“Do not tell of your past troubles of a financial nature, if you have had them, do not think of them at all. Do not tell of the poverty of your parents, or the hardships of your early life; to do any of these things is to mentally class yourself with the poor for the time being, and it will certainly check the movement of things in your direction.
“Let the dead bury their dead,” as Jesus said.
“Put poverty and all things that pertain to poverty completely behind you.”
The past is gone.
Don’t dwell on it.
No matter what happened before, whether to us or because of us, it’s over.
Rehashing our past financial failures, troubles, and worries will do nothing but perpetuate them in the future.
We are too busy getting rich to worry about our past.
Contemplate your Clear Mental Image, the vision of what you want.
As long as you’re doing that, the past has no place in your mind.
December 28, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Hi Lyman,
This is perhaps the most difficult of ALL teachings. Letting go is counterintuitive, but the right thing to do.
Mike
P.S. Busy/crazy week. I’ll be posting soon.
December 28, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Hey there, Mike,
We can really get wrapped up in our past, can’t we? It seems to be a fine line… learning from it, but not living in it.
It’s been a crazy week here, too! The holidays can really do that. No time frame on the posting… whenever you get a chance.