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Interpreting Abundance
It is very difficult for most of us to understand and accept the concept of abundance in our own lives. We see it in others, but we don't think it applies to us. Or, we may not understand how to make it happen for ourselves. In this article we will talk about the process called 'manifesting'. It is a creative process that opens up the possibility of abundance in everyone's life. There are guidelines for manifesting, but each individual's journey along the path towards abundance is unique.
If you are new to the concept of manifesting it may help you to think of it as a way of thinking and a way of living rather than a set of techniques to follow as most self-help manuals provide. Manifesting is about finding our way through the maze of these difficult times to take hold of our own lives and goals.
Sadly, too often in this age people settle for less than what they want excessively early in life. Setbacks bring discouragement and before you know it, they have given up on all of their dreams and ambitions. Dreams become the stuff of fairy tales and are written off as unobtainable. Life may make you choose some compromises, but stubborn pigheadedness when it comes to your goals can pay off. Just look at an example from history, Thomas Edison. You may remember he is the man who gave us light, but did you know it took him a thousand tries or more? Where would we be today if he had not persisted?
There is no question that in order to survive we must work and pay our bills. However, the huge advances in technology in recent decades have driven us toward greater and greater specialization. We are becoming a society of small fragments and 'niches'. We are so focused on minutiae we have lost our ability to dream.
But can you learn it?
Manifesting, like most things worth doing, is a process that takes time and attention. First and foremost you must ask yourself, 'What do I want to manifest in my life?' It is never easy to look at ourselves closely, but if you want to achieve abundance in your life it is necessary. Look at your life and its circumstances carefully. Are you doing what you want or only what you feel you have to do? If each day is just a matter of survival, then it's time to look more closely at your choices and make some changes in your outlook.
There are many reasons why life today is so confusing but the primary reason is that too many of us are intent on doing what we think we're supposed to do rather than what we really want to do. Living this way causes our confusion and we cannot think clearly. Life becomes about getting by. We can disentangle ourselves from this type of thinking by using the tool of manifestation.
Manifestation can offer you clarity and restore your hope and vision. It is not wonder so many of us feel as if life has no meaning and purpose, and we feel burdened and confused. We spend our days faced with choice after choice in a maze of options. Take for example, a trip to the grocery store. Even there, the simple task of buying a box of cereal is complicated by the choice we must make between 100's of options. College students must choose a major from hundreds of options and even choose again when they are asked to specialize within the major. A degree just opens the door to even more choices as are career options abound.
It easy for all of us to lose our way and avoid asking ourselves the crucial questions that will place us on the right path. Instead, we may chose to focus on making money, assuming that everything else will fall into place later. Life doesn't work that way. Too many of us realize later on that money is not the answer and that it does not and cannot fulfill our dreams. We wake up one day feeling empty and wanting much more in our lives than to satisfy daily needs and necessities with the income we earn from a job or life that is meaningless to us.
Manifesting requires that we focus on our dreams, not our failures. The more we focus on our mistakes, the less clearly we can see our hopes and dreams and true desires, and the more difficult it is to achieve them. It is essential to think positively and to have confidence in our dreams and abilities. It doesn't matter whether your dreams are personal or professional, it is imperative to believe you can achieve them.
Manifesting is an easy process.
*Look at both your personal and professional life. Make up your mind about what it is you want.
*Keep a positive attitude by keeping your eye on the successes.
*Act Accordingly- Sitting around and thinking about your future is simple but at some point, you are going to have to actually move in the direction of your goals, which may mean taking a risk.
These methods contain a simple message in the end and that is you should never be satisfied with the status quo. We again borrow from the great Thomas Edison who believed a satisfied man was a man who had failed. Edison knew that the human being had to constantly be striving to fulfill their goals. He not only said it, he lived it his entire life. He understood too that life has ups and downs, success and failure, as well as agony and joy. Satisfaction, to his mind, was just another word for indifference. Edison strived his entire life for more and so you should as well.
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