Sept. 19, 2025

Awakening to the Blessing That Is You

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Send us a text Gratitude transcends being thankful for what we have and becomes a recognition of who we truly are—formless awareness that is already whole and complete. • Vedantic perspective reveals our true nature (Atman) lacks nothing and cannot be influenced by worldly desires • Living as a non-doer (akarta) makes gratitude effortless and free from dependency • Every breath is grace and every moment is a gift from the formless one • True gratitude manifests as kindness, consideration, hu...

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Gratitude transcends being thankful for what we have and becomes a recognition of who we truly are—formless awareness that is already whole and complete.

• Vedantic perspective reveals our true nature (Atman) lacks nothing and cannot be influenced by worldly desires
• Living as a non-doer (akarta) makes gratitude effortless and free from dependency
• Every breath is grace and every moment is a gift from the formless one
• True gratitude manifests as kindness, consideration, humility and compassion toward others
• Begin each day with gratitude for awareness itself—the consciousness that allows you to perceive anything
• Creating an atmosphere of nurture, care and understanding in your home
• Recognizing that you yourself are the blessing, not just counting blessings

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00:00 - Redefining Gratitude

00:41 - Vedantic View of Complete Self

01:42 - Living as Non-Doer Creates True Freedom

02:35 - Gratitude in Daily Practice

03:30 - Sacred Life Through Inner Gratitude

05:30 - You Are The Blessing

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gratitude is not for what you have, but what you are.

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Gratitude is one of those big platitudes that are spoken about these days and everyone talks about being grateful, having gratitude.

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You know you should be grateful for what you have.

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You could be a lot worse.

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But is that true gratitude or is that, somewhat, in the indirect way, you're having pity that you're not in somebody else's shoes?

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This is one way of looking at it.

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But what if gratitude is actually more for what you are, when you actually realize your true nature, your true essence of who you are?

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Now, if you look at it from a Vedantic point of view, as we've always done on this podcast, the formless self is already whole, complete.

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It lacks nothing.

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What more could you give that it does not already have?

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Can worldly desires even satisfy the Atman?

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Does the Atman get influenced by worldly desires?

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Only?

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The mind gets affected by desires not being attained.

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But if you realize that my true self is this formless one, I do not have a separate identity to God.

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Me and God are one and the same.

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What does God need that he doesn't already have?

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Do not have a separate identity to God.

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Me and God are one and the same.

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What does God need that he doesn't already have.

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It's already complete, it's perfect.

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It lacks nothing.

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There's nothing that can complete it.

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There's no void.

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Gratitude flows not from gaining more, but recognizing everything needed is already present.

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But recognizing everything needed is already present, there's no need for me even to desire something more, because life will provide what life wants to provide.

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It's none of my karma.

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And you see, when you live as a non-doer, the akarta, gratitude is very easy.

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But when we become the akarta, then that also means we become the enjoyer of the fruits of the actions we do.

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And therefore, guess what?

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Even the gratitude is now dependent.

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To make the gratitude free and full of freedom, one has to understand what's their true nature, which is already full.

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I've grown up listening to this that you know.

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My Guru has always said that every breath is grace.

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There's no such thing that isn't grace.

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Every moment is a gift from this formless one, this Nirankar.

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And when you live with that understanding, you're not actually grateful to things per se in your life, you're actually just grateful for life itself.

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You see the sacredness of life, your own life and how you live.

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That life has to be one of a sacred duty.

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Therefore, to show true gratitude is to live a sacred life, is to live a life that is based on saintly qualities, and that means one is kind, one is considerate, humble, sweet-natured, soft-spoken, nice to others, kind, caring, compassionate, full of empathy.

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Those are signs of someone full of gratitude.

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Someone full of gratitude.

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You can be grateful for the things that you get in life, but truly gratitude is that where you are just happy with what is.

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You don't need more.

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That creates gratitude.

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To practice gratitude, be grateful for being able to those of us that have had access to this wisdom, regardless of what path you follow.

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If you've come across formless awareness, then why didn't you start each day with gratitude for awareness?

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I know that I am awake this morning.

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You can start each day by being aware of the breath and thanking that.

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You are even aware of the breath, that you're conscious.

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You don't have to thank existence just for possessions, achievements or people in your life, but just the fact that you're.

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You know the very being within that you're able to even perceive these possessions, achievements and people.

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Without this beingness, there wouldn't be this recognition of possessions, achievements and people.

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Without this beingness, there wouldn't be this recognition of possessions, achievements or people, and that's something you can do any time of the day For my own life.

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I'm grateful for my Guru.

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I'm grateful for the Brahmgyana that my Guru gave me and that has allowed me to see life in a much more beautiful way and live a life that, hopefully, others can say it was a beautiful way of living.

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The atmosphere in my home has to be full of nurture, care, love and compassion, understanding each other instead of scolding and putting each other down.

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Those things are not to be done each other down.

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Those things are not to be done not by somebody who is living a life of gratitude or someone who is just full of gratitude themselves, like I've mentioned.

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You know we turn.

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We see that gratitude turns ordinary life into sacred life.

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The fact that every moment is a way of spiritual awakening, every moment is a recognition of this formless awareness.

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We can all see the sacredness of that, and that is true gratitude.

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Gratitude is not simply saying thank you.

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It's about your whole being being thankful, without words, in silence.

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Don't see gratitude as blessings to count.

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Recognize that you yourself are the blessing.

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Take care, namaste.