Books with author Ernest Shurtleff Holmes

A Series of Talks on Mental and Spiritual Law Delivered at the Metaphysical Institute, Los Angeles in 1918.Creative Mind is the first book Ernest Holmes wrote. Since 1919, it has escorted countless people out of despair and into a richer, fuller life, and has been a source of inspiration throughout the world. The strength of this book can be easily found in the simple and clear approach Holmes took in researching the wisdom of the ages from many disciplines, including psychology, spiritualism, religion, medicine, and philosophy. To meld these concepts into a practical way of living an abundant life not only resulted in this book, but set the stage for what became his classic Science of Mind Textbook. With this beautiful new edition, the only changes you'll find are in the presentation, not the message. In 1957, when Creative Mind was reprinted, Dr. Holmes reviewed the book for alterations and said that there was very little he would change, because "Truth is ageless, timeless, changeless."

An unabridged edition, to include Parts One and Two: In The Beginning - A Principle That Can Be Proven - The Word Going Forth - Why And What Is Man? - The Law Of Our Lives - Man's Part - Bondage And Freedom - The Word - The Man Who Has Arrived - The Power We Have Within Us - Individual Ideas - The Reason For The Universe - Mind In Action - Action And Reaction - Arriving At A High Consciousness - Outer Suggestions - The Use Of The Greater Consciousness - The Greater Consciousness - The Perfect Universe - About Struggle Karma - The Same Power Used In Two Ways - Healing The Sick - Denials - The Use Of Affirmations - The Highest Attitude Of Mind - Non-Resistance - Be Alive - Be Happy - Live In The Present - See The Good In All Things - Be Expectant - Expanding Thought - Power Of Treatment - Repeating A Treatment - Impersonal Healing - Prosperity - What Is The Spiritual Mind? - The Church Of God - The Path Of Prosperity - The Way Of The Spirit - The Level Of Consciousness - Practice For Prosperity - Questions And Answers

As part of the Christian Science and New Thought movements, Holmes believed in the transformative power of positive thinking and the innate ability of every person to affect their world and heal their body through proper use of their mind. In this, his first book, published in 1919, he explains the underlying beliefs of Religious Science and New Thought. Students of religion and history will be interested to read Holmes's new cosmology, linking mind and universe in a truly unique fashion, and anyone looking to improve their lives may find his method to be a powerful new tool.American author and preacher ERNEST SHURTLEFF HOLMES (1887-1960) began studying Christian Science at age twenty-one and in 1912 built a church to spread the message of the New Thought movement. His particular teachings came to be called Religious Science, which he codified in his most influential work, The Science of Mind (1926).

"In the Creative Mind, Earnest Shurtleff Holmes explores what it means to be a human being and how we all can become better human beings. He explores the role of man and God/Higher Power and how they can be, or are, one. This book will help your feel more in tune with the greater forces of the universe and be the best you that you can be, thereby opening up creativity and happiness previously undreamt of. Earnest Shurtleff Holmes was the founder of the Church of Religious Science. Religious Science, like many New Thought faiths, emphasizes positive thinking, influence of circumstances through mental processes, recognition of a creative energy source and of natural law. Holmes had an immense influence on New Age beliefs, particularly his core philosophy that we create our own reality."

THE hand of eternal progress is brushing the cobwebs from the corridors of time and is again revealing to the human race the mysteries of being. As there is "nothing new under the sun," the searchlight of Truth is bringing to light only what has been known to the few in all generations. The time has now come when the few must become the many. The whole world, from the least to the greatest, must know the Truth, so that man may understand the great laws that govern his life. He must learn to control his own destiny, to heal his own body and bring happiness to his own soul. Ignorance must vanish and understanding must be ushered in. Man is no longer to be governed by anything outside himself. Creeds, doctrines, churches, institutions, organizations, governments are all being changed to give place to the realization of the individual. There is a power in and through all that is working this great transformation. All that will not measure up to the standard must fall by its own weight; all that is in line with the Truth must still prosper. The time is at hand; we are in the greatest age of all history; we are in the age of the unifying of all people and all things into the "Ever Present One." "The temple not made with hands" is now being silently builded by the emancipated souls of this planet.This little book is an attempt to explain what each soul must discover for himself, that he stands in the midst of an eternal creative power which presses itself around his own thought, and casts back to him glorified all that he thinks. If it awakens within the consciousness of one single individual the realization that the mind of the Universe (which is the only mind that there is) is his own mind; that the creative power of this mind is his also; that the manifestation of this mind is his own individuality; that the love and power and peace of this mind is within himself, it will not be written in vain. May it then do much in simplifying and bringing to light some of the deeper mysteries and meanings of life.This book is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely digitally revised and optimized for Kindle, including an interactive table-of-contents. Contents:INTRODUCTION.PART I. IN THE BEGINNING.A PRINCIPLE THAT CAN BE PROVEN.THE WORD GOING FORTH.WHY, AND WHAT IS MAN?THE LAW OF OUR LIVES.MAN'S PART.BONDAGE AND FREEDOM.THE WORD.THE MAN WHO HAS ARRIVED.THE POWER WE HAVE WITHIN US.INDIVIDUAL IDEAS.THE REASON FOR THE UNIVERSE.MIND IN ACTION.ACTION AND REACTION.ARRIVING AT A HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS.OUTER SUGGESTIONS.THE USE OF THE GREATER CONSCIOUSNESS.THE GREATER CONSCIOUSNESS.THE PERFECT UNIVERSE.ABOUT STRUGGLE--KARMA.PART II. PRACTICE.INTRODUCTORY.THE SAME POWER USED IN TWO WAYS.HEALING THE SICK.DENIALS.THE USE OF AFFIRMATIONS.THE HIGHEST ATTITUDE OF MIND.NON-RESISTANCE.BE ALIVE.BE HAPPY.LIVE IN THE PRESENT.SEE THE GOOD IN ALL THINGS.BE EXPECTANT.EXPANDING OUR THOUGHT.THE POWER OF A TREATMENT.REPEATING THE TREATMENT.IMPERSONAL HEALING.PROSPERITY.WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL MIND?THE CHURCH OF GOD.THE PATH TO PROSPERITY.THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT.THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS.PRACTICE FOR PROSPERITY.CONCLUSION.QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.DEFINITIONS.

The Pioneering Guide to Success and Self-Mastery Here is the first book by the writer who inspired countless men and women to achieve their greatest potential. It is a simple, straight-to-the-point summary of the principles of affirmative thought that Ernest Holmes made famous in his Science of Mind philosophy. Readers will be unable to look at themselves in the same way after experiencing the potent, overwhelmingly convincing insights and lessons found in this indispensable guide to inner power. “We have within us a power that is greater than anything that we shall ever contact in the outer, a power that can overcome every obstacle in our life and set us sage, satisfied and at peace, healed and prosperous, in a new light, and in a new life.”—from Creative Mind

In the Creative Mind, Earnest Shurtleff Holmes explores what it means to be a human being and how we all can become better human beings. He explores the role of man and God/Higher Power and how they can be, or are, one. This book will help your feel more in tune with the greater forces of the universe and be the best you that you can be. Earnest Shurtleff Holmes was the founder of the Church of Religious Science. Religious Science, like many New Thought faiths, emphasizes positive thinking, influence of circumstances through mental processes, recognition of a creative energy source and of natural law. Holmes had an immense influence on New Age beliefs, particularly his core philosophy that we create our own reality.

THE hand of eternal progress is brushing the cobwebs from the corridors of time and is again revealing to the human race the mysteries of being. As there is "nothing new under the sun," the searchlight of Truth is bringing to light only what has been known to the few in all generations. The time has now come when the few must become the many. The whole world, from the least to the greatest, must know the Truth, so that man may understand the great laws that govern his life. He must learn to control his own destiny, to heal his own body and bring happiness to his own soul. Ignorance must vanish and understanding must be ushered in. Man is no longer to be governed by anything outside himself. Creeds, doctrines, churches, institutions, organizations, governments are all being changed to give place to the realization of the individual. There is a power in and through all that is working this great transformation. All that will not measure up to the standard must fall by its own weight; all that is in line with the Truth must still prosper. The time is at hand; we are in the greatest age of all history; we are in the age of the unifying of all people and all things into the "Ever Present One." "The temple not made with hands" is now being silently builded by the emancipated souls of this planet. p. iv This little book is an attempt to explain what each soul must discover for himself, that he stands in the midst of an eternal creative power which presses itself around his own thought, and casts back to him glorified all that he thinks. If it awakens within the consciousness of one single individual the realization that the mind of the Universe (which is the only mind that there is) is his own mind; that the creative power of this mind is his also; that the manifestation of this mind is his own individuality; that the love and power and peace of this mind is within himself, it will not be written in vain. May it then do much in simplifying and bringing to light some of the deeper mysteries and meanings of life.

This book reveals where our mind fits in the overall scheme of things, how it operates, and more importantly, how we can operate it to its fullest potential. It is a spiritual book, telling us that we are surrounded by and are part of an eternal creative power, the Universal Mind. More importantly, it reveals how we can tap into it. This is one of the earliest and best self-help books ever published and can change the reader in many positive ways.