The Great Man Who Gave Away 30 Million Dollars (2)
Again, giving leads to receiving.
Consider: Have you ever experienced a situation where you were asked to donate money to a particular cause, and looking at your shrinking bank balance you were torn between giving money or not? Many people have told me stories about being in this exact
situation, but after deciding to go ahead and make a donation, these same people were very surprised when suddenly a sum of money came to them from some unexpected source to replace the money they just gave away.
The truth is, if you hold on to your money, you risk losing the very thing you are hoarding. On the other hand, if you trust good things flow to those who give freely, you will always have funds available to suit your needs.
To prove this, look at Percy Ross. He started his charitable ways with $2 million dollars and yet over the course of 17 years donated some $30 million dollars! I miss Percy Ross.
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The Great Man Who Gave Away 30 Million Dollars (1)
I just learned that a famous, colorful and charming American philanthropist is dead. I had always loved his book, Ask for the Moon and Get It: The Secret to Getting What You Want by Knowing How to Ask.
His name was Percy Ross. Maybe you heard of him. Ross gave away an estimated thirty million dollars to various charities and organizations. He also wrote a syndicated newspaper column, called Thanks a Million, for approximately 800 nationwide newspapers for 17 years. The column contained letters from people writing Ross, telling him their story and asking for his help. It was fascinating.
It was fascinating because Ross could always see through people. He would read their letters and sense if they were sincere, or lazy, or begging. And he always replied with words of wisdom—and sometimes with a check. He gave checks 120 times per week. And in 17 years he gave away about $30,000,000.
The thing is, Ross started with two million dollars! Do you see the giving principle at work here? Ross began with two million dollars as his source funds. You may not have that amount, but the story still holds true. In 17 years Ross gave away thirty million dollars!
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My Great Confession (2)
Then, over the course of the next few months, whenever I gave a talk someplace, I also gave out books. I found it a terrific way to hold attention. Whenever someone?s attention seemed to wander, I announced a free book for the next person who asked me a question. Everyone in the room perked up.
And when I moved into this country estate where I now live, I set about 25 boxes of books in the garage. I then threw a housewarming party and had people come over. I told them that before they left, they were encouraged to go through the boxes and take what they wanted. Everyone did. One person took so many books that he needed a dolly to wheel them to his car.
What was the result of my grand book-giving? Ever since the day in Houston when I decided to give books to receive books, I have always had an abundance of books. And today I own one of the largest book collections in the world on marketing, and another on metaphysics. People see my collection whenever they visit here and are in
awe.
What they don?t understand is this:
Books will always come to me because I always give books. I was activating the great giving principle, but on books. Today I know to give money to receive money. And as a result, I have money, far more than I ever did when I lived in Houston.
But in those early days, when I feared losing money and wanted to hold on to all I had, all I could allow myself to give were books. As a result, books came. Listen and learn: Give what you want to receive.
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My Great Confession (1)
Okay, I?ll confess. I found it hard to believe I would receive money if I gave money.
It just sounded like such a con, like a strategy promoted by people who wanted me to give money to them. Well, I was too smart for that. I decided that I would not give money, but that I would instead give books.
That?s right. Books. I had plenty of books. Since I had worked as a New Age journalist and book reviewer for many years, I had collected a lot of books. I had more than I needed. Why not give some of them away?
I still remember making the decision. I was lying in bed in Houston, where I lived at the time, reflecting on how to get prosperous.
I remember thinking, ?I can become the richest man in America in terms of books.? And right then and there I decided to try out the giving principle on books.
Within days I had called a few friends over and let them pick out books. I didn?t let them pick out any books or all my books, of course. But I pulled a few piles of books out and let my friends take what they wanted.
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Beware This Great Trap (2)
1. Don?t beg for money and expect to get wealthy. Just look at the beggars on the streets. They are not living prosperous life styles. They are just getting by, if that. Or look at the people who do fund-raising. Most of them are begging, though they would never call it that, and they never seem to have enough. Is that a clue or what?
2. Don?t give money to beggars and expect to get wealthy. I didn?t say don?t help the poor, though it?s questionable how much it helps them to hand them things. Instead, I?m saying don?t give money to people just because they ask for it and expect to turn on the universe?s cornucopia.
I see giving money out of a sense of obligation or duty as a trap. That was always the problem I had with ministers who asked people to give money because either (a) they needed it or (b) the Bible decreed it.
Either may be true. But if you or anyone gives money without a feeling of joy in your heart, it is highly unlikely that the money you gave will come back to you multiplied. The best way to determine where to give money is to ask yourself one simple question:
Where did you receive the most joy? And if you want further clarity, or more questions to assist you in knowing where to give money, try these on for size: Where were you reminded of your divinity? Where were you encouraged to go for your dreams? Who made you feel glad to be alive? Whatever your answer, that?s where to give your money.
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Beware This Great Trap (1)
The article that gave birth to this book was called ?The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History,? which was a shorter version of chapter one.
That article became so popular that it was distributed to thousands of people across the Internet. Ezine publishers reproduced and distributed it. Content websites stored the article on their sites. And dozens of people wrote me, most thanking me and praising the
article.
But a few of the emails I received were curious. They were from people asking me for money. Apparently they read my article and concluded that I was someone who would give money to anyone who asked for it. So they wrote and asked for it.
The problem is, that?s not what the article describes as the great secret for attracting wealth. I never wrote, ?Ask for money andyou?ll get wealthy.? Instead I conveyed the message, ?Give money to wherever you received spiritual nourishment and you?ll activate
the money-attracting law.?
I wrote to every person who had written to me asking for money. I explained the concept.
None of them wrote back. I?m bringing this experience up for you to consider for two
reasons:
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The Great Back-Door Secret to Wealth (3)
I remained at peace. I knew I would have money. It didn?t have to come from him. The universe—whatever you want to call thatpower bigger than you or I—would see that money came to me as long as I stayed in the flow. And being at peace is a good way to
stay in the flow.
And, as I explained in the beginning of this chapter, the check arrived today. I have no idea how my old friend felt as he wrote that check. I hope he did it with a heart full of joy. If so, he activated the moneyattracting principle.
I know when I wrote a check for $500 to my brother, who had helped me out of a bind twenty years before and I finally paid him off, I felt exhilarated. Writing that check to Ted made me feel like a king. And it gave me such an inner sense of peace that that alone was worth a million dollars. I?m calling this sense of peace—or forgiveness, if you will—a
back-door secret to wealth.
Where in your life are you holding grudges because someone owes you money? Or maybe because you owe someone money? Let it go. Talk to yourself. Allow yourself the heavenly awareness that the universe provides, not your friends. Money doesn?t come to you from them, it comes to you through them. Once you can let the grudges go, you free yourself to receive.
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The Great Back-Door Secret to Wealth (2)
As soon as I saw my old friend?s name, my blood pressure rose. I felt myself get angry. I felt ripped off. Betrayed. Hurt.
I took some deep breaths and calmed myself down. I talked to myself. I reminded myself that the universe is a big place (some understatement) and that wealth can come from many avenues, not just from past invoices. I decided to forgive my friend. And I did,
mentally. I sincerely let him and his debt go. I didn?t need the money. And I didn?t need to be right.
After maybe nine years, my friend sent me an email. He said he knew he owed me money. He explained that he had tough times, that he had moved, that he was trying to make it as a professional speaker. He added that he wanted to bring peace to our old friendship.
I wrote him a brief note saying we already had peace. I also invited him to pay off his invoice by sending me a check for a tiny percentage of what he owed me (about twenty percent, as I recall). He agreed.
Well, he didn?t send me a check. Not right away, anyway. Several more months passed before I heard from him again. This time it was another email, and this time he was again explaining his situation to me.
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The Great Back-Door Secret to Wealth (1)
I received a check in the mail today from a long-lost friend. The check is for only a portion of the money he owes me. But since he took almost ten years to send this amount, I am glad to see it.
Ten years ago he hired me to write a detailed marketing strategy for him. At that time, I charged a few thousand dollars for such a service. He agreed to it and said he would pay. I did the work and he didn?t pay.
Because he was my friend, I let the invoice slide. Months went by. Then years. Then he moved to another state. And I moved to another city. He went on his way in life and basically dropped out of my awareness. I went on my own way and fairly quickly became somewhat famous on the Internet for my books and tapes.
One day a few months ago I received an email from someone who wanted to co-author a book with me. He said he knew some of my friends, and mentioned the one who owed me money.
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The Great Secret To Activating The Law (2)
?I get it!? she said. I couldn?t help but think some other part of the universe was helping her understand what I couldn?t explain.
?What did you get?? I asked.
?I?ve been keeping the church in a begging mode,? she said. ?My heart wants to give money to wherever I feel spiritual nourishment. Sometimes that?s my church. Sometimes it?s not.?
?You got it!? I said.
And there you have it.
You can give money to any causes you like. I?ve helped The Red Cross, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, cancer funds, and more. But I didn?t expect my finances to increase from that giving. That generosity was helping, yes, but not necessarily activating spiritual law.
The spiritual law of financial income seems to happen when you give money freely to wherever you get your spiritual nourishment, with a small expectation that somehow, some way, some day, your finances will increase as a result.
Giving to worthy causes might activate the law if you feel you received spiritual nourishment from those causes. But if you didn?t, and you give anyway, you are probably just helping people in need. That, of course, is noble. I say do it.
Again, the subject of this book is the greatest money-making secret in history. And you activate that secret when you give freely, joyously, to wherever you currently get spiritual nourishment and nurturing. ?Money is an outer form of spiritual substance.? — Georgiana Tree West, Prosperity?s Ten Commandments
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