A Powerful Phrase
by Vanessa Wesley
first published on Dec 17, 2007
My daughter’s first word (after Da Da) was “daits-su”. I didn’t know what it was either! For an entire week I wondered what that word meant. And then I noticed she said it whenever I gave her something. I’d give her some juice and she’d say, daits-su; I’d give her a cracker and she’d say, daits-su. OH! Thank you! She was saying “thank you”.
It was what I said to her so often, after a hug, or after she handed me her toy, or offered a bite of her cookie. Thank you!
It’s such a simple phrase, but oh so powerful. Masaru Emoto, a Japanese researcher well known now for his discoveries of photographed water crystals, and the effects of thought and energy on the composition of those crystals, photographed the most extraordinary and beautiful crystals formed when the phrase “thank you” was written on the container or spoken to the water being tested. Furthermore, it didn’t matter what language the phrase was written in. By comparison, crystals wouldn’t form in the water that had the words “you fool” written on the container.
It is said in many sacred writings that gratitude (and forgiveness) are the most powerful of emotions to convey, eliciting for the one expressing gratitude feelings of peace and well-being. In our work, sharing with you the Whisper, we have come to the understanding that gratitude is the highest form of acknowledgment. To acknowledge the Whisper—your inner guidance—is to embody gratitude.
Here is an excerpt from The Five Simple Ways to Acknowledge Your Internal Wisdom in Chapter 1 of Your Essential Whisper.
The Third Way to Acknowledgement: Receive the Messages and Guidance.
To receive is active, not passive. To receive is not merely to be given something, but rather, to receive is to actively take and accept that which is given. Accepting the wisdom of your Soul requires an open heart and a willingness to take what is offered. If you lay a gift before me, you have given it to me, right? But, what if I don’t accept it and the gift lays there unopened? Have I received it? If I pick it up, open it, and say, “Thank You”, feeling full gratitude for the gift, then, I have received it. Receiving the messages and guidance from your heart is accompanied by gratitude, along with, an expectancy of immense good.
The Fifth Way to Acknowledgement: Express Gratitude.
Gratitude is the character of the heart which is open to receive. When you appreciate your divine expression, you allow and foster expansion in all areas of your life. A thankful heart is open to unlimited potential and possibilities as it recognizes that “what is” is just perfect.
Love does not require your acknowledgement to communicate with you, nor does it require your faith. This would be like saying that your heart needs you to acknowledge it in order for it to pump your blood. Love exists without your acknowledgment, and is beyond a “you” that would “think” it into existence sometimes, or disregard it at other times. Acknowledgment is vital if you desire an intentional and a consistent relationship with the part of you that communicates from the essence of Love. The gift that sits on the table unopened, when not graciously received, is like your essential voice, when it is not acknowledged. Not acknowledging your essential voice keeps you from really experiencing the joy of knowing Love, which is wrapped in the “present”.
Kids are naturally grateful. Have you noticed? We teach them to say “thank you” and so sometimes the act of gratitude gets all mixed up with politeness and social protocol. But children often express gratitude genuinely; their eyes light up, or they become animated and filled with laughter, or they run off to show their friends what they received. As parents we may call them back and admonish, “Did you say Thank You?” Yet the gratitude was in fully receiving the gift!
I never taught my daughter to say thank you. She saw the complete joy I had on my face when she handed me her soggy cookie. I would bite her saliva laden treat with such joy, and hum . . . Mmmm . . . Thank you! For her, the words simply expressed the joy she already felt when receiving something, or finding a strange-looking stick in the yard and handing it to me, or being pushed on a swing. I saw gratitude in her laughter and the shine in her eyes.
Maybe that’s what it means to come to this life as a child. The Whisper is the Love within, which doesn’t require your acknowledgment to exist. Acknowledgment is for you. Gratitude is for you! When you gratefully acknowledge your essential Whisper, you receive and experience the joy of Love, your very own essential nature. You open the gift that is laid before you!
If you’ve been wondering how to recognize inner guidance easily, try gratitude.
Lift your arms wide into the air over your head, and with an open heart yell out . . . Daits –su!
Feels good, doesn’t it.
