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Scarcity Versus Abundance

The Secret

This flow traces the ideological conflict between limitation and the book’s vision of infinite resources, ideas, love, and joy.

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The Scarcity LieThe Scarcity Lie from "The Secret". Fear of Not Enough Social Assumption Humanity is said to believe that good things are limited and must be fought over.
Fear of Not Enough Social Assumption Humanity is said to believe that good things are limited and must be fought over. Emotional Consequence Fear, greed, and stinginess follow from this premise. Scarcity is introduced as a mental story with material effects.
Finite WorldviewFinite Worldview from "The Secret". Looking Only Outside External Dependence People treat jobs, institutions, and other individuals as the sole sources of resources.
Looking Only Outside External Dependence People treat jobs, institutions, and other individuals as the sole sources of resources. Perceived Limitation When those sources seem narrow, possibility contracts. The book locates the crisis in a mistaken theory of supply.
Unlimited IdeasUnlimited Ideas from "The Secret". Possibility in Consciousness Invisible Resources Ideas, inventions, love, and joy are described as endlessly available within the larger field of mind.
Possibility in Consciousness Invisible Resources Ideas, inventions, love, and joy are described as endlessly available within the larger field of mind. Human Access Imagination is presented as the means of drawing them into form. Abundance becomes intellectual and spiritual before it becomes financial.
Belize Oil VisionBelize Oil Vision from "The Secret". Imagining A Nation's Success
Imagining A Nation's Success
Abundance ChosenAbundance Chosen from "The Secret". A New Mental Economy Deliberate Belief Readers are invited to affirm that there is enough for everyone.
A New Mental Economy Deliberate Belief Readers are invited to affirm that there is enough for everyone. Shared Possibility The book links personal prosperity with a world freed from competition and fear. The ideological conflict resolves through an ethical choice of abundance.
at the beginning of the abundance discussion
during the critique of outside supply
during the Universal Mind teaching
during the 伯利兹 example
near the close of the world chapter