Gratitude but to whom

[APeacefulWarrior]

My personal take is that, once one understands Oneness, then to express gratitude to a specific thing is also to express gratitude to the cosmos as a whole. Like, at the moment, I'm having a dish of chicken and rice with peanut sauce, and I thanked all three prior to eating. I'm simultaneously expressing gratitude to the Creator as a whole for this day and its oppotunities, but also to the specific forms of the Creator which existed so that I could have this yummy satay.

Am I also, after a fashion, thanking myself? Sure. But I don't see a contradiction in accepting separation while I'm choosing to inhabit a body in a realm of experience which is fundamentally founded upon separation.