Prosperity

by

Charles Fillmore

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Foreword
It is perfectly logical to assume that a wise and competent Creator would pro"ide for the needs of (is creatures in their "arious stages of growth. 0he supply would be gi"en as re5uired and as the necessary effort for its appropriation was made by the creature. 0emporal needs would be met by temporal things! mental needs by things of li e character! and spiritual needs by spiritual elements. For simplification of distribution all would be composed of one primal spiritual substance! which under proper direction could be transformed into all products at the will of the operator. 0his is a crude yet true illustration of the underlying principles on which the human family is supplied on this earth. 0he Father has pro"ided a uni"ersal seed substance that responds with magical power to the acti"e mind of man. Faith in the increasing capacity of this seed substance! whether wrapped in "isible hus s or latent in in"isible electrical units! always rewards man with the fruits of his labor. 0he farmer may seem to get his supply from the seeds he plants! but he would ne"er plant a seed unless he had faith in its innate capacity to increase! and that seed would ne"er multiply without the 5uic ening life of /pirit. 0hus we see that all increase of substance depends on the 5uic ening life of /pirit! and this fact gi"es us the ey to mental processes that when used spiritually will greatly increase and at the same time simplify our appropriation of that inexhaustible substance which creati"e 'ind has so generously pro"ided. In the following lessons we ha"e attempted to explain man's lawful appropriation of the supplies spiritually and electrically pro"ided by +od. 6hen we understand and ad7ust our mind to the realm or ingdom where these rich ideas and their electrical thought forms exist we shall experience in our temporal affairs what is called 8prosperity.8 6e said 8their electrical thought forms.8 *et us explain that all creati"e processes in"ol"e a realm of ideas and a realm of patterns or expressions of those ideas. 0he patterns arrest or 8bottle up8 the free electric units that sustain the "isible thing. 0hus creation is in its processes a trinity! and bac of the "isible uni"erse are both the original creati"e idea and the cosmic rays that crystalli-e into earthly things. 6hen we understand this trinity in its "arious acti"ities we shall be able to reconcile the disco"eries of modern science with the fundamentals of religion. 'odern science teaches us that space is hea"ily charged with energies that would transform the earth if they could be controlled. /ir #li"er *odge says that a single cubic inch of the ether contains energy enough to run a forty,horse,power engine forty million years. 0he di"ergence of opinion among physicists as to the reality of the ether does not nullify the existence in space of tremendous potentialities. /ir 9rthur :ddington says

that about half the leading physicists assert that the ether exists and the other half deny its existence! but! in his words! 8both parties mean exactly the same thing! and are di"ided only by words.8 /piritual understanding says that the ether exists as an emanation of mind and should not be confused in its limitations with matter. 'athematical measurements applied to the ether wor it out of existence because its reality is in the 'ind that concei"ed it and its being is go"erned and sustained by ideas! and ideas ha"e no physical dimensions. /o the ether will ha"e existence and deposit matter only so long as 'ind has use for it. 6hen infinite 'ind has completed the cycles of creation! both the in"isible and the "isible uni"erses will be rolled up as a scroll and disappear and only 'ind remain. 89nd all the host of hea"en shall be dissol"ed! and the hea"ens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away.8 It adds greatly to the stability of a Christian's faith to now that Jesus anticipated the disco"eries of modern science of the existence of that ingdom called 8the ether.8 (e named it the ingdom of the hea"ens! and (is illustrations of its possibilities are unsurpassed. (e did not say it was a place the good would inherit after death but an estate we could ha"e here and now. 8It is your Father's good pleasure to gi"e you the ingdom.8 Jesus taught that we can incorporate life,gi"ing rays into our mind! body! and affairs through faith. 6here physicists merely describe the mechanical presence of life as energy! Jesus taught man how by the exercise of his mind he can ma e that life obey him. Instead of a uni"erse of blind mechanical forces Jesus showed the uni"erse to be persuaded and directed by intelligence. 6hat we need to reali-e abo"e all else is that +od has pro"ided for the most minute needs of our daily life and that if we lac anything it is because we ha"e not used our mind in ma ing the right contact with the supermind and the cosmic ray that automatically flows from it.

Contents
Forward *esson #ne /piritual /ubstance! the Fundamental Basis of the &ni"erse *esson 0wo /piritual 'ind! the #mnipresent .irecti"e Principle of Prosperity *esson 0hree Faith in the In"isible /ubstance! the <ey to .emonstration *esson Four 'an! the Inlet and #utlet of .i"ine 'ind *esson Fi"e 0he *aw 0hat +o"erns the 'anifestation of /upply *esson /ix 6ealth of 'ind :xpresses Itself in )iches *esson /e"en +od (as Pro"ided Prosperity for :"ery (ome *esson :ight +od 6ill Pay =our .ebts *esson >ine 0ithing! the )oad to Prosperity *esson 0en )ight +i"ing! the <ey to 9bundant )ecei"ing *esson :le"en *aying &p 0reasures *esson 0wel"e #"ercoming the 0hought of *ac ?uestion (elps 9bout the 9uthor

Lesson One
Spiritual Substance, the Fundamental Basis of the Universe .I@I>: 'I>. is the one and only reality. 6hen we incorporate the ideas that form this 'ind into our mind and perse"ere in those ideas! a mighty strength wells up within us. 0hen we ha"e a foundation for the spiritual body! the body not made with hands! eternal in the hea"ens. 6hen the spiritual body is established in consciousness! its strength and power is transmitted to the "isible body and to all the things that we touch in the world about us. /piritual discernment re"eals that we are now in the dawn of a new era! that the old methods of supply and support are fast passing away! and that new methods are waiting to be brought forth. In the coming commerce man will not be a sla"e to money. (umanity's daily needs will be met in ways that are not now thought practical. 6e shall ser"e for the 7oy of ser"ing! and prosperity will flow to us and through us in streams of plenty. 0he supply and support that lo"e and -eal will set in motion are not as yet largely used by man! but those who ha"e tested their pro"iding power are loud in their praise. 0he dynamic power of the supermind in man has been sporadically displayed by men and women of e"ery nation. It is usually connected with some religious rite in which mystery and priestly authority pre"ail. 0he so,called 8common herd8 are ept in dar ness with respect to the source of the superhuman power of occult adepts and holy men. But we ha"e seen a 8great light8 in the disco"ery by physical scientists that the atom conceals electronic energies whose mathematical arrangement determines the character of all the fundamental elements of nature. 0his disco"ery has disrupted the science based on the old mechanical atomic theory! but has also gi"en Christian metaphysicians a new understanding of the dynamics bac of /pirit. /cience now postulates space rather than matter as the source of life. It says that the "ery air is ali"e with dynamic forces that await man's grasp and utili-ation and that these in"isible! omnipresent energies possess potentialities far beyond our most exalted conception. 6hat we ha"e been taught about the glories of hea"en pales into insignificance compared with the glories of the radiant rays,,popularly referred to as the 8ether.8 6e are told by science that we ha"e utili-ed "ery meagerly this mighty ocean of ether in producing from it the light and power of electricity. 0he seemingly tremendous force generated by the whirl of our dynamos is but a wea dribble from a uni"erse of energy. 0he in"isible wa"es that carry radio programs e"erywhere are but a mere hint of an intelligent power that penetrates and permeates e"ery germ of life! "isible and in"isible. /cientific minds the world o"er ha"e been tremendously mo"ed by these

re"olutionary disco"eries! and they ha"e not found language ade5uate to explain their magnitude. 9lthough a number of boo s ha"e been written by scentists! setting forth guardedly the far,reaching effects that will ine"itably follow man's appropriation of the easily accessible ether! none has dared to tell the whole story. 0he fact is that the greatest disco"ery of all ages is that of physical science that all things apparently ha"e their source in the in"isible! intangible ether. 6hat Jesus taught so profoundly in symbols about the riches of the ingdom of the hea"ens has now been pro"ed true. 9ccording to the +ree ! the language in which the >ew 0estament has come down to us! Jesus did not use the word hea"en but the word hea"ens in (is teaching. (e was not telling us of the glories of some faraway place called 8hea"en8 but was re"ealing the properties of the 8hea"ens8 all around us! called both 8space8 and 8ether8 by physicists. (e taught not only its dynamic but also its intelligent character! and said that the entity that rules it is within man1 80he ingdom of +od is within you.8 (e not only described this ingdom of the hea"ens in numerous parables but made its attainment by man the greatest ob7ect of human existence. (e not only set this as man's goal but attained it (imself! thereby demonstrating that (is teaching is practical as well as true. 0he scientists tell us that the ether is charged with electricity! magnetism! light rays! A rays! cosmic rays! and other dynamic radiations; that it is the source of all life! light! heat! energy! gra"itation! attraction! repulsion; in short! that it is the interpenetrating essence of e"erything that exists on the earth. In other words! science gi"es to the ether all the attractions of hea"en without directly saying so. Jesus epitomi-ed the sub7ect when (e told (is followers that it was the ingdom from which +od clothed and fed all (is children. 8/ee ye first his ingdom! and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.8 /cience says that the electrical particles that brea into light in our earth's atmosphere are also a source of all substance and matter. Jesus said that (e was the substance and bread that came from the hea"ens. 6hen will our ci"ili-ation begin really to appropriate and use this mighty ocean of substance and life spiritually as well as physicallyB 0his inexhaustible mind substance is a"ailable at all times and in all places to those who ha"e learned to lay hold of it in consciousness. 0he simplest! shortest! and most direct way of doing this was explained when Jesus said! 86hosoe"er ... shall not doubt in his heart! but shall belie"e that what he saith cometh to pass! he shall ha"e it.8 6hen we now that certain potent ideas exist in the in"isible mind expressions! named by science both 8ether8 and 8space8 and that we ha"e been pro"ided with the mind to lay hold of them! it is easy to put the law into action through thought and word and deed. 80here is a tide in the affairs of men! 6hich! ta en at the flood! leads on to fortune!8 said /ha espeare. 0hat flood tide awaits us in the cosmic spaces! the paradise of +od.

0he spiritual substance from which comes all "isible wealth is ne"er depleted. It is right with you all the time and responds to your faith in it and your demands on it. It is not affected by our ignorant tal of hard times! though we are affected because our thoughts and words go"ern our demonstration. 0he unfailing resource is always ready to gi"e. It has no choice in the matter; it must gi"e! for that is its nature. Pour your li"ing words of faith into the omnipresent substance! and you will be prospered though all the ban s in the world close their doors. 0urn the great energy of your thin ing toward 8plenty8 ideas! and you will ha"e plenty regardless of what men about you are saying or doing. +od is substance! but if by this statement we mean that +od is matter! a thing of time or condition! then we should say that +od is substanceless. +od is not confined to that form of substance which we term matter. +od is the intangible essence of that which man has formed into and named matter. 'atter is a mental limitation of that di"ine substance whose "ital and inherent character is manifest in all life expression. +od substance may be concei"ed as +od energy! or /pirit light! and 8+od said! let there be light! and there was light.8 0his is in harmony with the conclusions of some of the most ad"anced physicists. /ir James Jeans says! in 80he 'ysterious &ni"erse!8 80he tendency of modern physics is to resol"e the whole material uni"erse into wa"es! and nothing but wa"es. 0hese wa"es are of two inds1 bottled,up wa"es! which we call matter! and unbottled wa"es! which we call radiation! or light. 0he process of annihilation of matter is merely unbottling imprisoned wa"e energy! and setting it free to tra"el through space.8 /pirit is not matter. /pirit is not person. In order to percei"e the essence of Being we must drop from our mind all thought that +od is in any way circumscribed or has any of the limitations that we associate with things or persons ha"ing form or shape. 80hou shalt not ma e unto thee a gra"en image! nor any li eness of any thing that is in hea"en abo"e! or that is in the earth beneath.8 +od is substance! not matter! because matter is formed! while +od is the formless. +od substance lies bac of matter and form. It is the basis of all form yet does not enter into any form as a finality. /ubstance cannot be seen! touched! tasted! or smelled! yet it is more substantial than matter! for it is the only substantiality in the uni"erse. Its nature is to 8sub,stand8 or 8stand under8 or behind matter as its support and only reality. Job says! 80he 9lmighty shall be thy defence! and thou shalt ha"e plenty of sil"er.8 0his refers to uni"ersal substance! for sil"er and gold are manifestations of an e"erywhere present substance and are used as symbols for it. *ew 6allace! in 8Ben,(ur!8 refers to the ingdom as 8beaten gold.8 =ou ha"e doubtless in your own experience caught sight of this e"erywhere present substance in your silence! when it seemed li e golden snowfla es falling all about you. 0his was the first manifestation from the o"erflow of

the uni"ersal substance in your consciousness. /ubstance is first gi"en form in the mind! and as it becomes manifest it goes through a threefold acti"ity. In laying hold of substance in the mind and bringing it into manifestation! we play a most important part. 6e do it according to our decree. 80hou shalt decree a thing! and it shall be established unto thee.8 6e are always decreeing! sometimes consciously! often unconsciously! and with e"ery thought and word we are increasing or diminishing the threefold acti"ity of substance. 0he resulting manifestation conforms to our thought! 89s he thin eth within himself! so is he.8 0here is no scarcity of the air you breathe. 0here is plenty of air! all you will e"er need! but if you close your lungs and refuse to breathe! you will not get it and may suffocate for lac of air. 6hen you recogni-e the presence of abundance of air and open your lungs to breathe it deeply! you get a larger inspiration. 0his is exactly what you should do with your mind in regard to substance. 0here is an all,sufficiency of all things! 7ust as there is an all,sufficiency of air. 0he only lac is our own lac of appropriation. 6e must see the ingdom of +od and appropriate it aright before things will be added to us in fullness. 0here is a ingdom of abundance of all things! and it may be found by those who see it and are willing to comply with its laws. Jesus said that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the ingdom of hea"en. 0his does not mean that it is hard because of his wealth! for the poor man gets in no faster and no easier. It is not money but the thoughts men hold about money! its source! its ownership! and its use! that eep them out of the ingdom. 'en's thoughts about money are li e their thoughts about all possessions; they belie"e that things coming out of the earth are theirs to claim and control as indi"idual property! and may be hoarded away and depended on! regardless of how much other men may be in need of them. 0he same belief is pre"alent among both rich and poor! and e"en if the two classes were suddenly to change places! the ine5ualities of wealth would not be remedied. #nly a fundamental change in the thoughts of wealth could do that. Before there is any fundamental social or economic change men must begin to understand their relationship to +od and to one another as common heirs to the uni"ersal resource that is sufficient for all. 0hey must gi"e up some of their erroneous ideas about their 8rights.8 0hey must learn that they cannot possess and loc up that which belongs to +od without themsel"es suffering the effects of that se5uestration. 0he poor man is not the greatest sufferer in this concentration of wealth! for he has not concentrated his faith in material things and chained his soul to them. 0hose who are rich in the things of this world are by their dependence on those things binding themsel"es to material things and are in material dar ness. :"ery thought of personal possession must be dropped out of mind before men can come

into the reali-ation of the in"isible supply. 0hey cannot possess money! houses! or land selfishly! because they cannot possess the uni"ersal ideas for which these symbols stand. >o man can possess any idea as his own permanently. (e may possess its material symbol for a little time on the plane of phenomena! but it is such riches that 8moth and rust consume! and wherethie"es brea through and steal.8 'en possess as "aluables their education! trade! ability! or intellectual talent. 'inisters of the gospel possess scholarship or elo5uence! and ta e pride in these spiritual possessions. =et e"en these are burdens that must be unloaded before they may enter the ingdom of the hea"ens. 0he saint who is puffed up with his saintly goodness must unload his "anity before he gets in. 6hoe"er is ambitious to do good! to excel his fellow men in righteousness! must lose his ambition and desire before he beholds the face of the all,pro"iding Father. 0he realm of causes may be compared to steam in a glass boiler. If the glass is clear one may loo right at it and see nothing at all. =et when an escape "al"e is touched the steam rushes out! condenses and becomes "isible. But in this process it has also lost its power. /ubstance exists in a realm of ideas and is powerful when handled by one who is familiar with its characteristics. 0he ignorant open the "al"es of the mind and let ideas flow out into a realm with which they ha"e nothing in common. 0he powerful ideas of substance are condensed into thoughts of time and space! which ignorance concei"es as being necessary to their fruition. 0hus their power is lost! and a weary round of seedtime and har"est is inaugurated to fulfill the demands of the world. It is the mind that belie"es in personal possessions that limits the full idea. +od's world is a world of results that se5uentially follow demands. It is in this ingdom that man finds his true home. *abor has ceased for him who has found this inner ingdom. .i"ine supply is brought forth without laborious struggle1 to desire is to ha"e fulfillment. 0his is the second step in demonstration for the one who has fully dedicated himself to the di"ine guidance. (e immediately enters into easier experiences and more happiness than the world affords! when he co"enants to follow only the good. 0here is an ad"anced degree along the same line of initiation into the mysteries of the di"ine. Before this step may be ta en! a deeper and more thorough mental cleansing must be undergone. 9 higher set of faculties is then awa ened within the body! and new a"enues of expression are opened for the powers of the /pirit! not only in the body but also in the affairs of the indi"idual. 9s he proceeds to exercise these faculties he may find some of them clogged by the crystals of dead thought that some selfish ideas ha"e deposited! which ma es him go through a fresh cleansing. If he is obedient to the /pirit and willing to follow without ca"il or protest! the way is easy for him. If howe"er he 5uestions and argues! as did Job! he will meet many obstructions and his 7ourney will be long and tedious.

9gain! he who see s the ingdom of substance for the sa e of the loa"es and fishes he may get out of it will surely be disappointed in the end. (e may get the loa"es and fishes! that is 5uite possible; but if there remains in his soul any desire to use them for selfish ends! the ultimate result will be disastrous. 'any people are see ing the aid of /pirit to heal them of their physical ills. 0hey ha"e no desire for the higher life! but ha"ing found their lusts and passions curtailed by physical infirmities! they want these erased in order that they may continue in their fleshly way. It is the experience of all who ha"e dealt with /pirit that it is a "igorous bodily stimulant. It restores the "itality of the body until it is e"en more sensiti"e to pleasure or pain than it was before the spiritual 5uic ening. 0his supersensiti"eness ma es it more susceptible and liable to more rapid waste if further indulgence is gratified. 0hat is why those who recei"e spiritual treatment should be fully instructed in the 0ruth of Being. 0hey should be shown that the indulgence of bodily passions is a sin against their success in e"ery wal of life and especially in the way of finances and prosperity. If substance is dissipated! e"ery ind of lac begins to be felt. )etribution always follows the indulgence of appetite and passion for mere sensation. Both sinners and saints suffer in this "alley of folly. 0he alternati"e is to dedicate yourself to the Father's business. 'a e a definite and detailed co"enant with the Father! lay your desires! appetites! and passions at (is feet and agree to use all your substance in the most exalted way. 0hen you are see ing the ingdom! and all things else shall be added unto you. 6e want to ma e this substance that faith has brought to our mind enduring and abiding! so that we do not lose it when ban s fail or men tal of 8hard times.8 6e must ha"e in our finances a consciousness of the permanency of the omnipresent substance as it abides in us. /ome wealthy families succeed in holding their wealth while others dissipate it in one generation because they do not ha"e the consciousness of abiding substance. For many of us there is either a feast or a famine in the matter of money and we need the abiding consciousness. 0here is no reason why we should not ha"e a continuous e"en flow of substance both in income and outgo. If we ha"e freely recei"ed we must also freely gi"e and eep substance going! confident in our understanding that our supply is unlimited and that it is always right at hand in the omnipresent 'ind of +od. In this understanding we can stand 8the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune!8 depressions! losses! and financial failures and still see +od as abundant substance waiting to come into manifestation. 0hat is what Paul meant by ta ing up 8the whole armor of +od that ye may be able to withstand in the e"il day.8 0he substance that has in the past been manifest in our affairs is still here. It is the same substance and it cannot be ta en away. :"en though there seems to be material lac ! there is plenty of substance for all. 6e are standing in the "ery midst of it. *i e the fish we might as ! 86here is the

water!8 when we li"e and mo"e and ha"e our being in it. It is in the water! in the air e"erywhere! abounding! glorious spiritual substance. 0a e that thought and hold it. )efuse to be sha en from your spiritual stand in the "ery midst of +od's prosperity and plenty! and supply will begin to come forth from the ether and plenty will becomemore and more manifest in your affairs. Jesus was so charged with spiritual substance that when the woman touched (is garment the healing "irtue went out from it and she was healed. 0here were thousands of people in the crowd! but only the woman who had faith in that substance got it. It was already established in her consciousness! and she new that her needs would be met if she could ma e the contact. In this there is a lesson for us. 6e now that strength is manifest e"erywhere! for we see it in the mechanical world. 9 great locomoti"e starts from the depot! mo"ing slowly at first! but when it gains momentum it speeds down the trac li e a strea . 0hus it is with spiritual strength. Beginning sometimes with a "ery small thought! it ta es on momentum and e"entually becomes a powerful idea. :"ery one of us can strengthen his hold on the thought of di"ine substance until it becomes a powerful idea! filling the consciousness and manifesting itself as plenty in all our affairs. 9s you lay hold of substance with your mind! ma e it permanent and enduring. )eali-e your oneness with it. =ou are unified with the one li"ing substance! which is +od! your all,sufficiency. From this substance you were created; in it you li"e and mo"e and ha"e your being; by it you are fed and prospered. 0he spiritual substance is steadfast and immo"able! enduring. It does not fluctuate with mar et reports. It does not decrease in 8hard times8 nor increase in 8good times.8 It cannot be hoarded away to cause a deficiency in supply and a higher price. It cannot be exhausted in doles to meet the needs of pri"ation. It is e"er the same! constant! abundant! freely circulating and a"ailable. 0he spiritual substance is a li"ing thing! not an inanimate accumulation of bread that does not satisfy hunger nor water that fails to 5uench thirst. It is li"ing bread and li"ing water! and he that feeds on +od's substance shall ne"er hunger and ne"er thirst. 0he substance is an abiding thing! not a ban deposit that can be withdrawn nor a fortune that can be lost. It is an unfailing principle that is as sure in its wor ings as the laws of mathematics. 'an can no more be separated from his supply of substance than life can be separated from its source. 9s +od permeates the uni"erse and life permeates e"ery cell of the body! so does substance flow freely through man! free from all limit or 5ualification. In the new era that is e"en now at its dawn we shall ha"e a spirit of prosperity. 0his principle of the uni"ersal substance will be nown and acted on! and there will be no place for lac . /upply will be more e5uali-ed. 0here will not be millions of bushels of

wheat stored in musty warehouses while people go hungry. 0here will be no o"erproduction or underconsumption or other ine5ualities of supply! for +od's substance will be recogni-ed and used by all people. 'en will not pile up fortunes one day and lose them the next! for they will no longer fear the integrity of their neighbors nor try to eep their neighbor's share from him. Is this an impractical utopiaB 0he answer depends on you. Just as soon as you indi"idually recogni-e the omnipresent substance and put your faith in it! you can loo for others around you to do the same. 89 little lea"en lea"eneth the whole lump!8 and e"en one life that bears witness to the truth of the prosperity law will 5uic en the consciousness of the whole community. 6hoe"er you are and whate"er your immediate need! you can demonstrate the law. If your thoughts are confused! become still and now. Be still and now that you are one with the substance and with the law of its manifestation. /ay with con"iction1 I am strong! immo"able /pirit substance. 0his will open the door of your mind to an inflow of substance,filled ideas. 9s they come! use them freely. .o not hesitate or doubt that they will bring results. 0hey are +od's ideas gi"en to you in answer to your prayer and in order to supply your needs. 0hey are substance! intelligent! lo"ing! eager to manifest themsel"es to meet your need. +od is the source of a mighty stream of substance! and you are a tributary of that stream! a channel of expression. Blessing the substance increases its flow. If your money supply is low or your purse seems empty! ta e it in your hands and bless it. /ee it filled with the li"ing substance ready to become manifest. 9s you prepare your meals bless the food with the thought of spiritual substance. 6hen you dress! bless your garments and reali-e that you are being constantly clothed with +od's substance. .o not center your thought on yourself! your interests! your gains or losses! but reali-e the uni"ersal nature of substance. 0he more conscious you become of the presence of the li"ing substance the more it will manifest itself for you and the richer will be the common good of all. .o not ta e anyone's word for it! but try the law for yourself. 0he other fellow's reali-ation of substance will not guarantee your supply. =ou must become conscious of it for yourself. Identify yourself with substance until you ma e it yours; it will change your finances! destroy your fears! stop your worries! and you will soon begin to re7oice in the e"er,present bounty of +od. Be still and turn within to the great source. /ee with the eye of faith that the whole world is filled with substance. /ee it falling all about you as snowfla es of gold and sil"er and affirm with assurance1

Jesus Christ is now here raising me to (is consciousness of the omnipresent! all, pro"iding +od substance! and my prosperity is assured. I ha"e unbounded faith in the all,present spiritual substance increasing and multiplying at my word.

Lesson Two
Spiritual Mind, the Omnipresent Directive Principle of Prosperity :@:)=0(I>+ that appears in the uni"erse had its origin in mind. 'ind e"ol"es ideas! and ideas express themsel"es through thoughts and words. &nderstanding that ideas ha"e a permanent existence and that they e"ol"e thoughts and words! we see how futile is any attempted reform that does not ta e them into consideration. 0his is why legislation and external rules of action are so wea and transient as reforms. Ideas generate thought currents! as a fire under a boiler generates steam. 0he idea is the most important factor in e"ery act and must be gi"en first place in our attention if we would bring about any results of a permanent character. 'en formulate thoughts and thoughts mo"e the world. Ideas are centers of consciousness. 0hey ha"e a positi"e and a negati"e pole and generate thoughts of e"ery concei"able ind. (ence a man's body! health! intelligence! finances! in fact e"erything about him! are deri"ed from the ideas to which he gi"es his attention. 'an has ne"er had a desire that could not somewhere! in the pro"idence of +od! be fulfilled. If this were not true! the uni"erse would be wea at its most "ital point. .esire is the onward impulse of the e"er,e"ol"ing soul. It builds from within outward and carries its fulfillment with it as a necessary corollary. 9ll is mind. 0hen the things that appear must be expressions of mind. 0hus mind is reality! and it also appears as phenomena. 0he is,ness of mind is but one side of it. Being is not limited to the le"el of is,ness; it has all possibilities! including that of brea ing forth from its inherencies into the realm of appearances. 'ind has these two sides! being and appearance! the "isible and the in"isible. 0o say that mind is all and yet deny that things do appear to ha"e any place in the allness is to state but half the truth. 9n idea is capable of statement as a proposition. 0he statement is made in response to a desire to now experimentally whether the proposition is capable of proof. 9 number of elements are in"ol"ed in the statement of a proposition that are not integral parts of the proposition itself but necessary to its wor ing out. In the simplest mathematical problem processes are used that are not preser"ed after the problem is sol"ed yet that are necessary to its solution. 0he figures by the use of which we arri"ed at the solution are immediately forgotten! but they could not be dispensed with and it is to them we owe the outcome. 0he exact outcome of each step in the solution is a matter of experiment. 0he

intermediate steps may be changed or retracted many times! but ultimately the problem is sol"ed and the fulfillment of the desired result attained. If this is true of the simplest problem in arithmetic it is e5ually true of the creation of the uni"erse. 89s abo"e! so below.8 (ere is where many who ha"e caught sight of the perfection and wholeness of the ideal fail to demonstrate. 0hey deny the appearance because it does not express perfection in its wholeness. 0he student in the depths of a mathematical problem who should 7udge thus would erase all his figures because the answer was not at once apparent! though he may ha"e already completed a good part of the process leading up to the desired answer. 6e would not say that a farmer is wise who cuts down his corn in the tassel because it does not show the ripened ears. .o not 7ump to conclusions. /tudy a situation carefully in its "arious aspects before you decide. Consider both sides! the "isible and the in"isible! the within and the without. 0he "ery fact that you ha"e an ideal condition or world in your mind carries with it the possibility of its fulfillment in expression. Being cannot shir expression. 0o thin is to express yourself! and you are constantly thin ing. =ou may deny that the things of the outer world ha"e existence! yet as long as you li"e in contact with them you are recogni-ing them. 6hen you affirm being and deny the expression of being! you are a 8house di"ided against itself.8 6e ha"e all wondered why we do not understand more truth than we do or why it is necessary to understand at all! since +od is all,wise and all,present. &nderstanding is one of the essential parts of your I 9' identity. 'an is a focal point in +od consciousness and expresses +od. 0herefore he must understand the processes that bring about that expression. Infinite 'ind is here with all its ideas as a resource for man! and what we are or become is the result of our efforts to accumulate in our own consciousness all the attributes of infinite 'ind. 6e ha"e learned that we can accumulate ideas of power! strength! life! lo"e! and plenty. (ow should we use these ideas or bring them into outer expression without understandingB 6here shall we get this understanding sa"e from the source of all ideas! the one 'indB 8But if any of you lac eth wisdom! let him as of +od! who gi"eth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be gi"en him.8 In following the principles of mathematics we use rules. 0here is a rule of addition that we must obser"e when we add; other rules that must be followed when we subtract or multiply. 0he ideas of .i"ine 'ind can only be expressed when we follow the rules or laws of mind! and these rules re5uire understanding if we would follow them intelligently and achie"e results. 'an is gi"en all power and authority o"er all the ideas of infinite 'ind! and the idea of wisdom is one of them.

Closely associated with the idea of wisdom in .i"ine 'ind is the idea of lo"e. 0hese ideas are the positi"e and the negati"e pole of the creati"e Principle. 8'ale and female created he them.8 0he ideas of +od,'ind are expressed through the con7unction of wisdom and lo"e. +od commanded that these two ideas should be fruitful and multiply and replenish the whole earth with thoughts in expression. 6e ha"e access to the di"ine realm from which all thoughts are pro7ected into the world. 6e are constantly ta ing ideas from the spiritual world and forming them into our own conception of the things we desire. /ometimes the finished product does not satisfy or please us. 0hat is because we ha"e ta en the idea away from its true parents! wisdom and lo"e! and let it grow to maturity in an atmosphere of error and ignorance. In the matter of money or riches we ha"e ta en the idea of pure substance from the spiritual realm! then ha"e forgotten the substance idea and tried to wor it out in a material atmosphere of thought. It was a wonderful idea! but when we too it away from its spiritual parents wisdom and lo"e! it became an unruly and disappointing child. :"en if without lo"e and understanding of substance you accumulate gold and sil"er! your store will not be stable or permanent. It will fluctuate and cause you worry and grief. 0here are many people who 8don't now the "alue of a dollar!8 with whom money comes and goes! who are rich today and poor tomorrow. 0hey ha"e no understanding of the substance that is the underlying reality of all wealth. 0o ha"e ade5uate supply at all times! an e"en flow that is ne"er enough to become a burden yet always enough to meet e"ery demand! we must ma e union with the /pirit that nows how to handle ideas as substance. 'en ha"e the idea that material substance is limited! and they engage in competition trying to grab one another's money. .i"ine 'ind has ideas of substance as unlimited and e"erywhere present! e5ually a"ailable to all. /ince man's wor is to express substance ideas in material form! we must find a way to connect ideas of substance with ideas of material expression! to ad7ust the ideas of man's mind with the ideas of .i"ine 'ind. 0his is accomplished by faith through prayer. 0hat part of the *ord's Prayer which reads! 8+i"e us this day our daily bread!8 is more correctly translated! 8+i"e us today the substance of tomorrow's bread.8 By prayer we accumulate in our mind ideas of +od as the substance of our supply and support. 0here is no lac of this substance in infinite 'ind. )egardless of how much +od gi"es! there is always an abundance left. +od does not gi"e us material things! but 'ind substance,,not money but ideas,,ideas that set spiritual forces in motion so that things begin to come to us by the application of the law. It may be that you sol"e your financial problem in your dreams. 'en often thin o"er their problems 7ust before going to sleep and get a solution in their dreams or

immediately upon awa ening. 0his is because their minds were so acti"e on the intellectual plane that they could not ma e contact with the silent inner plane where ideas wor . 6hen the conscious mind is stilled and one ma es contact with the superconsciousness! it begins to show us how our affairs will wor out or how we can help to bring about the desired prosperity. 0his is the law of mind. 0he principle is within each one of us! but we must be spiritually 5uic ened in life and in understanding before we can successfully wor in accord with it. (owe"er we must not discount the understanding of the natural man. 0he mind in us that reasons and loo s to the physical side of things has also the ability to loo within. It is the door through which di"ine ideas must come. Jesus! the /on of man! called (imself 8the door8 and 8the way.8 It is the di"ine plan that all expression or demonstration shall come through this gateway of man's mind. But abo"e all this are the ideas that exist in the primal state of Being! and this is the truth of which we must become conscious. 6e must become aware of the source of our substance. 0hen we can diminish or increase the appearance of our supply or our finances! for their appearance depends entirely on our understanding and handling of the ideas of substance. 0he time is coming when we shall not ha"e to wor for things! for our physical needs in the way of food and clothing! because they will come to us through the accumulation of the right ideas in our mind. 6e will begin to understand that clothing represents one idea of substance! food another! and that e"ery manifest thing is representati"e of an idea. In the 3d chapter of +enesis this li"ing substance is called 8dust of the ground8 in the (ebrew! and 9dam was formed from it. 6e find that the elemental substance is in our body. 0he ingdom of the hea"ens or the ingdom of +od is within man. It is a ingdom of substance and of 'ind. 0his 'ind interpenetrates our mind and our mind interpenetrates and per"ades our body. Its substance per"ades e"ery atom of our body. 9re you gi"ing it your attention! or do you still loo to outer sources for supplyB 9re you meditating and praying for an understanding of this omnipresent substanceB If you are! it will come! and it will demonstrate prosperity for you. 6hen it does! you are secure! for nothing can ta e that true prosperity from you. It is the law that does not and cannot fail to operate when once set in operation in the right way. 0his law of prosperity has been pro"ed time and time again. 9ll men who ha"e prospered ha"e used the law! for there is no other way. Perhaps they were not conscious of following definite spiritual methods! yet they ha"e in some way set the law in operation and reaped the benefit of its unfailing action. #thers ha"e had to struggle to accomplish the same things. )emember that :li7ah had to eep praying and affirming for a long time before he demonstrated the rain. (e sent his ser"ant out the first time! and there was no sign of a cloud. (e prayed and sent him out again and again with the same result! but at last! after repeated efforts! the ser"ant said he saw a little cloud. 0hen :li7ah

told them to prepare for rain! and the rain came. 0his shows a continuity of effort that is sometimes necessary. If your prosperity does not become manifest as soon as you pray and affirm +od as your substance! your supply! and your support! refuse to gi"e up. /how your faith by eeping up the wor . =ou ha"e plenty of /cripture to bac you up. Jesus taught it from the beginning to the end of (is ministry and demonstrated it on many occasions. 'any ha"e done the same thing in (is name. Jesus called the attention of (is followers to the inner realm of mind! the ingdom of +od substance. (e pointed out that the lilies of the field were gloriously clothed! e"en finer than /olomon in all his glory. 6e do not ha"e to wor laboriously in the outer to accomplish what the lily does so silently and beautifully. 'ost of us rush around trying to wor out our problems for oursel"es and in our own way! with one idea! one "ision1 the material thing we see . 6e need to de"ote more time to silent meditation and li e the lilies of the field simply be patient and grow into our demonstrations. 6e should remember always that these substance ideas with which we are wor ing are eternal ideas that ha"e always existed and will continue to exist! the same ideas that formed this planet in the first place and that sustain it now. 9 great +erman astronomer had wor ed the greater part of his life with a desire to now more about the stars. #ne night! 5uite suddenly and strangely enough,,for he had gi"en but little thought to the spiritual side of things,,he bro e right out into a prayer of than sgi"ing because of the perfect order and harmony of the hea"ens. (is prayer was 8# +od! I am thin ing 0hy thoughts after 0hee.8 0he soul of this man had at that moment made the contact and union with infinite 'ind. But though this contact seemed to be made suddenly! it was the result of long study and the preparation of his mind and thought. Jesus expressed the same at,one,ment with +od at the moment of (is supreme miracle! the raising of *a-arus. (is words were 8Father! I than thee that thou heardest me. 9nd I new that thou hearest me always.8 0his gi"es us another side of the prosperity law. 6e open the way for great demonstrations by recogni-ing the Presence and praising it! by than ing the Father for /piritual 5uic ening. 6e 5uic en our life by affirming that we are ali"e with the life of /pirit; our intelligence by affirming our oneness with di"ine intelligence; and we 5uic en the indwelling! interpenetrating substance by recogni-ing and claiming it as our own. 6e should meditate in this understanding and gi"e sincere than s to the +od of this omnipresent realm of ideas because we can thin (is thoughts after (im. 6e can than the Father that (is thoughts are our thoughts and that our natural mind is illumined by /pirit. 6e can illumine our mind any time by affirming this thought1 I than 0hee! Father! that I thin 0hy thoughts after 0hee and that my understanding is illumined by /pirit.

/piritual thoughts are infinite in their potentiality! each one being measured by the life! intelligence! and substance with which it is expressed. 0he thought is brought into expression and acti"ity by the word. :"ery word is a thought in acti"ity! and when spo en it goes out as a "ibratory force that is registered in the all,pro"iding substance. 0he mightiest "ibration is set up by spea ing the name Jesus Christ. 0his is the name that is named 8far abo"e all rule! and authority!8 the name abo"e all names! holding in itself all power in hea"en and in earth. It is the name that has power to mold the uni"ersal substance. It is at one with the Father,'other substance! and when spo en it sets forces into acti"ity that bring results. 86hatsoe"er ye shall as of the Father in my name! he may gi"e it to you.8 8If ye shall as anything in my name! that will I do.8 0here could be nothing simpler! easier! or freer from conditions in demonstrating supply. 8(itherto Cbefore the name Jesus Christ was gi"en to the worldD ha"e ye as ed nothing in my name1 as ! and ye shall recei"e! that your 7oy may be made full.8 0he sayings of Jesus were of tremendous power because of (is consciousness of +od. 0hey raised the +od ideal far abo"e what had e"er before been concei"ed. 0hese ideas so far transcended the thought plane of the people that e"en some of the disciples of Jesus would not accept them! and they 8wal ed no more with him.8 &ntil fairly recent times most men ha"e failed to grasp the lesson of the power of the spo en word expressing spiritual ideas. Jesus has ne"er been ta en literally! else men would ha"e sought to o"ercome death by eeping (is sayings. Few ha"e ta en (is words in full faith! not only belie"ing them but so saturating their minds with them that they become flesh of their flesh and bone of their bone! being incarnated in their "ery bodies! as Jesus intended. 0he secret of demonstration is to concei"e what is true in Being and to carry out the concept in thought! word! and act. If I can concei"e a truth! there must be a way by which I can ma e that truth apparent. If I can concei"e of an inexhaustible supply existing in the omnipresent ethers! then there is a way by which I can ma e that supply manifest. #nce your mind accepts this as an axiomatic truth it has arri"ed at the place where the 5uestion of processes begins to be considered. >o one e"er fully sees the steps that he must ta e in reaching a certain end. (e may see in a general way that he must proceed from one point to another! but all the details are not definite unless he has gone o"er the same ground before. /o in the demonstration of spiritual powers as they are expressed through man! we must be willing to follow the directions of someone who has pro"ed his understanding of the law by his demonstrations. 6e all now intuiti"ely that there is something wrong in a world where po"erty pre"ails and we would not nowingly create a world in which a condition of po"erty exists. *ac

of any ind is not possible in all +od's uni"erse. /o when there is an appearance of po"erty anywhere! it is our duty to deny it. /orrow and suffering accompany po"erty! and we wish to see them all blotted out. 0his desire is an index pointing the way to their disappearance. 9s the consciousness of the ingdom of hea"en with its abundant life and substance becomes more and more common among men! these negati"e conditions will fade out of seeming existence. Jesus said that all things should be added to those who see the ingdom of hea"en. 6e do not ha"e to wait until we ha"e fully entered the ingdom or attained a complete understanding of /pirit before prosperity begins to be manifest! but we do ha"e to see ! to turn the attention in that direction. 0hen things begin to be added unto us. 0housands of people are pro"ing the law in this age. 0hey accept the promise of the /criptures and are loo ing to +od to supply their e"ery need. In the beginning of their see ing they may ha"e little to encourage them to belie"e that they will be pro"ided for or helped along any particular line. But they carry out the command to see and in faith act 7ust as though they were recei"ing! and gradually there opens up to them new ways of ma ing a li"ing. /ometimes a"enues are opened to them to which they are strangers! but they find pleasant experience and are encouraged to continue see ing the ingdom of +od and re7oicing in its e"er increasing bounty. 'any such people today are wisely using their one talent. 0hey may not ha"e seen the holy of holies in the inner sanctuary! but they are getting closer to it. 0his is the step we must all ta e1 begin to see this ingdom of +od's substance. 0rust in the promise and see the result in the mental currents that are set in motion all about us. =ou may not be able to see at 7ust what point success began! or what separate word of allegiance to the Father first too effect! but as the wee s or months go by you will obser"e many changes ta ing place in your mind! your body! and your affairs. =ou will find that your ideas ha"e broadened immensely! that your little limited world has been transformed into a big world. =ou will find your mind more alert and you will see clearly where you were in doubt before! because you ha"e begun thin ing about realities instead of appearances. 0he consciousness of an omnipotent hand guiding all your affairs will establish you in confidence and security! which will extend to the body welfare and surroundings. 0here will be a lessening or entire absence of pre7udice and faultfinding in you. =ou will be more forgi"ing and more generous and will not 7udge harshly. #ther people will feel that there has been a change in you and will appreciate you more! showing it in many ways. 0hings will be coming your way! being added unto you indeed according to the promise. 9ll this is true not only of your own affairs. 0he effects extend also to those with whom you come in contact. 0hey will also become more prosperous and happy. 0hey may not in any way connect their impro"ement with you or your thoughts! but that does not affect the truth about it. 9ll causes are essentially mental! and whoe"er comes into daily

contact with a high order of thin ing must ta e on some of it. Ideas are catching! and no one can li"e in an atmosphere of true thin ing! where high ideas are held! without becoming more or less inoculated with them. .o not expect miracles to be performed for you! but do expect the law with which you ha"e identified yourself to wor out your problem by means of the latent possibilities in and around you. 9bo"e all! be yourself. *et the +od within you express (imself through you in the world without. 8=e are gods! 9nd all of you sons of the 'ost (igh.8 0he idea of +od co"ers a multitude of creati"e forces. In this case you are wor ing to bring prosperity into your affairs. (ence you should fill your mind with images and thoughts of an all,pro"iding all,supplying Father. 0he ancient (ebrews understood this. 0hey had se"en sacred names for Jeho"ah! each one of which represented some specific idea of +od. 0hey used the name Jeho"ah,7ireh when they wished to concentrate on the aspect of substance. It means 8Jeho"ah will pro"ide!8 the mighty #ne whose presence and power pro"ides! regardless of any opposing circumstance. 0o 5uic en the consciousness of the presence of +od the (ebrews used the name Jeho"ah,shammah which means 8Jeho"ah is there!8 8the *ord is present.8 )eali-e the *ord present as creati"e mind! throbbing in the ether as li"ing producti"eness. Charge your mind with statements that express plenty. >o particular affirmation will raise anyone from po"erty to affluence! yet all affirmations that carry ideas of abundance will lead one into the consciousness that fulfills the law. .eny that lac has any place or reality in your thought or your affairs and affirm plenty as the only appearance. Praise what you ha"e! be it e"er so little! and insist that it is constantly growing larger. .aily concentration of mind on /pirit and its attributes will re"eal that the elemental forces that ma e all material things are here in the ether awaiting our recognition and appropriation. It is not necessary to now all the details of the scientific law in order to demonstrate prosperity. +o into the silence daily at a stated time and concentrate on the substance of /pirit prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 0his opens up a current of thought that will bring prosperity into your affairs. 9 good thought to hold in this meditation is this1 0he in"isible substance is plastic to my abundant thought! and I am rich in mind and in manifestation.

Lesson Three
Faith in the Invisible Substance, the Key to Demonstration I> 0(I/ *://#> we are considering the sub7ect of faith especially as it applies to the demonstration of prosperity. In this study! as in all others! we must start in the one 'ind. +od had faith when (e imaged man and the uni"erse and through (is faith brought all things into being. 'an! being li e +od! must also base his creations on faith as the only foundation. (ere then is our starting point in building a prosperity consciousness and ma ing our world as we would ha"e it. 6e all ha"e faith! for it is innate in e"ery man. #ur 5uestion is how we may put it towor in our affairs. Jesus ga"e us our best understanding of faith when (e described Peter as a 8roc 8 and asserted that (is church! the ecclesia or 8called,out ones!8 was to be built up with this roc or faith as its sure foundation. In this sense faith represents substance! the underlying! basic principle of all manifestation. 8>ow faith is assurance of things hoped for! a con"iction of things not seen.8 It is 5uite possible to possess a reality that cannot be seen! touched! or comprehended by any of the outer senses. It is faith when we are fully conscious of 8things not seen8 and ha"e the 8assurance of things8 not yet manifest. In other words! faith is that consciousness in us of the reality of the in"isible substance and of the attributes of mind by which we lay hold of it. 6e must reali-e that the mind ma es real things. 8Just a thought8 or 87ust a mere idea!8 we sometimes lightly say! little thin ing that these thoughts and ideas are the eternal realities from which we build our life and our world. Faith is the percei"ing power of the mind lin ed with a power to shape substance. =ou hear of a certain proposition that appeals to you and you say! 8I ha"e faith in that proposition.8 /ome man whose character seems right is described to you and you say! 8I ha"e faith in that man.8 6hat do you mean by ha"ing faithB =ou mean that certain characteristics of men or things appeal to you! and these immediately begin a constructi"e wor in your mind. 6hat is that wor B It is the wor of ma ing the proposition or man real to your consciousness. 0he character and attributes of the things in your mind become substantial to you because of your faith. 0he office of faith is to ta e abstract ideas and gi"e them definite form in substance. Ideas are abstract and formless to us until they become substance! the substance of faith. 9 "ery important wor in soul culture is the establishment of a faith substance. #nce we discern this law of soul building by faith! we find the (ebrew /criptures full of illustrations of it. 0he Est chapter of *u e's +ospel tells us how :lisabeth and Facharias

were told by an angel that they would ha"e a son and that his name would be John. Facharias was burning incense at the altar in the exercise of his duties as a priest. 0his means that when the mind is loo ing toward /pirit! e"en if it be in a blind way! and is see ing spiritual things! it will become spirituali-ed. 0he burning of incense typifies spirituali-ation. Facharias represents the percepti"e and :lisabeth the recepti"e 5ualities of the soul. 6hen these two wor in con7unction in prayer! meditation! and aspiration! the soul is open to the higher thoughts or angels that bring the promise of a new and definite state of consciousness. Facharias doubted the promise of a son because his wife was past the age of childbearing! and because of his doubts he was stric en dumb. 0his means that when we percei"e spiritual 0ruth and doubt it! we retard its outer expression; it cannot be spo en into manifestation through us because of our doubt. 9ll the growth is then thrown upon the soul. :lisabeth 8hid herself fi"e months!8 but when the soul begins to feel the presence of the new ego or new state of consciousness! then we again come into faith expression1 the speech of Facharias is restored. It was the same way in the bringing forth of Jesus. 9 promise was first made to 'ary! and Joseph was assured that the child was the offspring of the (oly /pirit. 0his represents a still higher step in the wor of faith. 0he bringing forth of John the Baptist is the intellectual perception of 0ruth. 0he intellect grasps 0ruth first. 0he next step is the bringing forth of substance and life in the subconsciousness. 6hen we ha"e gi"en oursel"es entirely to /pirit! we may do things without nowing exactly why. 0hat is because faith is at wor in us! and e"en if we do not now the law and cannot explain faith to the outer consciousness! it continues to do its perfect wor and e"entually brings forth the demonstration. .o not fear the power that wor s out things in the in"isible. 6hen you get a strong perception of something that your inner mind tells you is true and good! act on it and your demonstration will come. 0hat is the way a li"ing faith wor s! and it is the law of your creati"e word. Faith can also ha"e understanding added to it. 6e call our spiritual faculties out of our subconsciousness. 6hen Jesus did some of (is most remar able wor s (e had with (im Peter! James! and John; Peter represents faith! James wisdom or 7udgment! and John lo"e. 0hese three faculties when expressed together in mind accomplish apparent miracles. =ou ha"e called out faith in things spiritual! you ha"e faith in +od! and you ha"e culti"ated your unity with the one 'ind; if you then use spiritual 7udgment and do your wor in lo"e! you ha"e become 8a teacher in Israel.8 In order to ha"e understanding of the law through which we gain or lose in the use of the in"isible substance! we must use discrimination or 7udgment. 0here is a guiding intelligence always present that we can lay hold of and ma e our own. It is ours. It belongs to us and it is our birthright both to now it and to use it. /ome metaphysicians

mista enly thin that they must ha"e hard experiences in order to appreciate the better things of life. 0hey thin po"erty is a blessing because it educates people to the appreciation of plenty when they get it. 0hey say that it is +od's will for us to ha"e some hard times and some good times! feasts and famines. 0his is not logically true when you consider +od as principle. If you thin of +od as a man who arbitrarily gi"es or withholds by the exercise of (is personal will! you might reach such a conclusion. But +od is changeless! and if (e gi"es one moment (e will continue to gi"e eternally. It is (is nature to gi"e! and (is nature is eternally the same. 6hen you tal of hard times! famines! lac ! you are tal ing of something that has no place in the 'ind of +od. =ou are not ac nowledging +od in all your ways but are ac nowledging error and affirming that the world has its source in outer things. =ou must turn around and get into this consciousness! that in 'ind! in /pirit! there is abundance. 6e often wonder how Jesus could multiply the fi"e loa"es and two fishes to meet the hunger of fi"e thousand persons. It was done through a thorough understanding of this law. 0he fi"e loa"es represent the fi"e,sense application of di"ine substance. 0he two fishes represent the yeast or multiplying power put into the substance! the source of the increase. 6e are told that if the yeast of a single setting of bread were allowed to increase! it would fill a space larger than this planet. 0his shows that there is no limit to the increasing power of elemental substance. It is for us to use as Jesus used this power. It was not a miracle but something that we all ha"e within us as an unawa ened ability and that we can learn to de"elop and use as Jesus did. Jesus entered into the silence; prayed and blessed the substance at hand. If we would multiply and increase the power! substance! and life in us and at our command! we must get "ery still and reali-e that our resource is /pirit! that it is +od! and that it is here in all its fullness. 6e must ma e contact with it in faith. 0hen we shall find it welling up within us. /ome of you ha"e no doubt had that experience. But if you 7ust let it oo-e away without understanding it! you get no benefit. (ere is the ey to this life and substance you feel when you sit in the silence. =ou must begin to spea these words with power and authority. 6hen there is world,wide belief in financial depression! lac of circulation! stagnation! things do not go as we expect and we de"elop fear! a belief in lac of circulation of money. But if we now the law! we do not come under this fear thought. 9t any time many persons ma e money; they use this law and ta e ad"antage of opportunity. 6e should bless e"erything that we ha"e! for we can increase and multiply what we ha"e by spea ing words. Jesus said that (is words were spirit and life. .id you e"er thin that your word is charged with great spiritual life forceB It is. Be careful of your words. 'an shall be held accountable for his lightest word. If you tal about substance in a negati"e way! your finances will be decreased! but if you tal about it in an appreciati"e! large way! you will be prospered.

If we could release the energy in the atoms the scientists tell us about! we could supply the world. 0his power lies within e"ery one of us. 6e can begin by freeing the little ideas we ha"e and ma ing them fill the world with thoughts of plenty. 6e must reali-e that all power is gi"en to us in hea"en and in earth! as Jesus said. (e told (is apostles that they should recei"e power when the (oly /pirit had come upon them. 0hey were told to go up into that upper room! in the crown of the head! where spiritual forces begin the formation of new ideas. 9fter you get into the spiritual consciousness and recei"e the 5uic ening! spea the word with authority and power! concentrating the attention at the power center in the throat. 6e find it effecti"e to spea the words aloud and then sin bac to 8the other side8 G+alileeH! as Jesus often did! to rest and spea them again silently. =ou can send forth this "ibratory energy of /pirit and brea down the inertia caused by thoughts of fear and lac ! car"e out ways! open new a"enues to the demonstration of your good. 0o bring forth these unde"eloped spiritual 5ualities we must belie"e in them. 8For he that cometh to +od must belie"e that he is.8 *ord! eep us from unbelief! from leaning on the things we see! from 7udging according to appearances. =ou can con7ure up in your mind a thousand imaginary things that will seem real to you. 0his shows that the mind creates by forming things according to its ideas. 0he world is awa ening in a wonderful way to the truth about the creati"e power of the mind. :"erywhere people are studying psychology or soul culture. 0he imagination builds things out of the one substance. If you will associate faith with it in its creati"e wor ! the things you ma e will be 7ust as real as those that +od ma es. 6hate"er you ma e in mind and really put faith in will become substantial. 0hen you must be constantly on your guard as to what you belie"e! in order that you may bring what is for your good into manifestation. In what do you ha"e faithB In outer thingsB If so! you are building shadows without substance! shadows that cease as soon as your supporting thought is withdrawn from them! forms that will pass away and lea"e you nothing. If you would demonstrate true prosperity! you must turn from things and! as Jesus told (is disciples! 8ha"e faith in +od.8 .o not ha"e faith in anything less than +od! in anything other than the one 'ind! for when your faith is centered there! you are building for eternity. 'ind and the ideas of 'ind will ne"er pass away. 0here will ne"er be an end to +od. 0here will ne"er be an end to 0ruth! which +od is. 0here will ne"er be an end to substance! which +od is. Build with the di"ine substance! culti"ate faith in realities and 8lay up for yoursel"es treasures in hea"en.8 0he foundation of e"ery wor is an idea. Faith is that 5uality of mind which ma es the idea stand out as real! not only to oursel"es but to others. 6hen others ha"e faith in the

thing you are doing! ma ing! or selling! they see it as real and worth while. 0hen your success and your prosperity are assured. #nly that exists in whose becoming really "isible or "aluable you ha"e great faith. If you say and belie"e! 8I ha"e faith in the substance of +od wor ing in and through me to increase and bring abundance into my world!8 your faith will start to wor mightily in the mind substance and ma e you prosperous. 6hate"er you put into substance along with faith will wor out in manifestation in your world. 6e ha"e seen it done and we ha"e pro"ed the law too many times to ha"e any doubt. 0he /criptures are filled with illustrations of this acti"ity of bringing things to pass through faith in substance. 0he characters of whom we read in the /criptures represent ideas carrying forward their wor in human souls. If we thin that they existed only as people of thousands of years ago! we put our faith bac thousands of years! instead of letting it wor for us this minute in our e"eryday affairs of life. 0o demonstrate as Jesus did we must put our faith in the one substance and say! 8I ha"e faith in +od.8 =ou demonstrate prosperity by an understanding of the prosperity law and by ha"ing faith in it! not by appealing to the sympathy of others! trying to get them to do something for you or gi"e you something. Faithfulness and earnestness in the application of the prosperity law will assure you of success. 8:"ery good gift and e"ery perfect gift is from abo"e! coming down from the Father of lights! with whom can be no "ariation! neither shadow that is cast by turning.8 8In all thy ways ac nowledge him! 9nd he will direct thy paths.8 *et us all now that 7ust now we are in the "ery presence of creati"e 'ind! the 'ind that made the uni"erse and e"erything in it. 0his 'ind is here and at wor right now as much as it e"er was or e"er will be. 6hen we fully reali-e this! we increase the acti"ity of 'ind in us immeasurably. =ou must reali-e that +od is /pirit and that /pirit is "ery real and powerful! and by far the most substantial thing in all the world. It may be hard for those who ha"e become attached to material things to reali-e that there is an in"isible real life and substance that is much more substantial and real than the material. 0he men of science tell us that the in"isible forces ha"e a power that is millions of times more real and substantial than all the material world. 6hen we read statements about some of the recent disco"eries of science! which e"eryone accepts and tal s about! we are truly ama-ed. /uch statements made by religionists would be called

preposterous and unbelie"able. =et religion has been ma ing the same statements in different ways for thousands of years. >ow science is helping religion by pro"ing them. In comparing substance and matter as regards their relati"e reality one scientific writer says that matter is merely a crac in the uni"ersal substance. It is uni"ersal substance that man is handling all the time with his spiritual mind. 0hrough your thoughts you deal with the wonderful spiritual substance! and it ta es form in your consciousness according to your thought about it. 0hat is why we must hold the thought of di"ine wisdom and understanding1 so that we may use these creati"e mind powers righteously. 6e use them all the time either consciously or unconsciously and we should use them to our ad"antage and blessing. :"ery time you say! 8I am a little short of funds!8 8I ha"en't as much money as I need!8 you are putting a limit on the substance in your own consciousness. Is that wisdomB =ou want a larger supply! not a limited supply of substance. 0herefore it is important to watch your thoughts so that the larger supply may come through your mind and into your affairs. /ay to yourself! 8I am +od's offspring! and I must thin as +od thin s. 0herefore I cannot thin of any lac or limitation.8 It is impossible that in this uni"ersal 'ind that fills e"erything there can be any such thing as absence. 0here is no lac of anything anywhere in reality. 0he only lac is the fear of lac in the mind of man. 6e do not need to o"ercome any lac ! but we must o"ercome the fear of lac . 0his fear of lac led men to speculate in order to accumulate substance and ha"e a lot of it stored up. 0his caused a still greater fear of lac in other men! and the situation grew worse and worse until it became generally belie"ed that we must pile up the material symbols of substance for a possible lac in the future. 6e ha"e tried that system and found that it fails us e"ery time. 6e must learn to understand the di"ine law of supply and the original plan! which is that we ha"e each day our daily bread. 0hat is all we really want! 7ust the amount of things we need for today's use! plus the absolute assurance that the supply for tomorrow's needs will be there when tomorrow comes. 0his assurance cannot be found in hoarding or piling up! as we ha"e learned by experience. It can be had if we ha"e faith and understand the truth about omnipresent! always a"ailable substance. 9nything less than today's needs is not enough. 9nything more than we need for today is a burden. *et us start with the fundamental proposition that there is plenty for you and for me and that the substance is here all the time! supplying us with e"ery needful thing! according to our thought and word. In the morning! immediately upon awa ening! ta e a 5uiet meditati"e thought. 9 good foundation statement to hold in the silence is1

8*et the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in 0hy sight! # Jeho"ah! my roc ! and my redeemer.8 0hin of the meaning of these words as you meditate on them. 0he words of your mouth and the thoughts of your heart are now and always molding the spiritual substance and bringing it into manifestation. 0hey will not be acceptable to the *ord unless they bring into manifestation things that are true! lo"ely! and altogether good. 9fter your morning meditation! when you ha"e declared the omnipresence and the allness of the good! recei"e it as true and go forth to the day's acti"ities with faith that all things needful are pro"ided and your good must come. 0he soil and substance omnipresent has many names. Jesus called it the ingdom of the hea"ens. 'oses in +enesis named it the +arden of :den. /cience says it is the ether. 6e li"e in it as fishes li"e in the sea! and it li"es in us and supplies us with all things according to our thoughts. 6hen you start to your wor ! pause a moment and declare1 8I set +od before me this day! to guide and guard! to protect and prosper me.8 #r1 80he /pirit of the *ord goes before me this day and ma es my way successful and prosperous.8 'a e this your proclamation for the day. .ecree it to be so! and the *ord will bring it to pass. .uring the day! if a thought of lac or limitation should for a moment disturb you! banish it at once with the statement1 8Jeho"ah is my shepherd; I shall not want.8 6hen your mind comes around again to the sub7ect of prosperity! reali-e most strongly that your prosperity comes from +od. It came with you from +od! from your contact with +od,'ind in your silence! and your prosperity is right with you where"er you are. /upply may seem to come through outer channels! but your real success depends on your inner hold on the prosperity reali-ation. Be than ful for supply that comes through outer channels! but do not limit +od's gi"ing to any one channel. *oo unto (im and be prospered. /ome Prosperity Prayers I am always pro"ided for because I ha"e faith in 0hee as my omnipresent abundance. I ha"e faith in 0hee as my almighty resource and I trust 0hee to preser"e me in my prosperity. I trust the uni"ersal /pirit of prosperity in all my affairs. I come to +od because I belie"e that (e is and that (e is a rewarder of them that see alter (im.

Lesson Four
Man, the Inlet and Outlet of Divine Mind 0(: P#//://I#>/ of the Father are not in stoc s and bonds but in the di"ine possibilities implanted in the mind and soul of e"ery man. 0hrough the mind of man ideas are brought into being. 0hrough the soul of man +od's wealth of lo"e finds its expression. It is well said that the mind is the crucible in which the ideal is transmuted into the real. 0his process of transformation is the spiritual chemistry we must learn before we are ready to wor intelligently in the great laboratory of the Father's substance. 0here is no lac of material there to form what we will! and we can all draw on it as a resource according to our purpose. 6ealth of consciousness will express itself in wealth of manifestation. #ne who nows Principle has a certain inner security gi"en him by the understanding of +od,'ind. #ur affirmations are for the purpose of establishing in our consciousness a broad understanding of the principles on which all life and existence depend. #ur religion is based on a science in which ideas are related to Principle and to other ideas in a great uni"ersal 'ind that wor s under mental laws. It is not a new religion nor a religious fad but points out the real and the true in any religion. If you now Principle! you are able to now at once whether a religion is founded on facts or has a basis of man,made ideas. In order to demonstrate Principle we must eep establishing oursel"es in certain statements of the law. 0he more often you present to your mind a proposition that is logical and true the stronger becomes that inner feeling of security to you. 0he mind of man is built on 0ruth and the clearer your understanding of 0ruth is the more substantial your mind becomes. 0here is a definite and intimate relation between what we call 0ruth and this uni"ersal substance of Being. 6hen the one 'ind is called into action in your mind by your thin ing about it! it lays hold of the substance by the law of attraction or sympathy of thought. 0hus the more you now about +od the more successful you will be in handling your body and all your affairs. 0he more you now about +od the healthier you will be! and of course the healthier you are the happier! more beautiful! and better you will be in e"ery way. If you now how to ta e hold of the uni"ersal substance and mold it to your uses! you will be prosperous. 'ind substance enters into e"ery little detail of your daily life whether you reali-e the 0ruth or not. (owe"er! to establish yourself in a certain security in the possession and use of uni"ersal life! lo"e!

intelligence! and substance! you must get a consciousness of it by first mentally seeing the 0ruth. 9ll true action is go"erned by law. >othing 7ust happens. 0here are no miracles. 0here is no such thing as luc . >othing comes by chance. 9ll happenings are the result of cause and can be explained under the law of cause and effect. 0his is a teaching that appeals to the innate logic of our mind! yet we sometimes feel li e doubting it when we see things happen that ha"e no apparent cause. 0hese happenings that seem miraculous are controlled by laws that we ha"e not yet learned and result from causes that we ha"e not been able to understand. 'an does not demonstrate according to the law but according to his nowledge of the law! and that is why we must see to learn more of it. +od is law and +od is changeless. If we would bring forth the perfect creation! we must conform to law and unfold in our mind! body! and affairs as a flower unfolds by the principle of innate life! intelligence! and substance. 0he &nited /tates Congress establishes laws that rule the acts of all 9merican citi-ens. 0hose who eep the laws are rewarded by the protection of the law. Congress does not see to it that men obey the laws. 0hat is left to the executi"e department of the go"ernment. 0he same thing is true of the uni"ersal law. +od has ordained the law but does not compel us to follow it. 6e ha"e free will! and the manner of our doing is left entirely to us. 6hen we now the law and wor with it! we are rewarded by its protection and use it to our good. If we brea the uni"ersal law! we suffer limitations! 7ust as a con"icted lawbrea er is limited to a cell or prison. 0he (oly /pirit is the executi"e official through whom .i"ine 'ind enforces its laws. =ou can see from this consideration that +od has bestowed the power of .i"ine 'ind on e"ery man. =ou are using your organism! body! mind! and soul! to carry out a law that +od established as a guide for all creation. If you righteously fulfill this mission! you cannot fail to get the righteous results. If you fail to li"e in accordance with the law , well! that is your affair. +od cannot help it if you are not following the law and by it demonstrating health! happiness! prosperity! and all good. Blac stone said that law is a rule of action. /o with +od's law1 if you follow the rules of action! you will demonstrate 0ruth. =ou will ha"e all that +od has prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 6hat are the rules of the lawB First! +od is good and all (is creations are good. 6hen you get that firmly fixed in your mind! you are bound to demonstrate good and nothing but good can come into your world. If you let in the thought that there is such a thing as e"il and that you are as liable to e"il as to good! then you may ha"e conditions that conform to your idea of e"il. But remember! e"il and e"il conditions are not recogni-ed by .i"ine 'ind. If you ha"e thought of e"il as a reality or as ha"ing any power o"er you! change your thought at once and begin to build up good brain cells that ne"er heard about anything but good. Pray thus1 I am a child of the absolute good. +od is good! and I

am good. :"erything that comes into my life is good! and I am going to ha"e only the good. :stablish this consciousness and only the good will be attracted to you and your life will be a perpetual 7oy. I cannot tell you why this is true but I now that it is and that you can pro"e it for yourself to your satisfaction. If you will start right now with the idea of uni"ersal and eternal goodness uppermost in your mind! tal only about the good! and see with the mind's eye e"erything and e"erybody as good! then you will soon be demonstrating all inds of good. +ood thoughts will become a habit! and good will manifest itself to you. =ou will see it e"erywhere. 9nd people will be saying of you! 8I now that that man is good and true. I ha"e confidence in him. (e ma es me feel the innate goodness of all men.8 0hat is the way in which the one 'ind expresses itself through man. It is the law. 0hose who li"e in accordance with the law will get the desired results. 0hose who fail to do so will get the opposite results. 0he law also applies to our demonstrations of prosperity. 6e cannot be "ery happy if we are poor! and nobody needs to be poor. It is a sin to be poor. =ou may as whether Jesus cited any example of po"erty's being a sinB =es. =ou will find it in the story of the prodigal son. 0hat is often used as a text to preach to moral sinners! but a close study of it shows that Jesus was teaching the sin of lac and how to gain plenty. It is a wonderful prosperity lesson. 0he prodigal son too his inheritance and went into a far country! where he spent it in riotous li"ing and came to want. 6hen he returned to his father's house he was not accused of moral shortcoming! as we should expect. Instead the father said! 8Bring forth 5uic ly the best robe and put it on him.8 0hat was a lesson in good apparel. It is a sin to wear poor clothes. 0his may seem to some to be rather a sordid way of loo ing at the teaching of Jesus! but we must be honest. 6e must interpret it as (e ga"e it! not as we thin it ought to be. 0he next act of the father was to put a gold ring on the prodigal's finger! another e"idence of prosperity. 0he Father's desire for us is unlimited good! not merely the means of a meager existence. 0he ring symboli-es the unlimited! that to which there is no end. It also represents omnipresence and omnipotence in the manifest world. 6hen the father ga"e that ring to the son! he ga"e him the ey to all life acti"ity. It was the symbol of his being a son and heir to all that the father had. 89ll that is mine is thine.8 0he Father gi"es us all that (e has and is! omnipotence! omniscience! all lo"e! and all substance when we return to the consciousness of (is house of plenty. 8Put ... shoes on his feet8 was the father's next command to the ser"ants. Feet represent that part of our understanding that comes into contact with earthly conditions. In the head or 8upper room8 we ha"e the understanding that contacts spiritual conditions! but

when we read in /cripture anything about the feet! we may now that it refers to our understanding of things of the material world. 0he next thing the father did for his returned son was to proclaim a feast for him. 0hat is not the way we treat moral sinners. 6e decree punishment for them; we send them to 7ail. But the Father gi"es a feast to those who come to (im for supply. (e does not dole out only a necessary ration but ser"es the 8fatted calf!8 uni"ersal substance and life in its fullness and richness. 0he parable is a great lesson on prosperity! for it shows us that people who are dissipating their substance in sense ways are sinners and e"entually fall into a consciousness of lac . It also pro"es that they may become lawful and prosperous again by returning to the Father,'ind. 6hen there are so many lessons in the Bible for moral delin5uents! there is no need to twist the meaning of this parable to that purpose. It is so plainly a lesson on the cause of lac and want. Jesus expressly states that the youth wasted his substance in a 8far country!8 a place where the di"ine law of plenty was not reali-ed. 0here is a "ery close relation between riotous li"ing and want. Persons who waste their substance in sensation come to want in both physical and financial ways. If we would ma e the right use of the di"ine substance and the di"ine law! we must come bac to the consciousness of the Father and conser"e our body substance. 0hen health and prosperity will become naturally manifest. If we are not resourceful or secure in our use of the one di"ine substance! we are not secure in anything. /ubstance is a "ery important thing in our world! in fact the foundation of it. 0herefore we should be secure in our understanding of it and use it according to +od's law. 0hen let us enter into the "ery 0ruth of Being and obser"e the di"ine law. *et us reali-e that our Father is always here and that we are in a 8far country8 only when we forget (is presence. (e is constantly gi"ing us 7ust what we will ac nowledge and accept under (is law. 6e can ta e our inheritance and di"orce oursel"es in consciousness from the Father! but we shall suffer the results! for then we shall not do things in di"ine wisdom and di"ine order! and there will be a 8famine8 in that land. *et us rather see the di"ine wisdom to now how to handle our substance and the law of prosperity will be re"ealed to us. 0o come into this reali-ation! declare with faith and all assurance1 0he all, pro"iding 'ind is my resource! and I am secure in my prosperity. Primiti"e men did not contend for the products of nature so long as they could easily pic the fruits from the trees and sleep beneath the branches. 6hen they began to li"e in ca"es contention arose o"er the best places! and the strongest were usually the "ictors. 8/uccess leads to success.8 0hose who were able to ta e the best did so and pro"ed the law that 8whosoe"er hath! to him shall be gi"en! and he shall ha"e abundance.8 0his seems at first thought to be an un7ust law! but it has always pre"ailed in the affairs of the world. Jesus! the greatest of metaphysicians! taught it as a di"ine law and ga"e it (is

commendation. (e could not ha"e done otherwise! for it is a righteous law that man shall ha"e what he earns! that industry! effort! and ability be rewarded and la-iness discouraged. 0his law operates in e"ery department of being. 0hose who see the things that the material realm has to offer usually find them. 0hose who stri"e for moral excellence usually attain that goal. 0hose who aspire to spiritual rewards are also rewarded. 0he law is that we get what we want and wor for! and all experience and history ha"e pro"ed it a good law. If this law were remo"ed! world progress would cease and the race become extinct. 6here there is no reward for effort! there will be no effort and society will degenerate. 6e may tal wisely about the inner urge! but when it has no outer field of action it e"entually becomes discouraged and ceases to act. 6hen men e"ol"e spiritually to a certain degree! they open up inner faculties that connect them with cosmic 'ind! and attain results that are sometimes so startling that they seem to be miracle wor ers. 6hat seems miraculous is the action of forces on planes of consciousness not pre"iously understood. 6hen a man releases the powers of his soul! he does mar"els in the sight of the material,minded! but he has not departed from the law. (e is merely functioning in a consciousness that has been sporadically manifested by great men in all ages. 'an is greater than all the other creations of +od, 'ind because he has the ability to percei"e and to lay hold of the ideas inherent in +od, 'ind and through faith bring them into manifestation. 0hus e"olution proceeds by man's laying hold of primal spiritual ideas and expressing them in and through his consciousness. In the exercise of his I 9' identity man needs to de"elop certain stabili-ing ideas. #ne of them is continuity or loyalty to 0ruth. In the /criptures and in life we ha"e many examples of how lo"e stic s to the thing on which it has set its mind. >othing so tends to stabili-e and unify all the other faculties of mind as lo"e. 0hat is why Jesus ga"e as the greatest commandment that we lo"e +od. 6hen you first begin to thin of +od as e"erywhere present substance! your mind will not adhere continuously to the idea. =ou will drop your attention after a while and thin ! 8I ha"en't enough to meet all our bills.8 0here you ha"e made a brea and ha"e lost momentum in your ongoing! and you must patch it up 5uic ly. 9ffirm! 8I am not going to be led astray. 0he old ideas are error and they are nothing. 0hey ha"e no power o"er me. I am going to stic to this proposition. +od is lo"e! the substance of my supply.8 )uth! the 'oabitish woman! became so attached to >aomi Gspiritual thoughtH that she would not lea"e her but accompanied her bac to Palestine. /he was loyal and steadfast because of her lo"e. 6hat was the result of her stic ,to,iti"enessB /he was at first a gleaner; then became the wife of a "ery rich man and was immortali-ed as one of the

ancestresses of .a"id. 0his lesson of abiding in our highest ideals is one that we must understand. >othing is so important as stic ing to the ideal and ne"er gi"ing up the wor we ha"e set out to accomplish. 9ffirm the law continuously and be loyal to it and you will become successful in its demonstration. =ou ha"e doubtless found that there is a spiritual law that brings into manifestation the thoughts we concentrate our attention on! a di"ine uni"ersal law of mind acti"ity that is unfailing. /ome ad"erse condition of your own thought has pre"ented a full demonstration. .o not let this swer"e you from your loyalty to the law. =ou may seem to attain results "ery slowly! but that is the best reason for stic ing closely to your ideal and not changing your mind. Be loyal to Principle and the ad"erse condition will brea up. 0hen the true light will come and the in"isible substance you ha"e been faithfully affirming will begin to re"eal itself to you in all its fullness of good. Jesus stressed the idea that +od has made abundant pro"ision for all (is children! e"en to the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. 0he *ord has clothed you with soul substance as gloriously as (e did /olomon. But you must ha"e faith in this all,pro"iding substance of good and by your continuity of imagination set it to forming the things you desire. If you are persistent in wor ing this idea in your conscious mind! it will e"entually drop down into your subconscious mind and continue to wor there where things ta e form and become manifest. In"isible substance! when your subconsciousness becomes filled with it to the o"erflowing point! will oo-e out! as it were! into all your affairs. =ou will become more prosperous and successful so gradually! simply! and naturally that you will not reali-e that it deri"es from a di"ine source and in answer to your prayers. 6e must reali-e all the while howe"er that whate"er we put as seed into the subconscious soil will e"entually bring forth after its ind and we must exercise the greatest caution so that we do not thin or tal about insufficiency or allow others to tal to us about it. 9s we sow in mind so shall we reap in manifestation. /ome of our well,meaning friends ha"e a way of loading us up with 8hard,times8 ideas that disperse this prosperity substance that we ha"e accumulated. /ometimes e"en one ad"erse thought will cause it to escape; then we must go bac and patch up the bro en reser"oir of substance thin ing. 6e ha"e to hold it in our mind in all its fullness and we should not let go of it for a minute lest the wor of demonstration be delayed. 6hen you retire at night! let your last thought be about the abundance of spiritual substance. /ee it filling all the house and the minds of all the people in the house. 0hat potent thought will then sin into your subconsciousness and continue to wor whether you are asleep or awa e. 0he law of supply is a di"ine law. 0his means that it is a law of mind and must wor through mind. +od will not go to the grocery and bring food to your table. But when you continue to thin about +od as your real supply! e"erything in your mind begins to

awa en and to contact the di"ine substance! and as you mold it in your consciousness! ideas begin to come which will connect you with the "isible manifestation. =ou first get the ideas in consciousness direct from their di"ine source! and then you begin to demonstrate in the outer. It is an exact law and it is scientific and unfailing. 8First the blade! then the ear! then the full grain in the ear.8 6hen you wor in harmony with this uni"ersal law! e"ery needed thing is abundantly supplied. =our part is simply to fulfill the law; that is! to eep your mind filled with mind substance! to store up spiritual substance until the mind is filled with it and it cannot help but manifest in your affairs in obedience to the law 86hosoe"er hath! to him shall be gi"en.8 But you are not fulfilling the law when you allow po"erty,stric en thoughts to dwell in your mind. 0hey draw other li e thoughts! and your consciousness will ha"e no room for the truth that prosperity is for you. Po"erty or prosperity! it all depends on you. 9ll that the Father has is yours! but you alone are responsible for the relationship of the Father's good to your life. 0hrough conscious recognition of your oneness with the Father and (is abundance you draw the li"ing substance into "isible supply. .o not hesitate to thin that prosperity is for you. .o not feel unworthy. Banish all thoughts of being a martyr to po"erty. >o one en7oys po"erty! but some people seem to en7oy the sympathy and compassion they can excite because of it. #"ercome any leaning in that direction and e"ery belief that you were meant to be poor. >o one is e"er hopeless until he is resigned to his imagined fate. 0hin prosperity! tal prosperity! not in general but in specific terms! not as something for the other fellow but as your "ery own right. .eny e"ery appearance of failure. /tand by your guns and affirm supply! support! and success in the "ery face of 5uestion and doubt! then gi"e than s for plenty in all your affairs! nowing for a certainty that your good is now being fulfilled in /pirit! in mind! and in manifestation. 9 Prosperity 0reatment 0wenty,0hird Psalm G)e"isedH 0he *ord is my ban er; my credit is good. (e ma eth me to lie down in the consciousness of omnipresent abundance; (e gi"eth me the ey to (is strongbox. (e restoreth my faith in (is riches;

(e guideth me in the paths of prosperity for (is name's sa e. =ea! though I wal in the "ery shadow of debt! I shall fear no e"il! for 0hou art with me; 0hy sil"er and 0hy gold! they secure me. 0hou preparest a way for me in the presence of the collector; 0hou fillest my wallet with plenty; my measure runneth o"er. /urely goodness and plenty will follow me all the days of my life! 9nd I shall do business in the name of the *ord fore"er.

Lesson Five
he !a" hat #overns the Manifestation of Supply I0 I/ /9F: to say that all men are stri"ing to fulfill the law of their being! but few ha"e understood the law. 0he law is one of the most important things we can study! because only as we come to understand it and in proportion as we understand it can we comply with its re5uirements and demonstrate our di"ine possibilities through it. In reading the /criptures we gradually raise our consciousness of them as mere history and begin to apprehend them as setting forth the principle or law of life. 6e find the great Bible characters fitting into the pattern of our own consciousness! where they represent ideas. 0his ma es the Bible a di"ine Boo of *ife rather than merely the history of a people. 0he idea of the law is symboli-ed by 'oses. In our indi"idual consciousness he is denial! the negati"e side of the law that precedes its affirmati"e expression. 'oses ga"e the law as 80hou shalt not.8 Jesus represents the law in its affirmati"e expression 80hou shalt lo"e the *ord thy +od.8 'oses could not go into the Promised *and! the four,dimensional state of consciousness! for there can be no negation there. Joshua! whose name has the same meaning as that of Jesus! entered the Promised *and and opened the way for the Children of Israel. (e represents the first step in mind toward that full consciousness of the omnipresence and omnipotence of +od that was attained in Jesus. 'oses was the lawgi"er! and Jesus was! in (is own words! the fulfillment of the law. 6e must begin to see this four,dimensional world within! with its innate capacity for all things. :"erything is right here! all that e"er was or e"er could be! simply waiting to be brought forth into manifestation. 0he *ord has prepared a great feast and in"ited all of us to it! 7ust as Jesus explained in parable. 6e ha"e right here within and all around us this substance ready for our appropriation or eating. :ating is the outer symbol of mental appropriation. 6e begin to brea bread by brea ing the substance of mind! e"erywhere abundantly pro"ided. 6e ha"e disco"ered that there is within us a life force that can be 5uic ened into greater acti"ity by thin ing. :"eryone has at some time demonstrated that he could o"ercome the negati"e condition of wea ness by holding the thought of strength. /ometimes the strength follows the thought immediately! sometimes the thought must be persistently held for days or wee s. In demonstrating the law of e"er,present abundance we should and do expect the same results. If the demonstration seems slow in coming! patience and persistence will win. 0hat may be because the po"erty consciousness has a tenacious

hold and ta es effort to be got rid of. 0here is a law that go"erns the manifestation of supply! and we may learn that law and apply it by mental determination and faith in the logical se5uences of spiritual realities. 6e ha"e thought that the laws of +od were mysterious and sacred! far remo"ed from the ordinary indi"idual! and that we had better try first to learn the laws of food! of medicine! of a thousand other secondary things. 9 strict metaphysician loo s on all these temporal laws as secondary to the one law of +od. 0hat one law! we are told! is to be written in our heart! our inward parts. 0hen there is something within us that naturally responds to the law of +od. If we accept this as true! that we now the one law by an inner intelligence and that all other laws are secondary to it! we are in a position to get results! to demonstrate prosperity. In the natural world about us we see that e"erything is go"erned by law. 6e are told that the whole animal ingdom is guided by instinct. 'any theories ha"e been ad"anced to explain instinct in terms of material thought. /ome philosophers ha"e stated that it is something handed down from one generation to the next! incorporated in germ cells. 6hether this is true or not! there is e"ery e"idence that there is a law either in or around the cells that controls their formation and duplicates the pattern laid down ages ago in 'other :"e and Father 9dam. 0his is the law written in our inward parts! which is not a figure of speech but a recogni-ed fact. 6e must loo within for the law and not without. 0he laws we find in the outer are the secondary laws. 0he infinite! creati"e 'ind has gi"en to e"ery one of us a ey to the wor ings of this unfailing inner law. It is that e"erything we touch mentally or physically represents substance and that it is limited only by oursel"es in our thought capacity. 6e cannot as +od for more substance! for the uni"erse is full of it. 6e can and should as for understanding to lay hold of it with our mind; that is! for an increase in our capacity. Bac of the substance is the substance idea! and man is related to the cause side of this idea through his oneness with +od. =ou may thin that you could li"e better and do more good if you had lots of money. 0hings would not be a bit better with you if you had a million dollars! unless you also had the understanding to use it for the good of yourself and others. 6ould you gi"e a child a million dollars to go buy candy and ice cream for himselfB 6e must e"ol"e with our possessions until we get the ability to handle them. 0hen the law is fulfilled. 0he supply unfolds at the same rate as the need or ability to use substance is de"eloped. *et us reali-e this law of unfolding substance and get busy to fulfill it in oursel"es by de"eloping our understanding and appreciation of it. 6e should pray for 7ust as much each day as we need or can handle. 8+i"e us this day our daily bread8 is a prayer that conforms to the di"ine law and answers itself. Infinite 'ind has a lawful way for pro"iding its children with supply for all their needs. >othing is left to chance. +od feeds the birds of the air and clothes the lilies of the field!

and (e will feed and clothe us unless we ma e it impossible by our refusal to accept (is bounty. Paul said that the fulfilling of the law is lo"e. 0hat is exactly what we must do! lo"e the *ord and lo"e our neighbor as oursel"es! and lo"e our wor . 0he law is there! in our inward parts! in our "ery heart. 6e now what to do. 6e don't ha"e to pray or beg for +od to gi"e us anything. 9ll we need do is to meditate 5uietly and affirm the presence and power of the great +i"er of all! and then accept the gifts. 0o be true to the law is to stop loo ing to the without and to loo within for supply. *oo ing to the within means fixing the mind on +od as an e"er,present /pirit that is also substance and power. 6rapped up within each of us is a great richness of thoughts. 0hese thoughts are prisoners in the subconsciousness only waiting to be set free to go to wor for us. 0hey are waiting for the coming of the /on of +od! who releases the prisoners and sets the capti"es free. 0his /on is now see ing expression in you; is you. )elease your rich thoughts! set free your innate powers! and ta e from the rich substance of the Father what you will. 0hrough faith in the o"ercoming power of Jesus Christ! the sense mind will be o"ercome and the spiritual mind brought into control of your life and affairs. 0he sense mind is filled with lac s and limitations; the spiritual mind nows only limitless abundance. =ou are lin ed with the uni"ersal spiritual mind through the Christ 'ind. It is through the Christ 'ind that all things come to you; it is the channel to the all,mind of the Father. 'a e the unity of wholeness with the Christ 'ind. (old that you are master with the 'aster! one with the all,pro"iding substance and that your prosperity runneth o"er. 9s you begin this process of unifying yourself consciously with the inner life and substance! it will begin to well up within you and to o"erflow into your affairs! so that you will be prosperous. )emain true to this inner life no matter what the outer appearance may be! and you cannot help but bring the good things of life into manifestation. 9ll manifest substance flows from a realm of light wa"es! according to the findings of modern physical science. James says! 8:"ery good gift and e"ery perfect gift is from abo"e! coming down from the Father of lights.8 0his is an exact statement of a scientific law! e"en to the use of the plural form of the word 8lights!8 for as science states! one or more light particles! electrons! form the atom that is the basis of all material manifestation. +od ideas then are the source of all that appears. 9ccept this as an absolute truth! an all,producti"e truth! and consciously connect your mind with the Father,'ind. 0hen you will begin to reali-e a ne"er,failing prosperity that comes from Being itself. 0he +erman philosopher and poet +oethe says! 80he highest and most excellent thing in man is formless! and we should guard against gi"ing it shape in anything less than noble dress.8 0his is a recognition of the truth that man has the capacity within himself to gi"e form to the formless substance. Jesus expressed the law by saying! 86hatsoe"er thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in hea"en; and whatsoe"er thou shalt loose on earth

shall be loosed in hea"en.8 0his hea"en is the realm of pure ideas in 'ind. 6e are constantly incorporating these ideas into our mind and gi"ing them form and shape according to our loyalty to 0ruth. 0o e"ery metaphysician this is a "ery important and "ery delicate process! because it is through this that we de"elop our soul. 0his soul de"elopment is often compared to the de"elopment of a photographic plate. 0he light puts the image on the sensiti"e plate in the first place! or as James says! it is a gift from 8the Father of lights.8 0here is then an image on the plate! but it is in"isible and unmanifest until it goes through a de"eloping process. Infinite 'ind has imaged all its attributes in the soul of e"ery man. But man must de"elop this image into the clear picture! and much of that wor must be done in the dar with perfect faith in the law of manifestation. 0he photographer wor s in the dar room! putting the plate through many processes. /ometimes the de"eloper may ma e an error in some of the operations and the plate will come out with an imperfect image. /o the human manifestation sometimes seems distorted! but the image of perfection imprinted by creati"e 'ind is there. 0his perfect image is 8Christ in you! the hope of glory.8 #ur body and affairs are first proofs of the de"elopment of the picture! but floating in our mind are the higher ideas! the real image to be de"eloped. #ur mind is engaged more or less in a chemical process. It is hard to find a line of demarcation between physical and mental chemistry! for they follow the same law. (owe"er what has been imaged can be brought out by the proper method of de"elopment. 6hate"er you image yourself as doing! you can do. In our human understanding we ha"e di"orced this imaging power of the mind from the executi"e power. >ow let us bring them together and unify them! for when imagination and will wor together all things are possible to man. 0he will is symboli-ed in /cripture by the ing. <ing /olomon was probably the world's richest man! and in so far as the world is concerned he was a great success. (e demonstrated prosperity. (e did not as +od for riches. *et us note that carefully. (e as ed +od for wisdom! for ideas. +od is mind and (is gifts are not material but spiritual! not things but ideas. /olomon as ed for and recei"ed the ideas and then de"eloped them himself. Because he was wise all the world came to his court see ing wisdom and bringing riches in exchange for it. 0he <ing of 0yre brought the material he needed to build the 0emple. 0he ?ueen of /heba brought him great 5uantities of gold. From this we should get our cue1 as +od for rich ideas GsubstanceH and then put them to wor in our affairs. .o not hesitate to use the di"ine ideas that come to you! but do not forget their source or foundation. 0here are many people who are "ery acti"e executi"es. 0he moment they get an idea they ma e use of it! but oftentimes they do not get far! because they forget the foundation on which such ideas rest and from which we must start to build. 6ith a

foundation of 0ruth! of spiritual ideas and substance we can build an enduring structure of prosperity. It will not be based on a false premise. It will stand when the rains descend and the floods come and the winds blow and beat upon it. 6e do not desire prosperity today and po"erty tomorrow. 6e should see for the steady! day,by,day reali-ation of abundant supply. Jesus understood and used this law of forming the formless substance by the power of imagination and will. 6hen the woman touched the hem of (is garment! some of this substance! of which (e was "i"idly conscious! flowed from (im and healed her. (e immediately remar ed that someone had touched (im. 'any had touched (im in the throng and no substance had left (is body from those contacts! but the woman of faith was open to recei"e the healing substance and consciously appropriate it. 0his pro"ed her faith! and Jesus told her to be of good cheer! for her faith had made her whole. 0he same substance was a"ailable to others who crowded against (im! but only the one who recogni-ed it and laid hold of it recei"ed. :"en so you and I shall recei"e no benefit! although substance is e"erywhere around us and in us! unless we recogni-e its presence by faith and lay hold of it by the hem of its garment Gouter expressionH. Jesus recogni-ed the omnipresence of substance when (e laid hold of it to multiply the loa"es and the fishes. (e dwelt in a consciousness of it at all times. #nce (e told the apostles when they as ed (im to eat! 8I ha"e meat to eat that ye now not of.8 (e built this di"ine substance into (is body! cell by cell! replacing the mortal flesh with the spiritual substance! until (is whole body was immortali-ed. (e demonstrated it and told us how it was done. (e said! 8(e that belie"eth on me! the wor s that I do shall he do also; and greater wor s than these shall he do.8 0hen why are so many people poor! distressed! ill! or troubledB 0here is a way! a law! and a wisdom to apply the law! and there is an abundance of substance waiting to be formed by each of us into whatsoe"er we will! when we apply that law as a son of +od. 0here is an inherent faculty that instincti"ely lays hold of what it calls its own. :"en little children li e to ha"e their own toys and to eep them separate from those of other children. 0here is nothing to be condemned in this! for it is the natural outwor ing of a di"ine law. It pro"es that we now! somewhere in our deepest being! that we ha"e been pro"ided for from the foundation of the world and are entitled to our own portion without 5uestion. 0he power of the mind to draw to us those things to which we are di"inely entitled is a power that can be culti"ated and should be. 6e are now on the "erge of a new state of mind in matters financial. *et us do away with the erroneous idea that men must be poor to be righteous. 'oney is man's instrument! not his master. 'oney was made for man! not man for money. #nly those who put money abo"e man and gi"e it power in their minds by worshiping it! are the 8rich8 men to whom Jesus referred in (is story about the camel and the needle's eye. It

is not money that controls men! but the ideas they ha"e about money. Ideas of po"erty are 7ust as powerful to ensla"e men as are ideas of wealth. :"ery man should be taught how to handle ideas! rather than money! so that they ser"e him rather than ha"e dominion o"er him. /ome physical scientists are telling us that the time is near when men will manufacture from the ether! right at hand! e"erything that they need or desire. 'an will not ha"e to wait for seedtime and har"est when he learns to use the power of his mind. 6hen we ha"e that consciousness in which our ideas are tangible! all our demands will be 5uic ly fulfilled by the higher law. 0hrow into your ideas all the life and power of your concentrated thought! and they will be clothed with reality. 6hen Jesus went into the wilderness of (is GthenH untried mental powers (e was tempted to turn stones into bread. 6e all ha"e had this temptation! and most of us ha"e succumbed to it. 6e get our bread out of material things GstonesH instead of out of the words that proceed from the mouth of +od. It is the word! the idea! that feeds the soul of man. 0hat is admitted. But we must reali-e that it is the word! the idea! that feeds the body and the affairs of man also! for unless the word is recogni-ed and appropriated! there is a lac of the true substance and there is no satisfaction in the food. Fortunately the 8Father noweth that we ha"e need of all these things!8 and in (is compassion and mercy (e feeds us with the substance e"en while we still try to assimilate the stones. If we would see first the ingdom of +od! the substance! the 8things8 would be added and we should consciously en7oy the fullness of li"ing! the abundant life of Jesus Christ. 0here is a uni"ersal law of increase. It is not confined to ban accounts but operates on e"ery plane of manifestation. 0he conscious co,operation of man is necessary to the fullest results in the wor ing of this law. =ou must use your talent! whate"er it may be! in order to increase it. (a"e faith in the law. .o not reason too much but forge ahead in faith and boldness. If you let yourself thin of any person or any outer condition as hindering your increase! this becomes a hindrance to you! for you ha"e applied the law of increase to it. Fear of it may cause you to become timid and bury your talent! which defeats the law. <eep your eyes on the abundant inner reality and do not let the outer appearance cause you to falter. .o not gi"e too close study to yourself or your present condition. 0o dwell in mind upon your seeming limitations only prolongs their stay and ma es your progress slow. 9 child loses sight of e"erything but his increase in si-e. 0he boy sees himself as a larger boy! e"en as a man. It is the childli e mind that finds the ingdom. 0hen loo ahead to the perfect man you are to be in the /pirit and behold yourself as the belo"ed son in whom the Father is well pleased. +od gi"es the increase! we are told in the /cripture. 0his is to be remembered! for we so

often thin that increase is the result of our personal efforts. Increase comes by the operation of a uni"ersal law! and our part is to eep that law. &se the talent of life! and it will expand wonderfully. =ou do this by tal ing about life! praising it! and gi"ing +od than s for it. 9ct as though you were ali"e and glad to be ali"e and you will gain a new reali-ation of life! an increase in life itself. >e"er allow yourself to come under the control of the 8I can't8 man. (e belie"es in limitations! wraps his talent in them! and hides it away in the negati"e earth! and no increase is possible to him. Be positi"e in /pirit and you will succeed. 9ll the negati"e talents that are buried away in the depths of material thought can be resurrected by /pirit and made positi"e! put to the right use! contributing to the increase of your good. 9ppetite and passion! which are decreasing and destructi"e in the material can be made increasing and constructi"e when directed to the things of /pirit. 8Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness1 for they shall be filled.8 If there is any lac apparent in man's world it is because the re5uirements of the law of manifestation ha"e not been met. 0his law is based on mind and its operation through thoughts and words. 0he ey to the operation of mind is symbolically set forth in the +enesis account of the six days of creation. 'an's mind goes through the identical steps in bringing an idea into manifestation. Between the perception of an idea and its manifestation there are six definite! positi"e mo"ements! followed by a Gse"enthH 8day8 of rest! in which the mind relaxes and sees its wor in process of fulfillment. In bringing forth a manifestation of +od's abundant supply! ta e the first step by saying! 8*et there be light8; that is! let there be understanding. =ou must ha"e a clear perception of the principle bac of the proposition 8+od will pro"ide.8 0he one uni"ersal! eternal! substance of +od! which is the source of all! must be discerned and relied on! while dependence on material things must be eliminated from thought. /o long as you depend on money alone you are worshiping a false god and ha"e not discerned the light. =ou must first enter into the understanding that +od! omnipresent! omnipotent! and omniscient! is the source and that you can draw on this source without limit. If you ha"e established that light! you ha"e begun your demonstration and can go to the second step. 9 8firmament8 must be established; that is! a firm place in the mind! a di"iding of the true from the apparent. 0his is done through affirmation. 9s you affirm +od as your supply and support! your words will in due season become substance to you! the substance of faith. 0he third step is the forming of this substance into tangibility. 8*et the dry land appear.8 #ut of the omnipresent substance your mind forms whate"er it wants by the power of imagination. If it is food you need! see yourself as bountifully supplied with food. If you ha"e already ta en the other steps! you can picture in mind the things you desire and bring them into your manifest world. If the other steps of understanding and faith ha"e

not been ta en first! there will of course be no demonstration! for abo"e all the creati"e law is orderly and wor s by progressi"e steps. 'any people ha"e tried to demonstrate by "isuali-ing and concentrating and ha"e failed because they ha"e put the third step first. 0hey ha"e not de"eloped understanding or faith. If you wor according to the law! conforming to its orderly operation as re"ealed in the degrees of creation! you cannot fail! because when you ha"e fulfilled the law you ha"e found the ingdom. Jesus recogni-ed order as a fundamental factor in the law of increase. 6hen (e fed the multitude (e made them sit down in companies. If you study the story carefully you will see that there was a great deal of preliminary preparation before the demonstration was made. 0here was a recognition of the seed ideas! the loa"es and fishes carried by the small boy. 0here was a prayer of than s for that supply and then it was blessed. 9ll this preceded the actual appearing and appropriation of the supply. :"ery demonstration is based on the same law of increase and goes through the same orderly steps. Pray! but let your prayer be affirmati"e! for that is the prayer of faith. 9 begging prayer filled with ifs is a prayer of doubt. <eep praying until affirmations become a habit of mind. 0he race thought of lac must be penetrated and so charged with the truth of +od's omnipresent abundance that all consciousness of lac and po"erty disappears from the face of the earth. 0he more we trust to the simplicity and infallibility of the law the better will be our indi"idual demonstration and the more we shall contribute to the transformation of the race thought that causes lac and famine. 0hose who ma e the greatest spiritual demonstrations are not the wise of the world but the obedient children of the law on the bosom of infinite lo"e. /ee what you need as already manifest and as yours. .o not put it off to some uncertain future time. +od wants you to ha"e it now. )emember always +od's omnipresence! and if doubts come in! do not entertain them. /ay1 8I trust #mnipotence.8 8I refuse to be anxious about tomorrow or e"en the next minute. I now that +od does pro"ide for the fulfillment of (is di"ine idea! and I am that di"ine idea.8 0his di"ine idea is the son! the perfect man! the Christ! brought forth on the sixth day. If you would ha"e your inheritance! you must not omit this sixth,day reali-ation. +od expresses (imself as man and wor s through man to bring perfection into expression. 0o gi"e up all anxiety and trust in the *ord does not mean to sit down and do nothing. 8'y Father wor eth e"en until now! and I wor .8 6e are to wor as +od wor s; to wor with +od! as a son follows the occupation of his father. 6e are to form what +od has created. In the Est chapter of +enesis we see how the Father wor s. 0he "arious steps in (is method are clearly pointed out! and we shall ha"e results only as we faithfully follow them. /ome people thin of prosperity as something separate from their spiritual experience!

8outside the pale8 of religion. 0hey li"e in two worlds1 in one for six days of the wee when man runs things! and in the other on the se"enth day when +od is gi"en a chance to show what (e can do. It is personality's demonstration when people find themsel"es complaining of hard times and depression! but it is not the way to demonstrate +od in the fullness of all things. .o all things to the glory of +od se"en days a wee rather than one. 0a e +od into all your affairs. &se this thought in the silence and bring +od and (is law of prosperity into your affairs1 I trust 0hy uni"ersal law of prosperity in all my affairs.

Lesson Six
$ealth of Mind %&presses Itself in 'iches P)#/P:)I0=! according to 6ebster! is an ad"ance or gain in anything good or desirable! successful progress toward! or attainment of a desired ob7ect. Prosperity does not mean the same thing to any two persons. 0o the wage earner an increase of a few dollars in the wee ly income may seem li e wonderful prosperity! for it means an increase in the comfort and welfare of his family. 0he man who engages in "ast enterprises rec ons prosperity in larger terms! and does not consider himself prosperous unless things are coming to him in a big way. Between these extremes are many ideas of prosperity! which shows 5uite plainly that prosperity is not in the possession of things but in the recognition of supply and in the nowledge of free and open access to an inexhaustible storehouse of all that is good or desirable. In the great 'ind of +od there is no thought of lac ! and such a thought has no rightful place in your mind. It is your birthright to be prosperous! regardless of who you are or where you may be. Jesus said to all men! 8/ee ye first his ingdom! and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.8 0his does not mean that if you belong to a certain church you will be prospered! for 8righteousness8 is not conforming to some particular religious belief but to the law of right thin ing! regardless of creed! dogma! or religious form. +et into the prosperity thought and you will demonstrate prosperity. Culti"ate the habit of thin ing about abundance e"erywhere present! not only in the forms of imagination but in forms without. Jesus did not ma e a separation between the two as though they were at enmity. (e said! 8)ender therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto +od the things that are +od's.8 Put things in their right relation! the spiritual first and the material following! each where it belongs! and render to each its own. )eali-e first of all that prosperity is not wholly a matter of capital or en"ironment but a condition brought about by certain ideas that ha"e been allowed to rule in the consciousness. 6hen these ideas are changed the conditions are changed in spite of en"ironment and all appearances! which must also change to conform to the new ideas. People who come into riches suddenly without building up a consciousness of prosperity soon part from their money. 0hose who are born and bred to riches usually ha"e plenty all their life e"en though they ne"er ma e the effort to earn a dollar for themsel"es. 0his is because the ideas of plenty are so interwo"en into their thought atmosphere that they are a "ery part of themsel"es. 0hey ha"e the prosperity consciousness! in which there is

no idea of any condition under which the necessities of life could be lac ing. 6e are sometimes as ed whether we ad"ocate the accumulation of riches. >o. 0he accumulation of riches! as has been explained! is futile unless it is the outgrowth of a rich consciousness. 6e ad"ocate the accumulation rather of rich ideas! ideas that are useful! constructi"e! and of ser"ice to the well,being of all man ind. 0he outer manifestation of riches may follow or it may not! but the supply for e"ery need will be forthcoming because the man of rich ideas has confidence in an all,pro"iding power that ne"er fails. (e may not ha"e an extra dollar! but his ideas ha"e merit and he has confidence! a combination that cannot fail to attract the money to carry him forward. 0his is true riches! not an accumulation of money! but access to an inexhaustible resource that can be drawn on at any time to meet any righteous demand. 6hen a person has this rich consciousness there is no necessity for laying up gold or accumulating stoc s and bonds or other property to ensure future supply. /uch a one may be most generous with his wealth without fear of depletion! because his rich ideas will eep him in constant touch with abundance. 0hose who ha"e the thought of accumulating material wealth! a thought that is dominant in the world today! are unbalanced. 0hey ha"e a fear of the loss of riches that ma es their tenure insecure. 0heir prosperity is based on a wrong idea of the source of riches and e"entually means disaster. 0he sin of riches is not in the possession but in the lo"e of money! a material selfishness that leads to soul star"ation. It is not a crime to be rich nor a "irtue to be poor! as certain reformers would ha"e us thin . 0he sin lies in hoarding wealth and eeping it from circulating freely to all who need it. 0hose who put wealth into useful wor that contributes to the welfare of the masses are the sal"ation of the country. Fortunately! there are many in this country who ha"e the prosperity consciousness. If we were all in a po"erty consciousness! famines would be as common here as they are in India or China. 'illions in those lands are held in the perpetual thought of po"erty and they suffer want in all its forms from the cradle to the gra"e. 0he burden of the po"erty thought reacts on the earth so that year after year it withholds its products and many people star"e. &ni"ersal 'ind controls all nature and is in possession of all its products. 80he earth is the *ord's! and the fulness thereof8 is a great 0ruth. Puny! personal man uses all his craft to get control of the products of nature but is always defeated in the end. #nly the uni"ersal man of /pirit is in indisputed possession! and to him the Father says! 89ll that is mine is thine.8 Jesus did not ha"e title to a foot of land and e"idently had no money! for the apostles carried whate"er funds the company had. (e did not e"en burden (imself with a tub! as did .iogenes! and 8had not where to lay his head.8 =et (e was always pro"ided with entertainment of the best. (e too it for granted that whate"er (e needed was (is. 0he fish carried (is poc etboo ! and the

in"isible ethers furnished the sideboard from which (e handed out food for thousands. (e was rich in e"ery way for (e had the prosperity consciousness and pro"ed that the earth with all its fullness does belong to the *ord! whose righteous sons are heirs to and in possession of all things. 0he anxious thought must be eliminated and the perfect abandon of the child of nature assumed! and when to this attitude you add the reali-ation of unlimited resources! you ha"e fulfilled the di"ine law of prosperity. 0he imagination is a wonderful creati"e power. It builds all things out of the one substance. 6hen you associate it with faith! you ma e things 7ust as real as those that +od ma es! for man is a co,creator with +od. 6hate"er you form in the mind and ha"e faith in will become substantial. 0hen you should be on guard as regards what you put your faith in. If it is material forms! shadows that cease to be as soon as your supporting thought is withdrawn from them! you are building temporary substance that will pass away and lea"e you nothing. Put your faith in the real or! as Jesus told (is disciples! 8ha"e faith in +od.8 0he real search of all people is for +od. 0hey may thin they are loo ing for other things! but they must e"entually admit that it is +od they see . (a"ing once felt (is presence within them! they are eenly conscious that only +od can satisfy. 0he place where we meet +od should be made so sure and so pure that we can ne"er mista e (is "oice or be hidden from (is face. 0his place we now as the mind! the inmost recess of the soul! the ingdom of the hea"ens within us. It is not sufficient howe"er to sit down and hold thoughts of abundance without further effort. 0hat is limiting the law to thought alone! and we want it to be fulfilled in manifestation as well. Culti"ating ideas of abundance is the first step in the process. 0he ideas that come must be used. Be alert in doing whate"er comes to you to do! cheerful and competent in the doing! sure of the results! for it is the second step in the fulfilling of the law. =ou can do anything with the thoughts of your mind. 0hey are yours and under your control. =ou can direct them! coerce them! hush them! or crush them. =ou can dissol"e one thought and put another in its stead. 0here is no other place in the uni"erse where you are the absolute master. 0he dominion gi"en you as your di"ine right is o"er your own thoughts only. 6hen you fully apprehend this and begin to exercise your +od, gi"en dominion! you begin to find the way to +od! the only door to +od! the door of mind and thought. If you are fearful that you will not be pro"ided with the necessities of life for tomorrow! next wee ! or next year! or for your old age! or that your children will be left in want!

deny the thought. .o not allow yourself for a moment to thin of something that must be outside the realm of all,careful! all,pro"iding good. =ou now e"en from your outer experience that the uni"erse is self,sustaining and that its e5uilibrium is established by law. 0he same law that sustains all sustains you as a part. Claim your identity under that law! your oneness with the all! and rest in the e"erlasting arms of Cause! which nows nothing of lac . If you are in a condition of po"erty! this attitude of mind will attract to you opportunities to better your condition. Insulate your mind from the destructi"e thoughts of all those who labor under the belief in hard times. If your associates tal about the financial stringency! affirm all the more persistently your dependence on the abundance of +od. By doing this you place yourself under a di"ine law of demand and supply that is ne"er influenced by the fluctuations of the mar et or the opinions of men. :"ery time you send out a thought of wholehearted faith in the I 9' part of yourself! you set in motion a chain of causes that must bring the results you see . 9s whatsoe"er you will in the name of the Christ! the I 9'! the di"ine within! and your demands will be fulfilled; both hea"en and earth will hasten to do your bidding. But when you ha"e as ed for something! be on the alert to recei"e it when it comes. People complain that their prayers are not answered when! if we new the truth! they are not awa e to recei"e the answer when it comes. If you as for money! do not loo for an angel from the s ies to bring it on a golden platter! but eep your eyes open for some fresh opportunity to ma e money! an opportunity that will come as sure as you li"e. 0hese are some tangible steps along the way to the larger manifestation you desire. >o one is e"er gi"en the eys to the Father's storehouse of wealth until he has pro"ed his faith and his reliability. 0hen he may go in and pass out the goods freely. If the men of the world! with their selfish ideas of 8mine and thine!8 were gi"en the power! without a thorough mental cleansing! of instantly producing whate"er they desire! they would undoubtedly practice still greater oppressions on their fellows! and existing conditions would not be impro"ed. 9 stonecutter sees a bloc of marble as so many hours wor ! while 'ichelangelo sees it as an angel that it is his pri"ilege to bring forth. 0his is the difference between those who see the material world as so much matter and those who loo on it with the eyes of mind and the imagination that wor s toward perfection. #ne who paints a picture or ma es a piece of sculpture first sees it in his mind. (e first imagines or images it. If he wants a strong picture he ma es force one of the elements of his image. If he wants beauty and character! he puts lo"e into it. (e may not see the perfect picture until all these elements are combined! then it re5uires but little effort to transfer it from his mind to the can"as or to the marble.

#n the sixth day of creation! we are told! +od 8imaged8 (is man! made him in (is image and li eness. 0his does not mean that +od loo s li e man! a personal being with manli e form. 6e ma e a thing in our own image! the image we ha"e in mind for the thing! and our creation does not resemble us in any way. +od is without form! for (e is /pirit. +od is an idea that man has tried to ob7ectify in "arious forms. (e is the uni"ersal substance! the life that animates the substance! and the lo"e that binds it together. 'an 7ust naturally gi"es some form to e"ery idea he has! e"en the idea of +od! for the formati"e faculty of the mind is always at wor whether we are awa e or asleep. 6e get material for forming mental pictures from without and from within. 0his imaging or formati"e power of the mind could not ma e anything unless it had the substance out of which to form it. #ne could not ma e a loaf of bread without the flour and other ingredients. =et with all the ingredients at hand one could not ma e a loaf unless one had the power of imaging the loaf in one's mind. 0his seems simple! but the fact is that the power to form the loaf is less common than the a"ailable material for the loaf. Flour and water are abundant! but only certain people can use them in the right way to form a palatable loaf of bread. /o with this sub7ect of prosperity. /ubstance is e"erywhere! filling all the uni"erse. 0here is no lac . If we ha"e not been successful in forming it into the things we ha"e needed and wished for! it is not because of lac of substance but of lac of understanding how to use our imaging power. 0he world goes through periods of seeming lac because the people ha"e refused to build their prosperity on the inner! omnipresent! enduring substance! and on the contrary ha"e tried to base it on the substance that they see in the outer. 0his outer substance! formed by the imaging power of men in past ages! seems to be limited! and men struggle for it! forgetting their own di"ine power to form their own substance from the limitless supply within. 0he lesson for all of us should be to build our prosperity on the inner substance. 0hose who do demonstrate prosperity through the law of men ha"e nothing permanent. 9ll their possessions may be swept away in a moment. 0hey ha"e not built on the orderly law of +od! and without the rich thoughts of +od's bounteousness no one can ha"e an enduring consciousness of supply. >o disease! po"erty! or any other negati"e condition can enter into our domain unless we in"ite it. >or can it remain with us unless we entertain it. Conscious power o"er all such conditions is one of our greatest delights and a part of our di"ine inheritance! but we must learn the law and apply the power in the right way. 'en ha"e a consciousness of lac because they let /atan! the serpent of sense! tempt them. 0he +arden of :den is within us here and now! and the subtle temptation to eat of

the tree of sensation is also still with us. 6e ha"e been gi"en dominion o"er the animal forces of the body! the 8beasts of the field!8 and must tame them! ma ing them ser"ants instead of masters of the body. Instead of feeding them we must ma e them feed us. 6hen we o"ercome the animals within! it will be easy to train them in the without. 0his truth of o"ercoming is taught all through the /criptures! and we can demonstrate it in our life! for +od has endowed us with the power to o"ercome. 6e must lay hold of that inherent power and begin to use it constructi"ely. 0he whole human family seems to be sensation mad. 9ll our economic and social troubles can be traced right bac to the selfishness of the sense man. 6e can ne"er o"ercome these conditions in the outer until we o"ercome their causes in the inner soul of oursel"es. 0here is sure to be repetition of war and peace! plenty and famine! good times and depressions until we ta e the control of mind substance away from the sense man and gi"e it to the spiritual man. 6e now that there is a spiritual man and we loo forward in some ideal way to his coming! but he will ne"er come until we bring him. 6e hope and pray for the coming of better things; but as 'ar 0wain said about the weather! 8no one does anything about it.8 6e can do something about the matter of self, control and each of us must if we are e"er to impro"e our condition physically and financially as well as morally and spiritually. 6e must lift up this serpent of sense! as 'oses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness! and control it in the name of Christ. :liminate all negati"e thoughts that come into your mind. =et do not spend all your time in denials but gi"e much of it to the clear reali-ation of the e"erywhere present and waiting substance and life. /ome of us ha"e in a measure inherited 8hard times8 by entertaining the race thought so pre"alent around us. .o not allow yourself to do this. )emember your identity! that you are a son of +od and that your inheritance is from (im. =ou are the heir to all that the Father has. *et the I 9' sa"e you from e"ery negati"e thought. 0he arrows that fly by day and the pestilence that threatens are these negati"e race thoughts in the mental atmosphere. 0he I 9' consciousness! your /a"iour! will lead you out of the desert of negation and into the Promised *and of plenty that flows with mil and honey. .eny that you can lose anything. *et go of negati"e thoughts of financial loss or any other ind of loss and reali-e that nothing is e"er lost in all the uni"erse. 0here are opportunities e"erywhere! 7ust as there ha"e always been! to produce all that you need financially! or otherwise. +od wants you to be a producer of new ideas. >ew ideas come to you from within. .o not thin for a moment that you are limited to the ideas that come from without. 'any of those ideas are outgrown anyway and ha"e outli"ed their usefulness. 0hat is why we go through periods of change; so that old outworn ideas can be discarded and replaced with new and better ones. 0here ha"e been more in"entions

since the beginning of the so,called depression than in any pre"ious similar period of 9merican history. 0his shows that new ideas are within man! 7ust waiting to be called out and put into expression. 6e can find new ways of li"ing and new methods of wor ; we are not confined to the ways and methods of the past. 6hen we commune with the /pirit within and as for new ideas! they are always forthcoming. 6hen these ideas from within us are recogni-ed! they go to wor and come to the surface. 0hen all the thoughts we ha"e e"er had! as well as the thoughts of other people! are added to them and new things are 5uic ly produced. *et us 5uit sla"ishly depending on someone else for e"erything and become producers! for only in that direction lies happiness and success. *et us begin to concentrate on this inner man! this powerful man who produces things! who gets his ideas from a higher,dimensional realm! who brings ideas from a new territory! the land of Canaan. 6hat ind of character are you gi"ing to this inner substance by your thoughtsB Change your thought and increase your substance in the mind! as :lisha increased the oil for the widow. +et larger receptacles and plenty of them. :"en a "ery small idea of substance may be added to and increased. 0he widow had a "ery small amount of oil! but as the prophet blessed it it increased until it filled e"ery "essel she could borrow from the neighbors. 6e should form the habit of blessing e"erything that we ha"e. It may seem foolish to some persons that we bless our nic els! dimes! and dollars! but we now that we are setting the law of increase into operation. 9ll substance is one and connected! whether in the "isible or the in"isible. 0he mind li es something that is already formed and tangible for a suggestion to ta e hold of. 6ith this image the mind sets to wor to draw li e substance from the in"isible realm and thus increase what we ha"e in hand. Jesus used the small 5uantity of loa"es and fishes to produce a great 5uantity of , loa"es and fishes. :lisha used a small amount of oil to produce a great amount of , oil. /o when we bless our money or other goods! we are complying with a di"ine law of increase that has been demonstrated many times. 9nother step in the demonstration of prosperity is the preparation of the consciousness to recei"e the increase. If we pray for rain! we should be sure that we ha"e our umbrellas with us. =ou read in the $d chapter of II <ings how :lisha caused the water to come from the in"isible and fill trenches in the desert. But first the trenches had to be dug in the dry ground. 0hat re5uired faith! but the ings had it! and they dug trenches all o"er a large "alley! 7ust as :lisha had commanded. It was through the understanding of :lisha! who new the truth about the in"isible substance! that this seeming miracle was accomplished. =et the trenches had to be prepared! and you must prepare your consciousness for the inflow of the uni"ersal substance. It obeys the law of nature! 7ust as does water or any other "isible thing! and flows into the place prepared for it. It fills e"erything you hold in your mind! whether "essels! trenches! or your purse. It is not ad"isable to hold for too specific a demand. =ou might "isuali-e a hundred

dollars and get it when a thousand was coming your way. .o not limit the substance! to what you thin you need or want; rather broaden your consciousness and gi"e infinite 'ind freedom to wor ! and e"ery good and needful thing will be pro"ided you. 'a e your statements broad and comprehensi"e so that your mind may expand to the Infinite rather than trying to cram the Infinite into your mind. /tatements 0o Broaden 0he 'ind 9nd Fill It 6ith 0he )ichness #f /ubstance Infinite wisdom guides me! di"ine lo"e prospers me! and I am successful in e"erything I underta e. In 5uietness and confidence I affirm the drawing power of di"ine lo"e as my magnet of constantly increasing supply. I ha"e unbounded faith in the omnipresent substance increasing and multiplying at my word of plenty! plenty! plenty. Father! I than 0hee for unlimited increase in mind! money! and affairs.

Lesson Seven
#od (as Provided Prosperity for %very (ome 0(: (#': is the heart of the nation. 0he heart is the lo"e center. *o"e is the world's greatest attracti"e power. 0he electromagnet that lifts the ingots of steel must first be charged with the electric current! for without the current it is powerless. /o the heart of man! or the home that is the heart of the nation! must be aglow with +od's lo"e; then it becomes a magnet drawing all good from e"ery direction. +od has amply pro"ided for e"ery home! but the pro"ision is in uni"ersal substance! which responds only to law. 0hrough the application of the law the substance is drawn to us and begins to wor for us. It is the law of lo"e that we ha"e whatsoe"er we desire. 9s a father gi"es his children gifts so the *ord gi"es to us! because of lo"e. 6hen we desire aright! we put our thoughts into the supermind realm; we contact +od,'ind and from it draw the in"isible substance that is manifest in temporal things. 0he substance thus becomes a part of our mind and through it of our affairs. 6e draw spiritual substance to oursel"es 7ust as the magnet draws the iron. 6hen we thin about the lo"e of +od drawing to us the substance necessary for support and supply! that substance begins to accumulate all around us! and as we abide in the consciousness of it! it begins to manifest itself in all our affairs. 8Perfect lo"e casteth out fear.8 Fear is a great breeder of po"erty! for it brea s down positi"e thoughts. >egati"e thoughts bring negati"e conditions in their train. 0he first thing to do in ma ing a demonstration of prosperity in the home is to discard all negati"e thoughts and words. Build up a positi"e thought atmosphere in the home! an atmosphere that is free from fear and filled with lo"e. .o not allow any words of po"erty or lac to limit the attracti"e power of lo"e in the home. /elect carefully only those words that charge the home atmosphere with the idea of plenty! for li e attracts li e in the unseen as well as the seen. >e"er ma e an assertion in the home! no matter how true it may loo on the surface! that you would not want to see persist in the home. By tal ing po"erty and lac you are ma ing a comfortable place for these unwelcome guests by your fireside! and they will want to stay. )ather fill the home with thoughts and words of plenty! of lo"e! and of +od's substance; then the unwelcome guests will soon lea"e you. .o not say that money is scarce; the "ery statement will scare money away from you. .o not say that times are hard with you; the "ery words will tighten your purse strings until #mnipotence itself cannot slip a dime into it. Begin now to tal plenty! thin plenty! and gi"e than s for plenty. :nlist all the members of the home in the same wor .

'a e it a game. It's lots of fun! and! better than that! it actually wor s. :"ery home can be prosperous! and there should be no po"erty,stric en homes! for they are caused only by inharmony! fear! negati"e thin ing and spea ing. :"ery "isible item of wealth can be traced to an in"isible source. Food comes from grain! which was planted in the earth; but who sees or nows the 5uic ening lo"e that touches the seed and ma es it bear a hundredfoldB 9n unseen force from an in"isible source acts on the tiny seeds! and supply for the multitude springs forth. 0he physical substance that we name earth is the "isible form of a superabundant mind substance! e"erywhere present! per"ading all things! and inspiring all things to action. 6hen the grain or seed is put into the earth! the 5uic ening thought of the uni"erse causes the little life germ to lay hold of the spiritual substance all about it and what we call matter pro"es to be a form of mind. 80here is no matter; all is mind.8 6ords are also seeds! and when dropped into the in"isible spiritual substance! they grow and bring forth after their ind. 8.o men gather grapes of thorns! or figs of thistlesB8 Farmers and gardeners choose their seed with the greatest care. 0hey re7ect e"ery defecti"e seed they find and in this way ma e sure of the coming crop. 0o ha"e prosperity in your home you will ha"e to exercise the same intelligent discrimination in the choice of your seed words. =ou should expect prosperity when you eep the prosperity law. 0herefore! be than ful for e"ery blessing that you gain and as deeply grateful for e"ery demonstration as for an unexpected treasure dropped into your lap. 0his will eep your heart fresh; for true than sgi"ing may be li ened to rain falling upon ready soil! refreshing it and increasing its producti"eness. 6hen Jesus had only a small supply (e ga"e than s for the little (e had. 0his increased that little into such an abundance that a multitude was satisfied with food and much was left o"er. Blessing has not lost its power since the time Jesus used it. 0ry it and you will pro"e its efficacy. 0he same power of multiplication is in it today. Praise and than sgi"ing impart the 5uic ening spiritual power that produces growth and increase in all things. =ou should ne"er condemn anything in your home. If you want new articles of furniture or new clothes to ta e the place of those you now ha"e! do not tal about your present things as old or shabby. 6atch your words. /ee yourself clothed as befits a child of the <ing and see your house furnished 7ust as pleases your ideal. 0hus plant in the home atmosphere the seed of richness and abundance. It will all come to you. &se the patience! the wisdom! and the assiduity that the farmer employs in planting and culti"ating! and your crop will be sure. =our words of 0ruth are energi-ed and "itali-ed by the li"ing /pirit. =our mind is now

open and recepti"e to an influx of di"ine ideas that will inspire you with the understanding of the potency of your own thoughts and words. =ou are prospered. =our home is a magnet of lo"e! drawing to it all good from the unfailing and inexhaustible reser"oir of supply. =our increase comes because of your righteous application of +od's law in your home. 80he blessing of Jeho"ah! it ma eth rich; 9nd he addeth no sorrow therewith.8 Jesus showed men how to li"e in rest and peace! a simple life. 6here the simplicity of (is teaching is recei"ed and appreciated the people change their manner of li"ing! doing away with ostentation and getting down to the simplicity and beauty of the things that are worth while. :"ery summer those who feel that they can! plan to go away for a "acation and many of them en7oy a small cabin in the woods where they can li"e a simple and natural life close to nature. 0his shows that they long to let go of the burdens of con"entionality and rest in touch with the real of things. 0he soul wearies of the wear and tear of the artificial world! and now and then it must ha"e a season of rest. Jesus in"ites! 8Come unto me! all ye that labor and are hea"y laden! and I will gi"e you rest.8 0here is a great difference between the simple life and po"erty. 0he two ha"e been associated in the minds of some people! and this is the reason they shun the idea of the simple life. :"en those who ha"e come into some degree of spiritual understanding sometimes put out of mind all thought of a simple manner of li"ing! because they fear that others will thin they are failing to demonstrate prosperity. In such cases those who 7udge should remember to 87udge not according to appearance!8 and those who are 7udged should be satisfied with the praise of +od rather than with the praise of men. 9ll those who base their prosperity on possessions alone ha"e a purely material prosperity which! though it may seem great for a time! will "anish! because it is founded on the changing of the external and has no root within the consciousness. 0here is a great similarity in the homes of nearly all people who ha"e about the same, si-ed incomes. :ach one uhconsciously follows suggestion and furnishes his home with the same sort of things as his neighbors. (ere and there are exceptions. /omeone is expressing his or her indi"iduality! o"ercoming mass suggestion and buying the ind of furniture he really wants or that is really comfortable and useful. 0his free! independent spirit has much in its fa"or in ma ing a prosperity demonstration. 0he delusion that it is necessary to be 7ust li e other people or to ha"e as much as other people ha"e! causes a spirit of anxiety that hinders the exercise of faith in demonstration. 0he simple life does not imply po"erty and it is not ascetic. It is as different from the austere as it is from wanton luxury. It is the natural! free! childli e! mode of li"ing! and one ne"er really nows what true prosperity is until one comes into this simplicity and independence of spirit. 0he simple life is a state of consciousness. It is peace!

contentment! and satisfaction in the 7oy of li"ing and lo"ing! and it is attained through thin ing about +od and worshiping (im in spirit and in truth. =ou want to learn how to demonstrate prosperity in your home by the righteous exercise of powers and faculties that +od has gi"en you. )eali-e in the "ery beginning that you do ha"e these powers and faculties. =ou are in possession of e"erything necessary for the demonstration of prosperity and can underta e it with the utmost confidence and faith. =ou can draw on the omnipresent substance throughout all eternity! yet it will ne"er grow less! for it consists of ideas. 0hrough thin ing you ta e some of these ideas into your mind and they begin to become manifest in your affairs. *o"e is one of the ideas that pro"ide a ey to the infinite storehouse of abundance. It opens up generosity in us. It opens up generosity in others when we begin to lo"e and bless them. 6ill it also open up a spirit of generosity in +odB It certainly will and does. If you consciously lo"e and bless +od! you will soon find that things are coming your way. It will surprise you that 7ust thin ing about +od will draw to you the things you want and expect! and bring many other blessings that you had not e"en thought about. 0housands of persons ha"e pro"ed this law to their entire satisfaction! and we ha"e many records that illustrate how people ha"e demonstrated abundance in the "ery face of apparent lac ! simply by thin ing about the lo"e of +od and than ing (im for what they ha"e. 0his law will demonstrate itself for you or for anyone who applies it faithfully! for 8lo"e ne"er faileth.8 'en in business and industry ha"e demonstrated great amounts of money through lo"e. 0hey did not lo"e +od! but the lo"e of money attracted the money to them. It drew the substance right to them and enabled them to accumulate money! but merely as material! without the di"ine idea that assures permanence. 6e hear about men in high finance going ban rupt 5uite as often as we hear about men ma ing great fortunes. 6hen we de"elop a spiritual consciousness! we transfer this personal lo"e to a higher and more stable plane! from the lo"e of money and material things to the lo"e of +od! and thus concei"ed it will attract to us all the resources of infinite 'ind fore"er and e"er. #nce ma e a connection with the uni"ersal ban of +od and you ha"e a permanent source of wealth. Jesus said that when we come to the altar to ma e an offering! we should ha"e nothing in our heart against our brother. (e said that before we can ma e contact with the lo"e and power of +od we must first ma e peace with our brother. 0his means that we must culti"ate a lo"e for our fellows in order to set the attracti"e force of lo"e into operation. 9ll we need do is 5uic en our lo"e for others by thin ing about lo"e and casting out of our mind all hate and fear that would wea en the perfect wor ing of that mighty magnet. 9s lo"e attracts! hate dissipates. Before you approach +od's altar of plenty! go and ma e friends with your brother men. 'a e friends e"en with the money powers. .o not en"y

the rich. >e"er condemn those who ha"e money merely because they ha"e it and you do not. .o not 5uestion how they got their money and wonder whether or not they are honest. 9ll that is none of your business. =our business is to get what belongs to you! and you do that by thin ing about the omnipresent substance of +od and how you can lay hold of it through lo"e. +et in touch with +od riches in spirit! lay hold of them by lo"e! and you will ha"e sufficient for e"ery day. 8*o"e therefore is the fulfillment of the law.8 0he eternal law of /pirit goes right on operating regardless of what you may thin ! say! or do. It is ordained that lo"e will bring you prosperity! and you need not wonder whether it will or how it will. 8Be not therefore anxious! saying! 6hat shall we eatB or! 6hat shall we drin B or! 6herewithal shall we be clothedB8 .o not worry. 6orry is a thief and a robber! for it eeps your good from you. It brea s the drawing law of lo"e! the law that says! 8Perfect lo"e casteth out fear.8 Banish worry by 5uietly and confidently affirming the drawing power of di"ine lo"e as the constantly acti"e magnet that attracts your unfailing supply. 9 good affirmation to rout worry is one li e this1 .i"ine lo"e bountifully supplies and increases substance to meet my e"ery need. >early all boo s or articles that deal with success or prosperity stress the well, nown "irtues of honesty! industry! system and order! faithfulness! hard wor . 0hese ma e an excellent foundation and can be de"eloped. 9nyone with determination and will can o"ercome habits of la-iness! carelessness! and wea ness. 0he use of the will is "ery important in the demonstration of prosperity. If there is disorder or lac of system in your home! o"ercome it. 9ffirm1 I will to be orderly. I will be orderly. I will be systematic in all my wor and affairs. I am systematic. I am orderly. I am efficient. It ta es the use of the will to be persistent! and we must be persistent in ma ing demonstrations. /pasmodic efforts count for little! and many people gi"e up too easily. If things don't come out 7ust right the first time they try! they say the law is wrong and ma e no further effort. 9nything so much worth while as prosperity in the home! and especially a permanent and unfailing supply that continues to meet the daily needs year after year! is worth any effort that we can ma e. 0hen be patient but be persistent. .eclare1 I am not discouraged. I am persistent. I go forward. 6hen success fails to crown our "ery first efforts we become discouraged and 5uit. 0hen we try to console oursel"es with the old thought that it is +od's will for us to be poor. Po"erty is not +od's will! but man lays it to the charge of +od to excuse his own feeling of inade5uacy and defeat. +od's will is health! happiness! and prosperity for e"ery man; and to ha"e all that is good and beautiful in the home is to express +od's will for us. +od's will is not expressed in a ho"el! nor in any home where discord! lac ! and unhappiness are entertained. :"en a human guest would not stay long in such a home.

0o ha"e a prosperous home prepare it as the abiding place of +od! who gi"es prosperity to all (is children and adds no sorrow therewith. .etermine to now +od's will and do it. 9ffirm1 I am determined to achie"e success through doing +od's will. 0hat sums up the whole law. +od is more willing to gi"e than we are to recei"e. 6hat we need to do is to determine what is (is will! what (e is trying to gi"e! and open oursel"es to recei"e (is bounty. 6e do that by willing to do (is will. =ou can be and ha"e anything that you will to be and to ha"e. 6ill to be healthy. 6ill to be happy. 6ill to be prosperous. 0here are many persons who will to be prosperous and who ha"e made up their minds! as they thin ! "ery determinedly. But they ha"e not o"ercome all doubts! and when their demonstration is delayed! as it is in such cases! the doubt increases until they lose faith altogether. 6hat they need is more persistence and determination. 0he word determined is a good word! a strong! substantial word with power in it. Jesus said that (is words were spirit and life and would ne"er pass away. :merson says that words are ali"e and if you cut one it will bleed. &se the word determined and emphasi-e it in your affirmations. If things do not seem to come fast enough! determine that you will be patient. If negati"e thoughts creep in! determine to be positi"e. If you feel worried about the results! determine to be optimistic. In response to e"ery thought of lac or need determine to be prosperous. 0he *ord has prosperity to gi"e! and those who are determined go after their share. Jesus was 5uite positi"e and "ery determined in all (is affirmations. (e made big claims for +od! and demonstrated them. 6ithout the slightest doubt that the money would be there! (e told Peter to put his hand into the fish's mouth and ta e out the wanted money. (is prayers were made of one strong affirmation after another. 0he *ord's Prayer is a series of determined affirmations. 6e claim the will of +od is for us to be rich! prosperous! and successful. 'a e up your mind that such is +od's will for you and your home and you will ma e your demonstration. In the #ld 0estament! in the Ith chapter of II <ings! there is a fine prosperity lesson for any home. 0he widow represents one who has lost his consciousness of +od's supply and support. 0hat di"ine idea of +od as all,abundance is our true support. 0he two children of this home represent the thoughts of debt! what the family owes! and what someone owes the family. 0he prophet is di"ine understanding. 0he house is the body consciousness. 0he pot of oil is faith in spiritual substance. 0he neighbors are outside thoughts! and their 8empty "essels8 are thoughts of lac . 0o go in 8and shut the door!8 as the widow was told to do! is to enter the inner consciousness and shut out the thoughts of lac . 0his is followed by strong words of affirmation1 8pouring8 the substance into all the places that seem to be empty or to lac ! until all are full. In conclusion it is affirmed that e"ery obligation is met! e"ery debt paid! and there is so much left o"er that there are no "essels left to hold it. 0his compares with the promise of +od 8I will ... open you the windows of hea"en! and pour you out a blessing! that there shall not be room enough to recei"e it.8 8(ea"en8

represents the mind. 9ll this is done in the mind! and you can do it. Carry each step forward in your imagination exactly as if it were occurring in the without. Form your prosperity demonstration in your mind! then hold to the di"ine law of fulfillment. 89nd! ha"ing done all ... stand.8 =ou may not be able to fill all the "essels with oil on your first attempt! but as you practice the method day by day your faith will increase and your results will be in proportion to your increasing faith. 6or at the problem until you pro"e it. 9pply the principle and the solution is sure. If it does not come at once! chec o"er your methods carefully and see wherein your wor has not been true. .o not allow one empty thought to exist in your mind but fill e"ery noo and corner of it with the word plenty! plenty! plenty. If your purse seems empty! deny the lac and say! 8=ou are filled e"en now! with the bounty of +od! my Father! who supplies all my wants.8 If your rooms are empty! deny the appearance and determine that prosperity is manifest in e"ery part of e"ery room. >e"er thin of yourself as poor or needy. .o not tal about hard times or the necessity for strict economy. :"en 8the walls ha"e ears8 and! unfortunately! memories too. .o not thin how little you ha"e but how much you ha"e. 0urn the telescope of your imagination around and loo through the other end. 8)e"ile not the ing! no! not in thy thought; and re"ile not the rich in thy bedchamber1 for a bird of the hea"ens shall carry the "oice! and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.8 8Blessed is the man that wal eth not in the counsel of the wic ed! >or standeth in the way of sinners! >or sitteth in the seat of scoffers1 But his delight is in the law of Jeho"ah; 9nd on his law doth he meditate day and night. 9nd he shall be li e a tree planted by the streams of water. 0hat bringeth forth its fruit in its season! 6hose leaf also doth not wither; 9nd whatsoe"er he doeth shall prosper.8 80hrough wisdom is a house builded;

9nd by understanding it is established; 9nd by nowledge are the chambers filled 6ith all precious and pleasant riches.8 8Jeho"ah will open unto thee his good treasure.8 89nd the 9lmighty will be thy treasure! 9nd precious sil"er unto thee.8 8Jeho"ah is my shepherd; I shall not want.8 80rust in Jeho"ah! and do good; .well in the land! and feed on his faithfulness.8 8Jeho"ah will gi"e grace and glory; >o good thing will he withhold from them that wal uprightly.8 80hat I may cause those that lo"e me to inherit substance! 9nd that I may fill their treasuries.8 8If ye be willing and obedient! ye shall eat the good of the land.8

Lesson Eight
#od $ill Pay )our Debts F#)+I@: &/ our debts! as we also ha"e forgi"en our debtors.8 In these words Jesus expressed an infallible law of mind! the law that one idea must be dissol"ed before another can ta e its place. If you ha"e in your mind any thought that someone has wronged you! you cannot let in the cleansing power of /pirit and the richness of spiritual substance until you ha"e cast out the thought of the wrong! ha"e forgi"en it fully. =ou may be wondering why you ha"e failed to get spiritual illumination or to find the consciousness of spiritual substance. Perhaps the reason is here1 a lac of room for the true thoughts because other thoughts fill your mind. If you are not recei"ing the spiritual understanding you feel you should ha"e! you should search your mind carefully for unforgi"ing thoughts. 80houghts are things8 and occupy space in the mind realm. 0hey ha"e substance and form and may easily be ta en as permanent by one not endowed with spiritual discernment. 0hey bring forth fruit according to the seed planted in the mind! but they are not enduring unless founded in /pirit. 0houghts are ali"e and are endowed by the thin er with a secondary thin ing power; that is! the thought entity that the I 9' forms assumes an ego and begins to thin on its own account. 0houghts also thin but only with the power you gi"e to them. 0ell me what ind of thoughts you are holding about yourself and your neighbors! and I can tell you 7ust what you may expect in the way of health! finances! and harmony in your home. 9re you suspicious of your neighborsB =ou cannot lo"e and trust in +od if you hate and distrust men. 0he two ideas lo"e and hate! or trust and mistrust! simply cannot both be present in your mind at one time! and when you are entertaining one! you may be sure the other is absent. 0rust other people and use the power that you accumulate from that act to trust +od. 0here is magic in it1 it wor s wonders; lo"e and trust are dynamic! "ital powers. 9re you accusing men of being thie"es! and fear that they are going to ta e away from you something that is your ownB 6ith such a thought generating fear and e"en terror in your mind and filling your consciousness with dar ness! where is there room for the Father's light of protectionB )ather build walls of lo"e and substance around yourself. /end out swift! in"isible messengers of lo"e and trust for your protection. 0hey are better guards than policemen or detecti"es. .o not 7udge others as regards their guilt or innocence. Consider yourself and how you stand in the sight of the Father for ha"ing thoughts about another's guilt. Begin your reform with yourself. 0hat means much to one who en7oys an understanding of mind and its laws! though it may mean little to the ordinary indi"idual. (e who nows himself superficially! 7ust his external personality! thin s he has reformed when he has

conformed to the moral and go"ernmental laws. (e may e"en be filled with his own self,righteousness and daily lift up his "oice to praise +od that he is not as other men are! that he has forgi"en men their transgressions. (e loo s on all men who do not conform to his ideas of morality and religion as being sinners and transgressors and than s +od for his own insight and eenness. But he is not at peace. /omething seems lac ing. +od does not tal to him 8face to face!8 because the mind! where +od and man meet! is dar ened by the mur y thought that other men are sinners. #ur first wor in any demonstration is to contact +od! therefore we must forgi"e all men their transgressions. 0hrough this forgi"eness we cleanse our mind so that the Father can forgi"e us our own transgressions. #ur forgi"ing 8all men8 includes oursel"es. =ou must also forgi"e yourself. *et the finger of denial erase e"ery sin or 8falling short8 that you ha"e charged up against yourself. Pay your debt by saying to that part of yourself which you thin has fallen short1 80hou art made whole1 sin no more! lest a worse thing befall thee.8 0hen 8loose him! and let him go.8 0reat sin as a mental transgression! instead of considering it as a moral deflection. .eny in thought all tendency to the error way and hold yourself firmly to the Christ /pirit! which is your di"ine self. Part company fore"er with 8accusing conscience.8 0hose who ha"e resol"ed to sin no more ha"e nothing in common with guilt. 8/hall I be in debt as long as I hold debts against othersB8 6e find this to be the law of mind1 a thought of debt will produce debt. /o long as you belie"e in debt you will go into debt and accumulate the burdens that follow that thought. 6hoe"er has not forgi"en all men their debts is li ely to fall into debt himself. .oes this mean that you should gi"e receipted bills to all those who owe youB >o. 0hat would not be erasing the thought of debt from your mind. First deny in mind that any man or woman owes you anything. If necessary! go o"er your list of names separately and sincerely forgi"e the thought of debt which you ha"e been attaching to each person named. 'ore bills may be collected in this way than in any other! for many of these people will pay what they owe when you send them this forgi"ing thought. .ebt is a contradiction of the uni"ersal e5uilibrium! and there is no such thing as lac of e5uilibrium in all the uni"erse. 0herefore in /pirit and in 0ruth there is no debt. (owe"er! men hold on to a thought of debt! and this thought is responsible for a great deal of sorrow and hardship. 0he true disciple reali-es his supply in the consciousness of omnipresent! uni"ersally possessed abundance. /pirit substance is impartial and owned in common! and no thought of debt can enter into it. .ebts exist in the mind! and in the mind is the proper place to begin li5uidating them. 0hese thought entities must be abolished in mind before their outer manifestations will pass away and stay away. 0he world can ne"er be free from the bondage of financial

obligations until men erase from their minds the thoughts of 8mine and thine8 that generates debts and interest. 9naly-e the thought of debt and you will see that it in"ol"es a thought of lac . .ebt is a thought of lac with absence at both ends; the creditor thin s he lac s what is owed him and the debtor thin s he lac s what is necessary to pay it! else he would discharge the obligation rather than continue it. 0here is error at both ends of the proposition and nothing in the middle. 0his being true! it should be easy to dissol"e the whole thought that anyone owes us or that we owe anyone anything. 6e should fill our mind with thoughts of all,sufficiency! and where there is no lac there can be no debts. 0hus we find that the way to pay our debts is by filling our mind with the substance of ideas that are the direct opposite of the thoughts of lac that caused the debts. Ideas of abundance will more 5uic ly and surely bring what is yours to you than any thoughts you can hold about debtors discharging their obligations to you. /ee substance e"erywhere and affirm it! not only for yourself but for e"eryone else. :specially affirm abundance for those whom you ha"e held in the thought of owing you. 0hus you will help them pay their debts more easily than if you merely erased their names from your boo of accounts recei"able. (elp pay the other fellow's debts by forgi"ing him his debts and declaring for him the abundance that is his already in /pirit. 0he idea of abundance will also bring its fruits into your own life. *et the law of plenty wor itself out in you and in your affairs. 0his is the way the Father forgi"es your debts1 not by canceling them on (is boo s but by erasing them from (is mind. (e remembers them no more against you when you deny their reality. 0he Father is the e"erywhere present /pirit in which all that appears has its origin. +od's lo"e sees you always well! happy! and abundantly pro"ided for; but +od's wisdom demands that order and right relation exist in your mind before it may become manifest in your affairs as abundance. (is lo"e would gi"e you your e"ery desire! but (is wisdom ordains that you forgi"e your debtors before your debts are forgi"en. 0o remedy any state of limited finances or ill,health that has been brought about by worry one must begin by eliminating the worry that is the original cause. #ne must free one's mind from the burden of debt before the debt can be paid. 'any people ha"e found that the statement 8I owe no man anything but lo"e8 has helped them greatly to counteract this thought of debt. 9s they used the words their minds were opened to an inflow of di"ine lo"e and they faithfully co,operated with the di"ine law of forgi"eness in thought! word! and deed. 0hey built up such a strong consciousness of the healing and enriching power of +od's lo"e that they could li"e and wor peacefully and profitably with their associates. 0hus renewed constantly in health! in faith! and in integrity! they were able to meet e"ery obligation that came to them. 0he statement 8I owe no man anything but lo"e8 does not mean that we can disclaim owing our creditors money or try to e"ade the payment of obligations we ha"e incurred.

0he thing denied is the burdensome thought of debt or of lac . 0he wor of paying debts is an inner wor ha"ing nothing to do with the debts already owed but with the wrong thoughts that produced them. 6hen one holds to the right ideas! burdensome debts will not be contracted. .ebts are produced by thoughts of lac ! impatient desire! and co"etousness. 6hen these thoughts are o"ercome! debts are o"ercome! forgi"en! and paid in full! and we are free from them for all time. =our thoughts should at all times be worthy of your highest self! your fellow man! and +od. 0he thoughts that most fre5uently wor ill to you and your associates are thoughts of criticism and condemnation. Free your mind of them by holding the thought 80here is now no condemnation in Christ Jesus.8 Fill your mind with thoughts of di"ine lo"e! 7ustice! peace! and forgi"eness. 0his will pay your debts of lo"e! which are the only debts you really owe. 0hen see how 5uic ly and easily and naturally all your outer debts will be paid and all inharmonies of mind! body! and affairs smoothed out at the same time. >othing will so 5uic ly enrich your mind and free it from e"ery thought of lac as the reali-ation of di"ine lo"e. .i"ine lo"e will 5uic ly and perfectly free you from the burden of debt and heal you of your physical infirmities! often caused by depression! worry! and financial fear. *o"e will bring your own to you! ad7ust all misunderstandings! and ma e your life and affairs healthy! happy! harmonious! and free! as they should be. *o"e indeed is the 8fulfillment of the law.8 0he way is now open for you to pay your debts. /urrender them to +od along with all your doubts and fears. Follow the light that is flooding into your mind. +od's power! lo"e! and wisdom! are here! for (is ingdom is within you. +i"e (im full dominion in your life and affairs. +i"e (im your business! your family affairs! your finances! and let (im pay your debts. (e is e"en now doing it! for it is (is righteous desire to free you from e"ery burden! and (e is leading you out of the burden of debt! whether of owing or being owed. 'eet e"ery insidious thought! such as 8I can't!8 8I don't now how!8 8I can't see the way!8 with the declaration 8Jeho"ah is my shepherd; I shall not want.8 =ou 8shall not want8 the wisdom! the courage to do! or the substance to do with when you ha"e once fully reali-ed the scope of the "ast truth that 9lmightiness is leading you into 8green pastures ... beside still waters.8 In the ingdom of 0ruth and reality ideas are the coin of the realm. =ou can use the new ideas that di"ine wisdom is now 5uic ening in your mind and start this "ery moment to pay your debts. Begin by than ing +od for your freedom from the debt,burden thought. 0his is an important step in brea ing the shac les of debt. 0he funds to pay all your bills may not suddenly appear in a lump sum; but as you watch and wor and pray! holding yourself in the consciousness of +od's leadership and (is abundance! you will notice your funds beginning to grow 8here a little! there a little!8 and increasing more and more rapidly as your faith increases and your anxious thoughts are stilled. For with the increase will come added good 7udgment and wisdom in the management of your affairs.

.ebt is soon "an5uished when wisdom and good 7udgment are in control. .o not yield to the temptation of 8easy,payment plans.8 9ny payment that drains your pay en"elope before you recei"e it is not an easy payment. .o not allow false pride to tempt you to put on a thousand,dollar front on a hundred,dollar salary. 0here may be times when you are tempted to miss paying a bill in order to indulge a desire for some thing. 0his easily leads one into the habit of putting off paying! which fastens the incubus of debt on people before they reali-e it. It is the innocent,appearing forerunner of the debt habit and debt thought that may rob you of peace! contentment! freedom! integrity! and prosperity for years to come. 0he .i"ine 'ind within you is much stronger than this desire mind of the body. 0urn to it in a time li e this! and affirm1 8Jeho"ah is my shepherd; I shall not want8 this thing until it comes to me in di"ine order. Bless your creditors with the thought of abundance as you begin to accumulate the wherewithal to pay off your obligations. <eep the faith they had in you by including them in your prayer for increase. Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you ha"e and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more; for through the a"enues of /pirit more means will come to you and e"ery obligation will be met. If you are a creditor! be careful of the ind of thoughts you hold o"er your debtor. 9"oid the thought that he is unwilling to pay you or that he is unable to pay you. #ne thought holds him in dishonesty! and the other holds him sub7ect to lac ! and either of them tends to close the door to the possibility of his paying you soon. 0hin well and spea well of all those who owe you. If you tal about them to others a"oid calling them names that you would not apply to yourself. Culti"ate a genuine feeling of lo"e for them and respect their integrity in spite of all appearances. .eclare abundant supply for them and thus help them to prosper. Pray and wor for their good as well as for your own! for yours is inseparable from theirs. =ou owe your debtor 5uite as much as he owes you and yours is a debt of lo"e. Pay your debt to him and he will pay his to you. 0his rule of action ne"er fails. Far,seeing Christians loo forward to an early resumption of the economic system inaugurated by the early followers of Jesus. 0hey had all things in common! and no man lac ed anything. But before we can ha"e a truly Christian community founded on a spiritual basis we must be educated into a right way of thin ing about finances. If we should all get together and di"ide all our possessions! it would be but a short time until those who ha"e the pre"ailing financial ideas would manipulate our finances! and plethora on one hand and lac on the other would again be established. 0he world cannot be free from the bondage of debt and interest until men start to wor

in their minds to erase those things from consciousness. If the &nited /tates forga"e the nations of :urope all their debts and wiped the slate clean! the law would not necessarily be fulfilled; for there would probably remain a thought that they still owed us and that we had made a sacrifice in canceling the obligations. 6e should not feel "ery friendly about it and would not truly forgi"e them! and in that case the error thought would be carried on. 6e must first forgi"e the error thought that they owe us money and that we would be losing money by canceling the debts. 0he man who is forced to forgi"e a debt does not forgi"e it. 9bo"e all we should fill our mind with the consciousness of that di"ine abundance which is so manifest e"erywhere in the world today. 0here is as much substance as there e"er was! but its free flow has been interfered with through selfishness. 6e must rid our mind of the selfish ac5uisiti"eness that is so dominant in the race thought! and in that way do our part in the great wor of freeing the world from a"arice. It is the duty of e"ery Christian metaphysician to help in the solution of this problem by affirming that the uni"ersal /pirit of supply is now becoming manifest as a distributing energy the world o"er; that all stored,up! hoarded! "icious thoughts are being dissol"ed; that all people ha"e things in common. that no one anywhere lac s anything; and that the di"ine law of distribution of infinite supply that Jesus demonstrated is now being made manifest throughout the world. 80he earth is the *ord's! and the fulness thereof.8 0here is a legitimate commerce that is carried on by means of what is called credit. Credit is a con"enience to be used by those who appreciate its "alue and are careful not to abuse it! for to do so would be to ruin it. (owe"er! many persons are not e5uipped to use the credit system to ad"antage and are li ely to abuse it. In the first place! few indi"iduals are familiar with the intricacies of sound credit systems and often assume obligations without being certain of their ability to meet them! especially should some unforeseen complication arise. Fre5uently an indi"idual loses all that he in"ests and finds himself in"ol"ed in a burden of debt in addition. /uch things are not in di"ine order and are largely responsible for retarding prosperity. >o one should assume an obligation unless he is prepared to meet it promptly and willingly when it comes due. #ne who nows +od as his unfailing resource can be assured of his supply when it is needed. 0hen why should he plunge into debt when he is confident of his daily supply without debtB 0here are no creditors or debtors in +od's ingdom. If you are in that ingdom! you need no longer be burdened with the thought of debt either as debtor or creditor. &nder di"ine law there is no reaching out for things that are beyond one's present means. 0here is an e"er,increasing richness of consciousness coming from the certain nowledge that +od is infinite and unfailing supply. #uter things conform to the inner pattern! and riches are attracted to the one who li"es close to the unselfish heart of +od. (is en"ironment is made beautiful by the glory of the Presence! and there is satisfying and lasting prosperity in his affairs.

0here is but one way to be free from debt. 0hat is the desire to be free! followed by the reali-ation that debt has no legitimate place in +od's ingdom and that you are determined to erase it entirely from your mind. 9s you wor toward your freedom you will find it helpful to ha"e daily periods for meditation and prayer. .o not concentrate on debts or spoil your prayers by constantly thin ing of debts. 0hin of that which you want to demonstrate! not that from which you see freedom. 6hen you pray! than the Father for (is care and guidance! for (is pro"ision and plenty! for (is lo"e and wisdom! for (is infinite abundance and your pri"ilege to en7oy it. (ere are a few prosperity prayers that may help establish you in the truth of plenty and erase the error thought of debt. 0hey are offered as suggestions for forming your own prayers but may be used as gi"en with excellent results. I am no longer anxious about finances; 0hou art my all,sufficiency in all things. 0he /pirit of honesty! promptness! efficiency! and order is now expressed in me and in all that I do. I am free from all limitations of mortal thought about 5uantities and "alues. 0he superabundance of riches of the Christ 'ind are now mine! and I am prospered in all my ways. 0he 3$d Psalm 9 0reatment 0o Free 0he 'ind #f 0he .ebt Idea Jeho"ah is my shepherd; I shall not want (e ma eth me to lie down in green pastures1 (e leadeth me beside still waters. (e restoreth my soul1 (e guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sa e. =ea! though I wal through the "alley of the shadow of death! I will fear no e"il; for thou art with me; 0hy rod and thy staff! they comfort me.

0hou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies1 0hou hast anointed my head with oil; 'y cup runneth o"er. /urely goodness and lo"ing indness shall follow me all the days of my life1 9nd I shall dwell in the house of Jeho"ah for e"er.

Lesson Nine
ithin*, the 'oad to Prosperity 89/ =: abound in e"erything! in faith! and utterance! and nowledge! and in all earnestness! and in your lo"e to us! see that ye abound in this grace also.8 8(onor Jeho"ah with thy substance! 9nd with the first,fruits of all thine increase1 /o shall thy barns be filled with plenty! 9nd thy "ats shall o"erflow with new wine.8 &nder the 'osaic law a tithe Gor tenthH was re5uired as the *ord's portion. 0hroughout the #ld 0estament the tithe or tenth is mentioned as a reasonable and 7ust return to the *ord by way of ac nowledging (im as the source of supply. 9fter Jacob had seen the "ision of the ladder with angels ascending and descending on it he set up a pillar and made a "ow to the *ord! saying! 8#f all that thou shalt gi"e me I will surely gi"e the tenth unto thee.8 In the $d chapter of 'alachi we find +od's blessing directly connected with faithfulness in gi"ing to the *ord's treasury! but gifts should be made because it is right and because one lo"es to gi"e! not from a sense of duty or for the sa e of reward. 0hat there will be a reward following the gi"ing we are also assured by Jesus in a direct promise 8+i"e! and it shall be gi"en unto you; good measure! pressed down! sha en together! running o"er! shall they gi"e unto your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.8 Promises of spiritual benefits and increase of +od's bounty through the eeping of this di"ine law of gi"ing and recei"ing! abound in all the /criptures. 80here is that scattereth! and increaseth yet more; 9nd there is that withholdeth more than is meet! but it tendeth only to want. 0he liberal soul shall be made fat; 9nd he that watereth shall be watered also himself.8 8(e that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;

For he gi"eth of his bread to the poor.8 8(e that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.8 8Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters.8 6e are li"ing now under larger and fuller blessings from +od than man has e"er nown. It is meet therefore that we gi"e accordingly and remember the law of the tithe! for if a tenth was re5uired under the law in those olden times! it is certainly no less fitting that we should gi"e it cheerfully now. #ne of the greatest incenti"es to generous gi"ing is a een appreciation of the blessings secured to us through the redempti"e wor of Jesus Christ. 8(e that spared not (is own /on! but deli"ered him up for us all! how shall he not also with him freely gi"e us all thingsB8 8Freely ye recei"ed! freely gi"e.8 0rue gi"ing is the lo"e and generosity of the /pirit,5uic ened heart responding to the lo"e and generosity of the Father's heart. In his second letter Paul made a stirring appeal to the Corinthians for a generous gift to their poorer brethren in Jerusalem. (e suggests some principles of gi"ing that are always applicable! for gi"ing is a grace that adds to the spiritual growth of all men in all times. 6ithout gi"ing the soul shri"els! but when gi"ing is practiced as a part of Christian li"ing! the soul expands and becomes +odli e in the grace of liberality and generosity. >o restoration to the li eness of +od can be complete unless mind! heart! and soul are daily opening out into that large! free! bestowing spirit which so characteri-es our +od and Father. 0herefore it is not surprising that Paul classes the grace of gi"ing with faith! nowledge! and lo"e. 9 "ery simple yet practical plan for exercising this grace of gi"ing had been suggested by Paul in his first letter to the Corinthian church. 8&pon the first day of the wee !8 he said! 8let each one of you lay by him in store! as he may prosper8; that is! each member was as ed to contribute to the establishing of a treasury. 0his was to be the *ord's storehouse! into which each one was to put his offerings regularly and in proportion to his means. In adopting this plan the offerer became a steward of the *ord's goods and entered upon a course of training and discipline needed to ma e a good steward! for it ta es wisdom to now how rightly to dispense the bounty of +od. Perhaps no simpler way to begin one's growth in the grace of gi"ing can be suggested for our own day. 0hose who ha"e followed this method ha"e usually found that they had more money to gi"e than they had thought possible. In order that the plan of gi"ing may be successful there are se"eral things that must be obser"ed. First there must be a willing mind. 8If the readiness is there! it is acceptable according as a man hath! not according as he hath not.8 8+od lo"eth a cheerful gi"er.8

/econdly! the gi"ing must be done in faith! and there must be no withholding because the offering seems small. 'any of the instances of gi"ing that are recorded in the Bible as worthy of special mention! commendation! and blessing are instances where the gift itself was small. 0he widow who fed :li7ah in his time of famine ga"e him a ca e made with her last handful of meal. For her faith and her generous spirit she was rewarded with a plentiful daily supply of food for herself and her sons! as well as for :li7ah. 80he 7ar of meal shall not waste! neither shall the cruse of oil fail.8 0his same truth is set forth beautifully in the >ew 0estament! where it is clearly shown that not the amount of the offering but the spirit in which it is gi"en determines its "alue and power. 89nd he CJesusD sat down o"er against the treasury! and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury1 and many that were rich cast in much. 9nd there came a poor widow! and she cast in two mites! which ma e a farthing. 9nd he called unto him his disciples! and said unto them! @erily I say unto you! 0his poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury1 for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had! e"en all her li"ing.8 0his poor widow exemplified what it is to gi"e in faith; and were e"er two mites so great a gift as when they brought forth such praise from the 'aster (imselfJ 0he results of gi"ing in faith are 7ust as sure in this age as in the time of Jesus! for the law is unfailing in all ages. 9 third re5uisite for eeping the law of gi"ing and recei"ing is that the offering shall be a 7ust and fair proportion of all that one recei"es. 0he amount was settled by Paul and the measure he ga"e was1 8as he may prosper.8 0here is a certain definiteness about this! and yet it admits of freedom for the gi"er to exercise his indi"idual faith! 7udgment! and will. 0he 5uestion of wise distribution is closely related to the matter of filling +od's treasury. 0o whom shall we gi"e and when are 5uestions 5uite important. 0here are se"eral truths that may be considered in this connection! but then each indi"idual finds it necessary to trust to the /pirit of wisdom manifest in his own heart! since there are no rules or precedents that one can follow in detail. 0his is as it should be! for it eeps the indi"idual 7udgment! faith! lo"e! sympathy! and will ali"e and acti"e. =et a careful study of the underlying laws of spiritual gi"ing will help one to exercise these di"ine faculties as they should be exercised. If we follow the /pirit of wisdom we shall not gi"e to anything that is contrary to the teaching of Jesus! but spend e"ery penny in the furtherance of the good news of life that (e proclaims and in the promotion of the brotherhood of man that it is (is mission to establish on earth among all those who become sons through (im. 0rue spiritual gi"ing rewards with a double 7oy1 first that which comes with the laying of

the gift upon the altar or in the *ord's treasury; then the 7oy of sharing our part of +od's bounty with others. #ne of the blessings is the satisfying nowledge that we are meeting the law and paying our debt of lo"e and 7ustice to the *ord. 0he other is the 7oy of sharing the *ord's bounty. Justice comes first; then generosity. :"en the so,called heathen recogni-e gi"ing as a part of worship! for we find them coming with offerings when they worship their idols. 9ll ages and all religious dispensations ha"e stressed gi"ing as a "ital part of their worship. In this age! when we ha"e so much! more is re5uired of us! e"en to the gi"ing of oursel"es with all that we are and ha"e. 0his pri"ilege carries immeasurable benefits with it! for it looses us from the personal life! unifies us with the uni"ersal! and so opens our inner and outer life to the inflow and the outflow of the life! lo"e! bounty and grace of +od. 0his is the blessed result of faithful obedience to the law and exercise of the grace of gi"ing. 0he people were ama-ed when the prophet 'alachi told them that they had been robbing +od and desired to now wherein they had failed when they thought they had been ser"ing the *ord so faithfully. People are as much ama-ed today to learn that they ha"e been untrue to +od's law! for the message of 'alachi is for us 5uite as much as for the ancients. 0he /pirit of +od ga"e this message through the prophet1 8Bring ye the whole tithe into the store,house! that there may be food in my house! and pro"e me now herewith! saith Jeho"ah of hosts! if I will not open you the windows of hea"en! and pour you out a blessing! that there shall not be room enough to recei"e it. 9nd I will rebu e the de"ourer for your sa es! and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your "ine cast its fruit before the time in the field! saith Jeho"ah of hosts. 9nd all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land! saith Jeho"ah of hosts.8 /tudy this $d chapter of 'alachi carefully if you would now the happy solution of the problem of gi"ing and recei"ing. /ee how practical it is for people in e"ery wal of life and for nations as well. It offers the solution to the problems of the farmer. It sets forth clearly a law of prosperity for all classes of people; for those who need protection for their crops from frosts! droughts! floods; for those who would escape the plagues! pestilences! and manifold things that would destroy their supply and support. It is a simple law but so effecti"e1 simply gi"e a tithe or tenth or the 8first,fruits8 or their e5ui"alent to the *ord. +od should not be expected to meet all man's re5uirements in the matter of gi"ing this protection and increase unless man fulfills the re5uirements of +od. 0he act of gi"ing complies with the di"ine law! because it in"ol"es the recognition of +od as the gi"er of all increase; and unless we ha"e a recognition of the source of our supply we ha"e no assurance of continuing in its use. 'any people ha"e doubts as to whether it will really do any good to as the *ord for protection and for plenty in regard to crops or other supply. 'any who are employed in cities or who are in business thin it strange that they should belie"e in omnipresent

prosperity. 0hus unbelief is present with them at the "ery time when an unwa"ering faith is most necessary. 0here is a psychological reason why people should obey spiritual law. 6hen a person obeys the law of +od along any line! his faith immediately becomes strengthened in proportion and his doubts disappear. 6hen anyone puts +od first in his finances! not only in thought but in e"ery act! by releasing his first fruits Ga tenth part of his increase or incomeH to the *ord! his faith in omnipresent supply becomes a hundredfold stronger and he prospers accordingly. #beying this law gi"es him an inner nowing that he is building his finances on a sure foundation that will not fail him. :"erything in the uni"erse belongs to +od! and though all things are for the use and en7oyment of man! he can possess nothing selfishly. 6hen man learns that a higher law than human custom and desire is wor ing in the earth to bring about 7ustice! righteousness! and e5uali-ation! he will begin to obey that law by tithing! lo"ing his neighbor! and doing unto others as he would ha"e them do unto him. 0hen man will reach the end of all the troubles brought upon himself by his selfishness and greed! and will become healthy! prosperous! and happy. 0he pastor of a small church in +eorgia suggested to his congregation! composed largely of cotton farmers! that they dedicate a tenth part of their land to the *ord and as (im for protection against the ra"ages of the boll wee"il! which had de"astated the crops in that "icinity for se"eral years. /e"en farmers in the congregation decided to do this. 0hey too no measures to protect their crop on these dedicated acres! yet the pest did not attac the cotton there. 0he 5uality of the fiber was better on those acres than on any that ad7oined them. 0he experiment was so successful in fact that practically all the farmers in that community ha"e decided to follow the plan in the future. 'any experiences such as this are awa ening men to respect our relation to the infinite principle of life! e"erywhere present! that we now as +od. 0his di"ine element of life that manifests itself as growth and substance resides within the factors that combine to produce cotton! wheat! and all other forms of "egetation. 0hen certainly if the farmer wor s in ac nowledged sympathy with this life principle! it will wor in sympathy with him and for his good. :ach contributing in lo"e and understanding to the other! a larger crop will be the result! and a larger measure of prosperity for the farmer. >ot only the farmer but the ban er! the tradesman! the professional man can wor in sympathy and harmony with this principle of growth and increase. 0he infinite life principle is as responsi"e in one field as another! and it is e"erywhere present. :"en so,called inanimate ob7ects are filled to the full with this infinite life! and e"en coined gold is tense with the desire to expand and to grow. 0he materials handled by the tradesman are made of the same substance that ma es the uni"erse and contain within themsel"es the germ of growth and increase. 9ll men are therefore daily associated with life! and through rendering it the re"erent ac nowledgment that is its due and through witnessing this ac nowledgment by dedicating a part of their increase they are prospered.

0he tithe is the e5ui"alent of the increased fertility of the land. If by ac nowledging +od as the gi"er of all life the farmer raises two or six or twenty bushels more on his field! that extra portion! which he would not ha"e had otherwise! is the *ord's portion. In trade the tithe is the e5ui"alent of the increased 5uality of goods. In professional life the tithe is the increased ability or the increased appreciation. 0he tithing principle can be applied in all of our industrial and social relationships. In e"ery case where it has been applied and followed for a time! the tither has been. remar ably blessed; 5uite as much so as in the case of the cotton farmers and their tithe acres. 0here are many people who wish to gi"e but seem at a loss as to how to go about it or where to begin. 0hey do not now how much they should gi"e! or when or how often to offer their gifts! and there are a host of related 5uestions. 0o answer these 5uestions there must be found a definite basis for their gi"ing! a rule to which they can conform. 0his is where the law of tithing fits beautifully! for it is a basis and a sound one! tested and pro"ed for thousands of years. 0he tithe may be a tenth part of one's salary! wage! or allowance! of the net profits of business! or of money recei"ed from the sale of goods. It is based on e"ery form of supply! no matter through what channel it may come! for there are many channels through which man is prospered. 0he tenth should be set apart for the up eep of some spiritual wor or wor ers. It should be set apart first e"en before one's personal expenses are ta en out! for in the right relation of things +od comes first always. 0hen e"erything else follows in di"ine order and falls into its proper place. 0he great promise of prosperity is that if men see +od and (is righteousness first! then all shall be added unto them. #ne of the most practical and sensible ways of see ing +od's ingdom first is to be a tither! to put +od first in finances. It is the promise of +od! the logical thing to do! and the experience of all who ha"e tried it! that all things necessary to their comfort! welfare! and happiness ha"e been added to them in an o"erflowing measure. 0ithing establishes method in gi"ing and brings into the consciousness a sense of order and fitness that will be manifested in one's outer life and affairs as increased efficiency and greater prosperity. 9nother blessing that follows the practice of tithing is the continual 8letting go8 of what one recei"es! which eeps one's mind open to the good and free from co"etousness. 'a ing an occasional large gift and then permitting a lapse of time before another is made will not gi"e this lasting benefit! for one's mind channel may in the meantime become clogged with material thoughts of fear! lac ! or selfishness. 6hen a person tithes he is gi"ing continuously! so that no spirit of grasping! no fear! and no thought of limitations gets a hold on him. 0here is nothing that eeps a person's mind so fearless and so free to recei"e the good constantly coming to him as the practice of tithing. :ach day! wee ! pay day! whene"er it is! the tither gi"es one tenth. 6hen an increase of prosperity comes to him! as come it will and does! his first thought is to gi"e +od the

than s and the tenth of the new amount. 0he free! open mind thus stayed on +od is certain to bring forth 7oy! real satisfaction in li"ing! and true prosperity. 0ithing is based on a law that cannot fail! and it is the surest way e"er found to demonstrate plenty! for it is +od's own law and way of gi"ing. 89nd all the tithe of the land! whether of the seed of the land! or of the fruit of the tree! is Jeho"ah's1 it is holy unto Jeho"ah.8 *et us gi"e as +od gi"es! unreser"edly! and with no thought of return! ma ing no mental demands for recompense on those who ha"e recei"ed from us. 9 gift with reser"ations is not a gift; it is a bribe. 0here is no promise of increase unless we gi"e freely! let go of the gift entirely! and recogni-e the uni"ersal scope of the law. 0hen the gift has a chance to go out and to come bac multiplied. 0here is no telling how far the blessing may tra"el before it comes bac ! but it is a beautiful and encouraging fact that the longer it is in returning! the more hands it is passing through and the more hearts it is blessing. 9ll these hands and hearts add something to it in substance! and it is increased all the more when it does return. 6e must not try to fix the a"enues through which our good is to come. 0here is no reason for thin ing that what you gi"e will come bac through the one to whom you ga"e it. 9ll men are one in Christ and form a uni"ersal brotherhood. 6e must put away any personal claim! such as 8I ga"e to you! now you gi"e to me!8 and supplant it with 8Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren! e"en these least! ye did it unto me.8 0he law will bring each of us 7ust what is his own! the reaping of the seeds he has sown. 0he return will come! for it cannot escape the law! though it may 5uite possibly come through a "ery different channel from what we expect. 0rying to fix the channel through which his good must come to him is one of the ways in which the personal man shuts off his own supply. 0he spiritual,minded man does not ma e selfish use of the law but gi"es because he lo"es to gi"e. Because he gi"es with no thought of reward and no other moti"e than lo"e! he is thrown more completely into the ine"itable operation of the law and his return is all the more certain. (e is ine"itably enriched and cannot escape it. Jesus said! 8+i"e! and it shall be gi"en unto you; good measure! pressed down! sha en together! running o"er.8 (e was not merely ma ing a promise but stating a law that ne"er fails to function. /o inexhaustible is the bounty of the +i"er of all good that to him who has eyes to see it and faith to recei"e it +od is an unfailing source of supply. 0he munificent +i"er withholds nothing from him who comes in the name of a son and heir and lays claim to his portion. It is the Father's good pleasure to gi"e us the ingdom! and all that the Father has is ours. But we must ha"e the faith and the courage to claim it.

'en who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who ha"e faith in the money,producing power of their ideas. 0hose who would accomplish great things in the demonstration of spiritual resources must ha"e faith to lay hold of the di"ine ideas and the courage to spea them into expression. 0he conception must be followed by the affirmation that the law is instantly fulfilled. 0hen the supply will follow in manifestation.

Lesson Ten
'i*ht #ivin*, the Key to +bundant 'eceivin* 0(:): I/ a law of gi"ing and recei"ing and it re5uires careful study if we would use it in our prosperity demonstrations. It is a law of mind action! and it can be learned and applied the same as any other law. 0he teaching of Jesus stands out prominently! because it can be practically applied to the affairs of e"eryday life. It is not alone a religion in the sense that word is usually ta en but is a rule of thin ing! doing! li"ing! and being. It is not only ethical but practical! and men ha"e ne"er yet sounded the depths of the simple but all,inclusi"e words of Jesus. 0o some people it is unthin able to connect the teaching of Jesus with the countinghouse and the mar et place! but a deeper insight into their meaning and purpose! which the /pirit of 0ruth is now re"ealing to the world! shows that these lofty teachings are the most practical rules for daily li"ing in all departments of life. 0hey are "ital to modern ci"ili-ation and the "ery foundation of business stability. 0he law of gi"ing and recei"ing that Jesus taught! 8+i"e! and it shall be gi"en unto you!8 is found to be applicable to all our commercial as well as our social relationships. 6e ha"e not been more successful in ma ing this doctrine of Jesus a practical standard for e"eryday guidance because we ha"e not understood the law on which it is based. Jesus would not ha"e put forth a doctrine that was not true and not based on unchanging law! and we can be sure that this doctrine of gi"ing and recei"ing is powerful enough to support all the affairs of ci"ili-ation. 6e ha"e not gone deeply enough into the teaching but ha"e thought we understood it from a mere surface study. 8=e loo at the things that are before your face!8 says Paul! and Jesus also warned us to 87udge not according to appearance.8 6e should form no conclusions until we ha"e gone thoroughly into the causes and the underlying laws. 0he things we see outwardly are the effects that ha"e arisen from causes that are in"isible to us. 0here is an inner and an outer to e"erything1 both the mental and the material conditions per"ade the uni"erse. 'an slides at will up and down the whole gamut of cause and effect. 0he whole race slides into an effect almost unconsciously and so identifies the senses with the effect that the causes are lost sight of for thousands of years. 9n awa ening comes in time and the cause side of existence is again brought to the attention of men! as set forth! for example! in the doctrine of Jesus Christ. But men cannot grasp the great truth in a moment and cling to what is plainly "isible to them! the effect side. 0he truth that things ha"e a spiritual as well as a material identity and that the spiritual is the cause side and of greatest "alue! is a re"elation that may be slow in coming to most people. In this instance it is the material side that they cling to! thin ing

it to be all and refusing to let go. 'en ha"e ta en the letter or appearance side of the Jesus Christ doctrine and materiali-ed it to fit their beliefs and customs. 0hat is the reason why the Christ message has not purified commerce! society! and go"ernment. But it should be made spiritually operati"e in those fields. It will easily do the wor desired when its mental side is studied and when it is understood and applied from the spiritual "iewpoint. 0here is need for reform in economics more than in any other department of e"eryday life. 'oney has been manipulated by greed until greed itself is sic and secretly as s for a panacea. But it does not loo to the religion of Jesus Christ for healing. In fact that is the "ery last place it would apply for aid! because many of the ad"ocates of the Jesus Christ doctrine are themsel"es economic dependents and ha"e no solution for the economic problem , not understanding the power of their own religion. =et no permanent remedy will e"er be found for the economic ills of the world outside a practical application of the laws on which the doctrine of Jesus Christ is based. 0he correctness of the solution of any problem is assured by the right relation of its elements. 9ll true reform begins with the indi"idual. Jesus began there. (e did not clamor for legislation to control men or their actions. (e called (is twel"e apostles and through them indi"idually instituted that reform which has as its basis an appeal to the innate intelligence! honesty! and goodness in e"ery man. (e told them! 8+o ye into all the world! and preach the gospel to the whole creation.8 9s people learn more definitely about the dynamic effect of thought and how ideas pass from mind to mind! they see more and more the wisdom of the Christ teaching. 0hey are beginning to understand that there is one unde"iating law of mind action and that all thin ing and all spea ing is amenable to it. 0hus when Jesus said! 8By thy words thou shalt be 7ustified! and by thy words thou shalt be condemned!8 (e taught the power of thoughts and words to bring results in accordance with the ideas bac of them. Following the metaphysical side of the teaching of Jesus! we ha"e found that certain thoughts held in the minds of the people are causing widespread misery! disease! and death. 6e ha"e also found that these thoughts can be dissol"ed or transformed and the whole man made o"er through his conscious "olition. Paul well understood this process. (e said! 8Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.8 9mong the destructi"e thoughts that men indulge in and exercise are those forms of selfishness which we now as a"arice! co"etousness! money getting! the desire for financial gain and for possessing the things of the world. 0hese thoughts threaten seriously to disturb the ci"ili-ation of the world and the stability of the whole race. 0he sole thought of money getting is being allowed by men and women to generate its cold "apor in their souls until it shuts out all the sunlight of lo"e and e"en of life. 0he remedy

for the misery caused by destructi"e thoughts is not far to see . It lies in constructi"e thin ing along the lines that Jesus laid down. Indeed the remedy for all the ills to which flesh is heir lies in conformity to the di"ine law that Jesus re"ealed to (is true followers. It is said of these true followers G9cts I1$3H that they were 8of one heart and soul1 and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.8 'any true Christians ha"e obser"ed this righteous law and sought to conform to it in community life. /uch efforts ha"e not always been successful! because there was not the necessary recognition of the mental factor and the discipline of ideas. /o long as the idea of co"etousness is lodged in the human mind as its dominant generating factor! there can be no successful community life. 0hat idea must be eliminated from the mental plane first; the next step! the outer practice! will then be safe and successful. :"erywhere true metaphysicians are preparing themsel"es to be members in the great colony that Jesus is to set up! by wor ing to eliminate from their mind all selfish ideas! along with all other discordant "ibrations that produce inharmony among members of the same group. 9 step in this direction is the gradual introduction of the 8freewill offering8 plan to replace the world's commercial standard of reward for ser"ices. 6e are stri"ing to educate the people on this 5uestion of gi"ing and recei"ing and to let their own experience pro"e to them that there is a di"ine law of e5uilibrium in financial matters that corresponds to the law of balance and poise that holds the suns and the planets in place. In order to ma e a success of this great effort we must ha"e the lo"ing co,operation of e"eryone to whom we minister. 0he law is based on lo"e and 7ustice! and it e5uitably and harmoniously ad7usts all the affairs of men. It goes e"en further! for it restores a harmony and balance in both mind and body that results in happiness and health as well as prosperity. *o"e and 7ustice are mighty powers! and all things must e"entually come under their influence! because e"en a few men and women of right moti"e can! by right thin ing and conse5uent 7ust action! introduce these ideas into the race consciousness and pa"e the way for their uni"ersal adoption. 0he mo"ement has already begun and is rapidly gaining headway. :"ery student and reader is as ed to gi"e it impetus by resol"ing to be unselfish and 7ust without compulsion. 0he race consciousness is formed of thought currents and the dominant beliefs of all the people. 9 few men and women rise abo"e these currents of thought and become independent thin ers. 0he dominating race idea of money getting as the goal of success is now being replaced by the idea of usefulness and good wor s. 0his idea must be carried out by indi"iduals who ha"e resol"ed to thin and to act in the Jesus Christ way. 0o be one of these indi"iduals and to contribute to the change in the race consciousness! first dedicate yourself in /pirit to the ministry of Jesus and resol"e to carry forward the great wor (e has commissioned you to do. 0his does not mean that you must preach li e Paul or necessarily carry on any extensi"e wor in the outer. In the silence of your

8inner chamber8 you can do a mighty wor of power by daily denying the beliefs in a"arice and co"etousness and affirming the uni"ersal sway of di"ine lo"e and 7ustice. =ou can ma e the idea of exact e5uity and 7ustice between man and man the central theme of all your saying and doing. 6hen you see examples of greed and a"arice or when thoughts of these see a place in your mind! remember the words of the 'aster1 86hat is that to theeB follow thou me.8 >e"er for a moment allow yourself to entertain any scheme for getting the better of your fellows in any trade or bargain. (old steadily to the law of e5uity and 7ustice that is wor ing in and through you! nowing for a certainty that you are supplied with e"erything necessary to fulfill all your re5uirements. +i"e full "alue for e"erything you get. .emand the same for e"erything you gi"e! but do not try to enforce that demand by human methods. 0here is a better way1 thin of yourself as /pirit wor ing with powerful spiritual forces! and now that the demands of /pirit must and will be met. .o not plan to lay up for the future; let the future ta e care of itself. 0o entertain any fears or doubts on that point saps your strength and depletes your spiritual power. (old steadily to the thought of the omnipresence of uni"ersal supply! its perfect e5uilibrium and its swift action in filling e"ery apparent "acuum or place of lac . If you ha"e been in the habit of hoarding or of practicing stringent economy! change your thought currents to generosity. Practice gi"ing! e"en though it may be in a small way. +i"e in a spirit of lo"e and gi"e when you cannot see any possibility of return. Put real substance into your gift by gi"ing the substance of the heart with the to en of money or whate"er it is. 0hrough the power of your word you can bless and spiritually multiply e"erything that you gi"e. /ee yourself as the steward of +od handing out (is inexhaustible supplies. In this manner you are setting into action mental and spiritual forces that e"entually bring large results into "isibility. Be happy in your gi"ing. +od lo"es a cheerful gi"er because his mind and heart are open to the flow of the pure substance of Being that balances all things. .o not gi"e with any idea that you are bestowing charity. 0he idea of charity has infested the race consciousness for thousands of years and is responsible for the great army of human dependents. .o all you can to annul this mental error. 0here is no such thing as charity as popularly understood. :"erything belongs to +od and all (is children are e5ually entitled to it. 0he fact that one has a surplus and gi"es some of it to another does not ma e the one a benefactor and the other a dependent. 0he one with the surplus is simply a steward of +od and is merely discharging the wor of his stewardship. 6hen one as s for di"ine wisdom and understanding about gi"ing it becomes a 7oy both to the gi"er and the recipient. Followers of Jesus who are doing (is wor of teaching and healing should! li e (im! recei"e free,will offerings for their ministry to the people. 0he ma7ority of those who

apply to teachers and healers recogni-e this law of gi"ing and recei"ing! but there are 5uite a number who do not understand it. First there are those who are in bondage to the idea of a"arice! and secondly! there are those who still are in bondage to the idea of charity. Both these classes need education and treatment to release them from mental limitation and mental disease. 0he a"aricious suffer most in body and are the most difficult to heal! because of the mental bias that prompts them to get e"erything as cheaply as possible! including the ingdom of hea"en. 0hey must be patiently educated to be 7ust because it is right! and to learn to 8let go8 of the ac5uisiti"e spirit and replace it with the spirit of generosity. 0hey will do this readily enough as a mental drill but are not so willing to let go of the money symbol. (owe"er! continued treatments in the silence! supplemented with oral and written instruction! will e"entually pre"ail and heal them. 0here are many examples that could be gi"en to pro"e the outwor ing of the law. 0he co"etous idea has a great power o"er the body. It would a"ail little to treat the outer manifestation before first remo"ing the inner cause from the mind. 0he sal"ation of such people is to learn to gi"e generously and freely! not from compulsion or for the sa e of reward but from a lo"e of the gi"ing. /ome metaphysicians thin to cure their patients of the hold of a"aricious thoughts by charging them a good round price for their treatments. By the same to en the medical doctor who charges the most is surest to heal his patients! and any ser"ice for which an exhorbitant price is charged is the bestJ /urely this would be a foolish idea. 'etaphysical healing has become so popular that hundreds ha"e gone into it as a business and are ma ing of it an industry founded on the old commercial idea! 7ust as cold and calculating! as hard and unyielding as the idea is in the ran s of the money,changers of mammon. /urely there is a 8more excellent way!8 one more in harmony with di"ine law! a way that permits the heart as well as the head and hand to be used in the grace of gi"ing and recei"ing. 0hose who are using the freewill offering method meet with some criticism and opposition from those who hold to the commercial method and say that charging a definite sum is the legitimate way. 0hey accuse &nity of fostering charity and po"erty and eeping ali"e the spirit of getting something for nothing that is manifested by so many people. #ur reply is that we are pursuing the only course that could e"er effectually eradicate these erroneous states of consciousness and bring people into an understanding of the spiritual law of prosperity through gi"ing in lo"e. :"eryone should gi"e as he recei"es; in fact! it is only through gi"ing that he can recei"e. &ntil the heart is 5uic ened at the center and the mind is opened up to 0ruth there is no permanent healing. :"eryone can ma e a fair return for e"erything he gets. 6e aim to show moneyless paupers that they can gi"e something in return for the good that has been done them. It may be to pass the true word to some other needy one! or merely to lift up their "oice in than sgi"ing and praise where before they were dumb.

6e recogni-e the necessity of some action of the mammon,bound mind. It must be made to let go somewhere before it can recei"e the light and the power of /pirit. #ur wor is to bring men and women to the place of true and lasting dominion where they are superior to both riches and po"erty. 6e can do this by showing them that they are spiritual beings! that they li"e in a spiritual world here and now! and that through the apprehension of the 0ruth of their being and their relation to +od this dominion is to be reali-ed. 0he central and most "ital fact that they must come to reali-e is that an idea has the power of building thought structures! which in turn materiali-e in the outer en"ironment and affairs and determine e"ery detail of their existence. :"ery man is a ing ruling his own sub7ects. 0hese sub7ects are the ideas existing in his mind! the 8sub7ects8 of his thought. :ach man's ideas are as "aried and show as many traits of character as the inhabitants of any empire. But they can all be brought into sub7ection and made to obey through the I 9' power that is the ruler of the ingdom. In your domain of mind there may be colonies of alien ideas , the Philistines! Canaanites! and other foreign tribes! that the Children of Israel found in their Promised *and when they attempted to ta e possession of it. 0he story of the Children of Israel and how they gained the possession of that land is a symbolical representation of the experience of e"eryone who see s to reclaim his own consciousness in the name of the *ord. 0he meaning in (ebrew of the name Canaanite is 8merchant8 or 8trader8; in other words! a set of ideas that has to do with the commercial phase of life. /tudy the Children of Israel Gspiritual ideasH in their experiences with these Canaanites and you will get many "aluable hints on subduing and handling your own money,getting ideas. =ou may allow a"ariciousness and stinginess to de"elop in your mind domain until the "ery blood in your body starts to dry up and your ner"es are sha en and palsied with the fear of future po"erty. If so! it is time these ideas were dri"en out and a new set of ideas settled in your domain to become acti"e in building up a new state of consciousness GnationH. Begin at once to let go of your all,consuming thoughts of gain. 0hin about generosity and begin to be generous for your own sa e. 8It is more blessed to gi"e than to recei"e8 will pro"e itself to you as the law! for you will be blessed by a new influx of ideas of life! health! and prosperity when you start gi"ing. Instead of being grasping and a"aricious! perhaps you ha"e gone to the other extreme and ha"e culti"ated ideas of small things financially. =ou may ha"e been fostering po"erty by holding ideas of pennies instead of dollars or of hundreds instead of thousands. =ou may be thin ing that you cannot gi"e because your income is small or your supply is limited. =our remedy is to culti"ate ideas of abundance. Claim +od as your inexhaustible resource; that all things are yours. But in order to set in motion the accumulated energy of your thought you must also begin to gi"e. =ou may be able to

gi"e only pennies at first! but gi"e them in the name and the spirit of your opulent +od. /end them forth with all the lo"e of your heart and say to them as they go! 8.i"ine lo"e through me blesses and multiplies you.8 =our consciousness is li e a stream of water. If the stream is in any way dammed up! the water settles in all the low places and becomes stagnant. 0he 5uic est way to purify and reclaim the low! 8swampy8 places in your consciousness is to let in the flood from abo"e by opening the dam. 'any people try to demonstrate +od as their supply by repeating affirmations of abundance now present! but fail to deny and thus to let go of the old condition and old belief in lac by beginning to gi"e as generously as possible. It is not the amount you gi"e measured by standards of the world! it is the good will you send forth with the gift; which can be measured only by spiritual standards. 8+od lo"eth a cheerful gi"er.8 0he +ree word here translated cheerful is hilarion! which means really 8hilarious! 7oyful.8 0he gift may be measured in dollars and cents but +od loo s not on such standards! (e loo s on and lo"es the 87oyful8 gi"er. 6e read in .euteronomy 341IK! I4! 8Because thou ser"edst not Jeho"ah thy +od with 7oyfulness! and with gladness of heart! by reason of the abundance of all things; therefore shalt thou ser"e thine enemies ... in hunger! and in thirst! and in na edness! and in want of all things.8 0his shows that there is a definite relation between the cheerfulness or 7oyfulness of our gi"ing and our prosperity. 6hether we ma e a large or a small gift! let us ma e it with largeness of cheer and 7oy! e"en of hilarity! remembering that +od lo"eth a 8hilarious8 gi"er. 8<eep therefore the words of this co"enant! and do them! that ye may prosper in all that ye do.8 Blessings 0hat 'ay Be Placed #n #ur +ifts .i"ine lo"e! through me! blesses and multiplies this offering. 0he Father gi"es abundantly; I recei"e than fully! and gi"e again generously. 0his is the bounty of +od! and I send it forth with wisdom and 7oy. .i"ine lo"e bountifully supplies and increases this offering. I gi"e freely and fearlessly! fulfilling the law of gi"ing and recei"ing.

Lesson Eleven
!ayin* Up reasures 9F0:) the multitude had been fed by the increase of the loa"es and fishes! Jesus commanded that they gather up the fragments so that nothing might be lost. 89nd they all ate! and were filled1 and they too up that which remained o"er of the bro en pieces! twel"e bas ets full.8 9ny form of waste is a "iolation of the di"ine law of conser"ation. :"erywhere in nature there is e"idence of stored,up energy substance! ready for use when needed. 0his reser"e force is not material but spiritual. It is ready to be called into expression to meet any need. But when it is not put to use or called into expression! there is a manifestation of inharmony or lac either in the body of man or in its outer supply. It is in his wrong conception of this spiritual force that man ma es the mista e of falling into the habit of hoarding instead of conser"ing. (e tries to gather things together in the external in a "ain effort to a"ert an imagined shortage in the future and he counts himself rich by the amount of his material possessions. /piritually awa ened people are coming to now that all riches are spiritual and within the reach of all as di"ine ideas. 0hey study the law of conser"ation as it pertains to the spiritual and see to build up a large reser"e consciousness of substance! life! strength! and power! rather than laying up material treasures that 8moth and rust consume8 and 8thie"es brea through and steal.8 'en and women scatter their energies to the four winds in the effort to satisfy the desires of the flesh! and then wonder why they do not demonstrate prosperity. If they only reali-ed the truth that this same thought force can be conser"ed and controlled to express itself in constructi"e channels! they would soon be prosperous. /pirit must ha"e substance to wor on and there must be substance in the ideas of your mind. If your substance is going here! there! and e"erywhere! being spent in riotous thin ing! how can it accumulate to the point of demonstrationB /uch a waste of substance is a "iolation of the law of conser"ation! a law that all should now. 6hen you o"ercome your desire for dissipation! not the o"ert acts only but the inner desire! then you will begin to accumulate substance that must manifest itself as prosperity according to the law. #ne of the fundamental principles in the study of Christianity is that +od's great ob7ecti"e is the ma ing of a perfect man. 'an is the apex of creation! made in +od's image and li eness! and endowed with full authority and dominion o"er his elemental thoughts. 6e sometimes thin that we must succeed in some business or occupation

before we can become rich or famous. 0his is a missing of the mar of 8the high calling of +od in Christ Jesus!8 which is to demonstrate the di"ine idea of a perfect man. 0he real ob7ect of life is not ma ing money or becoming famous but the building of character! the bringing forth of the potentialities that exist in e"ery one of us. 9 part of the di"ine plan is substantial pro"ision by the Creator for all the mental and physical needs of (is creation. 6e are not studying prosperity to become rich but to bring out those characteristics that are fundamental to prosperity. 6e must learn to de"elop the faculty that will bring prosperity and the character that is not spoiled by prosperity. Faith is the faculty of mind that deals with the uni"ersal,substance idea. Faith is the substance of things hoped for. :"erything in +od is ideal! without form or shape but with all possibilities. (e is omnipresent in our mind and in our body. It is in our body that we bring +od into "isible manifestation. Faith is the faculty that does this. It lays hold of the substance idea and ma es it "isible. 0he scramble for wealth seems to be the only ob7ect of existence for certain minds. 6riters of Biblical times were incessantly preaching against the e"ils of money. =et Jeho"ah was always promising riches and honor to all those who ept (is commandments. 0he gold and sil"er that +od promised were spiritual rather than material. +od is mind! and mind can gi"e only ideas. 0hese ideas can be translated into terms of gold or of anything else we desire! according to our thought. 0he only treasures that are worth sa"ing are those we lay up in the hea"ens of the mind. 0he only gold that can be trusted to bring happiness is the gold of /pirit. Jesus says! 8I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire! that thou mayest become rich; and white garments! that thou mayest clothe thyself! that the shame of thy na edness be not made manifest.8 Paul tells us that 8the lo"e of money is a root of all inds of e"il.8 0hat means of course that by lo"ing money man has in some way limited it. (e has not lo"ed the true source of money but has lo"ed the thing rather than the /pirit that it expresses. (e has bro en the law by trying to grasp the thing and failing to ac nowledge the idea that lies bac of it. 6e must now this law! obser"ing it in the handling of money! and ma e lo"e the magnet of supply instead of becoming entangled in that selfishness and greed which is causing so much inharmony and suffering in the world today. 6e should now that there is a uni"ersal money substance and that it belongs to all of us in all its fullness. In the parable of the sower Jesus uses a most stri ing phrase. Part of the good seed was cho ed out by thorns and the thorns represent the 8deceitfulness of riches.8 'oney is indeed a cheat. It promises ease and brings cares; it promises pleasures and pays with pain; it promises influence and returns en"y and 7ealousy; it promises happiness and gi"es sorrow; it promises permanence and then flies away. 'etaphysically! it is better or at least safer to be poor than to be rich. Jesus taught this in

the parable of the rich man and *a-arus. 0he rich man is pictured in torment! crying for the poor man to gi"e him a drin of water. But if the rich are miserable! the poor who greatly desire to be rich are e5ually so. Po"erty and riches are the two poles of a magnet whose pi"ot is a belief that the possession of matter will bring 7oy to the possessor. 0his belief is a delusion! and those who are attracted by this belief and allow their minds to be hypnoti-ed by the desire for material possessions are to be pitied whether their desire is reali-ed or not. 0he real possessor of wealth is the one who feels that all things are his to use and to en7oy yet does not burden himself with the personal possession of anything. .iogenes was a most happy man though he li"ed in a tub. (is philosophy has outli"ed the influence of the rich and powerful people who were his contemporaries. (e wal ed around with a lantern at midday loo ing for an honest man! so they seem to ha"e been as rare in his day as in ours. (owe"er! the widespread desire for material possessions indicates that there is somewhere some good in it. 0he natural man is from the soil! formed of the dust of the ground! and lo"es his nati"e element. 0he spiritual man is from abo"e! originating in the hea"ens of the mind. (e is gi"en first place and li e Jacob supplants the natural man. 'en should not condemn the earth because of this! yet they should not lo"e it to the exclusion of the hea"ens. 0hey should understand that substance is the day from which the Father ma es the body of (is people. 8=our hea"enly Father noweth that ye ha"e need of all these things ... But see ye first his ingdom! and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.8 0he di"ine law holds that the earth is the *ord's and the fullness thereof. If this truth were thoroughly understood! men would begin at once to ma e all property public! a"ailable for the use and en7oyment of all the people. 0he early disciples of Jesus understood this and their religion re5uired them to bring all their possessions and lay them at the feet of their leaders! to be distributed and used according to the needs of all. Paul's companion Barnabas ga"e his field. 9nanias and /apphira sold their land and brought part of the price to Peter but held bac part of it. 0hey had not o"ercome the fear of future lac and had not put their faith fully in the teaching and promises of the 'aster. 6hen we ha"e recogni-ed the truth of the omnipresence of +od as substance and supply for e"ery need! there will be no occasion for holding bac part as 9nanias and /apphira did. 6e cannot hoard money in its material phase without brea ing the law! which is that we ha"e all the substance necessary for our supply. 6e as the *ord for our 8daily8 bread and expect to ha"e it but we do not get an accumulation that will spoil on our hands or that will deny the proper supply to any other man. 0he metaphysical idea of this part of the *ord's Prayer is 8+i"e us this day the substance of tomorrow's bread.8

6e as not for bread but for the substance that /pirit arranges to manifest as bread! clothing! shelter! or the supply for any need we may ha"e. /ubstance in the form of money is gi"en to us for constructi"e uses. It is gi"en for use and to meet an immediate need! not to be hoarded away or be foolishly wasted. 6hen you ha"e found freedom from the binding thought of hoarding money! do not go to the opposite extreme of extra"agant spending. 'oney is to be used! not abused. It is good to eep one's obligations paid. It is good to ha"e some money on hand for good uses! such as hospitality! education! for de"eloping industries that will contribute to the good of numbers of people! for the furtherance of spiritual wor ! for helping others to build useful and constructi"e li"es! and for many other purposes and acti"ities. But in such conser"ation of money one should eep e"er in mind the necessity of a constructi"e moti"e bac of the action. 'oney accumulated for a definite and definitely constructi"e purpose is 5uite a different thing from money hoarded with the fearful thought of a 8rainy day8 or a prolonged season of lac and suffering. 'oney sa"ed for 8rainy days8 is always used for 7ust that! for fear attracts that which is feared unfailingly. 80he thing which I fear cometh upon me.8 'oney sa"ed as 8an opportunity fund8 brings an increase of good! but money hoarded from fear as a moti"e or with any miserly thought in mind cannot possibly bring any blessing. 0hose who hold the thought of accumulation so dominant in the world today are in"iting trouble and e"en disaster! because right along with this thought goes a strong affirmation of the fear of loss of riches. 0heir actions bespea fear! and the loss they dread is certain to be manifested sooner or later. 0he worldly idea of prosperity is based on the wrong idea of supply. #ne may ha"e the right idea about the source of riches as spiritual and yet ha"e the wrong idea about the constancy of supply as an e"er, present! freely flowing spiritual substance. +od does not clothe the lilies in a moment and then lea"e them to the mercy of lac ; (e gi"es them the continuous supply necessary to their growth. 6e can rest assured that (e will much more clothe us and eep us clothed from day to day according to our need. 6hen we doubt this and place our dependence on stored,up money instead! we shut off the stream of di"ine supply. 0hen when our little accumulation is spent! stolen! or lost! we are li e the prodigal son and we begin to be in want. Jesus did not own a foot of land. =et ne"er did (e lac for anything needed. 6ithout laying up treasures on earth (e was rich in (is consciousness of the treasures of hea"en within (imself! treasures ready to be manifested in the outer whene"er (e needed them. 6e now perfectly well that sooner or later we shall ha"e to let go of our earthly possessions. .oes this bring the thought of death and of lea"ing the world behindB 0hen it shows what a powerful hold this race belief of worldly wealth has ta en in your mind. 'en can thin of letting go of their material possessions only in connection with death.

0hey seem to prefer death to gi"ing up their idea of wealth. 6hen they ma e such a choice they decree what shall come to pass for them. 0hat is why it is hard for a 8rich man8 to enter into the ingdom of hea"en. (e has laid up treasures on earth and not enough in hea"en. (e has not made it possible for his mind to lay hold of the positi"e pole of wealth! the true idea of wealth. (e is holding to the negati"e side of the wealth idea! and that side is always changing. 'aterial things pass away unless they are firmly connected with the unchanging! positi"e /ource. 0rue riches and real prosperity are in the understanding that there is an omnipresent substance from which all things come and that by the action of our mind we can unify oursel"es with that substance so that the manifestations that come from it will be in line with our desires and needs. Instead of reali-ing the inexhaustible! eternal! and omnipresent nature of that substance! we ha"e limited it in our thought. 6e ha"e thought that there is only about so much of it and that we had better hurry to get our share. 6e ha"e thought that we must be careful how we spend it and put some of it away for a time when there won't be any more. In building up this consciousness of a limited supply we ha"e concluded that it is necessary to be economical and more and more sa"ing. 6e begin to pinch in our mind! and then our money becomes pinched! for as we thin in our mind! so we manifest in our affairs. 0his attitude pinches the channel through which our substance comes to manifestation and slows down the e"en flow of our supply. 0hen comes depression! hard times! shortage! and we wonder why! loo ing for some way to lay the blame on the go"ernment! or on war! or on industry! or e"en on the *ord! but ne"er by any chance do we put the blame where it belongs1 on oursel"es. 0he 8pinching attitude8 of mind does e"en worse than bring people into want. If people would relax in mind! they would loosen up the ner"es and muscles of the body. 0hey must learn the cause of their strained! pinching mental attitude and let go of that first. 0hen the relief of the outer condition will become manifest as the condition itself did. >early all of us ha"e been brought up in the belief that economy is an important thing! e"en a "irtue. 6e should sa"e our money and ha"e a ban account. /a"ing money is the recipe for success gi"en by many of our wealthy men. It is not a bad idea. 0here must be money a"ailable in ban s to carry on business and industry. By ha"ing a ban account we contribute to the welfare of the community! if we ha"e the right idea; which is that the *ord is our ban er. 0he word miser is from the *atin root from which also comes 8miserable.8 It describes the condition of those who lo"e and hoard money! lands! or other material things. 0he stories that are told about misers are almost beyond credence! but nearly e"ery day the press recounts the story of the pitiable straits to which misers ha"e reduced themsel"es in order to add to their riches. 0hey sometimes star"e themsel"es to add a few dollars or e"en a few pennies to their hoarded store. 0he papers recently carried an item about a

miser in >ew =or worth ele"en million dollars. (e goes from office to office in one of his great office buildings and pic s up the waste paper from the bas ets! which he sells for a few cents. 9nother almost as wealthy will not buy an o"ercoat but eeps his body warm by pinning newspapers under his house coat. /uch men are not only themsel"es miserable but they ma e miserable all those around them. 9 >ew =or paper tells of a miser worth millions when he died. #nce burglars bro e into his home! but they succeeded in getting out again without losing anything. =ou do not need to lay up treasures for the future when you now that the law of omnipresent good is pro"iding for you from within. 9s you e"ol"e into this inner law of mind! you draw to yourself more and more of the good things of life. In your mind see plenty e"erywhere. =es! it is hard sometimes to o"ercome the thought that there is not enough! for it is an insidious thought that has been in consciousness for a long time. But it can be done. It has been done and is being done by others. 0he prosperity law is not a theory but a demonstrated fact! as thousands can testify. >ow is the time to open your mind and to see plenty. 9s you do so you will find that there is an increase in your supply. .eny out of mind e"ery thought of lac and affirm the abundance of all good. 0he infinite substance that infinite 'ind has gi"en to you is all about you now! but you must lay hold of it. It is li e the air! but you must breathe the air to get it. It is yours for the ta ing! but you must ta e it. =ou should culti"ate this wonderful power of the mind to now that e"erything is bountiful and this power to lay hold of in"isible substance in the mind and by faith bring it forth into manifestation. <now with Job that we ha"e as much now! in reality and in 0ruth! as we e"er had. 0here is no shortage! lac ! or depression with +od. .o not be fearful! regardless of how outer appearances may affect others. <eep your head when all about you are losing theirs. )efuse to load up your mind with the old material thoughts of economy to the point of denial of what you really need. :liminate the old limiting ideas. 9ssert your freedom and your faith as a child of +od. .o not spend foolishly or sa"e foolishly. 0he farmer does not throw away his wheat when he sows a field. (e nows how much he must sow per acre and does not stint! for he nows that a stinted sowing will bring a stinted har"est. (e sows bountifully but not extra"agantly and he reaps bountifully as he has sown. 86hatsoe"er a man soweth! that shall he also reap.8 8(e that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.8 6e cannot help but see that apparent lac and hard times are the result of states of mind. 6e ha"e such things in the manifest world because men ha"e not s5uared their action with di"ine Principle. 0hey ha"e not used spiritual 7udgment. 6hen they in"est in stoc s and property! they get the opinions of other men! sometimes those who call themsel"es experts. 0hen comes the crash! and e"en the experts pro"e how little they understand the

real laws of wealth. 6e can go to an expert who really nows the law because (e ordained it in the first place. 9nd (e is not far away! but right within oursel"es. 6e can go within and meditate on these things in the silence! and the *ord will direct our personal finances. (e will show us 7ust how to get the most and gi"e the most with our money and (e will see to it that we ha"e the supply that we need so that we may not be in want of anything needful to our good. 0his may not mean riches piled up or 8sa"ed for a rainy day!8 but it will insure our supply for today! the only day there is in 0ruth. 9s we continue to grow in the consciousness of +od as omnipresent life and substance we no longer ha"e to put our trust in accumulations of money or other goods. 6e are sure that each day's need will be met! and we do not depri"e oursel"es of today's en7oyment and peace in order to pro"ide for some future and wholly imaginary need. In this consciousness our life becomes di"inely ordered! and there is a balance in supply and finances as in e"erything else. 6e do not depri"e oursel"es of what we need today; neither do we waste our substance in foolish ways nor deplete it uselessly. 6e do not expect or prepare for ad"ersity of any ind! for to do so is not only to in"ite it but to show a doubt of +od and all (is promises. 'any people bear burdens and deny themsel"es sufficient for their present needs in order to prepare for dar days that ne"er come. 6hen we loo bac o"er the past we find that most of our fears were groundless! and most of the things we dreaded so much ne"er happened. (owe"er the things we prepared for probably did happen and found us not fully prepared e"en after all our efforts in that direction. 0his should enable us to trust +od now and rest in the positi"e assurance that (e will supply e"ery need as it arises. 0hings are ne"er so bad as you thin . >e"er allow yourself to be burdened with the thought that you are ha"ing a hard time. =ou do not want a soul structure of that ind and should not build it with those thoughts. =ou are li"ing in a new age. =esterday is gone fore"er; today is here fore"er. /omething grander for man is now unfolding. Put yourself in line with the progress of thought in the new age and go forward.

Lesson Twelve
Overcomin* the hou*ht of !ac, 0(: <I>+.#' of hea"en is li e unto a net! that was cast into the sea! and gathered of e"ery ind; which! when it was filled! they drew up on the beach; and they sat down! and gathered the good into "essels! but the bad they cast away.8 0he mind of man is li e the net catching e"ery ind of idea! and it is man's pri"ilege and duty under the di"ine law to separate those that are good from those which are not good. In this process the currents of unselfish! spiritual lo"e flowing through the soul act as great eliminators! freeing the consciousness of thoughts of hate! lac ! and po"erty! and gi"ing the substance of /pirit free access into the consciousness and affairs. In another parable Jesus explained the same process as a separation of the sheep from the goats. 6hen this di"ine current of lo"e and spiritual understanding begins its wor ! we must ma e this separation. 6e put the sheep! the good and obedient and profitable thoughts! on the right! and we put the goats! the stubborn! selfish! useless thoughts! on the left. :ach must handle his own thoughts and o"ercome them by aligning them with the harmony and order of the di"ine thought. 0here is an infinite! omnipresent wisdom within us that will deal with these thoughts and guide us in ma ing the discrimination between the right and the wrong when we trust oursel"es fully to its intelligence. 6e can establish a connection between the conscious mind and the superconscious mind within us by meditation! by silence! and by spea ing the word. 0he superconscious mind within you discriminates among the inds of food you assimilate! controls your digestion! your breathing! and the beating of your heart. It 8doeth all things well!8 and it will help you do this important wor of directing you in the thoughts you should hold and the ones you should cast out. 9s you de"elop this mind within yourself you will find that you can gradually turn o"er more and more of your affairs to its perfect discrimination. >othing is too great for it to accomplish! nor is anything too tri"ial for it to handle with perfection and dispatch. 0his mind of the /pirit will guide you in perfect ways! e"en in the minute details of your life! if you will let it do so. But you must will to do its will and trust it in all your ways. It will lead you unfailingly into health! happiness! and prosperity! as it has done and is doing for thousands! if and when you follow it. It is 7ust as necessary that one should let go of old thoughts and conditions after they ha"e ser"ed their purpose as it is that one should lay hold of new ideas and create new conditions to meet one's re5uirements. In fact we cannot lay hold of the new ideas and

ma e the new conditions until we ha"e made room for them by eliminating the old. If we feel that we cannot part with the goats! we shall ha"e to do with fewer sheep. If we insist on filling the "essels with the bad fish! we shall ha"e to do without the good. 6e are learning that thoughts are things and occupy 8space8 in mind. 6e cannot ha"e new or better ones in a place already crowded with old! wea ! inefficient thoughts. 9 mental house cleaning is e"en more necessary than a material one! for the without is but a reflection of the within. Clean the inside of the platter! where the food is ept as well as the outside that people see! taught Jesus. #ld thoughts must be denied and the mind cleansed in preparation before the affirmati"e Christ consciousness can come in. #ur mind and e"en our body is loaded with error thoughts. :"ery cell is clothed with thought1 e"ery cell has a mind of its own. By the use of denial we brea through the outer crust! the material thought that has en"eloped the cells! and get down into the substance and the life within them. 0hen we ma e contact with that substance and life which our denials ha"e exposed! and by it express the positi"e! constructi"e side of the law. 6hen we consistently deny the limitations of the material! we begin to re"eal the spiritual law that waits within oursel"es to be fulfilled. 6hen this law is re"ealed to our consciousness! we begin to use it to demonstrate all things that are good. 0hat is the state of consciousness that Jesus had! the Christ consciousness. :"ery man has a definite wor to do in the carrying forward of the di"ine law of spiritual e"olution. 0he law is set into action by our thin ing and is continually supported by our thought as it de"elops our soul. 6ithin us are the great potentialities of /pirit that! put into action! enable us to be! do! or ha"e anything we will. /cience tells us that each of us has enough energy within himself to run a uni"erse! if we new how to release and control it. 6e do this releasing by a process of letting go and ta ing hold1 letting go of the old or that which has done its part and is no longer useful! and ta ing hold of the new ideas and inspirations that come from the superconscious mind. Jesus told Peter that what he should bind in earth would be bound in hea"en and what he should loose in earth would be loosed in hea"en. (e was not tal ing about a geographical earth or a definite place in the s ies called hea"en. (e was explaining to Peter the law of mind. 0he conscious mind is but the negati"e pole of a "ery positi"e realm of thought. 0hat positi"e realm of thought! Jesus called 8the ingdom of the hea"ens.8 It is not a place at all but is the free acti"ity of the superconscious mind of man. 6hate"er we bind or limit in earth! in the conscious mind! shall be bound or limited in the ideal or hea"enly realm! and whate"er we loose and set free in the conscious mind GearthH shall be loosed and set free in the ideal! the hea"enly. In other words! whate"er you affirm or deny in your conscious mind determines the character of the supermind acti"ities. 9ll power is gi"en unto you both in hea"en and in earth through your thought.

6e must carefully choose what thoughts we are going to loose in the mind and what thoughts we are going to bind! for they will come into manifestation in our affairs. 89s he CmanD thin eth within himself! so is he8 and 8whatsoe"er a man soweth Cin the mindD! that shall he also reap Cin the manifestationD.8 6e must loose all thoughts of lac and insufficiency in the mind and let them go! 7ust as Jesus commanded be done with the wrappings that held *a-arus1 8*oose him! and let him go.8 *oose all thoughts of lac and lay hold of thoughts of plenty. /ee the abundance of all good things! prepared for you and for all of us from the foundation of the world. 6e li"e in a "ery sea of inexhaustible substance! ready to come into manifestation when molded by our thought. /ome persons are li e fish in the sea! saying! 86here is the waterB8 in the presence of spiritual abundance they cry! 86here will I get the moneyB (ow will I pay my billsB 6ill we ha"e food or clothes or the necessitiesB8 Plenty is here! all around! and when you ha"e opened the eyes of /pirit in yourself! you will see it and re7oice. 6e mold omnipresent substance with our mind and ma e from it all the things that our mind concei"es. If we concei"e lac and po"erty we mold that. If we "isuali-e with a bountiful eye we mold plenty from the e"er,present substance. 0here is perhaps no step in spiritual unfoldment more important than the one we are ta ing here. 6e must learn to let go! to gi"e up! to ma e room for the things we ha"e prayed for and desired. 0his is called renunciation or elimination! sacrifice it may e"en seem to some people. It is simply the gi"ing up and casting away of old thoughts that ha"e put us where we are! and putting in their place new ideas that promise to impro"e our condition. If the new ideas fail to eep this promise! we cast them away in their turn for others! confident that we shall e"entually find the right ideas that will bring that which we desire. 6e always want something better than we ha"e. It is the urge of progress! of de"elopment and growth. 9s children outgrow their clothes we outgrow our ideals and ambitions! broadening our hori-on of life as we ad"ance. 0here must be a constant elimination of the old to eep pace with this growth. 6hen we cling to the old ideals we hinder our ad"ance or stop it altogether. 'etaphysicians spea of this eliminati"e wor as denial. .enial usually comes first. It sweeps out the debris and ma es room for the new tenant that is brought into the mind by the affirmation. It would not be wise to eliminate the old thoughts unless you new that there are higher and better ones to ta e their place. But we need not fear this! because we now the di"ine truth that +od is the source of all good and that all good things can be ours through the lo"e and grace of Jesus Christ. >one of us has attained that supreme place in consciousness where he wholly gi"es up the material man and li"es in the /pirit! as Jesus did! but we ha"e a concept of such a life and (is example showing that it can be attained. 6e shall attain it when we escape the

mortal. 0his does not mean that we must die to get free from mortality! for mortality is but a state of consciousness. 6e die daily and are reborn by the process of eliminating the thought that we are material and replacing it with the truth that we are spiritual. #ne of the great disco"eries of modern science is that e"ery atom in this so,called material uni"erse has within it superabundant life elements. +od is life and /pirit! and (e is in e"ery atom. 6e release this spiritual life 5uality by denying the crust of materiality that surrounds the cells and affirming that they are /pirit and life. 0his is the new birth! which ta es place first as a conception in the mind! followed by an outwor ing in body and affairs. 6e all want better financial conditions. (ere is the way to obtain them1 .eny the old thoughts of lac of money and affirm the new thought of spiritual abundance e"erywhere manifest. :"ery lesson of /cripture illustrates some phase of mental action and can be applied to each indi"idual life according to the need that is most pressing at the time of its perception. If you do not loo for the mental lesson when reading /cripture! you get but the mere outer shell of 0ruth. If howe"er you ha"e the proper understanding of the characters in the narrati"e! nowing that they represent ideas in your own mind! you can follow them in their "arious mo"ements and find the way to sol"e all the problems of your life. 0his does not mean that a study of the written /criptures will itself sol"e your problems unless you come into the apprehension of the real /criptures! the Bible of the ages! the Boo of *ife within your own consciousness. But a study of the outer symbols as gi"en in the written /criptures can and should lead you into the understanding of the 0ruth of Being. In e"ery person we find the conflicting ideas represented by the Children of Israel and the Philistines. 0hey are pitted against each other in a conflict that goes on night and day. 6e call these warring thoughts 0ruth and error. 6hen we are awa ened spiritually we stand on the side of 0ruth! nowing that 0ruth thoughts are the chosen of the *ord! the Children of Israel. But the error thoughts sometimes seem so real and so formidable that we 5ua e and cringe with fear in their presence. 6e now that 0ruth will e"entually pre"ail! but we put the "ictory off somewhere in the future and say that the error is so large and strong that we cannot cope with it now , we will wait until we ha"e gathered more strength. 0hen we need to stand still and affirm the sal"ation of the *ord. Ideas are not all of the same importance. /ome are large and strong; some are small and wea . 0here are aggressi"e! dominating ideas that parade themsel"es! and brag about their power! and with threats of disaster eep us frightened into submission to their wic ed reign. 0hese domineering ideas of error ha"e one argument that they always use to impress us! that of the fear of results if we should dare to come out and meet them in open opposition. 0his fear of opposing ideas! e"en when we now them to be wrong!

seems to be wo"en into our "ery mental fabric. 0his fear is symboli-ed by the spear of +oliath which! as the story relates! 8was li e a wea"er's beam.8 6hat is the most fearful thought in the minds of men todayB Is it not the power of moneyB Is not mammon the greatest Philistine! the +oliath in your consciousnessB It is the same whether you are siding with the Philistines and are successful in your finances from a material "iewpoint! or whether you are with the Israelites and tremble in your po"erty. 0he daily appearance of this giant +oliath! the power of money! is something greatly feared. >either the Philistines nor the Israelites are in possession of the Promised *and! neither side at peace or happy in any security! so long as this domineering giant parades his strength and shouts his boasts. 0his error idea claims he is stronger than the *ord of Israel. (e must be illed before all the other error thoughts will be dri"en out of your consciousness and you can come into the consciousness of plenty! the Promised *and of mil and honey. 0he whole world today trembles before this giant error idea! the belief that money is the ruling power. 0he nations of the world are under this dominion because men thin that money is power. 0he rich and the poor ali e are sla"es to the idea. <ings and great men of the earth bow and cringe before the money ings. 0his is because man has gi"en this power to money by his erroneous thin ing. (e has made the golden calf and now he falls before it in worship. Instead of ma ing it his ser"ant he has called it master and become its sla"e. 0he rule of this mad giant has been disastrous! and the end of it is rapidly approaching. 0he first step in getting your mind free from this giant bugaboo is to get a clear perception of your right as a child of +od. =ou now that you should put no other gods or powers before the true +od. =ou now also that you should not be under the dominion of anything in the hea"ens abo"e or the earth beneath! for you ha"e been gi"en dominion o"er all. =ou will ne"er find a better time to come into the reali-ation of the truth of who and what you are and what your rights are. >e"er was a more propitious time to see a new and better state of consciousness. If you are in fear of the boasting Philistine giant! as so many around you are! begin now to see a way! as did .a"id! to gi"e his 8flesh unto the birds of the hea"ens.8 0here is a way! a righteous way! that cannot fail! and it is your duty to find it. Follow each step of the way that is symbolically and beautifully set forth in the EKth chapter of I /amuel. 0he name .a"id means 8the *ord's belo"ed!8 and .a"id represents your righteous perception of your pri"ileges as the child of +od. =ou are not a sla"e to anything or to anybody in the uni"erse. 0he threat of this +oliath! the power of money! holds no terrors for you in this consciousness. =ou ha"e a smooth perception of 0ruth and you sling it straight to the center of his carnal thin ing! his forehead. 0he weight of his shield and his armor does not intimidate you! for you see them for what they are! empty and

meaningless show! "ulnerable in many places to the true ideas with which you are armed. :"en the most ardent defenders of the money power will admit that it is a tyrant and that they would not ha"e it rule their world if they could help it. It nearly always destroys its friends in the end. 9ny man who becomes a sla"e to money is e"entually crushed by it. #n the other side are whole armies of righteous people! Christians! who li e the army of Israel thin that this giant cannot be o"ercome. 0hey are waiting for reinforcements! something larger and stronger in a physical way! with which to o"ercome this enemy. 0hey forget that 8the battle is Jeho"ah's.8 .o you cringe before this giant when he comes out daily to impress you with his boastings and threatsB It does not ha"e to be so. =ou need not continue to fear. 0here is a little idea in your mind that can slay him. =ou perhaps ha"e not considered this little idea of much importance. Perhaps you ha"e ept it off on a lonely mountainside of your spiritual consciousness! herding the sheep! which are your innocent thoughts. >ow let this .a"id come forth! this perception of your rightful place in .i"ine 'ind. +et a clear idea of where you really belong in creation and what your pri"ileges are. .o you thin for a moment that +od has so ordained that men cannot escape from the terrible ser"itude of hard conditionsB #f course not. 0hat would be in7ustice! and +od is abo"e all 7ust. It is your pri"ilege to step out at any time and accept the challenge of this boaster. 0he *ord has been with you in the slaying of the fear of sin and sic ness Gthe bear and the lionH! and (e will still be with you in slaying the fear of po"erty! which +oliath symboli-es. 80he battle is Jeho"ah's!8 and (e is with us to deli"er us 8out of the hand of the Philistines.8 0he weapons of the *ord's man are not carnal. (e does not wage war after the manner of the world. (e does not use armor of steel or brass! the protection of selfishness and the weapons of oppression. (e goes forth in the simplicity of 7ustice! nowing that his innocence is his defense. (e uses only his shepherd's sling and smooth stones! words of 0ruth. 0his is the will and the words of 0ruth that it sends forth. 0hey are disdained by the Philistines and many people laugh at the idea of using words to o"ercome conditions. But words do their wor ! the wor whereto they are sent! and the great mass of materiality goes down before their sure aim. 6e now that money was made for man and not man for money. >o man needs to be a sla"e to his brother man or cringe before him to obtain money! which is the ser"ant of all ali e. 6e are not bound to the wheel of wor ! of ceaseless toil day after day! in order to appease the god of mammon on his own terms. 6e are children of the li"ing +od! who as a lo"ing Father is right here in our midst! where we may claim (im as our support

and our resource on such conditions as (e lo"ingly re"eals when we ha"e ac nowledged (im and denied mammon. 0his day has Jeho"ah deli"ered this proud Philistine into our hands! and the "ictory is ours. Praise +od. 0he fi"e smooth stones chosen by .a"id from the broo represent fi"e irrefutable statements of 0ruth. 0hese statements sent forth from a mind confident of itself! its cause! and its spiritual strength will crush the forehead of +oliath! error's giant. 0he statements are the following1 I am the belo"ed of the *ord. (e is with me in all my righteous words! and they do accomplish that whereto I send them forth. 'y cause is 7ust! for it is my di"ine right to be supplied with all things whatsoe"er that the Father has placed at the disposal of (is children. I dissol"e in my own mind and the minds of all others any thought that my own can be withheld from me. 6hat is mine comes to me by the sure law of +od! and in my clear perception of 0ruth I welcome it. I am not fearful of po"erty! and I am under obligations to no one. 'y opulent Father has poured out to me all resources! and I am a mighty channel of abundance. I selfishly own nothing! yet all things in existence are mine to use and in di"ine wisdom to bestow upon others. .o not hold yourself in po"erty by the fear of lac and by practicing a pinching economy. If you belie"e that all that the Father has is yours! then there is surely no reason for s imping. >othing will so broaden your mind and your world as the reali-ation that all is yours. 6hen you reali-e the boundlessness of your spiritual inheritance! nothing shall be lac ing in all your world. /ee with the bountiful eye; for 8he that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed.8 0his passage states an exact law! the law of increase. )eligious leaders in the past ha"e spread the belief that it is a Christian duty to be poor and that po"erty is a "irtue. 0his is by no means the doctrine of Jesus. (e accepted the proposition fully! without reser"ation or 5ualification! that +od is our resource and that the Father has pro"ided all things for (is children. (e is often described as being poor! without a place to lay (is head! yet (e had a parental home at >a-areth and was welcomed gladly into the homes of both the rich and the poor all o"er Palestine. (e dressed as a rabbi! and (is clothing was so rich and "aluable that the )oman soldiers co"eted the seamless robe (e wore and cast lots for it. (e found abundance in the ingdom of +od where e"erything needful becomes manifest not through hard labor but

through the reali-ation of 0ruth. Jesus seldom had need for money! because (e went bac of money to the idea it represents and dealt with money in the idea realm. #ur go"ernment is bac of all our paper dollars! else they would ha"e no "alue. +od is bac of e"ery material symbol! and it is in +od rather than in the symbol that we should put our faith. (e is bac of our call for food and raiment and e"erything that we could need or desire. Jesus says all we need do is as in faith and in (is name! belie"ing that we recei"e! and we shall ha"e. 9nd we should not hesitate to as largely! for +od can gi"e much as easily as (e can gi"e a little.

Question Helps
*esson #ne /piritual /ubstance! 0he Fundamental Basis #f 0he &ni"erse E. 6hat is .i"ine 'indB 3. 6hat is man! and how is he connected with di"ine ideasB $. 6hat great change in methods of production and distribution seems about to be madeB (ow will it affect our prosperityB I. 6hat is the ether of science and metaphysicsB 0o what extent has man drawn on it! and what are its possibilitiesB L. 6hat did Jesus demonstrate regarding the ingdom of the etherB M. 6hat is the source of all material! according to scienceB 9ccording to JesusB K. 6hat is the simplest and surest way to lay hold of substanceB 4. :xplain from this "iewpoint how substance can ne"er be depleted. N. 6hy does +od gi"e to 7ust and un7ust ali e! to all e5uallyB E%. (ow does this truth of the ether help us better to understand the nature of +od as pure being or /piritB EE. 6hat is symboli-ed by gold and sil"erB 6hy are they preciousB E3. 6hat is the threefold acti"ity through which substance must go on its way to becoming manifest as materialB E$. If substance is omnipresent and man can control its manifestation! why does man suffer from lac and limitationB EI. :xplain the teaching of Jesus that it is hard for a rich man to enter the ingdom of the hea"ens. EL. 6hat is meant by 8property rights8 and the right to wealthB 6hat error is implied in

this doctrineB 0o whom do ideas belongB EM. 6hat are some of the 8great possessions8 that must be unloaded before we can enter the ingdom of consciousnessB EK. 9fter recogni-ing the existence! potentiality! and a"ailability of uni"ersal substance! what is the next step in demonstrationB E4. Can the ingdom be found by one with selfish moti"esB 6hy should we desire healing and prosperityB EN. 6hat is the prosperity consciousnessB +i"e examples. (ow can it be culti"ated wiselyB 3%. 6hat will be the social and economic results of a widespread prosperity consciousness in the whole raceB *esson 0wo /piritual 'ind! 0he #mnipresent .irecti"e Principle #f Prosperity E. 6hy are ideas the most important things in lifeB 3. 6hat is desire in origin! purpose! and resultB $. 6hat is the difference between 8is,ness8 and 8existence8B I. 6hat is the difference between 8being8 and 8appearance8B L. 6hat is the relation of figures to the problem they help sol"eB (ow does this illustrate spiritual reality and material phenomenaB M. 6hat is implied in the fact that man can concei"e of an ideal worldB K. /hould we deny the existence of material thingsB Can we do so successfullyB 6hat should we deny about the things of the outerB 4. 6hat is the 8I 9' identity8B (ow does it differ from .i"ine 'indB N. 6hy is spiritual understanding importantB (ow is it gainedB E%. 6hat connection exists between ideas in .i"ine 'indB

EE. 6hat di"ine idea is bac of richesB 6hat ideas are the 8parents8 of this ideaB (ow can this nowledge help us in demonstratingB E3. 9re all men e5ually entitled to wealthB 6hat ideas should accompany the ac5uiring! using! and spending of wealthB E$. .o we expect +od to gi"e us actual loa"es of bread when we pray the *ord's PrayerB 6hat does (e gi"e instead of material thingsB EI. 6hy do people ha"e dreamsB .o dreams help men with their problemsB EL. 6hat is the "alue of relaxation and the silence when we see +od's giftsB EM. 6hat relation has prosperity demonstration to the ingdom,of,the,hea"ens consciousnessB EK. 6hat is the physical! psychological! and spiritual reason for preparing the way for the prosperity demonstrationB E4. 6hat does the parable of the lilies teach us about substanceB EN. 6hat effect does the attitude of than sgi"ing and praise ha"e upon our prosperityB 3%. 6hy is as ing in the name of Jesus Christ more effecti"e than any other prayerB *esson 0hree Faith In 0he In"isible /ubstance! 0he <ey 0o .emonstration E. 6hat is the starting point in building a prosperity consciousnessB 3. 6hat is the relation between faith and substanceB $. 6hat does it mean to 8ha"e8 faithB I. 6hat is a 8see ing8 faithB For what does it see B L. :xplain how doubt retards manifestation. M. 6hat is the difference between the conception of John the Baptist and that of JesusB

K. (ow do lo"e and understanding assist faith in its accomplishmentsB 4. 9re difficult experiences necessary in lifeB 6hy do we ha"e themB N. /how that it is sinful to thin and tal hard times! lac ! and other limitations. E%. :xplain the symbology of the fi"e loa"es and two fishes. EE. (ow does fear produce a stagnation in financial circulationB (ow does confidence or faith restore normal conditionsB E3. (ow can we go into 8the upper room8 to wait for the power from on highB E$. (ow does your mind createB 9re its creations always realB EI. 6hy should our faith be in /pirit rather than in material thingsB EL. /how how faith is essential to success in the professions! in manufacturing! in sales! and in other lines of acti"ity. EM. 6hat do the Bible characters represent to us todayB 6hat Bible personage represents faithB EK. Is science antagonistic to religion or helpful to its causeB E4. 6hat is the relation between material and substanceB EN. Is there any lac of anything anywhereB 6hat are we to o"ercomeB 3%. 6hat affirmations help most to banish fear and abide in the consciousness of plentyB *esson Four 'an! 0he Inlet 9nd #utlet #f .i"ine 'ind E. 6hat is meant by Principle as applied to prosperityB 3. (ow do we establish a consciousness of Principle as related to usB $. (ow can the study of 0ruth ma e one happier! healthier! more beautiful! more prosperousB

I. 6hat is a miracleB Is prosperity miraculousB L. (ow are the eepers of di"ine law rewarded! and its brea ers punishedB M. 6hat are the legislati"e! 7udicial! and executi"e phases of the di"ine lawB K. 6hat is the first rule of the di"ine lawB 4. 6hat is the effect of thin ing and spea ing of e"erything as goodB N. Is there any "irtue in po"ertyB E%. 6hat is meant by the 8far country!8 and what is the homeland of the prodigal sonB EE. 6hat is the psychological and spiritual effect of old clothesB E3. 6hat is symboli-ed by the putting on of new shoes. E$. (ow is true substance wasted! and what is the connection between waste and wantB EI. 6hat is our best insurance of financial securityB EL. (ow does the law 8/ee and ye shall find8 apply to prosperityB EM. /hould one who wor s harder or has more ability recei"e a greater reward than anotherB EK. 6hat power has lo"e in helping one to demonstrate prosperityB E4. (ow does the subconscious mind help or hinder in demonstrationB EN. 6hat form does +od's answer to prayer ta eB (ow do we now when a prayer is answeredB 3%. 'ust one be morally worthy to become prosperousB *esson Fi"e 0he *aw 0hat +o"erns 0he 'anifestation #f /upply E. 6hat in our consciousness is represented by 'osesB By JoshuaB By JesusB

3. 6hat is the metaphysical significance of eatingB (ow do we brea bread in the four, dimensional worldB $. 6hat retards manifestation when we wor to attain the consciousness of abundanceB I. 6hat do we mean by the 8one law8B (ow may we now itB (ow eep itB L. :xplain how our ability to use wealth wisely to a large degree determines our prosperity. M. Is it necessary to beseech +od for prosperityB 0o as B 0o than B K. (ow do we loo or go 8within8B 4. Compare the sense mind with the spiritual mind and show how true prosperity depends on the latter. N. 6hat is the light theory of matter formation! and how does it agree with the teaching of the >ew 0estamentB E%. 6here and what is hea"enB (ow is the soul formedB EE. (ow did <ing /olomon demonstrate great prosperityB E3. 6hat is meant by 8laying hold of8 the substanceB E$. (ow did Jesus de"elop (is consciousness of omnipresent substance and what did that consciousness ultimately do for (imB EI. 6hat is the true interpretation of 8rich man8 in the famous parable of the camel and the needle's eyeB EL. (ow do we constantly 8turn stones into bread!8 and what resultsB EM. 6hat does the parable of the talents teach us regarding prosperityB EK. 6hat six steps necessary to manifestation may be discerned in the story of creationB E4. 6hat do we contribute to the world by raising our own consciousness to the prosperity le"elB EN. 9naly-e and explain the statement 8I trust 0hy uni"ersal law of prosperity in all my

affairs.8 *esson /ix 6ealth #f 'ind :xpresses Itself In )iches E. 6hat is prosperityB 3. :xplain the prosperity law that Jesus ga"e. $. 6hat relation has a prosperity consciousness to wealth in the outerB I. 6hat is the 8sin of riches8B L. 6hat causes crop failure and famine in some countriesB M. 6hy did Jesus carry no money and own no propertyB K. 6hat is the only thing that can satisfy human longing! and where is it foundB 4. Is the law of prosperity limited to thoughtB 6hat else is needfulB N. #"er what is man gi"en dominion by his CreatorB E%. (ow can man master his fear of financial lac B EE. 6hy are prosperity prayers sometimes unansweredB E3. 6hat is the true idea of +od! and how does man gi"e it formB E$. 6hat causes 8depressions8 in the affairs of men and nationsB EI. 6hat part does self,control in the matter of sensation play in prosperity demonstrationB EL. 6hat is the relati"e importance of denial and affirmation in the demonstration of prosperityB EM. 6ho are the real producers of wealth in the nationB EK. 6hat is the law of increase as applied to 'ind substanceB

E4. (ow should we prepare for an increased prosperityB EN. /hould we be specific and definite in our prayers for increaseB 3%. 6rite a prosperity affirmation of your own embodying the four essential steps of recognition! lo"e! faith! and praise. *esson /e"en +od (as Pro"ided Prosperity For :"ery (ome E. #f what great spiritual power is the home the symbolB 3. 6hat has the 8atmosphere8 of a home to do with its prosperityB (ow may an atmosphere of worry and fear be changedB $. :xplain the importance of spea ing true words in the home. I. 9side from the feeling of religious duty! why should we be than ful for what we ha"e and express our than s oftenB L. Is it good policy to condemn the furnishings in the home or to be apologetic about themB M. /hould our homes be ostentatious and rich loo ing to attract prosperityB K. 6hy should we be indi"idual in furnishing the home rather than following the 8accepted8 or 8in,the,mode8 style onlyB 4. (ow will a deep and sincere lo"e for +od attract prosperityB N. 6hy must there be lo"e and understanding between members of the family to insure a prosperous homeB E%. :xplain the law of 8*o"e thy neighbor8 as applied to home prosperity. EE. 6hat is +od's will for the home! and how does the home express itB E3. :xplain how trying to li"e and do as others li"e and do may hold bac our prosperity demonstration. E$. (ow can we use our will to help the demonstration of home prosperityB

EI. 6hy should the indi"idual express his own ideas in order to demonstrateB EL. 6here and how is the prosperity demonstration startedB EM. .o we ha"e any personal claim on +od's substanceB EK. (ow do we 8pour8 substance into the 8empty8 places of the homeB E4. 6hy is it necessary to ha"e determination in order to demonstrateB EN. .oes the possession of material things gi"e satisfactionB *esson :ight +od 6ill Pay =our .ebts E. 6hat law of mind is obser"ed in true forgi"enessB 3. 6hy should we trust rather than distrust peopleB $. Is there any such thing as debt in 0ruthB 6hyB I. 6here must we start in forgi"ing our debtors and creditorsB L. (ow can we forgi"e oursel"es for holding others in our debtB M. 6hat is the only sure way of getting out and staying out of debtB K. :xplain forgi"eness as a good method of bill collecting. 4. (ow does +od forgi"e our debtsB (ow does (is lo"e pay our debtsB N. (ow do debt and worry about debt affect healthB 6hat is the remedyB E%. .oes +od ha"e a place in modern businessB EE. 6hat are the merits and the dangers of installment buyingB E3. 6hat is the importance of paying all obligations promptlyB E$. 6hat ind of thoughts should one hold toward creditorsB .ebtorsB

EI. 6hat dominant belief has caused world depression! and how must it be o"ercomeB 6hat is our part in its o"ercomingB EL. Is the credit system responsible for widespread debtB EM. .oes our faith in supply 7ustify us in assuming obligations and trusting that we shall be able to pay when the time comesB EK. 6hat is the "alue of prayer in gaining freedom from debtB *esson >ine 0ithing! 0he )oad 0o Prosperity E. 6hat is a 8tithe!8 and how was tithing startedB 3. 6hat benefits accrue to the tither! according to the promises of the BibleB $. /hould one regard one's tithe as an in"estment that pays rewardsB I. In what way is gi"ing a di"ine graceB L. 6hat was the practical plan that Paul suggested to the CorinthiansB M. 6hat effect does a willing and cheerful spirit ha"e on the gi"er! the gift! and the recei"erB K. (ow can faith be exercised in gi"ingB 4. (ow should wisdom be employed in gi"ingB N. (ow can one who is pu--led about gi"ing , as regards how much! when! and where , be helped by the decision to titheB E%. 6hat should tithing mean to the farmerB BusinessmanB Professional manB 'echanicB *aborerB EE. (ow does tithing help fulfill 8the first and greatest commandment8 about lo"ing +od and the neighborB E3. 9side from Bible promises! do we ha"e direct e"idence that tithing increases

prosperityB Cite instances. E$. /hould the tithe ha"e a definite place in the personal or family budgetB /hould we eep a record of our gi"ing! as we do of other disbursementsB EI. 6hy is the regular tithe! though it may be small! better than the occasional gi"ing of a larger gift in a lump sumB EL. 6hat is the psychological basis and effect of tithingB EM. 6hat attitude should one assume toward a seemingly delayed demonstrationB EK. /hould we loo for our good to come through the channel of those to whom we gi"e or ser"eB E4. 6hy is it better to gi"e without thought or expectation of returnB EN. 6hat must we do about recei"ing what +od has and desires for usB 3%. .iscuss gi"ing as a form of affirmation. *esson 0en )ight +i"ing! 0he <ey 0o 9bundant )ecei"ing E. In what ways is the religion of Jesus applicable to the problems of daily li"ingB 3. /tate briefly the law of gi"ing and recei"ing that Jesus taught. $. 6hy has the teaching of Jesus not been more effecti"e in changing conditions in the world and in indi"idual lifeB I. 6hy is economic reform so much needed at the present timeB L. Can any effecti"e reform be based on the material phase of the economic problemB 6hyB M. 6hy do men who direct finance and business fail to see any ad"ice or assistance from the churchB K. 6hy is indi"idual reform necessary before national or world changes can be madeB

4. 6hat do metaphysical teaching and study contribute toward world bettermentB N. (ow does the desire for the accumulation of money and goods affect the finer nature and sensibilities of peopleB E%. .oes a"arice or greed ha"e any effect on the health of menB EE. 6hat is the chief cause of stagnation in money circulation and its attendant e"ilsB E3. 6hat rule did Jesus gi"e us for freeing oursel"es from financial lac B E$. Is the method practiced by the early Christians practicable in the world as it is todayB EI. 6hat substitute is now being ad"ocated for the commercial standard of payments for goods and ser"iceB EL. 6hat is the di"ine law of e5uilibriumB 6hy does it not seem to operate in financial mattersB EM. Is there any direct connection between po"erty and ill,healthB (ow may this problem be approachedB Is there a problem at the other extreme , great wealthB (ow may it be sol"edB EK. 6hat is meant by the 8race consciousness8B Can we escape its effectsB (ow can we help to change it for the betterB E4. 6hat should we do about sa"ing money for the futureB EN. 6hat attitude should we ta e toward charityB *esson :le"en *aying &p 0reasures E. 6hat is the law of conser"ation as applied to spiritual substanceB 3. 6hat is the difference between hoarding and conser"ingB $. Is accumulation of substance necessary to demonstrationB I. (ow is spiritual substance accumulatedB (ow dissipatedB

L. 6hat is the true ob7ecti"e of man's lifeB M. :xplain why character de"elopment must be a part of our study of the demonstration of prosperity. K. Is the ambition for wealth commendable or reprehensibleB 4. #f what is gold the symbol! metaphysically understoodB N. 6hat is the deceitfulness of richesB 6hat is moneyB E%. .oes great wealth bring happinessB .oes extreme po"erty ma e one any better than the richB 6hat is the truth about richesB EE. 6hat is the only true deed or title to possessionsB E3. 6hat do we want when we as for 8our daily bread8B E$. (ow does the hoarding of money in7ure societyB EI. /hould we prepare for that 8rainy day8 by sa"ing part of our moneyB EL. 6as Jesus poorB 6as (e e"er in wantB 6hat does it mean to turn stones into breadB EM. :xplain the meaning of the rich man and the eye of the needle. EK. 6hat are some of the financial and bodily results of the pinching attitude toward moneyB E4. 6hat attitude toward hard times and lac is most helpful to usB EN. (ow shall we learn to get the most and gi"e the most with the means we ha"e at our disposalB *esson 0wel"e #"ercoming 0he 0hought #f *ac E. 6hy must we constantly examine our thoughts and separate themB 3. By what standard do we 7udge our thoughtsB

$. 6hat is the wor of the superconscious mind in the bodyB I. (ow may we use this superconscious mind in our outer affairsB L. 6hat is the importance of thought elimination or mental clean,upB M. (ow do we go about this wor of eliminating error thoughtsB K. 6hat further benefits accrue from the use of denial wordsB 4. 6here or what is the 8 ingdom of the hea"ens!8 and what is it li eB N. 6hat is meant by 8loosing in hea"en8B 6hat should we loose and what should we guard against loosingB E%. 6here and what is 8substance8B (ow do we contact itB EE. 6hat is the result of clinging to past ideas and methodsB E3. 6hat is mortalityB .o we escape it by dyingB (ow otherwiseB E$. :xplain the new birth and the relation of denial to it. EI. 6hat do Bible characters mean to usB 6hat can they do for usB EL. 6hat do .a"id and +oliath stand for in consciousnessB EM. 6hat is the modern 8golden calf8 that most men worshipB EK. >ame some of the e"il results of the error of money worship. E4. 6ould the doing away with money entirely sol"e the problemB 6hat is the solutionB EN. 6hat 8little but mighty8 idea in consciousness is symboli-ed by .a"idB 3%. 6hat are the weapons of this .a"id that slay the giant fearB

About the Author

Charles Fillmore was an inno"ati"e thin er! a pioneer in metaphysical thought at a time when most religious thought in 9merica was entirely orthodox. (e was a lifelong ad"ocate of the open! in5uiring mind! and he too pride in eeping abreast of the latest scientific and educational disco"eries and theories. 'any years ago he wrote! 86hat you thin today may not be the measure for your thought tomorrow8; and it seems li ely that were he to compile this boo today! he might use different metaphors! different scientific references! and so on. 0ruth is changeless. 0hose who new Charles Fillmore best belie"e that he would li e to be able to rephrase some of his obser"ations for today's readers! thus gi"ing them the added effecti"eness of contemporary thought. But the ideas themsel"es , the core of Charles Fillmore's writings , are as timeless now Gand will be tomorrowH as when they were first published. Charles Fillmore was born on an Indian reser"ation 7ust outside the town of /t. Cloud! 'innesota! on 9ugust 33! E4LI. (e made his transition on July L! ENI4! at &nity @illage! 'issouri! at the age of N$. 0o get a sense of history! when Charles was ele"en! 9braham *incoln was assassinated; when Charles died! (arry 0ruman was President. 6ith his wife 'yrtle! Charles Fillmore founded the &nity mo"ement and /ilent &nity! the international prayer ministry that publishes .aily 6ord Charles and 'yrtle built the worldwide organi-ation that continues their wor today! &nity /chool of Christianity. 0hrough &nity /chool's ministries of prayer! education! and publishing! millions of people around the world are finding the teachings of 0ruth disco"ered and practiced by Charles and 'yrtle Fillmore. Charles Fillmore was a spiritual pioneer whose impact has yet to be assessed. >o lesser leaders than .r. >orman @incent Peale and .r. :mmet Fox were profoundly influenced by him. .r. Peale borrowed his catchphrase of positi"e thin ing from Charles Fillmore. :mmet Fox was so affected by Fillmore's ideas that he changed his profession. From an engineer! he became the well, nown writer and spea er. Charles Fillmore , author! teacher! metaphysician! practical mystic! husband! father! spiritual leader! "isionary , has left a legacy that continues to impact the li"es of millions of people. By his fruits! he is continuously nown.