Anugraha, Grace, Gratitude - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

 

31/12/2016.

1. How can you get more grace in life?

1.1
Anugraha means grace. Nothing is possible in life without anugraha.

1.2.
When you receive a lot without making efforts for it, then it is said that you are blessed with anugraha.

1.3.
Usually you work hard at your job and then receive your salary. So you say, ‘I have earned my money’. But if someone gives you a gift, you do not say, ‘I have earned these gifts’. Can something that is earned be called a gift? No. You receive gifts without any efforts. So when you receive a great gift or an award that you feel you did not deserve, then that is called anugraha.

1.4.
When we receive something that we are not deserving of, or which exceeds our capabilities, then that is what is called Grace.

1.5.
When we see that in our life, we have received far more than what we deserve or are capable of, then gratitude dawns in us. We become thankful, complaints disappear and abundance grows.


 2. Who experiences a lack in life? One who thinks that ‘I am so capable yet I get nothing’.

2.1
A person who is grateful never experiences lack of anything.

2.2
Being grateful means all your complaints in life simply disappear.

2.3
When you have this feeling in your heart that you have always received more than what you asked for, or more than what you deserved, then deep gratitude arises in you.

2.4
When there is gratitude, there will never be a lack of anything in life.

2.5
For such a person, whatever he wishes for will keep getting fulfilled.


3. Now you might say that this is quite difficult. 

3.1
Yes, it is difficult.

3.2
It is never easy to achieve something.

3.3
But when you take one step towards this, you will find that it is very easy.

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