In that book, Wattles shared his keen insights into manifesting riches (or anything else, for that matter) in such a powerful way that nearly 100 years later, his book is still a favorite of millions of readers the world over.
Following are 3 powerful lessons Wallace Wattles revealed in one of the most studied success books of all time.
1. We live in a thought world. As such, we're part of a thought universe. Therefore, whatever you think about consistently expands and tends to materialize in your life. This means that your thoughts have the power to shape your life and create your reality in detail.
Everything around you originated in the form of a thought. What began as a simple thought manifested into the chair you're sitting, the computer you're using, the paint on the walls -- everything. It all started in thought substance. Thought is the only power that can produce tangible results.
Think it first and visualize it as your reality. According to Wattles, that's exactly how you create things in your life. Since you have the power to choose your thoughts, you can create or manifest what you sincerely want and earnestly desire.
In Wallace Wattles' own words, "If a person can communicate his thought to original thinking substance, he can cause the creation or formation of the thing he thinks about."
2. Hold on to the thoughts you want to manifest. To attain any goal or desire, you must stay focussed. Focus is the great secret. For many people, staying focused on one objective until they reach it is difficult.
But Wattles advises to continue thinking about what you want and accept it as your reality. We must learn to "Think truth regardless of appearances." No easy task, to be sure. But to the determined soul, this could be the key that unlocks the door to their most cherished dream.
Once you've decided on a result you want, claim it as yours. Maintain an unquestioning faith that whatever you want is actually on the way. You've placed your order with the universe and your continued and persistent thought on the reality of the result is certain to bring it about.
Know what you want and want it enough that it's easy to keep this desire in your thoughts. Wattles suggests that we should ignore present conditions and circumstances as these are nothing more than the manifestations of past thoughts.
3. The third life lesson is to simply be grateful for it all. Gratitude, sincere gratitude connects you to your unlimited power. Call it God, Spirit, Infinite Intelligence, the Divine - whatever you choose. It's this connection that facilitates the manifestation of all things. Gratitude raises your vibration. As long as you're feeling appreciative, you cannot be angry, frustrated, disappointed, or sad.
Be grateful for every result, not just the grand and glorious. This may be a difficult idea to adopt. But it's one that can help but serve you well if you listen to the advice of Wallace Wattles.
In the author's own words, "All things have contributed to your advancement; therefore include all things in your gratitude." In other words, you are the product of your past experiences and circumstances. All those things are history but each has contributed to the person you are today. Be grateful for it all and keep thinking about what you want.
There you have it -- 3 valuable, even life-changing lessons from the early 20th century sage, Wallace Wattles. Read them again. Absorb these truths and then think and visualize your ideal future result.
THE STORY
I have always loved Gene Wilder. His piercing blue eyes always seemed so kind and inviting.
I don't remember when I first fell in love with him--like most kids my age, it may have been when he played the eccentric chocolatier in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, or it may have been when he played The Waco Kid in the side-splittingly funny Blazing Saddles--but I know for sure that my heart was sealed when he played The Fox in The Little Prince.
The plot consists of a pilot who is stranded in the Sahara desert and comes across an "extraterrestrial (though entirely human-appearing) prince. In their conversations, the author reveals his own views about the follies of mankind and the simple truths that people seem to forget as they grow older." (Wikipedia)
The prince tells the pilot of many of his adventures, including his visit to earth and the many creatures he has met here.
One of them was a fox. Enter Gene Wilder.
Gene Wilder's Fox is cautious but caring (those eyes!), as he teaches the little Prince how he could tame him and they could become friends. Amazingly, this same exchange can teach us some of the exact principles of getting whatever we want in life to come to us.
"Every day, you would come and sit where you're sitting now.
"You'd always come at the same time at, let's say, four in the afternoon.
"I could start getting excited about, oh about, 3 o'clock.
"If you came any old time, I wouldn't have a chance to get keyed up."
"But what would I do at 4 o'clock?" asks the Prince.
"Nothing," the Fox replies.
"Nothing?"
"Of course not, if you did anything, I would get frightened, and I wouldn't come out."
THE LESSON
You really can have what you want. But to get it, there are a few principles you must apply from learning how to tame a fox.
First, you must be consistent. The Prince was to come every day at the same time. He could not come "at any old time." He must be consistent. Consistent action shows the Universe that you're serious about your desire.
Second, you must be still and allow it to come to you. If you have ever chased anything (or anyone, for that matter!), you know that doing so only causes it to run the other direction. You work harder and have less results when you chase after something. Ah, but if you're still...if you're still, and you are behaving in ways that make you attractive, people and things will naturally be drawn to you.
And what if things don't come to you the way you had hoped, or they disappear just as you see them around the corner? Then you can be sure to hear the Fox saying to you, just like he said to the little Prince:
"You moved!"
TAKE ACTION
Are you frustrated with the results you are getting in some area of your life? Take action!
Today's action step: Set a timer for five minutes. Sit comfortably and close your eyes. Visualize what it is you want and, in your mind, allow it to come to you. You may even want to stretch out your arms and visualize it running to you for an embrace.
Notice as you do this how good it makes you feel--how much better, in fact, than if you were to run after it. Of course, you may want to do this visualization for more than five minutes. If you're like me, it will feel so good, it will be hard for you to want to do anything else!
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