Quick Reads From Awakening Wholeness: a book that helps young leaders develop compassion for Myself, Others and The Earth.
Our Mission is supporting Youth Globally in learning Compassion for Oneself, Others & our Environment.
The whole of existence is love. And this love is meant for your understanding and evolution. It wants you to be awake, happy, and healthy through your understanding and choices. What can we do to be open to this love? How can we receive the infinite hugs that existence is sending us every single moment? When you put the first letters of the words “Humility, Understanding, Gratitude, and Service” together, you see the word H.U.G.S.
These are the four doorways to awakening Compassion and being a part of the compassionate dance of existence. Let’s look at each one briefly:
Gratitude
The universe is giving us so much all the time. Every single day, you breathe in about 12,000 litres of air. That contains about 600 litres of pure oxygen. You’ll never get a bill for that. Neither does the universe send you a bill for the sunlight you receive.
The Earth receives 6,000 times more sunlight than the energy needs of the entire human race. When you look at the dark clouds, you often see a silver lining. The silver lining’s there because there’s the sun behind the clouds. And that is a metaphor, saying that behind everything occurring on Earth, there is an amazing systemic intelligence that orchestrates all the things that are happening.
Consider this simple example: After you have had your lunch or breakfast, you do not sit at a computer to programme the function or operation of your stomach, where the proteins and carbohydrates should go, or what should happen. You don’t do that. It all happens automatically and in a wonderfully perfect way.
The more we focus our minds on the idea of gratitude, the more we appreciate what is happening. The more we look at the beautiful flowers in the garden, the cherry blossoms on the trees in spring, and the thousands of microbes working tirelessly in the soil to produce delicious fruits and vegetables, the more our hearts melt in joyful gratitude.
When you just look around you, or even look at your body, you are filled with so much gratitude. So again, say thank you to your body. Thank you for carrying my weight for so long. Thank your feet. Thank your heart, which goes on pumping blood continuously. Your heart beats tirelessly without asking you for any reward, without asking you for a promotion, an increment, or a leave. It just goes on pumping. How beautiful is that? How amazing! So, stop here for a moment.
Put your hands on your heart right now, express deep gratitude to your heart, and say, “Thank you, heart. Thank you for your pumping. Thank you for your blessings. Thank you for keeping me alive.” Thank you, lungs. Thank you, body. Thank you, food. Thank you, Sun. Thank you to all the microbes in the soil.
Thank you, parents. Thank you, teachers. Thank you, universe, for everything that you are showering on us. I love the human family. I love all the people and animals in my Earth family. I love the Earth.
Thank you L.I.F.E: Love In Full Expression.
When the heart is overflowing with gratitude and we understand that we are here to share our gifts and talents, service comes naturally. It’s like a fountain of loving energy, overflowing into the world as a source of benefits for others.
