In this 2021 YouTube session, Dr. Preeti (Preeti) leads a group gratitude and mindfulness practice focused on the "Have a Magical Day" chapter. The facilitator emphasizes that knowledge alone is insufficient; consistent practice is essential. Participants, including Nishant, read a passage by Deepak Chopra that describes visualizing the day’s plans and thanking the universe for each activity’s successful outcome before it occurs. The group discusses how this "magical" gratitude practice can shift mood, attract positive experiences, and counteract the "hindsight gap"—the tendency to attribute outcomes to knowledge after the fact. Concrete techniques are outlined: (1) the "magic rock" ritual performed at night to end the day with gratitude, (2) a morning "count your blessings" list of ten items, (3) a step‑by‑step mental walkthrough of the day’s schedule, verbally or silently saying "thank you" for each planned event, and (4) ending the session with a final gratitude for "great news" to arrive. Nishant shares a personal anecdote of a supermarket trip that turned unexpectedly smooth after applying the practice, illustrating the perceived law‑of‑attraction effect. The facilitator encourages participants to use vivid superlatives, repeat the practice daily, and share future experiences. The session concludes with a communal singing of "This Little Light of Mine" and a warm farewell.
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Exactly. So you can choose the area which you are looking at, or yeah, for top to bottom. So I tried doing health and other things separately. But I realized, na, image ho seme, woh feeling nahi aarti jo otherwise aati hai. And so I did it from day 1 to day 30. Anybody who can check recording ho rahi hai, ab ho rahi hai, pele nahi ho rahi thi. Okay.
Oh, there is this one thing na, chapta kishein tha, thaero also to share. Many video dekh, it is about this thing called the hindsight gap, okay, which really reminded me of what we talk about. So essentially, supposing Right. Hindsight gap theory, which is basically which is the same thing which we are doing, right? And yes.
So basically, the important thing here is knowledge is not of any use. Implementing, practicing, that is exceptionally important. People know knowledge, that you can have a six-pack abs or a fit body, right? But 0.1% of people regularly go to gym, regularly exercise. Yes or no?
Yes, right?
And same thing is with gratitude. Good morning, Pranav.
Good morning, Preeti.
Great. So Nishant is here and Nishant is going to read. And today's chapter is Have a Magical Day. Yes, Nishant. Yes, Nishant, you have to unmute yourself.
Sorry, sorry.
Yes, good morning.
Good morning, and yeah, thanks for waiting on me. Intentions compressed into words unfold magical power. Deepak Chopra, medical doctor and writer. To see and experience the most magical day of your life, you can be grateful for your whole day before you leave it. To have a magical day, you simply think through your plans for the day and say the magic words, 'Thank you,' for each one going well before you, before you have left. Sorry, I will read it again. To see and experience the most magical day of your life, you can be grateful for your whole day before you live it. To have a magical day, you simply think through your plans for the day and say the magic words, "Thank you," for each one going well before you have lived it. It's the easiest thing to do. It only takes a few minutes, but the difference it can make in your day is incredible. Being, being grateful for your day beforehand creates a magical day through the law of attraction. When you give thanks for the experiences in your day going well, you must receive back experiences going well.
So beautiful. Let's look at this for a minute. You know, I find this chapter very, very, very good because this chapter gives me a lot of power. If I think what will happen through the day Exactly that happens through the day. So if I can spend 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes in just thinking, and you know, it can include, you know, getting a call from a friend who's never called you for the last 10 years, and somehow that happens. So it is so powerful, so powerful. Yes.
And ma'am, it also resonates with the picture you shared yesterday, like taking small steps. So yeah, yesterday's activity was like a long-term or midterm kind of thing, but this is kind of like you're planning only for just for the today.
Yes, for today. And very good, Nishant, very good. And just for today, you know, you can have little, little things here, not necessarily that you have something like Simple, simple things also, but they materialize like this. So it's a very amazing habit to put on. Yes, Nishant.
If you don't believe you have the power— if you don't believe you have the power to affect the circumstances of your day so dramatically, Sorry.
Think about a time when you woke up grumpy or in a bad mood.
Think about a time. Think about a time when you woke up grumpy or in a bad mood. You went off into your day and one thing after another went wrong until by the day or until by the end of the day, You were exclaiming that you had a hiccup, a hiccup, a bad day, as though the bad day happened by accident.
Very beautifully said, no?
Yeah, yeah, very right.
You only created it. You only got up, did not thank the universe, did not have a smile on your face, did not think that you getting up is such a big gift from the universe for you. And then at the end you will say, oh yeah, Great, but he put it very beautifully. Yeah. Yes, Nishant.
Well, the only reason you had a bad day was because you took your bad mood from the morning with you, and it was your bad mood that was the cause of one thing after another going wrong. Even waking up in a— even waking up in a bad mood doesn't happen by accident. Because it means that you went to sleep thinking negatively about something, perhaps without realizing it. It's the very reason why you are, why you are doing the magic rock practice last thing at night, to ensure that you go to sleep thinking good thoughts. The magic rock practice at night combined with count your blessings every morning sets you a good mood at night and in the morning. And they guarantee that you are feeling good before you go off into your day. To have a magical day, you need to feel good. I don't know of anything other than gratitude that guarantees to put you in a good mood almost instantly.
Whatever you agree with this now?
Yeah, totally, man.
The moment gratitude Right, and it is so easy to give gratitude. Very nice, Nishant.
Yes, whatever your plans are for the day today, whether it's traveling, a meeting, work project, lunch, exercise, dropping off dry cleaning, playing a sport, going to the theater, meeting a friend, yoga, cleaning your house, going to school, or buying groceries, turn today into a magical day by saying the magic words 'thank you' for each plan going well before you leave it. If you are a person who writes daily list of things you need to do, then you can go through your daily list and be grateful for each one having gone well. Whether you do this magical practice in your mind or on paper, the most important thing is that you feel the result of each plan or activity was the best it could have been. When you use gratitude ahead of time to have a magical day, it wipes out unexpected problems or difficulties before they happen. Then more you use this magical practice, the better your days will become. And from the smallest things to the important things, everything starts going well in your life. The bumpy days smooth out, and instead of frustrating or troublesome things happening in your life, your days start— your days start to have a magical flow about them, and things seem to magically go your way with less effort, no worry, no stress, and Far more joy. When I first began to use gratitude to have a magical day, I choose to give thanks ahead of time for the events in my day that I didn't enjoy doing very much. One of those things was going to the supermarket. At the beginning of the day, I said the magic words, thank you for the easy and joyful trip to the supermarket. I had no idea how a trip to the supermarket could be easy and joyful. but I felt as much gratitude for that outcome as I could. The result of gratitude's magical power was that I got a parking space right at the door. I then ran into two friends. One friend I hadn't seen for a long time, and we got together for lunch after shopping. The second friend I ran into told me about an amazing and inexpensive house cleaner, which was something I had been dreaming of having. As I did my supermarket shopping, wherever I looked, what I needed was magically in front of my eyes. Everything was in stock on the shelves. One item after another was on special. And as I approached the checkout after doing my shopping in record time, a new aisle opened and the checkout person signal me to them. As the checkout person was putting my items through the register, out of the blue she asked, "Do you need any batteries?" It was the one item I had forgotten to buy. My trip to the supermarket was beyond easy and joyful. It was downright magical.
How do you think Huh? Anything you think of appears in front of you like an Aladdin's Genie. You can't ask more than that, right? And, and you know, it happens. So actually it happens. Suddenly out of the blue, something will happen. So tomorrow I will ask for some examples from all of you. Let me see.
Yes, Nishant, you can use as many superlatives as you like to help you feel more grateful.
No, no, we have missed two paragraphs. It only takes a few minutes in the morning to use gratitude to have a magical day.
Okay. It only takes a few minutes in the morning to use gratitude to have a magical day by giving thanks for the events in your day ahead of time. But this one practice alone will change the way your entire day unfolds. To have a magical day, when you wake up to the new day, either before you get out of bed or while you are showering, showering or getting dressed, think about your plans for the day. And give thanks for each one going brilliantly well. Make sure you do this magical practice at the beginning of your day and in one session. In your mind, work your way through the plans you have for the morning, afternoon, and evening until bedtime. With each plan or event, say the magic words and imagine that you are saying thank you at the end of the day. And you are immensely grateful because it did go brilliantly well. Wow! You can use as many superlatives as you like to help you feel more grateful. Thank you for the incredibly successful meeting. Thank you for the amazing outcome with the phone call. Thank you for one of the best days ever at work. Thank you for the thrilling sports game. Thank you for the effortless and fun day of cleaning. Thank you for the great night. Thank you for the great night out with our friends. Thank you for the relaxing day of travel. Thank you for the amazing energy from my experience exercise session. Thank you for the best family get-together we have ever had. This magical practice is more powerful if if you can say the magic words 'thank you' out loud for each experience. But if you are not in a position to say them out loud, then it is fine to say them in your mind. After you have finished using gratitude's magical power for every task and event in your day, end the practice by saying and thank you for the great news coming to me today. Without fail, every single morning when I finish using gratitude to have a magical day, I give thanks for the great news coming to me that day. As a result, I have never received so much great news in my entire life. One week after another, one day after another, great news pouring. Each time I receive another piece of great news, I am especially grateful and excited because I know I use gratitude's magical power to bring it. And then even more great news continues to come in. If you want to receive more great news than you have, than you ever have before, then just follow in my footsteps.
Wow, so today's magical practice, magic practice number 14.
Yes, magic practice number 14, have a magical day. Number 1, count your blessings. Make a list of 10 blessings. Write why you are grateful. Reread your list and at the end of each blessing say thank you, thank you, thank you, and feel as grateful for that blessing as you can. In the morning, work your way in your mind to the plans you have for the day and evening, and evening until bedtime. With each plan or event, say the magic words, "Thank you," for it having gone well. Imagine that you are saying thank you at the end of the day, and you are immensely grateful because it went perfectly. After you have finished being grateful for all the plans in your day going brilliantly well, End this magical practice by saying, and thank you for the great news coming to me today. Just before you go to sleep tonight, hold your magic rock in one hand and say the magic words, thank you for the best things that happen during the day.
Beautiful. How many of you are excited to do this exercise today? I am. Great. I think this is the simplest and the most amazing exercise. If you want any good news to come to you, just early morning ask for it and say thank you for it as you have already received it, right? Any questions on this chapter? This is simple, right? Yeah, great. So we'll sing our little song and then we will have a great day. Yes, so please unmute yourself. This little light of mine, this little light of mine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
This little light of mine.
This little light of mine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
This little light of mine.
This little light of mine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Wow, thank you very much and have an awesome, awesome, awesome Sunday. Thank you.
