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heart, never losing sight of the fact that the desire is the thing itself in incipiency. If the good were not already yours in the invisible realm of supply, you could not by any possibility; desire it.

Someone asks: "Suppose I desire my neighbor's wife or his property, is that desire born of God? And can I see it fulfilled by affirming that it is mine?"

You do not and cannot, by any possibility, desire that which belongs to another. You do not desire your neighbor's wife. You desire the love that seems to you to be represented by your neighbor's wife. You desire something to fill your heart's craving for love. Affirm that there is for you a rightful and an overflowing supply, and claim its manifestation. It will surely come, and your so-called desire to possess your neighbor's wife will suddenly disappear.

So you do not in reality desire anything that belongs to your neighbor. You want the equivalent of that for which his possessions stand. You want your own. There is today an unlimited supply of All-Good provided in the unseen for every human being. No man need have less that another may have more. Your very own awaits you. Your understanding faith or trust is the power that will bring it to you.

Emerson said that the man who knows the law "is sure that his welfare is dear to the heart of being .... He believes that he cannot escape from his