Spiritual experience is deep,
calm, and self-assertive; it is the result of actually realizing that Presence
which binds all together in one complete Whole. God comes silent and alone to
each one of us in the stillness of our own souls. – Ernest Holmes Spiritual
Awareness
First, we assert that there is
one original formless stuff, or substance, from which all things are made. All
the seemingly many elements are but different presentations of one element; all
the many forms found in organic and inorganic nature are but different shapes,
made from the same stuff. And this stuff is thinking stuff; a thought held in
it produces the form of the thought. Thought, in thinking substance, produces
shapes. Man is a thinking center, capable of original thought; if man can
communicate his thought to original thinking substance, he can cause the
creation, or formation, of the thing he thinks about. – Wallace Wattles Science
of Getting Rich
Prosperity assertively presents
itself to us in so many forms, ways, and means that we may barely grasp the
extent of wealth that we have even when we live well with all that we
desire. Living well requires that we
assert ourselves in choosing our desires and in preparing to receive them. Health,
fulfilling creative expression, uplifting love, and financial freedom belong to
us but they do not spring spontaneously into our experience until we select
them and initiate a line of thinking that evokes our feeling that we now have
because we now enjoy.
We may work hard in preparing to
enjoy our prosperity. That is what we all learned from an early age. But
prosperity does not require hard work as much as it requires clear thinking and
firm belief in our self-worth. That actually may be harder than our other
physical or mental labor because most of us experienced just the opposite of
the worthiness we deserve to feel. Teachers, parents, our churches and other
organizations, even our most trusted guides directly or indirectly influenced
us to think of ourselves as unworthy and not deserving of health, success,
love, or wealth. We begin to break that cycle as soon as we discover that they
teach what they learned because in some way, that understanding, really
misunderstanding, “saved” them from harm and they desired to protect us from
harm.
Prosperity asserts itself in our
lives more easily when we release our attachments to the limitations of our
past through forgiveness, embody the wonder and beauty in the present through
our mindfulness, and look upon our future as this moment evolving into even
greater enjoyment of life. Prosperity also asserts itself more easily in the
lives of grateful people who appreciate little graces as much as large
gestures, who give and receive every gift graciously.
Let us now demonstrate our
prosperity in our consciousness and assert its manifestation in our spiritual,
mental, and physical affairs.
My Source of prosperity is
Spirit, which is always with me for Spirit enjoys living as each one of us, as
me. I look to my past, bless, and give thanks for all of it. It has brought me
here. I look to my present and see the peace, assurance, gratitude, and love
that fill my awareness now. Without counting amounts, I simply know that my
health, creativity, relationships, and finances are in the keeping of Spirit
and cared for with infinite wisdom. All is well from my past. All is well now.
I accept with joy, gratefully the continuous flow of all is well for all my
days, and so it is.
John
John Lusk
“First
you ask definitely for direction, then it will enter your consciousness as a
definite thought; then in your turn you give it back the thought and it will
give you back the thing. It answers every question, solves every problem; it is
the solution to every difficulty.” Ernest Holmes
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