Have you ever thought why some people fail to manifest what they want? Have you ever wondered why some people fail to manifest what they want? The answer often lies in the difference between a scarcity vs abundance mindset. Well, it could be because of various factors like limiting beliefs, feeling scarcity of the thing you want, and many more such reasons. Do you know that in manifestation, wanting something and feeling scarcity of it are two different things? Yes, and your feeling of scarcity is a big thing that stops your manifestation.
Of course we want things to manifest only when we don’t have them. However, trying to manifest it with the energy of scarcity has never helped in getting it. This is the reason why the law of attraction pushes you to think like you already have it, to manifest. Yet, some people are unable to get rid of their mindset filled with thoughts of scarcity.
So, what exactly makes people stay stuck in that scarcity? There are plenty of factors that make people think that they lack what they want. Unless that thought of scarcity is gone, there’s no chance abundance would follow you. Hence, let’s understand what exactly scarcity in manifestation means and how such a mindset builds up.
What Does Scarcity Feel Like?
In manifestation, scarcity means a belief that something is available in a very limited amount. This belief acts as a barrier when you want to manifest something. Especially when someone wants to manifest abundance in life, the scarcity mindset is a big problem. If you can’t feel abundance, you can’t attract it, and that’s what the law of attraction says.
For people who do feel the scarcity of the things they want to manifest, it’s important to know the root cause of such a mindset. Let’s have a look at how this scarcity mindset builds up.
What Builds The Scarcity Mindset?
Scarcity mindset is a mental block often created over a period of time because of different experiences that support that mindset. There are several factors responsible for such a mindset, and they are as follows:
Childhood Experiences
It’s possible that you grew up in an environment that fed you with a thought that what you want is limited. This particular thought has been planted in your subconscious mind strongly, and it still dominates the way you think.
Such a mindset may have been copied from your own parents or people you grew up with. For example, if you have seen your parents struggle with financial problems, you’ll think money is limited and probably not enough to live a life of abundance.
Past Trauma
Your past trauma or bad experience with something where you experienced scarcity can also build your scarcity mindset. These experiences are very strong and occupy space in your subconscious mind for a really long time.
For example, if you ever faced bankruptcy or even a crisis of something in your life, it’s possible you’ll fear losing those things again. You’ll never feel you have enough of it, as it has been taken away from you in the past, making you live in misery.
Societal Influence
The society you are a part of can also influence you to develop a scarcity mindset. If your society experiences scarcity of something, it’s likely you’ll have the mindset that things are limited.
For example, if your society makes you believe it’s very difficult to earn money, you’ll start believing the same. You would feel money is limited, and hence it’s difficult to earn it.
Inherited Scarcity Mindset
If your parents have had the scarcity mindset, it’s likely it has been inherited by you too. If you have been taught by your parents that everything is limited and you can’t have enough of them. Then you may believe them that indeed things are available in limited proportion. It’s possible that your parents may have inherited that scarcity mindset from their own parents and so on.
Now, after you know what builds this scarcity mindset, let’s know what the signs are that you have the scarcity mindset too.
Signs You May Be Having The Scarcity Mindset
If you honestly want to experience abundance in life, you must get rid of your scarcity mindset. But how would you identify if you have such a mindset or not? Here are signs that you can see suggesting you have a scarcity mindset.
Lack of Optimism
A major sign of scarcity mindset is that you may feel a lack of optimism. For example, you may not see the good part about a thing and focus more on its negative side. Suppose you get ₹200 suddenly, and you may feel that it’s too little to buy something. While you could have felt that it’s enough to buy a book you have wanted for days. Both mindsets show scarcity and abundance, respectively.
You Feel Jealous or Bad When Good Things Happen to Others
Your scarcity mindset makes you feel jealous of others as you see lack or scarcity in your own life and abundance in others’ lives.You don’t commit to long-term goals. The scarcity mindset doesn’t let you commit to long-term goals. Such goals feel unattainable due to your scarcity mindset.
Difficulty in Trusting
Trusting people feels difficult because of a scarcity mindset, as people with such a mindset fear bad experiences in relationships.
Those with a scarcity mindset feel a sense of restriction in their mind about one or the other thing. They can’t think freely, as in their minds they live in the “not enough” world.
After you feel you have the scarcity mindset too, yet you want abundance in your life, then it’s important you reprogram your subconscious mind to think of it. For that, you must know how abundance must feel before you achieve it in reality.
What’s Abundance in Manifestation?
Abundance in manifestation means exactly the opposite of scarcity. It means the universe holds an infinite supply of all that you want, whether it’s money, love, respect, or anything else. To attract the same, you must feel it no matter what your current reality is.
Some people struggle to feel abundant in their life, as they don’t know what it feels like. So let’s understand what it is like to feel abundant and to manifest it.
Abundance is a mindset too, and thus it requires you to change your thoughts about it. The way you feel what you want is limited; it is the same way you have to feel there is an infinite supply of all that you want. The universe is vast, and so is the supply of things in it. Let’s understand how you can feel that yourself.
How to Feel Abundant in Life?
I know it’s quite challenging to feel abundant in life when your 3D reality says otherwise. However, it’s a mindset, and you can easily build that mindset to feel the abundance you have always wanted irrespective of what’s happening in reality.
First, decide the abundance of what matters to you the most. Abundance could be of anything, be it money, wealth, love, respect, opportunities, peace, and much more. Know what you want and in which area you want to manifest your abundance.
For example, you want to manifest abundance in love. Now how would you manifest that? Simple, just start by thinking that you’re loved by all. That’s the mindset of abundance. However, if looking at your current reality, you keep thinking that no one loves you, then that’s the mindset of scarcity, and you’ll attract the same.
Next, what the law of attraction tells you is to feel that abundance no matter what’s happening in your current reality. This might sound tough, but that’s what you need to do. It’s going to be challenging but never impossible. Imagining your abundance is the best way to feel it. Think of a situation where people love to be around you. Feel it and follow techniques that can help you reprogram your subconscious mind so that, indeed, you’re loved by all.
Initially it may make you feel like this isn’t true, but as you continue doing it, your subconscious mind will accept that you’re loved, and eventually you’ll see that happening in your reality too.
Feeding your subconscious mind with affirmations of abundance too can help you in manifesting. Minutes after waking up and before sleeping are the best time to affirm what you want, as during those times your subconscious mind isn’t resisting much and easily accepts what you say.
The author of the book “The Secret,” Rhonda Byrne, had also shared that to manifest abundance, she would often visit luxury stores to feel what it’s like to be there. Feeling the abundance raises your vibration, and thus you attract a similar reality.
Things you can try to feel abundant
There are many ways you can change your thoughts about how you feel to manifest abundance into your life. Here are some of the things you can try to feel abundant.
Feel Positive
The first thing to feel abundant is to change your thoughts from negative to positive. Bring yourself into the positive mindset. Do what makes you feel good, and you’ll see you already see so many good things around you that already existed but you didn’t notice.
Self-Talk
Just check what you keep saying to yourself through your thoughts. Is it something negative, or are you just complaining about things all the time? If yes, change those thoughts. Do positive self-talk, appreciate yourself and your efforts, and appreciate the things around you.
Look at What You Already Have
The best way to remove a scarcity mindset and feel abundance is by noticing the things you already have. Your house, whether it’s your own home or rented, be happy you have it. Your health needs appreciation too, and there is so much more.
Help Others
What do we do when we feel we have something scarce? We don’t share that with others, right? To feel abundant, share or help others, be it a small sharing or help, but if you do, you’ll feel you had an abundance of it. It will raise your vibration automatically.
When your thoughts accept abundance and you feel it, it raises your vibrations and it helps in attracting a similar reality. Hence, it all begins from your thoughts, and that’s what changes everything on the outside too.
Conclusion
Scarcity and abundance are enemies of each other, and they cannot coexist. As such, you need to decide what you want to attract in your life. Adjust your thoughts accordingly and make things appear in your 3D reality. No matter how strong your old programming of a scarcity mindset is, you can choose to change it.
Work on making yourself believe that you deserve to live an abundant life, and you’ll see it living in real life soon. The universe holds immense potential to give you whatever you want. It’s you who chose your thoughts, and the universe grants you what you feel. So, let the abundance flow within and you’ll see the magic unfolding.
