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Welcome back! We’re in the middle of looking at the second Pillar of Prosperity, which is Definition. So far we’ve worked on two questions to build and strengthen this pillar: Who am I? and What is my purpose? We’ve explored Truth Principles to support our work around these questions.

Are you ready for the BIG question, the one that truly brings the strength to Pillar Number 2? That question is: What is the ESSENCE of a prosperous and abundant life for me?

Here’s an example of essence versus goal. We know a professional at a large corporation who was seeking recognition in his career. His manager gave him the opportunity, as a reward for his good work, to present project findings to the Executive Development Team at their annual meeting. The problem? This professional was petrified of speaking in public, and said, “If this is the reward I get, you can bet this is the last time I’ll do a good job for this company!” Obviously the essence of what this professional wanted was quite different from the reality of what he received.

Essence discovery is actually a step above goal setting, in that, once you identify your goals, you can then do an essence discovery around them. For example, when we lived in a condo and wanted to move to a new home, we created an essence list defining what was important to us. (This is so important, because otherwise, you are always chasing after someone else’s dreams.) What we realized was that we were able to create the essence of what we wanted right there in the space we were living! Once you release the specifics, and move to the essence, you open yourself up to receive incredible abundance in amazing ways.

No matter what life throws at us, we can realize that we are not defined by our circumstances. Rather, we define our circumstances by how we chose to move through them – and if we make our essence to always be stretching toward the light, we can know we are safely connected to Divine Substance, and we have access to all we ever need, whenever we need it. Standing in this Truth gives us the consciousness of prosperity and abundance in everything we do.

Next week: The Third Pillar of Prosperity: Declaration!

Welcome back!

Tags: Consciousness, Goal setting, Motivation

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