Today we’ll examine the concept of abundance. When most people think of abundance, they imagine an excess of money or material goods. Little thought is given to the other intangibles that can add richness to our lives, and without which we find ourselves feeling empty and our experiences hollow.

This is a meme I created a few years ago after a deep meditation on the emptiness of materialism. I’ve posted it quite a few times and every once in a while someone comments something to the effect of “Why can’t we have both abundance and personal growth?” The answer is (drum roll please) we can! The two are not mutually exclusive. This meme is asking us what our focus is on; temporary happiness or eternal growth of character? My personal experience is that when you put your focus on the latter, you also experience the former. Unfortunately when you concentrate all your mental energy on material gain, it rarely leads to an increase in compassion, morality and integrity. Quite the opposite. Countless examples can be shown of people through the ages who became greedy and it led to a total meltdown of their spirituality. Like an addict, they became addicted to acquisition because it gave some momentary happiness and sense of accomplishment. However, the more they acquired, the less joy each new possession brought to them.

The last two weeks we’ve been visiting with those wise old Greeks from Athens past, and our good buddy Socrates, “The Father of Western Philosophy” has much to say on this topic as well. Boy and howdy, does he ever!

Socrates was a profound observer of human nature and as a result he came to the conclusion that there is no lasting happiness to be gained by materialism.

In fact, Socrates pretty much decimates all “control freaks” who think they can engineer happiness by achieving a state where they are impervious to change and therefore pain. His advice is to expect and appreciate change because it is a necessary component of the growth of character that life is designed to bring to us.

Let me say right here, that in my life, I have experienced impoverishment (and the constant stress it causes) and the abundance of finances (and the peace and tranquility it brings) and having abundance is better! Let me clarify that I’m not trying to say there is an inherent spiritual superiority to being impoverished (and staying poor). The only exception being that one can observe that once a person has experienced what it feels like to do without, they are more compassionate to others who are experiencing a lack of finances in their reality.

In our blog MANIFESTATION: From Frustration To Realization! we put forth the premise that we must embrace change and “ride the wild tide” if we want to master the art of conscious creation aka mind manifestation. However, I’m also aware that some people actually want (or need) to experience negative and regressive situations in order to balance some karma they subconsciously perceive they have from this or another life- but that’s a whole other blog article.

What we’re exploring here today is NEED vs. GREED. In our modern society we’re constantly bombarded with commercial messages that are designed to psychologically manipulate us into materialistic thinking. Each advertiser positions their product as what we need to buy in order to feel happy and content with ourselves and our status. But even with all our material goods, are we modern humans more happy with our lives and ourselves?

If we consider the amount of “feel good” drugs and “comfort foods” we consume as a gauge, one can easily see that the answer is no.

Once again, let me reiterate for those in the back, I’m not saying having material possessions is bad, what I’m hoping to discourage is the idea that happiness and fulfillment are tied to how much we possess in money or material goods.

I know many people who are minimalists and are very happy. When you see how they live, they have nothing extraneous to their needs- which are few. Lacking the need to impress others, they choose their possessions for value and not what status they might confer from those vacuous and clueless ones who judge one’s worth by their material possessions. As a result, the minimalists have very nice, durable things and live very comfortably and contentedly with no stress or desire to compete in the rat-race. They are able to save for the future and have the experiences that bring value to their lives. I aspire to be like them.

When I worked for the TV show “USA Corporate Profiles” one of my jobs was to interview the CEO’s of major corporations- most of them millionaires many times over. With a few exceptions, you never saw a more miserable, stressed-out bunch of supposedly “successful role models.”

Personally, I’ve come to the conclusion that greed is a mental disorder caused by a spiritual deficit. In other words, it’s the lack of happiness that motivates the lust to acquire much more than is needed. When this fails to bring joy, the extreme frustration causes a mental unbalancing. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results.”

What I would like you to think about is the true definition of abundance and the value of experience. Some experiences you can’t put a price tag on. They are so enriching to us emotionally and spiritually that if they weren’t a part of our life, we would know far fewer moments of pure joy. These can include many different things for a variety of people. Ask yourself what experiences do you value the most? What brings you the most lasting peace, tranquility and happiness? What fills you with a sense of wonder and joy? What confirms that you are being true to your higher self life plan? These are the things we should focus on and manifest more of in our lives to experience expansive abundance!

For further reading on this topic, please see Full Spectrum Manifestation and Glamorized Greed (click link to go).

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