MZD - Ep 98 The First Principle in the Science of Getting Rich

Great to have you here on Walden Wednesday at Mountain Zen Den, where we intentionally carve a few moments out of our day in a relaxing nature setting. We do this for the purpose of slowing the heart and mind down enough to truly listen, and absorb the thoughts, ideas, philosophies and writings of great thinkers, naturalists and appreciaters of Nature like Emerson, Whitman and Thoreau.  And then at the end we give you a little time to just "Be", and settle into a deeper state of awareness as you go through your day, fully-awake, fully-present, alive and intentionally growing into the person you desire to become. In today's reading we will visit with American New Thought writer Wallace D. Wattles as he writes, "The First Principle in The Science of Getting Rich". He Says, "The purpose of Nature is the advancement and unfoldment of life," and he posits the idea that "you can render no service greater to God and humanity than to make the most of yourself, and you can't do that if you're poor;  A great question to ask as you listen is "What does getting rich have to do with mindfulness in nature?" Or better yet, maybe the question is, "Why is it important that I be rich, and what can Nature teach me about abundance?" Two very good thoughts to keep in mind as we listen to today's reading. So now, I invite you to take a deep breath and enjoy a passage taken from the classic, The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace D. Wattles. This reading is from Chapter 4, "The First Principle in The Science of Getting Rich".