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thoughts and feelings about money. 

Do you think or feel that it is wrong 

for you to have money; you do not 

deserve it; it is not fair for you to have 

it when so many people do not; or that 

having and using it may cause you to 

become selfish and materialistic, inter-

fere with your relationship with God, 

or prevent your spiritual growth? Does 

not having enough money provide 

you with a feeling of being superior 

to people who have it? Are you afraid 

of having to learn to be responsible 

for your thoughts, feelings, relation-

ships, and actions? Has anyone ever 

told you that it is better not to have 

much money or that you would never 

accomplish anything worthwhile? 

Has your restricted lifestyle become 

so normal and habitual that you are 

reluctant to change it?
FIvE PROSPERITY PRACTICES 
• 

When working or providing a 

service for which you will receive 
money, give value for value 
received.

 Ideally, the work you do 

or the service you perform should 

be enjoyable, in accord with your 

skills and abilities, and have entirely 

constructive effects.
• 

Don't spend money.

 To spend 

(Latin expendere, use up or consume) 

is to waste. Exchange the value that 

money represents for what you 

consider to be of value to you. Avoid 

buying nonessentials. Save a specific 

amount of what you have or earn. 

Invest it to earn more money for  

future use.
• 

On a regular schedule, freely yet 

thoughtfully, give a portion of what 
you have or earn.

 Give to responsible, 

well-managed endeavors which serve 

the public good and assist individuals 

in need. Give less, or more, in accord 

with your financial circumstances and 

wisdom-guided choices. Give gener-

ously from your awareness of being 

prosperous and thankfully accept the 

abundance that life provides for you. 

Avoid the beggarly attitude of thinking 

that you can, or need to, bargain with 

God—that when you make a finan-

cial contribution to a worthy cause or 

volunteer your services you will receive 

in proportion to your giving or even an 

excess.
• 

Learn to be affluent,

 to always 

be in a continuous flow of resources 

and supportive events, circumstances 

and wholesome relationships for the 

highest good of yourself, others, the 

planet, and the universe.
• 

Transcend the idea of duality—

the 

erroneous opinion that God is separate 

from the world.
Let Life Flow Freely Through  
and Around You

To avoid having your awareness 

contracted or confined when you 

are performing duties or relating to 

others, maintain your awareness of 

wholeness by faithfully adhering to a 

daily schedule of meditation practice