I have long been trying to understand the idea of Giving Thanks.  To whom do we give this thanks?  If I acknowledge separation, I can give thanks from me to The Creator, but if I recognize Unity, who is giving thanks and who is receiving thanks?

Gratitude occurs when one appreciates what one has, where one is, what one is doing, and one's state of existence.  When one pines for a different thing to occur in the future or is nostalgic for some past, one is not in a state of gratitude.  Gratitude occurs only within the moment where one is.  All else is forgiven. 

It is also only within this infinitely eternal, dimensionless point in time that Unity exists.  Therefore, the states of gratitude and Unity are inseprable.  And instead of giving and receiving thanks, there is only having thanks.

Fear is the tool of the ego, used to convince us it exists.

Realists less so predict their reality than they do create it.

Just because it's not all in your head, does not mean it is real.

Just because it's in your head, doesn't mean it's not real.

As one offers thanks to The Universe, it offers ways of providing that for which one is thankful.

Rather than saying I meditate, I think of it as practicing meditation.  A doctor, no matter how skilled and knowledgeable, still runs a medical practice.  A concert pianist practices the piano every day regardless of the advancement of skill.  The great yogis, no matter how self-aware continue their meditation practices.

However unfocused I am, however much my back tightens, however long it is, a good meditation is good simply because it is practiced.

All the lessons we encounter are fruits with which to nourish our spiritual bodies.

The One gives to the One and takes from the One without the distinction of giver and recipient.

When I give a kindness to another self, it is easy for me to assure them that no payment or return of kindness is necessary.  I may explain that if they act kind to the next person that that is the same as exchanging kindness with me; it does not have to directly benefit me.

However, when exceptional kindness is bestowed upon me by another self, it is not as easy for me to follow my own perception of truth.

It is not fair to say that this person or that person suffers more or less than another person.  Suffering is suffering to the one who suffers.  And we all suffer.