Pathwalking 270
We live in an abundant universe.
Society, however, strives to contradict this fact. We endlessly are bombarded with messages of insufficiency, wanting and lack. It seems like everywhere we turn we are told there is not enough money to go around, dwindling resources, too little security, and overall an insufficient amount of this or that to accommodate everyone.
Worse, even where lack doesn’t exist, there are plenty of people who use the fear of lack to maintain control. If we don’t keep them out they’ll take all your jobs; they are taking all the resources from us; there is not enough for everyone, so because this group is different we will deny them benefits; and so forth.
Whether this is an actual deficiency of things or just the fear of lack, the effect is the same. We believe that life is hard, that we have to frequently struggle for the jobs/money/lovers/power/status because there is not enough to go around. Many of those in power use precisely this to remain in power, because fear is an amazing tool.
Lack and fear are closely tied together. Fear of lack in particular gets used frequently to “justify” denial of rights, denial of funding and outright rudeness. And because like attracts like, the more of this we see and experience and give thought and feelings to, the more we are creating, despite the fact that nobody actually WANTS to be lacking or afraid of lacking.
The truth of this matter is that we live in an abundant Universe. All of the things we find lacking are artifice; more of that which is lacking can be found, or an equal or better alternative will become available.
I know that in the current political and social climate, at least in the USA, that seems like a lie. But this is the truth of the nature of the universe, whether we believe it or not.
We live in a world of abundance. There is plenty of food, water, and air to go around. All lack is artificial, created by governments and nationalisms and borders and money and other divisions of our own creation. Yes, we should protect it from pollutions and poisons, but that is another artifice of our own creation that disturbs the true abundance. Without these divisions, working together, there would be plenty for everyone.
How do we combat the dominant lack mentality? Like all things related to ourselves, this has to be an inside job. It’s easy to look outside of ourselves to find solutions to problems, to make changes. But while looking outside of ourselves can provide us with ideas and concepts to work from, we have to make any necessary changes from within.
A lot of us have gotten caught up in trying to do things to help change the world. Writing about truthful things, making calls to leaders, writing letters, attending protests, rallies and townhalls and so forth. But if we neglect our own need for abundance and positivity, we will soon deplete our own energy, and begin to feel that lack mentality overtake us.
I have been contending with this for a long, long time. I strive to see the world as abundant, I work hard to envision, to think about and feel prosperity and abundance for myself, my friends and my family. But then I get caught up in the rhetoric, my bills come due, and my bank account never seems to be sufficiently full, save for very short spans.
Knowing that to create abundance I have to think about abundance, as an exercise in Pathwalking in Practice, it is time to add another daily question. Joining How am I? What am I thinking? What am I feeling and Am I thinking about things ahead of me, or in the now? I am adding Do I feel abundant?
This is a starting point. But I need to do more, in order to reset my mind to abundance. In especial if the answer is “No”, I need to take action to start thinking about abundance, so that I can begin feeling abundance and take inspired actions to manifest abundance.
Like my daily gratitude, I need to make positive statements of abundance, and not just think them out, but FEEL them out. These statements should be written out, and will include I have more than enough wealth; I have more than enough love; I have more than enough time; I have more than enough space; and anything else I feel should be abundant in my life.
I will write out three to five of these, at least twice if not three times a day. As I write them, I will pause, and strive to FEEL them. This, like gratitude, can’t just be a rote thing. I need to think about this, to feel it, and from there I will find the inspiration to take intentional actions.
Of course this is easier said than done, but walking my own path in this life is worth every effort. I need to remind myself that I live in an abundant universe, and this action of Pathwalking in Practice can do no harm, and will further my work in manifesting the destiny I want for myself.
Can you see your life with lack, or abundance?
This is the two-hundred seventieth entry in my series. These weekly posts are ideas and my personal experiences in walking along the path of life. I share this journey as part of my desire to make a difference in this world along the way.
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The first year of Pathwalking, including some expanded ideas, is available here.
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