*Abundance is our natural state.

1. Recognize the basic principle.



The basic principle of abundance is
that abundance is the natural state of the Universe.
Since everything in the Universe is energy,
then we know that abundance is energy.
Abundance -energy- is all around us
and in infinite supply,
and it is available to each of us
whenever we are open to receive it.


2. Be aware of contradictory beliefs.


The second part of the principle of abundance
states that if we are experiencing
less than total abundance
in each and every aspect of our lives,
we can be sure we are resisting
the natural flow of abundance.
We resist this natural flow by holding on
to beliefs that contradict the truth of abundance.
The most common of these beliefs are
that we have to work hard, earn a living,
be productive, achieve a particular lifestyle
or gain certain credentials to receive abundance.
How many of us believe, for instance,
that in order to have
as much money as we would like,
we have to hold a job we do not enjoy
but that pays well?
The unhappy result of this belief is
that we attract job after job
that is unsatisfying to us.


3. Generate intention and commitment.


Our belief in shortage and lack are so pervasive
that it requires great intention and commitment
to allow the truth of our natural state of abundance
to permeate our conscious awareness.
Without a high level of intention,
our deeply held beliefs will continue
to have the power to create situations
in the physical world
that appear to contradict the truth of abundance.


4. Notice your present abundance.


Much of the abundance that we think we desire
we already have.
Most of us enjoy a remarkable array of abundance
in the forms of caring and loving friends
to spend time with, nourishing food to eat,
wardrobes of clothes to choose from,
comfortable housing to live in,
a wide variety of transportation
to afford us all kinds of travel,
entertaining and inspiring books to read,
pets to comfort us, flowers to delight us-
the list is truly endless.
However, our tendency is to take for granted
what we already have and to focus
on what we do not have.
This leads us to another principle.
What we focus on expands.
By noticing the abundance that we already have,
we open ourselves to receive more.
By focusing our attention on what we do not have,
we actually attract more scarcity.


5. Practice giving generously, receiving gratefully and feeling
gratitude for the abundance you have.


If abundance is energy, and all energy is love,
then abundance is love.
Energy (love) wishes to flow freely
and to stay in balance.
We support this free flow and balance
by giving generously, receiving gratefully,
and feeling and expressing gratitude for all that we have.
Gratitude opens us to receive love,
of which material abundance is but one expression.


6. Remember the principle of cause and effect.


The principle of cause and effect reminds us
that the beliefs generated by our thinking minds
create the circumstances in which money
and other forms of abundance
either seem to be absent from our lives,
come in only after great effort,
or cause chaos when they are present.
The same principle also reminds us that
our inner knowing, our connection to
Infinite Intelligence,
which we hear or feel
when our thinking minds are quiet,
guides us effortlessly and joyfully
when we surrender to it.


7. Practice non-judgment and mutual support.


Our willingness to release the judgments we have
around the people and circumstances in our lives
frees the energy to flow to us as abundance.
Creating mutually supportive and harmonious relationships
also helps us to open to the flow of abundance.


8. Be patient with the process.


Mastering abundance, as with mastering energy,
is a gradual, step-by-step process.
Trust that the process happens at the perfect pace
and that staying focused in the present moment
is the best way to move the process along.
Our inner knowing always presents to us
the precise issue we need to deal with
at just the appropriate time.
Our task is to be sensitive to the guidance
of our inner knowing.




As long as the process remains
an intellectual exercise,
no real movement occurs.
We are feeling beings and life is a feeling process.
One way we can know we are on the right track
is when we are feeling peaceful.
Peacefulness is not a state of mind,
it is a state of heart.
When we are feeling peaceful,
we know that we are our hearts
rather than our heads.
Peacefulness is the door through which we gain
access to the abundance of the Universe.
It is only in a state of peacefulness
that we can feel our Oneness,
out of which all abundance flows.
--Arnold M. Patent From the book "You Can Have It All"