According to spiritual economics, how we measure prosperity determines whether we experience abundance or live in a constant state of fear-based impoverished thinking.
Long before economists had theories about economic indicators, great philosophers and spiritual masters told us we should not judge by appearances. They spoke of spiritual substance, an intangible idea meaning that which underlies all of manifestation. Substance, though invisible to the eye and not detectable by our human senses, is the creative energy out of which all material prosperity arises. While most of us count the coins in the purse to measure our wealth, the master focuses on the ever-present spiritual essence to measure his true wealth. Up until recently, such thinking was the esoteric domain of mystical thinkers.
Invisible stuff has recently surfaced in the scientific exploration and understanding of the universe. Astrophysicists and cosmologists used to think that matter, the measurable kind, made up most of the universe. Deep scientific exploration, aided by the ability to perceive more accurately, has revealed the startling evidence that only about 4% of the universe is comprised of matter that can be seen. As for the rest, they have termed it dark matter and dark energy. They cannot see it, measure it, understand it or explain it, yet it has mass and is essential in creating and maintaining the universe. As you might expect this has caused a fair amount of cognitive dissonance, the relief of which demands scientists to embrace a new worldview.
And so it is with us who seek to reconcile the appearances of lack and limitation reported by our human perception with the metaphysical claims that there is a legitimate royal abundance for every living creature.
The expression, “get real” used to mean, get your head out of the clouds and take stock of what is plainly real and evident in front of you. However, with our current awareness that 96% of reality is invisible to sensory perception, getting real implies the opposite approach, requiring insight into the unseen realms of life.
Such wisdom is not just a matter of higher consciousness either. Knowing that we are created in this substance, formed of this substance and continuously supported by this substance brings the realization that we are immersed in a reality that supplies all needs. From this understanding, our faith, and the power of intention can bring us the abundance that we can see with our eyes and hold in our hands. Jesus called this “laying up treasure in Heaven” where moths and rust (such as recession, inflation, etc.) cannot consume.
All this amounts to ancient wisdom revisited, new science revealed, and the reckoning of experience that our trust in the visible is misplaced. To believe in form over the power to create is to confine wellbeing to the limited. Rather let us “not lean into our own understanding” but in the Infinite Presence and Power of our Source from which our every need and want is fulfilled.
Larry
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