Abundance-What's your View

From The New Earth - Eckhart Tolle

Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.  Why? - because deep down you think you have nothing to give.

Tolle suggests that whatever you think  is being withheld from you - praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care etc - give it to whomever you think is withholding it.  You don't have it? Just act as if you have it and it will come.  After you start giving, you will start receiving. 

The source of abundance  is part of you, it's within but it's a good idea to start recognizing the abundance without - the fullness of life around you.  The recognition of the abundance all around you awakens the dormant abundance within.  You have heard this often - when you smile at a stranger, there is an outflow of energy - you become a giver.

You don't need to own anything to feel abundant, although if you feel abundant consistently things will almost certainly come to you.  Abundance is an inner state that manifests as your reality.  Jesus puts it - "For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."