Thank you is only a subsequent expression of the felt sense of gratitude. Gratitude is a state of being and it has nothing to do with anyone giving us something or doing something for us. We are born with the energy of gratitude in the core of our being. We simply need to shift into our aware mind by regaining our grounding connection to open up this flow from within us. Please read the following article to understand this better.https://awarenessjourney.org/gratitude-is-not-about-saying-thank-you/
We can practice FGCB just for a few seconds to come back into our aware state of mind within us.
Humanity “THE BEST RELIGION” · December 18, 2022
Your first tool for an effective meditation practice – Focused Breathing and Conscious Breathing – FGCB
Do this for just three minutes and see if it helps. Sit on a straight back chair with feet flat on the floor, the entire soles of the feet from tips of the toes to the heels firmly contacting the floor. Keep your back erect, you may place a cushion behind your back for support if required but do not lean back on an inclined backrest of the chair. Let your head be held straight, neck straight, shoulders square and relaxed. You may tilt the head very slightly downward to gaze at a point on the floor in front of you a few feet away from you. Keep your eyes fixed on that spot for the three minutes without moving your eyeballs. Allow your eyes to be half open and half closed and hold that spot in a gentle gaze and not a stare. You are not looking there to see something but simply holding that spot in a gentle gaze. Exhale with a loud sigh from your mouth and use gentle effort to empty your lungs as far as possible without straining too much. Then relax your body and allow the inhale to happen effortlessly and soundlessly through your nostrils. When you sense that the inhale is over, do not put any further effort to breathe in but repeat the exhale from the mouth with the sound and gentle effort. I call this conscious breathing. Effort only for the out breaths and allowing in breaths to happen effortlessly. This entire process is called FGCB or fixed gazing with conscious breathing. You may set hourly reminder alerts on your smartphone and repeat this 3 minute FGCB every hour throughout the day today and see how it helps with calming your mind. This is a powerful grounding practice and you can do this even when you are driving and waiting for the red signal to turn green. Allow any such interruptions in your day to remind you to come back to the practice of FGCB repeatedly. For more information and plenty of free resources to aid with the practice of meditation and deep healing, please visit my website.
Now let us address the question – what are some best responses to “thank you”.
To return back to our core state of gratitude and feel thankful for having an opportunity to do something for someone that made them express gratitude. From this core state of being, whatever actual response that arises out of you would be a natural and perfect response for you in that moment. Instead, if we remember some good words to say as a response, it would probably be superficial.