There’s something a little sad about all the talk of “manifesting” as more and more money disappears from our communities.
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Times are changing, and we need to do other things besides trying to manifest through creating an abundance mentality, or whatever you want to call it. There is great value in having a positive attitude and being able to receive. There’s also great value in looking honestly at our economic situation and seeing what we can do to collectively address our problems.
During times like these, it’s so important to reach out to our communities to see how we can help and be helped. As times become leaner, we need to share resources more. I think this is a natural step in the process of changing our world for the better. How and what can we share? As we answer this question, we build relationships with others and the trust that comes with those relationships.
That trust and those relationships are the foundation of a kinder, cleaner and gentler world. As we get to know each other, we learn from each other. The bonds we create give us support and strength, and from that strength comes the courage to make changes.
Now is a time to reach out, to explore ideas together, and to be helpful. It’s a time to celebrate community and to see each other’s beauty. Not the Hollywood kind, but the kind we see through the lens of compassion, warmth and familiarity. We’re in this together, and we’re each other’s support system. It’s a beauty based on authenticity, and is commercial free!
May we manifest the abundance that community brings. It’s a source of true wealth, power and happiness that we’ve only begun to tap.
I’m with you. Yes, positive attitude. But wishing and hoping won’t cut it. We need to be engaged, including resistance, at whatever levels we find acceptable and conscionable. Thanks for the post.
Hi, Mark.
I wrote this post on a whim, so reread it after reading your comment and was surprised to see how prescriptive it was.
There’s something so sad about people meditating alone and trying to perfect the abundance consciousness, or whatever they call it. Encouraging people to do that seems like a set up for disappointment and self blame – “I must not have believed strongly enough” or something to that effect. Not that attitude isn’t important, but so is looking at the economic situation honestly, and seeing ourselves as parts of a whole, or a community.
I agree that we all draw our own lines about levels of engagement, but some level seems critical right now. Isolation doesn’t help anyone, or our present situation.