Walk with Moojibaba
Start by Saying Thank You
8 October 2020 (with subtitles)
As a human being, we must thank God
for the blessings that we receive in our life.
We are not accustomed to doing that, very often,
depending on where we are from in this world.
We are living in answered prayers,
or even unasked for prayers.
Unasked for, we are receiving so much.
The feeling of entitlement
is not a good feeling because
we are privileged to have a human form,
to have the abilities and the potential
and the opportunities that a human life gives, also.
When we can acknowledge
the order and the harmony that exists on this planet,
in spite of how much we, as a species or a race,
have put so much stress on the planet,
yet it continues to take care,
like an unappreciated mother.
This is God's way of providing for us,
and we rarely show gratitude for that.
We show gratitude for much smaller things,
and things that please our ego and person.
But, I can only encourage you to say thank you for life,
and for the opportunity of using a clear mind,
of wishing to help others,
or to at least have respect for them.
And even though you may feel,
'Oh, but I'm not seeing anything to be thankful for',
that is only due to ignorance and blindness, in fact.
This is why I once shared that
perhaps one of the greatest mantras, or greatest prayers,
is to say thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
Even if you are not able
to itemise any list of what you should be grateful for,
be grateful that you exist, even with your difficulties.
Because, when seen the right way,
even present difficulties turn out to be hidden gifts
for growing, for maturing and expanding
in consciousness and in righteousness.
So, an ungrateful heart and mind will struggle.
It's as though you're working against yourself.
And so, even this simple act of saying,
thank you, thank you, thank you,
even if your mind is totally empty when you say that,
keep on saying, thank you, thank you,
as though there is an invisible friend that
is always taking care of you
in ways that you don't see immediately,
but is taking care of your life
until it's time to leave this body.
And even after that, he's taking care.
But the more conscious you are, and this life is really offering
that opportunity, I feel, for intelligent existence,
that, the more you are aware of this,
the more you show, you take that step of faith to say thank you.
Thank you, existence. Thank you, God.
Thank you, spirit. Thank you, Self.
Thank you, consciousness.
Then, gradually, the separation that is in the mind of man,
between what we are and what the pure being, the pure Self, is,
that sense of separation will stop widening and start to close.
Then you come into a sense of harmony, more and more.
It's a mystery. I can't put it down on a blackboard for you,
but I will tell you that you will know it.
Experientially, you'll feel how much lighter your life is,
and the mind becomes much more peaceful, open, kind and less afraid.
Keep going. Keep coming.
Keep losing the heavy luggage of ego and personhood,
and perceiving life too personally, through personal eyes,
personalising the senses, personalising the body too much.
Simply start by saying thank you. 'Thank you to existence.
I'm here. I'm healthy right now.
And even if I'm not healthy, if the body's not so healthy,
thank you that I'm still able to hear words like this inside my heart.
And to feel a sense of their magnitude,
of what they point to as the spirit of Truth,
and what I truly am in myself.'
So, thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
Copyright © 2021 Mooji Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
No part of this recording may be reproduced
without Mooji Media Ltd.'s express consent.