If there is an abundance of air, water and food why wouldn't this be true of money? Money doesn't grow on trees you say? Not literally, but governments make those dollar bills with a printing press. Whenever they need more, they print more. How's that for abundance?

Of course you might argue that the abundance of printed money goes to the giant corporations in one form or another. And that's probably true also. Yet that still doesn't mean there isn't more money available for you. What's most important is to know that abundance is always available—you just need to know how to cultivate the abundance you want.

Abundance begins in the mind. Many people have subconscious thoughts that don't really cultivate the abundance they want. I know that sounds silly but it's true. Their lack of financial abundance or lack in their bank account could be from the negative mental conditioning they've created over the years.

Let's see if you've ever had this happen before. Tell yourself that you want to have a million dollars. Now listen to how that little voice inside you responds to your request for a million dollars. Do you know what I'm talking about? It will probably sound something like "Yeah right, where do you think that money is going to come from? Fall from the sky? This is a joke. If that's how the law of abundance really works then why isn't everyone else doing it?"

Going even deeper, you might think that it would be nice to have a million dollars but there's no way that amount of money would ever come your way. You don't really deserve that kind of money. There are so many other people that need it more than you do. And worse, you might not even really want that money because then you‘d have to manage it. With all your luck you'd make a million and then loose it all. That would be worse than having it in the first place. The possibilities of doubts and fears take over. You dismiss the whole idea that abundance is something that you could actually cultivate and grow into what you want.

Abundance of or scarcity of money, either way, is first cultivated in your mind. One day you think about how nice it would be to have more abundance and wealth in your life. This is a seed of abundance being planted into the fertile ground of your mind. Another day a driver cuts you off on the way to work, your sandwich for lunch is short on the beef and later that day you find your utility bill is over charging you by one hundred dollars. Now you feel the world is out to get you—it's you against them. This is a seed of scarcity that is being planted into your fertile mind. So which one do you cultivate the most?

To cultivate the abundance that you want takes some effort. In the mind, lack of abundance tends to be the default. Just like a garden, it takes more effort to grow the pretty flowers than to grow the ugly weeds. The flowers need water, good soil, fertilizer and TLC (tender, loving care). The weeds and pests that threaten the well-being of the flowers must be removed. Likewise, abundance needs you to remove all the conscious or subconscious doubts and negative, limiting beliefs that are the weeds of your mind. They crowd out the abundance of wealth. Doubts and fear prevent the seeds of abundant wealth from ever growing in your outer life.

So in order to cultivate an abundance of money into your life you need to remove those negative doubts and fears. One trick to start with is to listen to yourself while you talk. What do you hear yourself saying? Are you complaining or are you praising? How much time do you spend complaining about the lack of money in your life? How much time do you spend praising or being grateful for what you do have? Do you see the difference? Being grateful focuses your attention on what you want and complaining focuses your attention on what you don't want.

If you have had money and abundance problems for many years, there's a good chance that you have some very deep-seated, negative beliefs about money and wealth. Since many of your doubts and negative beliefs about money and wealth have been with you for a long time, you are probably not even conscious that you have some of these doubts and fears. When a financial situation comes along you might automatically respond by getting mad or by getting depressed or by trying to blame others. Those beliefs or negative responses do not cultivate the abundance you want.

Reprogramming those automatic responses is the solution. Otherwise, as long as you believe you need to respond in a certain way to various situations in your life, your mind will continue to cultivate and produce more of those situations for you to respond to over and over again. It all starts in the mind.

When you complain about lack of money and lack of all the good things in life, the mind cultivates that belief in preparation for creation in the real world. When you give praise for or are grateful for what you have, even if it's little or not at all, the mind will also go to work and do its magic to cultivate and grow those responses into a real world creation. By saying, "Thank you for the abundance of money in my life" your mind will strive to bring that belief into fruition in your outer world.

Bottom line: if you have money problems then you really owe it to yourself to look at some of your negative beliefs and doubts that are killing the abundance you want. Stop cultivating that never-enough-money belief into money beyond belief. By becoming aware of how your beliefs affect your wealth you can consciously change what the mind is cultivating into the real world. If you have some of those stubborn negative doubts it's best to use techniques to help make this process much easier.