An older dictionary of mine defines affluence as “to be in the flow.”  I know affluence to be a spiritual quality that is part of our very nature.

Affluence is omnipresent, omni-active and omnipresent – it’s part of Love’s nature, which means it’s part of our essence.  

How often do I actually feel in the flow?  How much of my life experience is one of affluence?  I used to be very resistant and reluctant to the flow of good.  If I hadn’t been reluctant, I might have felt in the flow ALL of the time.  I certainly feel that flow of Love almost all of the time now, and when I don’t, I know it’s because I’m choosing to think the thoughts that block my experience of the flow.

I observe that many people don’t have a clear idea of what they’d like in life. Others know exactly what they’d like and are afraid to say it, or to even think it. It’s reluctance to having that which they prefer that they’re experiencing.  They’re resisting being affluent and in the flow.  Sound familiar?

Studying the Divine, I notice that Spirit is infinitely creative, always progressive, truly affluent. Spirit is the river that continuously flows in an ever-expanding way. This is our own true nature as well. Yet, I recognize I’ve often resisted my natural inclination to be in the flow, to be affluent. I didn’t feel worthy.

Resistance became a habit that doesn’t serve my path of growth and expansion.

Almost everyone I meet has a goal, a dream or desire that they really, deeply desire to see fulfilled, and yet, for some, the years go by and the dream remains unattained, because there’s no flow happening with it.  There’s only a sense of lack and limitation held in the mind of the person and so we see the resistance and reluctance made manifest as stagnation.  Nothing’s happening – or so it seems.  There’s always learning going on even when things seem stuck and stagnant.

For a long time, I knew the steps that needed to be taken to achieve my goal and yet I didn’t take them. I know very spiritual people who don’t pray to attain the awareness they desire most. I’ve been that person. This is the resistance. 

If the resistance is strong, instead of focusing on the end result I’m better served by focusing on the resistance. I become willing to release, resolve and dissolve the resistance so that there’s true flow in my life and then I can be affluent – IN that flow.  

I give the Higher Holy Spirit Self the heavy lifting of figuring out how – my job is to allow.

When I’m in the flow I enjoy my path very much. I feel a natural joy. Being in the flow is yummy and fulfilling. I recognize that the joy is revealed because I’m more and more receptive to the yumminess that God is always pouring forth. God has not changed, life has not changed. I am in the flow when I’m working for the good of all, when I’m seeing all as one. 

In Truth there’s nothing to resist so I can give up my resistance – it’s pointless. 

Today my awareness expands. Today I am more and more receptive because I am less and less resistant to having the things I desire. I am more receptive because my spiritual practice of nonviolence leads me to see that all is one and there’s nothing to resist. My dream, my goal, my desire is Divine desire in me. 

The more I trust the flow of the river the safer it is. In this way I am an example. In this way I am a safe place and make the world a place of greater peace. Peace begins with me.

My Stop Playing Small Online Retreat starts Friday, May 13

If you’d like support for making a shift from playing small in your heart, living in lack and limitation, getting in your own way, to living from Love and feeling more free and focused, check out my Stop Playing Small retreat – it’s online – you’ve never had so much FUN clearing out the mental and emotional clutter!   Fear won’t stop us! Click here for more details.