I Speak My Word
Ernest Holmes

Emerson tells us that “there is one mind common to all individual men.” It is this eternal mind which we use. The Mind of God must be peace, joy, and perfection. We enter into this divine state of being in such degree as our thoughts are peaceful, joyous, and perfect. To practice the presence of God is to think in terms of perfection and wholeness and results in the fulfillment of every right desire.

We live in Mind and our thoughts go out into Mind to be fulfilled. This is the principle of spiritual mind treatment and demonstration. Each one individualizes this universal Mind in a unique and personal way. This is our divine inheritance. But we have drawn too lightly upon it, not fully realizing as Jesus did the significance of our relationship with the Infinite.

Today, I learn to enter more fully into my divine companionship. I speak my word of good, knowing that it will not return unto me void because it bears the peace and joy and perfection that is of God.  I rightly accomplish and prosper as I persistently keep my desire in accord with God’s nature.

Excerpted from Creative Ideas by Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind Publishing.

New Thought Kid Gabriel Ebert Wins a Tony!

Actor Gabriel Ebert, winner of Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in the Broadway smash hit Matilda the Musical, was raised in Religious Science. His father, Barry Ebert, writes a column for Science of Mind magazine each month. In an interview to be published in the September 2013 issue of Science of Mind, Kent Rautenstraus talks with twenty-six-year-old Gabe Ebert about what it was like to grow up in Religious Science. Ebert says, “Growing up with this background has informed the way I treat people and educated my experience of God.” It has also informed his ability to imagine a successful life and step into that vision. Readers won’t want to miss this upcoming feature!

New Thought News from AGNT

Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, President of the Association for Global New Thought (AGNT), has a powerful message about new and uplifting AGNT projects. One exciting endeavor is “New Thought on the News.” On a regular basis, spiritual leaders from the movement will take current events and provide a spiritual context to what is evolving in our world at this particular time. Beckwith shares his excitement about the global emergence of great possibilities. He calls all of us to be aware that something magnificent is happening in our global society as structures that no longer serve are breaking down. In spite of apparent conditions, as a New Thought movement, we recognize that this is a beautiful time to be alive and to express the transformational message of New Thought.  

Click here to listen to Dr. Beckwith’s inspirational message.

Go Deeper with Mark Nepo

If there are seven thousand ways to speak, there must be at least seven thousand ways to listen! Mark Nepo, featured in “Listening In,” by Barry Ebert, Science of Mind June 2013, speaks about the inspiration and intention for his latest book Seven Thousand Ways to Listen.

July Preview—Finding Peace in the Noise:
Lisa Napoli Shares Her Personal Quest

Have you ever felt the need for peaceful, focused time and felt unsure of how to find it?  Lisa Napoli has, and she shares her discovery in an upcoming feature in the July issue of Science of Mind magazine. Here readers can enjoy a preview of that coming feature and delight in Lisa Napoli’s light, personable, and witty style.

If it weren’t for the two broken swimming pools, I might never have discovered Rev. Kusala, Urban Dharma, and an important part of who I am.

First, the pool at the YMCA went mysteriously and suddenly out of commission. My friend Crickett called the day before Thanksgiving to tell me the news. In fact, when the phone rang, I’d just been putting together my swim gear.

“No one knows what’s wrong or how long it’ll take to repair,” she reported.

A month or so later, the water had been drained out, with just a tiny spit of it at the bottom, and a rope hung over the door to it to keep people out of the glass-enclosed area. The prognosis was dire, said the staff; it seemed beyond repair, and much money needed to be raised to replace it. It was a sad and eerie sight. I cheered myself by imagining the fun of having a party in the bottom to celebrate its years of happy service.

Then, I trundled down to my backup pool, the one behind my apartment building. The reason I’d chosen this place to live was its proximity to two pools. Swimming had become an essential part of my life when my life had fallen apart seven years earlier; what might have seemed like an indulgence before that now was a necessity. 

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