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Ernest Holmes

Ernest Holmes

Founder of the Religious Science Movement

Ernest Holmes founded the International Religious Science movement, wrote “The Science of Mind” and numerous other books on metaphysics, and originated the international periodical Science of Mind magazine, which has been in continuous publication since 1927. Holmes’ Science of Mind teaching, recognized today as one of the leading viewpoints in modern metaphysics, is a spiritual philosophy that has brought to people around the world a working cosmology – a sense of their relationship to God and their place in the Universe – and a positive, supportive approach to daily living.

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The Art of Life

by Ernest Holmes

Ernest Holmes created the Science of Mind movement and influenced a ton of modern new thought teachers (from Louise Hay to Michael Beckwith). He's all about connecting to that power that's bigger than us and in this Note, we'll explore how to turn on our inner light, tend to our mental garden, look for good and become an outlet for the Divine!

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Love & Meditation

20th Century Classic New Thought Science of Mind

Creative Mind and Success

Your Guide to the Law of Attraction

by Ernest Holmes

Earnest Holmes was the founder of the Science of Mind/Religious Science and is one of the grandfathers of the modern self-development movement—directly inspiring everyone from Louise Hay to Michael Beckwith and countless others. In this Note, we'll learn that "fear brings failure and faith brings success" and how important it is for us to radiate joy, faith, hope and expectancy to create the life we envision.

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Confidence & Conquering Depression

20th Century Classic New Thought Work

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Turning on the Light
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Two Thoughts on the Subject

In our last +1, we talked about the Optimize Master’s program (aka Optimize Coach!) and had fun with some wisdom on moving from theory to practice—reminding ourselves that the theory (although important!) is just the rudimentary stuff. The ADVANCED work is the actual PRACTICE. Here’s what was kinda...

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Actualization big-picture greatest-year-ever modern-hero Practice soul Spirit

Light and Darkness
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And the Time Between the Two

In our last +1, we talked about the wonderful parallel wisdom in the first Big Ideas from a couple of our Notes. As you may recall, both Ernest Holmes and Vernon Howard told us to TURN ON THE LIGHT!! They also both said nearly the same thing regarding the idea that “it makes no difference how long it w...

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Calm Determination
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And One-Pointedness

The other day I was flipping through a jumbo, 3-inch wide, 3-ring binder of my very first 100 PhilosophersNotes. I have those Notes organized in that binder by tabs with these categories: “Old-School Classics” + “20th Century Classics” + “Modern Classics” + “Positive Psychology” + “Abun...

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Confidence & Goals

big-picture commitment confidence focus goals wildly-important-goals Work