The Law of Tenfold Return

You may have learned to use the Law of Tenfold Return in aphorisms like, “One good turn deserves another.” When you do a good deed, you are giving, and you receive an immediate return in a heightened sense of pride, honor, and self-respect. You do not expect your return from the person to whom you have given; you anticipate that you will receive a return somehow, from some source. It is easy to expect to receive from the abundance of the universe when you know that you have been generous.

The Law of Tenfold Return states that when you give freely, you can expect to receive ten times what you have given, thus enabling you to give ten times more. Practicing the Law of Tenfold Return will help you to create an attitude and experience of wealth. Start by giving an amount that you can easily release. Practice giving the same amount every day. Let’s say you start by giving ten cents a day. Give this ten cents freely, anonymously if possible. When you give the ten cents, say out loud, “I hereby give this ten cents and claim my tenfold return for the goodness of all concerned!” Then, visualize yourself receiving a dollar bill. Practice this complete action, giving the money, releasing it, stating out loud the amount of your gift and your claim to the tenfold return, and visualizing the return. You will then watch for how the money returns to you.

Your tenfold return will come to you according to the value you place upon your gift and your expectation. If you think, “Oh, this is only a dime” and devalue its worth, you will have difficulty receiving a return. If you think, “This will never work,” it won’t. Do not put conditions on how the return will come to you or you may limit how you receive. When you practice expecting and receiving your return, you will find yourself having greater abundance and wealth and desiring to give larger amounts. Keep increasing the amounts you give as you increase the amounts you receive. As you give, you will receive, and the more you give, the more you receive. The more you receive, the more you have to give. When you receive, give thanks for what you have received by giving. You will cause an infinite cycle of prosperity!

The German philosopher Goethe described this process with great eloquence:

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”

When you give, you can always expect to receive, although you do not necessarily receive from the person or place to which you have given. When you think about giving, give freely, generously, and with love. Give as you would like others to give to you. This is the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” You will receive multiplied in the manner with which you give.