A lack of money in the bank is not the only thing to make people worry. Financial anxiety is much more widespread than that. Those doing work they dislike just for the money, no matter how well paid, are motivated simply by their fear of running out of money. Without this overriding fear, they would quit immediately. How many people would continue with their current work if they were already billionaires? Let's not delude ourselves by talking about enjoying our jobs. If we will admit to doing it purely out of survival anxiety, then at last we have a starting point.

Most of the 'Get Rich Quick' type books seem to agree on one thing: the necessity of a sort of mental trick, which appears to be nothing more than hocus-pocus on first reading. The gist of this 'secret' is that worrying about money or being consciously or subconsciously motivated by the fear of running out of money never produces good results. Quite the reverse. This being the case, there is nothing to lose by submerging yourself in a more positive context concerning money, with the aim of learning to trust that you will always have more than enough money, even if you quit your job and pursue what you really want.

A positive context is a set of beliefs which support your well-being. The explanations as to why such beliefs work range from a sort of 'mind over matter' effect to a more mundane causal approach. For example, in the 'mind over matter' theory, what you believe is, or becomes, true for you. So, as long as you believe, without doubt, in your prosperity, then you will experience a world in which you are prosperous. The causal explanation goes as follows: beliefs that make you joyful and free from worries will bring about more energy, increased poise and concentration etc., which will inevitably affect your external life beneficially. This will further justify your new beliefs, making you even more optimistic... and so on.

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The above mental technique is not 'positive thinking', it is appropriate thinking.

We now give you some examples of appropriate beliefs that you can use with this technique. Send no money now.

• Your imagination has the solution to all your financial worries.
• There is more than enough to go around - you don't have to fight or suffer for it, just find an enjoyable way to receive it.
• Money will not add to your self-esteem, it works the other way around.
• Pleasurable pursuits are natural and rewarding, hard work and struggle are unnatural and unholy.
• If you work at what you love and concentrate on quality, the quantity will look after itself.
• Money is a game which is better played when it loses its emotional charge - when you realise your survival isn't at stake anymore.
• All the most valuable things are free and always available.
• Your consciousness of your connection to the infinite source of all abundance is your most valuable asset.
• The best investment is to start a business that is so much fun you don't care if it fails.
• Bliss is your natural emotional state. You only cling to negative emotions because you think they are necessary for survival.
• Even if you don't have any money, you can create for your mind the reality that what you do have is overwhelming abundance.
• Survival anxiety is triggered more often by a thought than by an external event. Conversely, a single thought can be enough to bring back comfort and safety.
• Creating wealth does not require hard work, self-sacrifice or getting up ridiculously early, just quality of thought, imagination and enthusiasm for what you do.
• In an infinitely abundant universe it takes enormous skill and effort to constantly experience a state of poverty.
• Avoid clinging desperately to your life and possessions, and you will feel peaceful and secure.
• The universe supports your desire for comfort and prosperity.

"You'd better forget all this nonsense and get back to work, else you'll soon be finding the wolf at your door. " Mrs J.S., Bristol (letter held on file). © 1995.

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