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A recent edition of Time Magazine covered the ongoing debate between Christians regarding whether it's "God's will" for you to prosper or be impoverished.

With Your Best Life Now by Pentecostal minister Joel Olsteen topping the charts at over 4 million copies, many fundamental Christians are up in arms.

Olsteen states that "God wants you to prosper in all areas of life" while some evangelicals like the bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life, fellow mega-pastor Rick Warren, finds the very basis of prosperity "laughable." "This idea that God wants everyone to be wealthy?" says Warren. "There is a word for that: baloney."

So, with each side of the house throwing philosophical and biblical rocks at each other, the question for us to ponder is, "which is right?"

The answer... Both.

Understanding the fundamentals of consciousness, as well as the laws of the Universe, "God" wants whatever you want.

No more, no less.

Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Karl Pribram's research proved that everything we observe or perceive about the world is nothing more than a projection of our own consciousness.

All our perceptions are our own projections.

Quantum physics proves that we create and attract whatever is the focus of our attention. If you focus your energy and attention on poverty and make it righteous, that's how it is in your world. Conversely, if you focus your energy and attention on prosperity, more of that energy will flow to you.

It's your choice.