I have read a lot of books on self help, success, and other topics related to personal growth. It wasn’t until I read “The Science of Getting Rich” that all I had read really started to make sense.

Although Rhonda Byrne, the author of “The Secret” says that “The Science of Getting Rich” is was one of the books she was influenced by, she missed some crucial points about what Wallace Wattles had to say.

1. The Science of Getting Rich is practical.

It’s not about thinking positive thoughts, and it doesn’t matter if you are a positive person or a negative person. This book is about getting rich first. It’s about following specific principles. It’s not about dealing with your baggage or changing your mindset in a way that you become a more positive person.

2. This is not a study of metaphysics, and you don’t need to know how it works to make it work.

It’s like using a computer. You learn how to use a computer, but you don’t have to know what hardware or software is in order to make it work. You also don’t need to know the internal workings of a computer to learn how to operate your computer.

3. Faith is a crucial part of the process.

The Bible tells us in Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

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In order to make the “Science of Getting Rich” work, we first have to have faith. We have to believe something is true before seeing it come true. God won’t violate our free will. If we don’t believe, if we don’t have faith first, then what we want can’t become a reality.

This goes against conventional wisdom which says “seeing is believiing.” Wattles says you must first see it in your mind before you see it in reality.

4. To understand the underlying philosophy of the “Science of Getting Rich” you may read the writers he recommends.

Although Wattles doesn’t mention it, Wattles was a minister. He was Christian. He studied philosophy, as well as the Hindu religion. Wattles doesn’t say that much of the universal human truth outlined in his book is in the Bible.

What he does say is that you don’t have to study philosophy or Hinduism and its influence on Western culture in order to understand what he is trying to say.

5. It’s more important to read “The Science of Getting Rich” than to read the philosophy behind it.

Although reading the philosophy will help you understand how Wattles arrived at his conclusions, doing what the book tells you to do is the real secret to finding true riches in life.

Wattles approaches riches from the point of view of the mind, body, and spirit. We must satisfy all three areas of our lives to enjoy the riches we attain. If any area of our lives is out of balance, it will affect our happiness and create obstacles to our enjoyment of life.

6. The “Science of Getting Rich” is scientific not metaphysical.

I mentioned metaphysics earlier. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality. Wattles isn’t concerned with this. Wattles is concerned with how the rules of the universe operate and how to use those rules to become rich.

Whereas metaphysics deals with theories about reality, the rules of the universe have been tested and are a fact. This brings Wattles into the realm of science, with proven rules and processes that work. By applying these rules and processes to our lives, we achieve measurable results.

7. Action is crucial to success.

If you don’t take action, nothing will happen. Wattles says to read the book and do exactly what it tells you to do. Ultimately, this book becomes a blueprint for achieving what you want.

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During his life, George Grant (1918-1988) received many of Canada’s uppermost honours. He was appointed in the direction of the Order of Canada, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society and received its distinguished Chaveau Award, and he was awarded seven honorary degrees by Canadian universities. There are few professors of philosophy, political science, or history who do not know his name. He is included in every important reference book. His most important book, Lament for a Nation, has been named one of the hundred most Canadian books.
In spite of this fame in Canada, Grant is very little known outside his native nation. Why? The simple answer is: He did not much care about being famous and, although he achieved great achievement, his success came since he was a great philosopher, not because he popular success.
That was not because he didn’t know the nature of achievement. Both his grandfathers were extremely eminent Canadians. His paternal grandfather, G.M. Grant (1835-1902), was a Christian clergyman in the Scottish Presbyterian tradition. He rose to national prominence, though as an educator. Canadian knew him as Principal Grant, the head of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. When he turned its principal in 1877 it was a small, struggling, almost bankrupt college. At his death it was a energetic, financially sound, and academically respected institution. Grant was also a political figure of note. He could count on assured access to the prime minister of the day. His journalism was influential and he was one of the best public orators of his era.
Grant’s maternal grandfather, Sir George Parkin (1846-1922), was also an educator and a significant political figure. Like Principal Grant, he was a superb platform orator and, in the 1880s and 1890s, he traveled widely throughout Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom arguing the case for maintaining close ties between the colonies. In 1896 he became head of the important Canadian private boys school, Upper Canada College, where he implemented progressive educational reforms. He is most well-known for his activities in the period from 1902 to 1920. He was responsible for organizing, setting up and administering the Rhodes Scholarships, and it was for that achievement he was awarded his knighthood.
Grant’s most famous relative was his uncle, Vincent Massey (1887-1967). Massey married Parkin’s eldest daughter. He was Canada’s first Ambassador to the United States, and served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom for eleven years, including the critical period of the Second World War. However, he is best known as the first native-born Canadian to serve as Governor-General (1952-59). Another uncle was a cabinet minister and a third a famous inventor.
His family was not wealthy but he had a comfortable and privileged upbringing. His father, William Grant (1872-1935) was also headmaster of Upper Canada College. The position brought with it a significant salary, a house, servants, and free education for his son, who grew up with the children of many of the country’s social and economic elite.

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However, the pinyin style of translating Chinese is the official standard now so all future publications spell it as Daoism.

The root word of Daoism is Dao, usually translated as the Way. The word Dao isn’t unique to Daoism. Confucianism, and other Chinese traditions also used the word Dao. In a sense, it is sort of like Truth or Dhamma or Way of Life. Each group argued over what the Dao was. But Daoism particularly adds a particular meaning to the word.

Daoism involves ideas of naturalness, simplicity, and going with the flow. Like Confucianism, it’s extremely influential in East Asian aesthetics, medicine, health, cooking, and so on. You can see Daoist influences in Tai Chi Quan (slow, internal martial art), Qi Gong (body-mind energy work), acupuncture, Chinese medicine, and so on.

However, there is also a social, religious, and political part of Daoism involving complex rituals, priests, other worldly soul traveling, image meditations, and spells/magic.

Personally, I am a religious elitist in the sense that I’m not as interested in the “popular religion” or “folk religion” aspects that are often talked about. I learned about Indian and Chinese religions from a philosophy department so my focus is more on understanding how the founders and most advanced members understood the world rather than what are local worship rituals or how a religion influenced politics. So, I’m going to focus mainly on the “philosophy”.

Almost everyone identifies Daoism with the Dao De Jing by the author Laozi. Actually, there is a pretty good argument that we can trace Daoism even farther back to a Nei-Yeh text (Inner Trainings), but that has been a recent development. Westerners, starting with the Catholic Jesuits, understood Daoism as philosophy and religion and thought the religious side was a corrupted side. Today, scholars think there’s a lot more interaction between the two.

At this point, I want to mention a problem when talking about Daoism or religions in general. Daoism spans over two thousand years. When Daoism or Confucianism or even Christianity began, no one called it by those names. They were just following the teachings and practices of a spiritual teacher. As time goes on, a lot of things are assimilated, changed, or removed from the religion. So, for example, the idea of Yin and Yang that’s often associated with Chinese thought wasn’t particularly Daoist at first. Likewise, the entire pursuit for immortality or the magic spells were already around but got appropriated by Daoists. Today, Daoists including the monks aren’t trying to reach immortality (as far as I know) just like most Christians don’t believe in indulgences anymore.

I think it’s partially justified because the Dao De Jing and Zhuangzi are very philosophical. There’s no manual for beliefs or practices or rituals or priesthood anywhere in these texts. Arguably, Daoism and Confucianism began as ways of life and Daoism only later became what we think as a organized religion. Not to mention any book on Daoism will begin with Laozi and the phiolosophy before it goes into the religion.

Peter has practiced Tai Chi Quan for over four years and helped translate the Dao De Jing. He currently is working on a website on Fingerprint Gun Safe which has articles and reviews on biometric fingerprint gun safes.

 

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How to do philosophy made simple. Book references: History of Introductory books: Anthony flew – An introduction to Western Philosophy www.amazon.co.uk Betrand Russell – History of Western Philosophy www.amazon.co.uk Dictionaries: A dictionary of Philosophy – Eds Anthony Flew …but the new oxford one is a little better www.amazon.co.uk Metaphysics anthology: Metaphysics: an anthology – eds Kim & Sosa www.amazon.co.uk Philosophy of Mind Anthology: Philosophy of Mind – eds David Chalmers www.amazon.co.uk

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