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they can be true; simply take them on trust.




The science of getting rich begins with the absolute acceptance

of this faith.

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Incre
asing Life.




YOU must get rid of the last vestige of the old idea that there is

a Deity whose will it is that you should be poor, or whose

purposes may be served by keeping you in poverty.




The Intelligent Substance which is All, and in All, and which

liv
es in All and lives in you, is a consciously Living Substance.

Being a consciously living substance, It must have the nature

and inherent desire of every living intelligence for increase of

life. Every living thing must continually seek for the

enlargement
of its life, because life, in the mere act of living,

must increase itself.




A seed, dropped into the ground, springs into activity, and in the

act of living produces a hundred more seeds; life, by living,

multiplies itself. It is forever Becoming More;
it must do so, if it

continues to be at all.




Intelligence is under this same necessity for continuous

increase. Every thought we think makes it necessary for us to

think another thought; consciousness is continually expanding.

Every fact we learn leads u
s to the learning of another fact;

knowledge is continually increasing. Every talent we cultivate

brings to the mind the desire to cultivate another talent; we are

subject to the urge of life, seeking expression, which ever drives

us on to know more, to do
more, and to be more.




In order to know more, do more, and be more we must have

more; we must have things to use, for we learn, and do, and

become, only by using things. We must get rich, so that we can

live more.




The desire for riches is simply the ca
pacity for larger life

seeking fulfillment; every desire is the effort of an unexpressed

possibility to come into action. It is power seeking to manifest

which causes desire. That which makes you want more money

is the same as that which makes the plant gr
ow; it is Life,

seeking fuller expression.

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The One Living Substance must be subject to this inherent law

of all life; it is permeated with the desire to live more; that is

why it is under the necessity of creating things.




The One Substance desires to l
ive more in you; hence it wants

you to have all the things you can use.




It is the desire of God that you should get rich. He wants you to

get rich because he can express himself better through you if

you have plenty of things to use in giving him express
ion. He

can live more in you if you have unlimited command of the

means of life.




The universe desires you to have everything you want to have.




Nature is friendly to your plans.




Everything is naturally for you.




Make up your mind that this is true.




It is essential, however that
your purpose should harmonize

with the purpose that is in All.





You must want real life, not mere pleasure of sensual

gratification. Life is the performance of function; and the

individual really lives only when he performs
every function,

physical, mental, and spiritual, of which he is capable, without

excess in any.




You do not want to get rich in order to live swinishly, for the

gratification of animal desires; that is not life. But the

performance of every physical funct
ion is a part of life, and no

one lives completely who denies the impulses of the body a

normal and healthful expression.




You do not want to get rich solely to enjoy mental pleasures, to

get knowledge, to gratify ambition, to outshine others, to be

famou
s. All these are a legitimate part of life, but the man who

lives for the pleasures of the intellect alone will only have a

partial life, and he will never be satisfied with his lot.

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You do not want to get rich solely for the good of others, to lose

your
self for the salvation of mankind, to experience the joys of

philanthropy and sacrifice. The joys of the soul are only a part

of life; and they are no better or nobler than any other part.




You want to get rich in order that you may eat, drink, and be

mer
ry when it is time to do these things; in order that you may

surround yourself with beautiful things, see distant