Science of Getting Rich: Attracting Financial Success Through Creative Thought [Paperback]

"If you watched The Secret and wondered what the little book was that changed author Rhonda Byrne's life, this is it. Originally published in 1910, its time has come."

In his bestselling bookWallace D.Wattles explains that universal mind underlies and permeates all creation.Through the process of visualization we can engage the law of attraction impressing our thoughts upon formless substance and bringing the desired object or circumstances into material form.The author emphasizes the critical importance of attitude:only by aligning ourselves with the positive forces of natural law can we gain unlimited access to the creative mind and its abundant rewards. The Science of Getting Rich holds the secret to how economic and emotional security can be achieved in a practical imaginative and noncompetitive way while maintaining a loving and harmonious relationship with all of life. By living in accordance with the positive principles outlined in this book we can find our rightful place in the cosmic scheme and create for ourselves an environment in which to grow in wealth wisdom and happiness. Rhonda Byrne in her book and DVD The Secrettells how a 100-year-old book entered her life and changed it forever. Here is that book. Written in 1910 The Science of Getting Rich inspired Byrne to create her bestselling DVD and subsequently to write her book. She has said that it gave me a glimpse of The Secret.It was like a flame inside of my heart. And with every day since it sjust become a raging fire of wanting to share all of this with the world. Wallace Delois Wattles (11860 1911) was the author of numerous books the best known of which is The Science of etting Rich.He experienced failure after failure in his early life until after many years of study and experimentation he formulated a set of principles that with scientific precision create financial and spiritual wealth. He died a prosperous man in 1911.

The Science of Getting Rich is the seminal work on the Law of Attraction and the inspiration behind Rhonda Byrne's worldwide bestseller, The Secret. With thousands of copies sold every year, it continues to inspire. This luxury hardback edition marks the 100-year anniversary of the original publication in 1910. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Everyone wants a few basic things in life: to be healthy, to be loved, and to be wealthy. In this 1910 book, self-help pioneer Wallace Wattles instructs his readers on how to get ahead financially. He offers practical advice for getting rich starting now, asking only that his readers believe in the science he offers. Having read a number of philosophers in order to arrive at his conclusions, Wattles presents readers with only what is necessary in order to achieve success.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Wallace Delois Wattles wrote a number of books following a lifetime of researching and practising the laws of success. Inspired by the teachings of philosophers and spiritual thinkers, his principles are practical and actionable and continue to exert a strong influence today.

Tom Butler-Bowdon is the author of five bestselling books on classic self-help and motivational writing. He has been described by USA Today as 'a true scholar of this type of literature'. His first book, 50 Self-Help Classics, won the 2004 Benjamin Franklin award. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money, for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with.

A man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things, and society is so organized that man must have money in order to become the possessor of things, therefore, the basis of all advancement for man must be the science of getting rich.

The object of all life is development, and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.

Man’s right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment, or, in other words, his right to be rich.

In this book, I shall not speak of riches in a figurative way, to be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a little. No man ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable of using and enjoying more. The purpose of Nature is the advancement and unfoldment of life, and every man should have all that can contribute to the power, elegance, beauty, and richness of life, to be content with less is sinful.

The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is rich, and no man who has not plenty of money can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far, and become so complex, that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants to become all that they are capable of becoming, this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature, we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is becoming what you want to be, you can become what you want to be only by making use of things, and you can have the free use of things only as you become rich enough to buy them. To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge.

There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life, and that desire is praiseworthy. The man who does not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the man who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is abnormal.

There are three motives for which we live, we live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the soul. No one of these is better or holier than the other, all are alike desirable, and no one of the three—body, mind, or soul—can live fully if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not right or noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body, and it is wrong to live for the intellect and deny body or soul.

We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of living for the body and denying both mind and soul, and we see that real life means the complete expression of all that man can give forth through body, mind, and soul. Whatever he can say, no man can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is living fully in every function, and unless the same is true of his mind and his soul. Wherever there is unexpressed possibility, or function not performed, there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance.

Man cannot live fully in body without good food, comfortable clothing, and warm shelter, and without freedom from excessive toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to his physical life.

He cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study them, without opportunity for travel and observation, or without intellectual companionship. To live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations, and must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty he is capable of using and appreciating.

To live fully in soul, man must have love, and love is denied expression by poverty.

A man’s highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves, love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving. The man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man. It is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore of supreme importance to him that he should be rich.

It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich, if you are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It is perfectly right that you should give your best attention to the Science of Getting Rich, for it is the noblest and most necessary of all studies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty to yourself, to God and humanity, for you can render to God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.