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The first thing you have to ask yourself is what does an inner feeling of wealth and abundance feel like to you. Because all of us have our own unique preferences, each of us will come up with different answers and feelings. What you come up with is just right for you, and it does not matter if others do not feel the same. The important thing is to have a good “feel” of how this inner state of wealth and abundance feels like to you. This exercise cannot be rushed, and you need to really get in touch with your inner self to experience these feelings of inner richness. Sit quietly for a moment and make these inner feelings strong and intense. For me, this inner state of wealth and abundance feels like freedom. Find a few words that best describe this feeling for you. Words like freedom, ease, joy, peace, flow work best for me, and they may or may not apply to you. Choose physical equivalent words that really resonate with you.

Once you have successfully captured this inner feeling and represented them with words, think about what outer activities will bring about the same feelings for you. Interestingly enough, none of the activities that came up for me were the typical wealthy activities. Before I did this exercise, I would have thought I needed to go test-drive a sports car in order to feel rich! That may be true for some, but it certainly wasn’t true for me. As an interesting aside, my business partner who was just beginning to study the Law of Attraction once brought me along to test drive an expensive sports car. He too, was influenced by the number of books and tapes out there that ask us to go test drive that new car, or to start viewing houses! Once again, my earlier reminder applies. How does the activity make you feel on the inside? Does it make you feel better or worse? Does test driving cars and viewing houses make you feel really rich, or does it amplify the feelings that you cannot afford whatever you are checking out? For most people, it will be the latter, which is the reason why I do not recommend engaging in those activities if you cannot feel good about them on the inside. Only you will know the right activities that resonate with you.

When I really sat down to think about which activities represented inner feelings of wealth and richness to me, the answers were surprising and profound. They leapt from within me, as if they had always wanted to come forth and make themselves known to me! The activities which my inner self associated with richness were: Attending an orchestra concert in a nice concert hall and having a leisurely, afternoon high tea complete with delectable pastries, teas and cakes! That’s it? Yes, that was all my inner self showed me. Things that would resonate and activate my inner feelings of richness and wealth. Simple activities that hardly cost anything, yet make me feel like a million dollars.

Heeding the guidance of my inner self, I did watch end up watching a concert. The only issue was that good concert tickets cost hundreds of dollars, and if I allowed myself to spend that kind of money on a ticket back then, I would no doubt have felt worse instead of better! Notice how I am always very aware and conscious of my innermost thoughts and feelings. I have made it a point to constantly be aware of them, because I know today that they directly lead to outer results and manifestations down the road. Not wanting to spend money on those tickets (and make myself feel guilty about spending the money), I held an intention to watch a full orchestra concert using the manifestation techniques that I teach in my other books. Within a week or two of holding that intention, I received an email one day that the orchestra was coming to the very university I was teaching at and performing for free! Goosebumps ran all over me as I read that email, while a part of me knew that the Universe had somehow orchestrated it all in response to my intention. The Universe always knows the highest and best way to fulfil your desires, if you let it. I watched the concert a week later, from a wonderful seat, and remember myself brimming with tears as the orchestra played. I still remember intensely feeling those inner feelings of wealth and richness that very moment, while marveling at how the Universe always works to bring your heart’s innermost desires to you. Because my intention to watch an orchestral concert stemmed from my inner self which is one with the Universe, it was fulfilled very quickly.

The second activity I engage in frequently to cultivate my inner feelings of wealth and abundance is to treat myself to some nice afternoon high tea, with a splendid spread. Again, the cost is far less than other typical “wealthy” activities. We would buy pastries, cakes and pies, and brew some nice tea for ourselves. It reminds me of a scene straight out of an Enid Blyton’s storybook, books I had read as a child! The feeling was absolutely splendid, and I was brimming with richness while savoring my tea that whole afternoon, enjoying every moment of it. Now someone who does not like having afternoon tea probably will not feel the same way, but the point I am making here is that there are certain activities which will make you feel like a million dollars. Go find what those activities are and do them frequently! Most likely, how you choose to represent wealth and abundance on the outside will be different from how someone else chooses to. There are no right answers or standards to follow, but only our very own heart.

So make a date with yourself right now. Set aside some time to engage in activities that most resonate with the feelings of wealth and abundance for you. Do so not for the purpose of “attracting” wealth and abundance, because all the richness you will ever need is already within you. Do so purely for the joy and ecstasy of it. I have often wrote that when you take outer-directed actions for the sake of “attracting” something, you are only compounding those feelings of lack. But when you take action purely for the joy and fun of it, simply because it feels so good… now you are really in the flow of things and the dollars must flow . It cannot be any other way!