4In Being and Becoming, Fenwicke Lindsay Holmes, one of the leading authors and speakers in the New Thought movement, discusses the spiritual life, the afterlife, and what part humans play in the universe.

Seeking to give readers the succor of truth and profundity, Being and Becoming offers reflections on what human consciousness and reality mean in the context of God. The nature of the Lord's Absolute Being, every human soul as a component of the Cosmic Mind, and what virtue and goodness comprise in reality is examined.

The wide-ranging and thoughtful words of Fenwicke Holmes draw upon wisdom from across the epochs of human civilization. The Bible as well as Eastern texts are quoted, as is Holme's own poetry on the spiritual realm and the physical and emotional interactions of God with mankind. In all, this book offers comprehensive program of New Thought topics and contemplation.

Holmes would go on to found New Thought organizations both in the United States and internationally. He was particularly influential in founding and growing Seicho-no-Ie, a Japanese New Thought group which today claims some 1.5 million followers. In later life, Holmes remained a presence in the movement, giving talks on spiritual philosophy and the purpose of mankind in the cosmos in person, and in radio and TV broadcasts.