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Abundance Blind Spot
 
by Derek Rydall

 

Imagine the power you could possess if you no longer believed the outer world was your Source and no longer worried that it could take anything away? Imagine what you would be capable of if you no longer wasted time and energy struggling for the outer symbols, defending what you have, fearing its loss, or fighting to get it back? Imagine who you could become if you knew all wealth and abundance was within you—infinite, inexhaustible, and unconditional—merely awaiting your activation and expression. This is not only possible; it’s how you were designed to live!

 So what are some signs that you have an abundance blind spot?

• You judge how much you have or what you’re capable of doing based on your bank balance, material possessions, or worldly opportunities.
• You’re willing to sacrifice your authentic values or the things and people that truly matter to you for some level of name, fame, or fortune.
• You’re willing to sacrifice your true calling, your deeper purpose, the work you most want to do for a job or opportunity that only brings you money. (This doesn’t mean you don’t sometimes have to work a regular job or work part of the time to pay the bills so you can use the rest of your time to pursue your passion; that’s a perfectly legitimate path. The key is that you don’t let your pursuit of money or security replace the pursuit of your deeper purpose.)

It’s not wrong to have an outer goal of name, fame, or fortune. The problem comes when you believe that the outer goal is the source of your inner wellbeing and fulfillment, or when you pursue it to the detriment of your inner connection to the real source of creation. As long as your primary goal is to have an ever-deeper connection to the real source of abundance and power within you—to live in peace, love, joy, and gratitude regardless of conditions—then there’s no problem having a big outer goal too.

If you want to live a truly abundant, happy, fulfilled life, your deepest devotion, investment, priority, and attachment must remain on the inner goal, the inner connection. If you have that, you have the real riches of life, and they will appear outside as the “added things.” But if you pursue the outer things and lose that inner connection, no matter how much you get out there, you’ll be in poverty. This is one way to understand the ancient text, “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” (Matthew 16:26). All you end up with is a gallery full of pictures that can’t feed you, comfort you, hold your hand, or love you. You’ll wander the gallery of your mind, staring at one-dimensional images of reality—lost, alone, and asleep—until they eventually fade and turn to dust in your hands.

 

 

Derek RydallTHE ABUNDANCE PROJECT: 40 Days to More Wealth, Health, Love, and Happiness
Derek Rydall is an Amazon/Barnes & Noble #1 bestselling author of EMERGENCE: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change, and the new book THE ABUNDANCE PROJECT: 40 Days to More Wealth, Health, Love, and Happiness (Atria/Beyond Words). Rydall’s diverse background includes training top executives at Fortune 500 companies (including American Express and The Walt Disney Company) in empowered leadership and communications, and coaching celebrities and media professionals, including Oscar and Emmy winners, on creating conscious entertainment. He is a Huffington Post contributor, frequent podcast guest, and the host of his own top-rated Emergence podcast.