Karan Khalsa - Yoga & Mantras for Prosperity

T o me, prosperity is a flow. I live my life doing things that keep me in the flow and avoiding things that block the flow. Playing music puts me in the flow, and I devote my life to that. Prosperity is a flow, not just from the Universe to you, but also from you to the Universe. Giving puts you into the flow and creates the opening for you to receive. For me, music is both. I receive so much from the Universe when I play music, and I know that I give back to the Universe through playing music. This is what we all need to find for ourselves, and prosperity will abound.

Prosperity consciousness is very much a state of mind. You must have trust in the flow. You must trust that if you give, you will receive. Then you can spend your life focusing on doing what fulfills you, knowing you will in turn be completely taken care of.

For a spiritual person, I recommend the entire focus be the prayer Thy will be done. Dear Lord, how can I best serve? Not on money. For the last 40 years, I have continuously prayed to my guardian angel and teacher, Guru Ram Das. Whatever has come before me, I put my full energy into excelling at it, even when it came to washing dishes in my first ashram in 1973. After two to three months of negativity, when I embraced the mantra and the teachings, I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude.

I believe that in my life, I have been prosperous because I have zero fear that I'm not going to be provided for. It doesn't matter what your net worth is. If you believe everything is going to be provided for, you are a prosperous person. If you are in a state of fear that there's not going to be enough, that fear is the opposite of prosperity consciousness. Prosperity comes from faith and conviction that you and the universe are one. Look at the birds; they are not worried. They just fly. They know the wind will lift them up and carry them to their destination. That is what my life has been like for a long time. We must trust that the Divine will lift us up and carry us to our destination.

Many paths revere poverty as a path to the Divine. My teacher, Yogi Bhajan, always taught that prosperity opens the doorways to many things. If you revere poverty, you will probably remain impoverished. I've never been reluctant to make a lot of money. I've followed the guiding principles of prosperity throughout my life, and as a result, I've been able to use the abundance I have received to in turn give back in many ways. You have to have the conviction that if a lot of money comes to you, it would be in the best interest of the Universe. If you don't believe that, then you will sabotage anything that could bring you a lot of prosperity. You must know, at your core, that if prosperity comes to you, you will use it to serve.