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THE RIGHT TO BE RICH
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Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact
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remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or
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successful life unless one is rich.
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We cannot rise to our greatest possible height in talent
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or soul development unless we have plenty of money. In
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order to unfold the soul and to develop talent we must
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have many things to use, and we cannot have these things
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unless we have money to buy them with.
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People develop in mind, soul, and body by making use
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of things, and society is so organized that people must
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have money in order to become the possessor of things.
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Therefore, the basis of all human advancement must be the
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science of getting rich.
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The object of all life is development. Everything that
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lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is
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capable of attaining.
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Each of us has a right to life. This means the right to
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have the free and unrestricted use of all the things that may
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be necessary to our fullest mental, spiritual and physical
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unfolding — in other words, our right to be rich.
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In this book, I shall not speak of riches in a igurative
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way. To be really rich does not mean to be satisied or
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contented with a little. You ought not to be satisied with
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a little if you are capable of using and enjoying more. The
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purpose of nature is the advancement and development of
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life. Every individual should have all that can contribute to
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the power, elegance, beauty, and richness of life.
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When you own all you want for the living of all the life
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you are capable of living, you are rich. You cannot have all
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you want without plenty of money. Life has advanced so far
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and become so complex that even the most ordinary man or
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woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in
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a manner that even approaches completeness. You naturally
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want to become all that you are capable of becoming; this
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desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human
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nature. Success in life is becoming what you want to be. You
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can become what you want to be only by making use of things,
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and you can have the free use of things only as you become
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rich enough to buy them. Therefore, an understanding of
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the laws of the universe and the science of getting rich is the
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most essential of all knowledge.
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There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The
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desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller,
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and more abundant life. And, that desire is praiseworthy.
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The person who does not desire to live more abundantly
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is uncommon. The individual who does not desire to have
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money enough to buy all that is desired may not be living to
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full potential.
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There are three motives for which we live: We live for
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the body, the mind, and the soul. No one of these is better
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or holier than the other. Each is desirable, and neither body,
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mind, nor soul can live fully if one of the others is cut
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short of full life and expression. It is not right or noble to
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live only for the soul and deny mind or body. It is wrong
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to live for the intellect and deny body and soul.
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We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences
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of living for the body and denying both mind and soul.
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We see that real life means the complete expression of
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all that a person can give forth through body, mind, and
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soul. We cannot be really happy or satisied unless our
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bodies are living fully in every function and unless the
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same is true of our mind and our soul. Wherever there is
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an unexpressed possibility or an unperformed function,
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there is an unsatisied desire. Desire is possibility seeking
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expression or function seeking performance.
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A person cannot live fully in body without good food,
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comfortable clothing, warm shelter, and freedom from
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excessive toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to
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one’s physical life.
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A person cannot live fully in mind without books and
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time to study them, without opportunity for travel and
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observation, or without intellectual companionship. To
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live fully in mind, one must have intellectual recreations
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and must be surrounded by all the objects of art and beauty
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one is capable of using and appreciating.
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To live fully in soul an individual must have love. And
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the expression of love is often frustrated by poverty.
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Our highest happiness is found in the bestowal of
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beneits on those we love. Love inds its most natural and
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spontaneous expression in giving. When we have nothing
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to give, we cannot ill the place as a spouse or parent, as
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a citizen, or as a human being. It is in the use of material
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things that a person inds full life for one’s body, develops
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the mind, and unfolds the soul. It is, therefore, of supreme
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importance to be rich.
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It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich. If
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you are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It
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is perfectly right that you should give your best attention to
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the science of getting rich because it is the noblest and most
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necessary of all studies. If you neglect this study, you are
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derelict in your duty to yourself, to God, and to humanity.
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You can render God and humanity no greater service than
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to make the most of yourself.
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CHAPTER 1 - QUESTIONS
1. When you viewed “The Secret” for the irst time, what was the
irst thing you wanted to change in your life?
2. Is it right to be content with poverty? If not, why not?
3. Explain what a complete life is and show how riches are
essential to complete living.
4. In which department of your life — body, mind, or soul — do you
feel the greatest lack? (Your results will guide you to the answer.)

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