I like that this is a book about getting rich and infinitely more, however it doesn’t cost a fortune! Only $0.45 on Amazon for the Kindle version! What’s more it’s only 80 pages so it would take you no more than a few hours to read!
The Science Of Getting Rich was first published in 1910 it contains eternal wisdom regarding abundance and creative power!
Basic tenets to getting rich
According to Wattles, the basic tenets to getting rich and to creating in general are as follows:
1) Formless Intelligence… ‘thinking stuff’ permeates every tiny bit of and is the Substance of the Universe.
2) Thought in this Substance produce form; it produces the thing in its image.
3) Man thinks so creates form.
4) It’s good to be rich. You don’t do the world a service by being poor.
5) Movement from ‘competitive’ mind to ‘creative’ mind is necessary to harmonise with the purpose of the All, thereby harnessing its Power.
6) Gratitude unifies the consciousness of man to the consciousness of All.
7) To create, you must have a clear and definite image of what you desire.
8) Things come through established means of business/trade.
9) You must be active, doing everyday what can be done to give value in excess of the monetary reward you receive.
10) What is received will be in proportion to the vision, gratitude, fixed purpose and faith you have.
I love the simplicity and depth of this. 4), 5) and 6) particular struck a cord with me and maybe where I might need some creative adjustment! 🙂
4) – this a difficult one for me. There still can be this idea that by having perhaps we’re taking away from someone else, or that it is virtuous to be poor, but by being rich I am empowered and also able to give.
To me 5) suggests a shift from Separation to Unity consciousness, which maybe we are in the process of making.
And 5) that the Universe is abundant by its nature and so the practice of gratitude allows us to step into that consciousness and experience.
6) Even your clear and definite image can come from the power and the purpose of the All.
So, if there ever was a science of getting rich maybe this is it!
I’m curious what you made of the ideas above and which ones are easier / more difficult.
To your increasing abundance and riches!
