Killing Sacred Cows Blog

“Riches secured on the competitive plane are never satisfactory and permanent; they are yours today, and another’s tomorrow. Remember, if you are to become rich in a scientific and certain way, you must rise entirely out of the competitive thought. You must never think for a moment that the supply is limited. Just as soon as you begin to think that all the money is being “cornered” and controlled by bankers and others, and that you must exert yourself to get laws passed to stop this process, and so on; in that moment you drop into the competitive mind, and your power to cause creation is gone for the time being; and what is worse, you will probably arrest the creative movements you have already instituted.” - Wallace D. Wattles

How does your paradigm affect how you treat yoursef and others?

Scarcity is characterized by adversarial, win-lose relationships. When people compete in scarcity they try to do so at the expense of others. Those in scarcity say or believe things like, "It's a dog-eat-dog world," or, "If you want a piece of the pie, you have to take it from other people." They feel they have to take from others to get what they want. They believe that there are never enough resources to serve all human desires.

In abundance, however, you fulfill your needs and wants by helping others to fulfill theirs; it’s always win-win. In abundance all your thoughts, speech, emotions, and actions are motivated out of love and faith. You look for opportunities to serve and give, rather than to take. You know that helping others to get what they want is the best way to get what you want. You know that there are always enough resources to fulfill all human desires.

Scarcity leads to pride, jealousy, envy, selfishness and covetousness. Abundance, on the other hand, leads to humility, confidence, and service. You cannot be jealous or envious of someone’s looks or money in abundance because you know that there are infinite forms and expressions of beauty, and infinite wealth to be accessed and utilized.

Those in scarcity often feel threatened or insecure when people disagree with them. Those who are the most secure are enjoying a high degree of the abundance paradigm. When you are in abundance, you don’t feel insecure about anyone disagreeing with your views, even if they are wrong and are at direct odds with principle.

The more abundant you are the more secure you are, and when you feel secure you are more able to get outside of yourself and listen to and deeply understand others. This in turn dramatically increases your ability to get others to listen to you. As James Allen said, “The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater his success, his influence, his power for good…The strong, calm man is always loved and revered.”

Become a "strong, calm" man or woman by ridding yourself of scarcity thinking and embracing the abundance paradigm.