{"collection":"Sacred Texts: New Thought","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_nth_cms_cms04_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_nth_cms_cms04_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_nth_cms_cms04_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nth/cms/cms04.htm","summary":"This is an excerpt from *Creative Mind and Success* (1919) by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes, a foundational text of the New Thought movement and precursor to his later Science of Mind philosophy. The passage argues that humanity is not merely created *by* God but is literally composed *of* God \u2014 a center of divine consciousness within the Universal \u2014 making the difference between God and man one of degree rather than kind. Holmes claims this metaphysical unity means humans possess the same creative power as God: thought constructs reality, and the outer world of experience is a direct product of inner mental activity. He contends that most human suffering and limitation stems from ignorance of this truth \u2014 people have assumed external conditions govern them when in fact their own thinking does. Distinctively, Holmes frames free will not as a theological puzzle but as a logical necessity: God could not create genuine individuals while also compelling their choices, so autonomy is itself proof of divine intent. The practical payoff Holmes promises is total liberation \u2014 from physical, mental, and material bondage \u2014 once a person consciously aligns their thought with this underlying divine law.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Creative Mind and Success: Part I: Man's Place In Creation","tradition":"Sacred Texts: New Thought","translated_text":null,"word_count":847}