Day 36 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Abundance
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Lesson 36: Abundance means having enough...
Today’s lesson revolves around how society has built up a mindset around abundance. Do we have enough? Do we not have enough? If we don’t have enough, that means we aren’t really happy and have that full feeling, but then again abundance will mean different things to each individual. We are told not to be fooled by what society tells us and write down our own needs today.
I feel like the only thing I “need” is a partner in life. I know I’ve mentioned this before but it’d be nice to share my life with someone. Everything else I think I “need” in my life are more wants. Even the partner is kind of a want because I can easily live life on my own and it’s more for companionship.
I don’t shop anymore because I don’t want clutter so I don’t need clothing. I have a house, job at the moment, money for food, so the needs for my livelihood are currently covered. I think those are necessities and are actual needs that most people would have.
Apart from this, I’m not really sure I “need” anything else. Everything else is definitely wants such as: I want to travel more, I want to study more on my spirituality, I want to meet more people that have my belief system, I want to live for experience, I want to be more creative. I could say needing spirituality is good for my mind and soul and finding a sense of community is comforting. Creativity makes me feel good about my life and that I’m being productive. Just living is needed to have an enriched life. So, I guess some of my wants borderline on needs because of how I want to live as much as possible.
It seems like such a tough answer for me trying to determine my needs. I am quite a simple person so I don’t feel I need as much as those who are less fortunate than me. That’s just my mindset now so I rarely think about what I need.