The Bearded Mystic Podcast
Rahul N Singh host of The Bearded Mystic Podcast explores the Hindu philosophy of Advaita Vedanta or Nonduality in a very simple, direct and practical way.
Episodes include discussions into eastern scriptures like The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads etc and discussions about everyday spirituality.
Rahul has been on the spiritual path for over 20 years and has an open-minded approach to spirituality and finds that there is no one size fits all approach.
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The Bearded Mystic Podcast
Awakening to the Blessing That Is You
Gratitude transcends being thankful for what we have and becomes a recognition of who we truly are—formless awareness that is already whole and complete.
• Vedantic perspective reveals our true nature (Atman) lacks nothing and cannot be influenced by worldly desires
• Living as a non-doer (akarta) makes gratitude effortless and free from dependency
• Every breath is grace and every moment is a gift from the formless one
• True gratitude manifests as kindness, consideration, humility and compassion toward others
• Begin each day with gratitude for awareness itself—the consciousness that allows you to perceive anything
• Creating an atmosphere of nurture, care and understanding in your home
• Recognizing that you yourself are the blessing, not just counting blessings
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gratitude is not for what you have, but what you are. Gratitude is one of those big platitudes that are spoken about these days and everyone talks about being grateful, having gratitude. You know you should be grateful for what you have. You could be a lot worse. But is that true gratitude or is that, somewhat, in the indirect way, you're having pity that you're not in somebody else's shoes? This is one way of looking at it. But what if gratitude is actually more for what you are, when you actually realize your true nature, your true essence of who you are?
Speaker 1:Now, if you look at it from a Vedantic point of view, as we've always done on this podcast, the formless self is already whole, complete. It lacks nothing. What more could you give that it does not already have? Can worldly desires even satisfy the Atman? Does the Atman get influenced by worldly desires? Only? The mind gets affected by desires not being attained. But if you realize that my true self is this formless one, I do not have a separate identity to God. Me and God are one and the same. What does God need that he doesn't already have? Do not have a separate identity to God. Me and God are one and the same. What does God need that he doesn't already have. It's already complete, it's perfect. It lacks nothing. There's nothing that can complete it. There's no void.
Speaker 1:Gratitude flows not from gaining more, but recognizing everything needed is already present. But recognizing everything needed is already present, there's no need for me even to desire something more, because life will provide what life wants to provide. It's none of my karma. And you see, when you live as a non-doer, the akarta, gratitude is very easy. But when we become the akarta, then that also means we become the enjoyer of the fruits of the actions we do. And therefore, guess what? Even the gratitude is now dependent.
Speaker 1:To make the gratitude free and full of freedom, one has to understand what's their true nature, which is already full. I've grown up listening to this that you know. My Guru has always said that every breath is grace. There's no such thing that isn't grace. Every moment is a gift from this formless one, this Nirankar. And when you live with that understanding, you're not actually grateful to things per se in your life, you're actually just grateful for life itself. You see the sacredness of life, your own life and how you live. That life has to be one of a sacred duty. Therefore, to show true gratitude is to live a sacred life, is to live a life that is based on saintly qualities, and that means one is kind, one is considerate, humble, sweet-natured, soft-spoken, nice to others, kind, caring, compassionate, full of empathy. Those are signs of someone full of gratitude. Someone full of gratitude.
Speaker 1:You can be grateful for the things that you get in life, but truly gratitude is that where you are just happy with what is. You don't need more. That creates gratitude.
Speaker 1:To practice gratitude, be grateful for being able to those of us that have had access to this wisdom, regardless of what path you follow. If you've come across formless awareness, then why didn't you start each day with gratitude for awareness? I know that I am awake this morning. You can start each day by being aware of the breath and thanking that. You are even aware of the breath, that you're conscious.
Speaker 1:You don't have to thank existence just for possessions, achievements or people in your life, but just the fact that you're. You know the very being within that you're able to even perceive these possessions, achievements and people. Without this beingness, there wouldn't be this recognition of possessions, achievements and people. Without this beingness, there wouldn't be this recognition of possessions, achievements or people, and that's something you can do any time of the day For my own life.
Speaker 1:I'm grateful for my Guru. I'm grateful for the Brahmgyana that my Guru gave me and that has allowed me to see life in a much more beautiful way and live a life that, hopefully, others can say it was a beautiful way of living. The atmosphere in my home has to be full of nurture, care, love and compassion, understanding each other instead of scolding and putting each other down. Those things are not to be done each other down. Those things are not to be done not by somebody who is living a life of gratitude or someone who is just full of gratitude themselves, like I've mentioned. You know we turn. We see that gratitude turns ordinary life into sacred life. The fact that every moment is a way of spiritual awakening, every moment is a recognition of this formless awareness. We can all see the sacredness of that, and that is true gratitude. Gratitude is not simply saying thank you. It's about your whole being being thankful, without words, in silence. Don't see gratitude as blessings to count. Recognize that you yourself are the blessing. Take care, namaste.
