What is abundance?
To be abundant is to have much, but that does not refer to financial terms, but to the broader meaning of the word.
- Can I be abundant because I travel with my family.
- Because I help others.
- Because I do what I fall in love with?.
Therefore, abundance must be understood in a broad sense, not just think about money, think about what makes you feel good and happy.
“When I chase the money, I never get enough. When my life is focused on goals and I do the best I can, I become prosperous.
The first question we have to ask ourselves is
How do we feel: abundant or needy?
As psychologist Enric Corber argues, there are several limiting beliefs that we have rooted in our minds that prevent us from living in abundance.
The work or idea that we do the work is part of those limiting beliefs, because we assume that to receive we have to give, we believe that we deserve things only for the work, effort and sacrifices we have made to achieve them. .
It seems that if we get abundance effortlessly, we do something wrong.
When someone helps us without asking for anything in return, we tend to think: what does the person want, why are you helping me?What do you expect from me? We can’t imagine him helping us because he wants to do it, because it feels good to help, without expecting anything.
Another of the limiting beliefs we have rooted is the attachment to what we have. We’re afraid of losing what we have. Fear of losing our partner, losing money, losing our job.
But the reality is that when you have it you have to be prepared to let her go so that the new one comes in, for example if I have a partner who no longer loves me or doesn’t want to be with her. me, it’s better to let it go. This is the only way that will allow someone new to enter my life, or who will not be among anyone, but live my loneliness with joy and discover me as a person.
On many occasions we tend to hunt money or other symbols of wealth such as an expensive watch, a car, etc. , a key issue about it is: why do I want this?
If the answer is to “get a status”, what our way of seeking money or symbols denotes is that our self-esteem is not good, because we need something that symbolizes the status of society, not ourselves.
If we feel small and unworthy, this is what we will receive, because the unconscious will bring us what we believe we deserve.
If we assume that we live in abundance, we simply need to improve certain aspects of our thinking to feel abundant.
Our self-esteem or self-esteem is something we need to improve to get abundance, usually our idea of ourselves depends on what others think of us and shouldn’t be.
Walter Riso, an Argentine psychologist, gives us some keys to improving self-esteem:
? Promotes self-praise. We should not punish ourselves with negative words about ourselves, but we must congratulate ourselves with positive words. Do it, it’s great!
? Reward yourself, when you get something positive in your life, reward yourself. You don’t have to show up with expensive things; If you like sweets, eat them, if you like movies, go from time to time.
? Eliminate repressive beliefs. For example, self-control of feelings. It is true that certain limits must be imposed, but we must not forget to enjoy and feel, sometimes leaving aside the rational.
? Don’t be ashamed of your successes and efforts. Try to recognize your accomplishments and don’t blame yours.
“The important thing, then, is not to be beautiful, but to love yourself.
To live in abundance it is essential to go beyond the limiting beliefs that we have programmed.
In order to have abundance effortlessly and without suffering, we must allow new things to enter our lives, we must not feel attached to what we have, and we must not seek money or symbols of wealth.
It is important to be grateful for all the circumstances of our lives, for their lights and shadows. Gratitude is one of the most transformative attitudes of human beings.
If you lose something, think that something better will come, and that that void left by what left can be filled by something else, someone else, another circumstance.