(a) Those who want to "demonstrate" material well-being by following the methods taught in such cults, under the belief that they are demonstrating, at the same time, a godly power, need to correct their notions and re-study their religious history.
(b) They will then learn that the men and women whose attainment of true spirituality is unquestionable seldom paraded much wealth and often lived in humble circumstances. It does not need more than a cursory study of the world around to show that the temptations of prosperity have obstructed the way to inner freedom much more than have the tribulations of poverty.
(c) It is not the demonstration of material gain but the demonstration of spiritual detachment from such gain that is true progress. Yet to avoid misunderstanding, it must be firmly stated that the Quest asks no one to embrace either poverty or prosperity but only truth.
-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 8 : Christian Science, Other Spiritual Movements > # 84
