06: Are You Operating From a Place of Lack?

How do you know when you are operating out of a state or energy of lack? We know that this is not the ideal energy to be in, but today I want to go over what are some clues or hints that are allowing you to operate in this energy.  Whether it be a fear of lack, stress of competition or guilt of your own success there is so much to cover, let's dive in! 

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Chapters

• 0:33 Are you operating in a state of lack and how to get out of that energy?
• 4:48 How do you react in a state of competition?

Transcript

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Gabrielle: You're listening to Expand With Gabrielle, where you will learn how to use ancient wisdom and new age science to create your dream life. Here I ground the woo and demystify powerful spiritual concepts to support your spiritual entrepreneur journey. We are talking out with the old toxic, masculine boss, babe culture of hustle, burnout, and anxiety and with the creative energy of creating through ease, magnetism, and flow.

Gabrielle: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's get into it. 

Gabrielle: Hello, hello. How do you know when you are operating Hello, hello How do you know when you are operating out of a state or energy of lack? We know that this is not the ideal energy to be in, but what are some clues or hints that you are operating in this energy? A really good time to pay attention is when someone tells you that they [00:01:00] got something that you want And your immediate physical or mental reaction is fear or panic or constriction in your body so for example if a friend tells you that they landed a new client or that they purchased working with some sort of business coach or that they bought a property or anything that you desire If your reaction is constriction, is panic, is fear, it means that you are telling yourself because they have it, it means I can't.

Gabrielle: If you are telling yourself that we operate in a zero sum game, meaning that someone has to fail in order for someone to win, that there's a finite amount of materials and success available on this earth, and in order for someone For you to gain something, it means someone has to lose something.

Gabrielle: Then this means you are operating out of an energy of lack.

Gabrielle: It's not surprising that you may feel this way because this is what we've been taught. If you go back to your [00:02:00] econ 101 class, the first thing they teach you is supply and demand. And it teaches you that things that are thought of as rare are more valuable. And so our whole economic system is based on this idea that there's not enough.

Gabrielle: And that's a complete fallacy because we're working with infinite potential. We're working with energy. And so it's very important for you to understand if you are trying to create big wealth and big success, how to get yourself out of that energy of lack and into this energy of abundance because like attracts like, right?

Gabrielle: We know we're working with frequency and with vibration and with the law of attraction. So if we know we need to be in a state of abundance and we want to be very aware of the cues when we are not, another good indicator is when you're feeling like you're in a state of competition.

Gabrielle: If you are in a state of competition, it means that there are parts of you that fear that you are going to get left behind or that you're not going to get what you [00:03:00] need or that you're not. going to have the space that you need or there isn't room for you or that you're not being chosen. So if you're operating out of this state of competition, it is a state of pressure of lack and constriction.

Gabrielle: It is a state of fear. and in order to be in creative flow, you have to move out of the state of competition. Now you may be wondering, isn't there such a thing as healthy competition? For all intents and purposes, no. Even if you are competing with someone in order to better yourself, you are still competing with someone out of the idea that there is a winner and a loser.

Gabrielle: Now, there is something completely different about being inspired, about finding expanders, which are people in your life that show you what's possible outside of what's in your immediate awareness. So you can have people in your life that when you talk to them, they have these grand ideas and they tell you these cool things they're building or working on or learning [00:04:00] or being a part of.

Gabrielle: And then that expands your awareness of what's possible. And then that inspires you to make your desires bigger and grander yourself. This is not in a state of competition. That is not even a state of healthy competition. This is just pure expansion and creativity and creative potential. It is putting new ideas into your awareness, into your little microcosm that you can then play with and expand upon.

Gabrielle: So there's no such thing as healthy competition. I think this is something that we've made up in Western society to kind of pacify this feeling of friction when we are in a state of competition. And this is really interesting to look at. So if you look at yourself, if you kind of move into this place where you're watching yourself from a higher perspective, right?

Gabrielle: Like the condor, the eagle. viewpoint of your life. If we go to shamanic wisdom, if you watch yourself from above, how do you [00:05:00] respond in situations of a heightened state of competition? This is really fascinating. This is a glean into your subconscious around what you think about lack and abundance and opportunity and winners and losers and how this universe works at its core.

Gabrielle: And so if you watch yourself, how you react in games, board games, sports, anytime there's some sort of competition, even in a bar, If you're competing for someone's attention, if you're competing to be the best dressed, the most charismatic, the most interesting person in the room, pay attention to what you're thinking and what you're feeling in your physical body.

Gabrielle: Because these are all gateways, like I said, to your deeper belief system around lack and around abundance and around opportunity. around friendship, love, money. These are all different types of opportunity. These are all different ways that we fully expand and express ourselves. And these are all desires that we have.

Gabrielle: So if you look at [00:06:00] your life from this higher perspective and you almost watch yourself, look at what you're thinking, what you're feeling, you might notice some wild things. When it comes to competition and when it comes to this energy of lack and thinking that if somebody wins, I'm losing. And if I win, someone else is losing, which is a very interesting concept in itself too, because especially in the spiritual community, there are a lot of people who feel immense amounts of guilt and shame around being too successful or too wealthy, because at the core, they believe if I am this successful, it means that I am taking advantage, capitalizing or Taking away something from somebody else, and that's not the truth at all, because we are operating, like I said, with infinite potential and infinite resources, contrary to what Western society and what they would have us believe, whoever they is, you know, the echo chamber that is the news, the media, Instagram, even [00:07:00] organized institutions and education systems.

Gabrielle: And so when we operate out of this energy of abundance. We're able to see these larger patterns at play. We're then able to take a step back. And when we're in these situations where we find ourselves moving into a state of competition, a state of constriction, a state of fear of them taking something from me, or I'm taking something from them, then we can redirect.

Gabrielle: And then you don't need to carry shame and guilt around being very successful, very impactful, very wealthy. And you can still operate in a space of authenticity and integrity, knowing that you are not taking from somebody else. It also takes away this sense of guilt and shame around, wanting to expand and wanting to fully enjoy what this world has to offer.

Gabrielle: And even as far as material things as well, like wealth in the material, wealth emotionally, wealth spiritually, wealth and knowledge on all levels and in all forms. So in [00:08:00] summary, a few ways you can tap in and recognize if you are operating in the energy of lack or in a state of lack is if when someone tells you that they received something, earned something, found something that you want, and you feel a constricted energy of fear or panic because you're afraid that that means that because they have it, you can't have it.

Gabrielle: You immediately know you're operating out of a, out of a place of lack. And you can change that. Another indicator is when you feel shame or guilt around being too wealthy, too successful, or too abundant, because in your core, you feel like there is a finite amount available on this earth and you're just taking up too much, which means that you're taking it away from somebody else.

Gabrielle: You're operating in an energy of lack, or if you feel competition arise. If you feel like you have to outsmart somebody or, do something kind of secretive that somebody else isn't doing or like outmaneuver somebody or things like this, if you're in that state of competition where you think that you have to hurry up and get it before they do, then you [00:09:00] immediately know that you're also in an energy of lack that you are in the energy of fear of falling behind or fear of not having enough.

Gabrielle: space, enough opportunity of not being chosen that this is what's circulating in your mind, your body and your field. So if you want to take some time to do some reflection on those concepts, the more that you contemplate this material, the more awareness that you will have when it arises and the faster that you'll be able to address it.

Gabrielle: So the least amount of time that you can spend in this energy of lack, the better, right? Because you're sending out a vibrational frequency, you're sending out energy and you don't want to be sending out energy of lack because then what are you going to attract opportunities and circumstances that are in harmony with that frequency.

Gabrielle: So the faster that you can get awareness around when you are in this state, address the wounding limitations, fears, and other parts of your paradigm that are causing this state, the faster that you can redirect and shift into the energy of abundance.

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