Well, the short answer is, right in front of you.

That’s right, your abundance stares you in the face, each and every day, but if you are like most people, they never even see it.

You see, if you live in pretty much ANY industrialized nation, you have so much abundance at your fingertips already that to some people it would seem outrageous for you to claim otherwise.

It’s all in your perspective though – and by the time you’ve finished reading this, I hope that perspective has at least started to change.

Let me tell you about people in Bangladesh.  I’m sure you wondering, “What has Bangladesh got to do with Abundance?”  Just read on and you will soon see.

First off, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, as of July 2008 the average income is $589.  That’s the average annual income.

How many of us in the developed world could even think about living on $589 a year?

One rickshaw driver was quoted about his income and he stated that he makes about 6,000 taka a month.  Just so you know, that’s about $86, which means his annual income would be just $1,032.

How many of you would be able to even think of living on $1,032 a year, much less actually do it?

Could you live on $1,032 a year?  I guess I could, although I would imagine that I would only be able to do so if I moved to the woods somewhere and set up camp, but really, even that could be considered a luxury to the people of Bangladesh.

The thing is, this rickshaw driver is living above the average for Bangladesh, so he would probably be seen as doing very well for himself. Good for him.

But seriously, think about it for a minute, what all do you have around you already?  How did you acquire all this stuff? I’m sure it didn’t just magically appear out of nowhere, you had to go out and get it.

Now, here’s where it gets good.  If you weren’t already abundant to begin with, you wouldn’t have been able to go out and get any of that stuff! Zip, nada, nothing is what you would have if you weren’t already abundant.

One of the best things to help you see your own abundance is to do something that we’ve heard people say many times before, and that is “count your blessings.”

That’s right, daily examine your life and take stock of all that you do have already.
•    Are you healthy?
•    Do you have a source of income?
•    Do you have a home?
•    Do you have a spouse or significant other?
•    Did you see the sun shining this morning?

I could go on and on asking you a bunch of questions, but really, you need to be asking yourself these things already.  And daily at that!

One thing I recommend to my clients is to keep a Gratitude Journal.  In this they write 5 things each day that they are grateful for, and they can’t be the same thing as yesterday’s list either.  As a matter of fact, I tell my clients not to repeat anything on their daily lists for two weeks.  Also, they can’t just make a list and that be the end of it.  Nope, there’s more that I ask them to do.  I ask them to write 2 or 3 short paragraphs on why they are grateful for that specific thing.

See, I ask them to actually sit and think about being grateful for everything on their “list.”

As you count your blessings every day in your Gratitude Journal, always express true, heartfelt gratitude for each and every thing, person, pet, whatever, you have in your life and soon you will begin to see that you have true abundance… right now.

Gary L. Glasscock is a Master Certified Life Coach and a Master Spirit Life Coach and has helped people from around the world see their true abundance and live happier, more fulfilled lives. To find out about his “Dare To Dream” Group Coaching Program go to www.ManifestingYourLife.com/dtd.html

We are told that the afterlife will be either Heaven or Hell for us, but in reality the Heaven and Hell spoke of in The Bible is actually here right now. This time, this place. By your own choice you live in Heaven or Hell.

The Hell that people live in though is the Hell created by the negativity they allow themselves to be ruled by day after day. The negativity that wanders around in our brains, telling us that we are not good enough, that we don’t deserve this or that. This negativity can also take the form of an overinflated ego that makes one believe they are better than others.

On a daily basis, our ego plays its scripts over and over in our heads, repeating old phrases to remind us of “who we really are”. But the ego lies. You are not your ego, so do not let it keep you in your self-made Hell any longer. Free yourself from its grasp so that you can finally live the life you were supposed to live.

Become the person you are to become and life will open like a delicate flower for you, exposing its intricate treasures that lie within. Life can truly be like that. A wonder to behold. An inspiration in itself.

When you can approach the world without ego, you will find more love, more beauty, and you will also experience miraculous events. Events that will awe as well as inspire.

Would you like to live that kind of life? I live it every day. I am a walking miracle.

Most of you do not know that I survived a possibly life threatening illness that many who are diagnosed are never cured of. I was diagnosed with it in June 2001, with no symptoms. The diagnosis came from a routine blood test during a yearly physical. The disease was Hepatitis C. (And yes, I attracted this disease to me by my actions way back in 1979 and 32 years later they came back to bite me in the ass)

I went through the prescribed treatment of weekly self injections and swallowing 6 large pills every day. During this time I had returned to college and one of the classes I had was Introduction to Philosophy. This started me on my spiritual quest.

The entire time I was on medication I kept a positive attitude. I was already slightly aware of the side-effects of the medications before I began the process so I was a bit prepared for them. However, I was not that prepared.

Daily I had to fight to keep from being depressed. Attending college helped with that, as well as working a full-time job. It was tough, but I was able to maintain a somewhat normal life.

During all this time I began searching in earnest for answers to the questions that were arising from this whole experience. I guess you could say I was pondering my own mortality. But what really happened was that I began a journey at that point and it has led me down many paths.

I began reading more “New Age” books and books on Spirituality, and began wondering about the things I read in them. I then looked at the world through different eyes as my spirituality was awakened and I became a seeker of spiritual truths.

I say all this to make a point. I could have lived through Hell during this period in my life, but I chose not to. Instead I chose to live in Heaven and although it was very trying at times to say the least, I created the reality I was living. I created my own Heaven out of the Hell that I was experiencing, and was better off for it.

I have met many new people during my journey and several I have brought along with me. One thing that it has all taught me is that we truly are creators and we create the life we live, be it a good life, or a bad one, it’s ultimately our choice.

By this choice, we are creating either Heaven or Hell for ourselves.

Many, many people, and we see them daily, appear beaten down by the weight of the negativity they focus on. You’ve seen these people, I know you have. You look at them and you just want them to wake up to the true reality that is right in front of them. To wake up to the beauty that they are missing.

But alas, they do not wake up and continue to live in the Hell of their choosing.

So where are you living? Are you living in Heaven or are you living in Hell? Remember, it’s your choice where you live.

Peace, Abundance, and Blessings,

Gary

Hope you enjoy it.

Peace, Abundance, and Blessings,

Gary

This is not some “New Age” thinking, oh no. It is illustrated in The Bible in Luke 6:31 “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” This is also known as The Golden Rule.

What that Bible passage is telling us is that in order for us to be treated the way we wish, then we must treat others as we wish to be treated. Basically this boils down to a matter of respecting other’s rights.

Now, according to the Law of Karma, we receive back that which we put forth. Hmm, sound similar to something else I just said?

Many people believe that if they do wrongs in this lifetime, they will pay for them in the next lifetime. Well I propose that there is a more immediate reaction and result that manifests itself in our current daily lives.

For example, a person cuts you off and you get angry, curse, give them the “finger”, and just spew forth wilingly and profusely a torrent of negativity. And it’s all aimed at the other person.

Say you are on your way home from work when this happens, and you fume all the way home about this ” *@!$()_*$# idiot driver”. By the time you get home you are in a very ripe mood and you walk in the house. Your spouse, or significant other, is already home sitting in front of the TV with the newspaper lying on the floor beside the chair. You immediately go into a tirade about how they should learn to pick up after themselves, and on and on it goes.

You have just entered the “Karma Zone.”

As you continue to vent your frustration on your spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend, house mate, room mate, significant other, whatever, you immediately get back from them what you are giving them. Well, perhaps not immediately, but for most people, you soon draw them into your negativity and at that point “it is ON!”

Rewind a bit.

You get cut off in traffic on the way home. You immediately feel the rise of anger within you and you let it surface. But instead of regurgitating a stream of profanities at this person, you decide to just let go of the anger, and say a silent prayer that this person does not cause someone harm.

You’ve just turned a negative into a positive, and when you get home you still find the same situation as above, but you walk in, kiss the person, ask them about their day, and begin your daily unwind from the “world of work”. In the end you have no fight with your partner, you enjoy a fantastic meal with each other, then settle in for a night of watching TV, reading, talking, whatever pleases you both.

At the end of the day, you’ll feel much better than if you had taken the negative route in this situation.

So Karma can and does have a more immediate effect on our lives than we sometimes give it. Does this mean we should be scared of the Law of Karma? Nope. By having the knowledge that this law does exist and is at work in our lives every minute of every day, we begin to focus on doing what our inner selves know is right for the situation.

Would you like to know more about Universal Laws? Do you wish to know how to accommodate these laws so that you experience all the goodness that is available to you? Do you just want to be more at peace with yourself and the world around you? Or do you just want to make a positive and lasting change in your life? If so, then go HERE to find why having a coach will help you achieve what you are desiring to achieve.

Peace, Abundance, and Blessings,

Gary

Many people have sought shelter in traditional religious avenues, and that is ok. Others have gone to more secular teachings, while others still have gained a more esoteric view of religious beliefs and dogma. All of this is perfectly fine, as not everyone resonates with one view of the world.

I am not here to say one belief is better than another, only to share my viewpoint so that you may further examine your own belief system, and come up with your own answers. I only pose what resonates with me at the time, hoping that it will resonate with you on some level and spur you to reach your own conclusions.

With that said, let’s talk about the rise in spirituality. What is it really? Why all of a sudden are people seeking what they had not sought before; searching in alternate philosophies, digging deeper into traditional religious texts as well as other ancient but obscure documents? What’s happening? And why now?

I’ll only attempt to answer a couple of the questions I have posed here with this post. Over the course of the next couple of weeks though, I will try to cover the other questions, as well as any others that might come to mind concerning this issue.

So, let’s take on, “Why all of a sudden are people seeking what they had not sought before…” This also will cover, “Why now?”

So why is it that people are seeking answers where they hadn’t sought them before? Easy, traditional teachings are not providing the answers to what people are facing today. Actually the teachings do, but the ones teaching do not because they are teaching from a limited and literal understanding of what is actually written in their texts.

But people are no longer satisfied to accept things blindly. For some even, they require hard evidence to the truth of things. All of this is nothing more than a desire for knowledge… a knowledge of God. (I use God throughout this post as a reference. That is my word for It. You may choose whatever fits with your belief system, for it is all the same, whatever the name.) This was referred to in ancient times as ‘gnosis.’ This is what the Gnostics were all about. They believed that one must have an ‘inner knowing of God’ to be a fully spiritual person. It is also believed by many that Jesus spent time with the Gnostics learning their teachings.

We are seeing this same concept today in many “New Age” texts. And one need look no further than any metaphysical, spiritual, or “New Age” teachings to see this is true. So why are people looking for answers though? Need you any more evidence as to this ‘why’ than the current state of affairs in the world?

Most people feel they and their reality are spinning out of control and ultimately believe they are powerless to do anything about it. But people are now receiving intuitive “nudges” that they are not powerless, but rather extremely powerful beings.

People’s beliefs are being shaken as they discover their religious icons are fallible and subject to regressing in their spiritual evolution. People are now thinking that there must be more to this than what we have been taught.

All religions contain truths and should not be dismissed because of the failure of another to hold to a higher standard than we expect of ourselves. However, one religion does not hold all the answers, but the answers must be taken from a study of religious beliefs down through the ages as cummulatively, they all hold all truths.

As I have read, studied, and contemplated my own existence over the last several years, I have come to many conclusions of what “the truth” really is. For me this is a natural and organic process, and one that I have returned to after many years of struggle and turmoil. Now however, things are different and I live a happier, fuller life than before.

So what about you? Do you feel fulfilled with where you currently are in life? Do you desire “change”? Are you seeking answers that will ultimately lead you to a more abundant and prosperous life? Are you in transition and struggling to understand all that is taking place around you? Do you desire “gnosis”?

If so, then let me help you. I can assist you in finding the answers you seek. I can provide you with a more enlightened and fulfilling outlook at reality, and assist you in creating that reality as you wish.

I currently have a few spots open for one-on-one coaching and would like to invite you to join me on a journey that will change your life over the next few months. You will be inspired to new heights, and will accomplish more than ever before. You will experience growth in all areas of your life. But you have to take me up on my offer. To do so, go check it out HERE!

I gratefully intend peace, abundance, and blessing for you,

Gary