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Gratitude

... there is another movement which should constantly accom-
pany devotion.... That kind of sense of gratitude that the Divine
exists; that feeling of a marvelling thankfulness which truly fills
you with a sublime joy at the fact that the Divine exists, that there
is something in the universe which is the Divine, that it is not just
the monstrosity we see, that there is the Divine, the Divine exists.
And each time that the least thing puts you either directly or indi-
rectly in contact with this sublime Reality of divine existence, the
heart is filled with so intense, so marvellous a joy, such a gratitude
as of all things has the most delightful taste.
There is nothing which gives you a joy equal to that of grati-
tude. One hears a bird sing, sees a lovely flower, looks at a little
child, observes an act of generosity, reads a beautiful sentence,
looks at the setting sun, no matter what, suddenly this comes
upon you, this kind of emotion — indeed so deep, so intense —
that the world manifests the Divine, that there is something behind
the world which is the Divine.
CWM 8: 40

The pure flame of gratefulness must always burn in our heart,
warm, sweet and bright, to dissolve all egoism and all obscurity;
the flame of gratefulness for the Supreme’s Grace who leads the
sadhak to his goal — and the more he is grateful, recognises this
action of the Grace and is thankful for it, the shorter is the way.

The Mother

Gratitude
It is you who open all the closed doors and allow
the saving Grace to enter.
(Spiritual significance of the flower given by the Mother)
Botanical name: Ipomoea carnea

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