Prosperous Living

"In God We Trust" is stamped on our money. EB states in his book published in 1969, Unity of All Life, "How important it is to get ideas of supply and support in the right perspective! Whenever income is received from any source, it is well to affirm something like this: 'I look to God as the source of my supply, and I bless the many channels through which it manifests.'" p.106. He is consistent in tellings his readers that there is a limitless source available to them at all times. God is that source, the unity of all life is that source, substance is that source. The mind set each person has and the expectations they hold are what define how that unending supply is either released or obstructed. In his 1982 book In the Flow of Life, EB states the same idea in different words: "Because you live within the allness of God-Mind, you are always in the flow of creative and success-producing ideas. There is never a limit to the flow, only a belief in limitation which restricts it." p.60.

EB offers practical advice on how to open oneself to that flow. Here is one suggestion from In the Flow of Life: "The need is to 'practice the Presence' of this inner flow. Meditate on the ideal that the creative process of the universe is rushing, streaming, pouring into you from all sides while you do your work. Get this feeling so strongly that your whole being bubbles with enthusiasm and your fingers tingle with power. Working in this consciousness, you are in the flow of life. Your work will be done effectively, but without ego. And because there is a true spirit of giving, there will be a fulfilling demonstration of receiving." p.58.

In each of his books, EB stresses over and over the will of God to express completely through each of his children and the fact that all one has to do is to have control over one's mind or consciousness. Consider this quote from Discover the Power Within You: "The will of God is the ceaseless longing of the Spirit in you to completely fulfill in the outer the potential within you. The will of God in you is the pent-up energy of your own divinity that is seeking releasement and fulfillment in your manifest life. It is God seeking to express Himself as you - as radiant health, as eternal youth, as an all-sufficiency of supply, as freedom from limitation of any kind." p.143. He goes on to suggest, "When we think good, speak good, do good, we not only tend to pay debts of past limitations, we prepare the way for inevitable future blessings." p.145.

He continually emphasizes that one's life's experiences are dependent on one's thoughts. Consider these words of advice from Unity of All life, "Identify yourself with abundance. Claim abundance. Wherever you see affluence, say to yourself, 'I am one with that.' Begin to act as if success and prosperity are yours and that it is impossible for you to fail. Accustom yourself to thinking that you are surrounded by a divine presence that wishes you only good because you are an 'organ of activity.'" p.104.

Spiritual Economics is the better known work of EB's that specifically addresses prosperity prinicples. In this book he begins by stating that "...prosperity is not just having things. It is the consiousness that attracts things." p.9. He goes on to say that, "The starting point in realizing prosperity is to accept responsibility for your own thoughts, thus taking charge of your life." p.11. He reminds the reader to watch his words and to consider meditating on the visualization of God's abundance flowing to him.
EB sees each person as pure potential, existing in unlimited substance, and holding the key in his own mind to unleashing the flow of that substance to him. All of life is about consciousness. Experiences in life offer each seeker opportunities to remember that and to make the choices that will bring him the prosperity that he is worthy of receiving.

EB makes the point that often it is that question of worthiness that undermines the flow. As a child of God, he asks, how can one not be worthy? He says, "The kingdom is that within you which is your very own inlet that may become an outlet to all there is in God. Claim your inheritance of abundance. You are entitled to the support of God-substance in everything to which you give your mind and hands." p.23. EB even goes so far as to say, "The Universe owes you a living!...You are a creative expression of the Universe, with the responsibility to let your light shine. Thus you owe the world a life. But in all the many ways in which you apply yourself in the world, the Universe owes you complete support." p.23.

EB continues this line of thinking and teaching, always emphasizing the need for each person to take responsibility for his/her thoughts. As the seeker does that, so does he realize a more prosperous life. EB finishes his book Spiritual Economics with the idea that each individual's success with this practice effects others. "Just one person who changes his thoughts, becoming alive with the idea of the all-sufficiency of God-substance and staking his claim for prosperity and success in the world, not only begins to experience abundance in his own life, but also becomes a powerful influence for prosperity in the world." p.209. The reader is once again reminded, "Wherever you may be, you are an unborn possibility of limitless life, limitless intelligence, limitless substance, and yours is the privilege and the responsibility of giving birth to it." p. 214.