E is for "Easy"

You like it, but do you trust it? 

We love the  fantasy of Easy. 

It's the reality of Easy we have a hard time with.

If something is "too easy," do you grow suspicious and wonder when it's going to come back to bite you? Like some hideous consequence must be lurking down the road when something comes to you without having to struggle for it?

You want things to be easy - yet when they are easy, you become anxious waiting for something to go wrong ... which tends to invite something to go wrong. (Welcome to the dark side of the Law of Attraction.)

Would you like to feel it's safe for you when something is easy?

That you're worthy of having things unfold easily for you now?

Would you like to feel you can still be virtuous ... close to God ... at the top of your game - even if things come easily for you now?

Would you like to feel you are permitted, allowed and authorized to have things come to you easily now?

Here's the deal: If you want a really Abundant life, you're going to have to let some of that Abundance come to you easily, or you'll wear yourself out.

What good is Abundance when you're too tired to enjoy it?

E is for "Enlightenment" 
Find glory in day-to-day life

Among the Buddhists, it's said, "Before enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water.

"After enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water." 

Does this make you wonder, what the heck good is it to be enlightened if you still have to chop wood and carry water? Doesn't enlightenment exempt you from mundane tasks like these?

Consider this: Before enlightenment, you carry out mundane tasks much like an animal, without thought or reflection (though perhaps with a bit of grumbling). You inhabit the busyness of doing what needs to be done to have warmth and water ready as needed.

Perhaps after enlightenment, your eyes rejoice in the sunlight sparkling in the water you're carrying. Your muscles enjoy the vigorous motion of chopping wood. Your heart glows in knowing you are doing something useful, practical and real with immediate benefits for you and all others concerned.

In short, you chop wood and carry water with mindfulness and appreciation.

Isn't that a good way to do anything?

Try this at home for "Easy" 

To create more abundance today

Click here to listen to me walk you through this exercise

This technique works for tasks of any size, from taking out the garbage to having "The Talk" with your partner, child, or boss. 

Sit down in a private place
Take three deep, easy, comfortable breaths. Call to your mind the task you need to do. Notice how you feel.
Observe the feelings without judgment or needing to do anything about them.

1. Ask out loud, "How much of this task do I actually have to do to get the desired result?" and release it into the air, without waiting for an answer.
2. Ask, "What needs to happen to do this task quickly and easily?" and release it into the air.
3. Ask, "How can I feel good about getting this task done quickly and easily?" and release it into the air.

Breathe in and out three times.

Call to mind the task you need to do. Notice how you feel.

If you feel light, do the task as soon as possible. You'll feel great afterward.

If you feel heavy, repeat this exercise as many times as it takes for you to feel light about it ... and then go do it. You'll feel great afterward.
You may even realize you don't need to do the task. That's okay, too. Feel great and get on with your day.