Remember, we can create an emotion by thought alone. We can experience joy or gratitude ahead of the environment to such an extent that the body begins to believe that it is already “in” that event. As a result, we can signal our genes to make new proteins to change our bodies to be ahead of the present environment. -Joe Dispenza
Emotions such as anger, hatred, suffering, shame, guilt, judgment, and lust make us feel more physical, because they carry a frequency that is slower and more like that of physical objects. However, the more elevated emotions such as love, joy, and gratitude are higher in frequency. As a result, they are more energy-like and less physical/material. -Joe Dispenza
The best antidotes for pridefulness are gratitude, satisfaction, and thankfulness. -David R. Hawkins
The joy of excellence is internally rewarding, and success is accompanied by gratitude rather than pride. -David R. Hawkins
Gratitude for the blessings of life awakens a deep sense of worthiness, belonging, and knowing that you have a special and meaningful mission to fulfill. -John DeMartini
Heaven and hell are mental states of gratitude and ingratitude respectively, so mastering your mind becomes the key to entering the realm of spiritual as well as material wealth and well-being. -John DeMartini
The wonderful thing about knowing who you are is that you’re always in a state of grace, a state of gratitude for the abundance of the apparent world. I overflow with the splendor, the generosity of it all. And I didn’t do anything for it but notice. -Byron Katie
When you live your life from that place of gratitude, you’ve come home. -Byron Katie
Love is not an emotion but a way of being and relating to the world. -David R. Hawkins
We should work like the rain. The rain just falls. It doesn’t ask, Am I making a nice sound down below? Or, Will the plants be glad to see me? Will they be grateful? The rain just falls, one raindrop after another. Millions and billions of raindrops, only falling. This is the open secret of Zen. When we sit, we only sit. When we cook, we only cook. Otherwise we are doing our work and spending our time in vain. Whether you are a Buddhist or not, it doesn’t matter. Whether you are in front of a computer, or digging a ditch, or painting with a brush, it doesn’t matter. In every area and activity of human life, we can follow the example of the rain. When you do engage your life in this way, when you bring some confidence to it from the foundation you discover in sitting, this is intimacy, this is “quality of being.” It is a deep expression of your original nature, and there is no self-consciousness between you and your activity, no second-guessing, no doubt. -Jakusho Kwong Roshi, No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen
4 thoughts on “Gratitude Quotes: Notes from my Kindle”
I love these to the moon and back! Thank you Belle!!
I love these to the moon and back! Thank you Belle!!
Thank you, Belle, this is really something else and a great use of time, technology and spirit, you set a wonderful example.
Great quotes — thanks for your contributions to my quote collection! Love, Carol
Helen! To the moon and back- that brings a tear to my eye every time. Thank you for the beautiful reminder of one of my favorite stories!
Garrett, wow, thank you! I wasn’t going for anything but ease and one-handedness. =)
Carol- I am honored to have contributed! Your quote collection is something else! <3