Comments on: The Power of Intention Part 4 of 10: Abundance http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dr. lam http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2713 dr. lam Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:08:01 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2713 i love that quote vancouver! i love that quote vancouver!

]]> By: Vancouver http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2712 Vancouver Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:10:23 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2712 "PERCEIVED scarcity" - well put, Dr. L! There is so much abundance everywhere, but we simply often don't SEE it. Instead of counting our blessings, all we see is what is supposedly lacking in our lives. How self-destructive... As we are talking about one of Dyer's books, here's another quote by him I really like. Sums the topic up in a few simple words: "Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into." “PERCEIVED scarcity” – well put, Dr. L! There is so much abundance everywhere, but we simply often don’t SEE it. Instead of counting our blessings, all we see is what is supposedly lacking in our lives. How self-destructive…

As we are talking about one of Dyer’s books, here’s another quote by him I really like. Sums the topic up in a few simple words: “Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.”

]]> By: dr. lam http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 dr. lam Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:56:34 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2706 fantastic story. i love stories. that is how i relate to people. thanks for the enlightenment! man, i put a lot of exclamation points here!!! fantastic story. i love stories. that is how i relate to people. thanks for the enlightenment! man, i put a lot of exclamation points here!!!

]]> By: Heather :) http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2707 Heather :) Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:23:35 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2707 Nord, there you go again being CUTE..lol I can totally imagine Dr. Lam jogging or running towards abundance..lol Tracy, love your comment! Dr. Lam, great blog post! That is wonderful that you brought this up. It is very true that how you view the world is what you get in return from. I think that the whole reason why people want things or think they need certain things, is because they are ultimately trying to achieve contentment and they feel like “things” will put them in this desired, contented state. So, if one perceives the world as abundant and that they have everything they need and the world has everything that it needs, they will reach a point of contentment, and thus in a conceptual way, will actually have accumulated all of those things that they originally wanted in the first place, by reaching the pursued end result. A long time ago, when I was in something like fourth grade I remember reading a story in one of my schoolbooks about a king that had everything that he could ever want. Well, almost everything that he could want. The only thing he lacked was happiness. His top advisors suggested that the only way to achieve happiness was to wear the shirt of a happy man. The king was dead sent on acquiring happiness, so he immediately sent out his officers to conduct a search over his entire kingdom in search of someone that was truly happy and then the king could wear the happy man’s shirt. Finally, after searching the entire kingdom, the king’s officers came across a very small hut, in which a man was happily giving thanks. The man was very poor, but very thankful and HAPPY. The officers were thrilled that they had found the only truly happy man in the kingdom, so they went over and asked the happy man if they could have his shirt for the king, but the happy man didn’t have a shirt. Okay, the point of the story is that happiness can not be achieved with things or pursuing things. The only way someone can have true contentment is by changing his/her viewpoint of what true contentment is. Thanks, Dr. Lam. I do have a problem with viewing the world as abundant and you have given me a reason to view it in a different light. Thank you so much!!! Nord, there you go again being CUTE..lol I can totally imagine Dr. Lam jogging or running towards abundance..lol

Tracy, love your comment!

Dr. Lam, great blog post! That is wonderful that you brought this up. It is very true that how you view the world is what you get in return from. I think that the whole reason why people want things or think they need certain things, is because they are ultimately trying to achieve contentment and they feel like “things” will put them in this desired, contented state. So, if one perceives the world as abundant and that they have everything they need and the world has everything that it needs, they will reach a point of contentment, and thus in a conceptual way, will actually have accumulated all of those things that they originally wanted in the first place, by reaching the pursued end result.

A long time ago, when I was in something like fourth grade I remember reading a story in one of my schoolbooks about a king that had everything that he could ever want. Well, almost everything that he could want. The only thing he lacked was happiness. His top advisors suggested that the only way to achieve happiness was to wear the shirt of a happy man. The king was dead sent on acquiring happiness, so he immediately sent out his officers to conduct a search over his entire kingdom in search of someone that was truly happy and then the king could wear the happy man’s shirt. Finally, after searching the entire kingdom, the king’s officers came across a very small hut, in which a man was happily giving thanks. The man was very poor, but very thankful and HAPPY. The officers were thrilled that they had found the only truly happy man in the kingdom, so they went over and asked the happy man if they could have his shirt for the king, but the happy man didn’t have a shirt. Okay, the point of the story is that happiness can not be achieved with things or pursuing things. The only way someone can have true contentment is by changing his/her viewpoint of what true contentment is.

Thanks, Dr. Lam. I do have a problem with viewing the world as abundant and you have given me a reason to view it in a different light. Thank you so much!!!

]]> By: dr. lam http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2709 dr. lam Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:39:53 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2709 thanks tracy! thanks tracy!

]]> By: Tracy http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2708 Tracy Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:54:03 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2708 Dr. Lam, It's awesome that you are covering this book and these subjects!!! I believe 100% that we manifest what we primarily focus on (abundance, happiness, or negative things, too). Your advice to just focus each day on things we appreciate is a wonderful way to keep the abundance coming, in my opinion. (not the monetary kind necessarily). I love to look around at the flowers or the clouds or even appreciate the choices we have at our grocery store and I am filled with appreciation and gratitude. And, when I do that I am drawn to others who feel good and are happy - it's quite amazing. While dollars and "things" are fun to have, having an abundance of good feelings in your heart and good people around you is something that a lot of people are missing in their life. THANK YOU for always sharing something that feeds our souls. Dr. Lam, It’s awesome that you are covering this book and these subjects!!! I believe 100% that we manifest what we primarily focus on (abundance, happiness, or negative things, too). Your advice to just focus each day on things we appreciate is a wonderful way to keep the abundance coming, in my opinion. (not the monetary kind necessarily). I love to look around at the flowers or the clouds or even appreciate the choices we have at our grocery store and I am filled with appreciation and gratitude. And, when I do that I am drawn to others who feel good and are happy – it’s quite amazing. While dollars and “things” are fun to have, having an abundance of good feelings in your heart and good people around you is something that a lot of people are missing in their life. THANK YOU for always sharing something that feeds our souls.

]]> By: dr. lam http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2711 dr. lam Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:07:07 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2711 okay, nord. i'll own up to it. lol. okay, nord. i’ll own up to it. lol.

]]> By: Nord http://lfp-blog.com/dr-lams-blog/intention/the-power-of-intention-part-4-of-10-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-2710 Nord Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:04:15 +0000 http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/lfp-blog/?p=1259#comment-2710 Well, I think you most certainly ARE an exemplar of this concept. Allow me to suggest you take 60 seconds to close your eyes doc, replay the history of your life in a brief vignette. That's a man who has always walked (in your case maybe jogged) toward abundance, and I don't mean 'stuff'. Very good thoughts for our day. I know this all (your words above) to be absolutely correct. Everybody please just keep your chin up, it's all part of the journey. Well, I think you most certainly ARE an exemplar of this concept. Allow me to suggest you take 60 seconds to close your eyes doc, replay the history of your life in a brief vignette. That’s a man who has always walked (in your case maybe jogged) toward abundance, and I don’t mean ‘stuff’.

Very good thoughts for our day. I know this all (your words above) to be absolutely correct. Everybody please just keep your chin up, it’s all part of the journey.

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