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Mysteries of John
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Abraham, 33, 34, 89, 92
Adam, 12, 13, 37; vs. Christ, 123
Adam man, 36, 61, 181, 182
Adversary, 158
advocate, 133, 134
affirmation, 17, 18, 27-29, 98, 99, 138, 139, 168; and
love, 180; appropriation of Christ life through, 173
America, 126
ancestors, worship of, and its limitations, 89, 90. see
heredity
Andrew (strength), 20, 21, 68, 69, 119
angels (spiritual forces), 23
Annas, 154
apostles, 24, 25, 140, 143, 146, 155, 171
ascension, 167
at-one-ment, 129, 149. see Jesus
baptism, 17-19, 35, 41. see Holy Spirit
Barabbas, 158
Bartholomew (imagination), 21-23
Being, as impersonal principle, 76; spiritual character as
foundation of, 122
Bethany, 109, 110, 115
Bethesda (pool), 57
Bethsaida, 21
Bible, bears witness of Saviour, 66; not sufficient to
impart spiritual understanding, 65, 66; vs. living Word,
65, 66
birth, new, 33, 34, 37, 38, 82
blessing, 67-70
blood, of Jesus Christ (spiritual energy), 101, 102, 123,
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124; purification, 57, 58
body, as temple of God, 29; building indestructible, 96,
97; human, as dynamo, 174; man's soul encased in, 103, 104;
of Jesus, transparent, 181; quickening life centers in,
111, 112; restoration of, 109; transformation of man's,
173, 174. see God; Spirit; Temple
Caesar, 161, 162
Caiaphas, 154
Cana, 24-26
Capernaum, 28, 73
character, spiritual, 122
Children of Israel, 75, 96, 97
China, 126
Christ, 66, 76, 98, 99, 123, 134, 167; and the soul, 47,
48; as church itself, 29, 30; as discerner of thoughts, 48;
as fulfillment of existence, 12; as higher self, 17; as
life force, 31; as only-begotten Son, 38, 39; as perfect
God idea, 64, 65; as Saviour, 101, 102; body of, 75, 112;
born anew in, 82; calling on strength of, 70, 71; equal to
God, 61, 62; love of, as cleanser of man's mind, 127; moves
in secret, 78; must enter every heart, 170; no loss or
failure in realm of, 74, 75; putting on, 19, 20, 125, 126,
144, 145; represented by Jesus, 41, 80, 84-87, 114, 128,
156; (spiritual man) cannot experience death, 92; spoke
often through Jesus, 92; unity of original Spirit and
indwelling, 52; vs. Adversary, 158; withdrawal of the, 59,
105, 144, 145; (Word of God), 11, 14-16. see consciousness;
mind
Christ man, 13
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Christ Mind, 19, 20, 23, 177; vs. Pharisaical mind, 80-83,
113
Christianity, and law of evolution, 35-37; and the Christ
consciousness, 169, 170; preservation of, 129
church, as institution, 34
clairvoyance, 21, 22
Comforter, 81, 133, 134, 141. see Holy Spirit
common sense, vs. fanaticism, 119
concentration, and freedom, 88, 89. see freedom
condemnation, 65, 85
Confucius (quoted), 30
consciousness, adverse, 158; and soul unfoldment, 22;
Christ, 82, 102; Christ and adulterous state of, 85;
discernment of Truth establishes higher, 26, 27; I AM and
"five-sense," 57; incorporating body of Christ into, 75;
Jerusalem as spiritual center in, 56; Jesus' power on three
planes of, 173; mixed state of, 49, 82; sense, 116, 117;
spiritual, 125, 126. see denial; Jesus
consolation, 168
crucifixion, 145, 154, 162, 163, 172, 173
Darwin, Charles Robert, 36
death, as wrong conception of life, 62, 63; demonstrating
over, 63, 65, 66, 92, 93, 165; denying power of, 109, 110,
168; of personal self, 179, 180; vs. life, 167, 168
demonstration, and the "Sabbath," 59; as a "sign," 118; as
"fruit" of thought, 115; crucifixion as, 145; failure in,
177; importance of making one's own, 143
denial, 98, 99, 168, 169; baptism through, 17; cleansing
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consciousness by, 29; of self, 17, 179, 180
desire, and fulfillment, 139; intemperate, 88, 89
Devil. see Adversary; Satan
disciples, nerve centers represented by, 24, 25
Divine Mind, Jesus' union with, 172, 173; perfect-man idea
in, 39, 97, 98
divinity, believing in one's own, 38, 39
dreams, 22
Drummond, Henry (quoted), 117
El Shaddai (Almighty), 73, 74
energy, spiritual, 101, 102, 109-112. see blood
Ephraim (city), 114
ether, 69, 70, 174, 175
Eve, 24
evil, as parasite, 4, 5; God's responsibility for good and,
3, 4; impregnability to, 150, 151; Jesus on the nature of, 5
evolution, law of, 36, 37. see Christianity; man
faculty, detriment from nonuse or overuse of a, 137
faith, 37, 54, 70, 128; and healing, 54, 55; and life, 110,
111; and substance, 74, 75; established in love, 179;
blind, vs. "higher criticism," 172; represented by Peter
(Simon), 20, 68, 69, 126, 127, 153-155, 179, 180; Spirit of
life and understanding, 81. see love
fanaticism, 119
fasting, 51, 75
Father, 74, 75, 86; as God-Mind, 137; as principle of life
within man, 131, 132; connection of man's indwelling life
with, 168; going direct to, 146; Jesus' at-one-ment (unity)
with, 129, 131, 132;
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man's oneness with, 133, 134; Son, and Holy Ghost, as
principle, ideal, and formative word, 92, 93, 136
Father-Mind, 18, 19, 73, 162, 163
Fenton, Ferrar ("Complete Bible in Modern English"), 12
flesh, vs. Spirit, 112
forehead, as seat of intellectual perception, 44
forgiveness, on, of sins, 17
"fourth dimension," 23
freedom, 88-90; imprisoned life and, 112
front brain, as seat of understanding, 171; as seat of
will, 162, 171
fulfillment, 111, 139. see Spirit
Gabbatha, 161
Galilee, 24-26, 46, 47, 52, 77, 169, 170
Garden of Eden, 61
Genesis, 12, 73
Gethsemane, 152
gift, blessing behind, 143
giving, law of, 119
glorification, 147-151
God, as Christ in man, 62; as Father, 60, 89, 90; as male
and female principle, 73, 74; as principle of life immanent
in universe, 125, 126; as Spirit, 46, 47; body as temple
of, 29; finding one's being in, 150, 151; intimate relation
between man and, 130; not a person, 4; practicing the
presence of, 74, 88, 89, 110, 111; Son (the Word) ever
existing in, 16; subject to own laws, 36; tribal, 141. see
body
God-Mind, as creative power, 59, 60; Jesus' personality
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submerged in, 65, 66; Son as idea in, 61
Golgotha, "place of a skull," 162
good, vs. evil, 3-5, 36, 37, 150, 151
gratitude, as magnet, 67, 68
greatness, difference between divine and human, 124, 125
grief, 167-169
healer, true, 100
healing, importance of faith in absent, 54
heaven, 37, 46
heredity, freedom from race, 89, 90. see ancestors
Holy Spirit (Ghost), as activity of living Word, 18, 19; as
Comforter, 143; as dispenser of substance, 143, 144; as
formative word, 92, 93; as God's law in action, 141; as
teacher, 103, 104; baptism of, 17-19; descent of, 128, 129,
136, 181, 182; was before time of Jesus, 136. see
personality; prosperity
houses in the air, 174, 175
hypnotism, 101, 102
I AM, 24-26, 32, 35, 44, 49, 57, 58, 110, 119, 128, 152,
153, 155, 162, 170; abiding in, 138, 139; and spoken word,
132; as Christ, 134, 158, 167; as door, 102, 138, 139; as
"good shepherd," 100, 101; as Saviour, 87; as Spirit, 68,
69, 169; as supermind, 105; ("Word"), 18, 19
I AM THAT I AM, 91; Christ as, 92
idea, Christ as divine, 11, 61
ideas, dealing with, 74, 76; forms as manifestation of, 22
identity, man's divine, 134
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imagination, constructive vs. destructive use of, 21, 22;
represented by Bartholomew, 21-23
incarnation, of Jesus, 35, 36, 137. see Jesus; reincarnation
increase, and Christ substance, 177, 178; gratitude in
relation to, 67-70 see substance; vitality
India, 126
"inheritance," mental, 33, 34
inspiration, spiritual, 48-50
intellect, 44, 59, 91; and Spirit, 41, 42, 49, 50; arguing,
113, 114; vs. Christ, 114
intelligence, light representing, 31
intuition, 24
Isaac, 33, 34, 89
Israel, 21, 22, 34
Israelites, 47
Jacob, 33, 34, 44, 47, 89
Jacob's well, 44, 47-49
Jeans, Sir James (quoted), 69, 70
Jerusalem, 46, 56, 80, 109, 110, 114, 158, 172, 181, 182
Jesus, and Christianizing of all nations, 169, 170; and
faith, 70; and fasting, 51; and freedom of individual, 140;
and Galileans' unbelief, 52; and healing, 53-55; and His
part in opening man's way into glory, 149, 150; and man
born blind, 96-99; and Nathanael, 21, 22; and persecution,
142; and power of spoken word, 76, 93, 135; and substance,
68-70, 74; and the Comforter, 81, 134, 135; and the draught
of fishes, 177, 178; and the Fatherhood of God, 59, 60, 73;
and the law of thought and word affinity, 135; and the
Pharisees, 77, 78; and
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the raising of Lazarus, 107-112; and the Samaritan woman,
interpreted, 46-54; and the seamless garment of Truth, 162;
and triumphal entry into Jerusalem, 118; as "a King," 158;
as Christ (Saviour), 41, 80, 84-87, 114, 128, 149, 156; as
example to human family, 162, 163; as God manifest, 130; as
God's idea of man, 3; as I AM, 24-27, 44, 49, 57, 58, 68,
69, 87, 103, 107, 110, 133, 134, 153; as "Lamb of God,"
18-20; as living Word, 65, 66; as man in regeneration, 109;
as product of former cycle of time, 149; as "the way," 131,
132; at-one-ment of, 128, 129, 149; body of, resurrected,
171-173, 181; crucifixion of, 145; entered spiritual realm
alive and entire, 15, 173; entering into mind of, 30;
following example of, 38, 39; glorification of, 147-151;
Gospel of John as a symbolical life of, 12; higher law at
work at death of, 164; incarnation of, as pattern for man,
35, 36; man same spiritually as, 134, 135; mission of, on
earth, 120; on being "born anew," 33, 35, 37; on
demonstration, 143; on denial of "self," 17; on overcoming
death, 92, 93; on relation of works to spiritual power,
105; part played by intellectual and pseudospiritual forces
in crucifixion of, 161, 162; power of, on three planes of
consciousness, 173; sacrifice of, 123-125; service
exemplified by, in washing disciples' feet, 126; Truth
(Comforter) vs. personality of, 134, 135. see Father;
Lazarus
Jesus Christ, asking and receiving in the name of, 132,
133; projection into race consciousness of life energy of,
123, 124. see Jesus
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John, 12, 167; (love), 20, 155, 162, 180; parallel between
Genesis and, 12
John the Baptist (intellect), 35, 42, and Jesus (Spirit),
12, 14, 18-20, 41; (natural man), 12, 13, 17, 18
Jordan (subconsciousness), 105
Joseph (Jacob's son), 44
Joseph of Arimathea, 165
joy, as positive force, 139
Judas Iscariot (adverse ego, or mind), 123, 127; (life
principle), 128, 152; (sense consciousness), 116
Judas (not Iscariot), 135
Judea, 41, 46, 47, 77
judgment, 64, 65
Kidron (brook), 152
"kingdom of the heavens," as "fourth dimension," 23
"Lamb of God," 18-20
larynx, as seat of power, 24, 25, 27
law, blind use of, 62; Christ and God's, 64, 65;
condemnation and, 66
Lazarus, raising of, interpreted, 106-112, 115, 118
levitation, 174, 175
life, eternal, 47, 48, 61, 93, 147, 149, 154, 181; inner
110-112; losing one's, 119; natural vs. spiritual, 25-27;
omnipresent, 52, 63, 110, 111, 168, 174; perpetual activity
of, 57, 58; principle of, 125, 126, 131, 132; wisdom in use
of, 62. see God
life forces, Judas and, 128
light, 28, 42, 86, 87; and intelligence, 31
loaves and fishes, parable of, 74, 75
Logos, as idea containing all ideas, 76; defined, 11, 12;
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God as creative power, 11. see Word of God
love, 115-117, 127, 128, 139; and faith, 179; as
fulfillment of law, 129; balancing judgment with, 65;
Jesus' lesson in brotherly, 84, 85; power of, 117;
represented by John, 20, 155, 162; willingness to serve as
test of, 179. see faith
Malchus, 153, 154
man, as free agent, 140; as God's offspring, 46, 47; as
"joint-heir with Christ," 38, 39; as ruling power in
universe, 130; as Son of God, 17, 18, 42, 43, 162, 163; as
spirit, soul, and body, 32, 149; as spiritual, 37, 38, 134,
135; does not live by bread alone, 180; evolution of,
35-58, 163; fall of, 36, 37 Father principle in, 131, 132;
makes own heaven or hell, 76; natural, represented: by
disciples, 51; by John the Baptist, 12, 13, 17; not a
person in cosmic Mind, 145; omnipresence and oneness of
Father and Son in, 16; same creative process used by God
and, 11; sevenfold and twelvefold nature of, 68, 69
"many mansions," 130
marriage, as union of two states of consciousness, 24, 101,
102; (in Cana of Galilee), symbolism of, 24-27
Martha, 106, 107, 115
Mary, mother of Jesus (intuition), 24; (source of life), 25
Mary, sister of Martha, 106, 107, 115, 116
Mary Magdalene, 167, 168
matter, false importance of, 126, 127
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Matthew (will), 107
meditation. see prayer
mediumship, 101, 102
mental realm. see realm
Messiah, 17, 65
Mind, as creative force, 13; Christ's love as cleanser of
man's, 126; disciplining, 28; idea, and manifestation, 11;
intellectual phase of, 112; interflowing of, 123; life in
relation to, 57; man's reformation starts in, 98; Paul on
renewal of, 182; substance and universal, 73. see Christ;
substance
mind readers, 22
ministering, 124, 125
miracles, 42, 52, 53, 74, 112, 172
Moses, 37, 75; as symbol of "drawing-out" process, 66; Book
of, 65; vs. Jesus Christ, 15, 16
Mount of Olives, 84, 85
mystics, 150
Nathanael. see Bartholomew
nature, hidden forces of, 174
Nicodemus, 33-35, 37, 82, 83
Nirvana, 151
omnipresence, 146; lesson on, 46, 47, 131, 132
omniscience, 146
open-mindedness, 100
overcoming, daily practice in, 149
Paradise, 37. see Garden of Eden
Passover, Feast of the, 28, 114
Paul, 31, 182
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peace, 37, 56; of Jesus Christ, 171
persecution, 142, 157
personality, 133, 134; and Holy Spirit, 136; love and
wounded, 117
Peter, 167; "as rock," 12, 13; failure of, 129; (faith),
20, 21, 68, 69, 126, 127, 153-155, 179, 180
Pharisees, 33-35, 60, 65, 77, 78, 82, 83, 96-99, 112, 113
Philip (power), 21, 24, 25, 68, 69, 119, 132
Pilate, Pontius, 161, 162
polygamy, 89
power, represented by Philip, 21, 24, 25, 68, 69, 119, 132
Praetorium, 156
praise, represented by Judea, 41
prayer, constructive words and, 76; of thanksgiving, 111,
115, 116; resurrection of Jesus made possible by, 172, 173;
unselfish, 150. see thanksgiving
"Preparation," 164
Principle, as source of all life, 138, 139
prosperity, and Holy Spirit, 143, 144
psychic phenomena, 47
public work, withdrawing from, 70
purification, 57, 58
race, new, 149
race consciousness, death and, 63; Jesus Christ and, 123,
124
realm, Pharisees in man's mental, 98, 99
regeneration, 34, 109, 173, 174; transmutation and, 27; two
states of mind at work in, 17, 18; union of spirit and body
in, 25
reincarnation, 96, 97
religion, Christ Spirit vs. formal, 154; "inherited," 33, 34
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resurrection, 167, 171-175
"river of life," 93
"Sabbath," 164; as state of consciousness, 59, 60
Salim, 41
salvation, 39, 40, 46-49, 51, 52, 66
Samaria, 44
Samaritans, 46, 47
sanctification, 150, 151
sanctimoniousness, 87
Sanhedrin, 34
Satan (adverse ego), 123, 124
Saviour, 41, 66, 87, 101,102
Scriptures. see Bible
secret place, 144, 145
selfishness, 116, 117
self-righteousness, as greatest sin, 91
sensation, 62, 63
separation, 168, 169
service, in a universal sense, 179, 180; value of, 126, 127
sheep (thoughts), 103, 104, 180
sickness, 61
silence, 152
Simon. see Peter
sin, 17, 29; as ignorance, 90; blood a solvent for, 123; of
omission or commission, 96, 97; sickness as result of, 60
Socrates, 4
Solomon's Porch, 103
Solomon's Temple, as regenerated body of man, 96, 97
Son of God, 42, 76, 162, 163; freedom of, 90; Jesus as, 15,
161
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Son of man, 124, 125
soul, dependent on subconscious life, 115, 116; kingdom
within, 139; "prophet" within, 121, 122; spiritual life
and, 47, 48; duality of, 47; unfoldment of taught by acts
of Jesus, 124. see Spirit
sowing and reaping, 62
Spirit, 41, 76, 77; born of, 35; equal to any situation,
70; freedom of, 112; immediate fulfillment in, 111;
intellect as tool of, 42; lifting body out of matter into,
168; man's thirst for, 81; omnipresence of, 132-134;
oneness with, 122; protection of, 80, 81; soul, and body,
32, 149, 180, 181; understanding laws of, 146; vs. human
(animal) soul, 47. see birth
Spirit-Mind, 13. see Mind
Spirit of truth, 133, 134, 136, 141
"still small voice," 103, 104
strength, represented by Andrew, 20, 68, 69, 119
subconscious mind, 105; sleeping life in, 110, 111; soul
manifestation and, 115, 116; words made active in body
though, 76. see soul
substance, 115; idea of, 73, 74; increase of, 68-70;
spiritual, 132, 133
success, vs. failure, 177
suggestion, mental, 101, 102
superconscious mind (supermind), 105; human lineage and, 90
supply, 177, 178; dependent on faith, 180, 181
Sychar (city), 44, 49
Temple, at Jerusalem, 172; body, 172; subconscious courts
of body, 28
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thanksgiving, 111, 115, 116. see prayer
Thomas (understanding), 107, 131, 132, 171
thought, affinity of, 135; as basis of external conditions,
177; ascending, 167; destructive, 31, 32; good vs. bad, 63;
intellectual vs. spiritual, 113; redemption of, 122;
repeats itself, 28
thought atmosphere, 30, 31
transfiguration, 149, 150
transmutation, 27
Truth, concrete vs. abstract aspect of, 133, 134; no need
to prove absolute, 32; seamless garment of Jesus as symbol
of, 162. see Jesus
understanding, 146; represented by Thomas, 107, 131, 132,
171; spiritual, 65
unity, realization of divine, 122, 151
visions. see dreams
vitality, increasing, 67, 69
water (natural life), 25-27
will, 162, 171; personal, 153; represented by Matthew, 107
William the Conqueror, 89, 90
wine (spiritual life), 25-27
wisdom, and life, 62; true source of, 47
woman, Jesus' tribute to, 162
word, man justified or condemned by own, 157; power of
spoken, 32, 54, 55, 76, 103, 104, 134, 135. see Jesus
Word of God, 65; as only word, 11; overcoming power
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of, 92, 93. see Logos
works, 105, 134, 135, 140. see Jesus
world, withdrawal from, 150
Worship, 46, 48, 50
youth, eternal, 110
zeal, excessive, 29, 30
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