You have understood gratitude when you give yourself over to adding more beauty to the world
than what has been handed down to you.

शमथ। Samatha

This world and all it has is for you. The way you approach them and use them determines the
course of your future. This is true on the physical plane as well as on the mental plane.

Your approach to nature is classified into three qualities; gross, transactional and pure. While
gross is repulsive, transactional keeps oneself at the centre weaving a web. Pure has
transcended any idea of repulsion or gain. To know which quality is dominant in your actions,
observe how you conduct yourself with the most basic things in your life.

Observe your action as well as your thoughts while performing those. This not only reveals your quality to yourself, but also presents the opportunity to transform and transcend.

Many people hide their laziness behind the mask of detachment. Detachment is not
nonperformance of actions, but not hankering after the recognition that arise from actions.

Laziness is gross behaviour. It makes the air around you stale. It eats away intelligence. Look to
add beauty to what is given to you. This facilitates the creative spirit to be active. This is the
solution to all the problems you see in the world.

Leave your armchair and find your rightful place in this world and in the larger existence.
Receive what you have been given with gratitude and make it grow a hundredfold.

Feel Blessed
Swastham Shantam Sampurnam