Success is a journey. Along that journey you find many
new and exciting gems, treasures and storehouses of truth
and wisdom. Sure, you think you are looking for diamonds,
rubies and emeralds, but these are only physical
manifestations of spiritual realities. Trinkets that proclaim
to the world your success in overcoming seemingly insurmountable
odds, to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat,
to learn the lessons God has laid upon your path.
We might as well start with the number one lesson in
everybody’s path. Not all paths have the same lessons, but
there is one we all have in common. We must all learn that
the All-Encompassing Power of Eternity is supreme. Not
us. Though we may feel God’s presence inside us, we arenot God. No matter what your ego says. You are mortal
and all that you have or ever will have comes from the Universe.
Not from you or anything you do.
The ego comes in two separate but equal forms. The
first ego form is the I . . . as in I did it all. Everything I have
I earned myself. I pulled myself up by the bootstraps; nobody
did this for me. I worked my fingers to the bone. I
struggled. I fought the battles. I won the victories. I took
the bull by the horns and made my success. I built this
business with my own two hands. I found my wife and
gave her everything she has. I made him what he is today.
My husband was nothing before I met him. I gave you the
money that allowed you to succeed. I supported you. I
brought you into this world, and I can take you out. Obviously
these “I” tantrums can go on and on and on.
The second ego form is the Not I . . . as in I cannot do
anything. I am not worthy. I am not doing everything I
should do. I am not working hard enough. I am not a good
father. I am not supporting my family well enough. I am
such a failure. I am a poor lover, mother, sister, brother,
husband, son, daughter. I never learn. I always make mistakes.
I am not who I thought I was. I am letting others
down. I always seem to make the wrong decisions. I am
poor. I am a pitiful excuse for a human being. And on and
on and on.
Yuck. I do not know which is worse. Actually, they are
equally disgusting, and they are exactly the same thing.
They both say, “I am more powerful than God.” Both take
the Universe out of the Provider role and replace it with
you and your limited resources. Thinking you are greaterthan God is a huge mistake. The first ego says, “I can do it
all,” while the second is saying, “I can undo it all. I am
more negative than God is positive.” Wow. Think about
that. Either way you are putting yourself before the All
Powerful Force of the Universe. You are saying that you
are superior to the forces that created Earth itself. You are
saying that you are greater than infinity. Outside of that
being ludicrous, it puts you in a terribly tenuous position.
The first thing that can happen if you let your ego get
between you and your Creator is that He will allow you to
try to do everything on your own. This is not a good
choice. This means you go back to square one and start
over. All that God has given you can disappear in a heartbeat.
Including your life.
There’s a story about a man who begged God to make
Him rich so he could better serve God’s cause on Earth.
Practically overnight this man became one of the richest
men in his country, which happened to be Turkey. He
struck it rich in the cotton exchange. He was extremely
successful beyond his wildest dreams. Then, God sent a
messenger to him. And this messenger asked for money to
help with God’s work. The messenger reminded the man
that the reason he had grown rich was to help with God’s
work.
The man refused. In fact, he pointed to his cash box and
said, “This is my God.” Whoa, not a good answer! Within
a few weeks, the cotton market crashed and our friend lost
all he had. Plus, now he was also deeply in debt.
The man then begged God’s forgiveness and promised
that he would never again let his ego get out of line. Themarket once again propelled him to the highest level of
prosperity. And once again he denied his debt to God. The
story ends with this man, poor as a beggar, walking from
town to town, teaching the Universal Laws to anyone who
would listen.
All that is required of us to prosper on this
planet is two things:
Love and honor God above all things.
Understand and follow the Universal Laws.
Do these two things and you will be successful. Avoid
doing these two things for any reason and you will have a
much, much longer row to hoe.
This is a great system. You follow a few laws and you
get to live a great life. I mean, if you receive all your Good
from God, if He is your protector, your guardian, your
provider, your sustainer—who is going to do you harm?
Certainly not Mr. Negative. He is no match for the Infinite
Power of the Universe and all that lies above and below it.
Not even a contest. Mr. Negative may work harder, but
Good is infinitely more powerful.
Once you open your heart to the pulsating power of
creation, you are free. Your spirit is free from the prison of
self. You are free to soar to the farthest reaches of your creativity.
You are free to explore your love of life. You are
free to search for truth, happiness and everlasting peace.
You are free to succeed. Nothing can stop you. Nothingcan sway you from the path of Good. Nothing but you and
your ego.
Watch the ego. It is our weakest link. Certainly, we need
a little ego or we’d be cucumbers. You want more in your
life or you wouldn’t even be reading this book. We are
given the right to choose. We have free will. Used for
Good, our free will can propel us to the mountaintops.
Used incorrectly, it will pull us down to the lowest level of
Creation.
Remember, there is no “I” in GOD. To find and maintain
success with this system you must control the ego. You
do not do the work, the Universe does. You ask; God delivers.
It is a great system unless you start thinking you are
responsible for your own success. I learned that lesson.
Our first full year in business, we sold $1,000,000 in
advertising on a technical website. In the beginning, only a
handful of people were even prospects for this site, yet we
did well. In 1997, our ad revenue ranked 37th among all
websites worldwide. This included all the big corporations
pouring millions into their online budgets. Quite an accomplishment
for a website that started out on a card table
in a back bedroom. But I wasn’t satisfied. I knew we could
do more. If we just pushed harder we could do better. I
told everybody working for me that I wanted them to
work harder, stay later, make more calls. I wanted more research.
I wanted more proposals. I wanted higher phone
bills. I . . . I . . . I . . . so guess what happened. I got what I
asked for. Expenses went up. Morale went down. We
worked longer hours, we wrote more proposals and we
made more phone calls. We just did not make nearly asmany sales. In fact, we steadily lost business. Finally, we
were all exhausted from working too hard. What was I
supposed to do?
Nothing. I was supposed to do nothing. I had given
God my shopping list and He was delivering. I started
thinking I was somehow instrumental in my own success.
My ego got in the way, and the Universe gave me control
of my own destiny. Boy, was that a mistake! I did not do
nearly as well as I thought I could.
Once I got out of the way and let Creation do the work
of creating my success, our sales increased dramatically.
We worked a whole lot less and made a whole lot more.
How, then, can we increase our business, find our true
love or get a bigger car? We can’t. God does it. He opens
the doors. He makes firm the path. He delivers the bounty
from His storehouse. And He does it by means over which
we have absolutely no control. The Universe will take care
of us. By using this system of gaining wealth we accept the
fact that we are not in control. God is.
Think of your life as a movie. The script is already written,
and all you have to do is take each scene one step at a
time. But just to keep things interesting, the Universe
doesn’t let you see the script until you’ve played the scene
out. Time and time again you find yourself in seemingly
impossible situations that demand trust. You must trust
that the Great Spirit directing you will protect you and
guide you through even the most difficult scenes. As you
play your part in this movie of your life you walk an invisible
path. It is an invisible path of trust that leads you to
the end you so ultimately desire.
This is how you must live your life. Trust that your path
will be made clear. Trust that success is waiting for you.
You may not always see where you are going, but you
must always step out onto that invisible path, trusting not
in yourself, but in God. He guides you. He protects you.
He makes you Rich and Peaceful
new and exciting gems, treasures and storehouses of truth
and wisdom. Sure, you think you are looking for diamonds,
rubies and emeralds, but these are only physical
manifestations of spiritual realities. Trinkets that proclaim
to the world your success in overcoming seemingly insurmountable
odds, to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat,
to learn the lessons God has laid upon your path.
We might as well start with the number one lesson in
everybody’s path. Not all paths have the same lessons, but
there is one we all have in common. We must all learn that
the All-Encompassing Power of Eternity is supreme. Not
us. Though we may feel God’s presence inside us, we arenot God. No matter what your ego says. You are mortal
and all that you have or ever will have comes from the Universe.
Not from you or anything you do.
The ego comes in two separate but equal forms. The
first ego form is the I . . . as in I did it all. Everything I have
I earned myself. I pulled myself up by the bootstraps; nobody
did this for me. I worked my fingers to the bone. I
struggled. I fought the battles. I won the victories. I took
the bull by the horns and made my success. I built this
business with my own two hands. I found my wife and
gave her everything she has. I made him what he is today.
My husband was nothing before I met him. I gave you the
money that allowed you to succeed. I supported you. I
brought you into this world, and I can take you out. Obviously
these “I” tantrums can go on and on and on.
The second ego form is the Not I . . . as in I cannot do
anything. I am not worthy. I am not doing everything I
should do. I am not working hard enough. I am not a good
father. I am not supporting my family well enough. I am
such a failure. I am a poor lover, mother, sister, brother,
husband, son, daughter. I never learn. I always make mistakes.
I am not who I thought I was. I am letting others
down. I always seem to make the wrong decisions. I am
poor. I am a pitiful excuse for a human being. And on and
on and on.
Yuck. I do not know which is worse. Actually, they are
equally disgusting, and they are exactly the same thing.
They both say, “I am more powerful than God.” Both take
the Universe out of the Provider role and replace it with
you and your limited resources. Thinking you are greaterthan God is a huge mistake. The first ego says, “I can do it
all,” while the second is saying, “I can undo it all. I am
more negative than God is positive.” Wow. Think about
that. Either way you are putting yourself before the All
Powerful Force of the Universe. You are saying that you
are superior to the forces that created Earth itself. You are
saying that you are greater than infinity. Outside of that
being ludicrous, it puts you in a terribly tenuous position.
The first thing that can happen if you let your ego get
between you and your Creator is that He will allow you to
try to do everything on your own. This is not a good
choice. This means you go back to square one and start
over. All that God has given you can disappear in a heartbeat.
Including your life.
There’s a story about a man who begged God to make
Him rich so he could better serve God’s cause on Earth.
Practically overnight this man became one of the richest
men in his country, which happened to be Turkey. He
struck it rich in the cotton exchange. He was extremely
successful beyond his wildest dreams. Then, God sent a
messenger to him. And this messenger asked for money to
help with God’s work. The messenger reminded the man
that the reason he had grown rich was to help with God’s
work.
The man refused. In fact, he pointed to his cash box and
said, “This is my God.” Whoa, not a good answer! Within
a few weeks, the cotton market crashed and our friend lost
all he had. Plus, now he was also deeply in debt.
The man then begged God’s forgiveness and promised
that he would never again let his ego get out of line. Themarket once again propelled him to the highest level of
prosperity. And once again he denied his debt to God. The
story ends with this man, poor as a beggar, walking from
town to town, teaching the Universal Laws to anyone who
would listen.
All that is required of us to prosper on this
planet is two things:
Love and honor God above all things.
Understand and follow the Universal Laws.
Do these two things and you will be successful. Avoid
doing these two things for any reason and you will have a
much, much longer row to hoe.
This is a great system. You follow a few laws and you
get to live a great life. I mean, if you receive all your Good
from God, if He is your protector, your guardian, your
provider, your sustainer—who is going to do you harm?
Certainly not Mr. Negative. He is no match for the Infinite
Power of the Universe and all that lies above and below it.
Not even a contest. Mr. Negative may work harder, but
Good is infinitely more powerful.
Once you open your heart to the pulsating power of
creation, you are free. Your spirit is free from the prison of
self. You are free to soar to the farthest reaches of your creativity.
You are free to explore your love of life. You are
free to search for truth, happiness and everlasting peace.
You are free to succeed. Nothing can stop you. Nothingcan sway you from the path of Good. Nothing but you and
your ego.
Watch the ego. It is our weakest link. Certainly, we need
a little ego or we’d be cucumbers. You want more in your
life or you wouldn’t even be reading this book. We are
given the right to choose. We have free will. Used for
Good, our free will can propel us to the mountaintops.
Used incorrectly, it will pull us down to the lowest level of
Creation.
Remember, there is no “I” in GOD. To find and maintain
success with this system you must control the ego. You
do not do the work, the Universe does. You ask; God delivers.
It is a great system unless you start thinking you are
responsible for your own success. I learned that lesson.
Our first full year in business, we sold $1,000,000 in
advertising on a technical website. In the beginning, only a
handful of people were even prospects for this site, yet we
did well. In 1997, our ad revenue ranked 37th among all
websites worldwide. This included all the big corporations
pouring millions into their online budgets. Quite an accomplishment
for a website that started out on a card table
in a back bedroom. But I wasn’t satisfied. I knew we could
do more. If we just pushed harder we could do better. I
told everybody working for me that I wanted them to
work harder, stay later, make more calls. I wanted more research.
I wanted more proposals. I wanted higher phone
bills. I . . . I . . . I . . . so guess what happened. I got what I
asked for. Expenses went up. Morale went down. We
worked longer hours, we wrote more proposals and we
made more phone calls. We just did not make nearly asmany sales. In fact, we steadily lost business. Finally, we
were all exhausted from working too hard. What was I
supposed to do?
Nothing. I was supposed to do nothing. I had given
God my shopping list and He was delivering. I started
thinking I was somehow instrumental in my own success.
My ego got in the way, and the Universe gave me control
of my own destiny. Boy, was that a mistake! I did not do
nearly as well as I thought I could.
Once I got out of the way and let Creation do the work
of creating my success, our sales increased dramatically.
We worked a whole lot less and made a whole lot more.
How, then, can we increase our business, find our true
love or get a bigger car? We can’t. God does it. He opens
the doors. He makes firm the path. He delivers the bounty
from His storehouse. And He does it by means over which
we have absolutely no control. The Universe will take care
of us. By using this system of gaining wealth we accept the
fact that we are not in control. God is.
Think of your life as a movie. The script is already written,
and all you have to do is take each scene one step at a
time. But just to keep things interesting, the Universe
doesn’t let you see the script until you’ve played the scene
out. Time and time again you find yourself in seemingly
impossible situations that demand trust. You must trust
that the Great Spirit directing you will protect you and
guide you through even the most difficult scenes. As you
play your part in this movie of your life you walk an invisible
path. It is an invisible path of trust that leads you to
the end you so ultimately desire.
This is how you must live your life. Trust that your path
will be made clear. Trust that success is waiting for you.
You may not always see where you are going, but you
must always step out onto that invisible path, trusting not
in yourself, but in God. He guides you. He protects you.
He makes you Rich and Peaceful
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