One basic statement of the views of the New Thought movement. Others to come.
http://www.ccrs.org/believe.htm What We Believe - A Declaration of the Principles of Religious Science
We believe in God, the Living Spirit Almighty; One indestructible, absolute, and self-existent Cause.
This One manifests Itself in and through all creation but is not absorbed by Its creation.
The manifest universe is the body of God, it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God.
We believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in everyone and that all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.
We believe in the eternality, the immortality and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding.
We believe that heaven is within us and that we experience this Kingdom to the degree that we become conscious of it.
We believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete emancipation from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be attained by all.
We believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God.
We believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling Presence.
We believe in the direct revelation of Truth through the intuitive and spiritual nature of the individual, and that any person may become a revealer of Truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God.
We believe that the Universal Spirit, which is God, operates through a Universal Mind, which is the Law of God and that we are surrounded by the Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of our thoughts and acts upon it.
We believe in the healing of the sick through the Power of this Mind. We believe in the control of conditions through the Power of this Mind.
We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, and the eternal Givingness of Life to all.
We believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny, for we understand that the life of all is God.
Della shoulda stuck to singing.
'New Thought' was real big around 100 years ago. Now it's called 'New Age'. 'Always' something 'New'.
Thought you might find this interesting.
The greatest gift from God to man is a growing mind, one that expands from day to day as the light of truth breaks upon it. As man renews his mind and reaches out for larger conceptions of truth, his understanding is enlarged, he gains new viewpoints, his expanded thought is translated and externalized into life, he grows, he advances, he comes into a closer union with God. translation: Smart people who have time to meditate and expand their intellect become one with G-D
This is gnosticism.
There is a story I have heard in both Christian and in Hindu versions, where a holy man once asked the lord to meet the holiest man in the world. An angel came, and they arrived at a poor man's house. The poor man greeted them kindly, and the large and loving family welcomed them, gave them part of their meager food, and their bed, and they treated the visitors with utmost kindness. After they left, an angel told the holy man: that man is closest to God...
If we give a cup of water lovingly in the Lord's name to the least important person in the world, we are closer to God than if we mediate and enlarge our intellect and ego into self satisfaction and egotism....