The Unlimited Power Of Gratitude

Unless you've been living in a cave you've probably nseen the movie "The Secret." It explains how there isna Law of Attraction that governs the Universe and Ifnyou follow that law you can manifest all your desires.nWhat they don't tell you is where it came from.nnThe Secret Law of Attraction comes from the "New Thought"nmovement of the late 1800s and early 1900s. In particularnfrom a book by Wallace D. Wattles called "Science ofnGetting Rich," which teaches a scientific method on hownto attract riches to you.nnThe Secret is a great movie but it does not explainnexactly how to do what it professes. It's kind of an nadvertisement for this new way of thought. The DVD is nwell produced and the speakers are great, not to mention ntheir initial "viral marketing" campaign which was amazing.nBUT it's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.nnThe Science of Getting Rich (or SOGR) is a step-by-step nhandbook. It's like going to school, but without the nbullying and smelly kids ;-DnnThe main point in SOGR is Gratitude. This is somethingnthat the author stresses over and over again throughoutnthe short book. He states "Gratitude unifies the mind nof man with the intelligence of Substance, so that man's nthoughts are received by the Formless."nnNow this can be a bit confusing to the uninitiated, so nI will quote some explaining principles from the book.nn "THERE is a thinking stuff from which all things are n made, and which, in its original state, permeates, n penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe."nn "A thought in this substance produces the thing that n is imaged by the thought.nn "Man can form things in his thought, and by impressing n his thought upon formless substance can cause the n thing he thinks about to be created."nnThis is very powerful and it's what is referred to in nThe Secret. The fact that we can manifest or changenour reality just by thought is the basic Law of Attraction.nnBUT, it's Gratitude which "unifies the mind" to nthe "formless" ("the Universe," "the Cosmos," "God," etc.)nso your thoughts (and desires) can be heard and manifestednin this reality.nnSo your first goal is to develop a sense of Gratitudenin your life. With it you will not only manifest yourndesires but you will feel a deep connection with the n"formless" and that leads to happiness.nnDevelop Gratitude and everything else will fall into place.nn--n