smaller desires. The things really gnawing at her heart were not even mentioned. And nothing happened. Because she had kept her really deep desires locked within her, there had been no opened channel through which God’s substance could pour forth its rich good for her. A loving Father always wants you to have better than the best that you are now experiencing. Because “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” if you wish God’s help in experiencing it, the least you can do is to be honest with Him and with yourself. Otherwise, you block any possibility of fulfillment.
Perhaps you are thinking, “Yes . . . but what if my desires are not of the highest? Should I still be honest and list them?’ Certainly, because by being honest, you are releasing them instead of suppressing them; and as you release and face them, a loving Father can help you readjust them for good. I have observed this principle work in counseling people who wanted spiritual help, but who would perhaps feel that their problem was embarrassing or shocking. They would speak of their lesser problems, but would keep the thing which was really bothering them tight within them. It was only when they got at the heart of their problems that the answer and divine solution could come forth.
Make a Daily List
The creative method of writing out one’s desires proved so effective for a friend who has a modeling school that she recorded on tape specific instructions about making lists, revising them daily, etc. She plays that tape as a part of her modeling school course of instruction. The result? Scores of her students have obtained jobs of their choice in fashion modeling as well as in television and radio work, after faithfully making specific lists of the work they desired, the pay they desired, the hours they wanted to work and the working conditions they hoped for. Another simple but effective way of invoking the creative law of prosperity is by beginning and ending your day making notes and lists. In the morning I always sit quietly for a few minutes, often with a cup of coffee, while I think of my day and the many big and little things I wish to see accomplished by myself and others. I make lists of those desired accomplishments. It takes only a few minutes, which is time well spent, because I then feel in control of my day. I usually write a note of thanks to God at the end of that list for the “divine fulfillment and the divine achievements.” It is amazing how many things are taken care of for me, without my doing anything more than listing them and giving thanks for their divine fulfillment.
In like manner, at the end of the day I take another few minutes, go back over the day and write “thank you” notes to God for the blessings received and the good accomplished. I usually also begin thinking of the following day and make some notes concerning its perfect fulfillment. It seems to assure me of a peaceful mind and a restful night. I have found this practice of making morning and evening lists so satisfying and enlightening–because there are always more blessings to list than expected–that I now feel something is amiss if I do not observe this daily ritual. Things rarely go wrong in my day if I stick to my list-making.
Many People Use This Method
In case this list-making technique is beginning to sound slightly trivial to you, let me assure you that it is a success technique used by a number of successful people–more than most of us realize because they do not advertise their success secrets. Two prominent engineers have confidentially shown me little books that they keep in an inside coat pocket, which they take out when things become hectic during their business day, and in which they quickly make notations of the way they wish things to work out. No one suspects what they are doing, and so in the midst of people all around them, they quickly gain control of the various problems that confront them with their list-making.
Recently a mother in one of my classes asked her son who is a young business executive about a special course of instruction that he was currently studying with his company. He explained that he had been instructed to use a new psychological technique in solving his executive problems. This course had taught him that the proper modem method for solving problems was to sit down quietly, write out the problem, write out what he considered the highest and best solution, then tear up his notes and relax, knowing that his solution or something better would work out, since he had been able to work out a possible solution in his mind and on paper! This executive was quite surprised when his mother informed him she had been using that method for many months, having learned it at our study class.
A doctor’s financial income was boosted considerably within a few weeks after he began to write out the financial sum that he wished his practice to bring in each week. Previously, he had tried thinking in terms of boosted monthly income, but the figures had seemed too large for him to accept mentally. When he brought it down to a weekly level, it seemed easier for his mind to accept the idea of the weekly increase, and so it quickly manifested.
I agree with the writer of the Book of Proverbs when he instructed us, Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the tablet of thy heart; so shalt thou find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and man. (Proverbs 3:3,4) When you are trying to find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man, the writing-out technique is indeed powerful.
Write to Their Angel
If you seek understanding regarding financial matters, it is good to secretly write out notes to those involved, seal those notes and place them in your Bible for the time being. The mystics used to teach that everyone has an “angel” or higher self, and that when we cannot reach that angel in the usual ways, we should secretly write to it. In fact, the mystics even went so far as to describe seven types of people with whom it is easier to deal satisfactorily, by writing their “angel,” than by trying to reason with them in the usual ways.
Perhaps you are thinking, “I am sure that is fine mysticism, but how practical is this angel-writing method?” Well, you should realize that anyone you are having difficulty with, you have not been able to reach in the usual ways. So what have you to lose, by secretly trying to reach them through their higher self or “angel”?
A businessman was having difficulty closing a business matter which had long been pending. Everyone involved was quite congenial and wished to conclude this matter, except one man who kept changing his mind and who seemed quite unsure about everything. This man kept things unsettled. In desperation this businessman decided to try the angel-writing method. It seems that the man giving the trouble was timid, apprehensive, always fearful about something. The businessman secretly wrote out just the opposite: “To the angel of (let us say) John Brown, I bless you and give thanks that you are bringing to a perfect conclusion this business matter, and that all concerned are satisfied and blessed by it.” This businessman wrote out this statement fifteen times, because he had learned that the ancients believed in using the number fifteen to break up and dissolve hard conditions. Within a few days this businessman telephoned me long distance to report that the person causing the difficulty had visited his office and had said, “Come down to my office tomorrow morning and the papers will be ready for signatures. This situation has been delayed too long, and I am anxious to conclude it.” The transaction was quickly completed.
Note-Writing Gets the Bills Paid
Another note-writing technique that is particularly helpful in getting the bills paid is this: When those bills begin to arrive in the mail, instead of silently resenting them, write on the envelopes, I give thanks for your immediate and complete payment. You are immediately and completely paid through the rich avenues of Divine Substance. It is also good, when the bills have already piled up, to make a list of those owed and the amount owing, and beside or beneath each one to write out the same statement concerning their immediate payment. A businessman once brought a file folder full of bills and said, “How can I possibly use the power of prosperous thinking to get these paid? Some of them are several months old.” We then sat for an hour or so, making a list of the amounts owed and to whom, listing first those owed the longest and those which were the most urgent. We then
