REALIZING PROSPERITY
Question—I just cannot bring myself to realize prosperity. I was brought up in a home that never knew a great deal of abundance, and my early religious training tended to cause me to doubt and suspect God and to accept lack as His will. This makes it very difficult for me to accept as my own the things I desire, which I know God, or the Infinite Intelligence, is offering me. How can I make myself realize that with God all things are possible; that prosperity is here and everywhere and that I can demonstrate it for myself?

ANSWER—The answer to your question is the answer to the whole apparent enigma of life, "How may we become reconciled to and unified with Reality, for within Reality is abundance as well as peace and happiness?" The gradual dawning of a sense of one's unity with the Whole is a process of time and we should be satisfied, provided the tendency is in the right direction. Do not try to force things, but rather in the quiet contemplation of your own thought, seek to sense the Divine Presence, not only as a reality, but as an availability. In the quietude of this mental receptivity to the spirit of life, seek to sense that it is surrounding you with everything necessary to your happiness and to your success. And then as you let go of this concept become expectantly receptive to its fulfillment.
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