There is only one way to think scientifically, and that is to think in the way that leads by the most direct and simple route to the goal.

 No man has yet formulated a briefer or less complex "system" 
than the one set forth herein; it has been stripped of all nonessentials. 

When you commence on this, lay all others aside; put them out of your mind altogether.

Read this book every day; keep it with you; commit it to memory, and -How to get what you want
do not think about other "systems" and theories.

If you do, you will begin to have doubts, and to be 
uncertain and wavering in your thought; and then you will begin to make failures.

There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe. A thought, in this substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought. 

Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created. 

In order to do this, man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind; 

he must form a clear mental picture of the things he wants, and hold this picture in his thoughts with the fixed PURPOSE to get what he wants, and the unwavering FAITH that he does get what he wants, closing his mind against all that may tend to shake his purpose, dim his vision, or quench his faith. 

And in addition to all this, we shall now see that he must live and act in a Certain Way.

If you want a sewing machine, for instance,

1. hold the mental image of it with the most positive certainty that it is being made, or is on its way to you. 

2. After once forming the thought, have the most absolute and 
unquestioning faith that the sewing machine is coming; 

3.Never think of it, or speak, of it, in any other way than as being sure to arrive. Claim it as already yours. 

It will be brought to you by the power of the Supreme Intelligence, acting upon the minds of men. If you live in Maine, it may be that a man will be brought from Texas or Japan to engage in 
some transaction which will result in your getting what you want.

You must have it before you can give it; and many people fail to impress Thinking Substance because they have themselves only a vague and misty concept of the things they want to do, to have, or to become.

If you were going to send a wireless message to a friend, you would not send the letters of the alphabet in their order, 
and let him construct the message for himself; nor would you take words at random from the dictionary. You would send a coherent sentence; one which meant something.

Mind, however, that you do not do this as a mere dreamer and 
castle builder; hold to the FAITH that the imaginary is being realized, and to the PURPOSE to realize it. 

Remember that it is faith and purpose in the use of the 
imagination which make the difference between the scientist and the dreamer.

And having learned this fact, it is here that you must learn the proper use of the Will.

Think and speak of all the things you have asked 
for in terms of actual present ownership.

Imagine an environment, and a financial condition exactly as you want them, and live all the time in that imaginary environment 
and financial condition.

And behind this purpose must be an invincible and unwavering FAITH that the thing is already yours; that it is "at hand" and you have only to take possession of it. 

Live in the new house, mentally, until it takes form around you physically. In the mental 
realm, enter at once into full enjoyment of the things you want. 

"Whatsoever things ye ask for when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them," said Jesus

When you try to impress your wants upon Substance, remember that it must be done by a coherent statement; you must know what you want, and be definite. 

You can never get rich, or start the creative power into action, by sending out unformed longings and vague desires.

The methods herein set forth are for people whose desire for riches is strong enough to overcome mental laziness and the love of ease, and make them work. 

The more clear and definite you make your picture then, and the more you dwell upon it, bringing out all its delightful details, the stronger your desire will be; 

and the stronger your desire, the easier it will be to hold your mind fixed upon the picture of what you want. 

Something more is necessary, however, than merely to see the picture clearly. If that is all you do, you are only a dreamer, and will have little or no power for accomplishment.

See the things you want as if they were actually around you all the time; see yourself as owning and using them. Make use of them in imagination just as you will use them when they are your tangible possessions. 

Dwell upon your mental picture until it is clear and distinct, and then take the Mental Attitude of Ownership toward everything in that 
picture. Take possession of it, in mind, in the full faith that it is actually yours. 

Hold to this mental ownership; do not waiver for an instant in the faith that it is real.

It is not your part to guide or supervise the creative process; all you have to do with that is to retain your vision, stick to your purpose, and maintain your faith and gratitude. 

But you must act in a Certain Way, so that you can appropriate what is yours when it comes to you; so that you can meet the things you have in your picture, and put them in their proper places as they arrive. You can really see the truth of this.

Your vision and faith will set the creative force in motion to bring it toward you, and your action will cause the forces in your own environment to move you toward the place you 
want.

There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe. A thought, in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought. 

Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.

Man can so impress his thoughts upon it as to cause them to take form and become visible things. 

When we realize this, we lose all doubt and fear, for we know that we can create what we want to create; we can get what we want to have, and can become what we want to be

If a doubt comes to you, cast it aside as a sin.

Do not listen to arguments against this idea; do not go to churches or lectures where a contrary concept of things is taught or preached. Do not read magazines or books which teach a different idea; if you get mixed up in your faith, all your efforts will be in vain. 

Do not ask why these things are true, nor speculate as to how they can be true; simply take them on trust. The science of getting rich begins with the absolute acceptance of this faith.

what can you gain by giving heed to 
conflicting theories?

You have accepted a certain theory of the universe as being correct, and are resting all your hopes of happiness on its being correct

Give your attention wholly to riches; ignore poverty. Whenever you think or speak of those who are poor, think and speak of them as those who are becoming rich, those who are to be congratulated rather than pitied.

To think according to appearance is easy; to think truth regardless of appearances is laborious, and requires the expenditure of more power than any other work man is called upon to perform.

To look upon the appearance of disease will produce the form of disease in your own mind, and ultimately in your body, unless you hold the thought of the truth, which is that there is no disease; 

It is only an appearance, and the reality is health.

To look upon the appearances of poverty will produce corresponding forms in your own mind, unless you hold to the truth that there is no poverty; there is only abundance.

To think health when surrounded by the appearances of disease, or to think riches when in the midst of appearances of poverty, requires power; but he who acquires this power becomes a MASTER MIND. He can conquer fate; he can have what he wants.

You must learn to see the underlying TRUTH in all things; you must see beneath all seemingly wrong conditions the Great One Life ever moving forward toward fuller expression and more complete happiness. It is the truth that there is no such thing as 
poverty; that there is only wealth. 

Some people remain in poverty because they are ignorant of the fact that there is wealth for them; and these can best be taught by showing them the way to affluence in your own 
person and practice. 

Others are poor because, while they feel that there is a way out, they are too intellectually indolent to put forth the mental effort necessary to find that way and by travel it; and for 
these the very best thing you can do is to arouse their desire by showing them the happiness that comes from being rightly rich.

YOU cannot retain a true and clear vision of wealth if you are constantly turning your attention to opposing pictures, whether they be external or imaginary.

Do not tell of your past troubles of a financial nature, if you have had them, do not think of them at all. 

Do not tell of the poverty of your parents, or the hardships of your early life;

 to do any of these things is to mentally class yourself with the poor for the time being, and it will 
certainly check the movement of things in your direction. 

"Let the dead bury their dead," 
as Jesus said. Put poverty and all things that pertain to poverty completely behind you.

The universe desires you to have everything you want to have. 

Nature is friendly to your plans. Everything is naturally for you. Make up your mind that 
this is true.

The One Substance desires to live more in you; hence it wants you to have all the things 
you can use. It is the desire of God that you should get rich.

Get rid of the idea that God wants you to sacrifice yourself for others, and that you can secure his favor by doing so; God requires nothing of the kind.

What he wants is that you should make the most of yourself, for yourself, and for others; 
and you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way. 

You can make the most of yourself only by getting rich; so it is right and praiseworthy that you should give your first and best thought to the work of acquiring wealth.

You are to become a creator, not a competitor; you are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now.

You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created. You do not have to take anything away from any one. 

You do not have to drive sharp bargains. You do not have to cheat, or to take advantage. You do not 
need to let any man work for you for less than he earns.

Riches secured on the competitive plane are never satisfactory and permanent; they are yours to-day, and another's tomorrow. Remember, if you are to become rich in a scientific and certain way, you must rise entirely out of the competitive thought. 

You must never think for a moment that the supply is limited. Just as soon as you begin to think that all the money is being "cornered" and controlled by bankers and others, and that you must exert yourself to get laws passed to stop this process, and so on; 

in that moment you drop into the competitive mind, and your power to cause creation is gone for the time being; and what is worse, you will probably arrest the creative movements you 
have already instituted.

No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches; there is more than enough for all.

The visible supply is practically inexhaustible; and the invisible supply really IS inexhaustible. Everything you see on earth is made from one original substance, out of which all things proceed.

There is abundance of opportunity for the man who will go with the tide, instead of trying to swim against it.

NO man is kept poor because opportunity has been taken away from him; because other people have monopolized the wealth, and have put a fence around it. You may be shut off from engaging in business in certain lines, but there are other channels open to you.

never allow yourself to think for an instant that all the best building spots will be taken before you get ready to build your house, unless you hurry. 

Never worry about the trusts and combines, and get anxious for fear they will soon come to own the whole earth. 

Never get afraid that you will lose what you want because some other person "beats you to it." 

That cannot possibly happen; you are not seeking any thing that is possessed by anybody else; you are causing what you want to be created from formless Substance, and 
the supply is without limits. Stick to the formulated statement:

You are not to overwork, nor to rush blindly into your business in the effort to do the 
greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. You are not to try to do 
tomorrow' s work today, nor to do a week' s work in a day.

It is really not the number of things you do, but the EFFICIENCY of each separate action 
that counts. Every act is, in itself, either a success or a failure. Every act is, in itself, either 
effective or inefficient. Every inefficient act is a failure, and if you spend your life in 
doing inefficient acts, your whole life will be a failure. 

The more things you do, the worse for you, if all your acts are inefficient ones. 

On the other hand, every efficient act is a success in itself, and if every act of your life is 
an efficient one, your whole life MUST be a success. 

The cause of failure is doing too many things in an inefficient manner, and not doing 
enough things in an efficient manner.

You can make each act a success, because ALL Power is working with you; and ALL 
Power cannot fail. Power is at your service; and to make each act efficient you have only 
to put power into it.

Do, every day, all that you can do that day, and do each act in an efficient manner. 

In saying that you must hold your vision while you are doing each act, however trivial or 
commonplace, I do not mean to say that it is necessary at all times to see the vision 
distinctly to its smallest details.

Every act can be made strong and efficient by holding your vision while you are doing it, 
and putting the whole power of your FAITH and PURPOSE into it. 

It is at this point that the people fail who separate mental power from personal action. 
They use the power of mind in one place and at one time, and they act in another pace 
and at another time. So their acts are not successful in themselves; too many of them are 
inefficient. But if ALL Power goes into every act, no matter how commonplace, every act 
will be a success in itself; and as in the nature of things every success opens the way to 
other successes, your progress toward what you want, and the progress of what you want 
toward you, will become increasingly rapid.

When you rise from the competitive to the creative 
plane, you can scan your business transactions very strictly, and if you are selling any 
man anything which does not add more to his life than the thing he give you in exchange, 
you can afford to stop it.

You cannot give every man more in cash market value than you take from him, but you 
can give him more in use value than the cash value of the thing you take from him. The 
paper, ink, and other material in this book may not be worth the money you pay for it; but 
if the ideas suggested by it bring you thousands of dollars, you have not been wronged by 
those who sold it to you; they have given you a great use value for a small cash value.

You need not hesitate about asking largely; "it is your Father's pleasure to give you the 
kingdom," said Jesus. Original Substance wants to live all that is possible in you, and 
wants you to have all that you can or will use for the living of the most abundant life.

He wants those who can appreciate beauty to be able to surround themselves with beautiful things; He wants those who can discern truth to have every opportunity to travel and observe; He wants those who can appreciate dress to be beautifully clothed, and 
those who can appreciate good food to be luxuriously fed. 

He wants all these things because it is Himself that enjoys and appreciates them; it is God 
who wants to play, and sing, and enjoy beauty, and proclaim truth and wear fine clothes, 
and eat good foods, "it is God that worketh in you to will and to do," said Paul.

it is not your oral petitions which get you what you want. In 
order to get rich you do not need a "sweet hour of prayer"; you need to "pray without 
ceasing." And by prayer I mean holding steadily to your vision, with the purpose to cause its creation into solid form, and the faith that you are doing so. "Believe that ye receive 
them."

its creation into solid form, and the faith that you are doing so. "Believe that ye receive 
them."

You do not make this impression by repeating strings of words; you make it by holding the vision with unshakable PURPOSE to attain it, and with steadfast FAITH that you do 
attain it. 

The answer to prayer is not according to your faith while you are talking, but according to your faith while you are working.

Do not try to project your thought in any mysterious or occult way, with the idea of having it go o and do things for you; that is wasted effort, and will weaken your power to think with sanity.

Do not try to project your thought in any mysterious or occult way, with the idea of having it go o and do things for you; that is wasted effort, and will weaken your power to 
think with sanity.

It is not necessary to take exercises in concentration, nor to set apart special times for prayer and affirmation, nor to "go into the silence," nor to do occult stunts of any kind. 
There things are well enough, but all you need is to know what you want, and to want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts.

Spend as much of your leisure time as you can in contemplating your picture, but no one needs to take exercises to concentrate his mind on a thing which he really wants; it is the things you do not really care about which require effort to fix your attention upon them.

And unless you really want to get rich, so that the desire is strong enough to hold your thoughts directed to the purpose as the magnetic pole holds the needle of the compass, it will hardly be worth while for you to try to carry out the instructions given in this book.

Do not waste time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or wrong actions of plutocrats or trust magnates. 

Their organization of the world has made your opportunity; all you get really comes to you because of them.

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, and the squalid and 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 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 whole process of mental adjustment and atonement can be summed up in one word, 
gratitude. 

1.First, you believe that there is one Intelligent Substance, from which all things 
proceed; 
2.second, you believe that this Substance gives you everything you desire; and 
3.third, you relate yourself to it by a feeling of deep and profound gratitude.

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.

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.