Am I willing to receive the abundance that I asked for?

Day 88 Grand Canyon:

"You as an individual are just as magnificent as the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, or the Himalayan's. You hold within you everything that is needed to transform your world. We have been taught to believe that we are limited, inadequate, and lacking, despite the fact we hold within ourselves the original spark that formulated the earth. We can choose to remember each day the endless supply of power that we harness within our souls. It is this power that allows us to go from
"where we are to create the world we wish to see."

The above passage from today's reading from Seasons of Change, is inspiring. As I pay attention to the view outside our office, I am amazed at the abundance of life that I see intertwined and manifesting before me. I understand that what is true within nature is definitely true within me also. I remember when my beloved and I visited Snoqualmie Falls near our home. It is one of the most brilliant and beautiful experiences I have had here in the Northwest. One of the reasons why I was so excited was the unlimited potential that stood before my beloved and I on one of our first dates. It was almost overwhelming to receive the abundance that was being pictured before us. One of the truly amazing things about the falls is that regardless of its magnificence, it was being restricted by a damn upstream. How many times in our lives do we allow conditions, situations, or other peoples opinions of us to damn up the resources of our life?

Over the last few weeks, I have become aware at how well I receive abundance. I mentioned in my writing a few days ago about the importance of point of focus. That when I have my focus firmly rooted on that which I want, I become consciously unaware of everything else that is happening around me. Why is that important? Think about this: You are standing at the base of magnificent waterfall with your back to it. You know it is there, you can hear it, and yet you're unable to fully take it in because your focus is somewhere else. I became aware of the numerous times I have abundance flowing in, through, and as my life yet I still cannot take it in because my focus is somewhere else.

Over the last few days, I have noticed more ivy plants than I have ever seen before. They are magnificent and they are indeed abundant. Here in the Northwest ivy has a way of creating abundance and what many would consider growing out of control. I absolutely and unequivocally receive it as abundance in my life today. I had this deep and delightful conversation with a friend the other day in which we were speaking about traffic. They shared with me the overwhelming amount of traffic they had experienced while traveling into the Center. I paused for a moment, took in a nice deep breath, and shared with them the beauty of all of the ivy, and cherry blossoms that I had experienced on my drive in (Point of focus). I was reminded how often we ask for something in our lives and when it begins to manifest we become frustrated by the physical demonstration of that which we have asked for. Case in point: for a great deal of my life I have asked for abundance.  Yet when I find myself surrounded by traffic, I somehow magically forget that this is a tangible manifestation of that which I asked for.

"Am I willing to receive the abundance that I asked for?"

I realized from my conversation with my friends, we simply had a different point of focus. We sat down, laughed about it, and I invited them into the world of abundance. How many things can you recognize today as abundance? Imagine standing on the precipice of the Grand Canyon looking in. Here is this monumental expression of nature, in its most abundant form waiting for us to explore and find the beauty within it. Can you understand for a moment that standing on the rim only gives you one vantage point or one point of focus. Yet if you journey within the Grand Canyon, your point of focus begins to shift and you see things that have never been seen before. This is true within our lives as well. Often times we stand on the outside looking at condition, or experience, thinking this is all there is... when in fact that which we've been seeking is awaiting us within.

I love you,

Thank you,

Rev Allen