E104: Gratitude for the Miracle of Life
Michael Singer Podcast
Michael Singer
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Gratitude is not about getting what you want but about appreciating the profound gifts of existence that are freely given to you. These include the flow of your breath, the beat of your heart, the ability to think and feel, and above all, the gift of conscious awareness. Suffering stems from ignoring all of this and fixating on your personal preferences. Liberation lies in shifting your focus from the personal self to the vastness of existence, where appreciation, joy, and love are the natural state of your being.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Michael Singer podcast presented by Sounds True in partnership with Shanti Publications. |
| 0:22.5 | For more information about Michael Singer's work, access to all prior episodes, and information |
| 0:28.7 | about upcoming releases, we invite you to join us at Michael Singer Podcast.com. Jaguardive, Jamestris. |
| 1:01.0 | There's a word that we use a lot, that we don't pay much attention to. |
| 1:09.0 | We're supposed to, we're told to, but we don't, much attention to. We're supposed to, or told to, but we don't. |
| 1:12.6 | And that's gratitude. |
| 1:14.6 | From a religious point of view, people talk about, be grateful for your blessings and this |
| 1:20.6 | and the other thing. |
| 1:21.6 | It is so much deeper than that. |
| 1:24.6 | So let's talk about it for a moment. What do you have to be grateful for? |
| 1:30.3 | If I went around each one of you, you would tell me, |
| 1:34.3 | Oh, I had this baby. Oh, I got a new car. |
| 1:39.3 | Oh, I won the election. Oh, |
| 1:43.3 | Okay. I just, you're going to tell me the Oh, I won the election. Oh. |
| 1:45.7 | Okay. |
| 1:52.1 | You're going to tell me these things that are personal to you. |
| 1:55.6 | And you think that's what gratitude is. |
| 1:58.8 | I'm sorry to tell you that it's not gratitude. |
| 2:00.6 | That's a spoiled brat. |
| 2:02.5 | I got my toy. |
| 2:05.6 | I get the toy I wanted for Christmas. |
| 2:06.8 | There's gratitude. |
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