Nature so that we can have better…</p>
<p>Friends,</p>
<p>Our First feelings of Gratitude towards our Father In Heaven......</p>
<p>Next will be our Parents who has given birth to us and we could come on this planet Earth....</p>
<p>Always be Grateful To all our Elements which are responsible for our precious Body and Our Soul should have Gratitude for our Mind which is a good Companion and our Good Intellect by which we can do best deeds and help others.....</p>
<p>We should be Grateful to our Nature so that we can have better living.....</p>
<p>Be Grrteful for our body a Very good Companion of our Soul since Birth......</p>
<p>Dr. Sohiniben Shukla.</p>
<p> </p> Meditation is Key to Calming the Soul and reaching state of Gratitude....tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-10-11:2227378:Topic:2092342010-10-11T04:22:52.722ZMike Malloryhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MikeMallory
<p><strong><em>GRATITUDE is a State of Mind, not an Action....</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>A Celebration of Women</em></strong> has been inspired this day, 10-10-10, to share this with the members of <strong>GRATITUDE</strong>, a wonderful group. Focusing on Gratitude, as a state of mind and not an action; meditation is strongly suggested as a tool for achieving said state of mind.</p>
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<p>Here is a wonderful guided meditation from one of the women of our world,…</p>
<p><strong><em>GRATITUDE is a State of Mind, not an Action....</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>A Celebration of Women</em></strong> has been inspired this day, 10-10-10, to share this with the members of <strong>GRATITUDE</strong>, a wonderful group. Focusing on Gratitude, as a state of mind and not an action; meditation is strongly suggested as a tool for achieving said state of mind.</p>
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<p>Here is a wonderful guided meditation from one of the women of our world, please take a minute just for YOU and enjoy this meditation....here: <a href="http://acelebrationofwomen.org/?p=26627">http://acelebrationofwomen.org/?p=26627</a></p>
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<p><strong><em>Team Celebration</em></strong> invites all the members of this group to peruse our site, and enjoy other features on <em>Gratitude, Self-Love</em> and more.....just <em>Key in the word in Site Search Engine</em> and enjoy!</p>
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<p><strong>COMMENTS</strong> and <strong>THOUGHTS</strong> are appreciated....</p> I am Greatful that I get to be a part of the International Day of Peace Live Broadcasttag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2010-09-14:2227378:Topic:2048692010-09-14T22:19:27.971ZMike Malloryhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MikeMallory
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This is reposted channeling from Polaris, originally from <a href="http://www.polarisrising.com/gratitude-being-open-to-what-is.html">http://www.polarisrising.com/gratitude-being-open-to-what-is.html</a><br />
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Gratitude is the state of being open to what is present around you. It's receiving, being fully open — without judgment — to the state of what is around you.<br />
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Energetically, gratitude is an invitation into the third chakra to take in the totality of the energy of that which surrounds you.…
This is reposted channeling from Polaris, originally from <a href="http://www.polarisrising.com/gratitude-being-open-to-what-is.html">http://www.polarisrising.com/gratitude-being-open-to-what-is.html</a><br />
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Gratitude is the state of being open to what is present around you. It's receiving, being fully open — without judgment — to the state of what is around you.<br />
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Energetically, gratitude is an invitation into the third chakra to take in the totality of the energy of that which surrounds you. You can focus on something particular to hold that openness to. For instance, you could be grateful for a person and be open to their energy, inviting it in through your third chakra to then infuse you. You can be grateful to a situation and allow the energy of the state of something, as you perceive it, to be more a part of you.<br />
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Most people, in their normal state, are in a state of resistance. The amount of resistance varies from person to person and will vary for a particular person from situation to situation or from interaction to interaction. In other words, there is a spectrum of resistance.<br />
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Since most people are in a constant state of some resistance there is little awareness of the resistance that they are holding. The majority of people are in a rather low level state of resistance. Moving from that low level end of the spectrum to the more intensely resistant end of the spectrum is noticeable — and that's when it kicks in to conscious awareness for most people.<br />
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Resistance can be further explained:<br />
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Resistance comes in many forms but primarily lies at an energetic level. Everyone has awareness, on some level, of the energies of what is around them. This includes everyone from the more dynamically energetically sensitive people to those who do not see themselves as being particularly energetically sensitive. This awareness starts on an energetic level and translates for everyone to a mix of body awareness, intellectual awareness and emotional awareness.<br />
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An Example<br />
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Stephen grew up with a mother who was very uncomfortable with who she was and who constantly gave out bursts of energy of that discomfort. As a child, Stephen therefore created a resistance to energy similar to that of his mother's.<br />
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Different people create different ways of processing energy that they resist. As energy comes into awareness on an intellectual, emotional, or physical level, each person develops a preference or habitual process (intellectual, emotional, or physical) in how they resist the energy of others.<br />
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In this particular example, because of other factors going on in this relationship there was a quick bypass from the intellect straight into the body. The dynamic that grew from that relationship contained a lot of second guessing and mind-muddling. Stephen found out early from the strong reactions his mother had to his thoughts that it was easiest to bypass his intellect and allow the resistance be created directly in his body. This caused discernment to be bypassed as well. Stephen, as a result, created chronic resistance in his body — which has since manifested as a constant state of physical tension.<br />
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Stephen, who is energetically sensitive, now walks around in a constant low-level state of tension simply because there is energy around him. You can't escape the fact that there is energy around you if you exist in a human body. He has translated that sense of interaction with difficult energy to needing to be in a state of alert at all times, which creates additional tension in his body.<br />
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Applying the concept of gratitude to this would be, in essence, asking Stephen fully open himself to the energy that's around him. However, this is on a conceptual level. It's not enough at this point to simply say "be grateful for the energy around you and therefore you will open yourself to it and all your tension will be magically released". Stephen's patterns of resistance are too fully ingrained within him for him to easily be able to change this overnight into a state of being open.<br />
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Since the intellect is still being bypassed — in terms of his resistance to the energetic environment around him — it doesn't work to attempt to engage the intellect again because it will seem to Stephen like an intellectual exercise. He knows already that the concept of being grateful for what's around him is a valid concept. He also knows that if he were to be open to all the energy around him that he would no longer be resisting it; conceptually the two don't go together. The question is how to get there.<br />
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For such a person, we would offer the following concrete suggestions:<br />
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1) Remove tactile barriers between himself and his immediate environment. In other words, Stephen can practice periods with his clothes off, fully naked and open to the air and environment. Spending time like this on a regular basis, completely open (even just 15 minutes at a time) would be helpful.<br />
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2) From this more open state, after walking around in the air, Stephen can take something that is a tactile, soft, comfortable surface (like a soft blanket) and wrap himself with it. The intention is to completely — as much as he can — become that thing. It is an exercise in oneness, in welcoming. He can become, for instance, a comfortable soft tactile blanket that is now wrapping him.<br />
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3) After a few times experimenting with being out in the open and using something that has a sense of comfort to it, Stephen can then attempt to become surfaces or textures that aren't as comfortable. He can become a block of ice. He can become a bristly brush — something that's not comfortable. It is about, as best as he can, allowing oneness to flow from his own physicality.<br />
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This will allow Stephen to bypass the intellectual hamster wheel that could occur with the intellectual concept of gratitude, and instead allow his body to be open to the environment around him. From this will grow naturally, without effort, the ability to eventually include the more difficult people in his life.<br />
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Question: What do you have to say about the more 'new age' kind of gratitude? Where one lists 20 things one is grateful for every day?<br />
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For most people in this culture, that type of gratitude is an intellectual exercise. It is not a true opening of the Self to the energy that's around you. It also creates a sense of obligation: "I should drop all my judgments about this painful thing in order to be grateful for it." "I have cancer and I should be grateful that I have cancer because of all the gifts it's given me."<br />
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While these statements may be true, making them in this way can lock you up in an intellectual place. It doesn't allow you, in all the other ways that you process energy (emotionally and physically), to truly be open to what you are focusing on. Until you've embraced all that you feel relating to having cancer, for example, you can't be truly open to it. Gratitude comes through your resentment and resistance — not in spite of it.<br />
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People try to bludgeon themselves into a state of gratitude, because they think they should. They think that they should avoid having negative judgments about a situation or person.<br />
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Example 2<br />
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Ramona had a difficult marriage in an abusive situation. Ramona was in a difficult situation; there were a lot of 'negative' emotions that she had in association with her husband. However, because of the energy dynamic that was created between them, she placed most of the onus on herself. That is not to say that Ramona was not as involved in creating the dynamic as he was, but she had developed the habit of of projecting blame on him and then bringing it back upon herself. In effect, she was blaming herself for blaming. She wasn't truly embracing the 'negative' emotions.<br />
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After time, Ramona left the marriage. She was eventually able to accept the husband with all his faults and dynamic and also warmly accept herself — not from a blaming state, but simply by being present with how she was. Ramona not only expressed and acknowledged the 'negative' emotions in her self, but reached a state of acceptance of them. This then brought her to a state of gratitude for what her situation had once been, to the person that she had been during that situation, as well as to the person her husband had been.<br />
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Summary<br />
Gratitude is a state of full acceptance: unconditional, non-judgmental acceptance. Judgments can be present within gratitude if they are also acknowledged. It is in essence a completely receptive state: letting the focus of the gratitude permeate your very being.<br />
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It is because of this that it leads to joy; the word joy is a synonym to the state of being one with What Is.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.polarisrising.com/">http://www.polarisrising.com/</a> Attainmenttag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-06-14:2227378:Topic:856312009-06-14T22:05:20.368ZMike Malloryhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MikeMallory
Hi All -<br />
I just joined the group. In gratitude, I wanted to share one of my favorite poems.<br />
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by Ella Wheeler Wilcox<br />
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Attainment<br />
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Use all of your hidden forces<br />
Do not miss the importance of this life.<br />
And do not wait for circumstance<br />
To mould or change your fate<br />
In your Self lies destiny<br />
Let this vast truth cast out<br />
All fear, all prejudice, all hesitation.<br />
Know that you are great.<br />
Great in divinity.<br />
So dominate circumstance<br />
And enter into bliss.<br />
Love largely and hate nothing.<br />
Hold no aim that…
Hi All -<br />
I just joined the group. In gratitude, I wanted to share one of my favorite poems.<br />
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by Ella Wheeler Wilcox<br />
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Attainment<br />
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Use all of your hidden forces<br />
Do not miss the importance of this life.<br />
And do not wait for circumstance<br />
To mould or change your fate<br />
In your Self lies destiny<br />
Let this vast truth cast out<br />
All fear, all prejudice, all hesitation.<br />
Know that you are great.<br />
Great in divinity.<br />
So dominate circumstance<br />
And enter into bliss.<br />
Love largely and hate nothing.<br />
Hold no aim that does not chord with universal good.<br />
Hear what the voices of the silence say.<br />
All joys are yours if you put forth your claim.<br />
Once the spiritual laws are understood,<br />
Material things must answer and obey. Who is the best gratitude teacher in your life?tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-04-14:2227378:Topic:655882009-04-14T19:48:19.535ZMike Malloryhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MikeMallory
<a href="http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/index.htm">http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/index.htm</a><br />
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This wonderful teacher would be a great speaker and workshop leader (meditation teacher) locally. I was blessed to be a participant of one of his lectures at Green Gulch Zen Buddhist Center in California.<br />
Presently I am re-reading his book gratefulness - the heart of prayer for about the tenth time.<br />
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Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness by David…
<a href="http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/index.htm">http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/index.htm</a><br />
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This wonderful teacher would be a great speaker and workshop leader (meditation teacher) locally. I was blessed to be a participant of one of his lectures at Green Gulch Zen Buddhist Center in California.<br />
Presently I am re-reading his book gratefulness - the heart of prayer for about the tenth time.<br />
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Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness by David Steindl-Rast and Henri J. M. Nouwen (Paperback - Aug 1984)<br />
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DAVID STEINDL-RAST was born July 12, 1926, in Vienna, Austria, where he studied art, anthropology, and psychology, receiving an MA from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and a PhD from the University of Vienna. In 1952 he followed his family who had emigrated to the United States. In 1953 he joined a newly founded Benedictine community in Elmira, NY, Mount Saviour Monastery, of which he is now a senior member. In 1958/59 Brother David was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Cornell University, where he also became the first Roman Catholic to hold the Thorpe Lectureship, following Bishop J.D.R. Robinson and Paul Tillich.<br />
After twelve years of monastic training and studies in philosophy and theology, Brother David was sent by his abbot to participate in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, for which he received Vatican approval in 1967. His Zen teachers were Hakkuun Yasutani Roshi, Soen Nakagawa Roshi, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and Eido Shimano Roshi. He co-founded the Center for Spiritual Studies in 1968 and received the 1975 Martin Buber Award for his achievements in building bridges between religious traditions.<br />
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Together with Thomas Merton, Brother David helped launch a renewal of religious life. From 1970 on, he became a leading figure in the House of Prayer movement, which affected some 200,000 members of religious orders in the United States and Canada.<br />
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For decades, Brother David divided his time between periods of hermit's life and extensive lecture tours on five continents. On a two-month lecture tour in Australia, for example, he gave 140 lectures and traveled 12,000 miles within Australia without backtracking. His wide spectrum of audiences has included starving students in Zaire and faculty at Harvard and Columbia Universities, Buddhist monks and Sufi retreatants, Papago Indians and German intellectuals, New Age communes and Naval Cadets at Annapolis, missionaries on Polynesian islands and gatherings at the United Nations, Green Berets and participants at international peace conferences. Brother David has brought spiritual depth into the lives of countless people whom he touches through his lectures, his workshops, and his writings.<br />
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Your Gratefulness Webteam How is your life when you feel gratitude for everything that you experience?tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-04-10:2227378:Topic:642592009-04-10T14:01:38.881ZMike Malloryhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MikeMallory
Gee, okay gratitude for everything. I haven't experienced that much gratitude yet.Imagine the possibilities!<br />
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I know that when I do feel graitude it changes how I see what is going on for me. I focus on what I learned from a situation and I am a thankful for whatever feeling or behavior it evokes rather than defaulting to feeling like a victim of circumstance.<br />
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Feeling. gratitude opens the door for me to accept and love my choices regardless of what they are ...and to re-choose. .Feeling…
Gee, okay gratitude for everything. I haven't experienced that much gratitude yet.Imagine the possibilities!<br />
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I know that when I do feel graitude it changes how I see what is going on for me. I focus on what I learned from a situation and I am a thankful for whatever feeling or behavior it evokes rather than defaulting to feeling like a victim of circumstance.<br />
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Feeling. gratitude opens the door for me to accept and love my choices regardless of what they are ...and to re-choose. .Feeling gratitude all the time .?<br />
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I see and feel myself experiencing freedom in all moments.. I choose that for myself now.<br />
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Warm Regards,<br />
Linda Lawson