When I pose such questions in my mind, the answer immediately comes back, "Thank you."

Recently, as soon as I start meditating, feelings of gratitude well up. I quickly feel like I'm repeating "Thank you, thank you" many times.

Even after I finish meditating, that feeling tends to linger, but it seems that the feeling of gratitude is still insufficient.

It feels like I received an answer that I should be grateful 10,000 times.

However, 10,000 times is a very small number in terms of practice, and for some people and types of practices, 100,000 or even 1 million times is common, so I feel like, "Is that all? Just 10,000 times?"

Since feelings of gratitude well up as soon as I start meditating, and I naturally feel "Thank you, thank you" without intending to, I am continuing that meditation for now without worrying too much about the number of repetitions.

I feel fulfilled, comfortable, and grateful.

While I am sitting in the meditation posture with my hands together in front of me, in my mind, I am placing my palms together in front of my chest and expressing gratitude.

I repeat the words "Thank you, thank you" and "Gratitude, gratitude" in my mind.

Those feelings naturally well up, and I resonate with the voice in my mind. There is no sense of discomfort. Gratitude naturally arises.

I express gratitude to all the people I have interacted with in the past.

People who I have had particularly close relationships with appear in my mind, and I express gratitude to them in my mind.

In particular, I express special gratitude to the many past wives who have been with me in this community since past lives. I convey the feeling of "Thank you for being with me."

I also express gratitude in advance to those who may become my wife in the future. I also express gratitude to my mother.

In this way, meditation gradually expands the scope of gratitude from one's own feelings to those close to us and the surrounding environment.

It seems that the scope of gratitude gradually expands from personal gratitude to gratitude for things and people close to us.