abilities that lie deep within you. You should realize, that with
the proper instruction, you can begin using these undeveloped
talents to attract the good that you desire. But let me caution
you once again-no amount of reading or memorizing will bring
you the success you seek. It is only the understanding and
application of the ideas in this book that will make the
difference for you. Therefore, don't be in any hurry to finish
the book, because a complete reading should not be your
objective. As stated previously, understanding and applying
what you read is the objective. So if you are able to properly
digest only one page a day, that might be all that is necessary
for you to arrive at your goal. If you are wondering why this
book is meant to be "sipped and tasted," rather than
"devoured" at one reading, bear in mind it is based upon over
twenty years of careful analysis of the methods of both the
very successful and the very unsuccessful.
Strength Through Sharing
One more word of advice. Since very few-if any-people
become great at anything by themselves, I would suggest you
attempt to find at least one other person with whom you can
share and discuss the ideas presented in this book.
Prosperity Consciousness
I believe you will agree it is an observable truth that
human beings will never enjoy anything they are not yet
consciously aware of. For example, we did not enjoy the luxury
of traveling in airplanes at tremendous rates of speed, until
the Wright Brothers became consciously aware of "how to fly."
Thomas Edison developed the conscious awareness of the
moving pictures and introduced us to a brand new form of
entertainment. Dr. Jonas Salk became consciously aware of
how to develop a serum that would combat the dreadful
disease of infantile-paralysis-more commonly referred to as
polio-and as a result of Salk's new awareness, you very rarely
hear of anyone contracting that disease today. Alexander
Graham Bell became consciously aware of how to transmit the
human voice over metallic wires and, as a result, we all now
enjoy the use of the telephone.
Needless to say, I could go on and on citing example after
example. However, the point I want to bring to the forefront of
your mind is that these inventions-or the knowledge bringing
about these inventions-have always been here. In fact, all the
knowledge there ever was or ever will be, is evenly present in
all places at all times. But it took an individual to bring those
thought-patterns together and form ideas which developed
into what we call consciousness, before we could begin to
benefit from them.
We are floating in an "ocean" of thought-energy, where all
the knowledge there ever was or ever will be, is present. We
are also surrounded by abundance. Indeed, everywhere we
look in nature, our eyes come in contact with abundance; for
nature knows no such thing as "failure." Therefore, there never
has been, and there never will be, a lack of anything, except
conscious-awareness. But if you are going to begin to
penetrate this world of wealth, it is absolutely essential that
you begin to think. In other words, you must open your mind
to the stream of thought-energy which will create an image, or
a consciousness of prosperity, in your mind.
You are well aware there are literally thousands upon
thousands of honest, good, hard-working people who labor
diligently for their entire stay on this planet, yet never become
wealthy. For those individuals, life is a constant grind from
sun up until sun down. But the ideas presented on these
pages have been put here in the hope they will jar your mind
and inspire you to open it up to this new type of thinking.
Consciousness is, and always has been, developed
through thinking, and regardless of what your present
situation in life may be, if you ever hope to improve it and
truly become wealthy-as this book suggests you can-you must
begin thinking of prosperity in your mind, now. Not when you
finish the book. Not when you finish the chapter. Not
tomorrow, next week, next month or next year. It must be
done now. Thinking is the highest function of which a human
being is capable. Yet, unfortunately, very few people "think."
They merely trick themselves into believing that because there
is some mental activity taking place in their mind, they are
"thinking." But the truth is, most people are simply exercising
the mental faculty called "memory." They are playing old
movies, so old pictures just keep flashing back on the screen
of their mind.
It is imperative that you begin this new way of thinking at
this moment, because as you do, every fibre of your being will
become filled with this new thought-energy. Your body is
comprised of millions upon millions of cells and each one of
them is influenced in its movement by thought impulses. So
the second you begin entertaining relaxing thoughts, your
body becomes relaxed. The instant you begin entertaining
worrisome, fearful thoughts, your body becomes rigid and
tense. As you begin to hold thoughts of prosperity and begin
thinking of yourself as a very wealthy, prosperous individual
who is surrounded by an ocean of thought energy, swimming
in a sea of plenty, your body and mind will instantly move into
a prosperous vibration and you will begin to attract-just like a
magnet-everything necessary for you to become wealthy.
I know to the uninitiated, these ideas are just about as
bizarre as anything a person could think of. Nevertheless, they
are true. For mental awareness of prosperity always precedes
wealth in your material world. It is not difficult, therefore, for
children today, born into families of great wealth-like the
Kennedy's or the Bronfman's-to think these prosperous
thoughts and to have this prosperity consciousness, since that
is the only type of thinking they were subjected to, right from
birth. We say they have been conditioned in, or to, prosperity.
However, the majority of people have not been born into
that kind of an environment and so they were not surrounded
by that type of thinking. We must, therefore, develop an
understanding of:
1. how we have been conditioned
2. why we are getting the results we are getting,
and
3. how we can change our way of thinking or our
conditioning.
That is not an easy thing to do. It takes much discipline.
It takes a tremendous desire. It takes a lot of diligent effort,
which is the probable reason so few people ever actually
change. Yet I want you to know that regardless of how difficult
it may be, it can be done and it can be done in a relatively
short period of time. The compensation you will receive for
your effort will delight you. I know because I have done it and I
know many, many other people who have done the same
thing. Now it is necessary for you to do it.
The very fact that you have picked up and started
reading this book is all the proof you will ever need, that you
truly do have a desire to change. Moreover, there is a way-a
sure way-for you to receive your desired good, and this book
will outline the way for you.
There Is Real Power Within You
Below the level of your consciousness is the great
treasury of your subconscious mind and that is the part of
your personality we want to begin to influence through our
new thought-patterns. In order to make the issue definite and
concrete, consider the following statement: any idea, plan or
purpose may be planted in the subconscious mind by
repetition of thought empowered by faith and expectancy. You
might be asking: "Can this statement be demonstrated to be
true through experimentation and observation or, is there any
known method or technique by which the proof may be
secured, and if there is such a method or technique, is it
available to everyone?" These questions can all be answered
with an emphatic yes. As you read, test, and experiment with
the ideas that will come to you in the following pages, you will
answer all of these questions for yourself. And, it is necessary
that you answer them for yourself, because as human beings,
we will not truly believe something until we actually discover it
for ourselves.
This book was written in the sincere hope that it would
lead you to the many discoveries that lie within you by the
repetition of these prosperity ideas. You must begin to see
money as an obedient, diligent servant, that you can employ to
earn more money, and that you can use to provide services far
beyond the service that you could ever physically provide. It is
necessary that you feel comfortable when you talk about
money, because you have truly been "Born Rich." You have all
the mental tools necessary to attract the thoughts you are
surrounded by, to create the consciousness that you must
create in order for you to have the wealth you choose to have.
Lack and limitation can only exist when we make room for
them in our minds. But prosperity consciousness knows no
lack and no limitation. Resolve to completely remove the lid
from your marvelous mind, with respect to your own earning-
ability, and understand that the wealth you are seeking is-and
always has been-seeking you in return. So open wide the
doors of your conscious mind now, and begin to receive it.
Mental Money
Begin immediately to play a mental game with yourself-
get into the habit of visualizing yourself in the possession of
great wealth. Think of some of the things you would do with
that money and then mentally start doing them. Since your
subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between actually
doing something and visualizing yourself doing it, this exercise
will very quickly help you to develop a prosperity
consciousness. Remember, it is an absolute law of your being,
that you must have something mentally before you will ever
have it physically!
Also understand that everyone talks to themselves
mentally-in fact, some people even do it out loud. Therefore,
whenever you are carrying on your private conversation with
yourself, always talk about how good it feels to be wealthy.
Congratulate yourself on becoming wealthy and hear others
congratulating you as well. You should realize that although
this might appear to be a game you are playing, you are doing
one of the wisest things you can possibly do-you are working
from a higher to a lower potential.
You are embarking on a program of self-development.
You are about to learn that there is much more to your self
than meets the eye, and you must apprehend this "hidden
factor of your personality," if you are ever to develop yourself
properly. In truth, you will never see the greatest part of your
being because it is nonphysical in nature. In fact, you will
soon become aware that you are constantly living
simultaneously on three distinct planes of being: you are
spiritual, you have an intellect and you live in a physical body.
To understand this abstraction better, you must keep in mind
that you are living simultaneously on three distinct planes of
existence.
1. The Spiritual Plane of Thoughts (Highest
Potential)
2. The Intellectual Plane of Ideas (Middle
Potential)
3. The Physical Plane of Results (Lowest
Potential)
Therefore, by doing what I have suggested you do, you
are merely using your "divine nature" to choose the thoughts
(i.e. "Money is good," "I love people and I use money," "Money
is a servant; I am the master,") which will build an idea. In our
case, the idea happens to be that of "Great Personal Wealth,"
or "True Financial Success." Be very aware that ideas, such as
the idea of "financial success," never form by themselves; the
human personality must always enter into the process, by
thinking the thoughts which can then be used to build the
idea. That is the very thing that makes the human being
"godlike," or you could say, a creative creature-the highest
form of creation! So by holding this beautiful idea, or picture
of financial success in your mind, you will ultimately be able
to cause the idea to manifest itself in your life (i.e. in your
results). As you progress through this book, you will see how
this actually occurs!
Now, let's take a couple of steps backward. You will
remember that I wrote, in a previous paragraph, that you are
working from a higher to a lower potential. What I meant by
this is that you are working from-
Thoughts ... (Spirit)
to
Idea ... (Intellectual)
to
Thing ... (Physical)
rather than working from -
Thing ... (Physical)
to
Thoughts ... (Spirit)
to
Idea ... (Intellectual)
as you have probably done in the past and as the vast
majority of people will continue to do in the future. That is to
say, most people will look at a result in their life and then let
that result dictate the Thoughts they will then use to build
their Idea. For example, if they see that their bank account is
empty (a result), they will choose to think thoughts of lack or
loss and then they will use those thoughts to build the idea of
poverty. However, since the idea they are holding in their mind
must manifest in their future results, they are actually
bringing about a repeat performance of the very thing which
they say they don't want: namely, an empty bank account. It
thus becomes a self-doom-fulfilling cycle they are living, and
clearly, this is not the way our Maker has intended for us to
live!
You might very well be saying to yourself that this is an
absurd argument; for if a bank account is empty, it's empty. It
just isn't realistic to look at an empty bank account and be
