As We approach the eve of late December and the shadow of 12/21/2012 is upon us, I find it purposeful to reflect on the many blessings I receive from Life and to give thanks for the many gifts that are bestowed upon me everyday.
Personally, I do not anticipate any major cataclysm on this particular day, though many believe December 21st, 2012 will be the exact date of tribulation that has been decoded from an ancient calender devised by the Mayan people.
I would rather believe that this epoch in History is the herald of a new age of cooperation and peace throughout the world and that Humankind will awaken to the true purpose of our existence, as co-creators of a new plan to build an actual Heaven on Earth as it was meant to be.
As Utopian as that may seem, it is a dream that I have always held close to my heart and I have had glimpses of this actuality in my own life experience and within my Imagination, so I know from the Soul’s point of view that it is so.
From the chapter on Gratitude in Wattle’s book: “The Science of Getting Rich”
Gratitude
THE ILLUSTRATIONS GIVEN IN THE LAST CHAPTER will have conveyed to the reader the fact that the
first step toward getting rich is to convey the idea of your wants to the formless substance.
This is true, and you will see that in order to do so it becomes necessary to relate yourself to the
formless intelligence in a harmonious way.
To secure this harmonious relation is a matter of such primary and vital importance that I shall
give some space to its discussion here and give you instructions which, if you will follow them, will be
certain to bring you into perfect unity of mind with the supreme power, or God.
The whole process of mental adjustment and atunement can be summed up in one word:
Gratitude.
First, you believe that there is one intelligent substance, from which all things proceed. Second,
you believe that this substance gives you everything you desire. And third, you relate yourself to it by a
feeling of deep and profound gratitude.
Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of
gratitude. Having received one gift from God, they cut the wires which connect them with him by
failing to make acknowledgment.
It is easy to understand that the nearer we live to the source of wealth, the more wealth we shall
receive, and it is easy also to understand that the soul that is always grateful lives in closer touch with
God than the one which never looks to him in thankful acknowledgment. The more gratefully we fix
our minds on the supreme when good things come to us, the more good things we will receive, and the
more rapidly they will come. And the reason simply is that the mental attitude of gratitude draws the
mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come.
If it is a new thought to you that gratitude brings your whole mind into closer harmony with the
creative energies of the universe, consider it well, and you will see that it is true. The good things you
have already have come to you along the line of obedience to certain laws. Gratitude will lead your mind
out along the ways by which things come, and it will keep you in close harmony with creative thought
and prevent you from falling into competitive thought.
Gratitude alone can keep you looking toward the all, and prevent you from falling into the error of
thinking of the supply as limited — and to do that would be fatal to your hopes.
There is a law of gratitude, and it is absolutely necessary that you should observe the law if you are
to get the results you seek. The law of gratitude is the natural principle that action and reaction are
always equal and in opposite directions.
The grateful outreaching of your mind in thankful praise to the supreme intelligence is a liberation
or expenditure of force. It cannot fail to reach that to which it addressed, and the reaction is an instantaneous
movement toward you.
The Science of Getting Rich
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“Draw nigh unto God, and he will draw nigh unto you.” That is a statement of psychological truth.
And if your gratitude is strong and constant, the reaction in formless substance will be strong and
continuous; the movement of the things you want will be always toward you. Notice the grateful attitude
that Jesus took, how he always seems to be saying, “I thank thee, Father, that thou hearest me.” You
cannot exercise much power without gratitude, for it is gratitude that keeps you connected with power.
But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future.
Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are.
The moment you permit your mind to dwell with dissatisfaction upon things as they are, you
begin to lose ground. You fix attention upon the common, the ordinary, the poor, the squalid, and the
mean — and your mind takes the form of these things. Then you will transmit these forms or mental
images to the formless. And the common, the poor, the squalid, and the mean will come to you.
To permit your mind to dwell upon the inferior is to become inferior and to surround yourself
with inferior things. On the other hand, to fix your attention on the best is to surround yourself with
the best, and to become the best. The creative power within us makes us into the image of that to which
we give our attention. We are of thinking substance, too, and thinking substance always takes the form
of that which it thinks about.
The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes
the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.
Also, faith is born of gratitude. The grateful mind continually expects good things, and expectation
becomes faith. The reaction of gratitude upon one’s own mind produces faith, and every outgoing
wave of grateful thanksgiving increases faith. The person who has no feeling of gratitude cannot long
retain a living faith, and without a living faith you cannot get rich by the creative method, as we shall see
in the following chapters.
It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you
and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you
should include all things in your gratitude.
Do not waste a lot of time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or wrong actions of those in
power. Their organization of the world has created your opportunity; all you get really comes to you
because of them. Do not rage against corrupt politicians. If it were not for politicians we should fall into
anarchy and your opportunity would be greatly lessened.
God has worked a long time and very patiently to bring us up to where we are in industry and
government, and he is going right on with his work. There is not the least doubt that he will do away
with plutocrats, trust magnates, captains of industry, and politicians as soon as they can be spared, but
in the meantime, they are all very necessary. Remember that they are all helping to arrange the lines of
transmission along which your riches will come to you, and be grateful. This will bring you into harmonious
relations with the good in everything, and the good in everything will move toward you
December 21st, 2012
Though it is nearly 2:A.M , in the early morning hours of 12 / 21 / 2012, I am presently in Siem Reap, Cambodia, which is approximately 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time of Northeastern United States . Therefore, It is not yet the 21st, according to the closest time zone of Meso America, where the Mayan calender was invented, but probably still the 20th.
I will have a good night’s rest and awake to the presence of the reality of that time space continuum and begin a new post which will actually be recorded as a December 21st blog. I will duly acknowledge any insight which comes through me.
I do not know what will transpire tomorrow but I am at peace in this moment and accept whatever the Universe intends for us in the here & now.
Additionally, I am deeply grateful to be part of this wondrous unfoldment as it takes place.
Bless you all
Angkor Wat – Cambodia
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