Sunday, October 09, 2011

Scarcity or Abundance Mentality?

( Part 1) Written  in response to a request of a reader!

Scarcity or Abundance Mentality?

What do you think about greed or need?
How do you respond to today’s economic situation?
Are you open to healing humanity’s feelings about money and material wealth?
What are your values, beliefs and behaviors about money, wealth, prosperity?

Recently I was asked how to expand abundance consciousness to encourage people to share more of their time, energy and money.
To give more love, money, help, support, caring and encouragement, people need to appreciate more. 
When we fully appreciate and enjoy what we have, we will easily share more with others.
When we care more and share more, all needs are easily met and true prosperity flows for everyone.

What can you do to increase abundance consciousness?
How can you flow more energy to increase the flow for all?
What are you willing to do to make a difference in our world?
How can you support the balance of  power and prosperity in today’s economy?

Tithing
I invite you to consider tithing to the Source of your Good.  
I encourage you to value what is valuable for you.
This means actively and consistently giving to what gives Good to You.  (Time, Energy and Money)
Contribute to wherever you receive inspiration and support.  
Stewardship
I use everything I have (give, share it, contribute, exchange, etc.), because I use it all for Good.
Nothing is wasted and nothing goes unappreciated.
Spend your money, every penny, consciously and see it as all expanding what you value. 
When we share all our talents joyfully, we receive the benefit of our talents.
When we use everything we have been given, appreciating and sharing with others, we are blessed.
Wherever we hold anything separate from others or from ourselves, it tends to stagnate, rather than flow.
When we lived in a more natural culture  with fewer resource and temptations, we knew the value of all.
When we have less, we use it with more conscious intention and invention.
When we have more, we tend to take it forgranted and squander it and spend it on meaningless stuff.

Cultural Withholds 
Our society now believes in economic downfall, rather than a natural balancing of our excess.
We seem to have scared ourselves with thoughts of “not enough”.  
Even those who formerly gave easily, now seem to withhold in fear. 
People go to sleep as they become more fearful.  
And others tend to become like those with whom they associate or those they judge.

There is little understanding of how flow works.  
Use what resources you have for Good and more Good will grow.
Since there appears to be limited resources , choose to give more, appreciate more and share more to serve the abundance of all.  

I tend to give to those who give.  
I tend to receive with more obvious gratitude to encourage the giving. 
I tend to teach giving without no thought or expression of neediness or reciprocity.  
I realize that as folks are shutting down their natural generosity, they need to be encouraged to flow their time, energy and money into what keeps them happy, healthy and inspired.  
Rather than focus on saving money to take care of emergencies, we can learn to use our money to benefit everyone’s wholeness and happiness, freedom and abundance.

Now is the time to use what we have with great gratitude.
Now is the moment in civilization when we can learn respect for what has been given us.
Now is the precious present of realizing how blessed we really are.
Now is the opportunity to see the sun and moon and stars , the earth and sky and sea as glorious reminders of amazing Love.

Loving you as you love you with full appreciation and gratitude for who you are and all you have..
Betty Lue

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have."
I continue to share all I have with all, knowing I always have what I need to continue giving all to all.
My financial policy is to provide services to those who benefit and do the work no matter what their financial contributions. 
 I also use whatever I am given to benefit and bless everyone as I am guided.
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Our lives are devoted to loving unconditionally, serving from the heart and remembering God, All That Is Good.