The Way / About

A guided Abundant Thought resource for entering Wallace D. Wattles' teaching on health as a natural state, and practicing it through listening, reading, reflection, and ordinary daily choices.

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What this is

A guided way into the source text.

The Science of Being Well presents Wallace D. Wattles' holistic New Thought philosophy of physical wellness. It treats health as the natural state of life and asks the reader to align thought, faith, gratitude, and action with the universal Principle of Life.

Abundant Thought does not replace Wattles. It asks you to begin with the source, listen carefully, study honestly, practice concretely, and reflect deeply, while using common sense and appropriate professional support where needed.

Why Wattles?

The text is old. The practice is still demanding.

Wattles writes as if thought, attention, and voluntary daily action matter. The language is dated in places, but the central challenge remains useful: what changes when a person stops rehearsing disease and begins practicing the thought of health?

Life

What principle are you serving?

The work begins with a universal Principle of Life and an internal Principle of Health. The study asks you to cooperate with life rather than organize attention around fear.

Conception

What image of health are you holding?

Wattles centers the practice on a clear Conception of Health, strengthened by faith and gratitude, and guarded from constant mental focus on disease.

Action

How does the idea enter the day?

The teaching becomes practical in ordinary functions: eating, breathing, sleeping, speaking, moving, and directing the will toward constructive thought.

The Method

How this study works.

Every lesson follows the same rhythm so the work stays grounded and repeatable.

Listen

Begin with the intro or chapter audio to enter the tone of the work.

Read

Return to the source text and mark the ideas that challenge habit.

Think

Notice whether attention is serving health, fear, hurry, appetite, or old belief.

Practice

Apply one principle through eating, breathing, sleeping, speech, gratitude, or poise.

Reflect

Write what opened, resisted, and became more usable in ordinary life.

How to Study

Do not confuse health study with medical advice.

This is a spiritual and educational reading of a public-domain New Thought text. Study it with discernment, not fear or extremism.

Use this simple study pattern.

  • Begin with the assigned Wattles chapter before moving into review or practice.
  • Mark one passage that strengthens your thought of health.
  • Mark one passage that needs discernment, context, or professional common sense.
  • Write one sentence in your own words: "I think Wattles is saying..."
  • Choose one ordinary action that supports poise, vitality, gratitude, or rest.
A note on wellness

The practice is not denial.

In this study, the thought of health is not a demand to ignore reality, reject care, or pretend the body never needs support. It is a disciplined refusal to let fear become the center of identity.

The practical work is to hold a constructive conception, act with calm intelligence, and let faith and gratitude shape the voluntary functions of daily life.

Public Domain + Audio

Source, credit, and use.

The underlying text of The Science of Being Well by Wallace D. Wattles is treated here as a public-domain classic. The chapter audio files are included as public-domain LibriVox recordings. Confirm narrator credit before final publication if a named attribution is required.

This study is offered for spiritual, educational, and reflective practice. It is not medical, legal, financial, psychological, nutritional, or professional advice.

Want help navigating the study?
Contact Avinash at abundantone@abundancealchemy.com.
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