The New Thought Movement

06-24-2007, 06:13 PM

Overview:
(Taken from Wikipedia)

New Thought emphasizes the idea of growing or developing thought. The word New stresses the movement's interest in what is innovative and progressive. New Thought practitioners hold that as ideas form and spread, they become part of the fabric of human consciousness and human thought is transformed; they accept and even embrace this endless transformation, while simultaneously acknowledging the thread of history and the unfoldment of creative thought.

New Thought religions are a panentheistic belief system, and are often considered more philosophy than religion by adherents. New Thought holds that an immanent presence, often referred to as Mind, Universal Presence, or Life, is the primary basis of all interconnected reality, personal and transcendent. In line with Philosophical Idealism, New Thought professes the primacy of mind in relation to the experience of the physical world, and places great emphasis in positive thinking, affirmations, meditation, and prayer.

New Thought churches often avoid dogmatic pronouncements about the afterlife or other theological questions, and vary significantly in the degree to which they associate themselves with Christianity or other major world religions. New Thought teaching asserts some distinction from traditional religious movements in that the personal experience and understanding of (God, Presence, Truth) is expected to evolve and not remain static. The majority of New Thought churches display, discuss, and sell a wide variety of religious and New Age literature.

Although New Thought churches are sometimes identified or associated with the New Age movement, New Thought churches typically do not share major tenets of New Age thinking (frequently avoiding any teaching of mysticism or Occultism.)

New Thought teaches that we are evolved and evolving beings, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Universal law or cosmic urge forever pushes and projects humankind forward into higher physical, mental, and spiritual growth and development. Alan Anderson and Deb Whitehouse described New Thought as a "process," such that each individual and even the New Thought Movement itself is "new every moment." Thomas McFaul has hypothesized "continuous revelation," with new insights being received by individuals continuously over time. Jean Houston has spoken of the "possible human," or what we are capable of becoming.

Chase_the_Bass · 06-24-2007, 06:21 PM

I think the the internet has stopped human evolution to a certain degree. When you take a small group of animals and place them in a new environment they change quickly. But since we are all connected now our evolution has stopped.

Why doesn't this appear on the front page?

06-24-2007, 06:31 PM

I disagree. I attribute my own personal evolution to the internet. If I didn't have all this information at my disposal, who knows where I'd be now, but it definitely wouldn't be a good place.

I forgot to mention that there were a lot of drugs involved too.

06-25-2007, 09:23 AM

Evolution has not stopped! It's happening faster than ever.

**SARS-expl0ted** · 06-25-2007, 11:54 AM

Is there any way you can get more information about the religions based around this?
How exactly are they run?

06-25-2007, 12:28 PM

There's a lot of info in wikipedia, just look up New Thought Movement.
I was experimenting with the Law of Attraction yesterday, and it actually worked.

**SARS-expl0ted** · 06-25-2007, 01:11 PM

That's cool as hell.
I like all the shit you come across. You use to post stuff like this all the time.
I will look further into it.

06-25-2007, 01:38 PM

Yeah well, I've had a lack of inspiration lately

It feels good to be jumping into the Knowledge pool again.

Darth Comatone · 04-04-2008, 08:55 PM

ENOUGH! For one thing, evolution in humanity has stopped, but not only due to technology and external thinking, but to overpopulation and the inability to mentally adapt of our own will. But let's get back on topic to the New Age Thought. If you read enough crazy New Age books you'll soon realize there's no law against complete loons writing books. It's surprising how much of the information rings true and branches off from what you've already learned to be true. But it's when they start talking about whales from other dimensions, it's like fuckin Star Trek 4 (A Voyage Home) all up in here.

Aphrodisiac · 08-05-2008, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Comatone

ENOUGH! For one thing, evolution in humanity has stopped, but not only due to technology and external thinking, but to overpopulation and the inability to mentally adapt of our own will. But let's get back on topic to the New Age Thought. If you read enough crazy New Age books you'll soon realize there's no law against complete loons writing books. It's surprising how much of the information rings true and branches off from what you've already learned to be true. But it's when they start talking about whales from other dimensions, it's like fuckin Star Trek 4 (A Voyage Home) all up in here.

Do you have any evidence to back up.....

Any of what you said?