Looking Back–Gratitude and Answered Prayers

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As one year draws to a close, we look back on many answered prayers and intentions, taking time to give thanks and enjoy the feeling of gratitude. We also dip into the nature of gratitude and why it’s important to practice regularly. As it’s been called, gratitude is “nature’s anti-depressant,” having a proven effect on our mood.

Websites, people and organizations mentioned in this episode:

Emily Fletcher, Ziva, https://positivepsychology.com/neuroscience-of-gratitude/#neuroscience https://zivameditation.com/

‘Grateful Brain’ (2012 book by Alex Korb) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/prefrontal-nudity/201211/the-grateful-brain https://alexkorbphd.com/how-gratitude-shapes-your-brain/

Greater Good Magazine https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_stops_gratitude

Deepak Chopra on gratitude https://www.facebook.com/DeepakChopra/

Robert Emmons Greater Good essay, ‘Why Gratitude Is Good.’ https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/gratitude/definition

Power vs. Force (book by Dr. David R. Hawkins) , Emotional Frequency chart https://www.amazon.com/Power-Force-David-Hawkins-M-D/dp/1401945074/ref=sr_1_1

Glen Rein on heart coherence repairing our DNA https://www.ruthratliff.com/blog/frequency-of-gratitude

University of Kassel research on photon emissions https://www.ruthratliff.com/blog/frequency-of-gratitude

Shared intention

This week, as we look back at a year in which there have been many reasons to be grateful, we suggest holding the following intention:

We give thanks for a year in which many lives have been turned around by the power of intention and prayer, and will that our collective power will continue to grow in its impact and reach.

Please join us in holding this.

Sources for news topics mentioned in this episode are:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/millions-infected-with-dengue-this-year-in-new-record-as-hotter-temperatures-cause-virus-to-flare/

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-727979

https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2023/01/nigeria-security-forces-release-remaining-victims-following-kidnapping-in-igueben-lga-edo-state-jan-7-update-2

https://africacdc.org/news-item/equatorial-guinea-declares-the-end-of-marburg-virus-disease/

https://www.who.int/news/item/08-06-2023-marburg-virus-disease-outbreak-in-equatorial-guinea

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/10/middleeast/saudi-iran-resume-ties-intl/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/china-iran-saudi-diplomatic-relations-beijing-d12dc5dc4049052c6228caceaa2a2b9f

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230905-saudi-iran-exchange-ambassadors-after-years-long-rupture

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-population-to-surpass-china-mid-year-un-estimates/articleshow/99605379.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1884764#

https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-separatists-free-more-than-30-abducted-women-/7111056.html

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230618-gateway-to-hell-turkmenistan-urged-to-plug-gas-leaks-driving-climate-change

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-02/engineers-enter-turkmenistan-as-us-methane-deal-takes-shape?leadSource=uverify%20wall

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/17/war-in-ukraine-must-stop-south-africas-ramaphosa-tells-putin

https://www.voaafrica.com/a/russia-says-first-grain-shipment-headed-to-burkina-faso-somalia/7359158.html

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139057

https://qtcdaily.com/un-fso-safer-oil-successfully-removed/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1140987

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-allows-un-keep-delivering-aid-turkey-2023-11-13/

https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/north-west-syria-operational-update-september-october-2023

https://earth.org/coral-reef-degredation/

https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/oceans-seas/what-we-do/protecting-coral-reefs/why-protecting-coral-reefs-matters

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/countries-pledge-raise-12-billion-fund-coral-reef-protection-2023-10-03/

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/rainy-weather-closing-indian-rescuers-trying-reach-trapped-men-2023-11-27/

https://apnews.com/article/india-uttarakhand-rescue-41-workers-trapped-tunnel-1067e281a4ceff40b03c498bd0070063

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67477240

https://openbionics.com/harry-gets-a-hero-arm-in-time-for-christmas/

Our websites:

http://heartfulimpact.com/ ~ Our show website.

Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.

Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.

Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community.

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