Abraham: Appreciation vs. Gratitude - Esther & Jerry Hicks

Notes on the questions, ‘What is appreciation really?’

1. Reaching for thoughts that feel better until you reach into a state of appreciation is your purpose.
2. Appreciation feels like the feeling of being in love.
3. Love and appreciation are identical vibrations. It’s the vibration of alignment of who you really are. It’s the absence of resistance, the absence of doubt. fear, self denial and hatred of others. It is the absence of everything that feels bad and the presence of everything that feels good.
4. Difference between gratitude and appreciation. Gratitude you are looking at a struggle you have overcome and feeling grateful that you are no longer in the struggle. Appreciation is vibrational alignment with whom I have become. Appreciation is seeing whatever you are looking at through the eyes of source.
5. The state of appreciation is the state of godliness.
6. Go downstream to the next stage of feeling ie. If you are in despair follow your revenge, if you are in revenge follow hatred, if you are in hatred follow you anger, if you are in anger follow your frustration, if you are in frustration follow your hope.  When you reach hope you are now in the vicinity of appreciation.
7. When you get into the vibration of hope, now begin making list of things that you feel good about. Make list of positive things, things you love and never complain about anything. eg to to a restarant and look for the things you like. Even if there was only one thing you like give it your undivided attention of positivity. Use it as an excuse to tune into who you are.
8. Give yourself a break, lighten up, be easy on yourself and others, look for things to love and appreciate.

Enjoy!