Comments for Gratitude - A Means Or A Result?

Good Question!
by: PruJoy

Good on you Gavin for being able to condense a whole lot of conjecture into this one neat question!

"is gratitude a means to a more fulfilled life, or is it the result?"

Looking at it like that I would definitely answer that it is a result of finding happiness or peace in one's life.

The very word "means" explains a whole lot of "New Age" theories - they are seeking something "better than" what they already have or believe they don't have.

Whereas as per your own Conscious mental Rest explanation of life - happiness, peace, bliss is always already "there" for us to access at any time with the only necessity being the actual "doing" of it (accessing it that is) ;-)