Abundance

Me : So when people come to me asking how to bring more abundance in their life..what must I tell them ?

Voice : That the question itself drives away abundance.

Me : How ?

Voice : Abundance is a state of being. It comes without striving for it. The strive for it itself will push you away from it. A truly abundant man does not need anything. He knows wanting nothing is having everything. He nurses no coarse desires, he actively needs nothing, he lives simple, he is tuned in to his heart and treasures happiness.

Me : What about those books that tell you about manifesting and dreaming big  ?

Voice : Forgive Me but I don't read much. But I think you referring to manifesting your desires by thinking of it or giving it constant attention and energy ?

Me : Yes

Voice : Manifestation of your dreams is possible...like your dream home or dream car or dream job.

Me : How is it that for most people this doesn't work ?

Voice : Because when you 'want' anything, that is essentially from lack. Its only when you truly feel that you don't have something or need something that you feel the need to manifest it in your life. Constantly having your mind focused on what you don't have is the very same reason you will feel more lack of it in your life.

Me : And what about those who manifest and get what they always dreamt of ?

Voice : Here's when things go complicated. You want something in order to make you happy. So you being to give attention to that thing which you think will give you happiness. Now happiness is not some distant land or in a thing or in some time in the future. You can either spend all your life chasing happiness or live your life happily. It is a mistake to believe that happiness lies outside of you - this chase does not end in fulfilment and eventually the person is tired of life - surprisingly inspite of  having all that he desired. So he may have manifested many things in his life, but had to constantly pay a price for it - ironically that of his own happiness.
   
Me : So what do you recommend ? How do we find happiness ?
 
Voice : Let the happiness find you. There is no road to it. There is no chase for it. There no plan for it.
 
Me : Please come down to my level and explain ...

Voice : Haha. Okay. Let me try to be as simple as I can. Last thing I want to do is complicate an already complicated world.
Try this simple exercise. I will give you a few scenarios from the real world that happen to people. Imagine that you are held captive in a dark, small prison with no sunlight and no interaction with anyone for many years with no clue of your fate. Imagine, if one of your family members were in coma for years with neither death or life certain, imagine being an orphan child, imagine being born blind, imagine being the lone survivor of an earthquake, imagine being bankrupted with legal cases against you, imagine losing all your limbs in an accident, imagine having an incurable ailment with mounting medical bills....now how would you feel about your life right now ?

Me : Cant complain about my life at all ...

Voice : I must apologise for having you imagine the most difficult scenarios but you must understand you are always more fortunate than many others. The gratitude brings abundance. When you are in a state of gratitude, you are always in a natural state of thankfulness with no strong desire to want more because you know you have everything. This feeling of having everything is abundance. This state of abundance brings to you whatever you need to be happy.

Me : So shouldn't people dream of being rich ?

Voice : I would rather advise them to dream of being wealthy instead of being rich.

Me : Whats the difference ?

Voice : Big difference. When you you chase an occupation or work for monetary gain as the primary goal, you have let money, possessions and material prosperity be the focal point in your life and with time you may get rich. You judge your success in life by your material prosperity and would even convince yourself about it being the right way. You even unknowingly begin to 'pay' a price for this because the primary goal did not emerge from the intention of love. This is being rich.

Wealthy people on the other hand hate the idea to trade off their happiness. They follow their passion, their dreams and things that make them happy regardless of any material gain. Gradually, they end up drawing material gains in their life from what they do. They live the life they love and love what they do. This is their natural abundant state. They didn't plan this - life just happened to them. Money, fame or material possessions are just an inevitable outcome of the way they choose to live their lives. Its easier for these people to give back to the world, because they are reasonably detached to money. They work out of passion and love.

So you see, the 'rich' struggle with happiness because of the 'reverse way' of going about their lives.

Me : And what about all those affirmations, exercises and books on bringing wealth into your life ?

Voice : Like I said earlier, the very striving for abundance or wealth drives it away from us. Abundance is a matter of the heart. It is a constant natural state of being. Love in the heart brings gratitude and dispels fear while its the mind that actually created fears. Therefore, you will find that mental exercises fall short.  

Me : Now if I have friends and if one of them wants to be a DJ in Ibiza, one wants to open a tea shack in the mountains of Sangla valley, one wants to explore Mars, one wants to be the man on Everest without supplemental oxygen, one wants to research and write books on Satan and God, and the other wants to play music on the streets of Venice...would that be practical ?  

Voice : How practical is shutting the voice of your heart for the rest of your life ?

Me : Makes sense.

Voice : All evolution and growth came from unpractical people and countless irrational decisions. Heart must have the freedom of choice. This group of abundant people will bring the transformation that the world really needs. They are normal people but will be called rebels, as they won't fit into social systems, conditioned thinking and work structures. They will face uphill challenges, but lack of fear will quickly overcome them. Their expanded consciousness will inspire the next generation to use love and happiness as the driving motive of life.