Defining Prosperity

The individual is his own prosperity. I AM my own prosperity. You are your own prosperity. So let us define what we mean by that term. Prosperity is the freedom to do what you want to do when you want to do it. Most people think of prosperity in terms of money. Having all the money you need is very important. However, as you go along, you will find that such things as health, love, and creative ideas also play a part in the definition: Prosperity is the freedom to do what you want to do when you want to do it. How do you achieve this freedom? Perhaps your earnings are low or you may even be temporarily unemployed. How do you go about achieving the prosperity that may seem far beyond your reach? You do it by what I call profitable thinking. By thinking what you want, you stop thinking what you don't want. Gradually, what you don't want slips away, and in its place that which you want begins to happen. We know that the subconscious mind takes what you give it, and produces it. One of the great things that we now understand is that the subconscious mind is totally impersonal. Your subconscious mind takes what you give it and assumes that what you give it is what you want. Your deliberate thinking — what I call your intention thinking — is a spiritual tool that you use to bring abundance into your life. You also use your feelings — your emotions — as you think with intent, with purpose, and with plan in order to cause any object or event that you desire to materialize. You can demonstrate only that which you hold steadfastly in your (I AM) consciousness.