When it comes to manifesting our dreams, many of us have been taught it’s something we really need to work at: daily affirmations, vision board, prayer, etc. What if it’s much easier than that? I’m writing these words on the balcony of our apartment in Paris. Six months ago I wrote a post, “We Make…
BY MARYJANE OSA In “New Thought Dilemma,” Harv Bishop describes a premise underlying many of our teachings: the belief that “you create your own reality.” The logical inference is that each person is responsible for the circumstances of their lives—the good and the bad. Using this as a foundational belief leads to a further consequence:…
BY ELIZABETH PURVIS Like so many in our community, I write with a fierce and heavy heart. After the deadly Alt-Right protests in Charlottesville last year, and several incidents of racism and violence since, I am shocked, outraged, sickened, saddened, overwhelmed, and determined. Like so many in our community, I feel so very deeply about…
BY JIM LOCKARD “It takes a great deal of change to keep things the same.” ~ Nora Bateson, Small Arcs of Larger Circles I choose to see New Thought as a set of spiritual principles and practices which relate to those principles. The principles are eternal (the language used to convey them changes over time),…
BY HARV BISHOP Affirmations can be powerful, but there is much more to the creative power of the mind and imagination. Our thoughts create our reality in multiple ways, writes Gary Lachman in his fascinating recent book Lost Knowledge of the Imagination. These alternative ways of knowing include paying loving attention to the beauty that…
