Secrets of Mind and Reality

Competition for any reason other than mutual pleasure is totally unnecessary. Despite all seeming evidence to the contrary, there really is enough of everything for everyone. Really. The world is infinitely abundant. And just because you don’t have something it doesn’t mean it’s not already yours if you want it.

On a socio-political level we’ve heard it often said, for example, that there’s no need for world hunger because there’s enough food for every person alive; it’s just not being distributed evenly. Well, on a deeper, underlying level, there is enough joy, pleasure, and fulfillment for everyone too; everyone’s just not accessing it yet.

The problems of scarcity and lack that we face is a problem of abundance. Everything is made of the same essential stuff and that stuff – call it Life Force, call it Source Energy, call it God’s will or grace – is everywhere. It’s boundless and limitless and always available. It never runs out, and when you draw from it to fulfill your desires, you’re not taking any of it away from someone else. Having all that you ever want in life does not deny anyone else from having the same.

On a physical level all appearances may seem to prove that the differences between the Haves and Have Nots is a matter of the uneven distribution of wealth. And on that level it may be, depending on what you value Having; proof-positive of that being the timeless preponderance of unhappy rich people and happy beggars. There are many other reasons for scarcity and lack, for disappointment, and pain, and heartache – but a shortage of resources is not one of them.

You never question whether or not the totality of good health should be made available to you. You don’t worry that by being in perfect health you deprive somebody else of theirs? So why think you must deprive yourself of anything for d. You may choose to give for the joy of giving, but that’s not the same thing. You can’t give away anything you don’t already have. What we’re disputing here is the resistance to even allowing yourself to have something to give in the first place.

The energy that gives form to everything, Life Force, God, the Source of the realization of all our deepest desires and fondest dreams, is a wellspring, and no matter how much we drink from it, it is always replenished. So drink, drink.