| From Dr. Barry Pierce | Mon. 16th February | |
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How many of us practice our beliefs? Well, for a start, most people don't even have beliefs or put more simply, a real philosophy for life. They have hopes and dreams and wants. But they are like a rudderless ship in a storm, hoping that a life raft will float by to save them. They confuse religion with beliefs. They are different animals. Having a belief system is central to organising and directing your life. Most people don't have that. It's not enough to be a "Sundays only" practitioner of beliefs - and live the rest of the week in mental chaos. Your life is 24/7. Henry David Thoreau, the American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher once said “Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.” That's what I like about New Thought as a philosophy. I get to think and choose for myself what I believe .... not what someone else tells me I should believe. If you'd like to discover what you believe take the free test at Belief.net. |
Gold
Coast Group Location A
round table discussion of New Thought ideas Monday nights from 7.00
to 8.30 in the Mudgeeraba Library, 55 Railway Street, Mudgeeraba. 7- 8.30pm
Parking in rear Visitors are Welcome to drop in any Monday night | |
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"In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from others." ~ Mark Twain |
16th
February CHAPTER 13 | |
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If you have friends who live on or near
the Gold Coast, please tell them about our upcoming informational evening
where we'll introduce them to the philosophy of New Thought and be pleased
to answer their questions. __________________________________________
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From
the Archives Abel
L. Allen (1914) NEW THOUGHT is not, as many believe, a name or expression employed to define any fixed system of thought, philosophy, or religion, but is a term used to convey the idea of growing or developing thought. In considering this subject, the word "New" should be duly and freely emphasized, because the expression "New Thought" relates only to what is new and progressive. It would be a misuse of terms to apply the expression "New Thought" to a system of thought, because when thought is molded and formed into a system, it ceases to be new. When a system of thought has reached maturity and ceases to grow, expand, and develop, it can no longer be defined by the word "New." It follows, therefore, as a necessary conclusion, that no system of new thought, or no system of thought defined by that expression, now exists or ever can exist. "New Thought" is the result or creation of perpetually advancing mind. The growing mind is not content with the past or its achievements. It is not satisfied with systems of philosophy or religion originating in other ages and handed down through succeeding generations. They do not satisfy the wants of the mind. Systems do not grow, mind develops. It wants something larger and better; it wants improvement, growth, and development. As the growing mind applies thought to whatever enters into consciousness, it gains new and enlarged conceptions and, therefore, grows, and what it thinks is new. | |
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