It is your right to be rich. You are here to lead the abundant life and be happy, radiant and free. You should, therefore, have all the money you need to lead a full, happy and prosperous life.

You are here to grow, expand and unfold spiritually, mentally and materi- ally. You have the inalienable right to fully develop and express yourself along all lines. You should surround yourself with beauty and luxury.

Why be satisfied with just enough to go around when you can enjoy the riches of your subconscious mind? In this chapter you can learn to make friends with money, and you should always have a surplus. Your desire to be rich is a desire for a fuller, happier, more wonderful life. It is a cosmic urge. It is not only good, but very good.

Money Is A Symbol

Money is a symbol of exchange. It means to you not only freedom from want, but beauty, luxury, abundance and refinement. It is merely a sym- bol of the economic health of the nation. When your blood is circulating freely in your body, you are healthy. When money is circulating freely in your life, you are economically healthy. When people begin to hoard mon- ey, to put it away in tin boxes and become charge with fear, there is eco- nomic illness. Money has taken many forms as a medium of exchange down through the centuries, such as salt, beads and trinkets of various kinds. In early times a man's wealth was determined by the number of sheep and oxen he had. Now we use currency, and other negotiable in- struments, as it is much more convenient to write a check then carry some sheep around with you to pay bills.

How To Walk The Royal Road To Riches

Knowledge of the powers of your subconscious mind is the means to the royal road to riches of all kinds; spiritual, mental or financial. The student of the laws of mind believes and knows definitely that regardless of eco- nomic situations, stock market fluctuation, depression, strikes, war or other conditions and circumstances, he will always be amply supplied, re- gardless of what form money takes. The reason for this is that he has conveyed the idea of wealth to his subconscious mind, and it keeps him supplied wherever he may be. He has convinced himself in his mind that money is forever flowing freely in his life and that there is always a won- derful surplus. Should there be a financial collapse of government tomor- row and all the man's present holdings become valueless, as the German marks did after the First World War, he would still attract wealth and be cared for, regardless of the form the new currency took.

Why You Do Not Have More Money

As you read this chapter, you are probably saying, “I am worthy of a high- er salary than I am receiving.” I believe most people are inadequately compensated. One of the causes many people do not have more money is that they are silently or openly condemning it. They refer to money as “filthy lucre' or “the love of money is the root of all evil.” Another reason they do not prosper is that they have a sneaky subconscious feeling there is some virtue in poverty. This subconscious pattern may be due to early childhood training, superstition or it could be based on a false interpreta- tion of scriptures.

Money & A Balanced Life

One time a man said to me, “I am broke. I do not like money. It is the root of all evil.” These statements represent a confused, neurotic mind. Love of money to the exclusion of everything else will cause you to be- come lopsided and unbalanced. You are here to use your power or author- ity wisely. Some men crave power, others crave money. If you set your heart on money exclusively and say, “Money is all I want; I am going to give all my attention to amassing money; nothing else matters,” you can get money and attain a fortune, but you have forgotten that you are here to lead a balanced life. You must also satisfy the hunger for peace of mind, harmony, love, joy an perfect health.

By making money your sole aim, you simply made a wrong choice. You thought that was all you wanted, but you found after all your efforts that it was not only the money you needed. You also desired true expression of your hidden talents, true place in life, beauty and the joy of contribut- ing to the welfare and success of others. By learning the laws of your sub- conscious mind, you could have a million dollars or many millions, if you wanted them, and still have peace of mind, harmony, perfect health and perfect expression.

Poverty Is A Mental Disease

There is no virtue in poverty; it is a disease like any other mental disease. If you were physically ill, you would think there was something wrong with you. You would seek help and do something about the condition at once. Likewise, if you do not have money constantly circulating in your life, there is something radically wrong with you.

The urge of life principle in you is toward growth, expansion and the life more abundant. You are not here to live in a hovel, dress in rags and go hungry. You should be happy, prosperous and successful.

Why You Must Never Criticize Money

Cleanse your mind of all weird and superstitious beliefs about money. Do not ever regards money as evil or filthy. If you do, you cause it to take wings and fly away from you. Remember that you lose what you con- demn. You cannot attract what you criticize.

Getting The Right Attitude Toward Money

Here is a simple technique you may use to multiply money in your experi- ence. Use the following statements several times a day, “I like money, I love it, I use it wisely, constructively and judiciously. Money is constantly circulating in my life. I release it with joy and it returns to me multiplied in a wonderful way. It is good and very good. Money flows to me in avalanches of abundance. I use it for good only and I am grateful for my good and for the riches of my mind.”

How The Scientific Thinker Looks At Money

Suppose, for example, you found gold, silver, lead, copper or iron in the ground. Would you pronounce these things evil? All evil comes from man's darkened understanding, from his ignorance, from his false interpretation of life and from his misuse of his subconscious mind. Uranium, lead or some other metal could have been used as a medium of exchange. We use paper bills, checks, nickel and silver; surely these things are not evil. Physicists and chemists know today that the only difference between one metal and another is the number and rate of motion of electrons revolving around a central nucleus. They can now change one metal into another through a bombardment of the atoms in the powerful cyclotron. Gold, under under conditions, becomes mercury. I believe that our modern scientists in the near future will be able to make gold, silver and other metals synthetically in the chemical laboratory. The cost may be prohibitive now, but it can be done. I cannot imagine any intelligent person seeing any- thing evil in electrons, neutrons, protons and isotopes.

The piece of paper in your pocket is composed of atoms and molecules with their electrons and protons arranged differently. Their number and rate of motion are different. That is the only way the paper differs from the silver in your pocket.

How To Attract The Money You Need

Many years ago I met a young boy in Australia who wanted to become a physician and surgeon, but he had no money. I explained to him how a seed deposited in the soil attracts to itself everything necessary for its un- folding, and that all he had to do was to take a lesson from the seed and deposit the required idea in his subconscious mind. For expenses, this young, brilliant boy used to clean out doctors' offices, wash windows and do odd repair jobs. He told me that every night, as he went to sleep, he used to picture in his mind's eye a medical diploma on a wall with his name on it in big, bold letters. He used to clean and shine the framed diplomas in the medical building where he worked. It was not hard for him to engrave the image of a diploma in his mind and develop it there. Definite results followed as he persisted with his mental picture every night for about four months.

The sequel of this story was very interesting. One of the doctors took a great liking to this young boy and after training him in the art of sterilizing instruments, giving hypodermic injections and other miscellaneous first aid work, he employed him as a technical assistant in his office. The doc- tor later sent him to medical school at his own expense. Today, this young man is a prominent medical doctor in Montreal, Canada. He discovered the law of attraction by using his subconscious mind the right way. He op- erated an age old law which says, “Having seen the end, you have willed the means to the realization of the end.” The end in this case was to be- come a medical doctor.

This young man was able to imagine, see and feel the reality of being a doctor. He lived with that idea, sustained it, nourished it and loved it until through his imagination it penetrated the layers of his subconscious mind and became a conviction, thereby attracting to him everything necessary for the fulfillment of his dream.

Why Some Men Do Not Get A Raise In Pay

If you are working in a large organization and you are silently thinking of and resenting the fact you are underpaid, that you are not appreciated and that you deserve more money and great recognition, you are subconsciously severing your ties with that organization. You are setting a law in motion and the superintendent or manager will say to you, “We have to let you go.” Actually, you dismissed yourself. The manager was simply the instrument through which your own negative mental state was confirmed. It was an example of the law of action and reaction. The action was your thought and the reaction as the response of your subconscious mind.

Obstacles & Impediments On The Pathway To Riches

I am sure you have heard men say, “That fellow has a racket.” “He is a racketeer.” “He is getting money dishonestly.” “He is a faker.” “I knew him when he had nothing.” “He is a crook, a thief and a swindler.”

If you analyze the man who talks like that, you discover he is usually in want or suffering from some financial or physical illness. Perhaps his former college friends went up the ladder of success and excelled him. Now he is bitter and envious of their progress. In many instances this is the cause of his downfall. Thinking negatively of these classmates and condemning their wealth causes the wealth and prosperity he is praying for to vanish and flee away. He is condemning the thing he is praying for.

He is praying two ways. On the one hand he is saying, “Wealth is flowing to me now,” and in the next breath, silently or audibly, he is saying, “I re- sent that fellow's wealth.” Always make it a special point to rejoice in the wealth of the other person.

Protect Your Investments

If you are seeking wisdom regarding investments, or if you are worried about your stocks or bonds, quietly claims, “Infinite Intelligence governs and watches over all my financial transactions, and whatsoever I do shall prosper.” Do this frequently and you will find that your investments will be wise; moreover, you will be protected from loss, as you will be prompted to sell your securities or holdings before any loss accrues to you.

You Cannot Get Something For Nothing

In large stores the management employs store detectives to prevent people from stealing. They catch a number of people every day trying to get something for nothing. All such people are living in the mental atmosphere of lack and limitation and are stealing from themselves peace, harmony, faith, honesty, integrity, good will and confidence. Furthermore, they are attracting to themselves all manner of loss, such as loss of character, prestige, social status and peace of mind. These people lack faith in the source of supply and the understanding of how their minds work. If they would mentally call on the powers of their subconscious mind and claim that they are guided to their true expression, the would find work and constant supply. Then by honesty, integrity and perseverance they would become a credit to themselves and to society at large.

Your Constant Supply Of Money

Recognizing the powers of your subconscious mind and the creative power of your thought or mental image is the way to opulence, freedom and constant supply. Accept the abundant life in your own mind. Your mental acceptance and expectancy of wealth has its own mathematics and mechanics of expression. As you enter in to the mood of opulence, all things necessary for the abundant life will come to pass.

Let this be your daily affirmation; write it in your heart, “I am one with the infinite riches of my subconscious mind. It is my right to be rich, happy and successful. Money flows to me freely, copiously and endlessly. I am forever conscious of my true worth. I give of my talents freely and I am wonderfully blessed financially. It is wonderful!”