Do you feel guilty when you receive blessings from life? Do you believe that you are taking away from others? Do you feel uncomfortable with your blessings by thinking you have too much and others have too little? Are you eager to get rid of or share your blessings with others to feel better? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may have trouble receiving abundance from life.
Last year, I have received over 100 music and motivational tapes free of charge from a local free bookstore. Earlier last year, I had expressed my intention to build up my music collection and even expand my musical tastes. A few months later, the tapes started to appear in response to my intention.
As my tape collection grew, I felt guilty. I didn't see that my intention was being fulfilled with the tapes. I wondered if I had been too greedy in picking up all the tapes that interested me instead of leaving more tapes behind for others. Then I realized that these tapes were part of my abundance. If I couldn't accept them, then how could I accept more money or more of anything else from life. I needed to learn how to accept these tapes without guilt.
I realized that these tapes were for me. Each time I received the tapes, a set of coincidences occurred that put me at the free bookstore at the time when the tapes were made available. Each tape was a tiny symbol of abundance. Everything that we receive in life is also a tiny symbol of our abundance. I realized that it was my turn to enjoy these tapes. When they no longer please me, then it will be my turn to pass them on the next person.
In life, we never own or possess anything forever. We are simply temporary caretakers who must willingly let go of what we have outgrown when the time comes. Letting go of what we no longer need or want is never a loss since it is really an act of opening ourselves up to receive something new that meets our present needs or desires.
I learned to accept the tapes as a manifestation of my abundance. I enjoy listening to them now without feeling like I am taking something away from someone else. These tapes are serving a purpose in my life. When they no longer serve a purpose, then I will happily pass them on to someone else. Once I did accept them, more tapes and other forms of abundance that I desired came into my life more easily.
Most of us grew up learning that there isn't enough of anything in life. Most of us learned to feel guilty about receiving what we want in life because we believed that we were taking away from someone else. There is unlimited supply of everything (I do mean everything) we would ever want in life. Our society is set up to create the illusion of scarcity and competition for these "limited" resources. On a spiritual level, the world operates according to abundance. There is enough of everything for every single person. You are never in competition with another person for anything. Abundance is your birthright if you accept it. If you don't accept it, then you experience lack.
According to the spiritual law of abundance, when you receive, you are never taking away from someone else. No one has to lose ever for you to receive. You don't have to lose so that someone can receive either.
Abundance is about timing. Each of us has a divine time when it is our turn to receive. You may get what you want before someone else, but that doesn't mean that the other person won't receive what he wants when it is his turn. We don't know exactly when it is our turn or someone else's turn to receive. Our job is simply to ask for what we want and have complete faith that we will receive it. If someone else gets what we want before we do, we must not become jealous or lose hope of ever receiving what we want. Doubt, hopelessness and jealousy temporarily stop the flow of abundance into our lives. It is wise to celebrate someone else's abundance and see the other person's abundance as an affirmation of our abundance that is on the way.
Most of us don't receive what we want from life because we have unknowingly rejected the idea of abundance. Most of us consciously accepted the idea that there are limits in life which blocks abundance. Most of us have also accepted society's idea that some people are more worthy and deserving to receive than others. We don't believe we are worthy or deserving to receive what we want. We believe that others may be more deserving because they are more virtuous than we are. Others may be more deserving because they have experienced a personal tragedy or difficult life circumstances. We may believe that others who have done good deeds are also more deserving than us.
Receiving abundance has nothing to do with worthiness or being more deserving than others. Everyone is worthy and deserving to receive true abundance in life. It doesn't matter how you have lived your life or your life circumstances. Good deeds have no impact on whether you deserve abundance or not. You are always deserving to receive. Nothing you can do can ever change your worthiness to receive abundance from life. If you accept the idea that receiving has conditions which you don't meet, then you will disconnect yourself from abundance.
Abundance is always open and ready to flow into your life, if you are open and willing to accept it. The next time you receive anything, don't allow yourself to feel guilty or even believe that you are taking away from someone else. Just say "thank you" and feel blessed for what you have received. Whatever you received will not be about being lucky or in the right place at the right time. Whatever you receive will be part of your destiny. It will be your turn to receive. As long as you are always ready and willing to receive, the abundance will keep coming to you easily and effortlessly.
If you aren't receiving much abundance right now, then it might be a good time to examine your thoughts. Thoughts of guilt, scarcity, competition, jealousy, unworthiness and feeling undeserving may be blocking the flow of abundance in your life. Practice asking for small forms of abundance and don't worry about how it will come to you. Be open to receiving what you want from expected and unexpected sources. Be open to receiving what you want at no cost to you. Follow your hunches. Celebrate someone else getting their abundance before you do. Know deep within your soul that your abundance is coming. Be patient and visualize yourself experiencing the abundance that you desire before you actually get it. Be grateful for everything that you have now and focus on what is going well in your life. Know that you are always worthy to receive unlimited abundance. Simply say "yes" to receiving yours.
Affirmations: I welcome abundance. I happily accept all the bounty that Life has to offer me.
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