This definition of New Thought is excerpted from the article "New Thought” and “New Age” from Science of Mind magazine, November 2003, written by Jesse Jennings, Minister of the Creative Life Spiritual Center in Houston.

New Thought is the name given to the family of teachings made up of Science of Mind (Religious Science), Unity, Divine Science, and many others. New Thought is a particular viewpoint.

• Belief in the existence of God as First Cause and one indivisible whole,
• the existence and availability of spiritual law accessed through the individual mind, and (because of this) the practice of healing and improving conditions through the use of affirmative prayer.
• New Thought points to the contents of consciousness within each person – what he or she is believing, accepting, preferring, and the life – as the determining factor in personal destiny.
• Its emphasis on oneness suggests that God is incarnated in all things, yet is greater than the sum of Its parts.
• New Thought also teaches that all spiritual systems are valid paths to knowing, and that at the heart of each one is the premise of oneness.
• The words and examples of mystics, prophets, and other enlightened souls are treasured, yet no one is seen as being closer to (or further from) God than anyone else. Thus, for instance, the Christ is seen as an available awareness of connection with God, which the man Jesus seems to have completely embodied.
• New Thought does not advocate the worship of certain persons, but rather the cultivation here and now of the consciousness they demonstrated.