“To make wrong is to teach guilt and perpetuaute the belief that punishment is necessary. To make right is to teach love and demonstrate forgiveness. To put it simply, you are never right to make wrong, or wrong to make right.

You cannot love in an unloving way. You can’t be right and attack what’s wrong.”

The Way of Peace 1999

Mohammed built a simple religion based on acknowledging God and 5 prayers a day, but Islamic Law is highly codified and requires years of study.

Moses was given, and passed on to the Jews, 10 commandments , and again a very complicated religion sprang up.

Jesus reduced the commandments to two, and again Christianity has become very complex.

Diana Cooper wrote that:”Human Intelligence takes the simple and makes it complicated. If it’s complicated, it’s from ego; Spirit is simple.”

At the root of all religions are the same principles: unconditional love for God, self and others, and gratitude and awe for our existence. All else is commentary, often added by the religious leaders to promote and secure the existence of their religion. And the irony is that in adding layer upon layer, they have forgotten those simple core truths.

How many wars have been waged in the name of religion, having forgotten the core requirement to love? It’s an oxymoron to write or speak about a religious war; at least, it should be!

Do you believe that you can be spiritually rich and financially prosperous? Do you know that you are here on earth is to live your dream to the benefit of everyone, including you? Think of it this way – spirit and matter are not separate! As I wrote yesterday, as you reap the rewards of your success, think about all of the causes you’ll then be free to support, to invest in! Money is unspiritual if you allow it to manage you, to dictate your actions and determine your emotional and mental state. However, if you manage it, and use it to enjoy life and to fund great causes, it becomes a spiritual tool.

7. I am not worthy of success/nothing good ever happens to me

If you believe this, you will have a hard time succeeding. It’s a dangerous mindset to have, because you will discount or ignore anything to the contrary, any good thing that does happen to you. Even if lots of good things happen to you,  because that didn’t fit your model of the world, you will keep on ignoring them or finding  excuses to invalidate them.

8. Nothing I do is good enough

Good enough compared to what or who? Who os what are you comparing yourself with?  And look at your belief…nothing? Have you never produced a good result at anything? At some stage in your life, you must have succeeded at something. So you can get good results. Which means that the belief is false. Time to reprogram yourself!

9. My failure is a result of bad karma from a past life

Any bad Karma you carry from your past life cannot be that bad  as you were allowed to incarnate here. Reframe your belief and think of it as being given a second chance to take whatever actions are necessary to succeed.  There’s so much you can do. Unconditional love wipes out a lot as does giving. Make it a regular practice to give money to whoever inspires you, or whoever you consider to be worthy of it and you will find that any karmic residue will be dissolved and that you will attract more money, a proportion of which you can give away and so on. Get more, give more, get even more, give even more and so it goes on!

10. God will provide so I don’t need to do anything

God/the Universe/Spirit are available to help you if asked, but they won’t do it for you; as I’ve said before, you have to play your part. You need to add confidence, commitment, courage and motivation, and then take some action. If you sit back and do nothing, you will get… nothing! We need to take action to show that we are worthy of being helped! My wife has a great expression “Trust God but lock the car doors when you park.”