SEED MONEY Part 3 Working the Law of Tenfold Return By Jon P. Speller

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Because of his great need, this man had asked: "Why can't I demonstrate more than ten times my Seed Money?"

I read to him from John Hoshor's SEED MONEY: "Why tenfold and not eleven-fold or twenty-fold or thirty-fivefold or a million-fold? . . . Simply because the number 10 is the easiest of all to multiply by. You merely add a zero to the figure with which you begin. The zero is symbolic, meaning that it is nothing to the Infinite to send you your multiplied return that to the Infinite is less than the air you breathe."

"Why not a millionfold?"

"Because you must be able to conceive yourself as having the amount you claim. In fact, you must imagine that you already have it.

"Let us say we plant--give--$50 in accordance with the Law of Seed Money and lay our claim on the Infinite for $50,000,000 in return. Then we begin to wonder where all that money is coming from. We begin to doubt. The doubt shuts off our return, creates a block. It will be the doubt that we demonstrate, not the cash. So the proper method is to start the process of giving--planting--but plant no more than you can conceive yourself as receiving in return tenfold. Then lay positive claim to that much, and only that much."

This man came to understand the answer to his question from that. Others needed a more detailed explanation.

One such young man said: "The Law knows no limitation. If I can visualize one hundred or one thousand or one millionfold return on my Seed Money, why can't I do it?"

I answered, "If you can visualize such a return--and hold it unwaveringly--you can do it. Jesus said: "If you have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done' [Matt 21:21]. If any doubt seeps into your faith in your return, it will not come."

A Tenfold Return is a demonstration within the consciousness of practically everyone. For example, most people can conceive of having ten times as much money as they now have in their pocket. Most people also have difficulty in conceiving of a greater multiplication at one time. There is where doubt arises. One can reach the same goal progressively--without the strain, which causes doubt.

Surely it is possible to demonstrate a larger than tenfold return. But keep in mind that even Jesus, the Christ Spirit incarnate, did not walk on water all the time.

In this way the young man learned the hidden wisdom in moderation and realistic goals.

A young lady had a more basic problem--one which prevented her tenfold return before she had even planted her Seed Money. She lacked gratitude; she never gave thanks for anything.

As John Hoshor writes: "The full figure of your return, however, is and must be important to you--important enough to call forth from you a full hearted thankfulness as well as the necessary mental work. Gratitude is the open door to Abundance. It helps to shorten the time required for your demonstration. Chemists tell us that for each ten degrees' increase in temperature, the speed of a chemical reaction doubles. So add the warmth of thankfulness, of gratitude, to your Seed Money formula--all along the line."

Gratitude is an indispensable catalyst in the working of the Law of Tenfold Return.

I asked the young lady if she knew of the custom of saying Grace before meals.

She replied that she did.

"In saying Grace," I told her, "you are giving thanks to God before the object of the thanks has been received--and as if it had already been received."

The sowing of Seed Money and the reaping of its harvest of multiplied return is exactly the same. Before we can expect more, we must give thanks for that which we already have.

Everything is in its Source, from God, what we have already received and what we are receiving [at present through the Law of Tenfold Return] as well as what we are going to receive in the future by the promise of Grace; for "of Him and through Him and to Him are all things" [Rom 11:36].

By giving thanks for what we already have--including that part which we are giving as Seed Money--we assist in expanding our Seed Money to its full tenfold return.

Dr. Ervin Seale of the Church of the Truth, New York, says: "Expansion is the law of life." And Gratitude is an absolutely necessary part of expressing the value and direction that Life is taking.

[Gratitude is the energy-polarity that serves as a magnet to attract our tenfold return to us--physically.]

When the young lady learned of this--and consciously expressed gratitude in every area of her life of which she was consciously aware--she began to see results from working the Law of Tenfold Return.

So many people--not yet understanding that as God is Substance, so God is also the Source of the Tenfold Return--they omitted God in their attempts to practice Seed Money. They have not been keeping their eye upon the doughnut; but upon the hole.

God is Infinite everything, not limited nothingness.

These truths have seemed to create a paradox for some, who rationalize that a specific Tenfold Return is nothing but a limitation. This is not the case. As SEED MONEY says: "You may be told by someone that laying claim to a specific amount limits you. This is not the Law. Claiming a specific amount makes the demonstration both easier and more rapid. Actually, you do not limit yourself by making a claim for a specific amount because you can apply and re-apply the principle an endless number of times either in succession or concurrently."

A practitioner worked the Principle of Seed Money and invariably received her Tenfold Return on Seed Money she had sown both in succession and concurrently. She could conceive of each gift's tenfold return without interference with the return on other gifts. Most people, however, find it easier to practice the Law of Tenfold Return in succession.

Because of subtle negative thoughts, which seem to originate with many people when they have "many irons in the fire," it is recommended that they, at first, sow their Seed Money in succession. Then each tenfold return helps to fortify faith in the next.

One of the doubts that may arrive especially in concurrent Seed Money harvesting is that regarding Source. This doubt also arises in single Seed Money demonstrations when the individual does not have firmly fixed in his consciousness that God is the Source of his Supply and that the words of Jesus, "Father, I thank thee that thou has heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always" [John 11:41, 42] are as equally true today as they were in Palestine nearly two thousand years ago.

As John Hoshor said: "Do not pay the slightest attention to WHERE your return is coming from. That is neither your work nor your responsibility. The Infinite--God--takes care of both the means and the manner. Your work is to claim the tenfold return of your gift and to leave all constructive ways open for it to reach you.

"Seed Money return is EXPECTED money return. The means by which it comes to you and the manner in which it comes to you may be unexpected--more than likely it will be unexpected--but the return itself is EXPECTED."

Because the way and manner of your tenfold return is generally unexpected, some people do not recognize their tenfold return, even when they have received it.

A part-time typist worked one day a week for a leading metropolitan newspaper. Her workday at the paper was Friday. One Friday she received from a friend a copy of SEED MONEY. That Sunday she made a special Seed Money donation to her church.

On the next Thursday she told the man in the newspaper office who had given her the booklet: "Seed Money doesn't work. I still haven't received my return--although I believed 100%."

He questioned her: "But why are you working today--and also yesterday--when your only workday here is on Fridays?"

"Oh," she replied. "I'm replacing a regular typist who went away on a short trip."

"Let me call the personnel office and see why you were picked for the extra work," the man said, who had given her the SEED MONEY booklet. Five minutes later he told the temporary typist: "Personnel said there was no special reason for giving you the extra assignment--when the girl opened the page to the list of their qualified part-time typists her finger just fell by your name."

The typist's face suddenly glowed: "Oh, I did get my Tenfold Return after all. It is returned to me through the two unexpected extra days of work here--doing what I most enjoy doing."

She had received her tenfold return before she had given up. Some people always give up before they get their return because they set a time limitation when they plant their Seed Money. That is a great mistake.

A long time ago a Latin American public official kept me waiting for several hours after the appointment was due. When he finally arrived I said rather crossly: "Aren't any of you Latin Americans ever on time?"

He replied, smilingly, "No, but we don't have ulcers."

Ulcers, as medical science shows, are caused by worry, and time limitations, which we ourselves set and give power to create most worries. Worry about man's measurement called time can be halted by the realization that God knows but one unit of time--NOW. It is said that "tomorrow never comes." This is perfectly true, for when tomorrow is here it is no longer tomorrow--but today.

A woman who owned a gift shop repeatedly planted Seed Money and repeatedly failed to receive her tenfold return. She couldn't understand it for, she said: "I know that the Principle of Seed Money works. Why doesn't it work for me?"

We analyzed her problem. She always said: I have received X dollars (tenfold the expect sum given) in return, with good to all concerned. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."

After talking it out, we found that she always [in the back of her mind] added a future date for her return--whether for one day or one week later--which negated her statement that she had received the return.

I told her that we find the Promise in the Book of the prophet Isaiah, "And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear" [Isaiah 65:24].

When we give our Seed Money and claim our return we must KNOW that our tenfold return has ALREADY been made. Any thoughts that the return will only be made in the future will postpone our return indefinitely.

The gift shop owner saw her error--dissolved all thoughts of time limitation and thanked God for her return NOW. And then she began working the Principle of Seed Money successfully.

SEED MONEY answers the question, "How long will it take? --"There is no time in the Infinite. Time is a human concept. Do your work faithfully and go happily about your normal business. As certainly as the day will dawn on the morrow your effort will be rewarded."

John Hoshor wrote: "There is an after-the-fact technique that invariably helps shorten the time required for the Law's demonstration. It aids in registering the pattern clearly in your consciousness.

"Imagine that you have the return in hand. That much you must do. Then, to that add the mental picture of exactly what you are going to do with the return. If you intend to spend it, see yourself obtaining exactly what you want and using it. Go through the details of whatever is its function several times.

Or, it may be that you are going to put the Seed Money return to yet another investment. Carry out the investment in your mind. ... Or, imagine yourself sending a check to your church or to a favorite social service organization as the next SEED MONEY step in establishing stability."

I know a businessman who could not succeed at the Law of Tenfold Return because of his mental attitude of lack. As I explained to him:

"A good gardener does not only cultivate flowers--he cultivates SOIL. Thoughts, which you are always sending out, compose the soil of your life. If you are constantly projecting thoughts of lack you will have barren soil. If you project thoughts of plenty your soil will be rich in the humus of Sufficiency, and it is that soil in which your Seed Money grows."

Jesus tells us that in the parable of the sower: "Behold, a sower went forth to show:

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them up; some fell upon stony places where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprung up because they had no deepness of earth; but when the sun was up they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them; but other fell onto good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold" [Matt 13:3-8].

The businessman said, "True, but how can I prepare my soil?"

And I quoted: "All [thought] is an action of the conscious on the subconscious. Money is God's idea of circulation. This idea I now accept as the basis of all my financial affairs. Money is God's activity, that it does good when it serves need. I use it with wisdom; I release it with joy; I send it forth without fear for I know that under Divine Law it comes back to me" [quote from Dr. Ray C. Barker, in "Money is God In Action."].

The businessman put these ideas into practice and was soon able to reap abundant harvests from his Seed Money, as the others had.

It is very important for us all to get out of our mental patterns of poverty, to realize that, as God knows no lack, neither do we.

John Hoshor writes: "The Law is there for you to use just as air is there for you to breathe. Would you choose to spend your life without fresh air? In an oxygen-deprived, smoke-filled room or in an area constantly saturated with smog? Such conditions take their toll in life and health for those who choose them or who permit themselves to live in such surroundings. Similarly, those who are ignorant of the Law of Seed Money and how it works suffer with unfulfilled needs, from the lack of many of the desirable experiences of life which in our day require money to purchase.

"The cost of living, at or near a record high, continues to mount. Rents, mortgages and taxes are the highest ever and are still increasing. Food has never been costlier, nor of poor quality in general. Today all children must be college-educated to compete in their generation successfully. Wage and salary increases do not solve this problem. Other and greater Sources of income, trade, barter and exchange are needed.

"The saying that the rich get richer has never been truer. Or that the poor get poorer. The reasons for both are fundamental. "Gummint" favors the rich, who daily apply the Law although, may not be aware of it. This is why Jesus spoke to the Rich and instructed them to give away their money. They have a surplus above their living needs that makes it unnecessary to pay any more than casual attention to those needs. So they do not multiply NEEDS in their consciousness--not theirs nor anyone else's. They live surrounded by riches and the evidence of riches.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit because they will be filled," makes no sense to the rich. The Law always works. The direction in which it works depends solely upon the contents of an individual's consciousness. Multiplying needs, one is poor. Multiplying from one Source and giving away the excess, one remains conscious of need and is able to assist those overwhelmed by need. But multiplying riches alone merely leaves an individual insensate; so use the Law of Ten with discretion and not with obsessions around obtaining and acquiring, for the purpose of hoarding.

The poor are constantly thinking and talking about their needs. Yet, the Universal Law of Life is that upon which you focus your attention--THAT is what you attract into your life and experience.

"The individual's only relief from poverty is to get himself out of the vicious cycle of thinking of need and poverty and stop focusing on these, and instead focus on sharing, giving and being willing to receive.

One woman said, "I can never even start to practice Seed Money because I can't even plant any--I never have enough money to spare. I'm too far behind."

I advised her to open her Bible to Proverbs, Chapter 11 and then read verse 24. She read: "There exists the one that is scattering and yet is being increased; also the one that is keeping back from what is right, but it results only in want."

In other words, there are those who circulate that which they have, and what they have increases; and there are those who hold fast to every penny they have, and they reduce their own options.

This verse from scripture changed her way of thinking. It made her realize WHY she had been unable to increase what she had. She has become an ardent follower of the Law of Tenfold Return.

John Hoshor gave another example of how he helped someone to thrive through the principle of Seed Money:

"A man I know by the name of Sheldon found a way out.

"This man had many ups and downs. He was twice a millionaire, both times when a million dollars was a lot of money. Some months ago Sheldon's business failed. The immediate cause was a bad credit loss. Yet he knew there was a deeper cause.

"I suggested to Sheldon the John D. Rockefeller technique of giving. When he answered that he had given not thousands, but hundreds of thousands, of dollars away I knew that he spoke the Truth. Sheldon has never been known to refuse a request for help. I explained to him that although giving was necessary, just giving was not enough, that one can easily go bankrupt giving without return.

"He listened for an hour as I outlined the principles involved in Seed Money to him.

"Sheldon asked, 'With what do I start? I'm flat broke.'

"Actually he had $3 in his pocket. On my advice he exchanged his $3 for 300 new pennies and started giving them out one at a time. I received the first one. Each time he gave a penny he would multiply it in his consciousness and see the multiplied return as having been made to him. The same evening, before he had given out all of his pennies, a long forgotten creditor came to his home and paid him $12 on an old bill.

"On my advice Sheldon went again to the bank and this time brought back 200 new nickels. Again he started giving them away, one at a time, each time following the Seed Money technique. Within three days he was called in as consultant on a marketing problem and received $250 for a half day's work.

"Still working the Seed Money formula, this time he began with $100 worth of new quarters. While he was busy giving these out and multiplying and claiming his return, two friends contacted him and offered to finance him in a new business venture. All the capital he needed was placed at his disposal.

"Sheldon came to my apartment and we talked over the situation.

"He said, 'Although I have been in business in New York City for forty years, actually, like Moses, I have been wandering in the wilderness. Never before have I known what I was doing.'

He insisted that he would not have any more 'downs' in his life because he had learned the Seed Money formula and practiced it; and it worked. He still gives but now he multiplies and claims his tenfold return, and his new business is prospering mightily."

We have seen that just giving is not enough to work the Law of Tenfold Return, but "Why is giving necessary?"

John Hoshor says, "The farmer who wants a crop must give to the earth--must sow or plant the seed--otherwise he will harvest only the weeds that happen to grow. . . . When you were born the first thing the doctor did was to hold you up by the heels and smack your little bottom. You gave out with a squawk and that started your breathing. Breathing itself is both a giving and a receiving. So is your very life; for discontinue either exhaling or inhaling and your life is over.

"When you want the lights on, you flick the switch that opens the circuit and begins the flow of current. The entire Universe is a series of energy circuits--from the earth and other planets in their orbits to the particles of the atom in their orbits. Shut off the flow anywhere along the line and the result is emptiness."

In James Stephens's classic, "The Crock of Gold," he observes, "You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive. The plain and simple truth is that you must start giving before you can start receiving. This is the kind of Universe in which we live."

A secretary couldn't understand why prayer alone without giving Seed Money wouldn't work. I told her that Prayer with Thanksgiving are complementary essentials, for "in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God" [Philippians 4:6]. The gift itself not only subconsciously sets in motion a cycle of ever-increasing energy (which returns to you in your tenfold return) but it also serves to fix firmly in your mind the image of the desired return.