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Many
people have never heard the term New Thought, yet most
know what New Thought is. They just don't know that
they know. Ever hear of the positive thinking of Norman
Vincent Peale, the Seven Habits of Stephen R. Covey,
or the Be-Happy-Attitudes of Robert Schuller? Familiar
with the concepts of self-fulfilling prophecy, psycho-somatic
illness, the placebo effect, and whatever you send out
into the world coming back to you? Acquainted with the
concept of God being within each of us and in all of
nature? Aware that your thoughts play a crucial role
in the kind of life you experience? If so, then you
know about New Thought.
Many others confuse New Thought with New Age. They are
not the same. New Thought is philosophy, psychology
and religion.
Elements of New Thought can be found running through
most “pop” psychology and is espoused by virtually all
of the success and motivational gurus. None of the authors
and speakers in these genres use the term New Thought,
but New Thought is the fount from which their ideas
flow. It is the basis for their various psychologies
of happy and successful living. They just leave God
out of the formula, or leave God in but call it something
else—-like energy, or love, or passion, or the source
of inspiration. New Thought actually is a broad term
which covers numerous ideologies, all of which are subsumed
under an even broader term—-metaphysics. But all the
ideologies have one thing, at least, in common—they
are all in agreement as to the role that our thoughts
play in our lives. In fact, our thoughts are
our lives. Thought reigns supreme. From this basic idea,
philosophies were built, churches were founded, people
were healed of physical and psychological ailments,
wealth was accumulated, careers were launched, and success
was attained.
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