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ears--Represent the obedience and receptivity of the mind.
earth--Metaphysically speaking, the earth represents the
consciousness of the physical body.
east--The within. As used in Matt. 2:1, the word in the
original is plural; thus, from the regions of interior
wisdom come thoughts of reverence and rich gifts of
substance, understanding, and every spiritual help for the
Christ child, whose growth in consciousness has begun.
Easter--The awakening and raising to spiritual
consciousness of the I AM in man, which has been dead in
trespasses and sins and buried in the tomb of materiality.
eat and drink--To appropriate; to become conscious of the
food that "abideth unto eternal life," and to use it.
eat of the tree of life--The eternal life of God is within
every man. When we consciously realize the presence of this
life in every part of our organism we are eating of the
tree of life.
eating--Eating is symbolical of mental appropriation of
thoughts of substance. "Thy words were found, and I
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did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the
rejoicing of my heart" (Jer. 15:16).
Supplying the physical needs does not solve the whole
problem of hunger for man, for his hungers are as varied as
his interests and desires. They include his thoughts and
feelings as well as his physical needs. When Jesus said,
"He that eateth me, he also shall live because of me" (John
6:57), He referred to the appropriation of spiritual
substance by man, and not to his eating of material food.
We "eat" spiritual things when we affirm that we are
strengthened and sustained by spiritual substance.
When in the holy silence you nourish your consciousness on
God's word, you are eating of the "hidden manna" (Rev.
2:17), the bread that gives everlasting life. The Lord's
Supper (Matt. 26:26-31) is a mental feast.
eating of the tree of good and evil--Appropriating the
consciousness of both good and evil.
To "eat" is to appropriate the substance of ideas through
thinking about them. "Evil" represents error-thought
combinations; that part of consciousness which has lost
sight of true principles and through sensation becomes
enamored of the thing formed. Form has its place in
creation, but it is subject to the creative idea that
begets it. The activity of an idea in man's mind produces
sensation. To become involved in the sensation of an idea
to the exclusion of control is to eat of the "tree of the
knowledge of good and evil" and to die to all consciousness
of the original idea.
ecclesia--The church of Jesus Christ: the called-out ones.
Eden, Garden of--Represents a region of Being in which are
provided all primal ideas for the production of the
beautiful. As described in Genesis, it represents,
allegorically, the elemental life and intelligence placed
at the disposal of man and through which he is to evolve
both mind and body.
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The human body with its psychical and spiritual attributes
comprises a miniature Garden of Eden. When man develops
spiritual insight and in thought, word, and act voluntarily
operates in accord with divine law, then rulership,
authority, and dominion become his in both mind and body.
"The kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:21). (see
Garden of Eden)
education, spiritual--To draw forth from within, through
meditation and prayer, the deep truths of God.
ego--The I. The ego is man, and by reason of his divinity
he makes and remakes as he wills. In this lie his greatest
strength and his greatest weakness. The ego of itself is
possessed of nothing. It is a mere ignorant child of
innocence floating in the Mind of Being, but through the
door of its consciousness must pass all the treasures of
God.
ego, adverse--When the ego attaches itself to sense
consciousness, it builds the antichrist man, who has no
basis in reality. This is known as the adverse ego. It is
the adverse ego that causes all the trouble in the world.
Its selfishness and greed make men grovel in the mire of
materiality, when they might soar in the heavens of
spirituality.
ego, spiritual--The true self; an individualized center of
God consciousness; I AM; conscious identity.
egotism--A state of consciousness built up by the will
functioning in the sense world. In this false expression it
looks upon itself as great, honorable, mighty. Supreme
egotism stops the flow of spiritual life in the organism,
and body atrophy sets in.
Egypt--Mental bondage to sense thoughts; material
consciousness. It pertains to the physical sense of life,
the corporeal organism.
elimination--(see renunciation)
Elohim God--The original Mind in creative action. El means
"the strong and ever-sustaining one," and Alah,
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"to swear or formulate by the power of the Word." Elohim
thus represents the universal Principle of Being that
designed all creation.
El Shaddai--(see almighty)
emanate--"To issue forth from a source" (Webster). In
metaphysics, emanation usually refers to the silent
influence of Mind of Spirit.
emotion--Undisciplined or uncontrolled forces. Subnormal or
supernormal activity of mental or physical forces.
Excitement of the feelings.
It is found that for each bad emotion there is a
corresponding chemical change in the tissues of the body
that is life-depressing and poisonous. Contrariwise, every
good emotion makes a life-promoting change. Thus, it
follows that it pays to think good thoughts and to do good
acts for one's own sake.
"end of the world"--Literally, "the completion of this
eon." This does not refer to the physical world, but to the
present era or age; or individually, to the end of a
certain state of consciousness.
The "end of the world" is the separation of the true from
the false in consciousness, when the wisdom and
understanding of Spirit are so developed in us that we, of
our own accord, choose whom we will serve and select that
which is right in the sight of God. "The world passeth
away, and the lust thereof" (I John 2:17).
"The end of the world" is sometimes translated "the End of
the Age" ("Emphatic Diaglott"), thus giving a clearer
meaning to the text. The world, the age, the old order of
things shall come to an end and pass away; and the new
world, the new age, "wherein dwelleth righteousness," will
be established.
energy--The power of God within us to accomplish. Strength
or vigor of expression. Internal or inherent power, as of
the mind; capacity of acting, or producing an effect.
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Power forcibly exerted; force or action. Zeal in motion,
the forerunner of every effect.
enthusiasm--"Ardent zeal or interest; fervor. Divine
inspiration or possession" (Webster). It is a powerful
expression of a living interest; it is active and vital.
Enthusiasm is another word for zeal, and zeal is a great
stimulator of man. You cannot think of or repeat the word
zeal without evoking a certain mental thrill that spurs you
to action in some direction.
entity--"A thing which has reality and distinctness of
being either in fact or for thought" (Webster).
entities, protective--The shepherds who were watching their
flocks by night at the time of Jesus' birth symbolize
protective entities of God that have kept watch over the
soul in its sleep between incarnations.
environment--Surroundings. Our consciousness is our real
environment. The outer environment is always in
correspondence to the thoughts making up our consciousness.
"Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee"
(Psalms 91:9, 10).
equivalent--"Equal in force or authority" (Webster). Our
demonstrations are equivalent to the power and illumination
contained in our realizations. We receive according to our
capacity to receive.
error--That which is untrue. Error thoughts represent
belief in thoughts and beliefs not of God. Error thoughts
have no foundation in Truth. They originate in the
intellect. They are eliminated by one's denying their
reality and power, and affirming the Truth of Being.
essence, spiritual--The substance in which all things exist
and out of which all things are made.
eternal--Without beginning or end; timeless; everlasting in
duration. "The eternal God is thy dwelling-place" (Deut.
33:27).
ether--The spiritual substance in which we live, move,
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and have our being and out of which can be made whatever we
desire. Some scientists teach that space is heavily charged
with energies that would transform the earth if they could
be controlled. Arthur Eddington says that about half the
leading physicists assert that the ether exists and the
other half deny its existence; but, in his words, "Both
parties mean exactly the same thing, and are divided only
by words."
One with spiritual understanding knows that the ether
exists as an emanation of Mind and should not be confused
in its limitations with matter. Its being is governed and
sustained by ideas, and ideas have no physical dimensions.
evil--That which is not of God; unreality; error thought; a
product of the fallen human consciousness; negation.
Evil is a parasite. It has no permanent life of itself; its
whole existence depends on the life it borrows from its
parent, and when its connection with the parent is severed
nothing remains. In Divine Mind there is no recognition of
evil conditions. Such conditions have no basis of reality.
They are conjurations of a false consciousness. Apparent
evil is the result of ignorance, and when Truth is
presented the error disappears.
There is but one presence and one power, God omnipotent.
But man has the privilege and freedom of using this power
as he will. When he misuses it he brings about inharmonious
conditions. These are called evil. Evil appears in the
world because man is not in spiritual understanding. He has
not learned that all is Mind; neither has he conformed to
the law of Mind, with the result that inharmony appears in
his body and affairs. He can do away with evil by learning
rightly to use the one Power. If there were a power of
evil, it could not be changed.
evil, overcoming--Evil must be overcome with good. We must
dwell in the good so wholly that all the substance of our
thoughts and our being is given over to the
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promotion of the good. This is a mental process in which
all negation (evil) is denied, and creative, fearless
affirmation of God's perfect good is steadfastly adhered to.
evolution--The development achieved by man working under
spiritual law. It is the result of the development of ideas
in mind. What we are is the result of the evolution of our
consciousness, and this consciousness is the result of seed
ideas sown in the mind. In the beginning, God implanted His
perfect word--involved this seed word into each man.
Evolution is the unfolding in consciousness of that which
God involved in man in the beginning. (see involution)
evolution, spiritual--The unfolding of the Spirit of God
into expression. The Christ or Son of God evolution in man
is plainly taught in the New Testament as the supreme
attainment of every man. "For the earnest expectation of
the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God"
(Rom. 8:19).
exaltation--A lifting up; a raising up of the consciousness
in man from a physical and mental basis to the spiritual.
Affirm: "I hear the voice of God within me and I am
exalted."
exercise--The act of training the mind to think of God's
attributes as forces that are being incorporated into the
mind as one incorporates strength into the body. "Exercise
thyself unto godliness" (I Tim. 4:7).
exercises, spiritual--Prayer, meditation, worship, and
fasting from erroneous ideas.
existence--"State or fact of having being" (Webster);
manifestation. The object of man's existence is to bring
forth in the race that which exists in God.
exorcist--One who uses a holy name to cast out evil
spirits; an imitator of Truth who is not in the
understanding of the change of heart and thought that must
accompany all true healing. (see Acts 19:13-16)
expectation--Anticipation of divine good. Looking
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about for the wondrous benefits God has prepared for us.
In every person is that which causes him always to hope for
and to expect that which is good and true. This very
expectation helps the good to become active.
experimentation--Man is a free agent. He can open his mind
to divine wisdom and know creative law, or he can work out
his unfoldment through experimentation. Our race is in the
experimental stage. In our ignorance we transgress the law
to the very limit, and then a great reaction sets in, a
general condition that is negative to the point of
dissolution. Then, that in us which always looks obediently
to God in an extremity is awakened, and we seek divine
guidance.
external forms of religion, worship of--Undue attention to
ritual and ceremony. Concern with the letter and not the
spirit of religion.
eye, inner--Spiritual vision; intuitive seeing with the eye
of Truth.
eye, single--Searching quality of mind with keen
observation that selects only that which is good. The
single eye is open and receptive only to the guiding light
of Spirit.
eyes, blind--A darkened consciousness. When we are exalted
and illumined through Truth darkness disappears. "And in
that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the
eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of
darkness" (Isa. 29:18).
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