The Game of Life and How to Play it : Classic Collection

by Florence Scovel Shinn

Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing.

This attitude of mind makes man master of money. It is his to obey,

and his spoken word then opens vast reserv...

Man, himself, limits his supply by his l...

"I believe your trouble, which is a congestion, has come from having things stored away. Congestion of things causes congestion in the body.

"Divine order was established in her mind, body and affairs."

There is a mental correspondence for every disease.

A person might receive instantaneous healing through the realization of his body being a perfect idea in Divine Mind, and, therefore, whole and perfect, but if he continues his destructive thinking, hoardin...

"Judge not, lest ye be judged." Many people have attracted disease and unhappiness through condemnation of others. What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.

Man picks up a live-wire whenever he criticises or condemns, and may expect a shock.

Indecision is a stumbling-block in many a pathway. In order to overcome it, make the statement repeatedly, "I am always under direct inspiration; I make right decisions, quickly."

It takes a very strong mind to neutralize a prophecy of evil. The student should declare, "Every false prophecy shall come to naught; every plan my Father in heaven has not planned, shall be dissolved and dissipated, the divine idea now comes to pass."

"I will that the will of God be done." It is God's will to give every man, every righteous desire of his heart, and man's will should be used to hold the perfect vision, without wavering.

"Infinite Spirit, open the way for the Divine Design of my life to manifest; let the genius within me now be released; let me see clearly the perfect plan."

The battles described are pictures of man waging war against mortal thoughts. "A man's foes shall be they of his own household."

So man must be careful that his is not the "wicked and slothful servant" who buried his talent. There is a terrible penalty to be paid for not using one's ability.