New Thought

wil · 10-25-2005, 01:40 PM

Trying to find out where New Thought falls in these categories....I was pointed here...I suppose as it had its start basically in the 1800's although the thought is much older.

Conventionally thought to to have started with the healing work and talks of Phineas Quimby and then the subsequent writings of Evans....Mary Baker Eddy a patient of Quimby's developed Christian Science. The Fillmore's heard Dr. EB Weeks speak and that eventually kicked off the Unity Movement, and Ernest Holmes similar time frame started Religious Science.

All of these started along healing modalities, following the teachings of Jesus regarding healing, prayer and increasing compassion, love and consciousness.

I suppose this is a 'modern religion' but it is actually practical metaphysical applications of Jesus's teachings. And it seems the basis for the metaphysical (beyond the physical, deeper meanings to scriptures) is based on the Judaic meanings behind names of people and places and closely aliggns with mystical Judaism (based on some of the Kaballa newslettters I've got over the years)

So to me, if there exists enough people willing to discuss these concepts this might be better in the Abrahamic Religions forum....I don't know.

Bottom line, based on postings, there maybe interest in discussions along metaphyscial New Thought lines....

namaste,

Popeyesays · 10-27-2005, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by wil

Trying to find out where New Thought falls in these categories....I was pointed here...I suppose as it had its start basically in the 1800's although the thought is much older.

Conventionally thought to to have started with the healing work and talks of Phineas Quimby and then the subsequent writings of Evans....Mary Baker Eddy a patient of Quimby's developed Christian Science. The Fillmore's heard Dr. EB Weeks speak and that eventually kicked off the Unity Movement, and Ernest Holmes similar time frame started Religious Science.

All of these started along healing modalities, following the teachings of Jesus regarding healing, prayer and increasing compassion, love and consciousness.

I suppose this is a 'modern religion' but it is actually practical metaphysical applications of Jesus's teachings. And it seems the basis for the metaphysical (beyond the physical, deeper meanings to scriptures) is based on the Judaic meanings behind names of people and places and closely aliggns with mystical Judaism (based on some of the Kaballa newslettters I've got over the years)

So to me, if there exists enough people willing to discuss these concepts this might be better in the Abrahamic Religions forum....I don't know.

Bottom line, based on postings, there maybe interest in discussions along metaphyscial New Thought lines....

namaste,

Abdu'l Baha had many contacts with the Theosophical society and other groups of that period. Mostly he had to firmly re-direct some attempts to co-opt the Baha`i Faith, but he had many correspondents in the New Thought organizations around the turn of the twentieth century.

Regards,
Scott

SpiritualHumanist · 02-02-2007, 06:08 PM

The New Thought Movement is a new prespective on metaphysical truths. Brought to us by Jesus, Buddha and so on. Not really Abrahamic Religion,

Paladin · 02-02-2007, 10:28 PM

Even more recently Wil, Ernest Holmes, student of Hopkins began the Religious Science movement, not to be confused with Hubbards group or dianetics. RSI international's website might interest you: Religious Science International - teaching the Science of Mind

Apparently even Bill Wilson was influnced by New Thought when he was developing AA. People like Norman Vincent Peale were instrumental in bringing a practical approach to the movement. In many ways, students of New Thought tend toward materialism and seem to have left behind the transformative facets described by people like Joel Goldsmith, who taught what is still known as "The Infinite Way"
Goldsmith btw is a favorite in AA rooms with many old-timers who harken back to the early days in the recovery movement.

Peace

Mark

wil · 02-13-2007, 03:08 AM

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2 funny. While walking through the park Paladin says, "You started a thread on New Thought, after I posted you didn't respond."

Well, two things were crossing my mind, one 'I started a post recently on New Thought?' and two 'It seems often I miss responses some how'

Our conversation continued and we didn't get back to it. I searched now to find what I said and when.

2 funny, I started the thread a year and half ago, about a week after I joined.

Back to our original programing...

And while we mustn't forget the Transcendentalists influence on the movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and the gang....

I must say here that I have thoroughly enjoyed all the conversations and 'new thought' that have ensued since that first week here....

Paladin · 02-13-2007, 03:28 AM

Glad to see you made it back to MD in one peice {{Wil}} It was so great sharing some time together.

I still think New Thought lacks the devotional aspect that most of us heart centered folks crave, but for all that it serves a wonderful purpose as a model of good healthy thinking and emotional stability.

Peace
Mark