,transcriber's ,notes3 ,text enclosed by underscores is in italics 7italics74 ,additional ,transcriber's ,notes are at the end4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,wallace ,d4 ,,wattles4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich ,,by ,w4 ,d4 ,,wattles ,author of 8,new ,science of ,living and ,healing40 ,,price1 #a4jj ,,published ,,by ,,elizabeth ,,towne ,,holyoke1 ,,mass4 #aiaj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,copyright1 ,,april #a1 #aiaj ,,by ,,wallace ,d4 ,,wattles ,,contents ,,page ,i4 ,,the ,,right ,,to ,,be ,,rich #i ,,ii4 ,,there ,,is ,a ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich #ae ,,iii4 ,,is ,,opportunity ,,monopolized #bc ,,iv4 ,,the ,,first ,,principle ,,in ,,the ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich #ca ,v4 ,,increasing ,,life #db ,,vi4 ,,how ,,riches ,,come ,,to ,,you #ec ,,vii4 ,,gratitude #fc ,,viii4 ,,thinking ,,in ,a ,,certain ,,way #ga ,,ix4 ,,how ,,to ,,use ,,the ,,will #hj ,x4 ,,further ,,use ,,of ,,the ,,will #hi ,,xi4 ,,acting ,,in ,,the ,,certain ,,way #ii ,,xii4 ,,efficient ,,action #aaj ,,xiii4 ,,getting ,,into ,,the ,,right ,,business #aai ,,xiv4 ,,the ,,impression ,,of ,,increase #abg ,,xv4 ,,the ,,advancing ,,man #ace ,,xvi4 ,,some ,,cautions1 ,,and ,,concluding ,,observations #adc ,,xvii4 ,,summary ,,of ,,the ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich #aeb ,,preface4 ,this book is pragmatical1 not philosophical2 a practical manual1 not a treatise upon theories4 ,it is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money2 who wish to get rich first1 and philosophize afterward4 ,it is for those who have1 so far1 found neither the time1 the means1 nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics1 but who want results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for action1 without going into all the processes by which those conclusions were reached4 ,it is expected that the reader will take the fundamental statements upon faith1 just as he would take statements concerning a law of electrical action if they were promulgated by a ,marconi or an ,edison2 and1 taking the statements upon faith1 that he will prove their truth by acting upon them without fear or hesitation4 ,every man or woman who does this will certainly get rich2 for the science herein applied is an exact science1 and failure is impossible4 ,for the benefit1 however1 of those who wish to investigate philosophical theories and so secure a logical basis for faith1 ,i will here cite certain authorities4 ,the monistic theory of the universe--the theory that ,one is ,all1 and that ,all is ,one2 that one ,substance manifests itself as the seeming many elements of the material world--is of ,hindu origin1 and has been gradually winning its way into the thought of the western world for two hundred years4 ,it is the foundation of all the ,oriental philosophies1 and of those of ,descartes1 ,spinoza1 ,leibnitz1 ,schopenhauer1 ,hegel1 and ,emerson4 ,the reader who would dig to the philosophical foundations is advised to read ,hegel and ,emerson2 and he will do well to read 8,the ,eternal ,news10 a very excellent pamphlet published by ,j4 ,j4 ,brown1 #cjj ,cathcart ,road1 ,govanhill1 ,glasgow1 ,scotland4 ,he may also find some help in a series of articles written by the author1 which were published in ,nautilus 7,holyoke1 ,mass47 during the spring and summer of #aiji1 under the title 8,what is ,truth80 ,in writing this book ,i have sacrificed all other considerations to plainness and simplicity of style1 so that all might understand4 ,the plan of action laid down herein was deduced from the conclusions of philosophy2 it has been thoroughly tested1 and bears the supreme test of practical experiment2 it works4 ,if you wish to know how the conclusions were arrived at1 read the writings of the authors mentioned above2 and if you wish to reap the fruits of their philosophies in actual practice1 read this book and do exactly as it tells you to do4 ,,the ,,author4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,the ,,right ,,to ,,be ,,rich4 ,whatever may be said in praise of poverty1 the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich4 ,no man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money2 for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have many things to use1 and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with4 ,man develops in mind1 soul1 and body by making use of things1 and society is so organized that man must have money in order to become the possessor of things2 therefore1 the basis of all advancement for man must be the science of getting rich4 ,the object of all life is development2 and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining4 ,man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental1 spiritual1 and physical unfoldment2 or1 in other words1 his right to be rich4 ,in this book1 ,i shall not speak of riches in a figurative way2 to be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a little4 ,no man ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable of using and enjoying more4 ,the purpose of ,nature is the advancement and unfoldment of life2 and every man should have all that can contribute to the power1 elegance1 beauty1 and richness of life2 to be content with less is sinful4 ,the man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is rich2 and no man who has not plenty of money can have all he wants4 ,life has advanced so far1 and become so complex1 that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner that even approaches completeness4 ,every person naturally wants to become all that he is capable of becoming2 this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature2 we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be4 ,success in life is becoming what you want to be2 you can become what you want to be only by making use of things1 and you can have the free use of things only as you become rich enough to buy them4 ,to understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge4 ,there is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich4 ,the desire for riches is really the desire for a richer1 fuller1 and more abundant life2 and that desire is praiseworthy4 ,the man who does not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal1 and so the man who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is abnormal4 ,there are three motives for which we live2 we live for the body1 we live for the mind1 and we live for the soul4 ,no one of these is better or holier than the other2 all are alike desirable1 and no one of the three--body1 mind1 or soul--can live fully if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression4 ,it is not right or noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body2 and it is wrong to live for the intellect and deny body and soul4 ,we are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of living for the body and denying both mind and soul2 and we see that real life means the complete expression of all that man can give forth through body1 mind1 and soul4 ,whatever he may say1 no man can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is living fully in every function1 and unless the same is true of his mind and his soul4 ,wherever there is unexpressed possibility1 or function not performed1 there is unsatisfied desire4 ,desire is possibility seeking expression1 or function seeking performance4 ,man cannot live fully in body without good food1 comfortable clothing1 and warm shelter2 and without freedom from excessive toil4 ,rest and recreation are also necessary to his physical life4 ,he cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study them1 without opportunity for travel and observation1 or without intellectual companionship4 ,to live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations1 and must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty he is capable of using and appreciating4 ,to live fully in soul1 man must have love2 and love is denied expression by poverty4 ,man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves2 love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving4 ,the man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father1 as a citizen1 or as a man4 ,it is in the use of material things that man finds full life for his body1 develops his mind1 and unfolds his soul4 ,it is therefore of supreme importance to him that he should be rich4 ,it is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich2 if you are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so4 ,it is perfectly right that you should give your best attention to the ,science of ,getting ,rich1 for it is the noblest and most necessary of all studies4 ,if you neglect this study1 you are derelict in your duty to yourself1 to ,god1 and to humanity2 for you can render ,god and humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,there ,,is ,a ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich4 ,there is a ,science of getting rich1 and it is an exact science1 like algebra or arithmetic4 ,there are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches2 once these laws are learned and obeyed by any man1 he will get rich with mathematical certainty4 ,the ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way2 those who do things in this ,certain ,way1 whether on purpose or accidentally1 get rich2 while those who do not do things in this ,certain ,way1 no matter how hard they work or how able they are1 remain poor4 ,it is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects2 and1 therefore1 any man or woman who learns to do things in this ,certain ,way will infallibly get rich4 ,that the above statement is true is shown by the following facts3-- ,getting rich is not a matter of environment1 for1 if it were1 all the people in certain neighborhoods would become wealthy2 the people of one city would all be rich1 while those of other towns would all be poor2 or the inhabitants of one state would roll in wealth1 while those of an adjoining state would be in poverty4 ,but everywhere we see rich and poor living side by side1 in the same environment1 and often engaged in the same vocations4 ,when two men are in the same locality1 and in the same business1 and one gets rich while the other remains poor1 it shows that getting rich is not1 primarily1 a matter of environment4 ,some environments may be more favorable than others1 but when two men in the same business are in the same neighborhood1 and one gets rich while the other fails1 it indicates that getting rich is the result of doing things in a ,certain ,way4 ,and further1 the ability to do things in this ,certain ,way is not due solely to the possession of talent1 for many people who have great talent remain poor1 while others who have very little talent get rich4 ,studying the people who have got rich1 we find that they are an average lot in all respects1 having no greater talents and abilities than other men4 ,it is evident that they do not get rich because they possess talents and abilities that other men have not1 but because they happen to do things in a ,certain ,way4 ,getting rich is not the result of saving1 or 8thrift02 many very penurious people are poor1 while free spenders often get rich4 ,nor is getting rich due to doing things which others fail to do2 for two men in the same business often do almost exactly the same things1 and one gets rich while the other remains poor or becomes a bankrupt4 ,from all these things1 we must come to the conclusion that getting rich is the result of doing things in a ,certain ,way4 ,if getting rich is the result of doing things in a ,certain ,way1 and if like causes always produce like effects1 then any man or woman who can do things in that way can become rich1 and the whole matter is brought within the domain of exact science4 ,the question arises here1 whether this ,certain ,way may not be so difficult that only a few may follow it4 ,this cannot be true1 as we have seen1 so far as natural ability is concerned4 ,talented people get rich1 and blockheads get rich2 intellectually brilliant people get rich1 and very stupid people get rich2 physically strong people get rich1 and weak and sickly people get rich4 ,some degree of ability to think and understand is1 of course1 essential2 but in so far as natural ability is concerned1 any man or woman who has sense enough to read and understand these words can certainly get rich4 ,also1 we have seen that it is not a matter of environment4 ,location counts for something2 one would not go to the heart of the ,sahara and expect to do successful business4 ,getting rich involves the necessity of dealing with men1 and of being where there are people to deal with2 and if these people are inclined to deal in the way you want to deal1 so much the better4 ,but that is about as far as environment goes4 ,if anybody else in your town can get rich1 so can you2 and if anybody else in your state can get rich1 so can you4 ,again1 it is not a matter of choosing some particular business or profession4 ,people get rich in every business1 and in every profession2 while their next door neighbors in the same vocation remain in poverty4 ,it is true that you will do best in a business which you like1 and which is congenial to you2 and if you have certain talents which are well developed1 you will do best in a business which calls for the exercise of those talents4 ,also1 you will do best in a business which is suited to your locality2 an ice-cream parlor would do better in a warm climate than in ,greenland1 and a salmon fishery will succeed better in the ,northwest than in ,florida1 where there are no salmon4 ,but1 aside from these general limitations1 getting rich is not dependent upon your engaging in some particular business1 but upon your learning to do things in a ,certain ,way4 ,if you are now in business1 and anybody else in your locality is getting rich in the same business1 while you are not getting rich1 it is because you are not doing things in the same ,way that the other person is doing them4 ,no one is prevented from getting rich by lack of capital4 ,true1 as you get capital the increase becomes more easy and rapid2 but one who has capital is already rich1 and does not need to consider how to become so4 ,no matter how poor you may be1 if you begin to do things in the ,certain ,way you will begin to get rich2 and you will begin to have capital4 ,the getting of capital is a part of the process of getting rich2 and it is a part of the result which invariably follows the doing of things in the ,certain ,way4 ,you may be the poorest man on the continent1 and be deeply in debt2 you may have neither friends1 influence1 nor resources2 but if you begin to do things in this ,way1 you must infallibly begin to get rich1 for like causes must produce like effects4 ,if you have no capital1 you can get capital2 if you are in the wrong business1 you can get into the right business2 if you are in the wrong location1 you can go to the right location2 and you can do so by beginning in your present business and in your present location to do things in the ,certain ,way which causes success4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,is ,,opportunity ,,monopolized8 ,no man is kept poor because opportunity has been taken away from him2 because other people have monopolized the wealth1 and have put a fence around it4 ,you may be shut off from engaging in business in certain lines1 but there are other channels open to you4 ,probably it would be hard for you to get control of any of the great railroad systems2 that field is pretty well monopolized4 ,but the electric railway business is still in its infancy1 and offers plenty of scope for enterprise2 and it will be but a very few years until traffic and transportation through the air will become a great industry1 and in all its branches will give employment to hundreds of thousands1 and perhaps to millions1 of people4 ,why not turn your attention to the development of aerial transportation1 instead of competing with ,j4 ,j4 ,hill and others for a chance in the steam railway world8 ,it is quite true that if you are a workman in the employ of the steel trust you have very little chance of becoming the owner of the plant in which you work2 but it is also true that if you will commence to act in a ,certain ,way1 you can soon leave the employ of the steel trust2 you can buy a farm of from ten to forty acres1 and engage in business as a producer of foodstuffs4 ,there is great opportunity at this time for men who will live upon small tracts of land and cultivate the same intensively2 such men will certainly get rich4 ,you may say that it is impossible for you to get the land1 but ,i am going to prove to you that it is not impossible1 and that you can certainly get a farm if you will go to work in a ,certain ,way4 ,at different periods the tide of opportunity sets in different directions1 according to the needs of the ,whole1 and the particular stage of social evolution which has been reached4 ,at present1 in ,america1 it is setting toward agriculture and the allied industries and professions4 ,to-day1 opportunity is open before the farmer in his line more than before the factory worker in his line4 ,it is open before the business man who supplies the farmer more than before the one who supplies the factory worker2 and before the professional man who waits upon the farmer more than before the one who serves the working class4 ,there is abundance of opportunity for the man who will go with the tide1 instead of trying to swim against it4 ,so the factory workers1 either as individuals or as a class1 are not deprived of opportunity4 ,the workers are not being 8kept down0 by their masters2 they are not being 8ground0 by the trusts and combinations of capital4 ,as a class1 they are where they are because they do not do things in a ,certain ,way4 ,if the workers of ,america chose to do so1 they could follow the example of their brothers in ,belgium and other countries1 and establish great department stores and co-operative industries2 they could elect men of their own class to office1 and pass laws favoring the development of such co-operative industries2 and in a few years they could take peaceable possession of the industrial field4 ,the working class may become the master class whenever they will begin to do things in a ,certain ,way2 the law of wealth is the same for them as it is for all others4 ,this they must learn2 and they will remain where they are as long as they continue to do as they do4 ,the individual worker1 however1 is not held down by the ignorance or the mental slothfulness of his class2 he can follow the tide of opportunity to riches1 and this book will tell him how4 ,no one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches2 there is more than enough for all4 ,a palace as large as the capitol at ,washington might be built for every family on earth from the building material in the ,united ,states alone2 and under intensive cultivation1 this country would produce wool1 cotton1 linen1 and silk enough to clothe each person in the world finer than ,solomon was arrayed in all his glory2 together with food enough to feed them all luxuriously4 ,the visible supply is practically inexhaustible2 and the invisible supply really ,,is inexhaustible4 ,everything you see on earth is made from one original substance1 out of which all things proceed4 ,new forms are constantly being made1 and older ones are dissolving2 but all are shapes assumed by ,one ,thing4 ,there is no limit to the supply of ,formless ,stuff1 or ,original ,substance4 ,the universe is made out of it2 but it was not all used in making the universe4 ,the spaces in1 through1 and between the forms of the visible universe are permeated and filled with the ,original ,substance2 with the ,formless ,stuff2 with the raw material of all things4 ,ten thousand times as much as has been made might still be made1 and even then we should not have exhausted the supply of universal raw material4 ,no man1 therefore1 is poor because nature is poor1 or because there is not enough to go around4 ,nature is an inexhaustible storehouse of riches2 the supply will never run short4 ,original ,substance is alive with creative energy1 and is constantly producing more forms4 ,when the supply of building material is exhausted1 more will be produced2 when the soil is exhausted so that foodstuffs and materials for clothing will no longer grow upon it1 it will be renewed or more soil will be made4 ,when all the gold and silver has been dug from the earth1 if man is still in such a stage of social development that he needs gold and silver1 more will be produced from the ,formless4 ,the ,formless ,stuff responds to the needs of man2 it will not let him be without any good thing4 ,this is true of man collectively2 the race as a whole is always abundantly rich1 and if individuals are poor1 it is because they do not follow the ,certain ,way of doing things which makes the individual man rich4 ,the ,formless ,stuff is intelligent2 it is stuff which thinks4 ,it is alive1 and is always impelled toward more life4 ,it is the natural and inherent impulse of life to seek to live more2 it is the nature of intelligence to enlarge itself1 and of consciousness to seek to extend its boundaries and find fuller expression4 ,the universe of forms has been made by ,formless ,living ,substance1 throwing itself into form in order to express itself more fully4 ,the universe is a great ,living ,presence1 always moving inherently toward more life and fuller functioning4 ,nature is formed for the advancement of life2 its impelling motive is the increase of life4 ,for this cause1 everything which can possibly minister to life is bountifully provided2 there can be no lack unless ,god is to contradict himself and nullify his own works4 ,you are not kept poor by lack in the supply of riches2 it is a fact which ,i shall demonstrate a little farther on that even the resources of the ,formless ,supply are at the command of the man or woman who will act and think in a ,certain ,way4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,the ,,first ,,principle ,,in ,,the ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich4 ,thought is the only power which can produce tangible riches from the ,formless ,substance4 ,the stuff from which all things are made is a substance which thinks1 and a thought of form in this substance produces the form4 ,original ,substance moves according to its thoughts2 every form and process you see in nature is the visible expression of a thought in ,original ,substance4 ,as the ,formless ,stuff thinks of a form1 it takes that form2 as it thinks of a motion1 it makes that motion4 ,that is the way all things were created4 ,we live in a thought world1 which is part of a thought universe4 ,the thought of a moving universe extended throughout ,formless ,substance1 and the ,thinking ,stuff moving according to that thought1 took the form of systems of planets1 and maintains that form4 ,thinking ,substance takes the form of its thought1 and moves according to the thought4 ,holding the idea of a circling system of suns and worlds1 it takes the form of these bodies1 and moves them as it thinks4 ,thinking the form of a slow-growing oak tree1 it moves accordingly1 and produces the tree1 though centuries may be required to do the work4 ,in creating1 the ,formless seems to move according to the lines of motion it has established2 the thought of an oak tree does not cause the instant formation of a full-grown tree1 but it does start in motion the forces which will produce the tree1 along established lines of growth4 ,every thought of form1 held in thinking ,substance1 causes the creation of the form1 but always1 or at least generally1 along lines of growth and action already established4 ,the thought of a house of a certain construction1 if it were impressed upon ,formless ,substance1 might not cause the instant formation of the house2 but it would cause the turning of creative energies already working in trade and commerce into such channels as to result in the speedy building of the house4 ,and if there were no existing channels through which the creative energy could work1 then the house would be formed directly from primal substance1 without waiting for the slow processes of the organic and inorganic world4 ,no thought of form can be impressed upon ,original ,substance without causing the creation of the form4 ,man is a thinking center1 and can originate thought4 ,all the forms that man fashions with his hands must first exist in his thought2 he cannot shape a thing until he has thought that thing4 ,and so far man has confined his efforts wholly to the work of his hands2 he has applied manual labor to the world of forms1 seeking to change or modify those already existing4 ,he has never thought of trying to cause the creation of new forms by impressing his thoughts upon ,formless ,substance4 ,when man has a thought-form1 he takes material from the forms of nature1 and makes an image of the form which is in his mind4 ,he has1 so far1 made little or no effort to co-operate with ,formless ,intelligence2 to work 8with the ,father40 ,he has not dreamed that he can 8do what he seeth the ,father doing40 ,man re-shapes and modifies existing forms by manual labor2 he has given no attention to the question whether he may not produce things from ,formless ,substance by communicating his thoughts to it4 ,we propose to prove that he may do so2 to prove that any man or woman may do so1 and to show how4 ,as our first step1 we must lay down three fundamental propositions4 ,first1 we assert that there is one original formless stuff1 or substance1 from which all things are made4 ,all the seemingly many elements are but different presentations of one element2 all the many forms found in organic and inorganic nature are but different shapes1 made from the same stuff4 ,and this stuff is thinking stuff2 a thought held in it produces the form of the thought4 ,thought1 in thinking substance1 produces shapes4 ,man is a thinking center1 capable of original thought2 if man can communicate his thought to original thinking substance1 he can cause the creation1 or formation1 of the thing he thinks about4 ,to summarize this3-- ,there is a thinking stuff from which all things are made1 and which1 in its original state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the interspaces of the universe4 ,a thought1 in this substance1 produces the thing that is imaged by the thought4 ,man can form things in his thought1 and1 by impressing his thought upon formless substance1 can cause the thing he thinks about to be created4 ,it may be asked if ,i can prove these statements2 and without going into details1 ,i answer that ,i can do so1 both by logic and experience4 ,reasoning back from the phenomena of form and thought1 ,i come to one original thinking substance2 and reasoning forward from this thinking substance1 ,i come to man's power to cause the formation of the thing he thinks about4 ,and by experiment1 ,i find the reasoning true2 and this is my strongest proof4 ,if one man who reads this book gets rich by doing what it tells him to do1 that is evidence in support of my claim2 but if every man who does what it tells him to do gets rich1 that is positive proof until some one goes through the process and fails4 ,the theory is true until the process fails2 and this process will not fail1 for every man who does exactly what this book tells him to do will get rich4 ,i have said that men get rich by doing things in a ,certain ,way2 and in order to do so1 men must become able to think in a certain way4 ,a man's way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things4 ,to do things in the way you want to do them1 you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think2 this is the first step toward getting rich4 ,to think what you want to think is to think ,,truth1 regardless of appearances4 ,every man has the natural and inherent power to think what he wants to think1 but it requires far more effort to do so than it does to think the thoughts which are suggested by appearances4 ,to think according to appearances is easy2 to think truth regardless of appearances is laborious1 and requires the expenditure of more power than any other work man is called upon to perform4 ,there is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought2 it is the hardest work in the world4 ,this is especially true when truth is contrary to appearances4 ,every appearance in the visible world tends to produce a corresponding form in the mind which observes it2 and this can only be prevented by holding the thought of the ,,truth4 ,to look upon the appearance of disease will produce the form of disease in your own mind1 and ultimately in your body1 unless you hold the thought of the truth1 which is that there is no disease2 it is only an appearance1 and the reality is health4 ,to look upon the appearances of poverty will produce corresponding forms in your own mind1 unless you hold to the truth that there is no poverty2 there is only abundance4 ,to think health when surrounded by the appearances of disease1 or to think riches when in the midst of appearances of poverty1 requires power2 but he who acquires this power becomes a ,,master ,,mind4 ,he can conquer fate2 he can have what he wants4 ,this power can only be acquired by getting hold of the basic fact which is behind all appearances2 and that fact is that there is one ,thinking ,substance1 from which and by which all things are made4 ,then we must grasp the truth that every thought held in this substance becomes a form1 and that man can so impress his thoughts upon ,it as to cause them to take form and become visible things4 ,when we realize this1 we lose all doubt and fear1 for we know that we can create what we want to create2 we can get what we want to have1 and can become what we want to be4 ,as a first step toward getting rich1 you must believe the three fundamental statements given previously in this chapter2 and in order to emphasize them1 ,i repeat them here3-- ,there is a thinking stuff from which all things are made1 and which1 in its original state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the interspaces of the universe4 ,a thought1 in this substance1 produces the thing that is imaged by the thought4 ,man can form things in his thought1 and1 by impressing his thought upon formless substance1 can cause the thing he thinks about to be created4 ,you must lay aside all other concepts of the universe than this monistic one2 and you must dwell upon this until it is fixed in your mind1 and has become your habitual thought4 ,read these creed statements over and over again2 fix every word upon your memory1 and meditate upon them until you firmly believe what they say4 ,if a doubt comes to you1 cast it aside as a sin4 ,do not listen to arguments against this idea2 do not go to churches or lectures where a contrary concept of things is taught or preached4 ,do not read magazines or books which teach a different idea2 if you get mixed up in your faith1 all your efforts will be in vain4 ,do not ask why these things are true1 nor speculate as to how they can be true2 simply take them on trust4 ,the science of getting rich begins with the absolute acceptance of this faith4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,,increasing ,,life4 ,you must get rid of the last vestige of the old idea that there is a ,deity whose will it is that you should be poor1 or whose purposes may be served by keeping you in poverty4 ,the ,intelligent ,substance which is ,all1 and in all1 and which lives in ,all and lives in you1 is a consciously ,living ,substance4 ,being a consciously living substance1 ,it must have the natural and inherent desire of every living intelligence for increase of life4 ,every living thing must continually seek for the enlargement of its life1 because life1 in the mere act of living1 must increase itself4 ,a seed1 dropped into the ground1 springs into activity1 and in the act of living produces a hundred more seeds2 life1 by living1 multiplies itself4 ,it is forever ,becoming ,more2 it must do so1 if it continues to be at all4 ,intelligence is under this same necessity for continuous increase4 ,every thought we think makes it necessary for us to think another thought2 consciousness is continually expanding4 ,every fact we learn leads us to the learning of another fact2 knowledge is continually increasing4 ,every talent we cultivate brings to the mind the desire to cultivate another talent2 we are subject to the urge of life1 seeking expression1 which ever drives us on to know more1 to do more1 and to be more4 ,in order to know more1 do more1 and be more we must have more2 we must have things to use1 for we learn1 and do1 and become1 only by using things4 ,we must get rich1 so that we can live more4 ,the desire for riches is simply the capacity for larger life seeking fulfillment2 every desire is the effort of an unexpressed possibility to come into action4 ,it is power seeking to manifest which causes desire4 ,that which makes you want more money is the same as that which makes the plant grow2 it is ,life1 seeking fuller expression4 ,the ,one ,living ,substance must be subject to this inherent law of all life2 it is permeated with the desire to live more2 that is why it is under the necessity of creating things4 ,the ,one ,substance desires to live more in you2 hence it wants you to have all the things you can use4 ,it is the desire of ,god that you should get rich4 ,he wants you to get rich because he can express himself better through you if you have plenty of things to use in giving him expression4 ,he can live more in you if you have unlimited command of the means of life4 ,the universe desires you to have everything you want to have4 ,nature is friendly to your plans4 ,everything is naturally for you4 ,make up your mind that this is true4 ,it is essential1 however1 that your purpose should harmonize with the purpose that is in ,all4 ,you must want real life1 not mere pleasure or sensual gratification4 ,life is the performance of function2 and the individual really lives only when he performs every function1 physical1 mental1 and spiritual1 of which he is capable1 without excess in any4 ,you do not want to get rich in order to live swinishly1 for the gratification of animal desires2 that is not life4 ,but the performance of every physical function is a part of life1 and no one lives completely who denies the impulses of the body a normal and healthful expression4 ,you do not want to get rich solely to enjoy mental pleasures1 to get knowledge1 to gratify ambition1 to outshine others1 to be famous4 ,all these are a legitimate part of life1 but the man who lives for the pleasures of the intellect alone will only have a partial life1 and he will never be satisfied with his lot4 ,you do not want to get rich solely for the good of others1 to lose yourself for the salvation of mankind1 to experience the joys of philanthropy and sacrifice4 ,the joys of the soul are only a part of life2 and they are no better or nobler than any other part4 ,you want to get rich in order that you may eat1 drink1 and be merry when it is time to do these things2 in order that you may surround yourself with beautiful things1 see distant lands1 feed your mind1 and develop your intellect2 in order that you may love men and do kind things1 and be able to play a good part in helping the world to find truth4 ,but remember that extreme altruism is no better and no nobler than extreme selfishness2 both are mistakes4 ,get rid of the idea that ,god wants you to sacrifice yourself for others1 and that you can secure his favor by doing so2 ,god requires nothing of the kind4 ,what he wants is that you should make the most of yourself1 for yourself1 and for others2 and you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way4 ,you can make the most of yourself only by getting rich2 so it is right and praiseworthy that you should give your first and best thought to the work of acquiring wealth4 ,remember1 however1 that the desire of ,substance is for all1 and its movements must be for more life to all2 it cannot be made to work for less life to any1 because it is equally in all1 seeking riches and life4 ,intelligent ,substance will make things for you1 but it will not take things away from some one else and give them to you4 ,you must get rid of the thought of competition4 ,you are to create1 not to compete for what is already created4 ,you do not have to take anything away from any one4 ,you do not have to drive sharp bargains4 ,you do not have to cheat1 or to take advantage4 ,you do not need to let any man work for you for less than he earns4 ,you do not have to covet the property of others1 or to look at it with wishful eyes2 no man has anything of which you cannot have the like1 and that without taking what he has away from him4 ,you are to become a creator1 not a competitor2 you are going to get what you want1 but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now4 ,i am aware that there are men who get a vast amount of money by proceeding in direct opposition to the statements in the paragraph above1 and may add a word of explanation here4 ,men of the plutocratic type1 who become very rich1 do so sometimes purely by their extraordinary ability on the plane of competition2 and sometimes they unconsciously relate themselves to ,substance in its great purposes and movements for the general racial upbuilding through industrial evolution4 ,rockefeller1 ,carnegie1 ,morgan1 et al41 have been the unconscious agents of the ,supreme in the necessary work of systematizing and organizing productive industry2 and in the end1 their work will contribute immensely toward increased life for all4 ,their day is nearly over2 they have organized production1 and will soon be succeeded by the agents of the multitude1 who will organize the machinery of distribution4 ,the multi-millionaires are like the monster reptiles of the prehistoric eras2 they play a necessary part in the evolutionary process1 but the same ,power which produced them will dispose of them4 ,and it is well to bear in mind that they have never been really rich2 a record of the private lives of most of this class will show that they have really been the most abject and wretched of the poor4 ,riches secured on the competitive plane are never satisfactory and permanent2 they are yours to-day1 and another's to-morrow4 ,remember1 if you are to become rich in a scientific and certain way1 you must rise entirely out of the competitive thought4 ,you must never think for a moment that the supply is limited4 ,just as soon as you begin to think that all the money is being 8cornered0 and controlled by bankers and others1 and that you must exert yourself to get laws passed to stop this process1 and so on2 in that moment you drop into the competitive mind1 and your power to cause creation is gone for the time being2 and what is worse1 you will probably arrest the creative movements you have already instituted4 ,,know that there are countless millions of dollars' worth of gold in the mountains of the earth1 not yet brought to light2 and know that if there were not1 more would be created from ,thinking ,substance to supply your needs4 ,,know that the money you need will come1 even if it is necessary for a thousand men to be led to the discovery of new gold mines to-morrow4 ,never look at the visible supply2 look always at the limitless riches in ,formless ,substance1 and ,,know that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them4 ,nobody1 by cornering the visible supply1 can prevent you from getting what is yours4 ,so never allow yourself to think for an instant that all the best building spots will be taken before you get ready to build your house1 unless you hurry4 ,never worry about the trusts and combines1 and get anxious for fear they will soon come to own the whole earth4 ,never get afraid that you will lose what you want because some other person 8beats you to it40 ,that cannot possibly happen2 you are not seeking anything that is possessed by anybody else2 you are causing what you want to be created from ,formless ,substance1 and the supply is without limits4 ,stick to the formulated statement3-- ,there is a thinking stuff from which all things are made1 and which1 in its original state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the interspaces of the universe4 ,a thought1 in this substance1 produces the thing that is imaged by the thought4 ,man can form things in his thought1 and1 by impressing his thought upon formless substance1 can cause the thing he thinks about to be created4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,how ,,riches ,,come ,,to ,,you4 ,when ,i say that you do not have to drive sharp bargains1 ,i do not mean that you do not have to drive any bargains at all1 or that you are above the necessity for having any dealings with your fellow men4 ,i mean that you will not need to deal with them unfairly2 you do not have to get something for nothing1 but can give to every man more than you take from him4 ,you cannot give every man more in cash market value than you take from him1 but you can give him more in use value than the cash value of the thing you take from him4 ,the paper1 ink1 and other material in this book may not be worth the money you paid for it2 but if the ideas suggested by it bring you thousands of dollars1 you have not been wronged by those who sold it to you2 they have given you a great use value for a small cash value4 ,let us suppose that ,i own a picture by one of the great artists1 which1 in any civilized community1 is worth thousands of dollars4 ,i take it to ,baffin ,bay1 and by 8salesmanship0 induce an ,eskimo to give a bundle of furs worth #ejj for it4 ,i have really wronged him1 for he has no use for the picture2 it has no use value to him2 it will not add to his life4 ,but suppose ,i give him a gun worth #ej for his furs2 then he has made a good bargain4 ,he has use for the gun2 it will get him many more furs and much food2 it will add to his life in every way2 it will make him rich4 ,when you rise from the competitive to the creative plane1 you can scan your business transactions very strictly1 and if you are selling any man anything which does not add more to his life than the thing he gives you in exchange1 you can afford to stop it4 ,you do not have to beat anybody in business4 ,and if you are in a business which does beat people1 get out of it at once4 ,give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value2 then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction4 ,if you have people working for you1 you must take from them more in cash value than you pay them in wages2 but you can so organize your business that it will be filled with the principle of advancement1 and so that each employee who wishes to do so may advance a little every day4 ,you can make your business do for your employees what this book is doing for you4 ,you can so conduct your business that it will be a sort of ladder1 by which every employee who will take the trouble may climb to riches himself2 and given the opportunity1 if he will not do so it is not your fault4 ,and finally1 because you are to cause the creation of your riches from ,formless ,substance which permeates all your environment1 it does not follow that they are to take shape from the atmosphere and come into being before your eyes4 ,if you want a sewing machine1 for instance1 ,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 hands1 in the room where you sit1 or elsewhere4 ,but if you want a sewing machine1 hold the mental image of it with the most positive certainty that it is being made1 or is on its way to you4 ,after once forming the thought1 have the most absolute and unquestioning faith that the sewing machine is coming2 never think of it1 or speak of it1 in any other way than as being sure to arrive4 ,claim it as already yours4 ,it will be brought to you by the power of the ,supreme ,intelligence1 acting upon the minds of men4 ,if you live in ,maine1 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 want4 ,if so1 the whole matter will be as much to that man's advantage as it is to yours4 ,do not forget for a moment that the ,thinking ,substance is through all1 in all1 communicating with all1 and can influence all4 ,the desire of ,thinking ,substance for fuller life and better living has caused the creation of all the sewing machines already made2 and it can cause the creation of millions more1 and will1 whenever men set it in motion by desire and faith1 and by acting in a ,certain ,way4 ,you can certainly have a sewing machine in your house2 and it is just as certain that you can have any other thing or things which you want1 and which you will use for the advancement of your own life and the lives of others4 ,you need not hesitate about asking largely2 8it is your ,father's pleasure to give you the kingdom10 said ,jesus4 ,original ,substance wants to live all that is possible in you1 and wants you to have all that you can or will use for the living of the most abundant life4 ,if you fix upon your consciousness the fact that the desire you feel for the possession of riches is one with the desire of ,omnipotence for more complete expression1 your faith becomes invincible4 ,once ,i saw a little boy sitting at a piano1 and vainly trying to bring harmony out of the keys2 and ,i saw that he was grieved and provoked by his inability to play real music4 ,i asked him the cause of his vexation1 and he answered1 8,i can feel the music in me1 but ,i can't make my hands go right40 ,the music in him was the ,,urge of ,original ,substance1 containing all the possibilities of all life2 all that there is of music was seeking expression through the child4 ,god1 the ,one ,substance1 is trying to live and do and enjoy things through humanity4 ,he is saying1 8,i want hands to build wonderful structures1 to play divine harmonies1 to paint glorious pictures2 ,i want feet to run my errands1 eyes to see my beauties1 tongues to tell mighty truths and to sing marvelous songs10 and so on4 ,all that there is of possibility is seeking expression through men4 ,god wants those who can play music to have pianos and every other instrument1 and to have the means to cultivate their talents to the fullest extent2 ,he wants those who can appreciate beauty to be able to surround themselves with beautiful things2 ,he wants those who can discern truth to have every opportunity to travel and observe2 ,he wants those who can appreciate dress to be beautifully clothed1 and those who can appreciate good food to be luxuriously fed4 ,he wants all these things because it is ,himself that enjoys and appreciates them2 it is ,god who wants to play1 and sing1 and enjoy beauty1 and proclaim truth1 and wear fine clothes1 and eat good foods4 8,it is ,god that worketh in you to will and to do10 said ,paul4 ,the desire you feel for riches is the ,infinite1 seeking to express ,himself in you as ,he sought to find expression in the little boy at the piano4 ,so you need not hesitate to ask largely4 ,your part is to focalize and express the desires of ,god4 ,this is a difficult point with most people2 they retain something of the old idea that poverty and self-sacrifice are pleasing to ,god4 ,they look upon poverty as a part of the plan1 a necessity of nature4 ,they have the idea that ,god has finished ,his work1 and made all that ,he can make1 and that the majority of men must stay poor because there is not enough to go around4 ,they hold to so much of this erroneous thought that they feel ashamed to ask for wealth2 they try not to want more than a very modest competence1 just enough to make them fairly comfortable4 ,i recall now the case of one student who was told that he must get in mind a clear picture of the things he desired1 so that the creative thought of them might be impressed on ,formless ,substance4 ,he was a very poor man1 living in a rented house1 and having only what he earned from day to day2 and he could not grasp the fact that all wealth was his4 ,so1 after thinking the matter over1 he decided that he might reasonably ask for a new rug for the floor of his best room1 and an anthracite coal stove to heat the house during the cold weather4 ,following the instructions given in this book1 he obtained these things in a few months2 and then it dawned upon him that he had not asked enough4 ,he went through the house in which he lived1 and planned all the improvements he would like to make in it2 he mentally added a bay window here and a room there1 until it was complete in his mind as his ideal home2 and then he planned its furnishings4 ,holding the whole picture in his mind1 he began living in the ,certain ,way1 and moving toward what he wanted2 and he owns the house now1 and is rebuilding it after the form of his mental image4 ,and now1 with still larger faith1 he is going on to get greater things4 ,it has been unto him according to his faith1 and it is so with you and with all of us4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,gratitude4 ,the illustrations given in the last chapter will have conveyed to the reader the fact that the first step toward getting rich is to convey the idea of your wants to the ,formless ,substance4 ,this is true1 and you will see that in order to do so it becomes necessary to relate yourself to the ,formless ,intelligence in a harmonious way4 ,to secure this harmonious relation is a matter of such primary and vital importance that ,i shall give some space to its discussion here1 and give you instructions which1 if you will follow them1 will be certain to bring you into perfect unity of mind with ,god4 ,the whole process of mental adjustment and atonement can be summed up in one word1 gratitude4 ,first1 you believe that there is one ,intelligent ,substance1 from which all things proceed2 second1 you believe that this ,substance gives you everything you desire2 and third1 you relate yourself to ,it by a feeling of deep and profound gratitude4 ,many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude4 ,having received one gift from ,god1 they cut the wires which connect them with ,him by failing to make acknowledgment4 ,it is easy to understand that the nearer we live to the source of wealth1 the more wealth we shall receive2 and it is easy also to understand that the soul that is always grateful lives in closer touch with ,god than the one which never looks to ,him in thankful acknowledgment4 ,the more gratefully we fix our minds on the ,supreme when good things come to us1 the more good things we will receive1 and the more rapidly they will come2 and the reason simply is that the mental attitude of gratitude draws the mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come4 ,if it is a new thought to you that gratitude brings your whole mind into closer harmony with the creative energies of the universe1 consider it well1 and you will see that it is true4 ,the good things you already have have come to you along the line of obedience to certain laws4 ,gratitude will lead your mind out along the ways by which things come2 and it will keep you in close harmony with creative thought and prevent you from falling into competitive thought4 ,gratitude alone can keep you looking toward the ,all1 and prevent you from falling into the error of thinking of the supply as limited2 and to do that would be fatal to your hopes4 ,there is a ,law of ,gratitude1 and it is absolutely necessary that you should observe the law1 if you are to get the results you seek4 ,the law of gratitude is the natural principle that action and reaction are always equal1 and in opposite directions4 ,the grateful outreaching of your mind in thankful praise to the ,supreme is a liberation or expenditure of force2 it cannot fail to reach that to which it is addressed1 and the reaction is an instantaneous movement toward you4 8,draw nigh unto ,god1 and ,he will draw nigh unto you40 ,that is a statement of psychological truth4 ,and if your gratitude is strong and constant1 the reaction in ,formless ,substance will be strong and continuous2 the movement of the things you want will be always toward you4 ,notice the grateful attitude that ,jesus took2 how ,he always seems to be saying1 8,i thank ,thee1 ,father1 that ,thou hearest me40 ,you cannot exercise much power without gratitude2 for it is gratitude that keeps you connected with ,power4 ,but the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future4 ,without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are4 ,the moment you permit your mind to dwell with dissatisfaction upon things as they are1 you begin to lose ground4 ,you fix attention upon the common1 the ordinary1 the poor1 and the squalid and mean2 and your mind takes the form of these things4 ,then you will transmit these forms or mental images to the ,formless1 and the common1 the poor1 the squalid1 and mean will come to you4 ,to permit your mind to dwell upon the inferior is to become inferior and to surround yourself with inferior things4 ,on the other hand1 to fix your attention on the best is to surround yourself with the best1 and to become the best4 ,the ,creative ,power within us makes us into the image of that to which we give our attention4 ,we are ,thinking ,substance1 and thinking substance always takes the form of that which it thinks about4 ,the grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best2 therefore it tends to become the best2 it takes the form or character of the best1 and will receive the best4 ,also1 faith is born of gratitude4 ,the grateful mind continually expects good things1 and expectation becomes faith4 ,the reaction of gratitude upon one's own mind produces faith2 and every outgoing wave of grateful thanksgiving increases faith4 ,he who has no feeling of gratitude cannot long retain a living faith2 and without a living faith you cannot get rich by the creative method1 as we shall see in the following chapters4 ,it is necessary1 then1 to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you2 and to give thanks continuously4 ,and because all things have contributed to your advancement1 you should include all things in your gratitude4 ,do not waste time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or wrong actions of plutocrats or trust magnates4 ,their organization of the world has made your opportunity2 all you get really comes to you because of them4 ,do not rage against corrupt politicians2 if it were not for politicians we should fall into anarchy1 and your opportunity would be greatly lessened4 ,god has worked a long time and very patiently to bring us up to where we are in industry and government1 and ,he is going right on with ,his work4 ,there is not the least doubt that ,he will do away with plutocrats1 trust magnates1 captains of industry1 and politicians as soon as they can be spared2 but in the meantime1 behold they are all very good4 ,remember that they are all helping to arrange the lines of transmission along which your riches will come to you1 and be grateful to them all4 ,this will bring you into harmonious relations with the good in everything1 and the good in everything will move toward you4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,thinking ,,in ,,the ,,certain ,,way4 ,turn back to chapter ,,vi41 and read again the story of the man who formed a mental image of his house1 and you will get a fair idea of the initial step toward getting rich4 ,you must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want2 you cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself4 ,you must have it before you can give it2 and many people fail to impress ,thinking ,substance because they have themselves only a vague and misty concept of the things they want to do1 to have1 or to become4 ,it is not enough that you should have a general desire for wealth 8to do good with02 everybody has that desire4 ,it is not enough that you should have a wish to travel1 see things1 live more1 etc4 ,everybody has those desires also4 ,if you were going to send a wireless message to a friend1 you would not send the letters of the alphabet in their order1 and let him construct the message for himself2 nor would you take words at random from the dictionary4 ,you would send a coherent sentence2 one which meant something4 ,when you try to impress your wants upon ,substance1 remember that it must be done by a coherent statement2 you must know what you want1 and be definite4 ,you can never get rich1 or start the creative power into action1 by sending out unformed longings and vague desires4 ,go over your desires just as the man ,i have described went over his house2 see just what you want1 and get a clear mental picture of it as you wish it to look when you get it4 ,that clear mental picture you must have continually in mind1 as the sailor has in mind the port toward which he is sailing the ship2 you must keep your face toward it all the time4 ,you must no more lose sight of it than the steersman loses sight of the compass4 ,it is not necessary to take exercises in concentration1 nor to set apart special times for prayer and affirmation1 nor to 8go into the silence10 nor to do occult stunts of any kind4 ,these things are well enough1 but all you need is to know what you want1 and to want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts4 ,spend as much of your leisure time as you can in contemplating your picture1 but no one needs to take exercises to concentrate his mind on a thing which he really wants2 it is the things you do not really care about which require effort to fix your attention upon them4 ,and unless you really want to get rich1 so that the desire is strong enough to hold your thoughts directed to the purpose as the magnetic pole holds the needle of the compass1 it will hardly be worth while for you to try to carry out the instructions given in this book4 ,the methods herein set forth are for people whose desire for riches is strong enough to overcome mental laziness and the love of ease1 and make them work4 ,the more clear and definite you make your picture1 then1 and the more you dwell upon it1 bringing out all its delightful details1 the stronger your desire will be2 and the stronger your desire1 the easier it will be to hold your mind fixed upon the picture of what you want4 ,something more is necessary1 however1 than merely to see the picture clearly4 ,if that is all you do1 you are only a dreamer1 and will have little or no power for accomplishment4 ,behind your clear vision must be the purpose to realize it2 to bring it out in tangible expression4 ,and behind this purpose must be an invincible and unwavering ,,faith that the thing is already yours2 that it is 8at hand0 and you have only to take possession of it4 ,live in the new house1 mentally1 until it takes form around you physically4 ,in the mental realm1 enter at once into full enjoyment of the things you want4 8,whatsoever things ye ask for when ye pray1 believe that ye receive them1 and ye shall have them10 said ,jesus4 ,see the things you want as if they were actually around you all the time2 see yourself as owning and using them4 ,make use of them in imagination just as you will use them when they are your tangible possessions4 ,dwell upon your mental picture until it is clear and distinct1 and then take the ,mental ,attitude of ,ownership toward everything in that picture4 ,take possession of it1 in mind1 in the full faith that it is actually yours4 ,hold to this mental ownership2 do not waver for an instant in the faith that it is real4 ,and remember what was said in a preceding chapter about gratitude2 be as thankful for it all the time as you expect to be when it has taken form4 ,the man who can sincerely thank ,god for the things which as yet he owns only in imagination1 has real faith4 ,he will get rich2 he will cause the creation of whatsoever he wants4 ,you do not need to pray repeatedly for the things you want2 it is not necessary to tell ,god about it every day4 8,use not vain repetitions as the heathen do10 said ,jesus to ,his pupils1 8for your ,father knoweth that ye have need of these things before ye ask ,him40 ,your part is to intelligently formulate your desire for the things which make for a larger life1 and to get these desires arranged into a coherent whole2 and then to impress this ,whole ,desire upon the ,formless ,substance1 which has the power and the will to bring you what you want4 ,you do not make this impression by repeating strings of words2 you make it by holding the vision with unshakable ,,purpose to attain it1 and with steadfast ,,faith that you do attain it4 ,the answer to prayer is not according to your faith while you are talking1 but according to your faith while you are working4 ,you cannot impress the mind of ,god by having a special ,sabbath day set apart to tell ,him what you want1 and then forgetting ,him during the rest of the week4 ,you cannot impress ,him by having special hours to go into your closet and pray1 if you then dismiss the matter from your mind until the hour of prayer comes again4 ,oral prayer is well enough1 and has its effect1 especially upon yourself1 in clarifying your vision and strengthening your faith2 but it is not your oral petitions which get you what you want4 ,in order to get rich you do not need a 8sweet hour of prayer02 you need to 8pray without ceasing40 ,and by prayer ,i mean holding steadily to your vision1 with the purpose to cause its creation into solid form1 and the faith that you are doing so4 8,believe that ye receive them40 ,the whole matter turns on receiving1 once you have clearly formed your vision4 ,when you have formed it1 it is well to make an oral statement1 addressing the ,supreme in reverent prayer2 and from that moment you must1 in mind1 receive what you ask for4 ,live in the new house2 wear the fine clothes2 ride in the automobile2 go on the journey1 and confidently plan for greater journeys4 ,think and speak of all the things you have asked for in terms of actual present ownership4 ,imagine an environment1 and a financial condition exactly as you want them1 and live all the time in that imaginary environment and financial condition4 ,mind1 however1 that you do not do this as a mere dreamer and castle builder2 hold to the ,,faith that the imaginary is being realized1 and to the ,,purpose to realize it4 ,remember that it is faith and purpose in the use of the imagination which make the difference between the scientist and the dreamer4 ,and having learned this fact1 it is here that you must learn the proper use of the ,will4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,how ,,to ,,use ,,the ,,will4 ,to set about getting rich in a scientific way1 you do not try to apply your will power to anything outside of yourself4 ,you have no right to do so1 anyway4 ,it is wrong to apply your will to other men and women1 in order to get them to do what you wish done4 ,it is as flagrantly wrong to coerce people by mental power as it is to coerce them by physical power4 ,if compelling people by physical force to do things for you reduces them to slavery1 compelling them by mental means accomplishes exactly the same thing2 the only difference is in methods4 ,if taking things from people by physical force is robbery1 then taking things by mental force is robbery also2 there is no difference in principle4 ,you have no right to use your will power upon another person1 even 8for his own good02 for you do not know what is for his good4 ,the science of getting rich does not require you to apply power or force to any other person1 in any way whatsoever4 ,there is not the slightest necessity for doing so2 indeed1 any attempt to use your will upon others will only tend to defeat your purpose4 ,you do not need to apply your will to things1 in order to compel them to come to you4 ,that would simply be trying to coerce ,god1 and would be foolish and useless1 as well as irreverent4 ,you do not have to compel ,god to give you good things1 any more than you have to use your will power to make the sun rise4 ,you do not have to use your will power to conquer an unfriendly deity1 or to make stubborn and rebellious forces do your bidding4 ,substance is friendly to you1 and is more anxious to give you what you want than you are to get it4 ,to get rich1 you need only to use your will power upon yourself4 ,when you know what to think and do1 then you must use your will to compel yourself to think and do the right things4 ,that is the legitimate use of the will in getting what you want--to use it in holding yourself to the right course4 ,use your will to keep yourself thinking and acting in the ,certain ,way4 ,do not try to project your will1 or your thoughts1 or your mind out into space1 to 8act0 on things or people4 ,keep your mind at home2 it can accomplish more there than elsewhere4 ,use your mind to form a mental image of what you want1 and to hold that vision with faith and purpose2 and use your will to keep your mind working in the ,right ,way4 ,the more steady and continuous your faith and purpose1 the more rapidly you will get rich1 because you will make only ,,positive impressions upon ,substance2 and you will not neutralize or offset them by negative impressions4 ,the picture of your desires1 held with faith and purpose1 is taken up by the ,formless1 and permeates it to great distances1--throughout the universe1 for all ,i know4 ,as this impression spreads1 all things are set moving toward its realization2 every living thing1 every inanimate thing1 and the things yet uncreated1 are stirred toward bringing into being that which you want4 ,all force begins to be exerted in that direction2 all things begin to move toward you4 ,the minds of people1 everywhere1 are influenced toward doing the things necessary to the fulfilling of your desires2 and they work for you1 unconsciously4 ,but you can check all this by starting a negative impression in the ,formless ,substance4 ,doubt or unbelief is as certain to start a movement away from you as faith and purpose are to start one toward you4 ,it is by not understanding this that most people who try to make use of 8mental science0 in getting rich make their failure4 ,every hour and moment you spend in giving heed to doubts and fears1 every hour you spend in worry1 every hour in which your soul is possessed by unbelief1 sets a current away from you in the whole domain of intelligent ,substance4 ,all the promises are unto them that believe1 and unto them only4 ,notice how insistent ,jesus was upon this point of belief2 and now you know the reason why4 ,since belief is all important1 it behooves you to guard your thoughts2 and as your beliefs will be shaped to a very great extent by the things you observe and think about1 it is important that you should command your attention4 ,and here the will comes into use2 for it is by your will that you determine upon what things your attention shall be fixed4 ,if you want to become rich1 you must not make a study of poverty4 ,things are not brought into being by thinking about their opposites4 ,health is never to be attained by studying disease and thinking about disease2 righteousness is not to be promoted by studying sin and thinking about sin2 and no one ever got rich by studying poverty and thinking about poverty4 ,medicine as a science of disease has increased disease2 religion as a science of sin has promoted sin1 and economics as a study of poverty will fill the world with wretchedness and want4 ,do not talk about poverty2 do not investigate it1 or concern yourself with it4 ,never mind what its causes are2 you have nothing to do with them4 ,what concerns you is the cure4 ,do not spend your time in charitable work1 or charity movements2 all charity only tends to perpetuate the wretchedness it aims to eradicate4 ,i do not say that you should be hard-hearted or unkind1 and refuse to hear the cry of need2 but you must not try to eradicate poverty in any of the conventional ways4 ,put poverty behind you1 and put all that pertains to it behind you1 and 8make good40 ,get rich2 that is the best way you can help the poor4 ,and you cannot hold the mental image which is to make you rich if you fill your mind with pictures of poverty4 ,do not read books or papers which give circumstantial accounts of the wretchedness of the tenement dwellers1 of the horrors of child labor1 and so on4 ,do not read anything which fills your mind with gloomy images of want and suffering4 ,you cannot help the poor in the least by knowing about these things2 and the wide-spread knowledge of them does not tend at all to do away with poverty4 ,what tends to do away with poverty is not the getting of pictures of poverty into your mind1 but getting pictures of wealth into the minds of the poor4 ,you are not deserting the poor in their misery when you refuse to allow your mind to be filled with pictures of that misery4 ,poverty can be done away with1 not by increasing the number of well-to-do people who think about poverty1 but by increasing the number of poor people who propose with faith to get rich4 ,the poor do not need charity2 they need inspiration4 ,charity only sends them a loaf of bread to keep them alive in their wretchedness1 or gives them an entertainment to make them forget for an hour or two2 but inspiration will cause them to rise out of their misery4 ,if you want to help the poor1 demonstrate to them that they can become rich2 prove it by getting rich yourself4 ,the only way in which poverty will ever be banished from this world is by getting a large and constantly increasing number of people to practice the teachings of this book4 ,people must be taught to become rich by creation1 not by competition4 ,every man who becomes rich by competition throws down behind him the ladder by which he rises1 and keeps others down2 but every man who gets rich by creation opens a way for thousands to follow him1 and inspires them to do so4 ,you are not showing hardness of heart or an unfeeling disposition when you refuse to pity poverty1 see poverty1 read about poverty1 or think or talk about it1 or to listen to those who do talk about it4 ,use your will power to keep your mind ,,off the subject of poverty1 and to keep it fixed with faith and purpose ,,on the vision of what you want4 ,,chapter ,x4 ,,further ,,use ,,of ,,the ,,will4 ,you cannot retain a true and clear vision of wealth if you are constantly turning your attention to opposing pictures1 whether they be external or imaginary4 ,do not tell of your past troubles of a financial nature1 if you have had them2 do not think of them at all4 ,do not tell of the poverty of your parents1 or the hardships of your early life2 to do any of these things is to mentally class yourself with the poor for the time being1 and it will certainly check the movement of things in your direction4 8,let the dead bury their dead10 as ,jesus said4 ,put poverty and all things that pertain to poverty completely behind you4 ,you have accepted a certain theory of the universe as being correct1 and are resting all your hopes of happiness on its being correct2 and what can you gain by giving heed to conflicting theories8 ,do not read religious books which tell you that the world is soon coming to an end2 and do not read the writings of muck-rakers and pessimistic philosophers who tell you that it is going to the devil4 ,the world is not going to the devil2 it is going to ,god4 ,it is a wonderful ,becoming4 ,true1 there may be a good many things in existing conditions which are disagreeable2 but what is the use of studying them when they are certainly passing away1 and when the study of them only tends to check their passing and keep them with us8 ,why give time and attention to things which are being removed by evolutionary growth1 when you can hasten their removal only by promoting the evolutionary growth as far as your part of it goes8 ,no matter how horrible in seeming may be the conditions in certain countries1 sections1 or places1 you waste your time and destroy your own chances by considering them4 ,you should interest yourself in the world's becoming rich4 ,think of the riches the world is coming into1 instead of the poverty it is growing out of2 and bear in mind that the only way in which you can assist the world in growing rich is by growing rich yourself through the creative method--not the competitive one4 ,give your attention wholly to riches2 ignore poverty4 ,whenever you think or speak of those who are poor1 think and speak of them as those who are becoming rich2 as those who are to be congratulated rather than pitied4 ,then they and others will catch the inspiration1 and begin to search for the way out4 ,because ,i say that you are to give your whole time and mind and thought to riches1 it does not follow that you are to be sordid or mean4 ,to become really rich is the noblest aim you can have in life1 for it includes everything else4 ,on the competitive plane1 the struggle to get rich is a ,godless scramble for power over other men2 but when we come into the creative mind1 all this is changed4 ,all that is possible in the way of greatness and soul unfoldment1 of service and lofty endeavor1 comes by way of getting rich2 all is made possible by the use of things4 ,if you lack for physical health1 you will find that the attainment of it is conditional on your getting rich4 ,only those who are emancipated from financial worry1 and who have the means to live a care-free existence and follow hygienic practices1 can have and retain health4 ,moral and spiritual greatness is possible only to those who are above the competitive battle for existence2 and only those who are becoming rich on the plane of creative thought are free from the degrading influences of competition4 ,if your heart is set on domestic happiness1 remember that love flourishes best where there is refinement1 a high level of thought1 and freedom from corrupting influences2 and these are to be found only where riches are attained by the exercise of creative thought1 without strife or rivalry4 ,you can aim at nothing so great or noble1 ,i repeat1 as to become rich2 and you must fix your attention upon your mental picture of riches1 to the exclusion of all that may tend to dim or obscure the vision4 ,you must learn to see the underlying ,,truth in all things2 you must see beneath all seemingly wrong conditions the ,great ,one ,life ever moving forward toward fuller expression and more complete happiness4 ,it is the truth that there is no such thing as poverty2 that there is only wealth4 ,some people remain in poverty because they are ignorant of the fact that there is wealth for them2 and these can best be taught by showing them the way to affluence in your own person and practice4 ,others are poor because1 while they feel that there is a way out1 they are too intellectually indolent to put forth the mental effort necessary to find that way and travel it2 and for these the very best thing you can do is to arouse their desire by showing them the happiness that comes from being rightly rich4 ,others still are poor because1 while they have some notion of science1 they have become so swamped and lost in the maze of metaphysical and occult theories that they do not know which road to take4 ,they try a mixture of many systems and fail in all4 ,for these1 again1 the very best thing to do is to show the right way in your own person and practice2 an ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing4 ,the very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself4 ,you can serve ,god and man in no more effective way than by getting rich2 that is1 if you get rich by the creative method1 and not by the competitive one4 ,another thing4 ,we assert that this book gives in detail the principles of the science of getting rich2 and if that is true1 you do not need to read any other book upon the subject4 ,this may sound narrow and egotistical1 but consider3 there is no more scientific method of computation in mathematics than by addition1 subtraction1 multiplication1 and division2 no other method is possible4 ,there can be but one shortest distance between two points4 ,there is only one way to think scientifically1 and that is to think in the way that leads by the most direct and simple route to the goal4 ,no man has yet formulated a briefer or less complex 8system0 than the one set forth herein2 it has been stripped of all non-essentials4 ,when you commence on this1 lay all others aside2 put them out of your mind altogether4 ,read this book every day2 keep it with you2 commit it to memory1 and do not think about other 8systems0 and theories4 ,if you do1 you will begin to have doubts1 and to be uncertain and wavering in your thought2 and then you will begin to make failures4 ,after you have made good and become rich1 you may study other systems as much as you please2 but until you are quite sure that you have gained what you want1 do not read anything on this line but this book1 unless it be the authors mentioned in the ,preface4 ,and read only the most optimistic comments on the world's news2 those in harmony with your picture4 ,also1 postpone your investigations into the occult4 ,do not dabble in ,theosophy1 ,spiritualism1 or kindred studies4 ,it is very likely that the dead still live1 and are near2 but if they are1 let them alone2 mind your own business4 ,wherever the spirits of the dead may be1 they have their own work to do1 and their own problems to solve2 and we have no right to interfere with them4 ,we cannot help them1 and it is very doubtful whether they can help us1 or whether we have any right to trespass upon their time if they can4 ,let the dead and the hereafter alone1 and solve your own problem2 get rich4 ,if you begin to mix with the occult1 you will start mental cross-currents which will surely bring your hopes to shipwreck4 ,now1 this and the preceding chapters have brought us to the following statement of basic facts3-- ,there is a thinking stuff from which all things are made1 and which1 in its original state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the interspaces of the universe4 ,a thought1 in this substance1 produces the thing that is imaged by the thought4 ,man can form things in his thought1 and1 by impressing his thought upon formless substance1 can cause the thing he thinks about to be created4 ,in order to do this1 man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind2 he must form a clear mental picture of the things he wants1 and hold this picture in his thoughts with the fixed ,,purpose to get what he wants1 and the unwavering ,,faith that he does get what he wants1 closing his mind against all that may tend to shake his purpose1 dim his vision1 or quench his faith4 ,and in addition to all this1 we shall now see that he must live and act in a ,certain ,way4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,acting ,,in ,,the ,,certain ,,way4 ,thought is the creative power1 or the impelling force which causes the creative power to act2 thinking in a ,certain ,way will bring riches to you1 but you must not rely upon thought alone1 paying no attention to personal action4 ,that is the rock upon which many otherwise scientific metaphysical thinkers meet shipwreck--the failure to connect thought with personal action4 ,we have not yet reached the stage of development1 even supposing such a stage to be possible1 in which man can create directly from ,formless ,substance without nature's processes or the work of human hands2 man must not only think1 but his personal action must supplement his thought4 ,by thought you can cause the gold in the hearts of the mountains to be impelled toward you2 but it will not mine itself1 refine itself1 coin itself into double eagles1 and come rolling along the roads seeking its way into your pocket4 ,under the impelling power of the ,supreme ,spirit1 men's affairs will be so ordered that some one will be led to mine the gold for you2 other men's business transactions will be so directed that the gold will be brought toward you1 and you must so arrange your own business affairs that you may be able to receive it when it comes to you4 ,your thought makes all things1 animate and inanimate1 work to bring you what you want2 but your personal activity must be such that you can rightly receive what you want when it reaches you4 ,you are not to take it as charity1 nor to steal it2 you must give every man more in use value than he gives you in cash value4 ,the scientific use of thought consists in forming a clear and distinct mental image of what you want2 in holding fast to the purpose to get what you want2 and in realizing with grateful faith that you do get what you want4 ,do not try to 8project0 your thought in any mysterious or occult way1 with the idea of having it go out and do things for you2 that is wasted effort1 and will weaken your power to think with sanity4 ,the action of thought in getting rich is fully explained in the preceding chapters2 your faith and purpose positively impress your vision upon ,formless ,substance1 which has ,,the ,,same ,,desire ,,for ,,more ,,life ,,that ,,you ,,have2 and this vision1 received from you1 sets all the creative forces at work ,,in ,,and ,,through ,,their ,,regular ,,channels ,,of ,,action1 but directed toward you4 ,it is not your part to guide or supervise the creative process2 all you have to do with that is to retain your vision1 stick to your purpose1 and maintain your faith and gratitude4 ,but you must act in a ,certain ,way1 so that you can appropriate what is yours when it comes to you2 so that you can meet the things you have in your picture1 and put them in their proper places as they arrive4 ,you can readily see the truth of this4 ,when things reach you1 they will be in the hands of other men1 who will ask an equivalent for them4 ,and you can only get what is yours by giving the other man what is his4 ,your pocketbook is not going to be transformed into a ,fortunatus's purse1 which shall be always full of money without effort on your part4 ,this is the crucial point in the science of getting rich2 right here1 where thought and personal action must be combined4 ,there are very many people who1 consciously or unconsciously1 set the creative forces in action by the strength and persistence of their desires1 but who remain poor because they do not provide for the reception of the thing they want when it comes4 ,by thought1 the thing you want is brought to you2 by action you receive it4 ,whatever your action is to be1 it is evident that you must act ,,now4 ,you cannot act in the past1 and it is essential to the clearness of your mental vision that you dismiss the past from your mind4 ,you cannot act in the future1 for the future is not here yet4 ,and you cannot tell how you will want to act in any future contingency until that contingency has arrived4 ,because you are not in the right business1 or the right environment now1 do not think that you must postpone action until you get into the right business or environment4 ,and do not spend time in the present taking thought as to the best course in possible future emergencies2 have faith in your ability to meet any emergency when it arrives4 ,if you act in the present with your mind on the future1 your present action will be with a divided mind1 and will not be effective4 ,put your whole mind into present action4 ,do not give your creative impulse to ,original ,substance1 and then sit down and wait for results2 if you do1 you will never get them4 ,act now4 ,there is never any time but now1 and there never will be any time but now4 ,if you are ever to begin to make ready for the reception of what you want1 you must begin now4 ,and your action1 whatever it is1 must most likely be in your present business or employment1 and must be upon the persons and things in your present environment4 ,you cannot act where you are not2 you cannot act where you have been1 and you cannot act where you are going to be2 you can act only where you are4 ,do not bother as to whether yesterday's work was well done or ill done2 do to-day's work well4 ,do not try to do to-morrow's work now2 there will be plenty of time to do that when you get to it4 ,do not try1 by occult or mystical means1 to act on people or things that are out of your reach4 ,do not wait for a change of environment before you act2 get a change of environment by action4 ,you can so act upon the environment in which you are now1 as to cause yourself to be transferred to a better environment4 ,hold with faith and purpose the vision of yourself in the better environment1 but act upon your present environment with all your heart1 and with all your strength1 and with all your mind4 ,do not spend any time in day dreaming or castle building2 hold to the one vision of what you want1 and act ,,now4 ,do not cast about seeking some new thing to do1 or some strange1 unusual1 or remarkable action to perform as a first step toward getting rich4 ,it is probable that your actions1 at least for some time to come1 will be those you have been performing for some time past2 but you are to begin now to perform these actions in the ,certain ,way1 which will surely make you rich4 ,if you are engaged in some business1 and feel that it is not the right one for you1 do not wait until you get into the right business before you begin to act4 ,do not feel discouraged1 or sit down and lament because you are misplaced4 ,no man was ever so misplaced but that he could find the right place1 and no man ever became so involved in the wrong business but that he could get into the right business4 ,hold the vision of yourself in the right business1 with the purpose to get into it1 and the faith that you will get into it1 and are getting into it2 but ,,act in your present business4 ,use your present business as the means of getting a better one1 and use your present environment as the means of getting into a better one4 ,your vision of the right business1 if held with faith and purpose1 will cause the ,supreme to move the right business toward you2 and your action1 if performed in the ,certain ,way1 will cause you to move toward the business4 ,if you are an employee1 or wage earner1 and feel that you must change places in order to get what you want1 do not 8project0 your thought into space and rely upon it to get you another job4 ,it will probably fail to do so4 ,hold the vision of yourself in the job you want1 while you ,,act with faith and purpose on the job you have1 and you will certainly get the job you want4 ,your vision and faith will set the creative force in motion to bring it toward you1 and your action will cause the forces in your own environment to move you toward the place you want4 ,in closing this chapter1 we will add another statement to our syllabus3-- ,there is a thinking stuff from which all things are made1 and which1 in its original state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the interspaces of the universe4 ,a thought1 in this substance1 produces the thing that is imaged by the thought4 ,man can form things in his thought1 and1 by impressing his thoughts upon formless substance1 can cause the thing he thinks about to be created4 ,in order to do this1 man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind2 he must form a clear mental picture of the things he wants1 and hold this picture in his thoughts with the fixed ,,purpose to get what he wants1 and the unwavering ,,faith that he does get what he wants1 closing his mind to all that may tend to shake his purpose1 dim his vision1 or quench his faith4 ,that he may receive what he wants when it comes1 man must act ,,now upon the people and things in his present environment4 ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,efficient ,,action4 ,you must use your thought as directed in previous chapters1 and begin to do what you can do where you are2 and you must do ,,all that you can do where you are4 ,you can advance only by being larger than your present place2 and no man is larger than his present place who leaves undone any of the work pertaining to that place4 ,the world is advanced only by those who more than fill their present places4 ,if no man quite filled his present place1 you can see that there must be a going backward in everything4 ,those who do not quite fill their present places are a dead weight upon society1 government1 commerce1 and industry2 they must be carried along by others at a great expense4 ,the progress of the world is retarded only by those who do not fill the places they are holding2 they belong to a former age and a lower stage or plane of life1 and their tendency is toward degeneration4 ,no society could advance if every man was smaller than his place2 social evolution is guided by the law of physical and mental evolution4 ,in the animal world1 evolution is caused by excess of life4 ,when an organism has more life than can be expressed in the functions of its own plane1 it develops the organs of a higher plane1 and a new species is originated4 ,there never would have been new species had there not been organisms which more than filled their places4 ,the law is exactly the same for you2 your getting rich depends upon your applying this principle to your own affairs4 ,every day is either a successful day or a day of failure2 and it is the successful days which get you what you want4 ,if every day is a failure1 you can never get rich2 while if every day is a success1 you cannot fail to get rich4 ,if there is something that may be done to-day1 and you do not do it1 you have failed in so far as that thing is concerned2 and the consequences may be more disastrous than you imagine4 ,you cannot foresee the results of even the most trivial act2 you do not know the workings of all the forces that have been set moving in your behalf4 ,much may be depending on your doing some simple act2 it may be the very thing which is to open the door of opportunity to very great possibilities4 ,you can never know all the combinations which ,supreme ,intelligence is making for you in the world of things and of human affairs2 your neglect or failure to do some small thing may cause a long delay in getting what you want4 ,do1 every day1 ,,all that can be done that day4 ,there is1 however1 a limitation or qualification of the above that you must take into account4 ,you are not to overwork1 nor to rush blindly into your business in the effort to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time4 ,you are not to try to do to-morrow's work to-day1 nor to do a week's work in a day4 ,it is really not the number of things you do1 but the ,,efficiency of each separate action that counts4 ,every act is1 in itself1 either a success or a failure4 ,every act is1 in itself1 either effective or inefficient4 ,every inefficient act is a failure1 and if you spend your life in doing inefficient acts1 your whole life will be a failure4 ,the more things you do1 the worse for you1 if all your acts are inefficient ones4 ,on the other hand1 every efficient act is a success in itself1 and if every act of your life is an efficient one1 your whole life ,,must be a success4 ,the cause of failure is doing too many things in an inefficient manner1 and not doing enough things in an efficient manner4 ,you will see that it is a self-evident proposition that if you do not do any inefficient acts1 and if you do a sufficient number of efficient acts1 you will become rich4 ,if1 now1 it is possible for you to make each act an efficient one1 you see again that the getting of riches is reduced to an exact science1 like mathematics4 ,the matter turns1 then1 on the question whether you can make each separate act a success in itself4 ,and this you can certainly do4 ,you can make each act a success1 because ,all ,power is working with you2 and ,all ,power cannot fail4 ,power is at your service2 and to make each act efficient you have only to put power into it4 ,every action is either strong or weak2 and when every one is strong1 you are acting in the ,certain ,way which will make you rich4 ,every act can be made strong and efficient by holding your vision while you are doing it1 and putting the whole power of your ,,faith and ,,purpose into it4 ,it is at this point that the people fail who separate mental power from personal action4 ,they use the power of mind in one place and at one time1 and they act in another place and at another time4 ,so their acts are not successful in themselves2 too many of them are inefficient4 ,but if ,all ,power goes into every act1 no matter how commonplace1 every act will be a success in itself2 and as in the nature of things every success opens the way to other successes1 your progress toward what you want1 and the progress of what you want toward you1 will become increasingly rapid4 ,remember that successful action is cumulative in its results4 ,since the desire for more life is inherent in all things1 when a man begins to move toward larger life more things attach themselves to him1 and the influence of his desire is multiplied4 ,do1 every day1 all that you can do that day1 and do each act in an efficient manner4 ,in saying that you must hold your vision while you are doing each act1 however trivial or commonplace1 ,i do not mean to say that it is necessary at all times to see the vision distinctly to its smallest details4 ,it should be the work of your leisure hours to use your imagination on the details of your vision1 and to contemplate them until they are firmly fixed upon your memory4 ,if you wish speedy results1 spend practically all your spare time in this practice4 ,by continuous contemplation you will get the picture of what you want1 even to the smallest details1 so firmly fixed upon your mind1 and so completely transferred to the mind of ,formless ,substance1 that in your working hours you need only to mentally refer to the picture to stimulate your faith and purpose1 and cause your best effort to be put forth4 ,contemplate your picture in your leisure hours until your consciousness is so full of it that you can grasp it instantly4 ,you will become so enthused with its bright promises that the mere thought of it will call forth the strongest energies of your whole being4 ,let us again repeat our syllabus1 and by slightly changing the closing statements bring it to the point we have now reached4 ,there is a thinking stuff from which all things are made1 and which1 in its original state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the interspaces of the universe4 ,a thought1 in this substance1 produces the thing that is imaged by the thought4 ,man can form things in his thought1 and1 by impressing his thought upon formless substance1 can cause the thing he thinks about to be created4 ,in order to do this1 man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind2 he must form a clear mental picture of the things he wants1 and do1 with faith and purpose1 all that can be done each day1 doing each separate thing in an efficient manner4 ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,,getting ,,into ,,the ,,right ,,business4 ,success1 in any particular business1 depends for one thing upon your possessing in a well-developed state the faculties required in that business4 ,without good musical faculty no one can succeed as a teacher of music2 without well-developed mechanical faculties no one can achieve great success in any of the mechanical trades2 without tact and the commercial faculties no one can succeed in mercantile pursuits4 ,but to possess in a well-developed state the faculties required in your particular vocation does not insure getting rich4 ,there are musicians who have remarkable talent1 and who yet remain poor2 there are blacksmiths1 carpenters1 and so on who have excellent mechanical ability1 but who do not get rich2 and there are merchants with good faculties for dealing with men who nevertheless fail4 ,the different faculties are tools2 it is essential to have good tools1 but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the ,right ,way4 ,one man can take a sharp saw1 a square1 a good plane1 and so on1 and build a handsome article of furniture2 another man can take the same tools and set to work to duplicate the article1 but his production will be a botch4 ,he does not know how to use good tools in a successful way4 ,the various faculties of your mind are the tools with which you must do the work which is to make you rich2 it will be easier for you to succeed if you get into a business for which you are well equipped with mental tools4 ,generally speaking1 you will do best in that business which will use your strongest faculties2 the one for which you are naturally 8best fitted40 ,but there are limitations to this statement1 also4 ,no man should regard his vocation as being irrevocably fixed by the tendencies with which he was born4 ,you can get rich in ,,any business1 for if you have not the right talent for it you can develop that talent2 it merely means that you will have to make your tools as you go along1 instead of confining yourself to the use of those with which you were born4 ,it will be ,,easier for you to succeed in a vocation for which you already have the talents in a well-developed state2 but you ,,can succeed in any vocation1 for you can develop any rudimentary talent1 and there is no talent of which you have not at least the rudiment4 ,you will get rich most easily in point of effort1 if you do that for which you are best fitted2 but you will get rich most satisfactorily if you do that which you ,,want to do4 ,doing what you want to do is life2 and there is no real satisfaction in living if we are compelled to be forever doing something which we do not like to do1 and can never do what we want to do4 ,and it is certain that you can do what you want to do2 the desire to do it is proof that you have within you the power which can do it4 ,desire is a manifestation of power4 ,the desire to play music is the power which can play music seeking expression and development2 the desire to invent mechanical devices is the mechanical talent seeking expression and development4 ,where there is no power1 either developed or undeveloped1 to do a thing1 there is never any desire to do that thing2 and where there is strong desire to do a thing1 it is certain proof that the power to do it is strong1 and only requires to be developed and applied in the ,right ,way4 ,all things else being equal1 it is best to select the business for which you have the best developed talent2 but if you have a strong desire to engage in any particular line of work1 you should select that work as the ultimate end at which you aim4 ,you can do what you want to do1 and it is your right and privilege to follow the business or avocation which will be most congenial and pleasant4 ,you are not obliged to do what you do not like to do1 and should not do it except as a means to bring you to the doing of the thing you want to do4 ,if there are past mistakes whose consequences have placed you in an undesirable business or environment1 you may be obliged for some time to do what you do not like to do2 but you can make the doing of it pleasant by knowing that it is making it possible for you to come to the doing of what you want to do4 ,if you feel that you are not in the right vocation1 do not act too hastily in trying to get into another one4 ,the best way1 generally1 to change business or environment is by growth4 ,do not be afraid to make a sudden and radical change if the opportunity is presented1 and you feel after careful consideration that it is the right opportunity2 but never take sudden or radical action when you are in doubt as to the wisdom of doing so4 ,there is never any hurry on the creative plane2 and there is no lack of opportunity4 ,when you get out of the competitive mind you will understand that you never need to act hastily4 ,no one else is going to beat you to the thing you want to do2 there is enough for all4 ,if one place is taken1 another and a better one will be opened for you a little farther on2 there is plenty of time4 ,when you are in doubt1 wait4 ,fall back on the contemplation of your vision1 and increase your faith and purpose2 and by all means1 in times of doubt and indecision1 cultivate gratitude4 ,a day or two spent in contemplating the vision of what you want1 and in earnest thanksgiving that you are getting it1 will bring your mind into such close relationship with the ,supreme that you will make no mistake when you do act4 ,there is a mind which knows all there is to know2 and you can come into close unity with this mind by faith and the purpose to advance in life1 if you have deep gratitude4 ,mistakes come from acting hastily1 or from acting in fear or doubt1 or in forgetfulness of the ,right ,motive1 which is more life to all1 and less to none4 ,as you go on in the ,certain ,way1 opportunities will come to you in increasing number2 and you will need to be very steady in your faith and purpose1 and to keep in close touch with the ,all ,mind by reverent gratitude4 ,do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day1 but do it without haste1 worry1 or fear4 ,go as fast as you can1 but never hurry4 ,remember that in the moment you begin to hurry you cease to be a creator and become a competitor2 you drop back upon the old plane again4 ,whenever you find yourself hurrying1 call a halt2 fix your attention on the mental image of the thing you want1 and begin to give thanks that you are getting it4 ,the exercise of ,,gratitude will never fail to strengthen your faith and renew your purpose4 ,,chapter ,,xiv4 ,,the ,,impression ,,of ,,increase4 ,whether you change your vocation or not1 your actions for the present must be those pertaining to the business in which you are now engaged4 ,you can get into the business you want by making constructive use of the business you are already established in2 by doing your daily work in a ,certain ,way4 ,and in so far as your business consists in dealing with other men1 whether personally or by letter1 the key-thought of all your efforts must be to convey to their minds the impression of increase4 ,increase is what all men and all women are seeking2 it is the urge of the ,formless ,intelligence within them1 seeking fuller expression4 ,the desire for increase is inherent in all nature2 it is the fundamental impulse of the universe4 ,all human activities are based on the desire for increase2 people are seeking more food1 more clothes1 better shelter1 more luxury1 more beauty1 more knowledge1 more pleasure--increase in something1 more life4 ,every living thing is under this necessity for continuous advancement2 where increase of life ceases1 dissolution and death set in at once4 ,man instinctively knows this1 and hence he is forever seeking more4 ,this law of perpetual increase is set forth by ,jesus in the parable of the talents2 only those who gain more retain any2 from him who hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath4 ,the normal desire for increased wealth is not an evil or a reprehensible thing2 it is simply the desire for more abundant life2 it is aspiration4 ,and because it is the deepest instinct of their natures1 all men and women are attracted to him who can give them more of the means of life4 ,in following the ,certain ,way as described in the foregoing pages1 you are getting continuous increase for yourself1 and you are giving it to all with whom you deal4 ,you are a creative center1 from which increase is given off to all4 ,be sure of this1 and convey assurance of the fact to every man1 woman1 and child with whom you come in contact4 ,no matter how small the transaction1 even if it be only the selling of a stick of candy to a little child1 put into it the thought of increase1 and make sure that the customer is impressed with the thought4 ,convey the impression of advancement with everything you do1 so that all people shall receive the impression that you are an ,advancing ,man1 and that you advance all who deal with you4 ,even to the people whom you meet in a social way1 without any thought of business1 and to whom you do not try to sell anything1 give the thought of increase4 ,you can convey this impression by holding the unshakable faith that you1 yourself1 are in the ,way of ,increase2 and by letting this faith inspire1 fill1 and permeate every action4 ,do everything that you do in the firm conviction that you are an advancing personality1 and that you are giving advancement to everybody4 ,feel that you are getting rich1 and that in so doing you are making others rich1 and conferring benefits on all4 ,do not boast or brag of your success1 or talk about it unnecessarily2 true faith is never boastful4 ,wherever you find a boastful person1 you find one who is secretly doubtful and afraid4 ,simply feel the faith1 and let it work out in every transaction2 let every act and tone and look express the quiet assurance that you are getting rich2 that you are already rich4 ,words will not be necessary to communicate this feeling to others2 they will feel the sense of increase when in your presence1 and will be attracted to you again4 ,you must so impress others that they will feel that in associating with you they will get increase for themselves4 ,see that you give them a use value greater than the cash value you are taking from them4 ,take an honest pride in doing this1 and let everybody know it2 and you will have no lack of customers4 ,people will go where they are given increase2 and the ,supreme1 which desires increase in all1 and which knows all1 will move toward you men and women who have never heard of you4 ,your business will increase rapidly1 and you will be surprised at the unexpected benefits which will come to you4 ,you will be able from day to day to make larger combinations1 secure greater advantages1 and to go on into a more congenial vocation if you desire to do so4 ,but in doing all this1 you must never lose sight of your vision of what you want1 or your faith and purpose to get what you want4 ,let me here give you another word of caution in regard to motives4 ,beware of the insidious temptation to seek for power over other men4 ,nothing is so pleasant to the unformed or partially developed mind as the exercise of power or dominion over others4 ,the desire to rule for selfish gratification has been the curse of the world4 ,for countless ages kings and lords have drenched the earth with blood in their battles to extend their dominions2 this not to seek more life for all1 but to get more power for themselves4 ,to-day1 the main motive in the business and industrial world is the same2 men marshal their armies of dollars1 and lay waste the lives and hearts of millions in the same mad scramble for power over others4 ,commercial kings1 like political kings1 are inspired by the lust for power4 ,jesus saw in this desire for mastery the moving impulse of that evil world ,he sought to overthrow4 ,read the twenty-third chapter of ,matthew1 and see how ,he pictures the lust of the ,pharisees to be called 8,master10 to sit in the high places1 to domineer over others1 and to lay burdens on the backs of the less fortunate2 and note how ,he compares this lust for dominion with the brotherly seeking for the ,common ,good to which ,he calls ,his disciples4 ,look out for the temptation to seek for authority1 to become a 8master10 to be considered as one who is above the common herd1 to impress others by lavish display1 and so on4 ,the mind that seeks for mastery over others is the competitive mind2 and the competitive mind is not the creative one4 ,in order to master your environment and your destiny1 it is not at all necessary that you should rule over your fellow men2 and indeed1 when you fall into the world's struggle for the high places1 you begin to be conquered by fate and environment1 and your getting rich becomes a matter of chance and speculation4 ,beware of the competitive mind6 ,no better statement of the principle of creative action can be formulated than the favorite declaration of the late 8,golden ,rule0 ,jones of ,toledo3 8,what ,i want for myself1 ,i want for everybody40 ,,chapter ,,xv4 ,,the ,,advancing ,,man4 ,what ,i have said in the last chapter applies as well to the professional man and the wage-earner as to the man who is engaged in mercantile business4 ,no matter whether you are a physician1 a teacher1 or a clergyman1 if you can give increase of life to others and make them sensible of the fact1 they will be attracted to you1 and you will get rich4 ,the physician who holds the vision of himself as a great and successful healer1 and who works toward the complete realization of that vision with faith and purpose1 as described in former chapters1 will come into such close touch with the ,source of ,life that he will be phenomenally successful2 patients will come to him in throngs4 ,no one has a greater opportunity to carry into effect the teachings of this book than the practitioner of medicine2 it does not matter to which of the various schools he may belong1 for the principle of healing is common to all of them1 and may be reached by all alike4 ,the ,advancing ,man in medicine1 who holds to a clear mental image of himself as successful1 and who obeys the laws of faith1 purpose1 and gratitude1 will cure every curable case he undertakes1 no matter what remedies he may use4 ,in the field of religion1 the world cries out for the clergyman who can teach his hearers the true science of abundant life4 ,he who masters the details of the science of getting rich1 together with the allied sciences of being well1 of being great1 and of winning love1 and who teaches these details from the pulpit1 will never lack for a congregation4 ,this is the gospel that the world needs2 it will give increase of life1 and men will hear it gladly1 and will give liberal support to the man who brings it to them4 ,what is now needed is a demonstration of the science of life from the pulpit4 ,we want preachers who can not only tell us how1 but who in their own persons will show us how4 ,we need the preacher who will himself be rich1 healthy1 great1 and beloved1 to teach us how to attain to these things2 and when he comes he will find a numerous and loyal following4 ,the same is true of the teacher who can inspire the children with the faith and purpose of the advancing life4 ,he will never be 8out of a job40 ,and any teacher who has this faith and purpose can give it to his pupils2 he cannot help giving it to them if it is part of his own life and practice4 ,what is true of the teacher1 preacher1 and physician is true of the lawyer1 dentist1 real estate man1 insurance agent--of everybody4 ,the combined mental and personal action ,i have described is infallible2 it cannot fail4 ,every man and woman who follows these instructions steadily1 perseveringly1 and to the letter1 will get rich4 ,the law of the ,increase of ,life is as mathematically certain in its operation as the law of gravitation2 getting rich is an exact science4 ,the wage-earner will find this as true of his case as of any of the others mentioned4 ,do not feel that you have no chance to get rich because you are working where there is no visible opportunity for advancement1 where wages are small and the cost of living high4 ,form your clear mental vision of what you want1 and begin to act with faith and purpose4 ,do all the work you can do1 every day1 and do each piece of work in a perfectly successful manner2 put the power of success1 and the purpose to get rich1 into everything that you do4 ,but do not do this merely with the idea of currying favor with your employer1 in the hope that he1 or those above you1 will see your good work and advance you2 it is not likely that they will do so4 ,the man who is merely a 8good0 workman1 filling his place to the very best of his ability1 and satisfied with that1 is valuable to his employer2 and it is not to the employer's interest to promote him2 he is worth more where he is4 ,to secure advancement1 something more is necessary than to be too large for your place4 ,the man who is certain to advance is the one who is too big for his place1 and who has a clear concept of what he wants to be2 who knows that he can become what he wants to be1 and who is determined to ,,be what he wants to be4 ,do not try to more than fill your present place with a view to pleasing your employer2 do it with the idea of advancing yourself4 ,hold the faith and purpose of increase during work hours1 after work hours1 and before work hours4 ,hold it in such a way that every person who comes in contact with you1 whether foreman1 fellow workman1 or social acquaintance1 will feel the power of purpose radiating from you2 so that every one will get the sense of advancement and increase from you4 ,men will be attracted to you1 and if there is no possibility for advancement in your present job1 you will very soon see an opportunity to take another job4 ,there is a ,power which never fails to present opportunity to the ,advancing ,man who is moving in obedience to law4 ,god cannot help helping you1 if you act in a ,certain ,way2 ,he must do so in order to help ,himself4 ,there is nothing in your circumstances or in the industrial situation that can keep you down4 ,if you cannot get rich working for the steel trust1 you can get rich on a ten-acre farm2 and if you begin to move in the ,certain ,way1 you will certainly escape from the 8clutches0 of the steel trust and get on to the farm or wherever else you wish to be4 ,if a few thousands of its employees would enter upon the ,certain ,way1 the steel trust would soon be in a bad plight2 it would have to give its workingmen more opportunity1 or go out of business4 ,nobody has to work for a trust2 the trusts can keep men in so-called hopeless conditions only so long as there are men who are too ignorant to know of the science of getting rich1 or too intellectually slothful to practice it4 ,begin this way of thinking and acting1 and your faith and purpose will make you quick to see any opportunity to better your condition4 ,such opportunities will speedily come1 for the ,supreme1 working in ,all1 and working for you1 will bring them before you4 ,do not wait for an opportunity to be all that you want to be2 when an opportunity to be more than you are now is presented and you feel impelled toward it1 take it4 ,it will be the first step toward a greater opportunity4 ,there is no such thing possible in this universe as a lack of opportunities for the man who is living the advancing life4 ,it is inherent in the constitution of the cosmos that all things shall be for him and work together for his good2 and he must certainly get rich if he acts and thinks in the ,certain ,way4 ,so let wage-earning men and women study this book with great care1 and enter with confidence upon the course of action it prescribes2 it will not fail4 ,,chapter ,,xvi4 ,,some ,,cautions1 ,,and ,,concluding ,,observations4 ,many people will scoff at the idea that there is an exact science of getting rich2 holding the impression that the supply of wealth is limited1 they will insist that social and governmental institutions must be changed before even any considerable number of people can acquire a competence4 ,but this is not true4 ,it is true that existing governments keep the masses in poverty1 but this is because the masses do not think and act in the ,certain ,way4 ,if the masses begin to move forward as suggested in this book1 neither governments nor industrial systems can check them2 all systems must be modified to accommodate the forward movement4 ,if the people have the ,advancing ,mind1 have the ,faith that they can become rich1 and move forward with the fixed purpose to become rich1 nothing can possibly keep them in poverty4 ,individuals may enter upon the ,certain ,way at any time1 and under any government1 and make themselves rich2 and when any considerable number of individuals do so under any government1 they will cause the system to be so modified as to open the way for others4 ,the more men who get rich on the competitive plane1 the worse for others2 the more who get rich on the creative plane1 the better for others4 ,the economic salvation of the masses can only be accomplished by getting a large number of people to practice the scientific method set down in this book1 and become rich4 ,these will show others the way1 and inspire them with a desire for real life1 with the faith that it can be attained1 and with the purpose to attain it4 ,for the present1 however1 it is enough to know that neither the government under which you live nor the capitalistic or competitive system of industry can keep you from getting rich4 ,when you enter upon the creative plane of thought you will rise above all these things and become a citizen of another kingdom4 ,but remember that your thought must be held upon the creative plane2 you are never for an instant to be betrayed into regarding the supply as limited1 or into acting on the moral level of competition4 ,whenever you do fall into old ways of thought1 correct yourself instantly2 for when you are in the competitive mind1 you have lost the co-operation of the ,mind of the ,whole4 ,do not spend any time in planning as to how you will meet possible emergencies in the future1 except as the necessary policies may affect your actions to-day4 ,you are concerned with doing to-day's work in a perfectly successful manner1 and not with emergencies which may arise to-morrow2 you can attend to them as they come4 ,do not concern yourself with questions as to how you shall surmount obstacles which may loom upon your business horizon1 unless you can see plainly that your course must be altered to-day in order to avoid them4 ,no matter how tremendous an obstruction may appear at a distance1 you will find that if you go on in the ,certain ,way it will disappear as you approach it1 or that a way over1 through1 or around it will appear4 ,no possible combination of circumstances can defeat a man or woman who is proceeding to get rich along strictly scientific lines4 ,no man or woman who obeys the law can fail to get rich1 any more than one can multiply two by two and fail to get four4 ,give no anxious thought to possible disasters1 obstacles1 panics1 or unfavorable combinations of circumstances2 it is time enough to meet such things when they present themselves before you in the immediate present1 and you will find that every difficulty carries with it the wherewithal for its overcoming4 ,guard your speech4 ,never speak of yourself1 your affairs1 or of anything else in a discouraged or discouraging way4 ,never admit the possibility of failure1 or speak in a way that infers failure as a possibility4 ,never speak of the times as being hard1 or of business conditions as being doubtful4 ,times may be hard and business doubtful for those who are on the competitive plane1 but they can never be so for you2 you can create what you want1 and you are above fear4 ,when others are having hard times and poor business1 you will find your greatest opportunities4 ,train yourself to think of and to look upon the world as a something which is ,becoming1 which is growing2 and to regard seeming evil as being only that which is undeveloped4 ,always speak in terms of advancement2 to do otherwise is to deny your faith1 and to deny your faith is to lose it4 ,never allow yourself to feel disappointed4 ,you may expect to have a certain thing at a certain time1 and not get it at that time2 and this will appear to you like failure4 ,but if you hold to your faith you will find that the failure is only apparent4 ,go on in the certain way1 and if you do not receive that thing1 you will receive something so much better that you will see that the seeming failure was really a great success4 ,a student of this science had set his mind on making a certain business combination which seemed to him at the time to be very desirable1 and he worked for some weeks to bring it about4 ,when the crucial time came1 the thing failed in a perfectly inexplicable way2 it was as if some unseen influence had been working secretly against him4 ,he was not disappointed2 on the contrary1 he thanked ,god that his desire had been overruled1 and went steadily on with a grateful mind4 ,in a few weeks an opportunity so much better came his way that he would not have made the first deal on any account2 and he saw that a ,mind which knew more than he knew had prevented him from losing the greater good by entangling himself with the lesser4 ,that is the way every seeming failure will work out for you1 if you keep your faith1 hold to your purpose1 have gratitude1 and do1 every day1 all that can be done that day1 doing each separate act in a successful manner4 ,when you make a failure1 it is because you have not asked for enough2 keep on1 and a larger thing than you were seeking will certainly come to you4 ,remember this4 ,you will not fail because you lack the necessary talent to do what you wish to do4 ,if you go on as ,i have directed1 you will develop all the talent that is necessary to the doing of your work4 ,it is not within the scope of this book to deal with the science of cultivating talent2 but it is as certain and simple as the process of getting rich4 ,however1 do not hesitate or waver for fear that when you come to any certain place you will fail for lack of ability2 keep right on1 and when you come to that place1 the ability will be furnished to you4 ,the same source of ,ability which enabled the untaught ,lincoln to do the greatest work in government ever accomplished by a single man is open to you2 you may draw upon all the mind there is for wisdom to use in meeting the responsibilities which are laid upon you4 ,go on in full faith4 ,study this book4 ,make it your constant companion until you have mastered all the ideas contained in it4 ,while you are getting firmly established in this faith1 you will do well to give up most recreations and pleasures2 and to stay away from places where ideas conflicting with these are advanced in lectures or sermons4 ,do not read pessimistic or conflicting literature1 or get into arguments upon the matter4 ,do very little reading1 outside of the writers mentioned in the ,preface4 ,spend most of your leisure time in contemplating your vision1 and in cultivating gratitude1 and in reading this book4 ,it contains all you need to know of the science of getting rich2 and you will find all the essentials summed up in the following chapter4 ,,chapter ,,xvii4 ,,summary ,,of ,,the ,,science ,,of ,,getting ,,rich4 ,there is a thinking stuff from which all things are made1 and which1 in its original state1 permeates1 penetrates1 and fills the interspaces of the universe4 ,a thought in this substance produces the thing that is imaged by the thought4 ,man can form things in his thought1 and by impressing his thought upon formless substance can cause the thing he thinks about to be created4 ,in order to do this1 man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind2 otherwise he cannot be in harmony with the ,formless ,intelligence1 which is always creative and never competitive in spirit4 ,man may come into full harmony with the ,formless ,substance by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon him4 ,gratitude unifies the mind of man with the intelligence of ,substance1 so that man's thoughts are received by the ,formless4 ,man can remain upon the creative plane only by uniting himself with the ,formless ,intelligence through a deep and continuous feeling of gratitude4 ,man must form a clear and definite mental image of the things he wishes to have1 to do1 or to become2 and he must hold this mental image in his thoughts1 while being deeply grateful to the ,supreme that all his desires are granted to him4 ,the man who wishes to get rich must spend his leisure hours in contemplating his ,vision1 and in earnest thanksgiving that the reality is being given to him4 ,too much stress cannot be laid on the importance of frequent contemplation of the mental image1 coupled with unwavering faith and devout gratitude4 ,this is the process by which the impression is given to the ,formless1 and the creative forces set in motion4 ,the creative energy works through the established channels of natural growth1 and of the industrial and social order4 ,all that is included in his mental image will surely be brought to the man who follows the instructions given above1 and whose faith does not waver4 ,what he wants will come to him through the ways of established trade and commerce4 ,in order to receive his own when it shall come to him1 man must be active2 and this activity can only consist in more than filling his present place4 ,he must keep in mind the ,purpose to get rich through the realization of his mental image4 ,and he must do1 every day1 all that can be done that day1 taking care to do each act in a successful manner4 ,he must give to every man a use value in excess of the cash value he receives1 so that each transaction makes for more life2 and he must so hold the ,advancing ,thought that the impression of ,increase will be communicated to all with whom he comes in contact4 ,the men and women who practice the foregoing instructions will certainly get rich2 and the riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision1 the fixity of their purpose1 the steadiness of their faith1 and the depth of their gratitude4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,further ,,aids ,,toward ,,getting ,,rich ,,right ,,the ,,nautilus is published monthly for the express purpose of making ,men and ,women ,who ,can ,do ,what ,they ,will ,to ,do4 ,it abounds in practical ideas and in the bright inspiration that impels you to ,,use the ideas4 ,use it as first aid6 ,wallace ,d4 ,wattles1 who wrote this book1 teaches 8,constructive ,science0 in every number of the magazine4 ,how to think so as to ,,promote ,,yourself is what you want to know4 ,he teaches it6 ,elizabeth and ,william ,e4 ,towne teach it1 too4 ,they are the editors and owners of ,,the ,,nautilus1 and their success is worth knowing about and learning from4 ,and ,thomas ,dreier1 of the ,sheldon ,school of ,salesmanship1 writes for ,,nautilus on business growing4 ,so does ,frank ,andrews ,fall1 of the ,university of ,new ,york4 ,and several others4 ,these folks know how4 ,,get ,,in ,,touch with success and successful people through ,,nautilus4 ,then there is our ,success ,department1 where everybody is invited to say his say1 and prizes are given for best letters4 ,,the ,,nautilus teaches and inspires health1 wealth1 and happiness in ,,all departments of life4 ,don't miss ,wallace ,d4 ,wattles' great new serial story1 8,as a ,grain of ,mustard ,seed10 which will begin in an early number of the magazine4 ,send #a4jj for a year's subscription to ,,the ,,nautilus1 with a copy of 8,making ,the ,man ,who ,can10 and 8,marital ,unrest3 a ,new ,remedy10 both by ,wallace ,d4 ,wattles4 ,or1 send #aj cents for a three months' trial and a copy of 8,marital ,unrest40 ,do you want more books on how to succeed8 ,read ,bruce ,mc,clelland's 8,prosperity ,through ,thought ,force10 price1 #a4jj1 to which ,ells ,wheeler ,wilcox gave nearly a page of space in the ,new ,york ,journal2 and read 8,how to ,grow ,success10 by ,elizabeth ,towne1 #ej;c4 ,and don't you want to read ,wallace ,d4 ,wattles' 8,new ,science of ,living and ,healing10 price1 #ej;c48 ,address ,,elizabeth ,,towne1 ,dept4 ,,ts1 ,,holyoke1 ,,mass4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,punctuation has been made consistent4 ,variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication4 ,the following change has been made3 p4 #hg3 purpose changed to propose 7who propose with7