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Thoughts Are Things
by Jonathan Zenz
The expression of our lives are the sum of our thoughts and beliefs. Do you want to change your life? Begin by changing your thoughts and beliefs. Explore why life is the way it is and what can be done to change it... if that is what you want!
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Just Ask
“If when one prays his prayer is a recognition of Spirit’s Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence, and a realization of man’s unity with Spirit, then his prayer is a spiritual treatment.” – Ernest Holmes It’s been a primary part of my work recently to remind others that the “go to” spiritual...
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Judgement Free Zone
“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what [they] think into it.” - Ernest Holmes I find myself saying frequently, “this is a fundamental part of the New Thought teaching,” and I’ve started to wonder why. There is so much depth in the philosophy, and the philosophy in so many…
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Be... Don't Seem
“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew 6:14-15 Just after the Lord’s Prayer is this little follow up. It speaks to a very important aspect of creation…...
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The Lord's Prayer
In Matthew 6:9-13 it is written: “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, And lead us not into...
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Love Only — Only Love
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” - William Shakespeare (Hamlet Act 2 Scene ii) When we take the actual time to deeply consider our consciousness we begin the road to create change in our lives. The road map to change is consciousness, but that requires awareness.…
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Adultery, Divorce, Oaths, & Retaliation
“[Jesus] lived in a world of spiritual realization far beyond that of which the average man has any understanding.” - Ernest Holmes Can we begin to accept that we can rise above averages, and that we don’t need to live in the consideration that Jesus, or any other mystical prophet, was somehow...
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In Love We Rise
“Owning your own feelings, rather than blaming them on someone else, is the mark of a person who has moved from contracted awareness to expanded awareness.” - Deepak Chopra If there is one thing that I still see as a constant in our society, it is the capacity and seeming need we have to blame....
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The Law and the Prophets
“The Science of Mind does not necessarily create a new religion or sect, for it may be added to any spiritual system of thought since it is a compliment to all.” - Ernest Holmes There is a great deal of confusion among even the most deep adherents to the Science of Mind as to whether we are a...
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Salt & Light
“The Universe and the light of the stars come through me.” - Rumi There is so much about us that is magnificent. Sometimes we forget. At least, I forget sometimes. Spiritual practice is all about remembering. This week I’ve spent some wonderful time remembering who I am and it is in perfect...
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Blessings 3
Well… where the heck have I been? I start… I stop… there is no consistency. Well, I get it, the starts and stops can be a little challenging. The excuse I offer is this… on March 15 Tucson New Thought took possession of a new space that we are calling our full time home. Since that time I have…
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Blessings 2
“In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” -Eric Hoffer How resistant are you to new things? This is a question I ask myself, not infrequently. To be honest, I think I have let go of a lot of...
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Blessings 1
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson What is a blessing? A standard dictionary definition would offer this: a blessing is “God’s favor and...
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Ascending the Mount
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them.” -Matthew 5:1-3 I had this thought today that I could do a little metaphysical interpretation of the New Testament. Now, before you settle into groans,...
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A New Thought Lent
“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” -Harold S. Kushner Where is the evidence of our love? Is it in the words we use? Is it in the actions we take?
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Now...Here
“Heaven–as you call it–is nowhere. Let’s just put some space between the w and the h in that word, and you’ll see that heaven is now…here.” -Neale Donald Walsch There is an idea that’s been ruminating in my mind this morning. It’s a little bit of a trap. I sometimes find it difficult to be here...
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Diamond Life
“A diamond has many polished facets and it takes them all to make it shine in its full beauty.” -Emma Curtis Hopkins Today I am feeling full of life. I am so grateful for this existence and for all the magnificence that accompanies me on the journey of time and space. I relish in the multiplicity...
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Question the Answers
“People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.” -Michael Specter How certain we are that we are right. To believe we are right is the most limiting belief we can have. And I admit, I believe I am right……
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You Be You
“I know they make fun of me, but actually all these years people have thought the joke was on me, but it’s actually been on the public. I know exactly what I’m doing and I can change it at any time… I am sure of myself as a person.” -Dolly Parton Yesterday was a very full day. It wasn’t supported...
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Snow Day
“Studying many scriptures is pointless if one does not practice the wisdom contained within them.” -The Dhammapada Today is a beautiful and unexpected day. Well… every day is, really. We’ve just convinced ourselves to live in expectation. It’s more comfortable to do that.
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Growing Up (Again)
“Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance.” -Immanuel Kant I have been on a particular journey of pressing against the establishment for more than a year. I have been pressing the boundaries of...
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Spiritual Entrapment
“This isn’t a journey about becoming something. This is about unbecoming who we are not.” -Adyashanti Today I had this come up during meditation, “Are we liberated by or trapped in our spiritual practices?” I think the question is related to yesterday’s blog and podcast on allowing our practice…
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You "Rote" It?
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi In alignment with the concept of spiritual bypass I covered yesterday, there is another detrimental aspect of the spiritual life that can begin to take hold… if…
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Spiritual Bypass
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” -Carl Jung Last week, I completed five days of presenting some of the spiritual practices we utilize in this teaching. It was a good reminder to me that I deeply believe this approach to the...
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Visioning
“All illumination, inspiration, and realization must come through the self-knowing mind in order to manifest in man. Vision, intuition and revelation proclaim themselves through man’s self-knowing mind.” -Ernest Holmes To wrap up this week’s offering of spiritual practices to carry with you I am...
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Prayer / Treatment
“Through prayer , life can become a continuing experience of health, happiness, success, joy, and abundance.” -Ernest Holmes Prayer. It is the primary tool we use in New Thought to change our lives. In my branch of New Thought, Religious Science, we use an odd sounding term to refer to prayer. We...
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Affirmations
“DAILY WE MUST CONTROL ALL THOUGHT THAT DENIES THE REAL; AFFIRM THE DIVINE PRESENCE WITHIN US; then, as the mist disappears before the sun, so shall adversity melt before the shining radiance of our exalted thought!” -Ernest Holmes
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Meditation
“There’s only one life. That life is God’s life. That life is perfect. That life is my life now.” -Ernest Holmes What do you think of when considering the word meditation? Are you like me when I first considered meditation? I could feel the anxiety well up, my heart felt like it was in my throat,...
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Centering
“I would rather see a student of this Science prove its Principle than to have him repeat all the words of wisdom that have ever been uttered.” -Ernest Holmes Practice. The actual application of the method. Moving beyond theory. To become a living embodiment of the theory through practical...
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Ownership of Destiny
“The question, ‘What’s in it for me?’ is the internal dialogue of the ego. Asking, ‘How can I help?’ is the internal dialogue of the Spirit.” -Deepak Chopra What is yours to do? I just finished a great conversation with a dear friend and this question is what has come through as a result of that...
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Beyond Adulting
“The only drag about adulthood is we think we need to act like an adult.” -Rev. Patrick Feren I just came across this quote from the time I was on the Sacred Journey of Childlike Wonder about a month ago. It was something I needed to hear today because I have been struggling a little with…
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Answering A Common Question
“Know that nothing can hinder you but yourself. If you believe you can, you can. You cannot fail if you start with the proposition that Life is all there is.” -Ernest Holmes How do we make it work? We don’t. That’s the good and bad news of it all. I think I have been challenged by faith lately.…
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Love Language
“When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out–because that’s what’s inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what’s inside.” -Wayne Dyer
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The Smell of Love
I am trying something new. I have been wanting to return to podcasting after some time away. So I am offering my musings in both podcast and written form. You can listen. You can read, You can listen and read! Enjoy! To read the corresponding blog go to jonathanzenz.com Check out the work I am...
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This Time and How
There is only this moment. “The first principle fundamental to the understanding of the operation of thought is, that we are surrounded by an Infinite Intelligence. The possibility of healing … rests entirely on the theory that we are surrounded by an Infinite Mind, which reacts to our thought...
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Hello, My Name Is...
Our creative nature starts with our clear identity. But who are we? How do we identify ourselves? Identifying ourselves as Divine is a good start!
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Here I Go!
Ready to go deeper into Spirit? I am. Here I go. Ok... the Truth is none of us can go deeper into Spirit... because we ARE Spirit. Let us remember who we are! Divine identification enhances and enriches life! We get to decide what that enrichment looks like!
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Sing Your Song Out Loud
Every one of us has a song in our heart. Is it in harmony or discord with love? That is the question we should ask of ourselves.
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Trust Thyself
Emerson: “A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.”
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The Art of Letting Go
There is a blessing and a curse in New Thought. The art of letting go addresses the path to freedom, and three practices serve your personal evolution!
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R.E.A.L. Freedom
Recorded Live at Dedicated Gluten Free Bakery and Coffee Shop.
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Our Inherent Birthright
What is our inherent birthright? If you guessed FREEDOM you are right! But, are we truly free? What are the ways we keep ourselves in bondage? It's all a matter of mind... that's it!
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Free To Be!
In the current political climate of the USA, freedom is a big talking point. As we are about to celebrate Independence Day, let's move to the core of what true freedom is.
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The Practice
The Practice Jonathan Zenz At the root of the New Thought faith tradition is action. We take action though spiritual practice. Do you have a spiritual practice?
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Difference of A Day, or The Roller Coaster, or The Universe Has Your Back
When it all fell apart, there was only one thing to do... be grateful.
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I'm All Made Up
When our brain agrees with the hallucination, we call it reality.
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The 3 Keys to a Healing Conscsiousness
When we align with the three keys we are more easily able to settle into the spiritual blueprint from which all things physical arise!
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Oh, The Possibilities!
I am back! It's been a ride returning to Tucson, Arizona after 21 years and staring a new Spiritual Center. It was never my intention to let the podcast go for so long... but it happened. Now I am returning to a regular practice of posting podcasts.
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Standing Up For Change
"Find me one person who is for something and against nothing, who is redeemed enough not to condemn others out of the burden of his soul, and I will find another savior, another Jesus, and an exalted human being.” - Ernest Holmes Thank you to the Douglas Family for allowing me to incorporate the...
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New Community - Dream Big!
Audio taken from a Facebook Live Video posted in celebration of the first small gathering of Tucson New Thought.
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No Tricks... Just Technique
YESTERDAY'S READING: 144.3-146.1 TODAY'S READING: 146.2-148.4 Move away from a constant need to focus on the mechanical aspects of changing your thoughts and develop a technique for constant constructive thinking! No Tricks... Just Technique Jonathan Zenz
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The expression of our lives are the sum of our thoughts and beliefs. Do you want to change your life? Begin by changing your thoughts and beliefs. Explore why life is the way it is and what can be done to change it... if that is what you want!
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