If you study the lives and experiences of prosperous-minded people, you will find that they have a friendly attitude toward money. On the other hand, you will discover that a more general attitude is that there’s something wrong with having money and being prosperous.

People often discount the importance of money in one breath and yet they admit that they are working very hard to get it in the next breath. they do not realize the cross-current they are setting up in their thinking, which, in turn voids most of their efforts. Through such crossed-up thinking about money, they are working at cross-purposes, and often they will experience a crossed-up result. Remember how  we talked about this a few days ago – you have to be consistent in all your thoughts, words and actions.

Money Is Divine

Money is wonderful because it is divine substance; money is good when rightly used. Money is divine because money is God’s good in expression. If this shocks or bothers you, you must examine your beliefs about money. You cannot achieve prosperity if you have old, limiting beliefs about money and prosperity.

Most people are sensitive about their capacity to earn money. In most instances, a person’s capacity to earn money would increase if his attitude toward money were positive and friendly. “Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation.” ~Mike Todd

The Good News About Money

Many people are confused about the correct spiritual attitude toward money. The most misinterpreted passages in the Bible is “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” (I Timothy 6:10). But the context of this passage reveals that Paul was simply reminding Timothy to teach the people in the city of Ephesus that they should not set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but on God who gives us richly  all things to enjoy – God is the source of man’s supply!

There is nothing wrong with money, or in wanting money. It is a God-given medium of exchange, and there’s nothing evil about that. The moment we let go of those ideas that someone ignorantly taught us years ago – that money is evil – we will find that money circulates in our financial affairs much more easily and more satisfyingly.

Terrie



When you become discouraged in your efforts toward  greater prosperity, remind yourself that to think according to the general beliefs of the human race is easy – and useless. But to think prosperously in spite of appearances to the contrary is worth every effort because it produces rich results.

Train your mind to never be disappointed! If certain things do not come at certain expected times in the way you wish, don’t consider it a failure. You can be firm in the faith that something much better is on the way and will appear at the right time. When you seem to fail, remind yourself that it is because you have not asked big enough. Expand your viewpoint and expectation, and a larger answer than you originally anticipated will come. Failure is nothing but success trying to be born in a bigger way.

Avoid Hurry

Remember there is no hurry, force or push on the prosperous plane of life and there is no lack of opportunity. Do all you can do in a successful manner every day, but do it as calmly as possible without undue haste, worry or fear. Go as fast as you ca but do not hurry. That may sound like a dichotomy but it’s true if you think about it. The moment you begin to hurry, you cease to be prosperous in your thinking and become fearful, which is the prologue to failure.

Whenever you find yourself hurrying along trying to force a result, call a halt. Fix you attention on the mental image of the thing you are working toward, and then begin to give thanks you are receiving it and accomplishing it in God’s own wonderful way.  If you find yourself in a hurried atmosphere surrounded by people who don’t understand the law of increase, simply declare to yourself “peace, be still”.

Free Yourself From Petty Thinking

Don’t waste your time holding grudges, even toward those who have treated you unjustly. You will meet people like this as you go along. Others who are not making the grade will try to hold you down to their mediocre level, but they can’t if you refuse to be bothered by what they say or do. Nobody can keep your success and prosperity from you but yourself.

If some people try to (or maybe even succeed) dissuade you for a time, remember that success has endless doors ready to open for you and endless ways and means of  providing your good.

You can free yourself of petty thinking in regard to others’ success and free yourself from their petty thinking by declaring “Refusing to criticize another’s prosperity,k I turn to God , ask his direction and I am prospered, in like manner, others refuse to criticize my prosperity, instead, they turn to God, ask his direction and they, too, are prospered. There is plenty of success and prosperity for all.”

Never become discouraged, disappointed or upset by what others say or do in an effort to hold you down or take your good from you as you begin to rise through prosperous thinking.

Terrie

We’ve mentioned this before but it cannot be emphasized enough.

Do not think, talk or act in any way but prosperously. Don’t allow others to talk to you in any way but prosperously. Don’t read or take anything seriously  that is printed or said that seems contrary to prosperous thinking. If you mix up your trend of thought, you set up cross-currents that neutralize your efforts of prosperity. This is so important. Let’s say you’re working to become prosperous financially. But later in the day you have some difficulty with someone at work and start muttering about that person and his/her bad qualities. Then you go home and perhaps your spouse hasn’t done something you asked him/her to. So you “go off” on your spouse. You have just negated much of the wonderful prosperous thinking you did earlier in the day. You cannot compartmentalize positive and negative – it’s an all or nothing package and you have to act and think in an entire all or nothing package.

You should not become upset when people talk hard times. Neither should you join in their hard luck stories unless you want bad fortune to come upon you.

Remember the phrase in your arsenal – “That is not my truth! My truth is that I am always lavishly prosperous and I have everything I ever wanted”

Think Upon “Plenty” Ideas

Remember what Charles Fillmore taught “The spiritual substance from which comes all visible wealth is never depleted. It is right with you all the time and responds to your faith in it and your demands upon it. The unfailing resource is always ready to give. Pour your living words of faith into the omnipresent ethers and you will be prospered though all the banks in the world close their doors. Turn the great energy of your thinking upon “plenty”  ideas and you will have plenty regardless of what men about your are saying or doing.” (From “Prosperity” by Charles Fillmore”

Try this “There’s plenty of money in the world; there’s plenty of wealth; and there are plenty of wealthy resources to be developed and tapped. I refuse to believe in anything but wealth and prosperity for myself and for all mankind.”

Concentrate your thoughts, feelings, relationships and activities on prosperity, NOT failure or lack. Expect to become prosperous; start thinking and speaking in those terms and no others. Remind yourself often that scattered, idle thoughts, words and expectations bring scattered, idle, poverty-stricken results.

Terrie

More from yesterday’s topic of increase.

You should convey the impression of increase with everything you do, so that all people will receive that rich impression. Whether writing, telephoning, thinking about meeting others, give your family, social acquaintances, business acquaintances, friends, world leaders – everyone – the thought of increased good.

When speaking of someone, speak in terms of their success only. If you know of someone who has been making a comeback from past mistakes, contribute to making his unfolding success by ignoring his past and emphasizing only his present good. Not only will you add to his increased good but you can be assured the skeletons on your own closet will be rattled less. I don’t know about you but this might be the most difficult thing for me to do especially if there is just that one person that gets “on your nerves”. But I have to continue to remind myself of this!

Give Yourself Thought of Increase

Give yourself an equal thought of increase. You can do it just by feeling that you are becoming more successful and that you are helping others to do so too. Every act, tone and look should express a quiet, rich assurance of success. You don’t need words of success to convince others of that success. You’ll get that feeling of richness implanted in your mind. It then radiates from you and subconsciously communicated to others. You’ll find that everyone will want to be associated with you. They will be able to sense your successful vibrations.

As you work quietly to get that feeling of richness, success and prosperity you’ll draw to you prosperity minded people you’ve never even seen before – people who will become your customers, business associates and friends. You will be surrounded by an atmosphere of increase. Also as you give the thought of increase to others, they are automatically attracted to you.

Try to invoke the law of increase in every way – large and small. A woman helped her husband out of financial doldrums but saying to him every day when he returned home from work “Now, tell me every GOOD thing that happened today.” They were both surprised to see how much good came to pass and how much they had to be thankful for.

This is also where daily use of the Gratitude Journal is so important. Do you have your copy of the Gratitude Journal?

Terrie



Normal people (you and me) are seeking an increase in what we call the basic staples – food, clothing, better homes, knowledge, time, pleasure, luxury, satisfaction etc – more increase in everything. This is normal and should not be condemned or suppressed.

When people criticize, condemn or belittle others, they do not realized that through the law of mind action, they are asking for the same things to happen to them. Never waste your time giving yourself or others the thought of decrease. What you send out comes back to you multiplied and it will produce corresponding experiences in your life.

Do NOT talk of bad times and do not allow those around you to do the same – walk away if you cannot change their topics of discussion. Do NOT think about bad times no matter what is happening – declare “That is not my truth; my truth is lavish riches and prosperity in all aspects of my life”.

You can invoke the law of increase in simple ways. You should speak the law of increase about yourself and others boldly and positively. Look and act out the law of increase and image and affirm rich increase. Although this may seem foolish and nearly impossible to do (I can hear the naysayers as I type), I can tell you that it makes a big difference in your outcome. I used a similar technique to prevent me from worrying (and thus worsening the situation) over a major life situation I was facing – something I had not experienced before. I had an affirmation I used every time I started to think of it in a negative way. I really did come out of it smelling like a rose! So, I am not just preaching it, I’m practicing it too.

If we are using the law of decrease then we’re only delaying our own prosperity. If you use the law of decrease and limit your good, you are never satisfied with the limited result. This applies to our feelings of self-worth too. I was living the law of decrease by not stepping out and taking chances because I was “too shy” and “people wouldn’t like me” and “what do I have to offer anyone”. Well, the 30 day Blog challenge I participated in got me to step out and try things I had never done before and go beyond my comfort zone. And you know what? Using that law of increase rather than the law of decrease (sitting back like a scaredy cat) let my life unfold before me in a way that I never believed would happen.  It really does work.

Terrie