THE ROAD TO SUCCESS COLLECTION. Henry Harrison Brown
health nor prosperity without harmony. There is no peace, no health, where there is want, be it want of material Supply, wisdom Supply, or love Supply. Love, Truth and Dollars—these are necessary to human well-being.
Mind, body and estate must be cared for; there must be Harmony between all that there may be health, happiness and prosperity. This harmony is found in merely giving Self, the Soul, its way. Harmony is living in obedience to mental law. It is found in right thinking.
Poverty is the main cause of the unrest, the dis-ease (the un-ease) that afflicts mankind. Remove poverty by right thinking and all attendant evils will disappear. This right thinking means that there shall be on the part of the individual a change of attitude toward the Dollar.
The prevalent attitude is want for the Dollar, —belief that Dollars are power. This must be outgrown and the attitude must be that ALL POWER IS IN MAN. Dollars are machines with power delegated to them by man. They are useless without man. Dollars want me! is to be the thought of the "Coming man." A few so think now and have obtained mastery of Supply.
It is a legitimate demand on part of each individual that he have enough. Opulence is righteousness.
There is enough in the Universal One from which all things materialize, for each one to have enough to meet all desires without robbing any. Infinite Supply is all about us and yet there is want. Whose the fault? Not of The One. It is in ourselves. We have not known how to claim, nor have we claimed our own. The law is simple and it is laid down by the greatest political economist as well as the greatest Mental Scientist the world has in its historic records. He was not a theologian, neither did he deal with questions of a future life, as many seem to think; he was a sociologist and a socialist. He dealt with questions of "the life that now is." His name was Jesus. He gave the Law thus: "Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you."
Analyze the Law thus:—"Kingdom of God" Where? "Within you.'' "God is Spirit," he said. "The Kingdom of God" is then in the Soul. It is the Ego or Soul of man. Know thyself as Soul; know thyself as Spirit —this is the Law. Live rightly, is the meaning of "his righteousness." Live in accord with your sense of right; obey your own conscience. Then all things shall be yours. Things of whatever kind, of all kinds, are manifestations of the One Substance. Things are the same as yourself,—manifestations of the One God. Dollars are things. Dollars are manifestations of the One God. Plain directions, these: Live true to self; live spiritually; give the first place in your thought to the eternal, from which things come and then all things will come to you at need.
"First?" Yes! Not things first, but that mental condition which controls things. Not Dollars first, but that mental attitude which attracts Dollars.
That mental condition is Faith in Self as a manifestation of Omnipotence, Faith in Self as a manifestation of the All-Good, Faith in the Universe as Justice, Faith in the Universal One as entirely Good, Faith in the Life you are, to draw its necessary Supply of things demanded for its highest expression. Then let things come. This is all, but it is--God. This is the "straight gate." Few there be that enter in, but all may. Few place things " second.'' Dollars, position, influence, show, —these in common thought, come "first." But these are results of Power. Become first the Power, become one with the Power and these desired things will come. The ordinary process of business, the customary method of thinking, is to be reversed. Think from inward Power, think from Being. You will then be the Master and things will take their right place. Become ''one with God" by recognizing Him as King in your Soul. Listen to Him in the edicts of your Soul. Say, as you thus become negative to the Higher in you, "Now, God, do your work your way! and it will be done satisfactorily to me." No one can fail when he assumes this attitude of Love and Trust. It would be an impotent God, and therefore no-God, that did not work when these conditions are made.
Poverty, like consumption, cold or rheumatism, is a mental condition. It can be cured only by the same means, i. e., Affirmation of Power to cure:— I am part of the One and, in the One, possess all, I possess all! Affirm this and patiently wait for the manifestation. You have sown the thought-seed, now, like the rancher, wait for the sprouting and the harvest. It can never fail you when, like him, you trust.
Repeat this Affirmation, no matter what the appearances. No matter if hungry, houseless and alone, affirm:— God is my Supply, My Supply is Infinite, Dollars want me! Trust implicitly in the inviolable Law of Cause and Effect. You are Cause: Supply is the Effect that must follow your Affirmation. In the past, you have sown poverty-seeds, and are now reaping the crop. You do not enjoy this harvest. Sow, amid these results of previous sowing. Plenty-seeds and Plenty will come. Supply is yours when you sow Supply-seeds. Sow, no matter how seemingly black the conditions. The seeds have God-in-them and cannot fail.
I AM SUPPLIED WITH ALL I NEED FROM INFINITE SUBSTANCE! MY SUPPLY IS INFINITE! ALL I DESIRE IS MINE FROM INFINITE ABUNDANCE! GOD IS MY SUPPLY. SUPPLY NEVER FAILS ME! From these Affirmations, choose the one that fits your case or make one from this thought to fit your condition and state of mind. When made, stick to it as gravity sticks to earth. The Law of Supply is as sure as gravity. In this Affirmation, All is mine! Dollars want me! you have repolarized your aura. You have changed your vibrations and you will draw, as the magnet draws the needle, all you can use. Try it! Never let go of your trust that Dollars, or that for which they stand, will come. Thy Kingdom, O Soul, has come and thy will is done, for God and Soul are One.
"All is mine; 'tis but by asking:
Ere I make my silent plea
Life unlocks her richest treasures
For my waiting eyes to see."
Supplement
O Hashnu Hara, (possible pseudonym of William Walker Atkinson and) editor of Wings of Truth, London, in the April, 1903, number of that journal has this to say of "The Law of Opulence '': —
"The February issue of NOW contained an article on 'Opulence.' I've read a good many articles on opulence, some have impressed me, some fell flat—flat us a pancake—this one didn't. First of all, it placed all my former theories in a wrong light; my idea was to say 'I WANT.' It is quite true that when I did this I generally got what I wanted sooner or later, but H. H. B. says that you must not say, I want,—in effect, he says you must affirm, 'I don't want dollars; dollars want me,' A very little consideration will show this is right; but consideration wasn't enough for me—I put it to the test. The first five days, my receipts fell almost to zero, but I was determined to hang on. I felt it was right, that the drop in my business was due to the readjustment of the vibrations, for long experience has taught me that you cannot turn round from one method of thought to another very suddenly without disturbing the currents and these have to get re-adjusted to the new rate of vibration before you can work them. The sixth day my patience was amply rewarded; for every one order I had been in the habit of receiving, I got twenty and it has kept up ever since.
Now I never weaken my position by affirming that I want anything. I say it wants me, and I know it will come. It is not any use making that statement, of course, if you doubt IT. You must back up your statement with faith and feel it is already yours. It is rather on the principle of the honey-pot and the swarm of summer flies; you are the pot of honey—the dollars are the flies.
"Now the honey doesn't worry about the flies, it is content to be sweet, to give off a faint sweet smell and to stick, but the flies do want it, they come from all quarters, they swarm into it, sip its sweetness, and buzz-zz-zz all all around. The honey is a power—irresistible power so far as flies go—they want it, it is a great center of attraction.
"Now say you run some particular line of business—you are the honey—in the world there are many people who want what you have to give them, who will gladly pay cash for it, who cannot help being attracted to your honey, as the flies might be.
"Your thought, as I have so often told you, is strong and potent beyond measure, but, when you assume the 'wanting' attitude, although you do most certainly attract,