The Science of Being WellWattles, W. D. (Wallace Delois)
Science
The Science of Being Well
Wattles, W. D. (Wallace Delois)
Health; Mental healing; New Thought
Man can live in three general ways: for the gratification of his body,
for that of his intellect, or for that of his soul. The first is
accomplished by satisfying the desires for food, drink, and those other
things which give enjoyable physical sensations. The second is
accomplished by doing those things which cause pleasant mental
sensations, such as gratifying the desire for knowledge or those for
fine clothing, fame, power, and so on. The third is accomplished by
giving way to the instincts of unselfish love and altruism. Man lives
most wisely and completely when he functions most perfectly along all of
these lines, without excess in any of them. The man who lives
swinishly, for the body alone, is unwise and out of harmony with God;
that man who lives solely for the cold enjoyments of the intellect,
though he be absolutely moral, is unwise and out of harmony with God;
and the man who lives wholly for the practice of altruism, and who
throws himself away for others, is as unwise and as far from harmony
with God as those who go to excess in other ways.
To come into full harmony with the Supreme, you must purpose to LIVE; to
live to the utmost of your capabilities in body, mind, and soul. This
must mean the full exercise of function in all the different ways, but
without excess; for excess in one causes deficiency in the others.
Behind your desire for health is your own desire for more abundant life;
and behind that is the desire of the Formless Intelligence to live more
fully in you. So, as you advance toward perfect health, hold steadily to
the purpose to attain complete life, physical, mental, and spiritual;
to advance in all ways, and in every way to live more; if you hold this
purpose you will be given wisdom. "He that willeth to do the will of the
Father shall KNOW," said Jesus. Wisdom is the most desirable gift that
can come to man, for it makes him rightly self-governing.
But wisdom is not all you may receive from the Supreme Intelligence; you
may receive physical energy, vitality, life force. The energy of the
Formless Substance is unlimited, and permeates everything; you are
already receiving or appropriating to yourself this energy in an
automatic and instinctive way, but you can do so to a far greater degree
if you set about it intelligently. The measure of a man's strength is
not what God is willing to give him, but what he, himself, has the will
and the intelligence to appropriate to himself. God gives you all there
is; your only question is how much to take of the unlimited supply.
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