To increase life you must get rid of the old idea that there is a higher power whose will it is that you should live in poverty, or that you're serving some purpose being kept in poverty.
This Intelligent Substance which is All and in All, and which lives in all and lives in YOU, is conscious substance. Since Intelligent Substance is consciously living it must have the desire for increase of life like living intelligence. All living things constantly seek growth of its life, because all life, the mere act of living, must increase itself.
If you drop a seed in the ground, the process of growth begins, and in the growth produces hundreds of more seeds; life, by living, will multiply itself. It is infinitely becoming more; it must grow or evolve if it continues to be at all. For continuous increase Intelligence is necessary. Every thought we think causes us to think another thought; your consciousness is constantly expanding. Every time we learn a fact we are lead to the learning of another fact; knowledge is always increasing. Every talent that we develop creates the desire to cultivate another talent; we are constantly feeling the urge of life, seeking expression, what ever inspires us to know more, do more, and "BE" more.
For us to know more, do more, and be more we must require more; we require things to use, for we learn, do, and become, only by our use of things. We should desire to be rich, so that we can have more. The desire for wealth is life seeking to be fulfilled; all our desire is a possibility unexpressed come into action. Desire is caused by power seeking to manifest. Your desire for more money is the same as what causes the plant to grow; it is life, seeking expression.
You were born to be rich because you can express yourself better if you have plenty of things to use in giving him expression. You will live more when you realize that you have unlimited command of the means of life.
The Universe desires that you have everything you desire to have.
Nature is always true to your plans.
Everything is naturally for you.
Make up your mind that this is true.
You should desire REAL life, not mere pleasure of indulgent gratification. Life is living; we really live when we perform every function, physical, mental, and spiritual, of that which he's capable, without excess in any.
You do not want to get rich to satisfy animal desires; that is not life. Performing physical function is a part of life, and you can't live completely when you deny the impulses of the body a normal and healthful expression.
You do not desire to become wealthy solely to enjoy mental pleasures, to gain knowledge to outshine others, to be famous, or to satisfy ambition. All these are a legitimate part of life, but man who lives for the pleasure of the intellect alone will have partial life, and he will never be satisfied.
You also do not want to get rich only for the good of others, to lose yourself for the salvation of mankind, to experience the joys of sacrifice and philanthropy. The joys of your soul are only a part of life; and they are no better or nobler than any other part.
Get rid of the idea of a power that wants you to sacrifice yourself for others, and that you'll secure his favor by doing so; The Universal Mind requires nothing of the kind.
What is desired is that you should make the most of yourself, for yourself, and for others; and "you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way."
You can make the most of yourself only by getting rich; so it is commendable and right that you should give first and best thought to the work of acquiring wealth.
You are to become a creator, not a competitor; you are going to get what you desire, but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now.
Riches secured on the competitive plane are never satisfactory and permanent; they are yours today, and someone else's tomorrow. If you are to become rich in a scientific way and a certain way, you must rise out of the competitive thought. You must know that there is a limitless supply of Abundance of everything.
Never look at the visible supply; look always at the limitless riches in the mind, and KNOW that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them.
Never allow yourself to get anxious out of fear sickness and poverty, never get afraid that you will lose what you want because someone "beat you to it." That can not happen; you do not desire things possessed by someone else; you create what you desire from Intelligent Substance, and the supply is limitless.
"All things come from this one thing. That which is this one thing fills all space. This power is available to all, whether you are conscious of the power or unconscious of the power, it all ways creates the image of your dominant thought in physical form. The understanding and knowledge of this power will manifest a life of confidence and wealth beyond prior comprehension. This Great power brings Wisdom, Prosperity, Abundance, and Health."