The Muladhara Chakra: A Mindset of Abundance
When we are Abundant, we are Wealthy - a mindset of Abundance stems from how we determine our Wealth…
So what is Wealth?
For some it is financial - a savings account, a home, a holiday. For others it is family - friendships, partners, children. Or it can be through the impression of self - artistic success, academic intelligence.
The definition of wealth is so varied from individual to individual, but a common thread is how we feel in the place that is devoid of wealth.
In difficult times, and hard parts of our journey we feel ‘worthless’. After a break-up when we feel like we were not enough, when our family isn't proud of what we are doing, we feel like we are not enough, and when we didn't get that job we wanted we feel like we won’t ever be enough.
There is this feeling of ‘not enough’ that we all carry, this feeling that we are worthless. When we feel like this, it is because we are not fulfilling out own needs for wealth, and the last thing that we feel is abundant.
Finding what you truly value in life, can lead you to understanding your own wealth. When we are confident that we have wealth, then we live from a place of abundance in all aspects of life.
Where I am at with Wealth
Writing this I started to think about how I got to where I am now - currently I feel pretty wealthy. I don't have job or home in a traditional sense, I don’t live near my partner or my family, and I don't have a healthy savings account that is ready to buy a first house or start a pension. These things definitely could make me feel really anxious, (and obviously sometimes still will!), but generally, I don’t feel the stress around these measures of wealth that society expects us to. I don't feel worthless not having these things.
Instead, my mindset is one of abundance. I apply the mindset that I have everything I need, and will have everything I need.
I feel good. I feel confident and comfortable in myself, and that my journey and my decisions will take me where I need to go.
My Journey with Wealth
To work out how I got here, I took this lens of ‘I feel good’ to my journey so far, because I definitely havent always felt good, or had this confidence in myself.
So asked: “What has made be feel good, and worthy in my past?
I felt good when… Other people found me attractive
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Okay, I found this question difficult. I realise now, that I was doing a lot of stuff that really wasn't making me feel good at all - but in my past, I thought it was.
I thought I would feel good when… I was being outspoken and controversial
I thought I would feel good when… I was being emotionally unavailable and cool, and I was the centre of a persons attention
I thought I would feel good when… There was drama and intrigue in my life and people thought my life was ‘interesting’
Looking at it now, I did a lot of things to ‘feel good’ that were clearly just covering up how I didn't feel good about myself… I had these misconceptions about what would make me feel good, because I felt worthless and didn't know how to value myself.
I thought I would feel good when other people found me attractive, and I was the the centre of a persons attention - but I wasn't confident in myself as a holistically attractive person.
I thought I would feel good when I was being outspoken and controversial - but actually I wasn't confident in who I was and was finding it difficult to speak my truth.
I thought I would feel good when I was being emotionally unavailable and cool, and I was the centre of a persons attention - but really I wasn't confident in my ability to love and be loved.
I thought I would feel good when there was drama and intrigue in my life and people thought my life was ‘interesting’ - but actually I wasn't confident to live my life as it was, instead I created unnecessary conflict.
So what changed?
I found value in myself!!
I have gone on a (long and still continuing!) journey to find this inner value, and to have full confidence in me to not feel worthless.
I looked inwards and discovered what I value - and there is so much! But the one that I want to focus on in this post, is love. If there is a wealth of love then my life is abundant.
This comes through as love for myself, my body is my home. I put my confidence into my body as my grounding force. I used to absolutely hate spending time alone, and would avoid it at all costs, now I love it. Coming home, is coming back to me, and ensuring that I feel comfortable and confident here.
I am the centre of my own attention, and don't wait for external validation. This is definitely a journey, and sometimes this is hard to do - you want that person to say they love you, and that they are proud of you. The important that I have to remember, is that its okay to love hearing that, but not needing to hear it to find value in myself.
The Chakras and their Mindsets
The Muladhara Chakra is our roots, and they bring in the wealth.
For me, one of those roots is grounded in love - and the ability to confidently love others comes from that fact that I have a solid rooting in myself.
With this basis in love, I can look at my days through the mindset of abundance, and I don't find the need to create drama and unnecessary conflict. I can see that my life has so much richness in it already.
Of course nothing is perfect every day, and there are blockers and times of feeling ‘worthless’, but it is a journey and every day teaches us something new. By bringing the attention to the root chakra, honouring its need for wealth, and applying the abundance mindset, you find your own framework for dealing with those difficult days.
I found that an aspect of my wealth was love, and when I have love for myself, then finding abundance in the every day is a little easier.
Are you ready to find Abundance in the every day?
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