GRATITUDE

                                                    STAY GRATITUDE

                THE WHOLE PROCESS OF MENTAL ADJUSTMENT AND ATONEMENT CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD, GRATITUDE.

                FIRST, YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE INTELLIGENT SUBSTANCE, FROM WHICH ALL THINGS PROCEED, SECOND, YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS SUBSTANCE GIVES YOU EVERYTHING YOU DESIRE, AND THIRD, YOU RELATE YOURSELF TO IT BY A FEELING OF DEEP AND PROFOUND GRATITUDE.

              MANY PEOPLE WHO ORDER THEIR LIVES RIGHTLY IN ALL OTHER WAYS ARE KEPT IN POVERTY BY THEIR LACK OF GRATITUDE. HAVING RECEIVED ONE GIFT FROM GOD, THEY CUT THE WIRES THAT CONNECT THEM WITH HIM BY FAILING TO MAKE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

              IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEARER WE LIVE TO THE SOURCE OF WEALTH, THE MORE WEALTH WE SHALL RECEIVE. IT IS ALSO EASY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOUL THAT IS ALWAYS GRATEFUL LIVES IN CLOSER TOUCH WITH GOD THAN THE ONE THAT NEVER LOOKS TO HIM IN THANKFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 

             THE MORE GRATEFULLY WE FIX OUR MINDS ON THE SUPREME WHEN GOOD THINGS COME TO US, THE MORE GOOD THINGS WE WILL RECEIVE, AND THE MORE RAPIDLY THEY WILL COME. THE REASON SIMPLY IS THAT THE MENTAL ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE DRAWS THE MIND INTO CLOSER TOUCH WITH THE SOURCE FROM WHICH THE BLESSINGS COM.

              IF IT IS A NEW THOUGHT TO YOU THAT GRATITUDE BRINGS YOUR WHOLE MIND INTO CLOSER HARMONY WITH THE CREATIVE ENERGIES OF THE UNIVERSE, CONSIDER IT WELL, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS TRUE. THE GOOD THINGS YOU ALREADY POSSESS HAVE COME TO YOU ALONG THE LINE OF OBEDIENCE TO CERTAIN LAWS. GRATITUDE WILL LEAD YOUR MIND OUT ALONG THE WAYS BY WHICH THINGS COME, AND IT WILL KEEP YOU IN CLOSE HARMONY WITH CREATIVE THOUGHT AND PREVENT YOU FROM FAILING INTO COMPETITIVE THOUGHT.

           

GRATITUDE ALONE CAN KEEP YOU LOOKING TOWARD THE ALL, AND PREVENT YOU FROM FALLING INTO THE ERROR OF THINKING OF THE SUPPLY AS LIMITED, AND TO DO THAT WOULD BE FATAL TO YOUR HOPES. THERE IS A LAW OF GRATITUDE IS THE NATURAL PRINCIPLE THAT ACTION AND REACTION ARE ALWAYS EQUAL, AND IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. THE GRATEFUL OUTREACHING OF YOUR MIND IN THANKFUL PRAISE TO THE SUPREME IS A LIBERATION OR EXPENDITURE OR FORCE. IT CANNOT FAIL TO REACH THAT TO WHICH IT ADDRESSED, AND THE REACTION IS AN INSTANTANEOUS MOVEMENT TOWARD YOU.

DRAW NIGH UNTO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NIGH UNTO YOU, THAT IS A STATEMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTH. AND IF YOUR GRATITUDE IS STRONG AND CONSTANT, THE REACTION IN DIVINE SUBSTANCE WILL BE STRONG AND CONTINUOUS, THE MOVEMENT OF THE THINGS YOU WANT WILL BE ALWAYS TOWARD YOU. YOU CANNOT EXERCISE MUCH POWER WITHOUT GRATITUDE, FOR IT IS GRATITUDE THAT KEEPS YOU CONNECTED WITH POWER.

BUT THE VALUE OF GRATITUDE DOES NOT CONSIST SOLELY IN GETTING YOU MORE BLESSSINGS IS THE FUTURE. WITHOUT GRATITUDE YOU CANNOT LONG KEEP FROM DISSATISFIED THOUGHT REGARDING THINGS AS THEY ARE. THE MOVEMENT YOU PERMIT YOUR MIND TO DWELL WITH DISSATISFACTION UPON THINGS AS THEY ARE, YOU BEGIN TO LOE GROUND. YOU FIX  ATTENTION UPON THE COMMON, THE ORDINARY, THE POOR, AND THE SQUALID AND MEAN, AND YOUR MIND TAKES THE FORM OF THESE THINGS. THEN YOU WILL TRANSMIT THESE FORMS OR MENTAL IMAGES TO THE DIVINE, AND THE COMMON, THE POOR, THE SQUALID, THE MEAN WILL COME TO YOU.

TO PERMIT YOUR MIND TO DWELL UPON THE INFERIOR IS TO BECOME INFERIOR AND TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH INDERIOR THINGS. ON THE OTHER HAND, TO FIX YOUR ATTENTION ON THE BEST IS TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE BEST, AND TO BECOME THE BEST, THE CREATIVE POWER WITHING US MAKES US INTO IMAGE OF THAT TO WHICH WE GIVE OUR ATTENTION. WE ARE THINKING SUBSTANCE, AND THINKING SUBSTANCE ALWAYS TAKES THE FORM OF THAT WHICH IT THINKS ABOUT. THE GRATEFUL MIND IS CONSTANTLY FIXED UPON THE BEST, THEREFORE IT TENDS TO BECOME THE BEST, IT TAKES THE FORM OR CHARACTER OF THE BEST, AND WILL RECEIVE THE BEST.

ALSO, FAITH IS BORN OF GRATITUDE. THE GRATEFUL MIND CONTINUALLY EXPECTS GOOD THINGS, AND EXPECTATION BECOMES FAITH. THE REACTION OF GRATITUDE UPON ONE'S OWN MIND PRODUCES FAITH, AND EVERY OUTGOING WAVE OF GRATEFUL THANKSGIVING INCREASES FAITH. AND EVERY OUTGOING WAVE OF GRATEFUL THANKSGIVING INCREASES FAITH. IF YOU HAVE NO FEELING OF GRATITUDE, YOU CANNOT GET RICH BY THE CREATIVE METHOD, AS WE SHALL SEE IN THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS.

IT IS NECESSARY, THEN, TO CULTIVATE THE HABIT OF BEING GRATEFUL FOR EVERY GOOD THING THAT COMES TO YOU AND TO GIVE THANKS CONTINUOUSLY. AND BECAUSE ALL THINGS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR ADVANCEMENT, YOU SHOULD INCLUDE ALL THINGS IN YOUR GRATITUDE. DO NOT WAST TIME THINKING OR TALKING ABOUT THE SHORTCOMINGS ORGANISATION OF THE WORLD HAS MADE YOUR OPPORTUNITY, ALL YOU GET REALLY COMES TO YOU BECAUSE OF THEM. 

DO NOT RAGE AGAINST, CORRUPT POLITICIANS, IF IT WERE NOT FOR POLITICIANS WE SHOULD FALL INTO ANARCHY, AND YOUR OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE GREATLY LESSENTED. GOD HAS WORKED A LONG TIME AND VERY PATIENTLY TO BRING US UP TO WHERE WE ARE IN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT, AND HE IS GOING RIGHT ON WITH HIS WORK. THERE IS NOT THE LEAST DOUBT THAT HE WILL DO AWAY WITH PLUTOCRATS, CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY, AND POLITICIANS AS SOON AS THEY CAN BE SPARED, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, BEHOLD THEY ARE ALL VERY GOOD. REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE ALL HELPING TO ARRAGE THE LINES OF TRANSMISSION ALONG WHICH YOUR RICHES WILL COME TO YOU, AND BE GRATEFUL TO THEM ALL. THIS WILL BRING YOU INTO HARMONIOUS RELATIONS WITH THE GOOD IN EVERYTHING, AND  THE GOOD IN EVERYTHING WILL MOVE TOWARD YOU.

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