Even man who would increase his material wealth must be willing to part with (invest) what little capital he has, and then wait for increase. So long as he retains his hold on his precious money, he will not only remain poor, but will be growing poorer everyday. He will, after all, lose thing he loves, and will lose it without increase. But if he wisely lets it go; if, like farmer, he scatters his seeds of gold, then he can faithfully wait for, and reasonably expect, increase.

Men are asking God to give them peace and purity, and righteousness and blessedness, but are not obtaining these things; and why not? Because they are not practising them, not sowing them. I once heard a preacher pray very earnestly for forgiveness, and shortly afterwards, in course of his sermon, he called upon his congregation to "show no mercy to enemies of church." Such self-delusion is pitiful, and men have yet to learn that way to obtain peace and blessedness is to scatter peaceful and blessed thoughts, words, and deeds.

Men believe that they can sow seeds of strife, impurity, and unbrotherliness, and then gather in a rich harvest of peace, purity and concord by merely asking for it. What more pathetic sight than to see an irritable and quarrelsome man praying for peace. Men reap that which they sow, and any man can reap all blessedness now and at once, if he will put aside selfishness, and sow broadcast seeds of kindness, gentleness, and love.

If a man is troubled, perplexed, sorrowful, or unhappy, let him ask:

"What mental seeds have I been sowing?" "What seeds am I sowing?" "What have I done for others?" "What is my attitude towards others?" "What seeds of trouble and sorrow and unhappiness have I sown that I should thus reap these bitter weeds?"

Let him seek within and find, and having found, let him abandon all seeds of self, and sow, henceforth, only seeds of Truth.

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You will find that this task of creating a Mental Image is a little harder than you had expected at start. You will find it hard to form even a faint mental picture of that which you need. But be not discouraged, and persevere, for in this, as everything else. Practice makes perfect. Each time you try to form Mental Image it will appear a little clearer and more distinct, and details will come into a little more prominence. Do not tire yourself at first, but lay aside task until later in day, or tomorrow. But practice and persevere and you need, just as clearly as a memory picture of something you have already seen. We shall have more to say on this subject of Mental Imagery and Imagination in subsequent lessons. Then, after having acquired clear Mental Image of things you wish to Desire, and thus attain, cultivate focusing of Attention upon these things. The word attention is derived from Latin word "Attendere," meaning "to stretch forth," original idea being that in Attention mind was "stretched forth," or "extended" toward object of attention, and this is correct idea for that is way mind operates in matter. Keep ideas before your attention as much as possible, so that mind may take a firm grasp upon them, and make them a part of itself – by doing this you firmly impress ideas upon wax tablet of mind.

Thus having fixed idea clearly in your mind, by means of Imagination and Attention, until as we have said, it becomes a fixture there, begin to cultivate an ardent DESIRE, LONGING, CRAVING DEMAND for materialization of things. Demand that you grow qualities necessary for task – demand that your mental pictures materialize, Demand that details be manifested as well as Whole, making allowance for "something better" which will surely arise to take place of original details, as you proceed,the Inner Consciousness will attend to these things for you.

Then Desire firmly, confident, and earnestly. Be not half hearted in your demands and desires, claim and demand WHOLE THING, and feel confident that it will work out into material objectivity and reality. Think of it, dream of it, and always LONG for it.You must learn to want it worst way ; learn to "want" it hard enough. "You can attain and obtain many things by "wanting them hard enough" The trouble is with most of us that we do not want things hard enough, we mistake vague cravings and wished for earnest, longing, demanding Desire and Want. Get to Desire and Demand Thing just as you demand and Desire your daily meals. That is "wanting it worst way. "This is merely a hint. Surely you can supply rest, if you are in earnest, and "want it hard enough. "

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