| The Three Schools of New Thought | | | | The New Thought Scientific Movement can by all |
| The phrase 'New Thought Movement' was coined | | | | rights be linked to Noble Prize Laureate Dr. Werner |
| about 150 years and has taken root with close to | | | | Karl Heisenberg who in the late 1920's put forth "The |
| 2,000 centers worldwide with over 100 million people | | | | Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics" which |
| who use New Thought Principles as part of their daily | | | | proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that "the |
| lives. | | | | observer influences the observed". |
| New Thought is a massive shift in perspective where | | | | How much does the observer influence the |
| original goodness replaces original sin, equal rights for | | | | observed? All schools of thought within the New |
| all replaces inequality and slavery, and the human | | | | Thought Movement believe that humans have the |
| ability to create life as a living dream come true | | | | potential to influence and create their own |
| replaces the constraints of birth. | | | | experience of life as they see fit. New Thought |
| From helping to end slavery to securing women's | | | | Scientists are reforming the scientific community by |
| right to vote, this obscure 'mystical' paradigm has | | | | creating a new physics based on our innate ability to |
| dramatically impacted our way of life on a global | | | | influence our situations and circumstances.. After |
| scale. Within the Movement there are three distinct | | | | almost 100 years of development, Quantum |
| factions, or schools of thought (movements within | | | | Mechanics has become the accepted and dominant |
| the movement): | | | | scientific viewpoint across the entire globe. |
| - New Thought Religious Movement | | | | New Thought Pragmatists |
| - New Thought Scientists | | | | Somewhere between the extremes of exacting |
| - New Thought Pragmatists | | | | science and mystical religion resides the largest group |
| As we look at them one by one it will become easy | | | | of New Thought practitioners, the pragmatists. For |
| to see just how large of an impact they've already | | | | the most part, these pragmatically minded folks tend |
| had on your life. | | | | to shy away from the speculation inherent in religion |
| New Thought Religious Movement | | | | and the rigor inherent in science by adhering to one |
| Often times when we think of the New Thought | | | | simple rule, "Real world results speak for themselves." |
| Movement we think of its religious connotations. New | | | | In simple terms, New Thought Pragmatists just want |
| Thought adherents have spawned as many as 75 | | | | to make the best use of the principles to experience |
| distinct religious factions and organized over 1,000 | | | | the best life possible for themselves and their |
| churches all over the world. There is no single New | | | | families. |
| Thought Religion, however, common to all New | | | | Leaders amongst this set include Napoleon Hill whose |
| Thought Churches are the ideas that: Original | | | | 100 million books in print make him the most widely |
| Goodness replaces Original Sin, and a benevolent | | | | read personal development coach in history. Also |
| Divine Force instead of an angry Divine Force. | | | | noteworthy, the awakened giant, Anthony Robbins |
| The New Thought Religious Movement is a massive | | | | whose Personal Power Coaching program (based on |
| reformation in religion because it embraces all world | | | | Hill's work) has made him a worldwide leader in |
| religions with this notion: "All life exists as the divine | | | | spreading personal empowerment. |
| manifestation of original goodness, so too do all world | | | | Perhaps Anthony Robbins best represents the |
| religions exist as manifestations of this same original | | | | perfect pragmatist within the movement. He utterly |
| divine goodness." | | | | avoids the religious aspects, utilizes the accepted |
| Personally, I'm not a big religious zealot, but teaching | | | | scientific aspects, and focuses ardently on the |
| little kids all over the world that they are: "Wonderful, | | | | concepts and principles most proven to produce real |
| glorious beings born into a world of wonderful glorious | | | | world results. Because of New Thought Pragmatists |
| beings watched over by a divine benevolence | | | | such as Robbins and those like him, people all over |
| permeating all things," seems like a religious | | | | the world are becoming empowered to live better, |
| reformation worth paying attention to. | | | | more pleasing and desirable lives. |
| New Thought Scientists: | | | | Regardless of the many schools of within the New |
| Religion evolves slowly, science can turn on a dime. | | | | Thought Movement - Religious, Scientific, or |
| Original sin versus original goodness can't really be | | | | Pragmatic - New Thought Adherents are dedicated |
| proven one way or the other, so New Thought | | | | to not only making the world a better place, but to |
| Scientists avoid that debate altogether and instead | | | | also experiencing just what a wonderful world it |
| focus on the empirical world of evidence and proof. | | | | already is. |