Abundance - A Self Reflection
Many have DM me that you associates yourselves with my thoughts and articles. That’s great and I hope that this article will rock your quiet ecstasy and give u a differing profound perspective. As we grow older, we accumulate perspectives about life and a philosophy we call our own albeit is the person who we have become truly aligned with the person we are meant to be? Often as we age, we move further away from our true nature. Sometimes it takes a life-threatening illness or the lost of someone close to help us realize just how different we have become albeit why wait until something potentially catastrophic to be in full alignment with our core?
Who you think you are is intimately connected with how you see yourself treated by others. Many people complain that others do not treat them well enough. “I don't get any respect, attention, recognition, acknowledgment,” they say. “I'm being taken for granted.” When people are kind, they suspect hidden motives. “Others want to manipulate me, take advantage of me. Nobody loves me.” Who they think they are is this: “I am a needy 'little me' whose needs are not being met.” They often envy others for what others have;- their success, their youth, their energy levels, their whatever and thus, give rise to their own discontentment and source of unhappiness.
This basic misperception of who they are will inevitably create dysfunction in all their relationships. They believe they have nothing to give and that the world or other people are withholding from them what they need. This vicious cycle and their entire reality is based on an illusory sense of who they are. It sabotages situations, mar all relationships. If the thought of lack – whether it be money, recognition or love – has become part of who they think they are, they will naturally always experience lack. Rather than acknowledge the good that is already in their lives, all they see is the lack.
Acknowledging the good that is already in our life is the foundation for all abundance. The fact is: Whatever we think the world is withholding from us, we are withholding from the world. We are withholding it because deep down, we think we are small and that we have nothing to offer. Try this for a couple of weeks and see how it changes your reality: Whatever you think people are withholding from you;- praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on – give it to them. You don't have it? Just act as if you had it and it will come. Then, soon after you start giving, you will start receiving. You cannot receive what you don't give as outflow often determines inflow. Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you already have albeit unless you allow it to flow out, you won't even know that you have it. This includes abundance. The law that outflow determines inflow is expressed: “Give and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap and you will never ever have to envy others, ever again.”
Let me narrate a light hearted story to illustrate a cheeky response. An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h in 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter appears. The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus flight, boring flight isn’t it? Take care and have a look here!” He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, and rises rapidly to height, only to swoop down almost to sea level. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks, "Well, how was that?" The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive albeit now have a look here!" The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly stubbornly straight, with the same speed. After 5 minutes, the Airbus pilot radioed, "Well, what are you saying now?" The jet pilot asks confused: "What did you do?" The other laughs and says, "I got up, stretched my legs, went to the back of the flight to the bathroom, got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon cake and made an appointment with my stewardess wife for the next three nights in a five Star hotel, which is paid by my employer. When you are young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, comfort and peace are not to be despised either.
By many accounts, I have become the man I am meant to be. However, although I had grown immensely over the years, I had also developed a rigid perspective and philosophy about certain aspects of life. In my relationships with my loved ones and people around me, I had a hard shell, I was extremely stubborn, almost selfish and always had to be right. I lacked compassion with others and even more importantly, with myself. When I started to see the people around me falling ill and gone too soon, I began to see what was really important to me. Life is fragile and precarious. I saw that the little things I got caught up in throughout the day did not really matter that much. What mattered most was being loving while continuing to be good at what I do best and paying it forward, being open, kind, understanding and compassionate with others and myself.
The source of all abundance is not outside you. It is part of who you are. However, start by acknowledging and recognizing abundance without. You know the saying of is the cup half full or half empty. It is really up to us. See the fullness of life all around us. The warmth of the sun on our skin, the display of magnificent flowers outside a florist's shop, biting into a succulent fruit or getting soaked in an abundance of water falling from the sky. The fullness of life is there at every step. Needless to say, I am no longer concerned about my ego struggles of the day. I have my focused attention on being alive, now and for years to come. My attention steered away from trivial problems to just wanting to live life with an open heart. The acknowledgment of that abundance that is all around us awakens the dormant abundance within. Then let it flow out. When we smile at a stranger, there is already a minute outflow of energy. We become a giver. Ask yourself often: “What can I give here; how can I be of service to this person, this situation.”
The reality is that we don't need to own anything to feel abundant, although if we feel abundant consistently things will almost certainly come to us. Abundance comes only to those who already have it. It sounds almost unfair, but of course it isn't. It is a universal law. Both abundance and scarcity are inner states that manifest as our reality. “For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away".
(Disclaimer : I offer articles of differing perspectives that have some raw truths that I identify with, albeit in no way am I saying that this is right or correct as we all have our own heart to follow. I'm open to many perspectives and thoughts and it's my way of sharing my ever evolving thoughts and understanding, of my own realizations, self love and journeys, which comes from time spent in solitude and self reflection. These are mirrors to help us, to help me understand ourselves / me better.
All rights and acknowledgement goes to the author / originator of these stories, not just me.)