What is an enlightened abundance mindset?

‘From the abundance he took the abundance and still the abundance remained’. The Upanishads.

If you have a bit of an entrepreneurial streak, always looking for ways to become free in a physical sense of everyday life (ie free to do what you want to do), then here is the enlightened approach to abundance.

First of all, and without stating the obvious, we need money. Period. This is how the world works. We need money so that we can be free to choose how we spend our days, to help others and to achieve any personal goals. But many people have ‘money guilt’ when they feel deep down that it’s wrong to have a lot of money. But this is one aspect of the poverty consciousness that rules the planet. This is now being played out on a grand scale. And therefore, it is time to make a change to a new way. We are being called to question our limited beliefs and get rid of them.

The other extreme also prevails, it is greed. The greed of many of the rich and better off in the world, who do not (yet) have a more enlightened stance on their responsibility because of their wealth. This type of person has a ‘darkened’ mindset (as opposed to an enlightened one) that is based on selfishness, greed and win-lose. But ultimately, failure to add value to others and to society stops the flow of money. How many lottery winners have there been, for example, who have laundered all their winnings into luxury possessions and ended up almost as poor as before?

So, in the middle, according to the middle path of Buddhism, there is an alternative and it is win-win.

This is what the ‘enlightened abundance’ mindset is all about and how to be one.

1. BE – DO – HAVE is the maxim. Being is first. This is personal growth, inner mindset, spiritual fulfillment.
2. Abundance comes from improving the situation of others and the main reason to obtain is to have more to give. Donors get.
3. First you help others and then you come back ten times more.
4. You give because this is who you are.
5. You operate above the ‘Line of choice’: above the line you learn, below the line you blame.
6. Abundance is your natural state.
7. Sharing always creates more.
8. Abundance means more than enough for everyone on this planet and for a healthy economy.
9. Abundance IS.
10. To be and have abundance you must open the door marked Freedom, not Security. If you choose the door marked Security, you will lose both.
11. Money should work for you, not you for money.

To make the above a reality, you must first make the decision to choose enlightened abundance.

Then you must take action towards clearly defined goals.

Change is a door that can only be opened from the inside…