Master Prophet E. Bernard Jordan

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Introduction
Since our minds last met on the printed page, the world has become filled with grim news
about man’s economy. At the time I was putting the finishing touches on this book,
unemployment in the U.S. was hovering above 9.5%, its highest level in more than 25
years. More than nine million jobs had been lost since the economy hit its peak. More
than three million homeowners were expected to go into foreclosure by the end of 2009.
Credit card defaults were at an all-time high. The litany of pain, confusion, loss and
poverty seemed endless.
Yet for all this, what happened to God’s economy? You might expect me to say
that God’s eternal economy was untouched by the recession and the upheaval in people’s
lives. That is NOT the case. Remember, God does not exist in some parallel dimension
where all things are all good all the time. He exists within and around us! He IS you and
me and the gentleman down the street who just got laid off after 35 years as a school
custodian, and the single mother on the next block who recently gave up in despair after
two years of searching for a new job without a single offer. God is in all the hurting,
desperate people suffering as the world economy recoils from years of greed and abuse,
reinvents itself and proceeds down a new path. God has been in recession because we
have been.

I do not mean a financial recession, of course. God is Spirit, and Spirit has no
need for big-screen TVs, Hummers, adjustable rate mortgages and stock portfolios. God
is not sustained; He is eternal and the universe itself sustains Him. He is in recession,
however; that much is absolutely true. How? The definition of the word “recession” is:
Noun.
The act of receding or withdrawing.
In terms of the Divine economy, God is in recession because we as human beings
have been receding, withdrawing, from the core principles that create not only temporal
but spiritual wealth. In our haste to acquire material possessions for their own sake and
to pursue more while sacrificing better, we let ourselves forget about the realities of Self
and Mind that brought that wealth to us in the first place. We were blinded by greed and
distracted by the promise of quick riches and the flash of the new, the seductive and the
temporary.

The failure of our society, which led to the economic disasters that befell our culture,
was born of hubris. The Bible says that “pride goeth before a fall,” and hubris is a
particularly dangerous breed of pride. In essence, it means overbearing pride and
arrogance that leads to self-destruction. Victor Frankenstein of the novel Frankenstein is
a good example of hubris. The good doctor thought that he could defy the laws of God
and Nature and restore life to the dead, and ended up creating a monster. We have done
the same thing with the world’s economy, creating a monster because we chose to ignore
the essential laws of God’s economy, which underlie the earthly economy. In doing so,
we crafted a catastrophe out of equal parts avarice, self-indulgence, and self-delusion that
the price paid would not have to match the thing gained. We allowed ourselves to drift
away from the wisdom that drives the Divine economy and we have seen the results.
God’s Economic Policy

What cosmic economic laws did we ignore? The very laws that allowed the Enlightened
among us to tap into the true source of all abundance: the Mind. These are the
mechanisms ordained by God to turn the wheels of the universal economic system:
1. Each of us is God pressed out into the physical world; we are agents of the
Divine, each with a small aspect of the Divine purpose.
2. Each of us has a Mind that is embedded in the substance of the One Mind and
entangled with all other Minds.
3. Because all things, being and moments in time are part of the wholeness of
God (who can also be thought of as Consciousness), God creates by becoming
that which He wishes to manifest. This is what is known as “I Am.”
4. We can create new wealth, people or opportunity in the material world only
by doing as God does, by stating “I Am” that which we intend to manifest.

Intention does not matter. Whatever the Mind focuses its attention on is what
becomes our reality.

Those are the fundamental principles of operating within the Divine economy. We
are creatures not of body but of Mind and we must follow the edicts of the Divine system
if we are to materialize new businesses, homes, relationships and health in our lives. We
must understand that we are not the source of what comes to us; we are merely the
conduit and we must approach the universe with humility and self-awareness. Sadly, in
recent years many of us have not done this. Instead, as we began to believe that we could
experience infinite financial growth without consequences, we began to believe that we,
not God, were the sources of our good fortune. The Bible says that we cannot serve both
God and Mammon, so we chose Mammon. In doing so, we began to follow a new set of
false principles:

1. Humans are the essential source of wealth and prosperity.
2. We create wealth and abundance by manipulating markets and working
endlessly. Our minds are merely tools to allow us to create new tools to
manipulate markets.
3. Values such as thrift, moderation, generosity and common sense are optional
and easy to abandon.
4. We have no higher purpose beyond the continual gathering of more.

It is easy to see how adopting such empty, self-absorbed ideas could bring us down as
individuals and as an entire national and global economic system. When we give up
orienting our Minds on our desires and instead believe that we are sufficient to bring
about changes to the fundamental nature of the world, we fail. Arrogant, self-important
financial kings deluded themselves into thinking that “this time is different,” that they
could rewrite the economic laws. Some simply lied and cheated their way to ruin.
Millions of Americans bought into the lies, setting aside their disciplined minds to grasp
at wealth that seemed easy and available.

But we are not the source of our wealth or plenty. We have never been. God is the
ultimate source, and His Divine nature grants us the power to order and manifest
whatever kind of reality we can create. All new things begin as ideas in a fertile mind
skilled at manifestation—inventions, governments, art, even religious creeds. We have
only to hold the “I Am” in our minds and gradually, the forces of the universe pool and
gather like an accumulating electrical current to break into the material plane and give us
our desire. That is the nature of God’s economy. But when we turn our backs on that
Truth, we betray everything God has given us. We betray ourselves and what Abraham
Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature.”
Abundance Lies Within

Abundance and lack exist first in the mind before they exist in the physical world. When
times are hard, you must first look within at how your Mind is shaping the world around
you. Are you adhering to your core values and orienting your mind on them at all times?
If you are, then you will know it, because those values will become manifest. If a woman
who defines “wealth” as fidelity and freedom from debt bases her entire being on those
values, they will constantly come into her orbit. She will enjoy a faithful mate and debt
will rarely stay around for long. But if she tosses away those fundamental values and lets
her mind be drawn to the shallow, base pursuit of more things, she will focus on what she
does not have. That lack will infect her mind and eventually it will become her reality.

No matter how we act, the Law does not change: the Mind is always shaping the
fabric of reality on the spiritual level. Spirit and Mind are of the same stuff. When you
narrow the power of the mind with your intention and state “I Am” that which you desire,
that power is creative. When you let thoughts of greed, anxiety and envy run loose, then
they will turn the Mind’s power against you. Your wayward thinking becomes a selffulfilling
prophecy.

Am I suggesting that millions of people brought their own unemployment and
financial ruin on themselves? Not exactly. Some things just happen because the
energies set in motion by other minds years before must fulfill their purpose, and
sometimes that purpose is destructive. So a few minds make decisions that result in the
eventual dissolution of a corporation and all its jobs, and there is little that your personal
“I Am” intention can do about that. But what your Mind can do is redirect the course of
your life if you are focused on the values that make you who you are.

For example, if you were working for a company that was in peril and that could
possibly go out of business, and your Mind was oriented only on the fear of
unemployment and poverty, then you would suppress your Divine ability to attract new
opportunities into your orbit because you would be broadcasting nothing but fear and
worry to the cosmos. But if your eyes were set on an unchanging set of values—
creativity, giving to others and health, perhaps—then you would manifest those things in
your life and probably find new employment in a creative or non-profit field that would
not only bring you a paycheck but greater fulfillment. See how this works?

The Laws of Prosperity
The simple truth is that many of us were seduced by Mammon. Mammon is not money;
there is nothing inherently wrong with money. It is a tool to be used according to the
Spirit that possesses it. Money is God’s power for change in the human world. Little
changes without money, which is why organizations that fight hunger or try to find cures
for disease always ask for money. Money moves people and brings ideas into being. It
can be a holy thing. Mammon is the disproportionate affection for money that distorts
our sense of reality. Mammon can make us think we are masters of the universe and have
it all figured out. It makes us ignore God, and worse, ignore the fact that we are God.
If you surrendered some of your core values to pursue the easy money or to chase
the temporary high of acquisition, then you did bring some of your misfortune on
yourself. Happily, there is a path back to prosperity. However, it is not as simple as
saying, “Well, I’ll just go back to turning my Mind toward my values and everything will
be all right.” No! It won’t! If you do not change the thought process that underlies your
Mind, you will be likely to make the same mistakes again. Human beings have short
memories.

Discovering and acting on the Laws of Prosperity is the way to re-orient your
Mind, prevent future sliding into a valueless state, and enhance your own ability to create
wealth and abundance for you and others. This is both the most practical and selfless
book I have ever written. Practical because it contains real-world advice for overcoming
financial setbacks and bringing opportunity into your conscious awareness. Selfless
because it also keys on aiding and improving the lot of others. We are all in this life
together, part of a single Mind and a single interdependent community. Forgetting that
fact is part of what got us into this mess.

By learning and mastering the Laws of Prosperity, you will discover a new ability
to transform your Mind to “radiate” abundance and health in concert with your dearest
values. You will end your financial woes. You will redefine your earthly existence. You
will find harmony with your true purpose. Abundance lies within each of us when it
translates into values, action, consistency and wisdom. In the hands of someone Divinely
Enlightened, money is a positive force for fulfilling God’s Plan.

These are the laws of God, Economist:

The Law of Clarity—See today’s situation as it truly is, rather than hiding in a
comfortable self-delusion.

The Law of Compensation—When one thing goes out from your life, another
enters to compensate and maintain balance.

The Law of Debt—You cannot escape your obligations.

The Law of Discipline—If something appears to be an easy path to prosperity, it
is probably false.

The Law of Divine Purpose—If God denies you wealth, it’s because you were
doing the wrong things with it.

The Law of Employment—Idleness is a waste of Divine energy.

The Law of Entanglement—Each of us is connected to every other Mind in the
cosmos.

The Law of Fertility—You can till the soil of your economic future today with
the right deeds and thoughts.

The Law of Hidden Patterns—Life is like the stock market: there are patterns
underlying what appears to be chaos. You never know when the “bounce” is
going to happen that will change your fortunes.

The Law of Humility—Being humble leads to the willingness to make wealthcreating
changes.

The Law of Investment—Money begets money, and prosperous thought begets
prosperous thought.

The Law of Mental Capital—You will gain when you allow other people to tap
the power of your Mind for their benefit.

The Law of Obstacles—Failure is God’s classroom. Attend class.

The Law of Parsimony—The simplest solution is the best one.

The Law of Quantum Abundance—Reality operates at the quantum level, in
which all your opportunities already exist, waiting to be perceived by your Mind.

The Law of Recession—Sometimes, things in your life contract or pull away, but
it is always for a good reason.

The Law of Rising Tide—What is good for everyone is also good for you.

The Law of Service—Assisting someone in economic need delivers assistance
for you.

The Law of The Contract—if you want something specific in your experience,
then you must create a contract with God and the Universe to achieve it.

The Law of Values—You must always be guided by core values that lock your
mind on your desires.

Your Divine Stimulus Plan

As you learn and master these 20 Laws, you will discover that they comprise your
personal Divine Stimulus Plan. Where President Obama’s financial stimulus plan was
designed to spark spending and investment in the corporeal world, this “spiritual
stimulus” is intended to spark activity in the true source of economic growth, your Mind.

Discovering the potential of the Laws and your ability to put them into action will
stimulate you to both find the Divine spark of prosperity in yourself and to rediscover the
essence of any personal values you may have set aside in the past few years because
pursuing material wealth seemed more important. Let me tell you this: when you become
wealthy in Spirit and Mind, your hands will overflow with material wealth!

The Laws of Prosperity is unlike any book I have ever written before in the way
that it presents this eternal and critically important teaching. I will not lecture. Instead, I
will ask questions of you, my reader, and then provide some of the answers. But many of
the questions you will have to answer yourself. If this method was good enough for
Socrates, it is good enough for me! In this way, you will find yourself pondering the
meaning of the Laws and the intention of the Lord in weaving those Laws into the fabric
of reality. You will become more of a seeker—a financial philosopher—as a result of
reading this book and absorbing its lessons.

You will also find, in addition to brilliant thoughts from New Thought leaders
such as John Shelby Spong and Marianne Williamson, thoughts from leaders of business
and finance from Warren Buffett to Alan Greenspan. These people represent the modern
economy for better or worse, and we cannot ignore their wisdom (or lack of wisdom) as
we come to understand not just how we can create greater, deeper prosperity for
ourselves but help steer our culture back toward an emphasis on the wealth of
Consciousness and away from shallow, empty pursuits of riches for their own sake.

In the end, you will leave these pages with the fundamental education you require
to become an expert in “financial thinking.” Forget about financial planning; if your
thinking isn’t right, you won’t have any money to plan or manage. You will develop a
greater ability to:

• Create security for yourself and your family.
• Pull yourself out of a financial crisis.
• Get and stay out of debt.
• Re-orient your values toward what makes you truly happy.
• Establish a never-ending stream of Divine wealth flowing toward you.
• Live more fully, happily and generously.
• Escape the cycle of boom and bust.
• Build your own personal micro-economy based on the infinite power of Mind.

Now is the time to reinvent your own financial life by first reinventing your
psychological and spiritual self! Don’t wait until man’s economy recovers to do it; you
may become comfortable and complacent. Instead, seize the time when the future is
uncertain and transform your relationship with God’s economy. I promise you greater
hope for prosperity in body, Mind and Spirit. Let us begin our lessons.
In hope, peace and wealth…

Master Prophet E. Bernard Jordan
October 2009