With Easter on Sunday, I want to share some special thoughts and quotes about how Easter and the Resurrection are expressed from a New Thought perspective.
“Every time we rise to the realization of eternal, indwelling life, making union with the (God)-Mind, the resurrection of Jesus takes place within us. All thoughts of limitation and inevitable obedience to material law are left in the tomb of materiality.”
~ Charles Filmore, Unity Church co-founder
“Nature celebrates a season of resurrection and new life whenever the temperatures rise or the rains fall. The butterfly leaves its earthbound self in the cocoon and takes wing as a new being. The phoenix rises anew from the ashes of the fire, consuming its old self. The barren earth blooms. Life itself, in nature and in story, is a cycle of renewing transformation.”
~ Rev. Joy Wyler, Unity booklet, Release and Renew 2022
“Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.”
~ Janine di Giovanni, author, journalist and war correspondent
“The resurrection is the death of the belief that we are separated from God.”
~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind
“Easter is not limited to the passion and death of Christ; it also includes the dismal tragedy of life unlived by the many, and all the loss of passion and truth that goes with it.”
~ Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist, poet, artist, philosopher and cultural commentator
“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.”
~ Deepak Chopra, Indian-born American author and alternative medicine advocate
“Easter is an ancient festival of rebirth, but it’s also an excellent excuse for eating eggs. I really like eggs, of both the chocolate and chicken variety. But the chocolate ones, you must admit, can sustain only a fleeting interest. A sweet, sugary hit – and then it’s gone.”
~ Alice Roberts, English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author