Abundance Is…
There are many voices across time that have pointed to the same idea, each in their own way.
Ernest Holmes said,
“We must be convinced that abundance is the natural state of the Universe.”
Arnold Patent said,
“We don’t create abundance. Abundance is always present. It is our natural state of being.”
Florence Scovel Shinn said,
“I dwell in the midst of infinite abundance. The abundance of the universe is my infinite source.”
If we’re not creating abundance… then how are we getting it?
Because a lot of people talk about creating.
They talk about manifesting.
They talk about trying to bring something into existence.
But what if you don’t have to create anything?
What if you don’t have to manifest anything?
What if abundance is already here… and what you’re actually doing is participating in it?
Read that again.
Brian Tracy said,
“You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts.”
And I would take that one step further.
It’s not just your dominant thoughts.
It’s your dominant emotions.
Your words.
Your beliefs.
Helena Blavatsky said,
“The universe is worked and guided from within outward.”
So maybe it’s less about creating something new…
and more about how you are working with what is already here.
This isn’t a new idea.
Carl Jung said,
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
Which means what’s running underneath—what’s repeated, what’s believed—keeps shaping what shows up.
So what’s really going on here?
If we look at the definition, abundance simply means an extremely plentiful or over-sufficient supply.
Abundance is… a lot.
That’s it.
It doesn’t say good.
It doesn’t say positive.
It just says—a lot.
So when we say abundance is our natural state, and we’re attracting experiences into our lives, and everything is guided from within…
That changes the question.
The question is no longer,
“How do I get abundance?”
The question becomes,
What kind of abundance am I participating in?
Because if abundance is always present…
and if like attracts like…
and if our inner patterns are guiding what shows up…
Then we are always surrounded by abundance.
The only variable is the kind.
And if that’s true… then theoretically, if we were fully able to access this…
You could think of something—and it would show up.
Not because you created it out of nothing.
But because you aligned with it, and there was nothing in the way.
What keeps that from happening isn’t a lack of ability.
It’s everything layered on top of it.
Beliefs.
Conditioning.
Patterning.
All the ways we’ve learned to tell ourselves what is and isn’t possible.
We look at something like this chair and say, “this is solid.”
And because we believe it’s solid, it stays solid in our experience.
But at another level, it’s not as fixed as we think.
So what we experience isn’t just what is—
it’s what we’re able to hold as possible.
So this is what I’ve come to recognize about abundance:
The universe’s natural state is abundance.
Our natural state is abundance.
We are not creating from nothing.
We are participating in what is already here.
And what we participate in gathers.
So as you move through your day, it’s not about trying to force better outcomes or chase something outside of you.
It’s about noticing what is already being repeated.
What is being felt often.
What is being said often.
What is being believed often.
Because that is what builds.
That is what multiplies.
That is what becomes… your experience of abundance.
Across traditions, this same understanding appears again and again.
Jesus said,
“Give, and it will be given to you… for with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Gautama Buddha said,
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”
Different words.
Same recognition.
Abundance isn’t something you have to chase.
It isn’t something you have to force.
It isn’t even something you have to create.
It’s something you are already inside of.
So the real question—the only question—is:
What kind of abundance are you allowing to gather around you?
-Rev. Tina
If you want to work with this in real time, try this:
Don’t try to force these to be true.
Just notice what’s already happening… and gently redirect it.
You’re not overriding your experience.
You’re choosing what you continue to feed.
I want things to go well today
→ Even if things feel off, let me choose one thing to meet cleanly and let that set the tone.
I want more ease
→ Even if I feel pressure, I can stop adding more right now.
I want good things to show up
→ Even if I don’t see it yet, I’ll notice one thing that is working and let it build.
I want momentum
→ Even if I feel stuck, I can move one small thing forward.
I want to feel better
→ Even if I don’t feel great, I don’t have to fix everything—just shift what I’m feeding right now.
I want things to flow
→ Even if things feel tight, I can stop forcing and let one thing move naturally.
I want more support
→ Even if I feel alone, I can acknowledge one thing that is supporting me.
I want clarity
→ Even if I feel scattered, I can stay with what’s in front of me.
I want a good day
→ Even if today feels off, a good day can start with this moment.
© Original work by Rev. Tina M. Adkins.
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