Gratitude and the Bodhisattva ideal

Furthermore on this is the acknowledgement and expressions of person-centered gratitude. This concept means tracing one’s progress and advancement through the family lineage of transmission of the belief or base for faith.

For this it is basic and fundamental for the believer or practicing one to need to not be self-centered or self-delusional. He or she must adopt a position that will allow for genuine recognition of bestowed blessings in the form of immersion in the words, works, teachings, thoughts or the mindset emanating from the person-centered source.

With yoga, for the practicing one it is more diffuse not so much based on family linkage but more on compatibility and correspondence of techniques or practices. With inSelf yoga since direct perception is part of the key, blessings means successful applications of said techniques, leading the way to additional furthering and assistance on the path(s).

But generally, even an intuition of the sense of connection to the transmission of blessings in the form gratitude is sufficient. Gratitude in this sense is in true support of universal order and beyond, a tall order for mere mortals to do properly and with some consistency.

Also, impersonal and self-centered gratitude is in this manner incomplete and limiting. The practicing impersonalist also observes gratitude towards their personal connections. However, once the impersonal effulgence has been attained, exhaustion is likely to ensue in the due course of time since every step thereafter will need the appropriate personal grace. What else is said to be beyond the impersonal effulgence, where even a glance shapes existence.