The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Delois Wattles Published In 1910 Preface THIS book is pragmatical, not philosophical

a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories! It is intended "or the men and #omen #hose most pressing need is "or money #ho #ish to get rich "irst, and philosophi$e a"ter#ard! It is "or those #ho ha%e, so "ar, "ound neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study o" metaphysics, but #ho #ant results and #ho are #illing to take the conclusions o" science as a basis "or action, #ithout going into all the processes by #hich those conclusions #ere reached! It is e&pected that the reader #ill take the "undamental statements upon "aith, 'ust as he #ould take statements concerning a la# o" electrical action i" they #ere promulgated by a (arconi or an )dison and, taking the statements upon "aith, that he #ill pro%e their truth by acting upon them #ithout "ear or hesitation! )%ery man or #oman #ho does this #ill certainly get rich "or the science herein applied is an e&act science, and "ailure is impossible! *or the bene"it, ho#e%er, o" those #ho #ish to in%estigate philosophical theories and so secure a logical basis "or "aith, I #ill here cite certain authorities! The monistic theory o" the uni%erse the theory that +ne is ,ll, and that ,ll is +ne That one Substance mani"ests itsel" as the seeming many elements o" the material #orld -is o" Hindu origin, and has been gradually #inning its #ay into the thought o" the #estern #orld "or t#o hundred years! It is the "oundation o" all the +riental philosophies, and o" those o" Descartes, Spino$a, .eibnit$, Schopenhauer, Hegel, and )merson! The reader #ho #ould dig to the philosophical "oundations o" this is ad%ised to read Hegel and )merson "or himsel"! In #riting this book I ha%e sacri"iced all other considerations to plainness and simplicity o" style, so that all might understand! The plan o" action laid do#n herein #as deduced "rom the conclusions o" philosophy it has been thoroughly tested, and bears the supreme test o" practical e&periment it #orks! I" you #ish to kno# ho# the conclusions #ere arri%ed at, read the #ritings o" the authors mentioned abo%e and i" you #ish to reap the "ruits o" their philosophies in actual practice, read this book and do e&actly as it tells you to do! The ,uthor /H,PT)0 1 The Right To Be Rich WH,T)1)0 may be said in praise o" po%erty, the "act remains that it is not possible to li%e a really complete or success"ul li"e unless one is rich! 2o man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul de%elopment unless he has plenty o" money "or to un"old the soul and to de%elop talent he must ha%e many things to use, and he cannot ha%e these things unless he has money to buy them #ith! , man de%elops in mind, soul, and body by making

use o" things, and society is so organi$ed that man must ha%e money in order to become the possessor o" things there"ore, the basis o" all ad%ancement "or man must be the science o" getting rich! The ob'ect o" all li"e is de%elopment and e%erything that li%es has an inalienable right to all the de%elopment it is capable o" attaining! (an3s right to li"e means his right to ha%e the "ree and unrestricted use o" all the things #hich may be necessary to his "ullest mental, spiritual, and physical un"oldment or, in other #ords, his right to be rich! In this book, I shall not speak o" riches in a "igurati%e #ay to be really rich does not mean to be satis"ied or contented #ith a little! 2o man ought to be satis"ied #ith a little i" he is capable o" using and en'oying more! The purpose o" 2ature is the ad%ancement and un"oldment o" li"e and e%ery man should ha%e all that can contribute to the po#er elegance, beauty, and richness o" li"e to be content #ith less is sin"ul! The man #ho o#ns all he #ants "or the li%ing o" all the li"e he is capable o" li%ing is rich and no man #ho has not plenty o" money can ha%e all he #ants! .i"e has ad%anced so "ar, and become so comple&, that e%en the most ordinary man or #oman re4uires a great amount o" #ealth in order to li%e in a manner that e%en approaches completeness! )%ery person naturally #ants to become all that they are capable o" becoming this desire to reali$e innate possibilities is inherent in human nature #e cannot help #anting to be all that #e can be! Success in li"e is becoming #hat you #ant to be you can become #hat you #ant to be only by making use o" things, and you can ha%e the "ree use o" things only as you become rich enough to buy them! To understand the science o" getting rich is there"ore the most essential o" all kno#ledge! There is nothing #rong in #anting to get rich! The desire "or riches is really the desire "or a richer, "uller, and more abundant li"e and that desire is praise #orthy! The man #ho does not desire to li%e more abundantly is abnormal, and so the man #ho does not desire to ha%e money enough to buy all he #ants is abnormal! There are three moti%es "or #hich #e li%e #e li%e "or the body, #e li%e "or the mind, #e li%e "or the soul! 2o one o" these is better or holier than the other all are alike desirable, and no one o" the three - body, mind, or soul - can li%e "ully i" either o" the others is cut short o" "ull li"e and e&pression! It is not right or noble to li%e only "or the soul and deny mind or body and it is #rong to li%e "or the intellect and deny body or soul! We are all ac4uainted #ith the loathsome conse4uences o" li%ing "or the body and denying both mind and soul and #e see that real li"e means the complete e&pression o" all that man can gi%e "orth through body, mind, and soul! Whate%er he can say, no man can be really happy or satis"ied unless his body is li%ing "ully in e%ery "unction, and unless the same is true o" his mind and his soul! Where%er there is une&pressed possibility, or "unction not

per"ormed, there is unsatis"ied desire! Desire is possibility seeking e&pression, or "unction seeking per"ormance! (an cannot li%e "ully in body #ithout good "ood, com"ortable clothing, and #arm shelter and #ithout "reedom "rom e&cessi%e toil! 0est and recreation are also necessary to his physical li"e ! He cannot li%e "ully in mind #ithout books and time to study them, #ithout opportunity "or tra%el and obser%ation, or #ithout intellectual companionship! To li%e "ully in mind he must ha%e intellectual recreations, and must surround himsel" #ith all the ob'ects o" art and beauty he is capable o" using and appreciating! To li%e "ully in soul, man must ha%e lo%e and lo%e is denied e&pression by po%erty! , man3s highest happiness is "ound in the besto#al o" bene"its on those he lo%es lo%e "inds its most natural and spontaneous e&pression in gi%ing! The man #ho has nothing to gi%e cannot "ill his place as a husband or "ather, as a citi$en, or as a man! It is in the use o" material things that a man "inds "ull li"e "or his body, de%elops his mind, and un"olds his soul! It is there"ore o" supreme importance to him that he should be rich! It is per"ectly right that you should desire to be rich i" you are a normal man or #oman you cannot help doing so! It is per"ectly right that you should gi%e your best attention to the Science o" 5etting 0ich, "or it is the noblest and most necessary o" all studies! I" you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty to yoursel", to 5od and humanity "or you can render to 5od and humanity no greater ser%ice than to make the most o" yoursel"! /H,PT)0 6 There is A Science of Getting Rich TH)0) is a Science o" getting rich, and it is an e&act science, like algebra or arithmetic! There are certain la#s #hich go%ern the process o" ac4uiring riches once these la#s are learned and obeyed by any man, he #ill get rich #ith mathematical certainty! The o#nership o" money and property comes as a result o" doing things in a certain #ay those #ho do things in this /ertain Way, #hether on purpose or accidentally, get rich #hile those #ho do not do things in this /ertain Way, no matter ho# hard they #ork or ho# able they are, remain poor! It is a natural la# that like causes al#ays produce like e""ects and, there"ore, any man or #oman #ho learns to do things in this certain #ay #ill in"allibly get rich! That the abo%e statement is true is sho#n by the "ollo#ing "acts7 5etting rich is not a matter o" en%ironment, "or, i" it #ere, all the people in certain neighborhoods #ould become #ealthy the people o" one city #ould all be rich, #hile those o" other to#ns #ould all be poor or the inhabitants o" one state #ould roll in #ealth, #hile those o" an ad'oining state #ould be in po%erty! 8ut e%ery#here #e see rich and poor li%ing side by side, in the same en%ironment, and o"ten engaged in the same %ocations! When t#o men are in the same locality, and in the same business, and one gets rich #hile the other remains poor, it sho#s that getting rich is

not, primarily, a matter o" en%ironment! Some en%ironments may be more "a%orable than others, but #hen t#o men in the same business are in the same neighborhood, and one gets rich #hile the other "ails, it indicates that getting rich is the result o" doing things in a /ertain Way! ,nd "urther, the ability to do things in this certain #ay is not due solely to the possession o" talent, "or many people #ho ha%e great talent remain poor, #hile other #ho ha%e %ery little talent get rich! Studying the people #ho ha%e got rich, #e "ind that they are an a%erage lot in all respects, ha%ing no greater talents and abilities than other men! It is e%ident that they do not get rich because they possess talents and abilities that other men ha%e not, but because they happen to do things in a /ertain Way! 5etting rich is not the result o" sa%ing, or 9thri"t9 many %ery penurious people are poor, #hile "ree spenders o"ten get rich! 2or is getting rich due to doing things #hich others "ail to do "or t#o men in the same business o"ten do almost e&actly the same things, and one gets rich #hile the other remains poor or becomes bankrupt! *rom all these things, #e must come to the conclusion that getting rich is the result o" doing things in a /ertain Way! I" getting rich is the result o" doing things in a /ertain Way, and i" like causes al#ays produce like e""ects, then any man or #oman #ho can do things in that #ay can become rich, and the #hole matter is brought #ithin the domain o" e&act science! The 4uestion arises here, #hether this /ertain Way may not be so di""icult that only a "e# may "ollo# it!This cannot be true, as #e ha%e seen, so "ar as natural ability is concerned! Talented people get rich, and blockheads get rich intellectually brilliant people get rich, and %ery stupid people get rich physically strong people get rich, and #eak and sickly people get rich! Some degree o" ability to think and understand is, o" course, essential but in so "ar natural ability is concerned, any man or #oman #ho has sense enough to read and understand these #ords can certainly get rich! ,lso, #e ha%e seen that it is not a matter o" en%ironment! .ocation counts "or something one #ould not go to the heart o" the Sahara and e&pect to do success"ul business! 5etting rich in%ol%es the necessity o" dealing #ith men, and o" being #here there are people to deal #ith and i" these people are inclined to deal in the #ay you #ant to deal, so much the better! 8ut that is about as "ar as en%ironment goes! I" anybody else in your to#n can get rich, so can you and i" anybody else in your state can get rich, so can you! ,gain, it is not a matter o" choosing some particular business or pro"ession! People get rich in e%ery business, and in e%ery pro"ession #hile their ne&t door neighbors in the same %ocation remain in po%erty! It is true that you #ill do best in a business #hich you like, and #hich is congenial to you and i" you ha%e certain talents #hich are #ell de%eloped, you #ill do best in a business #hich calls "or the e&ercise o" those

talents! ,lso, you #ill do best in a business #hich is suited to your locality an ice-cream parlor #ould do better in a #arm climate than in 5reenland, and a salmon "ishery #ill succeed better in the 2orth#est than in *lorida, #here there are no salmon! 8ut, aside "rom these general limitations, getting rich is not dependent upon your engaging in some particular business, but upon your learning to do things in a /ertain Way! I" you are no# in business, and anybody else in your locality is getting rich in the same business, #hile you are not getting rich, it is because you are not doing things in the same Way that the other person is doing them! 2o one is pre%ented "rom getting rich by lack o" capital! True, as you get capital the increase becomes more easy and rapid but one #ho has capital is already rich, and does not need to consider ho# to become so! 2o matter ho# poor you may be, i" you begin to do things in the /ertain Way you #ill begin to get rich and you #ill begin to ha%e capital! The getting o" capital is a part o" the process o" getting rich and it is a part o" the result #hich in%ariably "ollo#s the doing o" things in the /ertain Way! :ou may be the poorest man on the continent, and be deeply in debt you may ha%e neither "riends, in"luence, nor resources but i" you begin to do things in this #ay, you must in"allibly begin to get rich, "or like causes must produce like e""ects! I" you ha%e no capital, you can get capital i" you are in the #rong business, you can get into the right business i" you are in the #rong location, you can go to the right location and you can do so by beginning in your present business and in your present location to do things in the /ertain Way #hich causes success! /H,PT)0 ; Is Opportunity Monopolized? 2+ man is kept poor because opportunity has been taken a#ay "rom him because other people ha%e monopoli$ed the #ealth, and ha%e put a "ence around it! :ou may be shut o"" "rom engaging in business in certain lines, but there are other channels open to you! Probably it #ould be hard "or you to get control o" any o" the great railroad systems that "ield is pretty #ell monopoli$ed! 8ut the electric rail#ay business is still in its in"ancy, and o""ers plenty o" scope "or enterprise and it #ill be but a %ery "e# years until tra""ic and transportation through the air #ill become a great industry, and in all its branches #ill gi%e employment to hundreds o" thousands, and perhaps to millions, o" people! Why not turn your attention to the de%elopment o" aerial transportation, instead o" competing #ith <!<! Hill and others "or a chance in the steam rail#ay #orld= It is 4uite true that i" you are a #orkman in the employ o" the steel trust you ha%e %ery little chance o" becoming the o#ner o" the plant in #hich you #ork but it is also true that i" you #ill commence to act in a /ertain Way, you can soon lea%e the employ o" the steel trust you can buy a "arm o" "rom ten to "orty acres, and engage in business as a

producer o" "oodstu""s! There is great opportunity at this time "or men #ho #ill li%e upon small tracts o" land and culti%ate the same intensi%ely such men #ill certainly get rich! :ou may say that it is impossible "or you to get the land, but I am going to pro%e to you that it is not impossible, and that you can certainly get a "arm i" you #ill go to #ork in a /ertain Way! ,t di""erent periods the tide o" opportunity sets in di""erent directions, according to the needs o" the #hole, and the particular stage o" social e%olution #hich has been reached! ,t present, in ,merica, it is setting to#ard agriculture and the allied industries and pro"essions! To-day, opportunity is open be"ore the "actory #orker in his line! It is open be"ore the business man #ho supplies the "armer more than be"ore the one #ho supplies the "actory #orker and be"ore the pro"essional man #ho #aits upon the "armer more than be"ore the one #ho ser%es the #orking class! There is abundance o" opportunity "or the man #ho #ill go #ith the tide, instead o" trying to s#im against it! So the "actory #orkers, either as indi%iduals or as a class, are not depri%ed o" opportunity! The #orkers are not being 9kept do#n9 by their masters they are not being 9ground9 by the trusts and combinations o" capital! ,s a class, they are #here they are because they do not do things in a /ertain Way! I" the #orkers o" ,merica chose to do so, they could "ollo# the e&ample o" their brothers in 8elgium and other countries, and establish great department stores and co-operati%e industries they could elect men o" their o#n class to o""ice, and pass la#s "a%oring the de%elopment o" such co-operati%e industries and in a "e# years they could take peaceable possession o" the industrial "ield! The #orking class may become the master class #hene%er they #ill begin to do things in a /ertain Way the la# o" #ealth is the same "or them as it is "or all others! This they must learn and they #ill remain #here they are as long as they continue to do as they do! The indi%idual #orker, ho#e%er, is not held do#n by the ignorance or the mental sloth"ulness o" his class he can "ollo# the tide o" opportunity to riches, and this book #ill tell him ho#! 2o one is kept in po%erty by a shortness in the supply o" riches there is more than enough "or all! , palace as large as the capitol at Washington might be built "or e%ery "amily on earth "rom the building material in the >nited States alone and under intensi%e culti%ation, this country #ould produce #ool, cotton, linen, and silk enough to cloth each person in the #orld "iner than Solomon #as arrayed in all his glory together #ith "ood enough to "eed them all lu&uriously! The %isible supply is practically ine&haustible and the in%isible supply really IS ine&haustible! )%erything you see on earth is made "rom one original substance, out o" #hich all things proceed! 2e# *orms are constantly being made, and older ones are dissol%ing but all are shapes assumed by +ne Thing! There is no limit to the

supply o" *ormless Stu"", or +riginal Substance! The uni%erse is made out o" it but it #as not all used in making the uni%erse! The spaces in, through, and bet#een the "orms o" the %isible uni%erse are permeated and "illed #ith the +riginal Substance #ith the "ormless Stu"" #ith the ra# material o" all things! Ten thousand times as much as has been made might still be made, and e%en then #e should not ha%e e&hausted the supply o" uni%ersal ra# material! 2o man, there"ore, is poor because nature is poor, or because there is not enough to go around! 2ature is an ine&haustible storehouse o" riches the supply #ill ne%er run short! +riginal Substance is ali%e #ith creati%e energy, and is constantly producing more "orms! When the supply o" building material is e&hausted, more #ill be produced #hen the soil is e&hausted so that "ood stu""s and materials "or clothing #ill no longer gro# upon it, it #ill be rene#ed or more soil #ill be made! When all the gold and sil%er has been dug "rom the earth, i" man is still in such a stage o" social de%elopment that he needs gold and sil%er, more #ill produced "rom the *ormless! The *ormless Stu"" responds to the needs o" man it #ill not let him be #ithout any good thing! This is true o" man collecti%ely the race as a #hole is al#ays abundantly rich, and i" indi%iduals are poor, it is because they do not "ollo# the /ertain Way o" doing things #hich makes the indi%idual man rich! The *ormless Stu"" is intelligent it is stu"" #hich thinks! It is ali%e, and is al#ays impelled to#ard more li"e! It is the natural and inherent impulse o" li"e to seek to li%e more it is the nature o" intelligence to enlarge itsel", and o" consciousness to seek to e&tend its boundaries and "ind "uller e&pression! The uni%erse o" "orms has been made by *ormless .i%ing Substance, thro#ing itsel" into "orm in order to e&press itsel" more "ully! The uni%erse is a great .i%ing Presence, al#ays mo%ing inherently to#ard more li"e and "uller "unctioning! 2ature is "ormed "or the ad%ancement o" li"e its impelling moti%e is the increase o" li"e! *or this cause, e%erything #hich can possibly minister to li"e is bounti"ully pro%ided there can be no lack unless 5od is to contradict himsel" and nulli"y his o#n #orks! :ou are not kept poor by lack in the supply o" riches it is a "act #hich I shall demonstrate a little "arther on that e%en the resources o" the *ormless Supply are at the command o" the man or #oman #ill act and think in a /ertain Way! /H,PT)0 ? The First Principle in The Science of Getting Rich TH+>5HT is the only po#er #hich can produce tangible riches "rom the *ormless Substance! The stu"" "rom #hich all things are made is a substance #hich thinks, and a thought o" "orm in this substance produces the "orm! +riginal Substance mo%es according to its thoughts e%ery "orm and process you see in nature is the %isible e&pression o" a thought in +riginal Substance! ,s the *ormless Stu"" thinks o" a "orm, it takes that "orm as it thinks o" a

motion, it makes that motion! That is the #ay all things #ere created! We li%e in a thought #orld, #hich is part o" a thought uni%erse! The thought o" a mo%ing uni%erse e&tended throughout *ormless Substance, and the Thinking Stu"" mo%ing according to that thought, took the "orm o" systems o" planets, and maintains that "orm! Thinking Substance takes the "orm o" its thought, and mo%es according to the thought! Holding the idea o" a circling system o" suns and #orlds, it takes the "orm o" these bodies, and mo%es them as it thinks! Thinking the "orm o" a slo#-gro#ing oak tree, it mo%es accordingly, and produces the tree, though centuries may be re4uired to do the #ork! In creating, the *ormless seems to mo%e according to the lines o" motion it has established the thought o" an oak tree does not cause the instant "ormation o" a "ull-gro#n tree, but it does start in motion the "orces #hich #ill produce the tree, along established lines o" gro#th! )%ery thought o" "orm, held in thinking Substance, causes the creation o" the "orm, but al#ays, or at least generally, along lines o" gro#th and action already established! The thought o" a house o" a certain construction, i" it #ere impressed upon *ormless Substance, might not cause the instant "ormation, o" the house but it #ould cause the turning o" creati%e energies already #orking in trade and commerce into such channels as to result in the speedy building o" the house! ,nd i" there #ere no e&isting channels through #hich the creati%e energy could #ork, then the house #ould be "ormed directly "rom primal substance, #ithout #aiting "or the slo# processes o" the organic and inorganic #orld! 2o thought o" "orm can be impressed upon +riginal Substance #ithout causing the creation o" the "orm! (an is a thinking center, and can originate thought! ,ll the "orms that man "ashions #ith his hands must "irst e&ist in his thought he cannot shape a thing until he has thought that thing! ,nd so "ar man has con"ined his e""orts #holly to the #ork o" his hands he has applied manual labor to the #orld o" "orms, seeking to change or modi"y those already e&isting! He has ne%er thought o" trying to cause the creation o" ne# "orms by impressing his thoughts upon *ormless Substance! When man has a thought-"orm, he takes material "rom the "orms o" nature, and makes an image o" the "orm #hich is in his mind! He has, so "ar, made little or no e""ort to co-operate #ith *ormless Intelligence to #ork 9#ith the *ather!9 He has not dreamed that he can 9do #hat he seeth the *ather doing!9 (an reshapes and modi"ies e&isting "orms by manual labor he has gi%en no attention to the 4uestion #hether he may not produce things "rom *ormless Substance by communicating his thoughts to it! We propose to pro%e that he may do so to pro%e that any man or #oman may do so, and to sho# ho#! ,s our "irst step, #e must lay do#n three "undamental propositions! *irst, #e assert that there is one original "ormless stu"", or

substance, "rom #hich all things are made! ,ll the seemingly many elements are but di""erent presentations o" one element all the many "orms "ound in organic and inorganic nature are but di""erent shapes, made "rom the same stu""! ,nd this stu"" is thinking stu"" a thought held in it produces the "orm o" the thought! Thought, in thinking substance, produces shapes! (an is a thinking center, capable o" original thought i" man can communicate his thought to original thinking substance, he can cause the creation, or "ormation, o" the thing he thinks about! To summari$e this7There is a thinking stu"" "rom #hich all things are made, and #hich, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and "ills the interspaces o" the uni%erse! , thought, in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought! (an can "orm things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon "ormless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created! It may be asked i" I can pro%e these statements and #ithout going into details, I ans#er that I can do so, both by logic and e&perience! 0easoning back "rom the phenomena o" "orm and thought, I come to one original thinking substance and reasoning "or#ard "rom this thinking substance, I come to man3s po#er to cause the "ormation o" the thing he thinks about! ,nd by e&periment, I "ind the reasoning true and this is my strongest proo"! I" one man #ho reads this book gets rich by doing #hat it tells him to do, that is e%idence in support o" my claim but i" e%ery man #ho does #hat it tells him to do gets rich, that is positi%e proo" until some one goes through the process and "ails! The theory is true until the process "ails and this process #ill not "ail, "or e%ery man #ho does e&actly #hat this book tells him to do #ill get rich! I ha%e said that men get rich by doing things in a /ertain Way and in order to do so, men must become able to think in a certain #ay! , man3s #ay o" doing things is the direct result o" the #ay he thinks about things! To do things in a #ay you #ant to do them, you #ill ha%e to ac4uire the ability to think the #ay you #ant to think this is the "irst step to#ard getting rich! To think #hat you #ant to think is to think T0>TH, regardless o" appearances! )%ery man has the natural and inherent po#er to think #hat he #ants to think, but it re4uires "ar more e""ort to do so than it does to think the thoughts #hich are suggested by appearances! To think according to appearance is easy to think truth regardless o" appearances is laborious, and re4uires the e&penditure o" more po#er than any other #ork man is called upon to per"orm! There is no labor "rom #hich most people shrink as they do "rom that o" sustained and consecuti%e thought it is the hardest #ork in the #orld! This is especially true #hen truth is contrary to appearances! )%ery appearance in the %isible #orld tends to produce a corresponding "orm in the mind #hich obser%es it and this can only be pre%ented by holding the

thought o" the T0>TH! To look upon the appearance o" disease #ill produce the "orm o" disease in your o#n mind, and ultimately in your body, unless you hold the thought o" the truth, #hich is that there is no disease it is only an appearance, and the reality is health! To look upon the appearances o" po%erty #ill produce corresponding "orms in your o#n mind, unless you hold to the truth that there is no po%erty there is only abundance! To think health #hen surrounded by the appearances o" disease, or to think riches #hen in the midst o" appearances o" po%erty, re4uires po#er but he #ho ac4uires this po#er becomes a (,ST)0 (I2D! He can con4uer "ate he can ha%e #hat he #ants! This po#er can only be ac4uired by getting hold o" the basic "act #hich is behind all appearances and that "act is that there is one Thinking Substance, "rom #hich and by #hich all things are made! Then #e must grasp the truth that e%ery thought held in this substance becomes a "orm, and that man can so impress his thoughts upon it as to cause them to take "orm and become %isible things! When #e reali$e this, #e lose all doubt and "ear, "or #e kno# that #e can create #hat #e #ant to create #e can get #hat #e #ant to ha%e, and can become #hat #e #ant to be! ,s a "irst step to#ard getting rich, you must belie%e the three "undamental statements gi%en pre%iously in this chapter and in order to emphasi$e them! I repeat them here7There is a thinking stu"" "rom #hich all things are made, and #hich, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and "ills the interspaces o" the uni%erse! , thought, in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought! (an can "orm things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon "ormless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created! :ou must lay aside all other concepts o" the uni%erse than this monistic one and you must d#ell upon this until it is "i&ed in your mind, and has become your habitual thought! 0ead these creed statements o%er and o%er again "i& e%ery #ord upon your memory, and meditate upon them until you "irmly belie%e #hat they say! I" a doubt comes to you, cast it aside as a sin! Do not listen to arguments against this idea do not go to churches or lectures #here a contrary concept o" things is taught or preached! Do not read maga$ines or books #hich teach a di""erent idea i" you get mi&ed up in your "aith, all your e""orts #ill be in %ain! Do not ask #hy these things are true, nor speculate as to ho# they can be true simply take them on trust! The science o" getting rich begins #ith the absolute acceptance o" this "aith! /H,PT)0 @ Increasing ife :+> must get rid o" the last %estige o" the old idea that there is a Deity #hose #ill it is that you should be poor, or #hose purposes may be ser%ed by keeping you in po%erty! The Intelligent Substance #hich is ,ll, and in ,ll, and #hich li%es in ,ll and li%es in you, is a consciously .i%ing Substance! 8eing a

consciously li%ing substance, It must ha%e the nature and inherent desire o" e%ery li%ing intelligence "or increase o" li"e! )%ery li%ing thing must continually seek "or the enlargement o" its li"e, because li"e, in the mere act o" li%ing, must increase itsel"! , seed, dropped into the ground, springs into acti%ity, and in the act o" li%ing produces a hundred more seeds li"e, by li%ing, multiplies itsel"! It is "ore%er 8ecoming (ore it must do so, i" it continues to be at all! Intelligence is under this same necessity "or continuous increase! )%ery thought #e think makes it necessary "or us to think another thought consciousness is continually e&panding! )%ery "act #e learn leads us to the learning o" another "act kno#ledge is continually increasing! )%ery talent #e culti%ate brings to the mind the desire to culti%ate another talent #e are sub'ect to the urge o" li"e, seeking e&pression, #hich e%er dri%es us on to kno# more, to do more, and to be more! In order to kno# more, do more, and be more #e must ha%e more #e must ha%e things to use, "or #e learn, and do, and become, only by using things! We must get rich, so that #e can li%e more! The desire "or riches is simply the capacity "or larger li"e seeking "ul"illment e%ery desire is the e""ort o" an une&pressed possibility to come into action! It is po#er seeking to mani"est #hich causes desire! That #hich makes you #ant more money is the same as that #hich makes the plant gro# it is .i"e, seeking "uller e&pression! The +ne .i%ing Substance must be sub'ect to this inherent la# o" all li"e it is permeated #ith the desire to li%e more that is #hy it is under the necessity o" creating things! The +ne Substance desires to li%e more in you hence it #ants you to ha%e all the things you can use! It is the desire o" 5od that you should get rich! He #ants you to get rich because he can e&press himsel" better through you i" you ha%e plenty o" things to use in gi%ing him e&pression! He can li%e more in you i" you ha%e unlimited command o" the means o" li"e! The uni%erse desires you to ha%e e%erything you #ant to ha%e! 2ature is "riendly to your plans! )%erything is naturally "or you! (ake up your mind that this is true! It is essential, ho#e%er that your purpose should harmoni$e #ith the purpose that is in ,ll! :ou must #ant real li"e, not mere pleasure o" sensual grati"ication! .i"e is the per"ormance o" "unction and the indi%idual really li%es only #hen he per"orms e%ery "unction, physical, mental, and spiritual, o" #hich he is capable, #ithout e&cess in any! :ou do not #ant to get rich in order to li%e s#inishly, "or the grati"ication o" animal desires that is not li"e! 8ut the per"ormance o" e%ery physical "unction is a part o" li"e, and no one li%es completely #ho denies the impulses o" the body a normal and health"ul e&pression! :ou do not #ant to get rich solely to en'oy mental pleasures, to get kno#ledge, to grati"y ambition, to outshine others, to be "amous! ,ll these are a legitimate part o" li"e, but the man #ho li%es "or the pleasures o"

the intellect alone #ill only ha%e a partial li"e, and he #ill ne%er be satis"ied #ith his lot! :ou do not #ant to get rich solely "or the good o" others, to lose yoursel" "or the sal%ation o" mankind, to e&perience the 'oys o" philanthropy and sacri"ice! The 'oys o" the soul are only a part o" li"e and they are no better or nobler than any other part! :ou #ant to get rich in order that you may eat, drink, and be merry #hen it is time to do these things in order that you may surround yoursel" #ith beauti"ul things, see distant lands, "eed your mind, and de%elop your intellect in order that you may lo%e men and do kind things, and be able to play a good part in helping the #orld to "ind truth! 8ut remember that e&treme altruism is no better and no nobler than e&treme sel"ishness both are mistakes! 5et rid o" the idea that 5od #ants you to sacri"ice yoursel" "or others, and that you can secure his "a%or by doing so 5od re4uires nothing o" the kind! What he #ants is that you should make the most o" yoursel", "or yoursel", and "or others and you can help others more by making the most o" yoursel" than in any other #ay! :ou can make the most o" yoursel" only by getting rich so it is right and praise#orthy that you should gi%e your "irst and best thought to the #ork o" ac4uiring #ealth! 0emember, ho#e%er, that the desire o" Substance is "or all, and its mo%ements must be "or more li"e to all it cannot be made to #ork "or less li"e to any, because it is e4ually in all, seeking riches and li"e! Intelligent Substance #ill make things "or you, but it #ill not take things a#ay "rom some one else and gi%e them to you! :ou must get rid o" the thought o" competition! :ou are to create, not to compete "or #hat is already created! :ou do not ha%e to take anything a#ay "rom any one! :ou do not ha%e to dri%e sharp bargains! :ou do not ha%e to cheat, or to take ad%antage! :ou do not need to let any man #ork "or you "or less than he earns! :ou do not ha%e to co%et the property o" others, or to look at it #ith #ish"ul eyes no man has anything o" #hich you cannot ha%e the like, and that #ithout taking #hat he has a#ay "rom him! :ou are to become a creator, not a competitor you are going to get #hat you #ant, but in such a #ay that #hen you get it e%ery other man #ill ha%e more than he has no#! I am a#are that there are men #ho get a %ast amount o" money by proceeding in direct opposition to the statements in the paragraph abo%e, and may add a #ord o" e&planation here! (en o" the plutocratic type, #ho become %ery rich, do so sometimes purely by their e&traordinary ability on the plane o" competition and sometimes they unconsciously relate themsel%es to Substance in its great purposes and mo%ements "or the general racial upbuilding through industrial e%olution! 0ocke"eller, /arnegie, (organ, et al!, ha%e been the unconscious agents o" the Supreme in the necessary #ork o" systemati$ing and organi$ing producti%e industry and in the end, their #ork #ill contribute immensely

to#ard increased li"e "or all! Their day is nearly o%er they ha%e organi$ed production, and #ill soon be succeeded by the agents o" the multitude, #ho #ill organi$e the machinery o" distribution! The multi-millionaires are like the monster reptiles o" the prehistoric eras they play a necessary part in the e%olutionary process, but the same Po#er #hich produced them #ill dispose o" them! ,nd it is #ell to bear in mind that they ha%e ne%er been really rich a record o" the pri%ate li%es o" most o" this class #ill sho# that they ha%e really been the most ab'ect and #retched o" the poor! 0iches secured on the competiti%e plane are ne%er satis"actory and permanent they are yours today, and another3s tomorro#! 0emember, i" you are to become rich in a scienti"ic and certain #ay, you must rise entirely out o" the competiti%e thought! :ou must ne%er think "or a moment that the supply is limited! <ust as soon as you begin to think that all the money is being 9cornered9 and controlled by bankers and others, and that you must e&ert yoursel" to get la#s passed to stop this process, and so on in that moment you drop into the competiti%e mind, and your po#er to cause creation is gone "or the time being and #hat is #orse, you #ill probably arrest the creati%e mo%ements you ha%e already instituted! A2+W that there are countless millions o" dollars3 #orth o" gold in the mountains o" the earth, not yet brought to light and kno# that i" there #ere not, more #ould be created "rom Thinking Substance to supply your needs! A2+W that the money you need #ill come, e%en i" it is necessary "or a thousand men to be led to the disco%ery o" ne# gold mines to-morro#! 2e%er look at the %isible supply look al#ays at the limitless riches in *ormless Substance, and A2+W that they are coming to you as "ast as you can recei%e and use them! 2obody, by cornering the %isible supply, can pre%ent you "rom getting #hat is yours! So ne%er allo# yoursel" to think "or an instant that all the best building spots #ill be taken be"ore you get ready to build your house, unless you hurry! 2e%er #orry about the trusts and combines, and get an&ious "or "ear they #ill soon come to o#n the #hole earth! 2e%er get a"raid that you #ill lose #hat you #ant because some other person 9beats you to it!9 That cannot possibly happen you are not seeking any thing that is possessed by anybody else you are causing #hat you #ant to be created "rom "ormless Substance, and the supply is #ithout limits! Stick to the "ormulated statement7BCD There is a thinking stu"" "rom #hich all things are made, and #hich, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and "ills the interspaces o" the uni%erse! , thought, in this substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought! (an can "orm things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon "ormless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created! /H,PT)0 E !o" Riches #o$e to %ou

WH)2 I say that you do not ha%e to dri%e sharp bargains, I do not mean that you do not ha%e to dri%e any bargains at all, or that you are abo%e the necessity "or ha%ing any dealings #ith your "ello# men! I mean that you #ill not need to deal #ith them un"airly you do not ha%e to get something "or nothing, but can gi%e to e%ery man more than you take "rom him! :ou cannot gi%e e%ery man more in cash market %alue than you take "rom him, but you can gi%e him more in use %alue than the cash %alue o" the thing you take "rom him! The paper, ink, and other material in this book may not be #orth the money you pay "or it but i" the ideas suggested by it bring you thousands o" dollars, you ha%e not been #ronged by those #ho sold it to you they ha%e gi%en you a great use %alue "or a small cash %alue! .et us suppose that I o#n a picture by one o" the great artists, #hich, in any ci%ili$ed community, is #orth thousands o" dollars! I take it to 8a""in 0ay, and by 9salesmanship9 induce an )skimo to gi%e a bundle o" "urs #orth F@00 "or it! I ha%e really #ronged him, "or he has no use "or the picture it has no use %alue to him it #ill not add to his li"e! 8ut suppose I gi%e him a gun #orth F@0 "or his "urs then he has made a good bargain! He has use "or the gun it #ill get him many more "urs and much "ood it #ill add to his li"e in e%ery #ay it #ill make him rich! When you rise "rom the competiti%e to the creati%e plane, you can scan your business transactions %ery strictly, and i" you are selling any man anything #hich does not add more to his li"e than the thing he gi%e you in e&change, you can a""ord to stop it! :ou do not ha%e to beat anybody in business! ,nd i" you are in a business #hich does beat people, get out o" it at once! 5i%e e%ery man more in use %alue than you take "rom him in cash %alue then you are adding to the li"e o" the #orld by e%ery business transaction! I" you ha%e people #orking "or you, you must take "rom them more in cash %alue than you pay them in #ages but you can so organi$e your business that it #ill be "illed #ith the principle o" ad%ancement, and so that each employee #ho #ishes to do so may ad%ance a little e%ery day! :ou can make your business do "or your employees #hat this book is doing "or you! :ou can so conduct your business that it #ill be a sort o" ladder, by #hich e%ery employee #ho #ill take the trouble may climb to riches himsel" and gi%en the opportunity, i" he #ill not do so it is not your "ault! ,nd "inally, because you are to cause the creation o" your riches "rom *ormless Substance #hich permeates all your en%ironment, it does not "ollo# that they are to take shape "rom the atmosphere and come into being be"ore your eyes! I" you #ant a se#ing machine, "or instance, I do not mean to tell you that you are to impress the thought o" a se#ing machine on Thinking Substance until the machine is "ormed #ithout hands, in the room #here you sit, or else#here! 8ut i" you #ant a se#ing machine, hold the mental image o"

it #ith the most positi%e certainty that it is being made, or is on its #ay to you! ,"ter once "orming the thought, ha%e the most absolute and un4uestioning "aith that the se#ing machine is coming ne%er think o" it, or speak, o" it, in any other #ay than as being sure to arri%e! /laim it as already yours! It #ill be brought to you by the po#er o" the Supreme Intelligence, acting upon the minds o" men! I" you li%e in (aine, it may be that a man #ill be brought "rom Te&as or <apan to engage in some transaction #hich #ill result in your getting #hat you #ant! I" so, the #hole matter #ill be as much to that man3s ad%antage as it is to yours! Do not "orget "or a moment that the Thinking Substance is through all, in all, communicating #ith all, and can in"luence all! The desire o" Thinking Substance "or "uller li"e and better li%ing has caused the creation o" all the se#ing machines already made and it can cause the creation o" millions more, and #ill, #hene%er men set it in motion by desire and "aith, and by acting in a /ertain Way! :ou can certainly ha%e a se#ing machine in your house and it is 'ust as certain that you can ha%e any other thing or things #hich you #ant, and #hich you #ill use "or the ad%ancement o" your o#n li"e and the li%es o" others! :ou need not hesitate about asking largely 9it is your *ather3s pleasure to gi%e you the kingdom, 9 said <esus! +riginal Substance #ants to li%e all that is possible in you, and #ants you to ha%e all that you can or #ill use "or the li%ing o" the most abundant li"e! I" you "i& upon your consciousness the "act that the desire you "eel "or the possession o" riches is one #ith the desire o" +mnipotence "or more complete e&pression, your "aith becomes in%incible! +nce I sa# a little boy sitting at a piano, and %ainly trying to bring harmony out o" the keys and I sa# that he #as grie%ed and pro%oked by his inability to play real music! I asked him the cause o" his %e&ation, and he ans#ered, 9I can "eel the music in me, but I can3t make my hands go right!9 The music in him #as the >05) o" +riginal Substance, containing all the possibilities o" all li"e all that there is o" music #as seeking e&pression through the child! 5od, the +ne Substance, is trying to li%e and do and en'oy things through humanity! He is saying 9I #ant hands to build #onder"ul structures, to play di%ine harmonies, to paint glorious pictures I #ant "eet to run my errands, eyes to see my beauties, tongues to tell mighty truths and to sing mar%elous songs,9 and so on! ,ll that there is o" possibility is seeking e&pression through men! 5od #ants those #ho can play music to ha%e pianos and e%ery other instrument, and to ha%e the means to culti%ate their talents to the "ullest e&tent He #ants those #ho can appreciate beauty to be able to surround themsel%es #ith beauti"ul things He #ants those #ho can discern truth to ha%e e%ery opportunity to tra%el and obser%e He #ants those #ho can appreciate dress to be beauti"ully clothed, and those #ho can appreciate good "ood to be lu&uriously

"ed! He #ants all these things because it is Himsel" that en'oys and appreciates them it is 5od #ho #ants to play, and sing, and en'oy beauty, and proclaim truth and #ear "ine clothes, and eat good "oods! 9it is 5od that #orketh in you to #ill and to do,9 said Paul! The desire you "eel "or riches is the in"inite, seeking to e&press Himsel" in you as He sought to "ind e&pression in the little boy at the piano! So you need not hesitate to ask largely! :our part is to "ocali$e and e&press the desire to 5od! This is a di""icult point #ith most people they retain something o" the old idea that po%erty and sel"sacri"ice are pleasing to 5od! They look upon po%erty as a part o" the plan, a necessity o" nature! They ha%e the idea that 5od has "inished His #ork, and made all that He can make, and that the ma'ority o" men must stay poor because there is not enough to go around! They hold to so much o" this erroneous thought that they "eel ashamed to ask "or #ealth they try not to #ant more than a %ery modest competence, 'ust enough to make them "airly com"ortable! I recall no# the case o" one student #ho #as told that he must get in mind a clear picture o" the things he desired, so that the creati%e thought o" them might be impressed on *ormless Substance! He #as a %ery poor man, li%ing in a rented house, and ha%ing only #hat he earned "rom day to day and he could not grasp the "act that all #ealth #as his! So, a"ter thinking the matter o%er, he decided that he might reasonably ask "or a ne# rug "or the "loor o" his best room, and an anthracite coal sto%e to heat the house during the cold #eather! *ollo#ing the instructions gi%en in this book, he obtained these things in a "e# months and then it da#ned upon him that he had not asked enough! He #ent through the house in #hich he li%ed, and planned all the impro%ements he #ould like to make in it he mentally added a bay #indo# here and a room there, until it #as complete in his mind as his ideal home and then he planned its "urnishings! Holding the #hole picture in his mind, he began li%ing in the /ertain Way, and mo%ing to#ard #hat he #anted and he o#ns the house no#, and is rebuilding it a"ter the "orm o" his mental image! ,nd no#, #ith still larger "aith, he is going on to get greater things! It has been unto him according to his "aith, and it is so #ith you and #ith all o" us! /H,PT)0 G Gratitude TH) illustrations gi%en in the last chapter #ill ha%e con%eyed to the reader the "act that the "irst step to#ard getting rich is to con%ey the idea o" your #ants to the *ormless Substance! This is true, and you #ill see that in order to do so it becomes necessary to relate yoursel" to the *ormless Intelligence in a harmonious #ay! To secure this harmonious relation is a matter o" such primary and %ital importance that I shall gi%e some space to its discussion here, and gi%e you instructions #hich, i" you #ill "ollo# them, #ill be certain

to bring you into per"ect unity o" mind #ith 5od! The #hole process o" mental ad'ustment and atonement can be summed up in one #ord, gratitude! *irst, you belie%e that there is one Intelligent Substance, "rom #hich all things proceed second, you belie%e that this Substance gi%es you e%erything you desire and third, you relate yoursel" to it by a "eeling o" deep and pro"ound gratitude! (any people #ho order their li%es rightly in all other #ays are kept in po%erty by their lack o" gratitude! Ha%ing recei%ed one gi"t "rom 5od, they cut the #ires #hich connect them #ith Him by "ailing to make ackno#ledgment! It is easy to understand that the nearer #e li%e to the source o" #ealth, the more #ealth #e shall recei%e and it is easy also to understand that the soul that is al#ays grate"ul li%es in closer touch #ith 5od than the one #hich ne%er looks to Him in thank"ul ackno#ledgment! The more grate"ully #e "i& our minds on the Supreme #hen good things come to us, the more good things #e #ill recei%e, and the more rapidly they #ill come and the reason simply is that the mental attitude o" gratitude dra#s the mind into closer touch #ith the source "rom #hich the blessings come! I" it is a ne# thought to you that gratitude brings your #hole mind into closer harmony #ith the creati%e energies o" the uni%erse, consider it #ell, and you #ill see that it is true! The good things you already ha%e ha%e come to you along the line o" obedience to certain la#s! 5ratitude #ill lead your mind out along the #ays by #hich things come and it #ill keep you in close harmony #ith creati%e thought and pre%ent you "rom "alling into competiti%e thought! 5ratitude alone can keep you looking to#ard the ,ll, and pre%ent you "rom "alling into the error o" thinking o" the supply as limited and to do that #ould be "atal to your hopes! There is a .a# o" 5ratitude, and it is absolutely necessary that you should obser%e the la#, i" you are to get the results you seek! The la# o" gratitude is the natural principle that action and reaction are al#ays e4ual, and in opposite directions! The grate"ul outreaching o" your mind in thank"ul praise to the Supreme is a liberation or e&penditure o" "orce it cannot "ail to reach that to #hich it addressed, and the reaction is an instantaneous mo%ement to#ards you! 9Dra# nigh unto 5od, and He #ill dra# nigh unto you!9 That is a statement o" psychological truth! ,nd i" your gratitude is strong and constant, the reaction in *ormless Substance #ill be strong and continuous the mo%ement o" the things you #ant #ill be al#ays to#ard you! 2otice the grate"ul attitude that <esus took ho# He al#ays seems to be saying, 9I thank Thee, *ather, that Thou hearest me!9 :ou cannot e&ercise much po#er #ithout gratitude "or it is gratitude that keeps you connected #ith Po#er! 8ut the %alue o" gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the "uture! Without gratitude you cannot long keep "rom dissatis"ied thought regarding things as they are! The moment you

permit your mind to d#ell #ith dissatis"action upon things as they are, you begin to lose ground! :ou "i& attention upon the common, the ordinary, the poor, and the s4ualid and mean and your mind takes the "orm o" these things! Then you #ill transmit these "orms or mental images to the *ormless, and the common, the poor, the s4ualid, and mean #ill come to you! To permit your mind to d#ell upon the in"erior is to become in"erior and to surround yoursel" #ith in"erior things! +n the other hand, to "i& your attention on the best is to surround yoursel" #ith the best, and to become the best! The /reati%e Po#er #ithin us makes us into the image o" that to #hich #e gi%e our attention! We are Thinking Substance, and thinking substance al#ays takes the "orm o" that #hich it thinks about! The grate"ul mind is constantly "i&ed upon the best there"ore it tends to become the best it takes the "orm or character o" the best, and #ill recei%e the best! ,lso, "aith is born o" gratitude! The grate"ul mind continually e&pects good things, and e&pectation becomes "aith! The reaction o" gratitude upon one3s o#n mind produces "aith and e%ery outgoing #a%e o" grate"ul thanksgi%ing increases "aith! He #ho has no "eeling o" gratitude cannot long retain a li%ing "aith and #ithout a li%ing "aith you cannot get rich by the creati%e method, as #e shall see in the "ollo#ing chapters! It is necessary, then, to culti%ate the habit o" being grate"ul "or e%ery good thing that comes to you and to gi%e thanks continuously! ,nd because all things ha%e contributed to your ad%ancement, you should include all things in your gratitude! Do not #aste time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or #rong actions o" plutocrats or trust magnates! Their organi$ation o" the #orld has made your opportunity all you get really comes to you because o" them! Do not rage against, corrupt politicians i" it #ere not "or politicians #e should "all into anarchy, and your opportunity #ould be greatly lessened! 5od has #orked a long time and %ery patiently to bring us up to #here #e are in industry and go%ernment, and He is going right on #ith His #ork! There is not the least doubt that He #ill do a#ay #ith plutocrats, trust magnates, captains o" industry, and politicians as soon as they can be spared but in the meantime, behold they are all %ery good! 0emember that they are all helping to arrange the lines o" transmission along #hich your riches #ill come to you, and be grate"ul to them all! This #ill bring you into harmonious relations #ith the good in e%erything, and the good in e%erything #ill mo%e to#ard you! /H,PT)0 H Thin&ing in the #ertain 'ay T>02 back to chapter E and read again the story o" the man #ho "ormed a mental image o" his house, and you #ill get a "air idea o" the initial step to#ard getting rich! :ou must "orm a clear and de"inite mental picture o" #hat you #ant you cannot transmit an idea unless you ha%e it yoursel"! :ou

must ha%e it be"ore you can gi%e it and many people "ail to impress Thinking Substance because they ha%e themsel%es only a %ague and misty concept o" the things they #ant to do, to ha%e, or to become! It is not enough that you should ha%e a general desire "or #ealth 9to do good #ith9 e%erybody has that desire! It is not enough that you should ha%e a #ish to tra%el, see things, li%e more, etc! )%erybody has those desires also! I" you #ere going to send a #ireless message to a "riend, you #ould not send the letters o" the alphabet in their order, and let him construct the message "or himsel" nor #ould you take #ords at random "rom the dictionary! :ou #ould send a coherent sentence one #hich meant something! When you try to impress your #ants upon Substance, remember that it must be done by a coherent statement you must kno# #hat you #ant, and be de"inite! :ou can ne%er get rich, or start the creati%e po#er into action, by sending out un"ormed longings and %ague desires! 5o o%er your desires 'ust as the man I ha%e described #ent o%er his house see 'ust #hat you #ant, and get a clear mental picture o" it as you #ish it to look #hen you get it! That clear mental picture you must ha%e continually in mind, as the sailor has in mind the port to#ard #hich he is sailing the ship you must keep your "ace to#ard it all the time! :ou must no more lose sight o" it than the steersman loses sight o" the compass! It is not necessary to take e&ercises in concentration, nor to set apart special times "or prayer and a""irmation, nor to 9go into the silence,9 nor to do occult stunts o" any kind! There things are #ell enough, but all you need is to kno# #hat you #ant, and to #ant it badly enough so that it #ill stay in your thoughts! Spend as much o" your leisure time as you can in contemplating your picture, but no one needs to take e&ercises to concentrate his mind on a thing #hich he really #ants it is the things you do not really care about #hich re4uire e""ort to "i& your attention upon them! ,nd unless you really #ant to get rich, so that the desire is strong enough to hold your thoughts directed to the purpose as the magnetic pole holds the needle o" the compass, it #ill hardly be #orth #hile "or you to try to carry out the instructions gi%en in this book! The methods herein set "orth are "or people #hose desire "or riches is strong enough to o%ercome mental la$iness and the lo%e o" ease, and make them #ork! The more clear and de"inite you make your picture then, and the more you d#ell upon it, bringing out all its delight"ul details, the stronger your desire #ill be and the stronger your desire, the easier it #ill be to hold your mind "i&ed upon the picture o" #hat you #ant! Something more is necessary, ho#e%er, than merely to see the picture clearly! I" that is all you do, you are only a dreamer, and #ill ha%e little or no po#er "or accomplishment! 8ehind your clear %ision must be the purpose to reali$e it to bring it out in tangible e&pression! ,nd behind this purpose must be an in%incible and un#a%ering

*,ITH that the thing is already yours that it is 9at hand9 and you ha%e only to take possession o" it! .i%e in the ne# house, mentally, until it takes "orm around you physically! In the mental realm, enter at once into "ull en'oyment o" the things you #ant! 9Whatsoe%er things ye ask "or #hen ye pray, belie%e that ye recei%e them, and ye shall ha%e them,9 said <esus! See the things you #ant as i" they #ere actually around you all the time see yoursel" as o#ning and using them! (ake use o" them in imagination 'ust as you #ill use them #hen they are your tangible possessions! D#ell upon your mental picture until it is clear and distinct, and then take the (ental ,ttitude o" +#nership to#ard e%erything in that picture! Take possession o" it, in mind, in the "ull "aith that it is actually yours! Hold to this mental o#nership do not #ai%er "or an instant in the "aith that it is real! ,nd remember #hat #as said in a proceeding chapter about gratitude be as thank"ul "or it all the time as you e&pect to be #hen it has taken "orm! The man #ho can sincerely thank 5od "or the things #hich as yet he o#ns only in imagination, has real "aith! He #ill get rich he #ill cause the creation o" #hatsoe%er he #ants! :ou do not need to pray repeatedly "or things you #ant it is not necessary to tell 5od about it e%ery day! 9>se not %ain repetitions as the heathen do,9 said <esus said to his pupils, 9"or your *ather kno#eth the ye ha%e need o" these things be"ore ye ask Him!9 :our part is to intelligently "ormulate your desire "or the things #hich make "or a larger li"e, and to get these desire arranged into a coherent #hole and then to impress this Whole Desire upon the *ormless Substance, #hich has the po#er and the #ill to bring you #hat you #ant! :ou do not make this impression by repeating strings o" #ords you make it by holding the %ision #ith unshakable P>0P+S) to attain it, and #ith stead"ast *,ITH that you do attain it! The ans#er to prayer is not according to your "aith #hile you are talking, but according to your "aith #hile you are #orking! :ou cannot impress the mind o" 5od by ha%ing a special Sabbath day set apart to tell Him #hat you #ant, and the "orgetting Him during the rest o" the #eek! :ou cannot impress Him by ha%ing special hours to go into your closet and pray, i" you then dismiss the matter "rom your mind until the hour o" prayer comes again! +ral prayer is #ell enough, and has its e""ect, especially upon yoursel", in clari"ying your %ision and strengthening your "aith but it is not your oral petitions #hich get you #hat you #ant! In order to get rich you do not need a 9s#eet hour o" prayer9 you need to 9pray #ithout ceasing!9 ,nd by prayer I mean holding steadily to your %ision, #ith the purpose to cause its creation into solid "orm, and the "aith that you are doing so! 98elie%e that ye recei%e them!9 The #hole matter turns on recei%ing, once you ha%e clearly "ormed your %ision! When you ha%e "ormed it, it is #ell to make an oral statement, addressing the Supreme in re%erent prayer and "rom that moment you must,

in mind, recei%e #hat you ask "or! .i%e in the ne# house #ear the "ine clothes ride in the automobile go on the 'ourney, and con"idently plan "or greater 'ourneys! Think and speak o" all the things you ha%e asked "or in terms o" actual present o#nership! Imagine an en%ironment, and a "inancial condition e&actly as you #ant them, and li%e all the time in that imaginary en%ironment and "inancial condition! (ind, ho#e%er, that you do not do this as a mere dreamer and castle builder hold to the *,ITH that the imaginary is being reali$ed, and to the P>0P+S) to reali$e it! 0emember that it is "aith and purpose in the use o" the imagination #hich make the di""erence bet#een the scientist and the dreamer! ,nd ha%ing learned this "act, it is here that you must learn the proper use o" the Will! /H,PT)0 9 !o" to (se the 'ill T+ set about getting rich in a scienti"ic #ay, you do not try to apply your #ill po#er to anything outside o" yoursel"! :our ha%e no right to do so, any#ay! It is #rong to apply your #ill to other men and #omen, in order to get them to do #hat you #ish done! It is as "lagrantly #rong to coerce people by mental po#er as it is to coerce them by physical po#er! I" compelling people by physical "orce to do things "or you reduces them to sla%ery, compelling them by mental means accomplishes e&actly the same thing the only di""erence is in methods! I" taking things "rom people by physical "orce is robbery, them taking things by mental "orce is robbery also there is no di""erence in principle! :ou ha%e no right to use your #ill po#er upon another person, e%en 9"or his o#n good9 "or you do not kno# #hat is "or his good! The science o" getting rich does not re4uire you to apply po#er or "orce to any other person, in any #ay #hatsoe%er! There is not the slightest necessity "or doing so indeed, any attempt to use your #ill upon others #ill only tend to de"eat your purpose! :ou do not need to apply your #ill to things, in order to compel them to come to you! That #ould simply be trying to coerce 5od, and #ould be "oolish and useless, as #ell as irre%erent! :ou do not ha%e to compel 5od to gi%e you good things, any more than you ha%e to use your #ill po#er to make the sun rise! :ou do not ha%e to use your #ill po#er to con4uer an un"riendly deity, or to make stubborn and rebellious "orces do your bidding! Substance is "riendly to you, and is more an&ious to gi%e you #hat you #ant than you are to get it! To get rich, you need only to use your #ill po#er upon yoursel"! When you kno# #hat to think and do, then you must use your #ill to compel yoursel" to think and do the right things! That is the legitimate use o" the #ill in getting #hat you #ant to use it in holding yoursel" to the right course! >se your #ill to keep yoursel" thinking and acting in the /ertain Way! Do not try to pro'ect your #ill, or your thoughts, or your mind out into space, to 9act9 on things or people! Aeep your mind at home it can accomplish

more there than else#here! >se your mind to "orm a mental image o" #hat you #ant, and to hold that %ision #ith "aith and purpose and use your #ill to keep your mind #orking in the 0ight Way! The more steady and continuous your "aith and purpose, the more rapidly you #ill get rich, because you #ill make only P+SITI1) impressions upon Substance and you #ill not neutrali$e or o""set them by negati%e impressions! The picture o" your desires, held #ith "aith and purpose, is taken up by the *ormless, and permeates it to great distances-throughout the uni%erse, "or all I kno#! ,s this impression spreads, all things are set mo%ing to#ard its reali$ation e%ery li%ing thing, e%ery inanimate thing, and the things yet uncreated, are stirred to#ard bringing into being that #hich you #ant! ,ll "orce begins to be e&erted in that direction all things begin to mo%e to#ard you! The minds o" people, e%ery#here, are in"luenced to#ard doing the things necessary to the "ul"illing o" your desires and they #ork "or you, unconsciously! 8ut you can check all this by starting a negati%e impression in the *ormless Substance! Doubt or unbelie" is as certain to start a mo%ement a#ay "rom you as "aith and purpose are to start one to#ard you! It is by not understanding this that most people #ho try to make use o" 9mental science9 in getting rich make their "ailure! )%ery hour and moment you spend in gi%ing heed to doubts and "ears, e%ery hour you spend in #orry, e%ery hour in #hich your soul is possessed by unbelie", sets a current a#ay "rom you in the #hole domain o" intelligent Substance! ,ll the promises are unto them that belie%e, and unto them only! 2otice ho# insistent <esus #as upon this point o" belie" and no# you kno# the reason #hy! Since belie" is all important, it behoo%es you to guard your thoughts and as your belie"s #ill be shaped to a %ery great e&tent by the things you obser%e and think about, it is important that you should command your attention! ,nd here the #ill comes into use "or it is by your #ill that you determine upon #hat things your attention shall be "i&ed! I" you #ant to become rich, you must not make a study o" po%erty! Things are not brought into being by thinking about their opposites! Health is ne%er to be attained by studying disease and thinking about disease righteousness is not to be promoted by studying sin and thinking about sin and no one e%er got rich by studying po%erty and thinking about po%erty! (edicine as a science o" disease has increased disease religion as a science o" sin has promoted sin, and economics as a study o" po%erty #ill "ill the #orld #ith #retchedness and #ant! Do not talk about po%erty do not in%estigate it, or concern yoursel" #ith it! 2e%er mind #hat its causes are you ha%e nothing to do #ith them! What concerns you is the cure! Do not spend your time in charitable #ork, or charity mo%ements all charity only tends to perpetuate the #retchedness it aims to eradicate! I do not say that you should be hard

hearted or unkind, and re"use to hear the cry o" need but you must not try to eradicate po%erty in any o" the con%entional #ays! Put po%erty behind you, and put all that pertains to it behind you, and 9make good!9 5et rich that is the best #ay you can help the poor! ,nd you cannot hold the mental image #hich is to make you rich i" you "ill your mind #ith pictures o" po%erty! Do not read books or papers #hich gi%e circumstantial accounts o" the #retchedness o" the tenement d#ellers, o" the horrors o" child labor, and so on! Do not read anything #hich "ills your mind #ith gloomy images o" #ant and su""ering! :ou cannot help the poor in the least by kno#ing about these things and the #ide-spread kno#ledge o" them does not tend at all to do a#ay #ith po%erty! What tends to do a#ay #ith po%erty is not the getting o" pictures o" po%erty into your mind, but getting pictures o" #ealth into the minds o" the poor! :ou are not deserting the poor in their misery #hen you re"use to allo# your mind to be "illed #ith pictures o" that misery! Po%erty can be done a#ay #ith, not by increasing the number o" #ell to do people #ho think about po%erty, but by increasing the number o" poor people #ho purpose #ith "aith to get rich! The poor do not need charity they need inspiration! /harity only sends them a loa" o" bread to keep them ali%e in their #retchedness, or gi%es them an entertainment to make them "orget "or an hour or t#o but inspiration #ill cause them to rise out o" their misery! I" you #ant to help the poor, demonstrate to them that they can become rich pro%e it by getting rich yoursel"! The only #ay in #hich po%erty #ill e%er be banished "rom this #orld is by getting a large and constantly increasing number o" people to practice the teachings o" this book! People must be taught to become rich by creation, not by competition! )%ery man #ho becomes rich by competition thro#s do#n behind him the ladder by #hich he rises, and keeps others do#n but e%ery man #ho gets rich by creation opens a #ay "or thousands to "ollo# him, and inspires them to do so! :ou are not sho#ing hardness o" heart or an un"eeling disposition #hen you re"use to pity po%erty, see po%erty, read about po%erty, or think or talk about it, or to listen to those #ho do talk about it! >se your #ill po#er to keep your mind +** the sub'ect o" po%erty, and to keep it "i&ed #ith "aith and purpose +2 the %ision o" #hat you #ant! /H,PT)0 10 Further (se of the 'ill :+> cannot retain a true and clear %ision o" #ealth i" you are constantly turning your attention to opposing pictures, #hether they be e&ternal or imaginary! Do not tell o" your past troubles o" a "inancial nature, i" you ha%e had them, do not think o" them at all! Do no tell o" the po%erty o" your parents, or the hardships o" your early li"e to do any o" these things is to mentally class yoursel" #ith the poor "or the time being, and it #ill certainly check the mo%ement o" things in your direction! 9.et the dead bury their

dead,9 as <esus said! Put po%erty and all things that pertain to po%erty completely behind you! :ou ha%e accepted a certain theory o" the uni%erse as being correct, and are resting all your hopes o" happiness on its being correct and #hat can you gain by gi%ing heed to con"licting theories= Do not read religious books #hich tell you that the #orld is soon coming to an end and do not read the #riting o" muck-rakers and pessimistic philosophers #ho tell you that it is going to the de%il! The #orld is not going to the de%il it is going to 5od! It is #onder"ul 8ecoming! True, there may be a good many things in e&isting conditions #hich are disagreeable but #hat is the use o" studying them #hen they are certainly passing a#ay, and #hen the study o" them only tends to check their passing and keep them #ith us= Why gi%e time and attention to things #hich are being remo%ed by e%olutionary gro#th, #hen you can hasten their remo%al only by promoting the e%olutionary gro#th as "ar as your part o" it goes= 2o matter ho# horrible is seeming may be the conditions in certain countries, sections, or places, you #aste your time and destroy your o#n chances by considering them! :ou should interest yoursel" in the #orld3s becoming rich! Think o" the riches the #orld is coming into, instead o" the po%erty it is gro#ing out o" and bear in mind that the only #ay in #hich you can assist the #orld in gro#ing rich is by gro#ing rich yoursel" through the creati%e method not the competiti%e one! 5i%e your attention #holly to riches ignore po%erty! Whene%er you think or speak o" those #ho are poor, think and speak o" them as those #ho are becoming rich as those #ho are to be congratulated rather than pitied! Then they and others #ill catch the inspiration, and begin to search "or the #ay out! 8ecause I say that you are to gi%e your #hole time and mind and thought to riches, it does not "ollo# that you are to be sordid or mean! To become really rich is the noblest aim you can ha%e in li"e, "or it includes e%erything else! +n the competiti%e plane, the struggle to get rich is a 5odless scramble "or po#er o%er other men but #hen #e come into the creati%e mind, all this is changed! ,ll that is possible in the #ay o" greatness and soul un"oldment, o" ser%ice and lo"ty endea%or, comes by #ay o" getting rich all is made possible by the use o" things! I" you lack "or physical health, you #ill "ind that the attainment o" it is conditional on your getting rich! +nly those #ho are emancipated "rom "inancial #orry, and #ho ha%e the means to li%e a care-"ree e&istence and "ollo# hygienic practices, can ha%e and retain health! (oral and spiritual greatness is possible only to those #ho are abo%e the competiti%e battle "or e&istence and only those #ho are becoming rich on the plane o" creati%e thought are "ree "rom the degrading in"luences o" competition! I" your heart is set on domestic happiness, remember that lo%e "lourishes best #here there is re"inement, a high le%el o" thought, and

"reedom "rom corrupting in"luences and these are to be "ound only #here riches are attained by the e&ercise o" creati%e thought, #ithout stri"e or ri%alry! :ou can aim at nothing so great or noble, I repeat, as to become rich and you must "i& your attention upon your mental picture o" riches, to the e&clusion o" all that may tend to dim or obscure the %ision! :ou must learn to see the underlying T0>TH in all things you must see beneath all seemingly #rong conditions the 5reat +ne .i"e e%er mo%ing "or#ard to#ard "uller e&pression and more complete happiness! It is the truth that there is no such thing as po%erty that there is only #ealth! Some people remain in po%erty because they are ignorant o" the "act that there is #ealth "or them and these can best be taught by sho#ing them the #ay to a""luence in your o#n person and practice! +thers are poor because, #hile they "eel that there is a #ay out, they are too intellectually indolent to put "orth the mental e""ort necessary to "ind that #ay and by tra%el it and "or these the %ery best thing you can do is to arouse their desire by sho#ing them the happiness that comes "rom being rightly rich! +thers still are poor because, #hile they ha%e some notion o" science, they ha%e become so s#amped and lost in the ma$e o" metaphysical and occult theories that they do not kno# #hich road to take! They try a mi&ture o" many systems and "ail in all! *or these, again, the %ery best thing, to do is to sho# the right #ay in your o#n person and practice an ounce o" doing things is #orth a pound o" theori$ing! The %ery best thing you can do "or the #hole #orld is to make the most o" yoursel"! :ou can ser%e 5od and man in no more e""ecti%e #ay than by getting rich that is, i" you get rich by the creati%e method and not by the competiti%e one! ,nother thing! We assert that this book gi%es in detail the principles o" the science o" getting rich and i" that is true, you do not need to read any other book upon the sub'ect! This may sound narro# and egotistical, but consider7 there is no more scienti"ic method o" computation in mathematics than by addition, subtraction, multiplication, and di%ision no other method is possible! There can be but one shortest distance bet#een t#o points! There is only one #ay to think scienti"ically, and that is to think in the #ay that leads by the most direct and simple route to the goal! 2o man has yet "ormulated a brie"er or less comple& 9system9 than the one set "orth herein it has been stripped o" all non-essentials! When you commence on this, lay all others aside put them out o" your mind altogether! 0ead this book e%ery day keep it #ith you commit it to memory, and do not think about other 9systems9 and theories! I" you do, you #ill begin to ha%e doubts, and to be uncertain and #a%ering in your thought and then you #ill begin to make "ailures! ,"ter you ha%e made good and become rich, you may study other systems as much as you please but until you are 4uite sure that you ha%e

gained #hat you #ant, do not read anything on this line but this book, unless it be the authors mentioned in the Pre"ace! ,nd read only the most optimistic comments on the #orld3s ne#s those in harmony #ith your picture! ,lso, postpone your in%estigations into the occult! Do not dabble in theosophy, Spiritualism, or kindred studies! It is %ery likely that the dead still li%e, and are near but i" they are, let them alone mind your o#n business! Where%er the spirits o" the dead may be, they ha%e their o#n #ork to do, and their o#n problems to sol%e and #e ha%e no right to inter"ere #ith them! We cannot help them, and it is %ery doubt"ul #hether they can help us, or #hether #e ha%e any right to trespass upon their time i" they can! .et the dead and the herea"ter alone, and sol%e your o#n problem get rich! I" you begin to mi& #ith the occult, you #ill start mental cross-currents #hich #ill surely bring your hopes to ship#reck! 2o#, this and the preceding chapters ha%e brought us to the "ollo#ing statement o" basic "acts7 There is a thinking stu"" "rom #hich all things are made, and #hich, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and "ills the interspaces o" the uni%erse! , thought, in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought! (an can "orm things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon "ormless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created! In order to do this, man must pass "rom the competiti%e to the creati%e mind he must "orm a clear mental picture o" the things he #ants, and hold this picture in his thoughts #ith the "i&ed P>0P+S) to get #hat he #ants, and the un#a%ering *,ITH that he does get #hat he #ants, closing his mind against all that may tend to shake his purpose, dim his %ision, or 4uench his "aith! ,nd in addition to all this, #e shall no# see that he must li%e and act in a /ertain Way! /H,PT)0 11 Acting in the #ertain 'ay TH+>5HT is the creati%e po#er, or the impelling "orce #hich causes the creati%e po#er to act thinking in a /ertain Way #ill bring riches to you, but you must not rely upon thought alone, paying no attention to personal action! That is the rock upon #hich many other#ise scienti"ic metaphysical thinkers meet ship#reck the "ailure to connect thought #ith personal action! We ha%e not yet reached the stage o" de%elopment, e%en supposing such a stage to be possible, in #hich man can create directly "rom *ormless Substance #ithout nature3s processes or the #ork o" human hands man must not only think, but his personal action must supplement his thought! 8y thought you can cause the gold in the hearts o" the mountains to be impelled to#ard you but it #ill not mine itsel", re"ine itsel", coin itsel" into double eagles, and come rolling along the roads seeking its #ay into your pocket! >nder the impelling po#er o" the Supreme Spirit, men3s a""airs #ill be so ordered that some one #ill be led to mine the gold "or you other men3s business transactions #ill be

so directed that the gold #ill be brought to#ard you, and you must so arrange your o#n business a""airs that you may be able to recei%e it #hen it comes to you! :our thought makes all things, animate and inanimate, #ork to bring you #hat you #ant but your personal acti%ity must be such that you can rightly recei%e #hat you #ant #hen it reaches you! :ou are not to take it as charity, nor to steal it you must gi%e e%ery man more in use %alue than he gi%es you in cash %alue! The scienti"ic use o" thought consists in "orming a clear and distinct mental image o" #hat you #ant in holding "ast to the purpose to get #hat you #ant and in reali$ing #ith grate"ul "aith that you do get #hat you #ant! Do not try to 3pro'ect3 your thought in any mysterious or occult #ay, #ith the idea o" ha%ing it go out and do things "or you that is #asted e""ort, and #ill #eaken your po#er to think #ith sanity! The action o" thought in getting rich is "ully e&plained in the preceding chapters your "aith and purpose positi%ely impress your %ision upon *ormless Substance, #hich has TH) S,() D)SI0) *+0 (+0) .I*) TH,T :+> H,1) and this %ision, recei%ed "rom you, sets all the creati%e "orces at #ork I2 ,2D TH0+>5H TH)I0 0)5>.,0 /H,22).S +* ,/TI+2, but directed to#ard you! It is not your part to guide or super%ise the creati%e process all you ha%e to do #ith that is to retain your %ision, stick to your purpose, and maintain your "aith and gratitude! 8ut you must act in a /ertain Way, so that you can appropriate #hat is yours #hen it comes to you so that you can meet the things you ha%e in your picture, and put them in their proper places as they arri%e! :ou can really see the truth o" this! When things reach you, they #ill be in the hands o" other men, #ho #ill ask an e4ui%alent "or them! ,nd you can only get #hat is yours by gi%ing the other man #hat is his! :our pocketbook is not going to be trans"ormed into a *ortunata3s purse, #hich shall be al#ays "ull o" money #ithout e""ort on your part! This is the crucial point in the science o" getting rich right here, #here thought and personal action must be combined! There are %ery many people #ho, consciously or unconsciously, set the creati%e "orces in action by the strength and persistence o" their desires, but #ho remain poor because they do not pro%ide "or the reception o" the thing they #ant #hen it comes! 8y thought, the thing you #ant is brought to you by action you recei%e it! Whate%er your action is to be, it is e%ident that you must act 2+W! :ou cannot act in the past, and it is essential to the clearness o" your mental %ision that you dismiss the past "rom your mind! :ou cannot act in the "uture, "or the "uture is not here yet! ,nd you cannot tell ho# you #ill #ant to act in any "uture contingency until that contingency has arri%ed! 8ecause you are not in the right business, or the right en%ironment no#, do not think that you must postpone action until you get into the right business or en%ironment! ,nd do

not spend time in the present taking thought as to the best course in possible "uture emergencies ha%e "aith in your ability to meet any emergency #hen it arri%es! I" you act in the present #ith your mind on the "uture, your present action #ill be #ith a di%ided mind, and #ill not be e""ecti%e! Put your #hole mind into present action! Do not gi%e your creati%e impulse to +riginal Substance, and then sit do#n and #ait "or results i" you do, you #ill ne%er get them! ,ct no#! There is ne%er any time but no#, and there ne%er #ill be any time but no#! I" you are e%er to begin to make ready "or the reception o" #hat you #ant, you must begin no#! ,nd your action, #hate%er it is, must most likely be in your present business or employment, and must be upon the persons and things in your present en%ironment! :ou cannot act #here you are not you cannot act #here you ha%e been, and you cannot act #here you are going to be you can act only #here you are! Do not bother as to #hether yesterday3s #ork #as #ell done or ill done do to-day3s #ork #ell! Do not try to do tomorro#3s #ork no# there #ill be plenty o" time to do that #hen you get to it! Do not try, by occult or mystical means, to act on people or things that are out o" your reach! Do not #ait "or a change o" en%ironment, be"ore you act get a change o" en%ironment by action! :ou can so act upon the en%ironment in #hich you are no#, as to cause yoursel" to be trans"erred to a better en%ironment! Hold #ith "aith and purpose the %ision o" yoursel" in the better en%ironment, but act upon your present en%ironment #ith all your heart, and #ith all your strength, and #ith all your mind! Do not spend any time in day dreaming or castle building hold to the one %ision o" #hat you #ant, and act 2+W! Do not cast about seeking some ne# thing to do, or some strange, unusual, or remarkable action to per"orm as a "irst step to#ard getting rich! It is probable that your actions, at least "or some time to come, #ill be those you ha%e been per"orming "or some time past but you are to begin no# to per"orm these actions in the /ertain Way, #hich #ill surely make you rich! I" you are engaged in some business, and "eel that it is not the right one "or you, do not #ait until you get into the right business be"ore you begin to act! Do not "eel discouraged, or sit do#n and lament because you are misplaced! 2o man #as e%er so misplaced but that he could not "ind the right place, and no man e%er became so in%ol%ed in the #rong business but that he could get into the right business! Hold the %ision o" yoursel" in the right business, #ith the purpose to get into it, and the "aith that you #ill get into it, and are getting into it but ,/T in your present business! >se your present business as the means o" getting a better one, and use your present en%ironment as the means o" getting into a better one! :our %ision o" the right business, i" held #ith "aith and purpose, #ill cause the Supreme to mo%e the right business to#ard you and your action, i" per"ormed in the /ertain

Way, #ill cause you to mo%e to#ard the business! I" you are an employee, or #age earner, and "eel that you must change places in order to get #hat you #ant, do not 3pro'ect3 your thought into space and rely upon it to get you another 'ob! It #ill probably "ail to do so! Hold the %ision o" yoursel" in the 'ob you #ant, #hile you ,/T #ith "aith and purpose on the 'ob you ha%e, and you #ill certainly get the 'ob you #ant! :our %ision and "aith #ill set the creati%e "orce in motion to bring it to#ard you, and your action #ill cause the "orces in your o#n en%ironment to mo%e you to#ard the place you #ant! In closing this chapter, #e #ill add another statement to our syllabus7 There is a thinking stu"" "rom #hich all things are made, and #hich, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and "ills the interspaces o" the uni%erse! , thought, in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought! (an can "orm things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon "ormless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created! In order to do this, man must pass "rom the competiti%e to the creati%e mind he must "orm a clear mental picture o" the things he #ants, and hold this picture in his thoughts #ith the "i&ed P>0P+S) to get #hat he #ants, and the un#a%ering *,ITH that he does get #hat he #ants, closing his mind to all that may tend to shake his purpose, dim his %ision, or 4uench his "aith! That he may recei%e #hat he #ants #hen it comes, man must act 2+W upon the people and things in his present en%ironment! /H,PT)0 16 )fficient Action :+> must use your thought as directed in pre%ious chapters, and begin to do #hat you can do #here you are and you must do ,.. that you can do #here you are! :ou can ad%ance only be being larger than your present place and no man is larger than his present place #ho lea%es undone any o" the #ork pertaining to that place! The #orld is ad%anced only by those #ho more than "ill their present places! I" no man 4uite "illed his present place, you can see that there must be a going back#ard in e%erything! Those #ho do not 4uite "ill their present places are dead #eight upon society, go%ernment, commerce, and industry they must be carried along by others at a great e&pense! The progress o" the #orld is retarded only by those #ho do not "ill the places they are holding they belong to a "ormer age and a lo#er stage or plane o" li"e, and their tendency is to#ard degeneration! 2o society could ad%ance i" e%ery man #as smaller than his place social e%olution is guided by the la# o" physical and mental e%olution! In the animal #orld, e%olution is caused by e&cess o" li"e! When an organism has more li"e than can be e&pressed in the "unctions o" its o#n plane, it de%elops the organs o" a higher plane, and a ne# species is originated! There ne%er #ould ha%e been ne# species had there not been organisms #hich more than "illed their places!

The la# is e&actly the same "or you your getting rich depends upon your applying this principle to your o#n a""airs! )%ery day is either a success"ul day or a day o" "ailure and it is the success"ul days #hich get you #hat you #ant! I" e%eryday is a "ailure, you can ne%er get rich #hile i" e%ery day is a success, you cannot "ail to get rich! I" there is something that may be done today, and you do not do it, you ha%e "ailed in so "ar as that thing is concerned and the conse4uences may be more disastrous than you imagine! :ou cannot "oresee the results o" e%en the most tri%ial act you do not kno# the #orkings o" all the "orces that ha%e been set mo%ing in your behal"! (uch may be depending on your doing some simple act it may be the %ery thing #hich is to open the door o" opportunity to %ery great possibilities! :ou can ne%er kno# all the combinations #hich Supreme Intelligence is making "or you in the #orld o" things and o" things and o" human a""airs your neglect or "ailure to do some small thing may cause a long delay in getting #hat you #ant! Do, e%ery day, ,.. that can be done that day! There is, ho#e%er, a limitation or 4uali"ication o" the abo%e that you must take into account! :ou are not to o%er#ork, nor to rush blindly into your business in the e""ort to do the greatest possible number o" things in the shortest possible time! :ou are not to try to do tomorro#3s #ork today, nor to do a #eek3s #ork in a day! It is really not be number o" things you do, but the )**I/I)2/: o" each separate action that counts! )%ery act is, in itsel", either a success or a "ailure! )%ery act is, in itsel", either e""ecti%e or ine""icient! )%ery ine""icient act is a "ailure, and i" you spend your li"e in doing ine""icient acts, your #hole li"e #ill be a "ailure! The more things you do, the #orse "or you, i" all your acts are ine""icient ones! +n the other hand, e%ery e""icient act is a success in itsel", and i" e%ery act o" your li"e is an e""icient one, your #hole li"e (>ST be a success! The cause o" "ailure is doing too many things in an ine""icient manner, and not doing enough things in an e""icient manner! :ou #ill see that it is a sel"-e%ident proposition that i" you do not do any ine""icient acts, and i" you do a su""icient number o" e""icient acts, you #ill become rich! I", no#, it is possible "or you to make each act an e""icient one, you see again that the getting o" riches is reduced to an e&act science, like mathematics! The matter turns, then, on the 4uestions #hether you can make each separate act a success in itsel"! ,nd this you can certainly do! :ou can make each act a success, because ,.. Po#er is #orking #ith you and ,.. Po#er cannot "ail! Po#er is at your ser%ice and to make each act e""icient you ha%e only to put po#er into it! )%ery action is either strong or #eak and #hen e%ery one is strong, you are acting in the /ertain Way #hich #ill make you rich! )%ery act can be made strong and e""icient by holding your %ision #hile you are doing it, and putting the #hole po#er o" your *,ITH and P>0P+S)

into it! It is at this point that the people "ail #ho separate mental po#er "rom personal action! They use the po#er o" mind in one place and at one time, and they act in another place and at another time! So their acts are not success"ul in themsel%es too many o" them are ine""icient! 8ut i" ,.. Po#er goes into e%ery act, no matter ho# commonplace, e%ery act #ill be a success in itsel" and as in the nature o" things e%ery success opens the #ay to other successes, your progress to#ard #hat you #ant, and the progress o" #hat you #ant to#ard you, #ill become increasingly rapid! 0emember that success"ul action is cumulati%e in its results! Since the desire "or more li"e is inherent in all things, #hen a man begins to mo%e to#ard larger li"e more things attach themsel%es to him, and the in"luence o" his desire is multiplied! Do, e%ery day, all that you can do that day, and do each act in an e""icient manner! In saying that you must hold your %ision #hile you are doing each act, ho#e%er tri%ial or commonplace, I do not mean to say that it is necessary at all times to see the %ision distinctly to its smallest details! It should be the #ork o" your leisure hours to use your imagination on the details o" your %ision, and to contemplate them until they are "irmly "i&ed upon memory! I" you #ish speedy results, spend practically all your spare time in this practice! 8y continuous contemplation you #ill get the picture o" #hat you #ant, e%en to the smallest details, so "irmly "i&ed upon your mind, and so completely trans"erred to the mind o" *ormless Substance, that in your #orking hours you need only to mentally re"er to the picture to stimulate your "aith and purpose, and cause your best e""ort to be put "orth! /ontemplate your picture in your leisure hours until your consciousness is so "ull o" it that you can grasp it instantly! :ou #ill become so enthused #ith its bright promises that the mere thought o" it #ill call "orth the strongest energies o" your #hole being! .et us again repeat our syllabus, and by slightly changing the closing statements bring it to the point #e ha%e no# reached! There is a thinking stu"" "rom #hich all things are made, and #hich, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and "ills the interspaces o" the uni%erse! , thought, in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought! (an can "orm things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon "ormless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created! In order to do this, man must pass "rom the competiti%e to the creati%e mind he must "orm a clear mental picture o" the things he #ants, and do, #ith "aith and purpose, all that can be done each day, doing each separate thing in an e""icient manner! /H,PT)0 1; Getting into the Right Business S>//)SS, in any particular business, depends "or one thing upon your possessing in a #ell-de%eloped state the "aculties re4uired in that business!

Without good musical "aculty no one can succeed as a teacher o" music #ithout #ell-de%eloped mechanical "aculties no one can achie%e great success in any o" the mechanical trades #ithout tact and the commercial "aculties no one can succeed in mercantile pursuits! 8ut to possess in a #ellde%eloped state the "aculties re4uired in your particular %ocation does not insure getting rich! There are musicians #ho ha%e remarkable talent, and #ho yet remain poor there are blacksmiths, carpenters, and so on #ho ha%e e&cellent mechanical ability, but #ho do not get rich and there are merchants #ith good "aculties "or dealing #ith men #ho ne%ertheless "ail! The di""erent "aculties are tools it is essential to ha%e good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the 0ight Way! +ne man can take a sharp sa#, a s4uare, a good plane, and so on, and build a handsome article o" "urniture another man can take the same tools and set to #ork to duplicate the article, but his production #ill be a botch! He does not kno# ho# to use good tools in a success"ul #ay! The %arious "aculties o" your mind are the tools #ith #hich you must do the #ork #hich is to make you rich it #ill be easier "or you to succeed i" you get into a business "or #hich you are #ell e4uipped #ith mental tools! 5enerally speaking, you #ill do best in that business #hich #ill use your strongest "aculties the one "or #hich you are naturally 9best "itted!9 8ut there are limitations to this statement, also! 2o man should regard his %ocation as being irre%ocably "i&ed by the tendencies #ith #hich he #as born! :ou can get rich in ,2: business, "or i" you ha%e not the right talent "or you can de%elop that talent it merely means that you #ill ha%e to make your tools as you go along, instead o" con"ining yoursel" to the use o" those #ith #hich you #ere born! It #ill be ),SI)0 "or you to succeed in a %ocation "or #hich you already ha%e the talents in a #ell-de%eloped state but you /,2 succeed in any %ocation, "or you can de%elop any rudimentary talent, and there is no talent o" #hich you ha%e not at least the rudiment! :ou #ill get rich most easily in point o" e""ort, i" you do that "or #hich you are best "itted but you #ill get rich most satis"actorily i" you do that #hich you W,2T to do! Doing #hat you #ant to do is li"e and there is no real satis"action in li%ing i" #e are compelled to be "ore%er doing something #hich #e do not like to do, and can ne%er do #hat #e #ant to do! ,nd it is certain that you can do #hat you #ant to do the desire to do it is proo" that you ha%e #ithin you the po#er #hich can do it! Desire is a mani"estation o" po#er! The desire to play music is the po#er #hich can play music seeking e&pression and de%elopment the desire to in%ent mechanical de%ices is the mechanical talent seeking e&pression and de%elopment! Where there is no po#er, either de%eloped or unde%eloped, to do a thing, there is ne%er any desire to do that thing and #here there is strong desire to do a thing, it is certain proo" that

the po#er to do it is strong, and only re4uires to be de%eloped and applied in the 0ight Way! ,ll things else being e4ual, it is best to select the business "or #hich you ha%e the best de%eloped talent but i" you ha%e a strong desire to engage in any particular line o" #ork, you should select that #ork as the ultimate end at #hich you aim! :ou can do #hat you #ant to do, and it is your right and pri%ilege to "ollo# the business or a%ocation #hich #ill be most congenial and pleasant! :ou are not obliged to do #hat you do not like to do, and should not do it e&cept as a means to bring you to the doing o" the thing you #ant to do! I" there are past mistakes #hose conse4uences ha%e placed you in an undesirable business or en%ironment, you may be obliged "or some time to do #hat you do not like to do but you can make the doing o" it pleasant by kno#ing that it is making it possible "or you to come to the doing o" #hat you #ant to do! I" you "eel that you are not in the right %ocation, do not act too hastily in trying to get into another one! The best #ay, generally, to change business or en%ironment is by gro#th! Do not be a"raid to make a sudden and radical change i" the opportunity is presented, and you "eel a"ter care"ul consideration that it is the right opportunity but ne%er take sudden or radical action #hen you are in doubt as to the #isdom o" doing so! There is ne%er any hurry on the creati%e plane and there is no lack o" opportunity! When you get out o" the competiti%e mind you #ill understand that you ne%er need to act hastily! 2o one else is going to beat you to the thing you #ant to do there is enough "or all! I" one space is taken, another and a better one #ill be opened "or you a little "arther on there is plenty o" time! When you are in doubt, #ait! *all back on the contemplation o" your %ision, and increase your "aith and purpose and by all means, in times o" doubt and indecision, culti%ate gratitude! , day or t#o spent in contemplating the %ision o" #hat you #ant, and in earnest thanksgi%ing that you are getting it, #ill bring your mind into such close relationship #ith the Supreme that you #ill make no mistake #hen you do act! There is a mind #hich kno#s all there is to kno# and you can come into close unity #ith this mind by "aith and the purpose to ad%ance in li"e, i" you ha%e deep gratitude! (istakes come "rom acting hastily, or "rom acting in "ear or doubt, or in "orget"ulness o" the 0ight (oti%e, #hich is more li"e to all, and less to none! ,s you go on in the /ertain Way, opportunities #ill come to you in increasing number and you #ill need to be %ery steady in your "aith and purpose, and to keep in close touch #ith the ,ll (ind by re%erent gratitude! Do all that you can do in a per"ect manner e%ery day, but do it #ithout haste, #orry, or "ear! 5o as "ast as you can, but ne%er hurry! 0emember that in the moment you begin to hurry you cease to be a creator and become a competitor you drop back upon the old plane again! Whene%er you "ind yoursel" hurrying, call a halt "i& your attention on the

mental image o" the thing you #ant, and begin to gi%e thanks that you are getting it! The e&ercise o" 50,TIT>D) #ill ne%er "ail to strengthen your "aith and rene# your purpose! /H,PT)0 1? The I$pression of Increase WH)TH)0 you change your %ocation or not, your actions "or the present must be those pertaining to the business in #hich you are no# engaged! :ou can get into the business you #ant by making constructi%e use o" the business you are already established in by doing your daily #ork in a /ertain Way! ,nd in so "ar as your business consists in dealing #ith other men, #hether personally or by letter, the key-thought o" all your e""orts must be to con%ey to their minds the impression o" increase! Increase is #hat all men and all #omen are seeking it is the urge o" the *ormless Intelligence #ithin them, seeking "uller e&pression! The desire "or increase is inherent in all nature it is the "undamental impulse o" the uni%erse! ,ll human acti%ities are based on the desire "or increase people are seeking more "ood, more clothes, better shelter, more lu&ury, more beauty, more kno#ledge, more pleasure increase in something, more li"e! )%ery li%ing thing is under this necessity "or continuous ad%ancement #here increase o" li"e ceases, dissolution and death set in at once! (an instincti%ely kno#s this, and hence he is "ore%er seeking more! This la# o" perpetual increase is set "orth by <esus in the parable o" the talents only those #ho gain more retain any "rom him #ho hath not shall be taken a#ay e%en that #hich he hath! The normal desire "or increased #ealth is not an e%il or a reprehensible thing it is simply the desire "or more abundant li"e it is aspiration! ,nd because it is the deepest instinct o" their natures, all men and #omen are attracted to him #ho can gi%e them more o" the means o" li"e! In "ollo#ing the /ertain Way as described in the "oregoing pages, you are getting continuous increase "or yoursel", and you are gi%ing it to all #ith #hom you deal! :ou are a creati%e center, "rom #hich increase is gi%en o"" to all! 8e sure o" this, and con%ey assurance o" the "act to e%ery man, #oman, and child #ith #hom you come in contact! 2o matter ho# small the transaction, e%en i" it be only the selling o" a stick o" candy to a little child, put into it the thought o" increase, and make sure that the customer is impressed #ith the thought! /on%ey the impression o" ad%ancement #ith e%erything you do, so that all people shall recei%e the impression that you are an ,d%ancing (an, and that you ad%ance all #ho deal #ith you! )%en to the people #hom you meet in a social #ay, #ithout any thought o" business, and to #hom you do not try to sell anything, gi%e the thought o" increase! :ou can con%ey this impression by holding the unshakable "aith that you, yoursel", are in the Way o" Increase and by letting this "aith inspire, "ill, and permeate e%ery action! Do e%erything that you do

in the "irm con%iction that you are an ad%ancing personality, and that you are gi%ing ad%ancement to e%erybody! *eel that you are getting rich, and that in so doing you are making others rich, and con"erring bene"its on all! Do not boast or brag o" your success, or talk about it unnecessarily true "aith is ne%er boast"ul! Where%er you "ind a boast"ul person, you "ind one #ho is secretly doubt"ul and a"raid! Simply "eel the "aith, and let it #ork out in e%ery transaction let e%ery act and tone and look e&press the 4uiet assurance that you are getting rich that you are already rich! Words #ill not be necessary to communicate this "eeling to others they #ill "eel the sense o" increase #hen in your presence, and #ill be attracted to you again! :ou must so impress others that they #ill "eel that in associating #ith you they #ill get increase "or themsel%es! See that you gi%e them a use %alue greater than the cash %alue you are taking "rom them! Take an honest pride in doing this, and let e%erybody kno# it and you #ill ha%e no lack o" customers! People #ill go #here they are gi%en increase and the Supreme, #hich desires increase in all, and #hich kno#s all, #ill mo%e to#ard you men and #omen #ho ha%e ne%er heard o" you! :our business #ill increase rapidly, and you #ill be surprised at the une&pected bene"its #hich #ill come to you! :ou #ill be able "rom day to day to make larger combinations, secure greater ad%antages, and to go on into a more congenial %ocation i" you desire to do so! 8ut doing thing all this, you must ne%er lose sight o" your %ision o" #hat you #ant, or your "aith and purpose to get #hat you #ant! .et me here gi%e you another #ord o" caution in regard to moti%es! 8e#are o" the insidious temptation to seek "or po#er o%er other men! 2othing is so pleasant to the un"ormed or partially de%eloped mind as the e&ercise o" po#er or dominion o%er others! The desire to rule "or sel"ish grati"ication has been the curse o" the #orld! *or countless ages kings and lords ha%e drenched the earth #ith blood in their battles to e&tend their dominions this not to seek more li"e "or all, but to get more po#er "or themsel%es! To-day, the main moti%e in the business and industrial #orld is the same men (arshal their armies o" dollars, and lay #aste the li%es and hearts o" millions in the same mad scramble "or po#er o%er others! /ommercial kings, like political kings, are inspired by the lust "or po#er! <esus sa# in this desire "or mastery the mo%ing impulse o" that e%il #orld He sought to o%erthro#! 0ead the t#enty-third chapter o" (atthe#, and see ho# He pictures the lust o" the Pharisees to be called 9(aster,9 to sit in the high places, to domineer o%er others, and to lay burdens on the backs o" the less "ortunate and note ho# He compares this lust "or dominion #ith the brotherly seeking "or the /ommon 5ood to #hich He calls His disciples! .ook out "or the temptation to seek "or authority, to become a 9master,9 to be considered as one #ho is abo%e the common herd, to impress others by

la%ish display, and so on! The mind that seeks "or mastery o%er others is the competiti%e mind and the competiti%e mind is not the creati%e one! In order to master your en%ironment and your destiny, it is not at all necessary that you should rule o%er your "ello# men and indeed, #hen you "all into the #orld3s struggle "or the high places, you begin to be con4uered by "ate and en%ironment, and your getting rich becomes a matter o" chance and speculation! 8e#are o" the competiti%e mindII 2o better statement o" the principle o" creati%e action can be "ormulated than the "a%orite declaration o" the late 95olden 0ule9 <ones o" Toledo7 9What I #ant "or mysel", I #ant "or e%erybody!9 /H,PT)0 1@ The Ad*ancing Man WH,T I ha%e said in the last chapter applies as #ell to the pro"essional man and the #age-earner as to the man #ho is engaged in mercantile business! 2o matter #hether you are a physician, a teacher, or a clergyman, i" you can gi%e increase o" li"e to others and make them sensible o" the "act, they #ill be attracted to you, and you #ill get rich! The physician #ho holds the %ision o" himsel" as a great and success"ul healer, and #ho #orks to#ard the complete reali$ation o" that %ision #ith "aith and purpose, as described in "ormer chapters, #ill come into such close touch #ith the Source o" .i"e that he #ill be phenomenally success"ul patients #ill come to him in throngs! 2o one has a greater opportunity to carry into e""ect the teaching o" this book than the practitioner o" medicine it does not matter to #hich o" the %arious schools he may belong, "or the principle o" healing is common to all o" them, and may be reached by all alike! The ,d%ancing (an in medicine, #ho holds to a clear mental image o" himsel" as success"ul, and #ho obeys the la#s o" "aith, purpose, and gratitude, #ill cure e%ery curable case he undertakes, no matter #hat remedies he may use! In the "ield o" religion, the #orld cries out "or the clergyman #ho can teach his hearers the true science o" abundant li"e! He #ho masters the details o" the science o" getting rich, together #ith the allied sciences o" being #ell, o" being great, and o" #inning lo%e, and #ho teaches these details "rom the pulpit, #ill ne%er lack "or a congregation! This is the gospel that the #orld needs it #ill gi%e increase o" li"e, and men #ill hear it gladly, and #ill gi%e liberal support to the man #ho brings it to them! What is no# needed is a demonstration o" the science o" li"e "rom the pulpit! We #ant preachers #ho can not only tell us ho#, but #ho in their o#n persons #ill sho# us ho#! We need the preacher #ho #ill himsel" be rich, healthy, great, and belo%ed, to teach us ho# to attain to these things and #hen he comes he #ill "ind a numerous and loyal "ollo#ing! The same is true o" the teacher #ho can inspire the children #ith the "aith and purpose o" the ad%ancing li"e! He #ill ne%er be 9out o" a 'ob!9 ,nd any teacher #ho has this

"aith and purpose can gi%e it to his pupils he cannot help gi%ing it to them i" it is part o" his o#n li"e and practice! What is true o" the teacher, preacher, and physician is true o" the la#yer, dentist, real estate man, insurance agent o" e%erybody! The combined mental and personal action I ha%e described is in"allible it cannot "ail! )%ery man and #oman #ho "ollo#s these instructions steadily, perse%eringly, and to the letter, #ill get rich! The la# o" the Increase o" .i"e is as mathematically certain in its operation as the la# o" gra%itation getting rich is an e&act science! The #age-earner #ill "ind this as true o" his case as o" any o" the others mentioned! Do not "eel that you ha%e no chance to get rich because you are #orking #here there is no %isible opportunity "or ad%ancement, #here #ages are small and the cost o" li%ing high! *orm your clear mental %ision o" #hat you #ant, and begin to act #ith "aith and purpose! Do all the #ork you can do, e%ery day, and do each piece o" #ork in a per"ectly success"ul manner put the po#er o" success, and the purpose to get rich, into e%erything that you do! 8ut do not do this merely #ith the idea o" currying "a%or #ith your employer, in the hope that he, or those abo%e you, #ill see your good #ork and ad%ance you it is not likely that they #ill do so! The man #ho is merely a 9good9 #orkman, "illing his place to the %ery best o" his ability, and satis"ied #ith that, is %aluable to his employer and it is not to the employer3s interest to promote him he is #orth more #here he is! To secure ad%ancement, something more is necessary than to be too large "or your place! The man #ho is certain to ad%ance is the one #ho is too big "or his place, and #ho has a clear concept o" #hat he #ants to be #ho kno#s that he can become #hat he #ants to be and #ho is determined to 8) #hat he #ants to be! Do not try to more than "ill your present place #ith a %ie# to pleasing your employer do it #ith the idea o" ad%ancing yoursel"! Hold the "aith and purpose o" increase during #ork hours, a"ter #ork hours, and be"ore #ork hours! Hold it in such a #ay that e%ery person #ho comes in contact #ith you, #hether "oreman, "ello# #orkman, or social ac4uaintance, #ill "eel the po#er o" purpose radiating "rom you so that e%ery one #ill get the sense o" ad%ancement and increase "rom you! (en #ill be attracted to you, and i" there is no possibility "or ad%ancement in your present 'ob, you #ill %ery soon see an opportunity to take another 'ob! There is a Po#er #hich ne%er "ails to present opportunity to the ,d%ancing (an #ho is mo%ing in obedience to la#! 5od cannot help helping you, i" you act in a /ertain Way He must do so in order to help Himsel"! There is nothing in your circumstances or in the industrial situation that can keep you do#n! I" you cannot get rich #orking "or the steel trust, you can get rich on a ten-acre "arm and i" you begin to mo%e in the /ertain Way, you #ill certainly escape "rom the 9clutches9 o" the steel trust and get on to the "arm or #here%er else you #ish to be! I" a "e#

thousands o" its employees #ould enter upon the /ertain Way, the steel trust #ould soon be in a bad plight it #ould ha%e to gi%e its #orkingmen more opportunity, or go out o" business! 2obody has to #ork "or a trust the trusts can keep men in so called hopeless conditions only so long as there are men #ho are too ignorant to kno# o" the science o" getting rich, or too intellectually sloth"ul to practice it! 8egin this #ay o" thinking and acting, and your "aith and purpose #ill make you 4uick to see any opportunity to better your condition! Such opportunities #ill speedily come, "or the Supreme, #orking in ,ll, and #orking "or you, #ill bring them be"ore you! Do not #ait "or an opportunity to be all that you #ant to be #hen an opportunity to be more than you are no# is presented and you "eel impelled to#ard it, take it! It #ill be the "irst step to#ard a greater opportunity! There is no such thing possible in this uni%erse as a lack o" opportunities "or the man #ho is li%ing the ad%ancing li"e! It is inherent in the constitution o" the cosmos that all things shall be "or him and #ork together "or his good and he must certainly get rich i" he acts and thinks in the /ertain Way! So let #age-earning men and #omen study this book #ith great care, and enter #ith con"idence upon the course o" action it prescribes it #ill not "ail! /H,PT)0 1E So$e #autions+ and #oncluding O,ser*ations (,2: people #ill sco"" at the idea that there is an e&act science o" getting rich holding the impression that the supply o" #ealth is limited, they #ill insist that social and go%ernmental institutions must be changed be"ore e%en any considerable number o" people can ac4uire a competence! 8ut this is not true! It is true that e&isting go%ernments keep the masses in po%erty, but this is because the masses do not think and act in the /ertain Way! I" the masses begin to mo%e "or#ard as suggested in this book, neither go%ernments nor industrial systems can check them all systems must be modi"ied to accommodate the "or#ard mo%ement! I" the people ha%e the ,d%ancing (ind, ha%e the *aith that they can become rich, and mo%e "or#ard #ith the "i&ed purpose to become rich, nothing can possibly keep them in po%erty! Indi%iduals may enter upon the /ertain Way at any time, and under any go%ernment, and make themsel%es rich and #hen any considerable number o" indi%iduals do so under any go%ernment, they #ill cause the system to be so modi"ied as to open the #ay "or others! The more men #ho get rich on the competiti%e plane, the #orse "or others the more #ho get rich on the creati%e plane, the better "or others! The economic sal%ation o" the masses can only be accomplished by getting a large number o" people to practice the scienti"ic method set do#n in this book, and become rich! These #ill sho# others the #ay, and inspire them #ith a desire "or real li"e, #ith the "aith that it can be attained, and #ith the purpose to attain it! *or the present,

ho#e%er, it is enough to kno# that neither the go%ernment under #hich you li%e nor the capitalistic or competiti%e system o" industry can keep you "rom getting rich! When you enter upon the creati%e plane o" thought you #ill rise abo%e all these things and become a citi$en o" another kingdom! 8ut remember that your thought must be held upon the creati%e plane you are ne%er "or an instant to be betrayed into regarding the supply as limited, or into acting on the moral le%el o" competition! Whene%er you do "all into old #ays o" thought, correct yoursel" instantly "or #hen you are in the competiti%e mind, you ha%e lost the cooperation o" the (ind o" the Whole! Do not spend any time in planning as to ho# you #ill meet possible emergencies in the "uture, e&cept as the necessary policies may a""ect your actions today! :ou are concerned #ith doing today3s #ork in a per"ectly success"ul manner, and not #ith emergencies #hich may arise tomorro# you can attend to them as they come! Do not concern yoursel" #ith 4uestions as to ho# you shall surmount obstacles #hich may loom upon your business hori$on, unless you can see plainly that your course must be altered today in order to a%oid them! 2o matter ho# tremendous an obstruction may appear at a distance, you #ill "ind that i" you go on in the /ertain Way it #ill disappear as you approach it, or that a #ay o%er, though, or around it #ill appear! 2o possible combination o" circumstances can de"eat a man or #oman #ho is proceeding to get rich along strictly scienti"ic lines! 2o man or #oman #ho obeys the la# can "ail to get rich, any more than one can multiply t#o by t#o and "ail to get "our! 5i%e no an&ious thought to possible disasters, obstacles, panics, or un"a%orable combinations o" circumstances it is time enough to meet such things #hen they present themsel%es be"ore you in the immediate present, and you #ill "ind that e%ery di""iculty carries #ith it the #here#ithal "or its o%ercoming! 5uard your speech! 2e%er speak o" yoursel", your a""airs, or o" anything else in a discouraged or discouraging #ay! 2e%er admit the possibility o" "ailure, or speak in a #ay that in"ers "ailure as a possibility! 2e%er speak o" the times as being hard, or o" business conditions as being doubt"ul! Times may be hard and business doubt"ul "or those #ho are on the competiti%e plane, but they can ne%er be so "or you you can create #hat you #ant, and you are abo%e "ear! When others are ha%ing hard times and poor business, you #ill "ind your greatest opportunities! Train yoursel" to think o" and to look upon the #orld as a something #hich is 8ecoming, #hich is gro#ing and to regard seeming e%il as being only that #hich is unde%eloped! ,l#ays speak in terms o" ad%ancement to do other#ise is to deny your "aith, and to deny your "aith is to lose it! 2e%er allo# yoursel" to "eel disappointed! :ou may e&pect to ha%e a certain thing at a certain time, and not get it at that time and this #ill appear to you like "ailure! 8ut i" you hold to your "aith

you #ill "ind that the "ailure is only apparent! 5o on in the certain #ay, and i" you do not recei%e that thing, you #ill recei%e something so much better that you #ill see that the seeming "ailure #as really a great success! , student o" this science had set his mind on making a certain business combination #hich seemed to him at the time to be %ery desirable, and he #orked "or some, #eeks to bring it about! When the crucial time came, the thing "ailed in a per"ectly ine&plicable #ay it #as as i" some unseen in"luence had been #orking secretly against him! He #as not disappointed on the contrary, he thanked 5od that his desire had been o%erruled, and #ent steadily on #ith a grate"ul mind! In a "e# #eeks an opportunity so much better came his #ay that he #ould not ha%e made the "irst deal on any account and he sa# that a (ind #hich kne# more than he kne# had pre%ented him "rom losing the greater good by entangling himsel" #ith the lesser! That is the #ay e%ery seeming "ailure #ill #ork out "or you, i" you keep your "aith, hold to your purpose, ha%e gratitude, and do, e%ery day, all that can be done that day, doing each separate act in a success"ul manner! When you make a "ailure, it is because you ha%e not asked "or enough keep on, and a larger thing then you #ere seeking #ill certainly come to you! 0emember this! :ou #ill not "ail because you lack the necessary talent to do #hat you #ish to do! I" you go on as I ha%e directed, you #ill de%elop all the talent that is necessary to the doing o" your #ork! It is not #ithin the scope o" this book to deal #ith the science o" culti%ating talent but it is as certain and simple as the process o" getting rich! Ho#e%er, do not hesitate or #a%er "or "ear that #hen you come to any certain place you #ill "ail "or lack o" ability keep right on, and #hen you come to that place, the ability #ill be "urnished to you! The same source o" ,bility #hich enabled the untaught .incoln to do the greatest #ork in go%ernment e%er accomplished by a single man is open to you you may dra# upon all the mind there is "or #isdom to use in meeting the responsibilities #hich are laid upon you! 5o on in "ull "aith! Study this book! (ake it your constant companion until you ha%e mastered all the ideas contained in it! While you are getting "irmly established in this "aith, you #ill do #ell to gi%e up most recreations and pleasure and to stay a#ay "rom places #here ideas con"licting #ith these are ad%anced in lectures or sermons! Do not read pessimistic or con"licting literature, or get into arguments upon the matter! Do %ery little reading, outside o" the #riters mentioned in the Pre"ace! Spend most o" your leisure time in contemplating your %ision, and in culti%ating gratitude, and in reading this book! It contains all you need to kno# o" the science o" getting rich and you #ill "ind all the essentials summed up in the "ollo#ing chapter! /H,PT)0 1G Su$$ary of the Science of Getting Rich

TH)0) is a thinking stu"" "rom #hich all things are made, and #hich, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and "ills the interspaces o" the uni%erse! , thought in this substance produces the thing that is imaged by the thought! (an can "orm things in his thought, and by impressing his thought upon "ormless substance can cause the thing he thinks about to be created! In order to do this, man must pass "rom the competiti%e to the creati%e mind other#ise he cannot be in harmony #ith the *ormless Intelligence, #hich is al#ays creati%e and ne%er competiti%e in spirit! (an may come into "ull harmony #ith the *ormless Substance by entertaining a li%ely and sincere gratitude "or the blessings it besto#s upon him! 5ratitude uni"ies the mind o" man #ith the intelligence o" Substance, so that man3s thoughts are recei%ed by the *ormless! (an can remain upon the creati%e plane only by uniting himsel" #ith the *ormless Intelligence through a deep and continuous "eeling o" gratitude ! (an must "orm a clear and de"inite mental image o" the things he #ishes to ha%e, to do, or to become and he must hold this mental image in his thoughts, #hile being deeply grate"ul to the Supreme that all his desires are granted to him! The man #ho #ishes to get rich must spend his leisure hours in contemplating his 1ision, and in earnest thanksgi%ing that the reality is being gi%en to him! Too much stress cannot be laid on the importance o" "re4uent contemplation o" the mental image, coupled #ith un#a%ering "aith and de%out gratitude! This is the process by #hich the impression is gi%en to the *ormless, and the creati%e "orces set in motion! The creati%e energy #orks through the established channels o" natural gro#th, and o" the industrial and social order! ,ll that is included in his mental image #ill surely be brought to the man #ho "ollo#s the instructions gi%en abo%e, and #hose "aith does not #a%er! What he #ants #ill come to him through the #ays o" established trade and commerce! In order to recei%e his o#n #hen it shall come to him, man must be acti%e and this acti%ity can only consist in more than "illing his present place! He must keep in mind the Purpose to get rich through the reali$ation o" his mental image! ,nd he must do, e%ery day, all that can be done that day, taking care to do each act in a success"ul manner! He must gi%e to e%ery man a use %alue in e&cess o" the cash %alue he recei%es, so that each transaction makes "or more li"e and he must so hold the ,d%ancing Thought that the impression o" increase #ill be communicated to all #ith #hom he comes in contact! The men and #omen #ho practice the "oregoing instructions #ill certainly get rich and the riches they recei%e #ill be in e&act proportion to the de"initeness o" their %ision, the "i&ity o" their purpose, the steadiness o" their "aith, and the depth o" their gratitude! The )nd