You’re Already Capable: You Don’t Have to Be Perfect

(Originally printed in Psychic Life, Vol. 6, No. 5, September/October 1986)

Lewis S. Bostwick (1918-1995), Founder of BPI:

Women in business. When a woman goes into business she has to know all that an attorney knows, she must know all the laws. Then she has to be an accountant and know everything about county, state and federal laws. She must follow the straight and narrow path and she must be honest and never deviate. She must never think of being dishonest and she must dress the way a man thinks she should. She must not show any of her feminine wiles. But above all, she must be honest like a man.

I am certain that all this will put many women right down the tubes. The corporate rules, its structure and expectations are set up for those who conform. But if you are the government, then you can break your own rules. If you are not, then you suffer the punishment of the government.

Above all, don’t get rich quick—someone will think you are stealing. The more successful you become, the more vulnerable you become to those who are going to tear your organization down or tear you apart. The reason I bring up these things about government and corporations is because nobody knows all of the ethics and laws. The law books get more laws and are heavier.

One of the reasons we have the First Amendment is so that there can be churches and religious organizations, places for association as human beings with spiritual goals as well as materialistic goals. To hear large corporations talk through their spokesmen and advertisements, one might believe that they were the Saviors. The individual business person with one or two employees is the mainstay of the economy of the United States, just as the small farmer was the mainstay of our food chain.

Now that the government and big corporations have gobbled up businesses and have contrived to have merchandise made outside of the U.S., and large corporate farms are exporting food out of the country, there is a tremendous space for you ladies to come in with a fresh new viewpoint.

What would you like in your home or in your car or in your yard or bank account? What property would you like to buy? Maybe there is a new type of chocolate candy or an old one to be remade that was too expensive to make because the cost of labor was too high. (I know several ladies that are seamstresses and have been all their lives. They are fine embroiderers and play the stock market.)

In order for women to grow along their own path, they have to get rid of all the shoulds and shouldn’ts, and go create out in the big wide world. Women get trapped in the groups of people who would put ethics and moral codes on everything. Stay away from them. There is only one female to please: Number One and that’s yourself.

Because there is such a tremendous amount of energy in the female body, you must be aware of how men are able to control and destroy this creative ability. Most of the endeavors put forth by women are destroyed by those around them. This is done through sitting still and knowing the truth from the lie.

Can you sit down and meditate, clear out your space in your mind so that you can create your own goals and achieve them? I’ve often wondered why women don’t succeed more; the ability to create is so much greater than a man’s. But, as I have watched and counseled women over the last 25 years, I have noticed how inconsiderate people are of creative women.

You will find that when you are successful, the men around you will say: “She’s a hard woman… She won’t listen to anything.” But in order to be successful and use your psychic tools, you have to keep your space and get everyone out of your way.

I have some of the answers for women seeking them. Come and get a counseling or take a meditation class at the Berkeley Psychic Institute.