New Thought

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If we are sick, it is because we are not thinking correctly. If misfortune befalls us, it is because we are not thinking correctly. Health is due to correct thought; the truth will set you free and the truth is that you need only faith to be healthy, rich, saved, whatever.
—New Thought movement[1]

New Thought is a religion that draws on various traditions, including Christianity, transcendentalism, and to a lesser extent Hinduism and buddhism. Though it generally recognizes a god or "Infinite Intelligence," New Thought is non-doctrinal, non-dogmatic, and rather non-theistic. Spirituality is central to New Thought, but how it manifests the divinity of and in each person, differs with each person.


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[edit] New Age

New Thought is one of several forerunners to the later New Age movement. The now-trendy law of attraction originated in the New Thought movement. Positive thinking can bring people anything they want, health, happiness, The known Placebo effect is extended beyond what is scientifically verifiable. The negative side of all this is that people are blamed for their own misfortune. Sin does not exist but people make mistakes through not understanding their divine nature and when we suffer we should work harder to correct our thinking.[1] Incidentally New Thought originated in the 19th Century and all the early towering figures who promoted New Thought are now dead. Their style of thinking could not prevent old age, sickness and death.

[edit] God in New Thought

God is some form of spiritual energy or intelligence but not an entity, its exact nature is a mystery but it is powerful, god is in everything and every human being or everything is in god, see pantheism.

[edit] Jesus in New Thought

Jesus was divine but according to New Thought the divine is in everything. According to some in the New Thought movement Jesus successfully recognized and used his divine nature. Jesus is sometimes seen as a spiritual leader who can show us the road.[2]

[edit] Examples of New Thought

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