What is Abundance?

I was sitting here thinking to myself about this question. As someone who’s been actively breaking down old paradigms around abundance and lack mindset, I already have a few ideas. Most know, although some do not, that abundance is not only about having an excess of money, but rather shifting towards the positive aspects of many things in our life. Abundance looks like a positive attitude. Instead of focusing on need (or lack), what do we have (abundance)? There also exists the abundance, as in surplus, of material items: cars, food, homes, collectors items. But regardless of the name, abundance is a mindset, a focus, a direction to pay our awareness towards.

I was mulling over the idea of money and the ways I’ve been shifting how I view it in a general sense. Although abundance can be found in many aspects of life, money often takes the cake when it comes to the physical manifestation of abundance. We often believe that having lots of money will make us abundant. As though it can change our state of being before even changing our mind about lack. We simply believe “right now we’re lacking money, and if we had more money, we would be abundant.” And although that appears true, practically speaking as a physical manifestation, it’s not true in regards to shifting into an abundant life.

What happens to people who start with nothing and get handed a big chunk of money? They often spend it and before they know what happens, it’s gone. This isn’t to say you shouldn’t spend your money, but because a person is basing their beliefs in lack, their decisions and choices come from lack as well. Even if someone who is in lack decides to invest their money and make all the right decisions, their choices around lack will create lack elsewhere, whether the manifestation is related to money or not. Lack lives in all things, just like abundance. There can be a lack of happiness, love and connection, as well as with material items.

So, it appears that money isn’t necessary when talking about abundance. It can be integral, but until we shift our focus from what we don’t have to what we do have, we will always be searching for what we need to remedy for not having. I realized recently that I was affected by financial abuse. As a teen, the threat of bills and going under was what drove me to get a job. The fear of not being able to pay and not knowing if I could rely on anyone else for support. This one is also be a double edged sword when asking for help, in regards to money in particular. It hasn’t been easy for me.

Shame has been instilled from witnessing others that had asked for help and met judgement. That is what drives this sword to the hilt. People like to talk and talk about their cousin did this, and their aunt’s behind with that. People judging one another to make themselves feel bigger. How am I supposed to believe that I can ask for help, when help is conditional? To ask for help is to offer yourself up to judgement. Letting people know your shortcomings offers them a window to peer in and take stock of your failures. Asking for help seems to be quite a vulnerable task.

What then of people who are in debt? Talk about a vulnerable situation. Opening up that conversation can feel as though it leads to much clearer windows for judgement, because not only are you admitting that you failed the money game, but here are the reasons and the evidence of how much you’ve failed. Something that came to me before writing this is that debt is not a negative amount of money. We often think of money as either in the black (positive) or in the red (negative, or below zero). But there’s no such thing as negative money. Money exists or it doesn’t exist. Instead, what we’re experiencing is a new creation. A creation in the game of money that’s called debt. But that’s just it. Debt is a creation, and it certainly is not money.

This really adjusted the way I viewed money. I felt a lot of lack and conflicting beliefs about money, and when you have conflicting beliefs, you block yourself off from the abundance of money. For example, believing that money is the root of all evil and that you’re a good person who wants money, are conflicting beliefs. If money truly is the root of all evil, and you want to be “good,” then you better not have any money! However, money is a tool and you can choose to do anything with it. There are incredible people with money who choose to do great and amazing things with it. It’s inherently neutral. The people that wield it determine the outcome.

So, I’ve shifted my mindsets to: I love money. It makes me feel good when I have some. I love to spend it. I love to spend it on people I love! I love to help people with it. I love to make other’s feel seen with it. I love to support others with it. Money is so incredible, and money loves me, too!

But remember, abundance isn’t solely about money. When we shift our focus from lack to abundance our entire worldview shifts. It’s no small feat, but it is a noble one. To shift your focus away from all the things in your reality screaming at you to pay attention to it, because of old beliefs, it can be a challenge; but, it is possible. It’s possible to focus on the people you still have left in your life to love instead of the ones you lost. It’s possible to focus on the the fact that there’s still time left and not that time is running out. It’s possible to focus on all of the “good,” even when there’s so much “bad” swirling around you. It’s all about where you focus your attention. If thoughts lead to words and actions, how are you aiming your awareness?

EDIT: I was sitting outside contemplating the embodiment of my new perspective. Abundance mindset is more than just excess. As the moment of meeting my counterpart in the physical (yes, I’ve only met her telepathically in the 5D) approaches I keep getting hit with the reality that I will actually meet her, in all her divine glory. I was thinking about this as I sat outside and began to feel the familiar sense of excitement. Then, I had a moment where I was questioning whether it was nervousness or not. But I immediately, without hesitation, responded by insisting that the feeling is excitement, because nervousness is based on lack mindset. It implies “I’m nervous something might go wrong.”

Nervousness implies that something bad could/might happen, because a lot of the times we like to prepare ourselves for the worst case scenario. We don’t want to be caught off guard. Much like with anything else we haven’t done before, like speaking in front of many people and not wanting to look foolish; but who’s to say we’ll look foolish? The premise of the reality of nervousness is the implication or prediction or wariness of encountering an unfavorable situation. But I have no control over that, so why would I preemptively cut myself off at the legs before I even get the chance to walk?

Abundance mindset is looking at the situation not as “what can go wrong?” but instead, “what can go right?” The list for “rights” is much much longer than the list for “wrongs.” I’m certain of that. So, I’m not nervous to meet my divine counterpart. I’m incredibly excited.