A to Z of Success

Abundance

Abundance is an over-flowing ever-flowing pouring out of compensation. A river is abundant with water. The sky is abundant with air. The sea is abundant with fish. Abundance suggests that there is so much of something that there is no problem caused by parting with some of it. You wouldn’t mind giving away a million gallons of sea water as you know there is so much more!

How can we practice abundance in our lives and how can the practice of abundance lead to more?

One of the opening Laws of The Master Key system states that ‘more leads to more and loss leads to greater loss. This is true on every plane of existence.’

What does this mean and what significance does it have on us? Let’s look at the first part of the statement ‘more leads to more’. This suggests that when you have something, you will get more of it.

As an example; if you have love, will you get more love? Is this a true statement? If you are a loving and sweet person, will people be loving and sweet back to you? Generally yes, but if you hate everyone and pour out that hate on everyone, will people hate you back? Generally yes! That “more leads to more” seems to be a true statement.

The second part states ‘loss leads to greater loss’. Is this a true statement? If you loose your loving touch with people and become hard, will you loose their reciprocated love? Generally yes. They will stop being so loving to you as well. If you loose your hatred and become more loving to them, will they loose their hatred to you and become more loving to you? In time, generally yes! It seems that ‘loss leads to greater loss’ is equally a true statement.

How does this work in my own life? I generally only see my son Federico one day a week. He is 10 months old and growing fast. While he is at home with me, I turn off my TV and my computer and I spend my time with him for the whole day. I give him all my attention and as a result I get complete love and happiness in return. It’s really the best part of my week. But he has his moments like all kids when he cries and gets irritated. If I get angry with him he it gets worse, but if I give him love and understanding he stops after a short while. The 3rd statement above says ‘This is true on every plane of existence’ and I totally agree.

So how can you become more abundant? Well first of all, it’s not easy. We live in a world that complains and nags, finds fault and uses aggression to get what it wants. This is not abundance but scarcity. Becoming abundant takes practice and at first most probably will be forced, but after a while it will become 2nd nature and you will be abundant from a subconscious level of mind. You will do it without thinking about it.

To be abundant, you must be aware of your thoughts, your speech and your actions. You will need to stop saying “I can’t do it” or “I can’t afford it’ or “I don’t know how” as these are not abundant thoughts. Thoughts like “stupid government” or “lazy so and so” are not abundant and you will need to take these thoughts out of your mind. It is hard, but it is possible. Instead you may want to say “The government doesn’t seem to have the answer about the garbage situation, so what can I do to help? I know, I won’t throw my garbage in the streets and I won’t teach my kids to do the same.”

Master your thoughts. Do not let them master you. You may find that you can only think good thoughts for 5 minutes at a time, but that’s ok. Just work 5 minutes at a time and soon you will be able to do 10 minutes, and then 20 and after a while, it will just happen of its own accord.

Changing your thoughts, will lead to a change in words. If you have decided that you hate living in a certain place, all your words will probably be negative towards that place. Instead, find out what is good about the place, focus and enjoy those things and your vocabulary will surely change also.

Changing your thoughts and words, will almost certainly change your actions. Scarcity minded people tend to say “I can’t afford it, so what’s the point?” Abundant thinking people say “I don’t have the money today, but what can I do right now to take a step closer to what I want.” Even if it is a small step, it is a small step in the right direction and will bring you close to what you want.

I used to hate getting my bills and paying the salaries until one of my friends said “Celebrate your bills! Celebrate as it shows you are still in business.” I never thought of it that way before. I used to think of it as a burden, but now I realize that those bills are a part of my success steps forward.

Once you start asking, “What can I do today to help my situation?” you will bring the answer closer towards you on every plane. This will bring you more abundance.

It may be health abundance, spiritual abundance, relational abundance, financial abundance, intellectual abundance or emotional abundance, but whichever one it is, you will be more abundant.

This is the meaning of life. This is the key to happiness. Think abundant to all, talk abundant to all, act abundant to all and maybe just maybe, you will be abundant from all!