In order to do this, man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind; otherwise he cannot be in harmony with the Formless Intelligence, which is always creative and never competitive in spirit.

Man may come into full harmony with the Formless Substance by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon him. Gratitude unifies the mind of man with the intelligence of Substance, so that man’s thoughts are received by the Formless. Man can remain upon the creative plane only by uniting himself with the Formless Intelligence through a deep and continuous feeling of gratitude.

Here we are prompted for action. Although not concrete action.

We are told to avoid competition, something men have lived by for thousands of years. It also seems that our whole society is based on some fierce competition. Look at sports, business …. The survival of the fittest is preached. Get on top of the others and you will prevail.
But what does Mr. Wattles tel us: do the opposite. Encourage creativity, and more, want the same for others as we want for ourselves.
This is what I particularly like about the system. He indeed often quotes the bible in in most ‘Bhudist’ interpretation. Work together, help each other and you will reap all the benefits of the unlimited supply that is ‘the thinking stuff out of which all is made’.

In the next section, we are explained how to do this: by by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon us. This is not as easy as it seems. For a mental person as I am, this leads to thoughts. But I think he meant ‘feelings’. Not ‘emotions’, but a sort of wrapping of the feeling around us. Very similar to when a person is in love.

But, as is better explained in the text: it should be continuous. And here a big complication comes in. How does one go about to make it continuous?
Mr. Wattles explains that concentration exercises serve no purpose, but in this I strongly disagree. The notion of entertaining a particular feeling or though ‘continuously’ is, to me, very much related with mindfulness. Here one is continuously aware of one own, and so can cultivate certain thoughts or feelings. The problem is that this is sheer impossible to realize if one does not conduct formal meditation or concentration practises.
I would therefore recommend them to everybody.

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