#319 Snippets of wisdom: Tears of gratitude, with Dr John Demartini.

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Agi Keramidas  0:02  
Welcome to Personal Development mastery podcast and this is another snippets of wisdom episode where I select my favourite most insightful moments from previous episodes of the podcast. Today's snippet of wisdom comes from my first conversation with Dr. John Demartini, who is a world renowned specialist in human behaviour. And one of the featured experts in the book and documentary The Secret. The conversation took place in November 2021. And the snippet I chose to play for you is about the importance of documenting those moments when you have tears of gratitude. I hope you find it as insightful as I have.

Dr John Demartini  0:50  
I document what I'm grateful for my mother told me when I was a young boy, that those that are grateful for what they have, they get more to be grateful for. And I believe that gratitude is a sign of seeing things as they actually are. Instead of seeing things as we fantasise or expect them to be, and I'm a firm believer of honouring what is, instead of comparing what is to what's not. And when I'm grateful for that. It brings a tear of tear into my appreciation. It brings healing, it brings vitality, it helps me have less noise in the brain. It helps me be more authentic and sustainable in communication with my communications and transactions and business allows me to have more of appreciation, which I believe wealth comes from appreciation, not depreciation, allows the relationships to be enhanced. It allows me to be a greater social influencer. It helps my body be more vital, and it is an attitude of inspiration. So I'm a firm believer of documenting what inspired you each day. There's always something you can be grateful for. And I believe that we have control over our perceptions, decisions and actions. And if we can prioritise our actions and live by what's highest and priority at all times, and delegate lower priority things, we increase the gratitude attitude.

Agi Keramidas  2:18  
You mentioned the word, the phrase tears of gratitude. And actually, I wanted to ask you about that as well. Because there are some times queued in our day that we have an inspired idea or something happens and we have this tears of gratitude. And I remember I read somewhere you wrote that it's important to document these specifically these moments because it's your intuition if you want speaking to you,

Dr John Demartini  2:47  
yes. When you're infatuated, your intuition is trying to point out the downsides to get you back into balance. When you're resentful, your intuition is trying to point out the upsides to get you back into balance, when sharing balance, are inspired. The purpose of intuition is a negative feedback homeostatic mechanism to bring your mind into balance and to take you out of pride or shame and it take you out of infatuation or resentment, and get you authentically centred. See, when you're proud, you're not yourself, when you're ashamed. You're not yourself. When you're in fatuous, somebody's minimising yourself, you're not yourself. And when you're resentful, and exaggerating yourself, you're not yourself. You're only going to be in a state of grace when you're you're being yourself. So tears of gratitude are confirmations of authenticity. And authenticity is what you want to document in your gratitude journal each day, the moment you're grateful, if you document what tears of gratitude, that's a moment of authenticity, and you're seeing things through a balanced eye. And you're seeing things as they are not as they are supposed to be according to your fantasy. As the Gita says on top such as it is, instead of as it's not. And this is the key and gratitude is the tear of inspiration, which is neuro chemically balanced, reveals to you the moments of authenticity, all that your physiology, all of your psychology, all of your surrounding sociology are offering feedback mechanisms back to you to help you become authentic, because the magnificence of the way you truly are when you're authentic is more profound than any fantasies that you'll impose on your expectations on life.

Agi Keramidas  4:28  
Thank you for tuning in, you can listen to the full conversation in Episode 190. The link is in the show notes. your ongoing support as my listener means the world to me, and I value your input in shaping the show's future. That's why I'm extending a special invitation to tell listeners like you to join me for a 30 minute zoom call and discuss your podcast experience your insights will play a vital role in making the show even more tailored to your needs and serve you better. And to express my gratitude, I will gift you a copy of my first book which is ready but not yet published. So you will be one of the very first people to read it. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with me exchange insights and read my book before it's available publicly. Click the link in the show notes to arrange our call or email me at Agi @ Agikeramidas.com

I appreciate the opportunity to have this more personal communication with you and I will be looking forward to speaking with you. Until then, stand out don't fit in!