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Has everyone mastered the First Pillar of Prosperity – Demolition? Once we’ve demo’d the things that are no longer serving us, we are at a point where we can start focusing on Pillar #2: Definition.

In the show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which we used as a metaphor for our pillars, it is interesting to see what happens once they complete the demo. The team creates a design plan, where they have defined what the new home will look like. They begin with “big picture” ~ and then they get more specific, focusing on individual rooms. Each designer takes one or two rooms, and puts their attention there. The specificity of each room is based on really understanding the family … their “ESSENCE.”

The same is true in our expansion of Prosperity Consciousness. We need to define specifically what prosperous, abundant living looks like — for us. For example: Imagine you have been given the opportunity to plan and take your ideal vacation. What would it be? What do you think the chances are that everyone reading this article would give the same answer? Slim to none! Each of us has our own idea of what that perfect vacation would be … and those images are vastly different!

We wouldn’t let others force their favorite vacation on us — but how often do we allow others to force their definition of prosperity and success on us? For example, we had a colleague who got a great job at a Fortune 100 company, doing the technical, nerdy, computer work he absolutely loved! Guess what happened? He did his job so well; he was rewarded with a promotion into management, where all of a sudden he had to work with people instead of technology. He hated it, but couldn’t get back to what he loved because it would “ruin” his career!

Right about now, you’re probably expecting us to say that Pillar 2, Definition, is going to be some kind of goal setting message. We do believe goal setting is a very useful process, but for his process, we want to “notch it up” to a more spiritual approach. Definition, from a Prosperity Consciousness perspective, is based on our Unity Principles, and is the next logical phase after Demolition.

You see, goal setting is focusing on things we want to achieve — and that’s okay. But in Matthew 6:33, Jesus the Christ gave us the real formula for our Definition: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” That’s the best goal-setting plan we can offer! To go a little deeper in strengthening our prosperity consciousness, there are actually three questions we need to ask — and answer in order to move through the Definition phase. They are:

• Who am I?
• What is my purpose?
• What is the ESSENCE of prosperous and abundant living for me?

The first two questions are easy to answer — and we can help you with them by giving you Truth principles to wrap your mind around. The third one is more individual – and is different for each of us. What we can do there is give you a process to help you clarify it more clearly.

For this article, let’s look at that first question: Who am I?

It is so important to remember: You are God expressing Godness as you. We could just leave it at that, but we’re thinking you may want to work a little on this one!

This week, spend some time becoming aware of how you talk to yourself.

Would you go into prayer and say, “Dear God, how could you be so stupid?” Probably not! Yet whenever you look in the mirror, and say, “How could I be so stupid?” that is essentially what you are doing! So here’s your adventure for the week: Become consciously aware of how you talk to yourself, and be sure that what you say is worthy of speaking to God. When you find yourself saying belittling things, immediately say “DELETE!” and replace it with a positive phrase.

The next level of this first question is realizing that what is true for you is true for all: each of us has that spark of divinity within. So — how are you talking to and treating others? Practice the Namaste technique: “I behold the Christ/the Divine in you. I see you at your highest spiritual best.” It literally transforms the way you react to others — and affects how they react to you!

A story is told by a woman from Philadelphia, PA, of running out of the drug store where she’d gone to pick up a prescription, only to find a police officer standing at her car, ticket pad in hand. “Oh, no, please don’t give me a ticket! I forgot to put money in the meter – but I’ll move right away!”

The officer responded, “I wasn’t going to give you a ticket – that’s why I’m standing here – to be sure you don’t get one.”

Unsure, surprised, and somewhat puzzled, the woman murmured “Thanks.”

“You don’t remember me, do you?” the officer continued.  “I remember you! I went through a difficult time in my life, and ended up homeless for a while. You treated me like I was a real person whenever you passed by me, and you always had a kind word to say. This is my way of saying, Thanks!”

Matthew 25:31-46 tells the story of the king who said, I was hungry, and you fed me; thirsty and you gave me drink;  a stranger and you took me  in; naked and you clothed me; sick, and you visited me… people asked when, and he replied, “Just as you did to the least of these, you did it to me.”

To expand your prosperity consciousness, begin with the first question of Pillar #2: Definition.  Be clear in defining yourself as God, expressing Godness as you.

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