I greet you, beloved students, in the spirit of the month of November, which, at least in North America, is the spirit of gratitude, or giving thanks. Indeed, the very process of life is something for which to be extremely grateful. Although many people complain about their lot in life, most will still agree that living beats the rival option. That said, it still turns out that many folks utterly take for granted the blessing of being alive. After all, the living state is the one they know. Yet because living seems so very ordinary, perhaps even mundane, most do not spend much time contemplating it or generating gratitude for it.

Elevating Your Heart's Frequency

As Thanksgiving approaches this year, try focusing your gratitude on life and the mystery of how it arises in all the multitudinous forms it graces. Indeed, may each of you experience the fullness of what it is to be alive, awake, and aware while in human form.

Now, I realize that your Pilgrim ancestors set aside only one day per year for focusing on and expressing thankfulness. Were I to have scripted the scenario for this particular holiday, I think I would have been inclined to present it as a season rather than a single holiday. Frankly, unless one has been engaged in ongoing and mindful gratitude practices in the months preceding, it is unlikely that a single day's observance in the course of a year's time is adequate for building the momentum necessary for shifting the heart to a higher vibratory level. Such is what well-applied gratitude does. Further, learning to raise the vibrational frequency of the heart is actually part of the ascension process. Thus, it is an evolutional skill all will ultimately seek to cultivate and master.