{"collection":"Sacred Texts: New Thought","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_nth_cms_cms16_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_nth_cms_cms16_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_nth_cms_cms16_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/cms16.htm","summary":"This is an early 20th-century New Thought self-help text by Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, falling squarely within the metaphysical/mind-power tradition that also includes figures like Napoleon Hill and Mary Baker Eddy. Holmes argues that \"mind is the only cause\" \u2014 all visible reality is the solidified form of thought, so whatever a person consistently believes and imagines will inevitably materialize in their life. Prayer, in his framework, is not petition but a state of already-believing one has what one needs, creating a mental \"mold\" into which an impersonal universal Mind pours itself. A distinctive claim is that even God must wait on human recognition: divine law is impartial and mechanical, so the universe cannot override a person's own thought-forms, whether those thoughts are confident or fearful. For practical application Holmes focuses on business success, instructing readers to hold thought \"one-pointed\" on desired outcomes and never mentally entertain failure, competition, or scarcity. Readers drawn to New Thought philosophy, prosperity theology, or the historical roots of books like *The Secret* will find this a concise and earnest early statement of those ideas.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Creative Mind and Success: Part I: Why Belief is Necessary","tradition":"Sacred Texts: New Thought","translated_text":null,"word_count":522}