40 Acres And A Mule? New Paradigms and Mindsets Of 'Prosperity Consciousness'

Forty acres and a mule refers to a concept in the United States for former enslaved African American farmers, following disruptions to the institution of slavery provoked by the American Civil War. Many freedmen believed they had a moral right to own the land they had long worked as slaves, and were eager to control their own property. Freed people widely expected to legally claim 40 acres of land and a mule after the end of the war. Well, it's time for much more than 40 acres! It is time for many minorities to become millionaires!

This is the second article in the series on Black Wealth, which is based on my book entitled; “I Am A MinorityMillionaire!” First of all, I want you to know that I contemplated much before writing on the I Am A MinorityMillionaire concept. Now, let’s get it straight. I am not a black activist or racist person. I love the diversity of humanity. I sincerely love all humanity and I have attended predominantly white schools all of my life. I also lived in Alaska for 20 years and was the first Black elder in a large historically white church. Only 3% of Alaskans are Black. So in my desire to be politically correct and middle of the road, I struggled with the concept of writing to target minorities. My enlightenment started when I realized first that I was called to this work and that this concept is not really about just African Americans or blacks, but it is about the “underdog” in life. The Minority Millionaire concept is not just for Blacks.

It is for people who have been counted out as insignificant by the masses.

It is for those who have at any time felt inferior.

It is for those who have been enslaved by limited or negative thinking. Have you ever considered the fact that wrong thinking enslaves many? The Bible calls these patterns of thought strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:1-5). Today we call them paradigms. A paradigm is simply a way of seeing things, a point of view. 
It is a known fact that many Blacks still suffer from the lingering mental effects of past slavery. Many fail to acknowledge this, yet it is real. Any people who have been enslaved for hundreds of years must face and deal with the mental effects of a poor self-image.  In no way am I putting down whites or calling them racist. No white person alive today owned slaves. Yet, we must deal with cause and effect. For every effect, there is a cause. One example is in the measurement of Black and White wealth. Blacks need new mental paradigms of wealth, which means new mind-sets and new heart-sets. It has been noted that whites in general have 17 times the wealth of Blacks. I know for a fact that Blacks are often targeted for extremely high interest rates in the automotive industry, where I have worked for nearly 25 years. This is not just done by whites, but often even by Black in owners and finance management at the dealership level. The same is true in the housing industry. I have been in dealerships where the interest rate was 29%! The number one group targeted for the high rate were African Americans. It's time for a change.

  

To see more Black Wealth manifested we must develop new paradigms and change mindsets and heart-sets from a poverty to a prosperity consciousness. The I Am A Minority Millionaire book is not about business plans, financial projections, budgets, or the like. It is about what I call “spiritual-pragmatism,” or marrying spiritual and practical concepts to produce extraordinary results. It is about using your God-given power to create wealth. It is about leaving the rat-race and manifesting wealth the way God intended it in the beginning. It is about changing your consciousness and the resultant change of your financial life for the good so that you can live a fabulous life. Get ready for abundance because the best is yet to come for you!

The Black Wealth Solution! Part 1

Bernard Smalls, Thought Leader

The great masses of Blacks in America have never really known that we live in a mental and spiritual world. Had the black man really understood this, he would have never fallen into slavery for as a man thinks within himself, so is he. We need a clear understanding of the metaphysical powers of spirituality to experience more Black Wealth today. Meta-physic means 'of or relating to things that exist but that cannot be seen.' Metaphysical is not evil, it just puts more emphasis on the mind than many traditional church-goers like. The Black church has failed in communicating practical 'spiritual practices' as a result many blacks are very, very religious, yet they still live in bondage, especially financially. Even in many of the "prosperity churches" most people are financially struggling mostly due to ignorance and wrong thinking. I know this firsthand from doing consulting work in several businesses and two of the largest Black churches in Atlanta. Just keeping it real, usually the leaders are rich, but the people are broke. The 'true' greatness of a city, a country, church, business, or an organization is always manifested in the wealth of the people, everyday citizens, not the leader.
I have talked to the people myself! Far too many blacks still live in poverty. Poverty is simply a state of mind. This is why I wrote "I Am A Minority Millionaire!" This understanding is very important because the experts say that children who grow up in an impoverished home or in a poor neighborhood are more likely to be poor as adults. 

       "Poverty is simply a state of mind."

      Most Black parents are simply passing on the poverty mentality to their children. If we wish to reduce poverty in the long-term, we have to be committed to reducing poverty now. This series of articles deals with the root causes and the secret solution to the poverty issue among minorities. The solution is simple, and it works in spite of your status, education or your present financial condition. When you understand this secret, you will realize that you don’t have to fight or compete with any other race or person for money or wealth. Wealth will flow to you through the law of attraction. By the way, if you are flat broke, even that is good! There is no where to go but up! Here are three (3) simple steps to get you on the path to wealth: 1) Understand and believe that God wants you rich. 2) Replace thoughts of poverty and lack with thoughts of wealth one thought at a time. 3) Affirm out loud and to yourself continually: "I am rich now!"