The first “no” to a fuller life is often your own.

Yes, in Marden’s own sense. Chapter II is called The Law of Attraction, and he states the law simply: “like attracts like.” For him the mind is a magnet for whatever convictions dominate it: “As long as you hold the poorhouse thought you are heading toward the poorhouse.” And he always pairs the magnet with the hands: “Whatever we visualize and work for we will get.” In his chapter on luck he finds it in thrift and foresight, thorough preparation, downright hard work and being ready when the opportunity came. The course follows both halves of his thought together.

It is a book about money, and about much more. Marden writes without embarrassment about savings, debt, budgets, prices and a little ready cash, and he was sure people were made for abundance. His prosperity also takes in health, time, concentration, generosity and cheerfulness, and he writes plainly: “Money itself has very little to do with happiness.” The course carries his ideas into ordinary decisions: a negotiation, a purchase, a rejected proposal. It makes no promise about your income. It lets you see the world as Marden saw it and leaves the conclusions to you.

Yes, openly. Marden writes of God as the source of all supply, turns to Christ and the Bible, and tells his reader: “You are the child of a Father who has created abundance, limitless wealth, for all of His children.” The course keeps that language and introduces it warmly where it first appears. His biographer Margaret Connolly describes how, in his later years, he belonged to no particular denomination and respected people of different convictions, atheists and agnostics among them. The first conversation after the course begins with a listener’s question: can I read this if I am not religious?

32 episodes, about three hours in each language: an introduction, 19 lessons of about six minutes each, complete readings of three of Marden’s monologues, on ready cash, faith and thrift, two recaps, a lesson on the good that our work adds for others, five conversations that answer 31 questions a listener might ask, and a closing episode. The complete text of the book in English and Ukrainian, its quotes, the introduction and the first three lessons are free in the Audeno app on iPhone. One purchase opens the rest of the course in every language.

The complete audio course of this book, all 32 episodes, in every language it has now and every language added later. One purchase at the App Store price, $4.99 in the United States, adjusted by country. No subscription.

Yes. Each lesson downloads the first time you play it and then stays on the iPhone; a course you own can be downloaded whole for listening with no connection. The text and quotes are inside the app.