We manifest not by trying to attract the things of the world to us but by giving.   When we share our essence, good things come to us automatically. We don’t have to manipulate, play games, con people, or lie to them.   We can just be our naturally loving self.
– John-Roger with Paul Kaye  (From: What’s It Like Being You?, p. 154)
It’s a spiritual axiom that we attract what we dwell upon, so if we dwell upon lack, that’s what we’ll get. To lose the feeling of lack, we come back to the Soul, the true self, and dwell upon the abundance that is immediately present and all around us. This is the abundance that God is giving us right now. It may be as simple as the next breath we breathe or a piece of fruit we bite into and feel grateful to have.
Many people see abundance in terms of having what they want when they want it. But that’s the false self’s approach. When I refer to God’s abundance, I’m talking about taking time to look around you with joy and gratitude, taking in this moment in its fullness, knowing that God is present right now, and appreciating the blessing of being alive.
When we swim in the sea of gratitude, we recognize that God’s abundance is all around us. When we live in the true self, we see that whatever is manifesting in our lives is manifesting out of
God’s abundance. God never manifests lack.
When we manifest out of the false self, what we attract comes out of our desires. We may have the illusion that we’ve accomplished something because we’ve gotten what we wanted. But we may not have grown spiritually. When an opportunity for success comes our way, we’re likely to fail, because we haven’t prepared the inner ground to receive it. Success requires an open, fertile space to sprout—not the meager patch of arid soil that accompanies a feeling of lack.
(From: What’s It Like Being You?, p. 167)
