| 1 - Can you live an authentically spiritual life while | | | | the cells in your own body. And when you're done, |
| creating and enjoying material wealth? | | | | count the molecules that compose them. When you |
| 2 - Can you build your financial empire and remain pure | | | | finish that, count the atoms in those molecules. |
| and true on your spiritual path? | | | | Whether you believe that God created this world or |
| 3 - In other words, can you have both kinds of riches, | | | | you simply hold a sacred reverence for nature, you will |
| spiritual and material? | | | | notice that the world that reflects Spirit always takes |
| The answer is yes, yes, yes. | | | | the form of unfathomable abundance. |
| Of course, many people don't agree. Perhaps you | | | | Results |
| have heard this aphorism: | | | | The old song goes something like this, "It ain't what you |
| "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a | | | | do its the way that you do it, It ain't what you say it's |
| needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of | | | | the way that you say it ... That's what gets results." |
| God." (Matthew 19:24) | | | | There is a path to riches that not only includes spiritual |
| If you have a lingering sense of "spiritual guilt" when | | | | principles, it is based completely on the spiritual |
| you find yourself reaching for greater financial ease, | | | | understanding of the creative power of thought. When |
| this article is for you. | | | | you set foot on this path, two things happen: |
| Where You Live | | | | ===> Your spiritual awareness elevates dramatically. |
| The first step in finding harmony between your desire | | | | ===> You begin attracting wealth like you never |
| for spiritual awareness and your urge to expand your | | | | have before. |
| bank account is a simple one. All it takes is following | | | | All it takes is an educated shift in your awareness. |
| each desire to its origin. There, you find that their roots | | | | Begin Right Now |
| are one and the same. | | | | You can begin right now. It requires very little but the |
| From an energetic standpoint, your consciousness is | | | | benefits are great. Wherever you are right now, no |
| creative. Wallace D. Wattles, author of The Science of | | | | matter the time of day, whether you are in the hustle |
| Getting Rich, explains that the thoughts you think | | | | and bustle of the marketplace or in the solitude of your |
| impress themselves upon an all-pervasive thinking | | | | meditation chamber, look at whatever is before you. |
| substance and actually create that which you are | | | | Look at what is materially manifested in front of you. |
| thinking about. | | | | Now, reaching deep within your awareness, |
| You are not choosing between creating "spiritually" or | | | | understand that the chair, or the computer, or the rose, |
| creating "materially." You are always creating | | | | or whatever you are observing was a thought before |
| "experientially." | | | | it was a form. |
| Your material possessions, like your house, or your car, | | | | Once you are comfortable with that notion, realize that |
| or the cash in your wallet, all live in the realm of your | | | | all things were thoughts before they were forms. |
| experience. Your awareness in meditation or prayer | | | | Once you feel at home with this progressed idea, |
| lives there, too. That is the only place where your life is | | | | notice what kinds of thoughts are busy in your mind. |
| lived. Your spirituality and your money all live in the | | | | Consider the idea that you can and are creating with |
| neutral ground of your experience. And this is where | | | | your thoughts. |
| you create. | | | | Now, imagine how your life would be if you had a |
| Abundance | | | | system of organizing your thoughts that would allow |
| The next step in harmonizing your seemingly divergent | | | | you to bring the desires of your heart into joyful |
| desires requires you to look around. Look at he sky, | | | | manifestation. |
| the ocean, the Earth, the life forms on this planet, the | | | | You have just begun an extraordinarily life |
| blades of grass at your local park. No matter where | | | | transforming process. Practice this often and you will |
| you look in the natural world, you will find abundance. | | | | be preparing yourself for great success with The |
| You don't even need to look outside yourself. Count | | | | Science of Getting Rich. |