Acknowledgement, not thanks, makes love grow
Recording 07 of 12
How to speak to children, partners, and workmates so goodness returns
The talk distinguishes shallow thanks from living acknowledgement, which ripens into gratitude—the true prayer that gives of itself and returns as more love in children, partners, and daily work.
LENGTH: 29 MINUTES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
YEAR RECORDED: 1988
PLACE RECORDED: TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN, AUSTRALIA
MAIN TOPICS
Life is good, Understanding as limitation, Teaching children, Truth beyond understanding, Being as nothing, Gratitude to the source, Acknowledging the good being grateful
SUMMARY
It begins with a listener's letter and moves to the core solution: what's wanted is acknowledgement, not thanks. Acknowledgement requires presence and time—naming the good in a child's deed, a partner's rightness, a colleague's effort—so that goodness expands and returns 'like the bread on the waters.' Given deeply and consistently, acknowledgement matures into gratitude, which is prayer without asking: a simple 'Thank you, life,' that fulfils by giving rather than pleading.
Outline – Gratitude to the Master , Acknowledgement, Nothing, Your enjoyment is life's pleasure, Simon and ghostbusting, Understanding
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