The Christ Within: Awakening Your Creative Power Through New Thought
How Jesus’s Teachings Unlock the Divine Power Already Within You
“Faith is not blind hope, but felt certainty.”
My Christian friends and friends from all faiths really should find this article enlightening in a positive way, I hope. It draws not from dogma but from the spiritual depth of Jesus's own words, and it invites us to reconsider what he really meant when he said things like, "The kingdom of God is within you." What if Jesus wasn’t just performing miracles to amaze us, but modeling a way of being that all of us are meant to awaken?
The Kingdom Is Within
"The kingdom of God is within you." These are Jesus’s words in Luke 17:21, and they resonate powerfully with the central teachings of New Thought. This spiritual philosophy holds that each individual is an expression of divine intelligence. God is not out there, separate from us, but within us. The same intelligence that shaped the stars and seas is alive in our consciousness, waiting to be recognized and activated.
Traditional religion often externalizes God, suggesting that divine help comes from above, in response to obedience or suffering. New Thought reverses this. It teaches that the divine is already here, already active, and responsive to our thoughts, beliefs, and words.
The Creative Law of Mind
One of the most powerful statements Jesus made, and one that New Thought embraces wholeheartedly, is found in Mark 11:24: "Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." This single verse is foundational to the Law of Attraction and all forms of conscious manifestation.
Jesus wasn’t speaking in metaphor. He meant that belief is the mechanism of creation. When we believe deeply and act from that belief, we create the conditions through which our desires can materialize. In New Thought, this is not magic but law. Just as gravity governs physical matter, spiritual law governs consciousness.
Thoughts are not idle or random. They are causative. What you dwell on becomes your reality. If you believe you are loved, capable, and supported by the universe, life tends to mirror that back. If you believe you are cursed, doomed, or unworthy, that too finds expression.
Jesus as the Master Teacher, Not the Exception
John 14:12 is perhaps one of the most radical teachings of the New Testament: "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will he do." Traditional Christianity often overlooks the implications. New Thought does not.
Jesus never wanted blind worship. He wanted recognition. He wanted us to see that the same divine power moving through him also moves through us. He referred to himself as the "Son of Man" more often than the "Son of God," a title of shared humanity, not separation. In John 10:34, Jesus reminds us, quoting scripture, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'?"
New Thought embraces this fully. The Christ is not Jesus’ last name. It is a universal principle of divine consciousness available to all who awaken to it. Jesus embodied it. We are invited to do the same.
Faith, Imagination, and Action
How do we actually live this? New Thought teaches that faith is not blind hope, but felt certainty. Imagination is not childish, but the workshop of creation. Action is not striving, but alignment.
We begin by believing that what we seek is already present in spiritual form. Through visualization, we build a clear mental image. Through affirmations, we condition the subconscious mind to accept that image as true. Then we live as if it were already ours, not in delusion, but in faith.
Neville Goddard, a key New Thought figure, called this "living in the end." If you want healing, imagine being healed. If you want abundance, feel gratitude for it now. If you want peace, become peaceful.
Jesus understood this. He gave thanks before multiplying the loaves. He spoke to Lazarus as if he were already alive. He didn’t wait for proof; he created it through conviction.
Obstacles Are Mental, Not Divine
New Thought does not believe that God withholds blessings. What blocks us is our own doubt, fear, and conditioning. When Jesus says in Matthew 21:21 that even a mountain can be moved by faith, he is naming doubt as the real barrier.
We are taught to expect the worst, to prepare for failure, to mistrust the good. These thoughts build mental equivalents of struggle. But spiritual growth involves replacing those with new patterns of faith, confidence, and worthiness.
Practices like meditation, affirmative prayer, and mental rehearsal help dissolve the old stories. They realign us with the truth of our being. In New Thought, sin is not moral failure, but mistaken identity. The error is in forgetting who and what we truly are.
Living the Christ Consciousness Daily
You don’t need a pulpit or a ritual to awaken the Christ within. You only need willingness. Start each day with gratitude. Choose thoughts that uplift and empower. Speak words of love and possibility. See others as divine beings in progress.
You are not separate from God, and never have been. The spiritual path is not about becoming worthy. It’s about remembering you already are.
Jesus said, "I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). Abundance is not just money. It is peace, joy, connection, health, and purpose. And it is yours to claim when you live from the awareness of your divine identity.
Conclusion: A Call to Remember
New Thought is not a rejection of Christ, but a deeper embrace of his message. It sees Jesus as a spiritual elder brother, showing us what is possible when we align with divine law.
You don’t need to beg for miracles. You need to remember your power. Everything you’ve ever desired exists in your mind right now, just waiting to be manifested. Believe that you have received it. Live as if it is already done. That is faith. That is power. That is the Christ within.
Afterword
In John 14:6, Jesus says, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." In traditional Christianity, this is often taken to mean Jesus alone is the exclusive path to God. But New Thought invites us to hear these words through a metaphysical lens.
Jesus, as the embodiment of Christ Consciousness, emphasizes a universal truth rather than his individual personality. The path to this truth involves spiritual alignment and the recognition of our divine nature. Living this truth means experiencing an abundant life in harmony with the Infinite. To "come to the Father" signifies awakening to our oneness with Source. This journey is not limited to just one individual; rather, it is revealed through the one who fully realized this truth and demonstrated how we can achieve the same awakening.
New Thought does not reject Christ, but rather embraces his message more deeply. It views Jesus as a spiritual elder brother, demonstrating what is achievable when we align with divine law.
You don’t need to beg for miracles. You need to remember your power. Everything you’ve ever desired exists in your mind right now, just waiting to be manifested. Believe that you have received it. Live as if it is already done. That is faith. That is power. That is the Christ within.
Further Reading
The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes
The Power of Awareness by Neville Goddard
Discover the Power Within You by Eric Butterworth
The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn
The Law of Divine Compensation by Marianne Williamson
I don’t respect this kind of stuff. Honestly. It’s shameful. ‘Believe and you can heal yourself’, etc. I thought vegans were averse to tripe.
Dear Michael, Please explain to me why Jesus, God in the flesh, who possessed all the Love, Power and Knowledge in the entire universe, did not realize He should issue a revised set of Ten Commandments. An updated list could have included Thou Shalt Not Allow Farmed Animals to Suffer for Your Dinner. And Thou Shalt Not Commit Genocide and Thou Shalt Not Enslave Humans. The list goes on and on. (He said Love Your Neighbor and that was good but it obviously it was not strong enough language or specific enough. And besides, He knew what was coming and could have stopped it all.) A better 10 would have saved millions and millions of lives and He would already have known that. If it had been up to either you or I to do so, I'm sure we would have. Does that mean we are nicer than God/Jesus?