One of the many ways that The Science of Getting Rich by Wattles
Gets It Right!
(c) Steve Bailey 2005
I probably would not be able to count the number of different
kinds of wrong assumptions made by well meaning people who first
become interested in Metaphysics and in applying the Law of
Attraction. Magical, paranormal achievements seem to be the
expec- ted result.
"I visualized and I affirmed, however I'm still in the same
place"
"I changed my beliefs, however, I must need a more high-tech way
of doing it, such as NLP, because so far, it is not work- ing".
I'd bet that they think something, maybe a book or manuscript,
should suddenly appear from the ethers, leaning against their
door the next morning with a map to their particular desire.
Here are a couple of passages from Science of Getting Rich which
clarifies my upcoming point:
"If you want a sewing machine, for instance, I do not mean to
tell you that you are to impress the thought of a sewing machine
on Thinking Substance until the machine is formed without hands,
in the room where you sit, or elsewhere. ... It will be brought
to you by the power of the Supreme Intelligence, acting upon the
minds of men. If you live in Maine, it may be that a man will be
brought from Texas or Japan to engage in some transaction which
will result in your getting what you want."
(With this next one, the capitalized words are Wallace's )
"The action of thought in getting rich is fully explained in the
preceding chapters; your faith and purpose positively impress
your vision upon Formless Substance, which has THE SAME DESIRE
FOR MORE LIFE THAT YOU HAVE; and this vision, received from
you,sets all the creative forces at work IN AND THROUGH THEIR
REGULAR CHANNELS OF ACTION, but directed toward you."
The key phrases, for me, are: "It will be brought to you by the
power of the Supreme Intelligence, acting upon the minds of men"
and ...
"IN AND THROUGH THEIR REGULAR CHANNELS OF ACTION, but direct-
ted toward you. "
That object or circumstance, whatever it is you desire, whe-
ther or not it is a 2006 Corvette Z06, a vacation cabin in the
woods, or just an Ipod, will appear through regular chan- nels,
as seen by everyone else around you who just expects to have
things happen in their normal, 3-dimensional ways!
Just because someone knows about and applies the Powerful
Principles that most of us are now remembering, it doesn't mean
that he/she can violate a particular Universal Law - a Law that
is not going to allow something to happen that would not
correlate with the belief systems of millions of others who
unfortunately live small, believe that they are Acted upon by
Life as helpless victims, and will not accept anything out of
the ordinary.
Meaning: Powerfully Seeing and Feeling the Reality of an Ipod
will not materialize it while others are present, even if you
are very advanced. This is part of what I believe Wattles was
trying to say. However the particular desire, or something
better will come, through a normal channel:
Someone might just give you one,or you get a surprise refund
from the IRS, etc.
Successful, wealthy people ( I say wealth, as in not just in
money itself) who live in modern civilizations like yours,
create their results in ways that won't blow people's minds -
through the existing ways of commerce, or winning a sweep-
stakes, etc..
We, by using the principles in books such as Science of Getting
Rich this, are in fact doing things the easy way, the
non-struggling, the Inside-Out approach of seeing and feeling As
If, and feeling the gratitude of possessing that objective..
We create those luscious, wonderful circumstances in the nor-
mal channels that others expect - however things just simply
work soo much easier and only *WE* seem to know that and enjoy
it how smoothly life flows!
If we desire a particular car, as an example
-we see it in our mind's eye as if were true, -we do not hold a
negative, pining, attachment to having to have it. -we pay
attention to the evidence and the signs that show up
If the Universe doesn't see a way of creating it by any other
means than money, than it will use the quickest means of
existing channels to create it. This may mean you have an urge
to apply a particular skill, and you apply that skill, market
it, and you have the money for the car.
I have nothing against books that discuss visualization
techniques where you imagine your desire in a pink bubble, and
then you release it. (After all, most of these do end up
discussing the necessity of being aware and following your gut
feeling to drive or walk to a particular place.)
However, I appreciate Wattles' explanations of how to not lose
faith in the "metaphysical" just because things will not
magically appear from thin air.
- Steve Bailey
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