The new thought promotes some singular ideas
such as the one which supports the existence of an “Infinite Intelligence”,
or something like an omnipresent God,
who is the Whole of real things.
An Intelligence which embodies a Good Power and
a Positive Thought which breaks up evil-minded shades and exercises a
lenitive/effective cure on body deseases. The New Thought is neither monolithic
nor doctrinal and, generally, the followers of this new philosophical current
believe that their God or “Infinite Intelligence” interpretations sound
“supreme, universal and timeless”.
What makes this new current different is a sort
of spiritual, rather philosophical interpretation , which plunges its roots
into the 19th century and which finds its adepts, for what concerns structures,
in some religious associations as well as some lay associative organizations,
and as for individuals, even in writers, philosophers, common people who share
a whole of too strong mystical/metaphysical origin creeds which all revolve
round some cultural streams like The Positive Thought, The Attraction Law, the
Recovery Forces, The Vital Strenght, The
Creative View, and Personal Power. In “The various types of religious
experience” about New Tought William James wrote: It’s an argue about an optimistic
pattern of life, for a speculative and practical approach as well, which they
both perfectly releate to this doctrine . In its gradual growth during the last
fourth of century, the New Thought embraced among its features a range of too
convincing and important constituent and propulsive elements, up to turn into a
pure religious power. It shows a literature of its own which finds its
foundations inside Gospels, in Hegelian trascendentalism, in the Berkeleyan
Idealism, in Spiritualism, with its theories about “law”, “progress” and
“development”, a close bond with the scientific spreading evolutionist optimism
whom I recently argued on and, finally, the Hinduism and its ascetical
experiences”. But, the most characteristic aspect of New Thought laies on the
fact that the “leaders” of this creed developped an intuitive belief about the
creation of an eco-friendly philosophy of life which led them to achieve
courage, hope and trust to face up to every kind of adversities of life, as
well as a quite dogmatic contempt for uncertainty , for fears, for cares”. (from
Daniela Pispico’s preface).
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