|
Talks on Truth
Index
[<- Go back to Question Helps]
[Talks on Truth]
[Charles Fillmore's Works] [Unity on the Web Home Page]
Adam 36, 136, 146; as established creation of Jehovah God,
22, 23; as man's intellect, 15-18, 20
Adam man, 127
Adversary, current criticism as subtle, 87
affirmations and denials, list of: 63, 65, 152
Ananias, and Sapphira, 126, 127
Andrew (strength), 53, 90, 91
Arnold, Sir Edwin ("Light of Asia"), 27
atonement (at-one-ment), 161-178; and race consciousness,
164-166; meaning of, 164, 165
authority, external, keeps men in bondage, 104
baptism, 73, 90, 91, 151
Being, 40, 43, 154, 158, 164, 165; and Jesus, 169; cause
and effect as law of, 78; desire and fulfillment as
principle of, 79; law of unfoldment in, 24, 25
Bhakti (Disciples of Love), 59
birth and rebirth, 75-78 (See Spirit)
blood of Jesus, and Paul's conception of salvation, 167, 168
body (and mind), harmonious, and faculties contributing to
harmony, 53; as instrument of the mind, 62; as temple of
living God, 118-121; as transformer of life, 41, 42;
building a spiritual, by following directions of Spirit,
97, 107; man's, as temple in which Christ holds religious
services, 105, 106; on parallelism of change of thought and
change of, 116; transformation of man's, 111-113, 153 (See
man)
bondage, concerning, 104
Bryant, William Cullen ("Thanatopsis"), 48
burdens, on bearing, 94, 95
cause and effect, 8-10, 78, 161, 162
Page ii
cells 153, 154; beliefs in consciousness as affecting body,
49, 50; live vs. dead, and their relation to health, 152
charity, on evils of 95
Christ, 34, 35; and His reign within man, 131; as
individualized mind of God, 169; body of, and regeneration,
154, 155; bringing powers of man's being into subjection
to, 50; power of, 49 (See Church of Christ; God; Jesus)
Christ consciousness, vs. Jesus consciousness, 167-171
Christianity, pure, as taught by Jesus, vs. organized
Christianity, 101-113, 132, 133, 175, 176; teaching of,
regarding human race, 114
church of Christ, as exact science, 110, 111; as man's
spiritual body, 105, 106, 112, 113; as state of
consciousness, 105, 106, 110; every department of man's
existence covered by, 111; external organization of, vs.
minds and hearts of men, 109
civilization, new, as higher state of consciousness, 124-126
Comforter (See Holy Spirit)
communion, man's, with God, 136, 137
consciousness, forming a harmonious and permanent, 71;
personal, 177; spiritual (heaven), a man's rightful abode,
88; thinking faculty as executive power in, 54; true church
of Christ as state of, 105, 106, 110
creation, imperfect, as man's fault, 116, 117; transitory
vs. permanent, 70
creed (See dogma)
criticism (See error)
Daniel, 47, 136
death, and sleep as brothers in metaphysical sense, 46, 48,
147; as defined by Webster, 38; as denial of God's idea of
life, 149; as result of wrong concept and use
Page iii
of life, 45; first and second, explained, 146-150; ideas
of, vs. ideas of life, and their effect on man's body, 150,
151; microbe of, 19, 20; on overcoming, 111-116, 164; on
saving body from, by seeing it as temple of God, 118; on
what happens after, 159; Paul on, 47, 146, 147 (See sin)
demonstration, reasons for failure in, 85, 86
denial, power of, 82, 83
desire, 40; and experience, 79-82; vs. fulfillment, 77, 78
Devil (See Satan)
Diogenes, 75
disciples, twelve, as faculties in the body consciousness,
52
Disciples of Love (See Bhakti)
disease, not natural, 120; not of God, 56; on overcoming,
115, 116; vs. health, 39
dogma, as obstructor of soul's progress, 104, 105
dreams, and the Holy Spirit, 136, 137
Eden (See Garden of Eden)
ego, as I AM, 77, 78
Elijah, 9, 58
Emerson (quoted), 9, 26
error, magnifying, as subtle adversary, 87
ether, 55, 61, 163
evil, 22, 39, 40; denying, 56
experience, 114
faculties (of man's mind) (disciples), to be developed in
same order as Jesus chose His disciples, 90, 91
faith, represented by Peter, 52-54
"fall of man," explained, 161, 163
Father, 33-37, 64, 72, 90-92, 173, 174, 178; as man's
provider and protector 94, 95; finding the, in man's
Page iv
inner temple, 97, 98; glory of, made manifest through Son,
24; oneness with, 98, 142, 143, 166; Son, and Holy Ghost,
as Principle, ideal, and formative word, 68, 134
fear, microbe of, 19
flesh, as man's obedient servant, 79; as state of
consciousness, 77; loosing bonds of, with words, 82, 83;
vs. Spirit, 75-88
Garden of Eden, 16, 36, 45, 96, 151; as antedating
formation of this planet, 163; restoration of, on earth,
122, 123
Genesis, 14, 15
God, accessibility of, 10-12; and the Word, as presented by
John, 66; as all-potential mind, 116, 117; as
Father-Mother, and all men and women as common family, 81,
99; as infinite, vs. God as a person, 9, 10, 104; as love,
8, 9, 64; as man's higher self, 11, 12; as omnipresent
intelligence, 13; as origin of all, 70; as Spirit, or Mind,
7-9, 97, 98; Christ (ideal man), as only Son of, 167;
expressing, as man's mission, 99, 100; life and health as
consequence of man's acquaintance with, 44; no duality in,
148, 149; Spirit as man's only leader in search for, 110
(See experience; Word)
Godhead, man as imaging faculty in, 70, 71
God-man relationship, 92, 112, 113, 170, 171
God-Mind, 42, 152
good, affirming, 56; as reality of God and man, 116-118;
minimizing, as subtle adversary, 87; on pronouncing every
experience as, 107, 108; vs. evil, 22, 39, 40
greed, 54, 55
guidance, 114
happiness, 30, 31, 123
Page v
hate, vs. love, 152, 153
healing, metaphysical, secret of, 118-121
health, 152; (life), and acquaintanceship with God, 44 (See
also cells)
hearing (receptivity), represented by Simon, afterward
named Peter, 90
heart, as faculty (center) of love, 52, 58, 62, 63
Holy Spirit (Ghost), and its part in the reconstruction of
man's body, 106-108; and man's communion with God, 137,
138; as formative word, 68; as man's only teacher and
guide, 102, 103; as only authorized interpreter of Jesus
Christ's gospel, 133, 139; as whole Spirit of God, 139,
140; as wise builder, 70; baptism of, 73, 90, 91, 107, 151;
Jesus on blasphemy against, explained, 106, 107; man's
acknowledgement of, way to harmonious consciousness, 71;
relation of, to God and Christ, 133, 145
hypnotism, 36
I AM, 25, 26, 36, 41, 42; and imagination, 68; and its
relation to I will, 29, 30; and the development of man's
powers, 92; and the kingdom of heaven, 28-37; and the
thinking faculty, 96; as determining all states of
consciousness, 77; as Principle, 76, 77; as pure Spirit,
30; as will in flesh consciousness, as love in spiritual
consciousness, 78, 79; belief in fleshly parentage as
hindrance to function of, on spiritual plane, 80, 81;
desire as moving factor of, 77, 78; happiness as mission
of, 30, 31; identification of, with its creation, as
illusion, 89, 90; (Lord God), and the perfect body, 117,
118 (See kingdom of heaven)
I will, 29, 30
Page vi
ideas, power of, 28, 29
imagination, 68
inspiration (guidance) (God), 114
intellect, 16-18, 20; as executive officer of wisdom, 58;
represented by John the Baptist, 69; vs. Spirit, 22; vs.
wisdom, 21-23 (See love; wisdom)
intelligence, and life, 40 (See will; wisdom)
Isis (See Osiris)
Jacob (dreams), 136
James, son of Zebedee (discrimination or judgment), 53
Jeans, Sir James (quoted), 41
Jehovah, as I AM, 76, 77, 157
Jehovah God, 14, 15, 118, 119, 135, 136; as infinite Mind
in expression, 11 (See man)
Jesus, and earthly parentage, 80, 81; and His communion
with God in the silence, 137, 138; and race consciousness,
164-168; and the calling of His disciples (representing
body faculties), 52-54; and the Father within, 35-37; and
the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, 155-158; and the
part He played in opening man's way into Father's kingdom,
164, 165; and the power of the I AM, 25; and the Sermon on
the Mount, in relation to regeneration, 86, 87; as
demonstrator of God's law (Word made flesh), 43, 118; as
enigma to worldly-wise of Judea, 71, 72; as genius, 67; as
resurrected Adam, 137; as Saviour, 167, 168; as the Father
(God) incarnate, 141, 142, 169; atonement of, 161-178;
evolution of, from sense to soul, 169-172; man's relation
to, 168, 169; obedience of, to the Father's will, 91, 92;
on body resurrection, 114, 115, 118, 119; on flesh and
Spirit, 75; on humility, 93; on kingdom of heaven, 31-34,
126-131; on life, 148, 149; on
Page vii
marriage, 83; on overcoming hard conditions, 25; on raising
the dead, 38, 42, 45-47; on states of consciousness, 84;
original doctrine as set forth by, and His disciples,
102-104; words of, 172-178 (See Christ; man)
John, 66; (love), 53; on New Jerusalem, 128, 129, 159, 160
Joseph (dreams), 136
Joseph (husband of Mary), and dreams, 137
judgment (discrimination, discretion), represented by
James, 53
kingdom of God, 13, 80; prophecies concerning restoration
of, 122-127
kingdom of heaven, availability, location, benefits, and
conditions for entering, 31-37, 126-131; four faculties
necessary for man's entry into, 53, 54; no short cuts into,
36
knowledge, inspiration vs. experience in attaining, 114
Koch, Robert, 17
Lazarus (brother of Martha and Mary), 42, 47, 49
Lazarus (the beggar), 155-158
Leeser, Isaac ("Twenty-four Books of the Holy Scriptures"),
42
life, as omnipresent principle and expression of Being, 40,
45, 46; eternal, 146-160; importance of affirmations in
demonstrating eternal, 149, 150, 152, 153; intelligence vs.
ignorance in the use of, 44 (See death; health)
life force, and misdirected desires, 40
logic (See reason)
Lord's body, man's place in, 115-119
Page viii
love, 152, 153; and its attributes, 56, 61; as blind
without wisdom, 78, 79; as magnet, 55, 56, 60, 61; center
of, 62-64; divine, and its development, 51-65; power of,
57-59; represented by John, 53; vs. evil, 56; vs. greed,
54, 55; vs. sex lust, 64 (See Power; race consciousness;
thought; wisdom)
Lowell, James Russell, 122
man, as a son of God (God's idea), 74, 90, 91, 103, 167,
170; as formative faculty of Being, 70, 71; as highest
expression of God, 41; as organizer by nature, 105; as
responsible for bringing forth perfection, 117, 118; as
spirit, soul, and body, 157-159; as spiritual by birth,
163; as wise or ignorant builder of life, 90; consciousness
of, summed up as God, Jehovah God, and Adam, 15; erasing
personal, as short cut into kingdom of heaven, 93, 94; Holy
Spirit revealed to, through his spiritual nature, 139, 140;
intellectual vs. spiritual, 72; redemption of, from sin,
34; self-knowledge revealed by the I AM in, 76; to become
God incarnate, 142 (See powers; regeneration; thoughts)
marriage, and the spiritual consciousness, 83
materia medica, vs. metaphysics, 19, 20
mediumship, 36
mesmerism (See hypnotism)
metaphysics, as understanding of realm of ideas and their
expression, 70
microorganism, and thought, 14-27
millennium, dawn of, in man's keeping, 124, 125
Mind, 10, 12, 16, 18, 33, 41, 57, 72; as causative power,
82; as generator of thought, 7, 8; as knowing quality of
Being, 71, freedom of, and the search for truth, 104; idea,
and manifestation, as one, 14, 15, 106; innocence of, as
its own defense, 107, 108;
Page ix
perfection in, to be expressed in man, as it was in Jesus,
117-120 (See body; god)
miracles, vs. universal law, 111
Moore, Thomas ("Thou art, O God"), 100
Moses, 17, 157; and obedience to Spirit, 97; and the I AM,
76, 77
New Jerusalem, explained, 112, 125, 128, 129, 159, 160
Obedience, concerning spiritual, 93-98
Osiris and Isis, 99
paradise, as state of consciousness, 114
Parker, Doctor, or microbe of death, 19, 20
Pasteur, Louis, 17
Paul, 47, 50, 85, 86, 137, 142, 146, 147; and his
conception of man's salvation through blood of Jesus, 167,
168; and the Lord's body, 117; on natural vs. spiritual
body, 105, 106
Peter, as representing one aspect of the I AM, 15, 16;
(faith), as "rock," 52-54, 90, 102, 103; (visions), 137
Phylacteries, 172, 173, 175
physiology, and body building, 147-149; vs. metaphysics, on
health, 152-154
Plato, 75; Emerson on, 9; on pure reason, 117
power, love vs. intellect, in relation to, 58, 59 (See love)
powers, man as user and not possessor of God's creation
and, 92, 93
prayer, 137, 138; and reconstruction of body, 107 (See
communion; Holy Spirit)
prayer wheels, 173, 175
Prince of Peace, 124
Page x
Principle, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost omnipresent as, 68,
69
Promised Land, 113, 164
prophecy, and the kingdom of God, 122-125
psychic phenomena, 158
race consciousness, 164-168; and death, 45, 46; and love,
61; and the visible reign of Christ, 123-125
reason (of Spirit), pure, and body regeneration, 119
rebirth (See birth)
redemption (See man; regeneration; thoughts)
reforms, and reformers, 7-9, 165
regeneration, 34, 119, 147, 154; and obedience to Spirit,
112, 113; and the Sermon on the Mount, 86, 87 (See birth)
reincarnation, 156, 157, 159
resurrection, 48, 49, 164; of body, not limited to Jesus,
114, 115
Rotherham, Joseph Bryant, 87
salvation, and the Holy Spirit, 139, 140
Sapphira (See Ananias)
Satan, 34; as experience, 114; as personal self, 171, 172
Science, on self-perpetuation of man's body, 115
scriptures, as portraying progress of mind, 16; man's
tendency to make idol of, 103, 104; on light and
intelligence, 69
"Secret Place," as point of contact between man and God, 72
sects, protestant, led by Spirit in their incipiency, 109
sensation, 45; as serpent, and the five senses, 82; vs.
Spirit, 78
Sermon on the Mount, 86, 87
Page xi
sex lust, 64
Shakespeare (quoted), 28, 47
sickness (See disease)
silence, 107; vs. noise, 8 (See communion; prayer)
Simon (See Peter)
Simon Magus, 73
sin, as "missing the mark," 48, 49; as related to disease
and death, 154-157
sleep (See death)
Solomon (dreams), 137
son of man, 25
soul, pearl of great price within man's, 99, 100 (See man)
Spirit, 8-9, 90; as highest realm of mind, 131; as
omnipotent, silent principle of Being, 96; as permeating
all things, 67; as state of consciousness, 77; man's birth
into, 75-78, 80, 81; obedience to, as short cut to kingdom
of heaven and wholeness, 93-98; Paul on living by, 85, 86
(See God; man)
Spirit of truth, 37
strength, represented by Andrew, 52, 53
substance, 26
supply, and love, 55
theology, vs. metaphysical doctrine, 67, 68
theory, vs. works, 68
thought, as formative, 18; body as fruit of man's, 116;
error, and its effect on love, 54, 55; right, as dependent
on use of faith, strength, judgment, and love, 53, 54
thoughts, as microbes, 18, 19; evil (Satan), vs. good
thoughts (Christ) in man's regeneration, 34 (See man;
regeneration; thoughts)
Trinity, 134
Page xii
Truth, as written in every soul's inner sanctuary, 174;
testifying in favor of, 69
visions (See dreams)
Wesley, John, 109
will, as blind without intelligence, 78, 79
wisdom, 21, 22; and love, 23, 24, 26; as of Spirit, 91; as
the Father within man (also called the Christ), 35-37;
exercise of, necessary to right living, 40; love and
intellect in relation to, 58 (See love)
word, as visible expression of mind and ideas, 176; as
working power of God, 68; power of the spoken, 82, 83, 148,
172, 173, 176, 177; relation of God to, according to John,
66
Word of God, 35, 121; as revelator to man of his powers and
possibilities, 73, 74 (See holy spirit)
[Talks on Truth]
Charles Fillmore's Works [Unity on the Web Home Page]
|
|