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success now and forever. Surely I believe more and more: "My
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, saith
the Lord," and all things are now working together for my good.
Therefore, I have faith and conviction in my ultimate success--in my
greater success--in my greatest success!
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ABUNDANCE
(See also Abundance, page 11)
"There is abundance in the world for me given by the bountiful hand of
Omnipotence. I gratefully claim and accept all the supply for my
needs."
The old idea of orthodox prayer was that of supplication and begging. I
have spent a whole night at a time begging for a few pennies and
supplicating for the salvation of others. What waste of energy. Each
time that we send up such a weak supplication as the attitude of a
beggar, with the timid, frightful thoughts that only a beggar's mind can
have--this condition of mind, cross circuits the power to bring into our
lives the very things we most desire.
When the beggar extends his hand for a copper, he knows that not
everyone who passes is going to give him a coin. He, therefore, solicits
more or less mechanically, with a mind not positive or sure. His hand is
extended in timidity and weakness. Now and then he gets a coin from a
sympathetic passer-by. The same principle holds true for the man who
prays in the old orthodox fashion. He utters his petitions with doubts
and misgivings, with timidity and wonderings. Some of his prayers are
answered--just as the occasional coin is cast to the beggar. But most of
the orthodox prayers sent up in the fashion of begging and supplicating
are never answered. Of necessity, they cannot be, because the
concentration is filled with fear and trembling.

Only by positive and courageous thinking do we attract to ourselves the
answers to our prayers. When we are permeated with the spirit of doubt,
our petitions are cross-circuited.
Therefore, in making your affirmation this time, rest assured that the
abundant spirit of the Universal Supply has everything you need, and
has it now. You have only to put your mind in a condition to receive.
You do not have to beg the sun for its rays, nor God for His love. It is
there for the taking. Many of us keep the sunshine of abundance out of
our lives by pulling down the curtain of doubt--just as we may go into a
room, pull down a shade and keep out the sun. James Russell Lowell,
seventy-five years ago, told us the same story in "The Vision of Sir
Launfal," when he said that "Heaven is given away and God may be
had for the asking".
By gratefully accepting all of the supply for your needs, you are
running up the shade of positive faith and letting the sunlight of
abundance in.
Send out the desire for your supply to the Universal Mind and then
rest--feeling that it has been acquired. Of course, the stronger you
concentrate, without stress and strain (as outlined in "Practical
Psychology and Sex Life," by the author, under the chapter "How to get
what you want," and chapters on "Concentration"), and the more
positive and courageous your concentration, the stronger will be your
mental thought currents and consequently the quicker your
demonstration.
Omnipotence has provided for me and mine, I raise the shade of my
faith and let in the Sunlight of Abundance. I know I do not have to beg
for this, for it is mine now. When first I saw the light of day, the
bountiful spirit of the Father made all preparations for my life's
necessities and pleasures. They have been in the world since I was born.
I now claim and accept my supply.
From now on the spirit goes before me--making easy and prosperous
all my ways--and I have abundance for every need. From the bountiful

hand of Omnipotence I have abundant health--I have abundant love--I
have abundant prosperity--I have abundant peace. My Father careth for
the grass of the field and the birds of the air--and He careth for me. I
realize it.
Think it and live it now.
Abundance for all my needs is mine, now and forever.
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HEALTH, SUCCESS, PROSPERITY, UNIVERSAL PEACE AND
BROTHERHOOD
"God Made From One Blood All the Nations of the World."
As I enter the Silence this time, expecting to get health, success,
prosperity and happiness, I am going to have my mind filled with the
Spirit of Divine Unity. Unity among the nations of the world, unity in
abundance, unity in love, unity in prosperity, unity in health and unity
in spirit.
There can be no separation in Spirit. All is Mind, all is God, all