The second week of last month, there hadn't been much financial flow. I realized I needed to do some goal-setting to get things moving, and I chose a sum I wanted in the bank by the end of the month. It would be a bit of a stretch, but I believed I could accomplish. As the month progressed, money started to stream into my coffers. I sold a piece of furniture that helped somewhat, too. With the appointments I had and other channels, it looked like I was going to easily make it. But then some appointments got re-scheduled or the person couldn't make it this month. So it looked like I was going to miss my goal by a good bit.

As I was balancing my checkbook, I realized that the bank said I had more money in my account than I thought I had. When I checked all the debits and credits, I found a deposit I had forgotten to enter. That, along with what I knew was coming in, brought me almost to my goal. Although I didn't consciously know about the extra amount, the Universe and my subconscious did. I was delighted to come so close. Then, two days before the end of the month, I received some unexpected money. When I deposited it, my account had what I had envisioned with twenty-five cents to spare.

• Write down an affirmation with the amount of income you want each month.
• Keep it in your mind and read your affirmation every day.
• You can write your goal ten or more times each day.
• Creating a treasure map, prayer wheel or wheel of fortune.
• Saying or writing affirmations, chanting, imagining that your goal has been achieved as you're going to sleep each night
• Writing a letter to a friend or supernatural being from some months in the future as if the goal had happened.

One secret is to choose something close to what you can believe you can achieve. If it's too much, or you're choosing something way outside of your comfort zone, like winning the lottery, your subconscious will not even try. It knows that you're just reaching for the stars. Your goal needs to be close to what you can believe, but you can also choose an amount just beyond your reach to stretch your mind.

Another key is trusting the Universe, and your subconscious mind, to manifest your goal. The Infinite wants you to have it, or else you wouldn't have been inspired to conceive it. Even though you may not have any idea where the money, job, or desire is going to come from, your subconscious mind does. You still have to take any action that you know to take, but it's not up to your conscious mind to figure out how to manifest. That's the responsibility of the Universe and your subconscious.

Answer: It is highly unlikely that will bring that amount to you. You may receive a bit more, but that depends on your consciousness of abundance. Your consciousness is what you're expanding when you use affirmations. Affirmations aren't a magic wand. They help to build your consciousness, just like you build a business, to accept more of what you're affirming. And that depends on whether your daily thoughts are in alignment with the affirmation. If the tendency of your thoughts is the opposite of the affirmation, the mind acts on the overall tendency. During the day, you have to keep your awareness focused on increased prosperity, and not talking and thinking, "I can't afford that," "I don't have the money," etc. You need to be thinking "I'm becoming more prosperous," and ideas of that nature.

Some of the books in this Bible I have reviewed in the past, such as "The Secret of the Ages," "Think and Grow Rich," "The Game of Life and How To Play It," and "In Tune with the Infinite." There are others here that I plan to review in future issues of the newsletter. Yet, here they are, over fifteen, all contained in one compilation. It includes "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen and Wallace Wattles "The Science of Getting Rich," both classics in prosperity literature. If you'd gone out to buy these books, even used, you would pay much more for them than you would for this single volume.

These are the writings that many current spiritual and prosperity teachers have read and learned from, and which sparked the video, "The Secret." Wouldn't it be helpful to go to the original source of the ideas that have sparked the current crop of teachers? You will receive a firm foundation about prosperity, and by using the information from these books, you'll begin to draw more abundance into your life. If you're serious about wanting more abundance, prosperity and success in your life, this book is a must-have.