How To Attract Lasting Abundance

Abundance and Prosperity.  We all want it.  What is it?  Many people have different definitions. For one person, it might be having the freedom to do what they love.   For someone else it might mean having material possessions such as a car, or a house, or a million dollars in the bank. For another, it may mean having many people in their life who are spiritually evolved.  It doesn’t matter what definition you have.  The important thing to ask yourself is, “Does my life contain all the elements of prosperity according to my definition of Prosperity?”  If it does, congratulations!  You are a prosperity master.  If it doesn’t, no big deal.  You just have more work to do, which will cause you to grow and prosper.  What an exciting adventure you have in store!

Our abundance and prosperity is largely a result of the thoughts and feelings we have about life.  Form follows thought.  Think of everything we have in the world – cars, roads, buildings, cities, amusement parks, etc.  All of these things were first a thought in someone’s mind with an underlying passion of creating it.  Sounds simple, yes.  Easy, no.  We manifest things naturally and automatically all the time using thoughts and feelings.  Manifestation is a process of bringing ideas, concepts, visions and dreams from our inner world into the outer world, to experience them with our physical senses.  By thinking new thoughts, new realities are created about money and prosperity.  We are the source of our riches, not a job, investments, a spouse or parents.  By linking with the unlimited abundance of your soul or higher self, by opening your connection to the higher forces (Source, God or whatever you want to call it), and by expressing and radiating your higher qualities of inner peace, joy, love, well being and aliveness, abundance will be yours for the asking.  It’s simply a Law of the Universe.

People who are devoted to a personal life purpose are blessed with an abundant heart that naturally results in abundance and prosperity as well as naturally attracts resources to fulfill their mission.  Where we place our energy, time, talents, natural skills in doing what we love, we get rewarded beyond our expectations.  Do what you are guided to do without any attachment or expectation of how it’s supposed to look, enjoy your life, be peaceful and joyful, and abundance will be yours.  Focus on your purpose like a laser point of light as you develop your vision and receive your calling.  Affirm it as you feel the power of love for what you are to Be…Do…and Have. Write down what you love.  Take action with energy.  The gifts may not always look how you expect them to, but your needs will always be met and you will have more than you need.   Believe it.  Affirm it.  

Gratitude is the greatest prayer we can ever offer our Creator.  Inspiration is the greatest meditation we can ever receive from our Creator.  Prosperous people who experience abundance know the importance of unconditional love and gratitude.  Learn to focus your attention on the blessings in your life and you will find them.  By doing this, your blessings will multiply. Express your gratitude for what is, as it is and be inspired as you find yourself persevering toward your purpose.

I invite you to realize that by asking the right questions you can increase your abundance and prosperity. Begin to explore the questions that you can ask yourself and others as you discover the ones that will improve your quality of life. Some questions that you can begin to ask yourself are:

What lights me up and inspires me? What am I good at?
What gives me and my life the most significance and meaning?
What are the actions I can take toward fulfilling my purpose today?
How can I major in what I love, minor in what I need to, let others worry about what I should do, delegate what I have to, and dump what is not necessary?
How can I do what I love and love what I do and get paid well doing it?
How can I direct my service more and more, to touch more people’s lives in less time each day?  
What is the greatest prayer I can offer my Creator today?
What is the greatest meditation I can receive from my Creator today?
Now, as you take a closer look at these questions and ponder them, you can find yourself beginning to experience new thoughts and new feelings.  These will lead to new actions, more positive directions, more fulfillment, and you will be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams.

People, who are "following their bliss" as the great scholar Joseph Campbell called it, are living a life of significance and meaning and are devoted to a cause greater than themselves.

Affirmation – I have the resources to develop and express my life purpose, tap into that infinite supply of love, peace and prosperity and am abundantly rewarded in return.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING YOUR LIFE PURPOSE

Patanjali, A famous philosopher who lived between the 1st to 3rd century BC once said, "When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be."

Are you looking to be fulfilled, inspired, motivated and passionate about your life?  Who isn’t?  In order to do this, you must do something you love to do. But as we all know, it’s not always easy to do that.  A lot of people find themselves drifting from doing what they love and do other things just to make a living.  They may be successful by society’s definition, but still feel that something is missing.  All of our inner discomfort in life stems from withholding or suppressing our innate creativity and love, hence our purpose for living.  If continually suppressed in its struggle to be born, it creates internal havoc in our minds and bodies and external havoc in all our affairs and manifests itself as stress, restlessness, illness or discomfort.

Without being clear about the reason why your here, there won’t be a feeling of passion for what you do and you won’t be motivated or fulfilled.  Everything in life has a reason for existence. Until you discover the reason for your existence, you will not live the life of an awakened soul.  Without purpose you will get sidetracked in your life’s journey and drift away from your right path and achieve little of great importance for yourself.

Without a purpose you will lose your power and strength in the midst of difficult times. When you face challenges, you need a guide, something which to draw from to help you deal with difficult times. So, having a purpose empowers you against obstacles. We receive so much information every day and can only filter what is important to us.  Technology today has caused life to be faster than it has ever been before and there is tons to process all the time.  Your purpose will act as a powerful filter that will fine tune all the information you receive and select what matches with it for you to take action on.  Decisions are made more easily and life is more simple.  It comes down to this: When making decisions, ask yourself, “Does this fit with my life purpose or not.”  If the answer is yes, then follow it.  If it’s no, then don’t.

Without a purpose you may still excel at what you do, according to society’s perceptions, but you still won’t be able to become the best you can be.  You only become your best when you do something you love because it reflects your highest gifts and talents.  You will find yourself gaining energy because you’re living and expressing your truest and greatest self.  Without a purpose you won’t be able to give your best and serve others. When your actions align with your life purpose, you will find yourself automatically serving others.

Having purpose makes it easier to achieve what you want. Because when you have a clear vision and purpose you will radiate powerful positive energy that will attract people, resources, and opportunities that will help you achieve what you want.  Where you focus your energy, especially with the highest qualities of joy, love, excitement and enthusiasm, the universe will respond with abundance in all areas of your life.  This is simply a law of the universe.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t know what your purpose is right now.  It takes time, patience and a deep yearning for it, that it’s revealed to us.  Our life purpose evolves as we grow.  Here are some questions to ask yourself to help clarify your purpose: 

1. What makes you smile? (Activities, people, events, hobbies, projects, etc.)

2. What are and have been your favorite things to do in the past? In the present?

3. What activities make feel so much in the moment that you lose track of time?

4. When you go to the bookstore, what types of books are you drawn to?

5. Who inspires you most? (Anyone you know or do not know. Family, friends, authors, artists, leaders, etc.) Which qualities inspire you, in each person?

6. What are you naturally good at? (Skills, abilities, gifts etc.)

Be clear why you are here and discover your purpose of existence. You will be peaceful, happy and fulfilled knowing that you are being and doing what you have been put on this earth to be and do.  This will create a deep meaning to your life and attract all people, resources and opportunities to help you achieve your goals faster than you can imagine.  It is our responsibility to utilize the gifts and talents we were given to make the world a better place.  In turn you will be blessed with joy, peace, success and fulfillment beyond your wildest dreams.