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023 - Wisdom · Heart of the New Thought

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  Speaker 1: Section twenty two of the Heart of the New Thought
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  Speaker 1: by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This LibriVox recording is in the
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  Speaker 1: public domain wisdom. A great many people are attracted to
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  Speaker 1: the New Thought of the day by its declaration of
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  Speaker 1: our right to material wealth, and by its claim that
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  Speaker 1: the mind of man can create, command, and control conditions
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  Speaker 1: which produce wealth. There is no question concerning the truth
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  Speaker 1: of this claim. But wo unto him who cultivates his
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  Speaker 1: mental and spiritual powers only for this purpose, his gold
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  Speaker 1: shall turn to dross, his pleasure to dead sea fruit.
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  Speaker 1: He shall be as one who drags a beautiful garment
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  Speaker 1: through the mud of the streets, And while clothed in
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  Speaker 1: purple and fine linen, is yet a repulsive object. Into
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  Speaker 1: the great scheme of existence, as first conceived by the Creator,
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  Speaker 1: money did not enter. He made this beautiful universe, and
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  Speaker 1: all that it contains was meant for the enjoyment of
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  Speaker 1: his creatures. There was no millionaire and no proper soul
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  Speaker 1: created by God. Each soul contains the spark of the
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  Speaker 1: divine Spirit, and by the realization of that spark and
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  Speaker 1: all it means, whatever is desired by mortal man may
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  Speaker 1: come to him. But Wise is he who remembers the injunction.
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  Speaker 1: Seek first the kingdom of Heaven, and all other things
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  Speaker 1: shall be added unto you. Wise is he who understands
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  Speaker 1: the meaning of the words unto him that hath more
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  Speaker 1: shall be given. Not until you obtain the faculty of
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  Speaker 1: being happy through your spiritual and mental faculties, independent of
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  Speaker 1: material conditions. Not until you learn to value wealth only
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  Speaker 1: as a means of helpfulness, can you safely turn your
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  Speaker 1: powers of concentration upon the idea of opulence. To demand,
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  Speaker 1: assert and command wealth for its mere sensual benefits. To
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  Speaker 1: focus your mind upon it because you desire to shine, lead,
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  Speaker 1: and triumph, is to play spiritual football with spiritual dynamite.
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  Speaker 1: You may obtain what you seek. You may accumulate riches,
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  Speaker 1: but at the cost of all that is worth living.
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  Speaker 1: For the merely ignorant or stupid or holy material man
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  Speaker 1: who stumbles into a fortune through inheritance, dogged, persistent industry,
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  Speaker 1: or chance, may enjoy it in his own fashion and
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  Speaker 1: do no harm in the world. But the man who knows,
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  Speaker 1: and who has developed his spiritual powers only for the
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  Speaker 1: purpose of commanding material gain, might better have a millstone
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  Speaker 1: tied about his neck, for he makes himself a spiritual outcast,
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  Speaker 1: and his money shall never bring him happiness. Make therefore
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  Speaker 1: your assertion of opulence the last in your list. As
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  Speaker 1: you make love first, call unto yourself spiritual insight, absolute unselfishness,
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  Speaker 1: desire for universal good, wisdom, justice and usefulness, and of
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  Speaker 1: all opulence. Think of yourself as possessed of all these
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  Speaker 1: qualities before you picture financial independence. For without love for
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  Speaker 1: your kind, without the desire for usefulness, and the spiritual
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  Speaker 1: insight and the wisdom to be just before being generous,
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  Speaker 1: your money would bring you only temporary pleasure and would
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  Speaker 1: do the world no good. Neither should you labor under
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  Speaker 1: the impression that God's work is lying undone, because you
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  Speaker 1: have no fortune to command and wisely distribute where most needed.
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  Speaker 1: Rest assured if you do the work which lies nearest
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  Speaker 1: to you, relieve such distress as is possible to you,
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  Speaker 1: and keep your faith in the ultimate justice of God's ways,
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  Speaker 1: that the world will move on and humanity will slowly
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  Speaker 1: at in its destined goal, even if you never become
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  Speaker 1: a millionaire. End of Section twenty two