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jealousy--A form of mental bias that blinds the judgment
and causes one to act without weighing the consequences.
The remedy is a dismissal of the negative thoughts that
cause one to be jealous, followed by a fuller trust in the
great all-adjusting power of God.
Jehovah--The I AM, the spiritual man, the image and
likeness of Elohim God. In the King James Version of the
Bible the Hebrew "Jehovah" has been translated "Lord." Lord
means an external ruler. Bible students say that Jehovah
means the self-existent One, the I AM. Then instead of
reading "Lord" we should read I AM. It makes a great
difference whether we think of I AM, self-existence within,
or "Lord," master without. All Scripture shows that Jehovah
means just what God told Moses it meant: I AM. "This is my
name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all
generations" (Exod. 3:15).
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Jehovah, anger of--The anger and wrath of Jehovah are
symbolical of the divine law in man in its often strenuous
work of revealing and erasing error from the consciousness.
Jehovah God--The most inclusive name for Being. Jehovah
represents the individual I AM and God (Elohim) the
Universal Principle.
Jerusalem--"Habitation of peace." The spiritual center in
consciousness. In man it is the abiding consciousness of
spiritual peace. When we go deep into the silent recesses
of our beings, we realize a stillness and sweetness beyond
expression. A great peace is there--the "peace of God,
which passeth all understanding" (Phil. 4:7). This is the
point in consciousness where the Spiritual energy of life
is strong enough to vitalize adjacent body substance. The
substance is physically a nerve center just back of the
stomach; spiritually it is the realization of the unfailing
substance of Divine Mind.
Jerusalem, feast in--Metaphysically, a receptive state of
mind toward all spiritual good.
Jerusalem, new--Spiritual consciousness. It is founded on
the twelve fundamental ideas in Divine Mind, each
represented by one of the precious stones. (Revelation 21:
19, 20) It is also represented by an association of all
people in peace, based on spiritual understanding, purity,
and a willingness to be united with Christ.
Jesus--The Man of Nazareth, son of Mary; the Saviour of
mankind according to present-day Christian belief.
Metaphysically He is the I AM in man, the self, the
directive power, raised to divine understanding and
power--the I AM identity.
As the result of lack of conscious connection between the
thinking faculty and the fountainhead of existence,
humanity had reached a very low state. Then came Jesus of
Nazareth, whose mission was to connect the thinker with the
true source of thought. Thinking at random had
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brought man into a deplorable condition, and his salvation
depended on his again joining his consciousness to the
Christ. Only through that connection could he be brought
back into his Edenic state--the church of God.
It is plain to any reasonable, unprejudiced mind that Jesus
of Nazareth was a religious reformer with a mission from on
high, that He had an insight into those things which are
ever mysteries to men immersed in the sense consciousness,
and that through His knowledge, and in harmony with His
mission, He set into motion spiritual ideas that ever since
His ministry have been operative in the world. It is
evident to even a cursory reader of His life and teachings
that He was the representative of a thoroughly organized
plan to help men into a higher realization of God and their
relation to Him.
Jesus was keenly conscious of the character of God and His
own relationship to Him. He knew God as unlimited love and
as ever-present, abundant life; He knew Him as wisdom and
supply. He knew God as Father, who is ever ready and
willing to supply every need of the human heart. He knew
that as Son of God He had access to every blessing, to all
the wisdom, love, and help of the Father-Mind. Jesus did
not simply believe that the words He spoke were true, He
knew that they were true. His words were pregnant with
meaning; they were vital, living words, which carried
conviction and which produced immediate results.
Jesus is the Way-Shower. He came that we might have life
more abundantly; that is, He came to awaken man to the
possibilities of his own nature. "As he is . . . so are we
in this world (I John 4:17). He came to bear witness to
Truth. He used the one true way to the realization of
eternal life and the universal consciousness, therefore His
influence on the race cannot be measured. It is infinite
and eternal.
Jesus, crucifixion of--The Jews were under the dominion
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of an earth-minded priesthood. They were in a state of
ignorance as regards spiritual things and did no thinking
for themselves. Hence, they could not recognize or
comprehend the things of which Jesus spoke to them. They
were looking for a temporal king who would restore to them,
by war and conquest, the earthly glory of Solomon. When
Jesus tried to teach them of Spirit, of a spiritual idea,
the Christ within themselves, "the hope of glory," (Col.
1:27) that would free them from every bondage of mind,
body, and environment, they crucified Him.
Jesus Christ--Christ is the perfect idea of God for man.
Jesus is the perfect expression of the divine idea Man.
Jesus Christ is a union of the two, the idea and the
expression, or in other words, He is the perfect man
demonstrated.
Jesus' prayers were answered because He always dwelt in the
consciousness of perfect harmony with the Father. When we
ask in His name, it is with an earnest desire for that
consciousness which Jesus possessed. The Christ within each
of us is ever seeking perfect expression, and it should be
our earnest effort to have our mind and heart clear and
open channels in order that He may more perfectly work
through us. When we ask in the name of Christ Jesus we ask
in the consciousness that in reality we are perfect
children of the Father. This harmonious relationship
between God and man is attained by prayer and meditation
and by constantly affirming God's presence and power. If we
would have God manifest through us, we must endeavor to
raise our thoughts and feelings to the standard of God.
Jew--Broadly speaking, a Hebrew. Metaphysically, a thought
springing from and belonging to the praise and inner-life
consciousness of the individual.
Jewess--The soul or feminine aspect of that in
consciousness for which a Jew stands.
jewels--"Jewels of silver, and jewels of gold" (Exod.
12:35) represent wisdom and love in the external sense,
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which are to be asked for or demanded by the Children of
Israel. This means that we are to affirm that all wisdom
and all love, even in their most external manifestations,
are spiritual. This puts Spirit in control both within and
without.
John the Baptist--Represents the natural man, the physical
man. His face is turned toward the light in the measure
that he recognizes and pays homage to the higher self
within the individual. The intellectual perception of Truth
by the natural man (John the Baptist) is not the true light
(the Christ) but bears witness to the light and prepares
the way for its dawning in consciousness.
joy--The happiness of God expressed through His perfect
idea--man. Joy and gladness are strength-giving, especially
if the mind is fixed on the things of Spirit. Affirm: "The
joy of the Lord is my strength."
Judas--Represents the ego that has possession of the sex,
or life, center in the organism and is using it for its own
selfish ends. Judas was a "thief." The selfish use of the
life and vitality of the organism for the gratification of
sense pleasure robs the higher nature, and the spiritual
man is not built up. This is the betrayal of Christ.
judgment--Mental act of evaluation through comparison or
contrast. Spiritual discernment; the inner voice through
whose expression we come into a larger realization of
ourselves.
Judgment is a faculty of the mind that can be exercised in
two ways--from sense perception or spiritual understanding.
If its action be based on sense perception its conclusions
are fallible and often condemnatory; if based on spiritual
understanding, they are safe.
judgment, day of--That period in man's development when the
law of justice and righteousness begins to be felt in his
consciousness, and he finds himself in the midst of
experiences where he must learn the law and conform to it.
The great judgment day of Scripture indicates a time
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of separation between the true and the false. There is no
warrant for the belief that God sends man to everlasting
punishment. Modern interpreters of the Bible say that the
"hell of fire" (Matt. 5:22) referred to by Jesus means
simply a time in which purification is taking place.
judgment seat--The "judgment-seat" (Rom. 14:10) is within
man. A judging, or discerning between the true and the
false, is going on daily in us as overcomers; we are daily
reaping the results of our thoughts and our deeds.
justice--When judgment is divorced from love, and works
from the head alone, there goes forth the human cry for
justice. In his mere human judgment man is hard and
heartless; he deals out punishment without consideration of
motive or cause, and justice goes awry. When justice and
love meet at the heart center, there are balance, poise,
and righteousness.
There is an infinite law of justice that may be called into
activity. When we call our inner forces into action, the
universal law begins its great work in us, and all the laws
both great and small fall into line and work for us. The
true way to establish justice is by appealing directly to
the divine law.
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