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It so happens that I am a millionaire, in that I own a
company that I created that is worth at least seven million
dollars, and I earn an income of over half a million a year.
I started 22 years ago with a degree in Philosophy/Religion
and a borrowed pencil. I have been diligently exploring prosperity
ideas, learning and teaching them for most of the last 20 years.
Here are the secrets of the universe:
1. The big secret first: our physical
world is a dream world,
and it works just like dreaming, but
generally slower.
As you acknowledge the dreaminess of
it, and begin to work with it from that perspective,
the apparent speed of action increases.
The way to direct the world is through
your imagination and will.
Exercising your will strengthens it.
You can exercise it by doing something
unpleasant until it becomes pleasant.
2. You receive thru the same doorway
you give thru.
The way to receive freely is to give
freely.
Quality is more important than quantity,
since the universe amplifies thought into circumstance.
Begin giving, and let God perfect your
giving.
3. Forgive God. Loving your neighbor
is loving God. Forgiving your neighbor is forgiving God. When
you see a lack of God's love or grace in any condition -
look again. Look deeper. Jesus on the
cross said "How could you do this to me, God?"
and then "I trust you, I accept your purpose as
my own."
4. No matter how you stumble and fall,
are unable to meditate, turn your attention from your real
self for years, hurt and are indifferent to the love of those
around you, get back up and expect forgiveness from God,
and accept his grace wherever you find it. Whether your
friend or your enemy gives you something, it is a gift from your own true self.
5. Do not waste energy on the impossible. Do not try to convince anyone or change
anyone's mind. Do not ask others to make choices for
you, do not make choices for others. Both of these are illusions
and a denial of the love of God. The best thing you can do for anyone
else is help them make a conscious choice, so that they
can learn from it. The best way to teach is by example.
6. You are wealthy now with an abundance
of what you are thinking about. The world is a creative
engine, and will create whatever you are really thinking.
Every thought in your mind is a prayer about you, no matter
who the subject seems to be. The only way to manifest lack
is to hold something against someone else.
Give up all thoughts of offense, revenge,
of being injured, of self-justification, of needing to defend
yourself against others' expectations, of the unfairness
of life, of others getting some unearned advantage. Joy
breeds joy and sorrow breeds sorrow. When you hear of someone's
good fortune, think "Good for them! God is blessing and prospering
them, and I bless them also!" Charles
Fillmore says "The inexhaustible
resource of spirit is equal to every demand. There is no
reality in lack. Abundance is here and now manifest!" And
he is absolutely right!
7. Trust yourself consciously. You really
do anyways! The key to mastery is to acknowledge
reality. Reality is a simulation. The future pours into
the past thru the funnel of your thinking. Change what you are thinking now,
and the future will take care of itself.
8. Your life is in a dynamic balance,
based on your present thinking. What happens when
you take 2% of the amount on one pan of a balance and put
it on the other side? Of course that side goes down and the
other goes up, and the change is complete.
2% of your waking life is ten minutes
a day.
Ten minutes a day of concentrated thought
will change your life completely.
As a starting point, you might print
this message out and read it daily for one full month.
When things start to change, don't get
excited and distracted, but stick with it.
Don't talk it away to others. Let the
energy concentrate and build.
The only thing God knows how to make
is a miracle.
9. You don't earn it, you learn it. "When
you understand karma, it goes away." In
any challenging situation, ask yourself "What
am I trying to learn here?" Then begin
to act on that principle. Experiment with your life. Invest
in your relationships by taking risks in your communication.
10. When you are stuck, find someone else with a similar situation, and teach
them what you have learned so far. (Often they will come and find you!)
Until you give it away, you don't own
it. This goes for wisdom above all things.
11. Understand that you will never create a situation that you can't learn from.
What would be the point? God is with
you every moment -it's his job.
"I can handle this with God's help" is
the beginning and the ending of faith.
12. The only limitations are self-limitations.
Let abundance begin right now. Watch out for tendency to "Name
it and blame it." Responsibility is the opposite of blame.
When you blame yourself or others, you temporarily deny your
power to change (which is wasting energy on the >impossible
again.) Sooner or later everyone in your life that you think
is preventing you from being or having whatever you want,
will either die or move away, and you will find out that
the condition is made in your own mind. Why not act on this
awareness now?
13. If you are alive, you deserve to
be rich. God wants you to be rich. He is more willing to
give than we are willing to receive - no matter how willing we are to receive.
14. We are infinite beings pretending
to be finite. We have created forms and conditions
to escape the limitations of formlessness. But let's not
forget who we really are, and let's not pretend too hard.
The first step to abundant living is
to relax,
the second is to focus attention,
the third is to concentrate,
the fourth is joy,
the fifth is to allow manifestation,
the sixth is to give freely,
the seventh is gratitude to the true
source.
15. Let go of what you aren't really
using. If you are holding on to something (person,
place or thing - or even an idea) because you think you might
need it later, you are really telling yourself that you do
not own that thing, you do not deserve it, and you do not
believe you can recreate it in the future. These are all
poverty thoughts. Clean out your closets, have a garage sale
or give to Goodwill, but let go of all that spiritual cholesterol
that is clogging your arteries of good.
16. Tithing is giving ten percent of
your income to those groups or individuals that you see using
spiritual principles in a way that you would like to have
grow in your life. The secret to tithing is to understand
that you are tithing now, through your thoughts, and that
conscious tithing is just taking control of a process that
is already occuring.
Regular, conscious tithing builds your
conscious power to accept God's abundance in your life
For most people, a good place to start
is tithing to your church, your support group, someone who
is teaching you, someone who is a good spiritual example
to you.
Many churches and centers teach you to
tithe to "Your channel for spiritual good". Well,
that's the whole world if you choose to live in the Spirit.
I say give where you feel good about giving - where you can
give without doubt or restriction. If there is no such place,
create one.
Give with no strings attached, and receive
the same way.
Thank you for sharing with me the opportunity
to express on this subject.
I have been enormously blessed as a result.
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