3 Levels of Abundance Beliefs - Shifting From Lack to Limitless

Your ability to succeed in this life is impacted by your beliefs about the world.

Limiting Beliefs that Cause a Lack Mindset

In my blog 3 Steps to Eliminate Barriers to Your Dream Life, I explained that your beliefs about yourself, your relationships and your status in the world can prevent you from living your successful life. All of the reasons for not achieving your perfect life can be summarized into the 3 common limiting beliefs that are barriers to your success: Shame, Isolation and Lack. This blog focuses on your beliefs about how the world works, and how the limiting beliefs that cause a Lack mindset can prevent you from receiving your abundance in life. 

Believing you don’t have enough time, money, energy and other resources is based on the underlying belief that there are not enough resources for everyone and you don’t deserve to have your needs fulfilled. Much of this belief is based on comparisons and trying to be like everyone else whether or not those choices resonate with you. If you or your parents or their parents grew up poor, then no matter how many resources you have, you probably have a fear of not having enough or that it might disappear at any moment, because of your family’s beliefs.

If you believe for any reason that you’ll never have all you want in the life you envision for yourself, then you will never have it. If you believe you can have all you need and want in your life, because you deserve an abundant life, then you will receive all your soul’s desires.

3 Levels of Abundance Belief

The levels of abundance belief are based on the impact the level has on your energy, shifting from contractive to expansive.

Lack - A lack mindset is the lowest level of abundance belief. You can usually recognize the underlying limiting belief by words like “unworthy” and “undeserving” and “resources are limited.”  This level of abundance belief is the most contractive and reduces your energy and your appreciation for what you already have, resulting in behaviors like hoarding and being constantly focused on how little you have - never enough of anything.

Appreciation - Grateful appreciation is the next level of abundance belief. When you’re able to shift from the limiting beliefs to the underlying truth that you deserve to have your needs fulfilled to live a life you love.  Realizing how much you already have raises your awareness to discover even more opportunities to receive your abundance. This level of abundance belief is a neutral level that feels very comfortable. You might appreciate living more comfortably, yet you may be weary of seeming too greedy to truly claim your full abundance.

LImitless Abundance - Living in a state of gratitude for your abundance and knowing you will always receive what you need is the highest level of abundance belief. Limitless abundance doesn’t label things as “good and bad,” but instead is being fully present to experience each moment fully in a state of gratitude. This level of abundance belief is the most expansive and increases your energy and your confidence, resulting in you thriving in limitless abundance.

Shifting from Lack to Limitless

Discovering Your Limiting Beliefs

Grab a sheet of paper. On the left half, answer the following questions to help you discover your limiting beliefs:

• How would you describe your role in the world? What statements would you say about your impact on the world and about life in general? 

• What negative descriptions do you add to “I have…” when you describe your abundance level?

• What words do your family, friends or people at work or in your community say that make you feel any negative feelings about your level of abundance (whether or not the negativity was intended)?

• What do you say to yourself when you don’t get something you want?

Recognizing your triggers is the first step to shifting your negative limiting beliefs about your level of abundance.

Eliminating Limiting Beliefs

Denials and affirmations are the best method for eliminating limiting, negative, harmful beliefs. Deny the belief any power over you. Treat those negative limiting beliefs like a tiny ant hill that you barely even notice. Step over them and move forward. Focus instead on affirming the truth. If you think you’ll never receive what you want in life, then tell that belief it is an insignificant ant hill, step over it, and affirm that you will receive all your soul’s desires, because you have a unique life purpose that is integral to all LIFE. Therefore, LIFE will provide all you need to fulfill that purpose for your good and the good of all.

Now, on the right half of the paper you used to answer the questions above, write the truth beside each limiting belief to deny it any power over you. For example, if you’re a creative person who has been instilled with the “starving artist” belief, then deny that belief any power over you. Tell that belief that it is an insignificant little ant hill. Step over it, and affirm the truth. Lots of creative people are very successful in money and recognition. If they can do it, so can you. You will receive all you need to fulfill your life purpose. All you need to do is open your awareness to your opportunities.

Being Is Believing

How would a person who embodies the truth on the right side of the paper behave? What thoughts would they think? What emotions would they feel? What actions would they take? Be that person in every decision you make. 

Notice when the limiting beliefs try to return to drag you back into your negative belief comfort zone. Remind yourself how good it feels to step outside that comfort zone, how energized you feel when you affirm expansive thoughts and beliefs about yourself. Deny the limiting beliefs any power over you. Affirm the truth instead, repeatedly. Be the person who claims your truthful affirmations. The more you think like the person in your vision, the more you will believe that you are, and the more successful you will be. Being is believing.