By Mitch Horowitz “The time for thinkers has come; and the time for revolutions, ecclesiastic and social, must come.” —Mary Baker Eddy, 1875 Critics of New Thought often dismiss mental metaphysics as a milquetoast philosophy that uses “happy thoughts” as a lame substitute for social action. But New Thought grew up hand-in-hand with a tradition…
BY HARV BISHOP Religious Science teachings were never written in stone. In the last two years of his life, Ernest Holmes, founder of the Science of Mind philosophy, found a new passion: teaching the works of the famed Indian sage Sri Aurobindo. Holmes’s seminal book “The Science of Mind,” which has helped millions learn to…
BY HARV BISHOP It’s time to get real about the Law of Attraction, reject “magical thinking” and respect life’s mystery says Rev. Dr. Jim Lockard, a Religious Science minister. Did you have a thought about wanting to kick the dog in anger last week and came down with a cold this week? Assume that a…
BY HARV BISHOP New Thought can run straight into a partisan political buzz saw as it strives to realize its social justice mission of creating world that works for everyone, says Dr. Roger Teel and Dr. David Alexander. Teel and Alexander, Religious Science ministers and members of the Association for Global New Thought which advocates…
BY HARV BISHOP To believe that your thoughts and your consciousness are the only forces in play that create your reality is to ignore global economics and racial inequality, says Masando Hiraoka. Hiraoka is a Millennial ministerial student and like those of his generation, he is unafraid to question the standard answers embraced by some…
