March 7, 2012

Allowing Abundance or Resisting Abundance?

By Ceri Jaison


Have you ever heard the term "allowing abundance"? If you're not quite clear on that, don't worry; you aren't the only one! What does allowing abundance really mean? Do you have to DO something specific to allow abundance, or is it all about NOT doing anything and just allowing abundance to flow naturally? As funny as it may seem, the answer is really YES to both questions - even if that seems like a contradiction at first glance! A good comparison that will demonstrate the difference is when you invite someone to your home. They come to the door, knock, and you answer. To invite them in, you open the door, step back, and ALLOW them to enter. You are definitely taking small actions to allow them in (like opening the door and stepping out of the way), but your main action is to not block their entrance, right?

What does this have to do with allowing abundance into your life? Allowing abundance is really about not RESISTING abundance. Many people who try to attract abundance end up blocking it or resisting it in some way at first. They may spend a lot of time worrying about money and finances, feeling resentful toward abundant people, or physically pursuing money excessively. To start allowing abundance, there are two main things that should be done first:

First of all, it's vital to start focusing on abundance. Do you do the opposite by spending much of your time focused on scarcity and lack? Do you worry about not having enough money? Do you get angry or upset when financial challenges appear? Do you regularly obsess over ways you can receive more money? It's important to realize that all of these activities have one thing in common: they create an overwhelming focus on lack and scarcity, which continues to create more of the same in your life. Start turning this around by focusing intently on money and abundance. Not the LACK of money and abundance, but the HAVING of money and abundance. Instead of worrying that you don't have enough money, focus with pleasure on how great it would be to have LOTS of money. What would you do if you had ten times the money you have right now? What would it be like to buy or do anything you wanted right now? What would you do? What are some of the things you would buy? Why do you want them? As you think about these things, go into great detail - it gets positive energy flowing through you and draws abundance quickly!

Next, make sure you stop RESISTING abundance. Like many other people, you may not even realize that you are doing anything to resist or block abundance, but if it's not flowing to you easily you definitely are. Remember, every time you feel stressed, annoyed, frustrated, sad, depressed, or anxious about money, you are creating resistance in your vibrational "signal" that goes out to the universe. In a nutshell, that makes you INCOMPATIBLE with the essence of abundance. It means that even if you have been diligent in focusing on having more money and abundance, it CANNOT come to you because you aren't a vibrational match to it.

If you want to be a vibrational match to abundance, you need to feel: happy, uplifted, grateful, inspired, open, relaxed, joyful, and other positive emotions - and these feelings should be directly related to money and abundance (although it's possible to release resistance by feeling good about ANYTHING, really). You can release resistance just by taking a nap, having a little "me time," watching a funny movie - anything that makes you feel good helps you release resistance. But releasing resistance about money specifically - in other words, feeling really good about money - helps you start allowing it big time. (I cover this important concept in full detail in my Allow Abundance Course.)




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