The Law of Growth, the Simple Seed and the Bible

We've examined the Law of Attraction in somewith it, namely grow more corn. Why is it, then,
depth, but without the Law of Growth, we're leftthat people yearn to change their lives, but do
floundering around wondering what in the world tonothing about it?
do with it.Ignorance is one reason, of course. Not everyone
A seed is the example usually used and so I'll stickhas heard of the Laws of Growth and Attraction.
with that.But for those who have, many consider them to
We attract a bag of corn seeds to us from lastbe mere hogwash, esoteric drivel conjured up by
year's crop - or your neighbour's garden! No, don'tthe New Age movement.
do that. It's called theft. But we collect our seedsI've stated before that I'm not a religious man. I
and put them in a bag. So far so good. We'vethink I should clarify this by saying that I'm not
attracted our seeds to us.Evangelical. This business of being raptured and
Now, by themselves, they're simply seeds. True,angels charging across the sky with trumpets and
we have more now than when we started, whenthat we're all going to hell in a hand basket if we
we didn't have any seeds, but without the Law ofaren't 'saved,' leaves me cold, I'm afraid.
Growth, all we can do with them is to pop themHowever,I certainly don't want to infer that I
into our mouths.either ignore or disregard the Bible, for there are
Ah, but we do have the Law of Growth. So themany truths in this Book. 'As a man soweth, so
next step is to plant them in our garden. Weshall he reap.' This should be kept in mind for all
make little holes in the ground in a nice neat linethose who practice the Law of Growth.
and drop the seeds in. Then we water them.And there are lots of other passages as well that
Assuming no bug nor blight comes along topoint us in the right direction, but people either
consume or rot our seeds, we have everysimply pass over them, or if they do actually read
confidence that they'll grow as they should.them, take them at face value. They have a
The sun will shine upon them, the rain will fall, andpicture in their minds of some old chap in his field
nature will take its course as it has done sincesticking seeds into the ground, and then reaping
time immemorial.his harvest.
But what's embodied in that seed? Energy. IfThe Bible was written for human beings, not
energy weren't present then the seed wouldseeds! It's full of analogies and should be read as
simply lay in the ground and eventually rot. But ofsuch. 'As a man soweth.' We want a life of
course there has to be energy in the seed for itabundance, so we concentrate on how to attain
to be a seed in the first place. It was collectedthis. But to attain it with wisdom. If we list out,
from last year's crop. It didn't simply fall from thenot just things that we want, but a road map for
sky. This analogy fits perfectly into our own Lawa new life, and concentrate on obtaining all our
of Growth and Law of Attraction. Both march indesires, not forgetting other people in our lives,
lockstep.then; 'so shall he reap.'
After all, if we didn't want to grow corn, we'dDo your exercises diligently, sow your seeds
never obtain it in the first place. But havingwisely, and all will be your's.
obtained it, naturally we want to do something