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Gratitude: The Doorway to Ascension

Written by Lynne on September 26, 2011 – 2:37 pm -

This is the eleventh of 12 new articles updating the Brilliance formula.. A key to living from our Brilliance is learning to maintain an attitude of gratitude in every situation.

Gratitude: The Doorway to Ascension

Lynne Hoft & Vivian Hildebrandt

We are on the journey of a lifetime. We are in the midst of creating a new world, in which Spirit merges with all things physical in a conscious way. In this world, our hearts are integrated with our minds so that what we create is in harmony with the good of all. The short cut, the key that unlocks our ability to complete this monumental task is gratitude.

From our earliest years we are taught to “say thank you”, to bless our food or “say grace”, in order to appreciate what we are given in life. Thus begins our attitude of gratitude. We begin to pay attention to what is working in life.

Our third-dimensional world is structured in duality. As we grow we are conditioned to pain and suffering. We tend to become more aware of what is not working for us. We are trained to be fearful and wary of the difficulties life brings.

Now, we are waking up from the illusion of the harshness of life that has prevented us from experiencing the light and love that also exists moment to moment. We begin to see that we have the ability to choose. We can see only the dark side of life, or we can choose to see the light and love that is also present. We realize that we are not helpless beings subject to all the pain and suffering life throws at us. Rather we are free spirits with the ability to choose our path and to choose our response to all that our life holds.

Gratitude is our acknowledgement of the perfection in our lives. Through it we see the benefits of even our difficult times. We are able to recognize the gifts in our everyday encounters and interactions. Gratitude comes from the heart of our Brilliance and opens the door to happiness.

We learn that love is the true core of our existence and that when we filter our experience through the eyes of love we are open to much more expansive possibilities for beingness. We can choose at any time to integrate more of our true nature into each action in each moment. The choice to live from our Brilliance creates striking changes immediately in our internal and external worlds.

Gratitude as a way of life is possible when we become aware that each person and event in life has the ability to contribute to expanding our minds, our hearts, our health, our spirit—every aspect of ourselves. To make thankfulness or gratitude a way of being, we need only to give up our limiting perceptions of ourselves others. When we recognize the seen and the unseen dimensions of life, we can experience the wholeness in ourselves and in others. Our true beingness is much bigger than our day-to-day behaviors. The Brilliance, the wholeness, of all life is rapidly touched and entered through acts of gratitude, thankfulness and kindness.

Gratitude is the key to opening our hearts to the love that is always with us. The more we are able to be grateful, to appreciate what is in our lives, the more we will be able to see what is working for us. Gratitude is something to practice, to develop, and to expand in our lives. When we practice gratitude, the art of seeing the gifts each moment holds for us, it becomes easier to see life as a constant stream of blessings.

Our problems shrink to manageable proportions as we become able to see the gifts life is bringing through all our experiences. Eventually our problems become the gifts of life that bring us greater understanding, awareness, and confidence that life is working for us.

It is this attitude of gratitude that brings a new and better world into reality. With each breath, with each thought, we are creating our lives. When we move into our heart of Brilliance we will create the cooperation, respect, gratitude and love that shape and sustain the individuality and oneness, the sovereignty of all.

It is our attitude of gratitude that overcomes all hurdles and shows us the light, the beauty, the gifts that are always available in each moment. Gratitude opens our hearts and minds to joy. It is the doorway to Ascension.