There is this incredible thing called appreciation. And most people are not familiar. What does it really mean to appreciate?
We appreciate somebody opening a door for us and we go, “Thank you.” If we are lost, somebody shows us, “Oh, you just go up, turn left and 20 feet, that’s the place you want to go,” and we are like, “Oh, thank you; thank you.” We go to a restaurant, the waiter serves us nicely, he doesn’t throw things at us. Says nice things to us. To express our gratitude, we leave him a tip. We appreciate what you have done.
This power of appreciation, when it is turned for this existence, for this life - not the things that you have in this life, but the life itself. The coming and going of this breath, that, “I am alive. I exist.” That I have the capacity to feel, that I have the capacity to understand, that I have the capacity to feel happiness in my life. That I have the capacity to be satisfied in my life. That I have the capacity to be content in my life. That I have a capacity to understand in my life. That I have the capacity to have the answers in my life.
Then, the appreciation that comes for this life is unique. And this, in my opinion, you, me, all of us, do very, very well.
Maharaji
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