In chapter 14 of Wallace D. Wattles’ book, “The Science of Getting Rich”, he discusses what he calls, “The impression of increase”.
Prior to our Weekly Action Meeting on July 29, 2009, I asked the members of our group, via email, to come up with how they view the impression of increase. As a result, we had a very interesting discussion.
Susanna Barlow wasn’t able to attend our meeting, but she sent me the following in a reply to my email:
I thought I would give you my impression on the impression of increase. (You are rubbing off on me). Okay, here goes. I checked out the word’s etymology. Here is what I discovered. The word increase comes from the root word increscere which means literally, “to grow” or “in growth.” The word originates from the Roman Goddess Ceres who was the goddess of agriculture and growing things. The word crescent has the same root and was originally applied to the waxing moon but subsequently mistaken to mean the shape rather than the stage. The original meaning was preserved in the word crescendo. I really like the image of the waxing and waning moon as it applies to the topic of increase. The law of polarity requires there to be a balancing in the opposite direction, increase and decrease. By the way, decrease does not mean, dying or decay. It actually means “away from growth.” Curious distinction. Without any judgment, what might be decreasing as one increases? Or perhaps we are like the moon, in a constant state of wholeness with only the perception of waxing and waning but through the experience of increase and decrease we come to know the totality of ourselves. (The law of rhythm) The way I use the impression of increase in my own life, is to see that all is good. That there is growth in decay and decay in growth and the larger perspective is that our awareness of ourselves as already whole and complete, grows while the sense of feeling fragmented and unfinished, diminishes. (Fetching the broom) If everything is whole, then no matter how it appears, everything is perfect. Well, that is enough philosophizing for one day.
