Gratitude is, in fact,
very close to awareness.
It is one of these states of the heart
or the mind,
these very wholesome states,
where we are acknowledging
what has been done to help us,
and what we have.
It can be a very powerful tool to help us
by cultivating and developing it by perhaps,
breaking through a lot of blockages
and breakthrough a lot of unwholesome
mental perspectives,
and work with the mind
to shape it in a different way.
So, it sees reality
in a very grateful,
appreciate,
and uplifted way.
By so doing,
we are becoming more aware.
Gratitude is intertwined
with what we call mindfulness,
or awareness.
There has to be space,
–enough spaciousness
in our mind and heart
to feel gratitude.
And that spaciousness
is awareness
It is being able to
move away from
‘me, mine, I’
to
‘thank you’
This means Wise Practice.
This includes Wise Practice,
The result, is more awareness.
We are letting go of
whatever we want to do:
––all these things
we might have in our mind
and in our heart,
that we are projecting or,
‘I want to do this
I want to do that’––
…to contentment
Contentment is a fairly important
aspect of the path,
“Nekkhamma”or “santosa” in Pali
Contentment
is also bound with awareness,
because
the content, appreciative mind
is simply present.
It is happy here and now.
This is a very wonderful thing.
So, gratitude really helps us.