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You already have within you all that you need to
create a happier, healthier, more awakened life. You
just need to access it. And it's not so difficult,
really. Here's a way...

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If you’re looking for the best of religion, science,
and philosophy in one great package, New Thought may
be just the ticket.

New Thought is a powerful, human-oriented spiritual
path for the free seeker. Not for the faint of heart,
this path begins where all others leave off. It
challenges you to think about your relationship to the
universe--to God--in novel and exciting ways. It asks
you to take full responsibility for your choices and
actions. It asks you to release your sense of
victimhood and practice a kind of forgiving you never
thought you'd be able to practice. New Thought
challenges you to release your need for dependence and
your need for independence; it prepares you for
interdependence, the way of active love. Are you up
for it, or are you content to rest in the old dogmas?
"A belief is just a thought you keep thinking. Change
your thinking, change your life." The way is open. And
you're invited. . .

Rather than being dogmatically rigid, New Thought is
open at the top. In recent years there has been a
strong emphasis on manifesting material abundance.
That way of thinking grew out resistance to the old
"it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of heaven." But New Thought originally began as a way
of healing all parts of our lives. The movement, now
more than 150 years old, is growing wiser and more
patient with age. People within the movement are
recognizing the need for deep inner observation rather
than trying to accumulate more things. In fact, when I
hear self-help and pop psychology speakers talking
about manifesting material abundance as if that were
the main point, it sounds almost quaint. Most of my
New Thought compatriots would agree. The emphasis is
returning to its roots: healing of mind, body, spirit,
as well as our material lives. Inner healing is the
key to the healing of the world. We can’t give what we
don’t possess.

Over the years, New Thought has been criticized by
more traditional religionists for providing no solid
moral code or law. Untrue. Though New Thought's 'code'
is short, it is powerful. In a nutshell:
1. There is but One Power, One Presence, One Life.
That life is my life now.
2. Change your mind, change your life.
3. Do the least harm and the most good.
4. Enjoy who you are, where you are, and what you
have...now.
5. Observe with interest the world within you and the
world around you. Pay attention.
6. Learn continually.
7. Help where you can. Be open to service. It always
returns, manyfold.
8. Choose love. Love is the healer, the doer, the Way.

The rest is up to us, individually. How we apply this
'code' determines our level of fulfillment. As Jesus
said, "Seek first the kingdom...and all the rest will
be added..." The kingdom is within; look there and be
amazed!