| Not so long ago, people thought the world was | | | | or beliefs, and those who believe in abundance. |
| flat. They looked out into the horizon, and it | | | | So what is the solution to limitations? |
| appeared to them that the earth ended | | | | It comes in two steps: |
| somewhere far out there, and at the end of the | | | | Step 1: Replace your perspective. As long as you |
| earth, one could possibly fall off the edge and die. | | | | think the world is flat and the horizon marks the |
| Therefore, people did not dare to reach the | | | | edge of the world beyond which you will fall off, |
| horizon, for fear of falling off the end of the | | | | all other thoughts and actions will be in error. So |
| earth. So they stayed where they were. | | | | you must train yourself to see the world a new |
| Their perception that the world was flat, that it | | | | way, to know that the horizon is an illusion. If you |
| had an edge (the horizon), kept them from | | | | skip this step and jump straight into step two, |
| exploring far away from where they were born. | | | | you may burn your fingers because you cannot |
| It was a limitation that appeared real to them. | | | | act as if you have abundance as long as you |
| However, this limitation was not real at all - it was | | | | believe in scarcity. Your beliefs always become |
| an error in perception. | | | | manifest. Thought is more powerful than action in |
| The horizon is not an edge, it is not an end. | | | | creation. |
| In fact, you can never reach the horizon because | | | | Step 2: Act in line with abundance. In the above |
| it keeps moving farther away from you the | | | | example, we saw that one who believes in |
| closer you get to it. The horizon is an apparent | | | | abundance knows that the "limited" amount of |
| end, yet it is grounded in infinity (you can never | | | | money in their pocket is transitional, it is a river |
| reach it). | | | | that flows and is hence not truly limited. But the |
| All of your limitations are horizons. All of them bar | | | | one who believes in scarcity is convinced that |
| none. No exception. | | | | they have a true limit and hence they don't dare |
| Even the Self has no limits, although it "appears" | | | | cross is. So what does it mean to act in line with |
| to be encompassed by a limited body. In fact, is | | | | abundance? It means that you will be going |
| the Self a reality, or simply an awareness of | | | | beyond the horizon. You will march to it and keep |
| feeling? The Buddha argued that the Self is a | | | | moving, knowing that the horizon will never be |
| feeling that gets mistaken for an identity (that | | | | reached. Know that all resources are cyclic in |
| which is 'having' the feeling). Anyways, that is | | | | nature, so that the more you spend the more |
| another topic altogether. Let us get back to | | | | you earn, and the more you earn the more you |
| limitations... | | | | spend. Keep that river flowing. Don't erect a dam |
| Any limit that you think you have, whether it is | | | | or try to hold it. Keep it flowing. Open both hands |
| financial, biological, emotional, or whatever, is a | | | | wide, the hand that receives and the hand that |
| horizon. For example, you may have the belief | | | | gives. The faster your rate of exchange (giving |
| that you cannot afford something, and so you | | | | and receiving) the better. |
| forever deny yourself that thing; you never buy | | | | Horizons are a mindset. Poverty is a mindset. |
| it. That is believing in the horizon. You believe you | | | | Wealth is a mindset. Happiness is a mindset. |
| have limited funds and if you spent them on that | | | | Depression is a mindset. Health is a mindset. |
| thing, you would suffer and die or whatever. | | | | Dis-ease is a mindset. It is all a mindset, with its |
| However, if you went ahead and purchased it, | | | | accompanying emotions. The secret is that the |
| you would find that you can indeed afford it, and | | | | mind is limitless, so you truly have no limits |
| because you have now created a new gap in | | | | except those that you have accepted as real. It |
| your money, you would quickly fill that gap with | | | | is all just a horizon, and no matter how much you |
| even more money (so long as you don't believe | | | | chase the horizon, you will never fall off the end |
| you are limited). This is the difference between | | | | of the earth. So chase it! |
| those who have scarcity (poverty) consciousness | | | | |