Carol has been listening to concerts lately, and noticed the way the different instruments blend to bring the music alive. She has a concern that the beautiful sounds created by AI could make it obsolete, ending the collegiality and collaboration between musicians. Rev. Bill notes that technology always makes new things possible, but leaves room to preserve the rich value of what's come before.

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Carol observes that notions of heaven and hell - what becomes of us after our human lives end - generate a huge amount of concern in traditional churches. Rev. Bill explains the New Thought understanding, and that we actually don't have to wait for death to experience either one. (Rebroadcast from 7/13/2022)

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Rev. Bill reminds us that New Thought is not new, but is the creative process that has been at work since the beginning of time. He then describes how the New Thought movement began, the badasses and troublemakers who contributed to it, and how we got to where we are today.

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Carol notes the internal process we go through when we're dealing with a particularly challenging situation - surrounded by darkness, searching for a glimmer of light, feeling hopeless and looking for something (or someone) to blame. She and Rev. Bill discuss the spiritual perspective, and how an awareness of Oneness can begin to turn the experience around.

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Rev. Bill finds the New Thought teaching to be very simple and straightforward, and has been schooled by Carol over the many episodes of this podcast that people in traditional religion don't think that way. Carol describes how she can now speak both languages, using the one that's appropriate to the audience.

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Rev. Bill is back from the ANTN Retreat with news about "An Awakened Path." Carol imagines that it's about the spiritual path that each of us is on, moving beyond our challenges and circumstances to deepen spiritually. Spot on - and Rev. Bill describes the new collaboration between the various branches of the New Thought community to bring these powerful ideas more widely into the world.

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Carol notes that "thank you" shows good manners, but that gratitude is more of an attitude. Rev. Bill points out that Gratitude is the next-to-last step in a Practical Prayer, and it's the only one that we can actually feel in our body. (Rebroadcast from 6/29/2022)

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Carol has been aware of an increasingly chaotic swirl of events and changes going on, including the added complexity brought on by AI. Her question is who's thinking? Is anybody thinking? Have we outsourced our thinking to AI? Rev. Bill turns the conversation to ethics, moving from what we can do to what we choose to do.

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One of the things that used to drive Carol nuts was when someone was working hard to get through a major challenge, and wasn't getting the desired result, a church friend would say "it's God's timing". Rev. Bill points out that this is dismissive of the person's experience, and makes God the scapegoat.

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Carol loves New Thought, and knows that it is a composite of many religions and traditions. This includes Buddhism, and she notes that many of its peaceful practices get skipped in the adoption. Rev. Bill observes that Buddhism is one of the few major religions that doesn't pray to its founding prophet.

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