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To truly grasp what’s going on within the New Thought Movement, it’s best to view the entire movement with an open mind. Take a bird’s eye view of the worlds of personal development and spirituality. To do this effectively, we should draw a line between the two so that we could say, “This one’s a spirituality and this one’s personal development.”

Seems easy enough to do in theory, but when you actually set out to draw the boundaries between the two within the frame of the New Thought Movement, the whole thing gets a little foggy. Let me give you an example, “The Ten Commandments” is a clearly a spiritual writting while “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People” is a personal development piece of work. Even though they both contain very similar principles, only one of them has any reference to a “Divine Infinite Intelligent Source”.

The New Thought Movement is so big and pervasive that it encompasses both extremes of this spectrum by including works that are predominantly spiritual in nature as well as works with no spiritual overtones whatsoever.

Enter Spirituality

Their are 3 key elements within the New Thought Movement that make the spectrum complete. Let’s define the three elements and I think it will become easy to understand how the New Thought Movement can be each of these things without needing to be classified as any one or the other:

• Religion: Religion refers to specific practices and commonly held beliefs regarding the nature of divinity within a given group.
• Spirituality: Spirituality refers to the general practice of communing with divinity, but unlike religion, spirituality needs no specific practices or agreed upon beliefs held by a given group. In this way; doing Yoga or playing golf could both be spiritual experiences.
• Personal Development: Personal Development is the practice of becoming one’s ideal self and experiencing one’s ideal situation, with or without the need for the inclusion of divinity.

In many ways all three of these have the same end goal, “Experiencing your ideal self in your ideal situation.” Religion, spirituality, and personal development are simply three different techniques all set out to achieve the same thing which is improved life experiences and “Knowledge of Self”.

How to Bring it all Together with New Thought

Each of the above categories is inherently exclusive, for example: Religions are exclusive because each religion is defined by its unique beliefs and practices. The New Thought Movement on the other hand is special because it’s inclusive instead of exclusive.

As a whole, New Thought Movement adherents accept that everyone everywhere is basically after the same simple goal in life: “To experience their ideal self in their ideal situation.” Some people regard this as being in harmony with the Infinite Intelligent Source, while others regard it as simply being the best person possible. Some people enjoy exact instructions and practices for achieving this goal, others want to forge their own path.

With over 8 million practitioners worldwide, the New Thought Movement is large enough to embrace all three of these distinct viewpoints all at once. There are New Thought Churches, New Thought spiritual centers, and New Thought personal development groups all separate and distinct from one another united under the common belief that we really truly can experience life as our ideal self, in our ideal situations.

Three paths to the same destination, that’s part of what makes it so fun; it’s religion, or spirituality, or personal development, or whatever combination of the three that’s right for the individual! New Thought practitioners have created a path which accepts each person’s unique way as the way that’s right for them.

Brian Maxwell is a life coach, motivational speaker, and author of How to Overcome Fear and Create Fortune. After working with some of the worlds brightest minds he shifted his focus to speaking to groups hoping to inspire others to live the life they want and manifest abundance, wealth and happiness. For more information visit: Taking it to the Next Level

The Law of Attraction is a school of New Thought that teaches us that a persons thought process, emotions and attitude influence their outcome in life. The New Thought theory explains that we are capable of manifesting remarkable changes in our lives, through effective thought management and rightful utilization of our positive thought. New Thought spiritual books and New Thought healing have become extremely popular methods that are transforming the minds and lives of thousands of people world wide. The Law of Attraction also supposes that strong focus to an optimistic way of thinking can also help one to overcome any negative situations in life.

The Law of Attraction is often closely associated with New Thought Movement and the two are similar in a number of ways. The New Thought Movement refers to a set of religious ideas that emerged under Phineas Parkhurst Quimby in the United States towards late 19th century. The theory is inspired by Transcendental philosophy and the believers preach monism and use of affirmative prayers and thoughts for the fulfillment of their ends. The New Thought theory operates on a scientific way of thinking focusing upon positive thought and belief in individual abilities. Both Law of Attraction and the New Thought Movement agree upon the power of mind in creating reality.

The New Thought Movement like the Law of Attraction places the individual above society and goes a little further by speaking in favor of a value-based society where the individual mind is the driving force behind all activities.

The Law of Attraction parallels New Thought theory by speaking in favor of positive thinking and mental responsibility. Positive thinking leads one to take a positive attitude towards life and this is reflected in changed circumstances. He who chalks out the pros and cons of every situation is able to make the best even out of an uncomfortable condition. The ability to learn from failures by adapting a positive  attitude helps overcome drawbacks by turning them into strengths. Positive thinking, which is one of the chief principles of both the New Thought Movement and the Law of Attraction, also underlines the importance of a strong mental integrity.

Mental integrity or unity of thought, in the light of the New Thought Movement implies a feeling of confidence and belief for ones thought and abilities. The Law of Attraction and the New Thought Movement both suggest we should have a full understanding of our wants, the ends we wish to achieve and the means to accomplish it. Thus, the it is in harmony with the Law of Attraction, and is in favor of self analysis and examination along with transparency of thought and action.

The goal or the end, according to the Law of Attraction is aimed at bringing about our maximum happiness by employing our mental powers. The New Thought Movement, on the other hand, transcends to universal goodness which implies that individual contribution leads to the fulfillment of a cosmic end. This again points out those collective efforts, which is a combined work of all individual leads the accomplishment of a mission, which may seem impossible to attain otherwise. Thus, the New Thought Movement, which is a commonly association with the Law of Attraction, is similar to it in a number of ways and is also an extension of the latter.

About the Author: Brian Maxwell a.k.a (Success Coach for the Generation of Change) is the Best Selling author of the e-book “How to Overcome Fear and Create Fortune”.  Brian has rapidly received critical acclaim from his life changing and inspirational message of achieving success. Brian’s recent 12-Step online success training “Taking it to the Next Level”has been recognized by many national organizations and institutions as the handbook for success in the 21st century. Brian Maxwell is the founder of New Thought Generation which is focused on the personal development and self improvement of individual seeking to improve their quality of life. To transform your life and attract success download your FREE copy of the  “Handbook for Success in today’s Economy” !