A new philosophy of life
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Excerpt from the introduction:
We are living today in the midst of a great religious movement that is more interesting because it seems to have been so spontaneous. It is not to be confused with the New Theological Movement. This latter has proceeded from the schools, from the scholars and the theologians.
The movement to which I refer has come from the laity, from the rank and file of the people; it is not a product of the schools. Wherever you go today you will find groups of people who are reading and talking 'about spiritual life, people that you are surprised to find interested in the subject.
Sometimes the books they are reading and the language they use seem rather fantastic, and to the critic even absurd; but, nevertheless, it must be honestly admitted that this literature which is in the hands of so many people today, and these conversations which may be heard in so many different quarters, are essentially idealistic and optimistic.
We are told that the nineteenth century was materialistic; if that be so, then certainly the dawning of this twentieth century gives promise of be- ing a spiritual, perhaps even a mystical age. Men like Renan and Paulsen, who stood as prophets in their generation, predicted the time not far distant when there should be a new form of religion, and it would almost seem as if these predictions were being realized in this great popular movement of our time.
Contents:
Foreword.--The universal mind.--The divinity of man.--The powers and possibilities of the subconscious mind.--Faith as a vital force.-- The law of suggestion.--Auto-suggestion.--Mind and medicine.--Physical wholeness.--Awakening latent mental powers.--The achievement of Character.--The conquest of fear and worry.--The psychology of prayer.--Spiritual consciousness.--The rediscovery of Jesus