06.29.07
Money & Abundance Part I
This is a two part post about money and abundance–something I’ve been thinking about intensely for the past couple of weeks. In Part I, I’ll talk about the idea of wanting more and how it can create emotional conflicts.
I’ve been thinking about money lately–how much I have, how much I want, how much I don’t have, how to get more, how to handle what I do have, how much other people have, how much I need, what I would do with it, etc. 
The more I thought about money, ironically, the harder it was for me to get in touch with Universal Abundance.
As human beings we are biologically and often culturally driven to have, do, and be more. That’s the nature of human existence and it’s a great thing. The drive to grow is how we learn and experience life. Internal conflict about wanting more arises when 1) We think it’s bad to want more and/or 2) Our drive to want more disconnects us from gratitude.
Is it ok to want more?
There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to that question. There’s the “a self-less and humble life is a good life” school and the “unlimited abundance” school. The answer to this (and to all things, really) is that it’s up to you. If you think wanting more is a bad thing, you will vibrate at a state that will not allow more into your life. If you think wanting more is a good thing, you can vibrate at a state that brings more into your life.
I personally feel that there is limitless abundance available in this world. That means everyone can have what they want without taking it from someone else. Living a life of abundance makes us available for others. When we are comfortable and secure in the knowledge that we can always have what we want and need, we can direct our attention to those who need us and what we have to offer.
How can we want more and be grateful for what we have?
The idea of being content with what we have while wanting more seems contradictory, and this is the area I have to consciously work on when my thoughts about money lead me towards negative feelings. Here is what I’ve discovered: being grateful for our current circumstances means recognizing that we are where we are for a purpose that leads us to our highest good. Our highest good is an ever-increasing state of being as we grow and develop who we are. In other words, we’re on a path towards where we need to be and we can simultaneously look around be grateful about where we are on the path now and still keep moving forward.
That said, there are more people in this world than not right now who can’t quite get themselves at the point of contentment. When we’re worried about paying our bills and achieving a certain quality of life, it’s hard to reach for a feeling of gratitude. In Part II, I’ll discuss what money actually is and give some suggestions for altering our perspective about it.
