The Abundant Universe with Michelle Medrano

**Josh Reeves** (0:01)
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**Michelle Medrano** (0:20)
Today, I'm starting a two-part series about abundance. And the series is called The Abundant Universe. And today, we're talking about the dance of abundance. And my whole theory here, and my whole invitation here is about believing in open doors, the open doors of our soul, that we're souls rising in to the abundant nature of the universe, and that we must recognize this, own this, accept this, focus upon this. And you're going to hear me say this many times throughout my message today, because it's so important for us to understand. We can become so myopically focused on what's missing, what we don't have, the pain of the struggle of what we wish were here instead of what is in any realm of life when it comes to abundance. Whereas a person who is practicing abundance, recognizing the abundant universe, and dancing the dance of abundance, is someone who's allowing that flowing energy that is naturally available to have its way in them, through them, and as them. And they are a soul arising consciously and conscientiously because they recognize the truth of who they are. And this big choice can change us powerfully. So today, the dance of abundance, I want to talk about it using the metaphor of dance. Next week, I want to warn you that I am going to talk about money.
Some people don't like it when we talk about money. They think it's crass or it's wrong. I am a minister who believes that everything in this universe is an expression of God and that includes money. And I believe that it would be extremely irresponsible of me as a spiritual leader not to talk about this important element of our life that we live in and utilize in our world. And so if you're wanting to be at greater peace about money, please be here with us next week. But let's talk about the dance today, the dance of abundance. What are the steps? How do I do it? And I love this metaphor of dance because many of us have a bit of a conflicting relationship with dance, don't we? We are afraid that we're going to look silly if we dance.
We might not feel comfortable getting out on the dance floor a lot. We might even avoid the dance. We might even tell people, I don't really know how to dance very well. I'm not a good dancer. When it comes to abundance, we must become a good dancer. We must break that mold. We must learn the steps. We must embody the dance to have the experience. Because abundance is seeking expression through us at all times. And part of the dance of abundance has to do with embodiment. It's not just knowing the steps and then doing them kind of mindlessly. It's not just saying a nice few affirmations or nice words or getting a prayer one time and then changing our experience of abundance forever. It really is about an identity shift, a shift of identity that says, I am heir to the kingdom of good because of who I am. Not because of what I've done or how well I've done it or because I'm favored by the universe or because I had some luck.
I am an heir to the abundant nature of life because that is the nature of God, and I am an expression of God. I am an expression of the divine. And so I have brought three key movements for us to learn and to pay attention to, to dance the dance of abundance. They're important moves, they're powerful moves, and they can make a huge difference in our experiencing, that there's more than enough of anything that we desire to experience more of, more good, more, however it is that we might define abundance. Now, the first movement is this, the universe is abundant by nature. I've already been saying that, but we're really going to dig into that right now with this first movement. The universe is abundant by nature. There's nothing missing.
I know in our human experience, we have moments of ups and downs and ebbs and flows, where it appears as though something's missing. But part of this movement is understanding, that's the realm of the surface.
Life expresses and follows the deeper truth, and to the degree that we allow ourselves to have revealed to us, and to choose to reveal to ourselves, the deeper truth, that this is an abundant universe, and any experience of lack that I might be having is temporary, whereas the experience of the true nature of abundance is permanent, I can change my life. But what happens to us is that we get caught up in that temporary experience and we find ourselves possibly believing, this is how it's going to be forever, oh no.