Your right to be wealthy

A man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things, and society is so organized that man must have wealth in order to become the possessor of things; therefore, the basis of all advancement for man must be the science of becoming wealthy.

The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.

Man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment; or, in other words, his right to be wealthy.

I shall not speak of wealth in a figurative way; to be wealthy does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a little. No man ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable of using and enjoying more. The purpose of Nature is the advancement and unfoldment of life; and every man should have all that can contribute to the power; elegance, beauty, and richness of life.

The person, who has all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is wealthy; and no person, who has not plenty of wealth, can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far, and become so complex, that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants to become all that they are capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is becoming what you want to be; you can become what you want to be only by making use of things, and you can have the free use of things only as you become wealthy enough to buy them. To understand the science of becoming wealthy is therefore the most essential of all knowledge.

There is nothing wrong in wanting to get wealthy. The desire for wealth is the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life; and that desire is praise worthy. The man who does not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the man who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is abnormal.

There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the spirit. No one of these is better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and no one of the three—body, mind, or spirit —can live fully if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not right or noble to live only for the spirit and deny mind or body; and it is wrong to live for the intellect and deny body or spirit.

We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of living for the body and denying both mind and spirit; and we see that real life means the complete expression of all that man can give forth through body, mind, and spirit. Whatever he can say, no man can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is living fully in every function, and unless the same is true of his mind and his spirit. Wherever there is unexpressed possibility, or function not performed, there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance

Man cannot live fully in body without good food, comfortable clothing, and warm shelter; and without freedom from excessive toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to his physical life .

He cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study them, without opportunity for travel and observation, or without intellectual companionship.

To live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations, and must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty he is capable of using and appreciating.

To live fully in spirit, man must have love; and love is denied expression by poverty.

A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving. The man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man. It is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore of supreme importance to him that he should be wealthy.

It is perfectly right that you should desire to be wealthy; if you are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It is perfectly right that you should give your best attention to the Science of Becoming Wealthy, for it is the noblest and most necessary of all studies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty to yourself, to God and humanity; for you can render to God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself.

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