To look up abundance in the dictionary, you will see it defined as "a very large quantity of something."  On a personal level then, abundance is the knowing you have access to very large quantities of anything you desire- a quantity of ideas, an abundance of creativity, imagination, health and prosperity.  What often happens, however, especially in a climate of fear surrounding money and the economy, we can forget what it feels like to be abundant:  we don't have a large amount of money in our savings account, we don't have the extravagant house or expensive car to prove to our Self and others that we are abundant.  From a metaphysical standpoint, these material things are simply a reflection of the beliefs and feelings within.  How do you then turn around a state of lack into a feeling of abundance?