Manifesting with the Law of Attraction

This is the first chapter of the famous book of Wallace Wattles called The Science of Getting Rich. It was published in 1910. Many motivational and inspirational speakers have been inspired by The Science of Getting Rich. Rhonda Byrne, the author and producer of the famed book and movie The Secret claimed that her inspiration for The Secret was The Science of Getting Rich.

The book teaches about thinking, acting, and doing things in a Certain Way so you will become rich. It mentions a formless substance that is inexhaustible and that by thinking, acting and doing things in a Certain Way, we can manipulate it into something that we desire. Although it does not mention the law of attraction, I think The Science of Getting is basically referring to the same concept.

The Science of Getting Rich has been greatly exploited in the internet. Since this is already a public domain, copies of The Science of Getting Rich is a dime a dozen in the world wide web. There is even a network business that uses the book’s name. I just hope for the members’ sake that it will really work to their advantage and that they will not just be working so the founders will get richer.

The first chapter is called the The Right to be Rich. It is one of my most favorite chapters of the book because the truthfulness of Wattles’ words about why we have the right to be rich is undeniable. The most striking line for me is, “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.”

At the end of this post is an action guide based on my interpretation of The Right to be Rich.

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 praise worthy. 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.

ACTION GUIDE

Disclaimer: This Action Guide is a personal interpretation of THE RIGHT TO BE RICH. Use this at your own discretion. We, the staff & management of iManifest iMeditate Ezine are not liable for any situations that may arise from your use of this ACTION GUIDE.

The biggest step that you can do right now is to claim your right to be rich. Tell yourself that you want to be rich, you will be rich & you are rich. Say it loud right now, “I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE RICH! I AM RICH!”

The first time around may sound embarrassing even to yourself. Or may be somewhere in the back of your mind there is a voice answering back “Yeah, right” with sarcasm and ridicule. May be a thousand questions suddenly sprung up from your mind the moment you said it.

That’s normal and natural. After all, you are doing something new. You may never even have thought about saying that out loud before because you just don’t believe it. Anyway, my purpose here is to present my own ideas of how to apply the principles outlined in this very famous book.

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Much has been said about the law of attraction already. Many books have been written about manifesting using the law of attraction. It has become a multi-million business in the internet alone. The world wide web is filled with information about it (though you have to sift through them to find the original and quality content rather than the commercialized ones).

The basic principles of the law of attraction are (1) everything is energy, including our thoughts; (2) like energy attracts the same into the outward reality. Manifesting with the law of attraction involves consciously or deliberately choosing your thoughts so that it is predominantly about the situation or object you desire. Therefore, the first step to manifesting with the law of attraction is knowing what you desire.

The process of creation starts with what you want to create in your reality. You cannot manifest something that you cannot define in words or images. Remember that to activate the law of attraction, your thoughts must be focused on the object of your desire.

The very purpose of this article is to discuss what desires you can manifest with the law of attraction. I have received many requests to have an ex-lover come back. It is not surprising because many have claimed that you can manifest everything you desire through the law of attraction. Even my own site has said so. Let me clarify this statement.

I believe that we are one in essence with the entire universe. What the universe is, so are we. I have mentioned this in my article the Universe and You and I am going to repeat it here. The nature of the universe is flowing. It is constantly moving forward. You can’t go physically back to the past. The law of attraction is a law that abides with the universe. In order for your desires to be manifested easily and effortlessly, your desire must be one that is congruent with the nature of the universe. It must be one that allows you to move forward, to flow, or to improve.

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. -Wallace Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

If you desire something like bringing an ex lover back, you are hoarding an energy of the past. You are refusing change, you are refusing to flow or move forward. It will be like pushing against nature or swimming against a strong current. For all its power, the law of attraction cannot be used to control another person’s will or decision because it is against its very nature. It is also against your very nature to be stuck in the past.

So what desires can be manifested using the law of attraction? Here are some suggestions:

1. Ideal relationships (romantic, friendship, family, business, professional) – one that allows you to grow as a person and as a partner
2. Abundance and prosperity
3. Better career or promotion
4. Better health
5. Healing
6. Spirituality
7. Self improvement

Manifesting with the law of attraction is like ordering food in a restaurant, if you are in a Japanese restaurant, do not order Mexican foods because you are not likely to get it. If your desires are in alignment with your nature, miracles will abound in your life. The key to doing this is to love and value yourself first. Your life has a purpose. Your desires are the means to fulfilling your purpose and you can manifest your desires with the law of attraction

Copyright 2008 Joann Ang. Some rights reserved. You can reprint, repost or redistribute this article as long as the resource box is included at the end of the article. All links must be correct, functional and points to the author’s site.

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Imagine two big spotlights. One is pointed upward, casting light far into the air. The other is pointed downward and buried into the earth – no light is cast at all.

This is like intent.

There are only two possible intentions in any given moment: the intent to learn about loving yourself and others, and the intent to protect against pain with some form of controlling behavior.

When you consciously choose the intent to learn, your light points upward, shining upon the truth that will guide you in your highest good. Your mind opens and becomes a receiver of the information you need to support yourself in manifesting your dreams. Consciously choosing the intent to learn is the most powerful thing we can do. When we consciously choose the intent to learn, we open ourselves to our Higher Self – the part of us that connects us with the information and creativity in the universe.

When we unconsciously choose the intent to control, we shut off access to truth. Our mind closes and becomes like a closed circuit TV – recycling the old information that has been programmed into our mind. We become stuck in our limited mind, operating from the false beliefs that we learned as we were growing up. We become stuck in the past, recreating old hurts.

The challenge here is that our unconscious automatic choice is to control. When we were growing up, we all had to learn many ways to control to survive the challenges of childhood. We learned ways of trying to have control over how people feel about us and treat us, such as anger, blame, judgment, righteousness, or compliance. We learned ways to protect against losing ourselves to another’s control, such as resisting or withdrawing. We learned many addictive ways of avoiding feeling our pain, such using food, drugs, alcohol, TV, Internet, sex, work, sports, gambling, shopping, self-judgment, and so on – all to have control over not feeling our painful feelings.

Most people immediately, and unconsciously, choose the intent to control the moment they feel any anxiety. The problem is that the intent to control is self-abandonment, always causing even more fear, anxiety or depression. Instead of shining the light of love upon your distress in order to learn and heal, you shove the light into the ground, causing more darkness.

Choosing your intent is the essence of free will, and it determines what you feel and what you manifest. While you might have momentary pleasure when something good happens, the deep joy and wellbeing that we all seek, and the ability to manifest your dreams, is the result of your intent to learn about loving yourself and others.

The challenge in our lives is to REMEMBER that we are at choice – to remember to choose the intent to learn.

How can you remember to consciously choose the intent to learn? How can you remember, the moment you feel any fear, anxiety, or any stress, to open to learning about what you are thinking or doing that is creating this stress? What can you do to stop your automatic reactive controlling behavior?

First of all, you need to accept that this is a lifetime practice – not something that will occur quickly. We have all been practicing the intent to control for most of our lives, so it will take much practice to even remember that there is another choice.

The place to start is to practice noticing your feelings throughout a day. Perhaps wearing a rubber band that you can snap on your wrist will remind you to check inside to see how you are feeling. You cannot begin to learn about your thoughts and actions that are causing your feelings until you are aware of your painful feelings. You cannot stop your addictive anesthetics until you are WILLING to feel your feelings and take responsibility for them.

If you decide that you are willing to feel your feelings, that willingness will lead you to becoming more and more conscious of your feelings. This is the beginning of being able to consciously choose your intent to learn.

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