No one is kept in poverty by a shortfall in the supply of riches; there is more than enough for all. A palace as large as the capitol at Washington might be built for every family on earth from the building material in the United States alone; and under intensive cultivation, this country would produce wool, cotton, linen, and silk enough to clothe each person in the world finer than Solomon was arrayed in all his glory, together with food enough to feed them all luxuriously.
The visible supply is practically inexhaustible; and the invisible supply really IS inexhaustible. Everything you see on earth is made from one original substance, out of which all things proceed…
KNOW that there are countless millions of dollars' worth of gold in the mountains and industries of the earth, not yet brought to light; and know that if there were not, more would be created from thinking substance to supply your needs.
KNOW that the money you need will come, even if it is necessary for a thousand men to be led to the discovery of new gold mines (both figurative and literal) tomorrow.
Never look at the visible supply; look always at the limitless riches in formless substance, and KNOW that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them. Nobody, by cornering the visible supply, can prevent you from getting what is yours.
One of the greatest fallacies of all time is that of scarcity. I would like to share with you two examples of scarcity that opened my mind to reconsider future examples.
First, in the 1970s experts proclaimed a crisis and declared that the earth would run out of oil in 40 to 50 years at current consumption rates. A little later, the oil cartels decreased supply and costs skyrocketed. Automobile manufacturers began converting from standard steel construction to using lighter alloys and fiberglass. Fiberglass is made from sand, one of the most abundant substance on the planet and more is made every single day. The lighter vehicles used much less gas and we substituted a “scarce” resource for a plentiful resource. Also, because of the higher costs of oil, people reevaluated existing wells and found that they could extract a great deal more oil than they originally anticipated. Wells previously declared dead were reopened and yielded millions of barrels. 30 years later, experts have since reevaluated their estimates and believe that at current consumption rates we only have 70 to 90 years of oil at current consumption rates.
Second, a few years ago it was declared that the laws of physics would make it impossible for any silicon solar cell to be more than 29% efficient (meaning that no cell would be able to store more than 29% of the solar energy that hits it). Last week, the US Department of Energy declared they had created a silicon solar cell that was 40.1% efficient by stacking and arranging the cells in a way that hadn't been considered before. I am always amazed at how miracles occur that defy even the "laws of physics".
In essence, there is more abundance than we can conceive. Any limitations that we have are limitations that we have chosen to accept. If we allow ourselves to get caught in the perspective of competition, we will continuously be battling against the challenge to try and take from someone else. If we open our minds to the infinite possibilities and allow them to flow into our lives, we will be blessed with abundance. We are creators. The key for us is to choose what we want, ask for it and be open to receive it.
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