The MAGIC INGREDIENT - Day 8

Good morning.

Good morning.

How are you?

Great.

Very good, ma'am.

Wow. So who is going to share their experience for yesterday? Yes.

Okay.

Wow.

Wow. Words are the heartwarming. Yes.

Right? Yes, great. Or kya hakaal din mein?

Or maine realize kiya ki main bota avoid kar riti woh das cheeze likhna, jo con just cheeze ko tik karne, phir hum raat sune se pele bete ki aap so choden yeto ni karkay sune, likha and dekhte abhi I'm not sure if it's working or not because utna I don't know, I don't know. I feel good, I feel better, but let's see.

No, no, so the point is, working or not, this can take time. It will depend on Huh, right. Okay. No, so there is a lot of hesitation when we do this exercise about negativity for the simple reason is not easy. It's just not easy. Namaste, maasi.

Namaste, ji.

Thank you for joining.

Oh my God, thank you.

Great, great. Yes.

I think I'm only becoming better by the day. I must say that some beautiful person made my day first thing in the morning after class, and that girl is sitting here, which is Tanvi.

So it was so—

I was missing her a lot yesterday when I was sharing, especially smiling face. And like, I like that innocent face that she comes with, you know. So I wrote to her and she made my day by giving me a very cute reply and she made my day. So I think first that. Second thing, I think as I was telling yesterday, I wrote the negativity because I think I told you I lost my job. So I said let me put that and I kept saying that because money ki baat ho, health ki baat ho, they were all related. So I had the stress because of the job not being there, I mean having lost the job, then the health gut became bad, then the health became bad. You know, so that it was having a rippling effect in the negative. So I said, right, and I wrote that and I kept thanking it for what all it gave me and what all it made me do. And the fact that, uh, I'm able to address my health, I'm able to take time out and study, I'm able to get my certifications. So I was like, you know, thanking it, saying that, right? I was feeling so— I kept, you know, I kept putting it that way, and I felt so nice by being thankful for having the job. And for being able to do it and believing that I can continue to study something. You know, like, which I told the other day also, somewhere still I have that feeling. Very good.

Yes. And aiga, aiga, exactly.

Yeah. So then what happened was, as was it, I had to write thank you, thank you, thank you for the perfect resolution. So I wrote that, right? Yesterday night when I was watching Pollyanna and I was again appreciating And it so happened that I checked my mail and there was a mail from one of my ex-subordinates whom I knew him, I worked with him about 18 years back. Okay. And then on LinkedIn also he messaged me. So then when I phoned here, he's telling me, ma'am, And it's like 18 years back I know that person. Now forget, as I told you, I'm not going to say because I'm saying I will get it.

So you will get it.

Yeah, so I'm telling myself that because I don't want to send any negativity. But I was amazed after 17, 18 years someone is tracking you down just to say, but the other thing is I think I'm just talking a lot to myself, thanking myself a lot. And yesterday I was like, the biggest magic, and I'm expressing this from the heart. Biggest magic is this magic class.

Thank you.

Because I think we never— and I'm sure all the others will agree— gratitude will do magic class. So I think the biggest magic in the world was this magic course, and I was so, so, so— thank you. I'm telling you from the heart, I'm so thankful for this. I think this is the magic.

Thank you.

Magic searches for you and comes when it is right for you.

Exactly. Thank you, thank you very much.

So much.

Thank you, thank you. Perfect. Yes, done it. So let's now start reading our book for today. And aaj ka chapter kya hai?

Okay.

I like this.

I really like it.

I know, I know, I know, I know. Yes, thank you. Yes, wow. Perfect, Edgy.

Yes, here we go.

The magic ingredient. Okay. Yes, Tanvi.

A thankful heart hath a continual feast. W.J. Campbell. Giving thanks for food before you eat is a tradition that has been followed for thousands of years, dating back to the ancient Egyptians. With the fast pace of life in the 21st century, taking the time to give thanks for a meal has more often than not been left behind. But using the simple act of eating and drinking as an opportunity to be grateful will increase the magic in your life exponentially. If you think about a time when you were really hungry, you will remember that you could not think or function normally. Your body felt weak, you might have started to tremble, your mind became confused, and your feelings plummeted. All of this can happen after not eating for just a few hours. We need food to live, to think, and to feel good. So there is a great deal to be grateful for about food. To feel even more gratitude for food, take a moment and think— to you having food to eat, for you to eat fresh fruit and vegetables, the growers had to plant and nurture the fruit and veggies with continuous watering, protecting them over many months until they were ready for harvesting. Then there are the pickers, the packers, the distributors, and the transportation people who drive enormous distances day and night, all of them working together in a perfect harmony to ensure that every fruit and vegetable is delivered fresh to you and is available year-round. Think about the meat growers, fishermen, dairy farmers, coffee and tea growers, and all the packaged food companies work a little—

yeah, a little slow.

Think about the meat growers, fishermen, Dairy farmers, coffee and tea growers, and all the packaged food companies who work tirelessly to produce the food we eat. The world's food production is a breathtaking orchestration that takes place every day, and it's unfathomable that all works when you think about the number of people involved in maintaining the world's food and drink supplies to stores restaurants, supermarkets, cafes, airplanes, schools, hospitals, and every home on the planet.

So just a minute, Tanvi. So who has ever thought before eating, ki itne log kaam karte hain, tab jaa ke hamko woh khana milta hai?

Very rarely, right?

And Imagine. Exactly. So, matlab, for the life we are living, I think we all can go deeper.

Yeah.

So I've shared this before also, but, uh, patient, client, and, uh, he was telling me, ma'am, oxygen cylinder, hospital. I was quiet for a second and then I asked him, Free air breathe, right? So then, you know, the guy says, he says, I would not have been left with anything. Right, so, right, yes, then we all can mute ourselves.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, perfect, Benvi.

Food is a gift. It's a gift of nature because there would be nothing left for any of us to eat if nature didn't supply us with the soil, nutrients, and water to grow food. Without water, there would be no food, vegetation, animals, or human life. We use water to cook our meals, grow our food, maintain our gardens, supply our bathrooms, sustain every vehicle that moves, support our hospitals.

Just a minute, can we have books? And all for all of us, everybody has to read it when Tanvi is also reading. Tanvi, right? Yes.

Supports our hospitals, fuel, mining, and manufacturing industries, enable transportation, make our roads, make clothes, and every consumer product and appliance. On the planet, make plastic, glass, and metal, make life-saving medications, and build our homes and every other building and structure. And water keeps our bodies alive. Water, water, water, glorious water. If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Lauren Eisley, anthropologist and natural science, right?

And we spoke that day water has memory. Do they give some— set some intent when they are drinking water? Like, this is going to heal my body, this is going to hydrate my body, this is going to give me positive energy.

I've started doing it.

Yes, great, very good. So others are waiting for something, right? Water has memory. And ham jaise memory dete usko, jaise thoughts dete, vesa hi vo respond karta.

The second thing, good, good, good.

Yes. So, you know, 67% of our body is water, right? And heart and brain, 77-76% water. Our lungs, 88-89% water. So imagine how much water we have inside. And if we can be grateful to only this one thing, you know, imagine Yeah, yes, Tanvi.

Where would we be without food and water? We simply wouldn't be here. None of our family or friends would be here either. We wouldn't have this day or any tomorrow. But here we are on this beautiful planet together, living life with its challenges and static joys because of nature's gift of food and water. To say the simple magic words, thank you, before you eat or drink anything is an act of recognition and gratitude for the miracle of food and water. The incredible thing is that when you are grateful for food and water, it doesn't just affect your life. Your gratitude also impacts the world's supply. If enough people felt gratitude for food and water, it would actually help the people who are starving and in great need. By the law of attraction and Newton's law of action and reaction, the action of mass gratitude must produce equal mass reaction, which would change the circumstances of scarcity of food and water for everyone on the planet.

Right, Tuna. Interesting. He said that Right, but my point is just because she was always in gratitude Yes.

In addition, your gratitude for food and water keeps the magic continuing in your life, and it will weave its glorious golden thread through everything that is dear to you, everything that you love, and everything that you're dreaming of. In ancient times, people believed that when they bless their food and water with gratitude, it purified whatever they were blessing. And when you look at the theories and discoveries that quantum physics has made in recent times, such as the observer effect, the ancients may very well have been right. The observer effect in quantum physics refers to changes that the act of observation makes on whatever is being observed. Imagine if focusing gratitude on your food and drinks changed the energy structure and purified them so that everything you consumed had the ultimate effect of well-being on your body. One of the ways to experience the magic of gratitude instantly with food and drinks is to really savour what you're eating or drinking. When you savour your food or drinks, you're appreciating them or being grateful. As an experiment, Next time when you're in the middle of eating food or drinking any liquid, when you take a mouthful, concentrate the taste of the food in your mouth or the flavor of the liquid before you swallow it. You'll find that when you focus on the food or drink in your mouth and savor it, the flavors seem to explode. And when you don't focus, the flavors weaken dramatically. It's your energy of focus and gratitude that instantly enhances the flavor. Before you eat or drink anything today, whether you're about to eat a meal, a piece of fruit, or a snack, or have a drink of anything including water, take a moment to look at what you're eating or drinking, and in your mind or out loud, say the magic words, "Thank you." And if you can, just take one mouthful, really savoring it. It will not only increase your enjoyment, it will help you feel far more gratitude.

It will do one more thing. What? Anybody who can tell me?

I feel like you'll eat slower.

Yes. And then what will it result in?

Eating less.

Eating less. Better gut health. Better digestion. Yes. So there are, you know, this one thing, if you start doing it, and important, I do my workshops, I make them practice this, and I generally make them have grapes. And what they've realized is without savoring it in their mouth You know, all my senses are working. So that one single grape actually can make them feel content, full, and most importantly, Right, so it is very, very powerful. You will realize it. Wow!

Yes, yes, Tanvi, you can also try something I do which helps me feel even more gratitude. When I say the magic words, I wave my fingers over my food or drink as though I'm sprinkling them with magic dust. And I imagine that the magic dust instantly purifies everything it touches. Doing this has helped me really feel that gratitude is the magic ingredient, and I want to add it to everything I eat and drink. If you find it more effective, you can imagine that you have a shaker of magic dust in your hand and you're shaking the magic dust out of the shaker all over your food before you drink, and into every drink.

So this magic concept, magic dust concept, really helps. Generally, look, yeah. And they will, you know, just sprinkle with that a little salt or something they've put in it. And once they get into practice, then so you don't need anything to do it. And again, traditions, don't you think? Yes. Also, just to give all the energy and balance all the elements, right? So Yes.

If at any time during the day you forget to say the magic words "thank you" before you eat or drink anything, as soon as you remember, close your eyes, go back in your mind to the time when you forgot, visualize yourself in your mind for a second or two before you ate or drank, and say the magic words. If you forget to be grateful for free food and drinks multiple times in the day, then repeat the same practice tomorrow. You can't afford to miss a single day in building your gratitude. Your dreams depend on it.

Yes, so this is very important. Your line, I will read it again for our benefit. If you forget to be grateful for food and drinks multiple times in the day, then repeat the same practice tomorrow. You can't afford to miss a single day in building your gratitude. Your dreams depend on it, right? So, for example, Namrata, you were busy today, right? So gratitude of your situation. And then, how many times do you think you will eat or drink when you will say thank you? Exactly. You've really passed with flying colors. Yes, Tanvi.

Being grateful for the simple things in life like food and water is one of the deepest expressions of gratitude. And when you can feel that degree of gratitude, you will see the magic happen. Wow!

So, aaj ka practice na chai health nahi hai, magic ingredient hai topic ka naam, but it will result in lot of good health, energy, happiness for all of us. Yes. So let's read what is magic practice number 8.

Okay, magic practice number 8, the magic ingredient. 1. Count your blessings. Make a list of 10 blessings. Write why you're 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. Before you eat or drink anything today, take a moment to look at what you're about to eat or drink. In your mind or out loud, say the magic words, 'Thank you.' If you want, you can sprinkle your food or drink with magic dust.

Yeah, just a minute. So are you ready to play a game today? Yes.

Yes, ma'am.

Great. So all of you will write in the group, 'Aap jab khana kare ho toh aapki plate mein colors kitne hai?' Okay, right. Just saying, focus or look at your food, but the moment you count colors, I am sure we will do it. Also, if you had 7 colors on your plate, Right, so 7 colors, that is the simplest and the finest way to know balanced diet, right? So we must make sure that by hook or by crook, a lot of people are doing 2 meals a day. We must have 7 colors of— on our plate, and this will include the color of water, the color of salads. You know, you can put nuts, you can have vegetables, whatever it takes. 7 colors makes your plate very, very nutritious. When you load those 7 colors, you give gratitude and focus to the food you eat. You make the food feel very good. Right. And if you want to hear more, there would be some videos on thoughtful eating and food meditation. Just have a look at that and, you know, you would know more. Yes, perfect.

Yes, Tanvi, just before you go to sleep tonight, hold your magic rock in one hand and say the magic words, thank you, for the best thing that happened during the day, right?

So you know what, memory coach last year, I was studying for my functional medicine exams, complicated body, and I happened to meet him. So I said, okay, let me, you know, if it helps me and my patients, so let me study. And he kept telling me, Dr. Preeti, because that enhances your memory, right? I used to try it and do alternate days. Doing this simple exercise will make sure that memory sharpens. Aging, memory jai mat. Or of course, sorry, positive, you know, it is like the best thing which you can ever do. So what do you guys think, yes or no?

Yes, ma'am, definitely.

Activate. So this is an additional benefit of what we are doing.

Benefits, gratitude addition. Now I'm really looking forward to that time, and I'm enjoying it. Well, I'm really enjoying going to sleep because I know now is a good safe time just for me.

Great. So this is what happens. So what happened? There were 4-5 people who quit alcohol, and out of them, 2 were such psychiatric treatment, and there are a lot of people. Thank you, thank you. Also left. Yes. So Nidhi, who helps me build that program, I said, so she said, that's what I was thinking, that simple practice of giving, you know, thinking food, water as magic ingredient and thanking them. Throughout the day, aapko kitne sare side effects de rahe hai aur ye jo rath ko magic stone karte hai, especially for women more than 50 years, I think hum memory pe kya kaam karey hamesa majini ata. And sabki situation toh kabhi toh unhiye ki chabi kaar addi bul gaye, papers kaar addiye bul gaye. So, ye simple see exercise This actually helps you with your memory coaching, reel through the day, right? In fact, I wrote a thanks also to him. He's a Limca Record Book Holder, very, very good memory coach. I would strongly recommend him. So he makes reading so much fun. Wow! He'll create stories around it. And then he would make me remember So it's very interesting, but just because with memory exercise, gratitude, satisfaction, smile, Who wins? It is very exciting. And of course, quality better. Perfect. Any questions before we close? Perfect. Right, so we will end the session with our usual two lines. Yes, so please, you can unmute yourself and sing with me. This little light of mine, this little light, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Of mine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. This little light of mine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Perfect!

So have an amazing day and all the best!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Bye-bye.

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