{"collection":"nth","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nth/unity/chl/chl16.htm","path":"nth/unity/chl/chl16.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nth/unity/chl/chl16.htm","text":"Christian Healing: the science of being, by Charles Fillmore, [1926]\nAbraham (see Sarah)\nAdam, 31, 33, 34, 55-57; and Eve, 112\naffirmation, misuse of, 52, 53 (see denial; mind)\naffirmations and denials, list of: 17, 29, 38, 39, 48, 49, 52, 60, 70, 71, 82-84, 94, 95, 106, 111, 112, 114, 115-118, 129, 132, 140, 141\nallegory, 31, 73, 74 (see Bible)\napostles, symbolism of the Twelve, 73\natom, as seat of substance, force, and intelligence, 62 (see molecule)\nBeing, as always present, 66, 67; character of, 7-16\nBible, as allegory, 31; as exposition of mental laws and physiological estate of body, 73, 74\nBible Glossary of Antiquities (quoted), 119\nbirth, and rebirth, explained, 25, 26\nbody, afflictions of, caused by misuse of generative life function, 47; and the power of imagination, 104, 105; as projection of man's idea, 34; centers and subcenters of thought in, 45-47; resurrection of, as taking place in man's mind, 35 (see God-Mind; regeneration; spirit)\nbrain cells (see cells)\ncardiac plexus (see heart)\ncells, 99; and thoughts, 74, 75; and words, 136, 137; brain, 86, 87, 96, 97\ncharacter, 105, 106 (see imagination)\nChrist, as higher self, 53; as inner principle (Son of God), 66, 67; as the Word, the Logos, 137; love as requirement for entering consciousness of, 137, 138; putting on, 26, 90; selfish use of life center in organism (Judas) as betrayer of, 58, 59; (spiritual ego, superconsciousness) as Savior, 59 (see Jesus; Peter)\nChrist man, 23, 107 (see God-Mind)\nChrist Mind, 98, 117, 120, 121; and Jesus, 26, 27\nChristianity, as a science, 30, 31, 43, 44; practical, as right relation of ideas and right thought, 14\ncommunion, with God, 92 (see God; Prayer)\ncondemnation, as a boomerang, 122, 123; vs. faith, 89, 90, 93\ncontrariness, 111 (see will)\nconversion, 57, 58 (see repentance)\ncourage (see love)\ncreation, outer world not a safe pattern for, 99-101\nDarwin, Charles Robert, 30\ndaydreams, 96 (see imagination)\ndenial, and affirmation, applied to condemnation and justice, 125; and forgiveness of sin, 57, 58; as metaphysical remedy for selfishness, 53; power of, to dissolve all discordant and disease-forming words, 69, 70 (see Jesus; man; mind; repentance; sin)\ndesire, and fulfillment, 108, 109\nDevil (see Satan)\ndisease, and the spoken word, 64-66; as result of selfish attitudes and aims, 52-54; thinking body into, 45\nDivine Mind (see God-Mind; mind)\ndoubt, and blind faith, 88\ndreams, as means of communication between God and man, 102, 103; visions, and spiritual experiences, 36, 101-104\nDrummond, Henry, on love, 133, 134\nEadie, John (Biblical Cyclopaedia), 18\nearly Christians, faith of, 88\nElijah, 80\nElohim, 32\nEphraim and Manasseh, represented as will and understanding, 109, 110\nEsau (natural man), 101\nether, 62, 63, 68, 99, 100, 103, 104 (see vibration)\nevil, on pronouncing nothing, 93\nexperience, as severe schoolmaster, 112\nfaculties, as viewed by physiologists, psychologists, and metaphysicians, 86, 87\nfaith, 80, 81; and prayer going hand in hand, 89; and the All-Presence, 66, 67; as essential to success, 90, 91; as ever active, 90; Jesus' faith vs. blind, 76, 77; not limited to religious experience, 83, 84; Paul on, 85; understanding, and spiritual development, 37; vs. belief, 85, 86 (see prayer)\nFarrar, Archaeacon Frederick William (quoted), 123, 124\nFather, 26, 66, 67; God known as, when individually formed in\nman's consciousness, 16; Jesus on man's unity with, 25; Son, and Holy Ghost, as mind, idea, and expression, 20\n\"Father's house,\" on getting back to, 35\nforehead, as seat of will and understanding, 109\nfreedom, vs. license, 112, 113\nfront brain, as seat of imagination, 99, 100\nGarden of Eden, 31, 34, 37, 38, 47, 48, 70\nGehenna (Valley of Hinnom), 123, 124\ngenerative center, as seat of life, 46, 47\nGenesis, 47, 72, 74, 98; interpreted, 31-33\nGod, as Father of man, 8, 131, 132; as fount of wisdom and source of supply, 98; as good, 10, 11, 93; as indwelling Mind, 81; as justice, 120; as love, 120, 137, 138; as Mind, 18; as mind-principle, 92; as omnipresent spiritual force, 15; as Spirit, 26, 66, 67; as supreme knowing, 112; Paul on the immanence of, 11; trust in, vs. trust in Mammon, 135, 136; various names of 8, 10, 11, 16\nGod-Mind 26, 98, 99; and the perfect-man idea, 23-24, 33, 36, 37; as Spirit, soul, and body (mind, idea, expression), 21, 22; as unchanging, 18; man and universe within, as living, acting thoughts, 19; spiritual consciousness as faculty relating to, 76\nGod's will, 109-112; and prayer, 18, 19, 77; as good will, 111, 112\nhead, as seat of intellect, 74, 75; top of, as seat of spirit, 76\nhealing, and hypnotism, 113\nheart (cardiac plexus), as seat of love, 38, 120, 130, 132, 133\nHinnom, Valley of (see Gehenna)\nHoly Spirit, and the \"upper room,\" 27, 28; baptism of, 57, 58\nHugo, Victor (quoted), 96\nHuxley, Thomas Henry, 30\nI AM, 33, 34, 98, 99, 115; and imagination, 100, 101; and judgment, 121, 122; as focal center in building character, 93; as man's self-identity, 109; as the \"image of God,\" the \"only begotten Son,\" 24, 25; Jacob as, 101, 102; represented in man as will of God, 108, 109\nI will, as Adam (manifest man), 33, 34\nI WILL BE THAT I WILL BE, 109\nidea, fulfillment of, instantaneous, 76-78; perfect man, 23, 24, 33, 36, 37 (see God-Mind; mind)\nideas, rapid transmission of, through unity with supreme Mind, 66; and structures made after their own images and likeness, 38; as key to problem of life, 13, 14; divine, as man's inheritance, 13. (see kingdom of heaven; mind)\nimagination, and daydreams, 96; as faculty required for shaping thought, 98, 99; on controlling, 100, 101; power of, in impressing mental concepts upon the body, 104, 105; work of, in transforming character, 105, 106\nIndia, and the priesthood, 21\n\"inner chamber\" (kingdom of heaven), and prayer, 81 (see \"upper room\")\nintellect, and belief, 85, 86; and faith, 87\nintuition, knowing through, 114\nJacob (intellectual man), 101, 102; twelve sons of, as twelve foundation faculties of man, 72-76, 101, 102, 130, 131\nJames (judgment), 92\njealousy, nature, effect, and cure of, 126\nJehovah, as I AM, 109\nJehovah God, 33, 34; (spiritual man) as I AM, 33, 34\nJesus, and human kinship, 131, 132; and the centurion's faith, 66, 67; and the loaves and fishes, 78, 80; and the new race, 90, 91; and the Pharisees, 23; and the raising of dead, 34, 35; and the will of God, 77; and Thomas's unbelief, 116, 117; as allegory of man's development from natural to spiritual consciousness, 73, 74; as I AM, 109; asking and receiving in the name of, 69, 81; called Word of God, 61, 62; faculties of man symbolized by Twelve Apostles of, 73; faith and belief as synonymous with, 85, 86; knowledge and power of, coming direct from Father, 98; on being \"born anew,\" 25, 26, 28; on denial, 53; on God-man relationship, 42, 43; on \"hell of fire,\" 123, 124; on kingdom of God, 11, 13-15, 66, 67, 90, 91, 100, 101; on love, 135, 137, 138; on obedience to God's will, 33, 110; on perfection of man, 24; on regeneration, 38, 39; on spiritual faith, 87-89, 91; on the law of judgment, 121, 122; on the mind called the Lord, 96, 97; on the power of the spoken word, 64, 68, 136, 137; on unity of all men, 25; on will and understanding, 107, 108; personality of, merged in the universal, 27; Peter's recognition of Christ in, 67; vs. Judas, 58, 59 (see Father; Peter)\nJoseph (husband of Mary), and dreams, 102, 103\nJudas (false ego; false state of consciousness), 58, 59; (sense consciousness), 74\njudge, the Son as supreme, 126\njudgment, good, and Principle, 121, 122\njudgment day, meaning of, 123\njustice, and love, necessary for balanced judgment, 120, 121\nKepler, Johannes (quoted), 48\nkingdom of God, claiming identity with God necessary for man's entry into, 36\nkingdom of heaven, 81; as harmony of ideas, 16 (see Jesus; kingdom of God; man)\nKrishna, 23\nlaws, study of mental, 12\nLazarus, 13\nLevi (love), 130, 131; (union), 73, 75, 76\nlicense (see freedom)\nlife center (generative center), spiritual, 47\nliver (mental discrimination), adversely affected by condemnation, 124, 125\nLogos, defined, 18, 61 (see Word of God)\n\"Lord's body,\" 22\nlove, 38, 80, 81, 130-140; and courage, 138; and the new heaven and new earth, 138, 139; and the power of the word, 136, 137; defined, 134, 135; divine, vs. human love, 137, 138; enlarging character through, 92; of money, 135, 136; on developing love by prayer and meditation, 132, 133; represented by John, 132, 133 (see charity; regeneration)\nman, as consummation of the Word, 61; as co-operator with God in forming the universe, 68; as epitome of Being, 42, 43; as expresser of the one Mind in multitude of ways, 97, 98; as inlet and outlet of life, substance, and intelligence, 22, 23; as mind, 12, 13; as necessary factor in God's work, 33; as spirit, soul, and body, 72; as \"temple of God,\" 11, 12; as the \"image\" and \"likeness,\" 19, 26, 32, 33, 98, 99, 108, 109; demonstrating Truth of Being as object of existence of, 55; generic, represented by Adam, 55; thoughts of, endowed with secondary power of thought, 50; true identity of, 21, 22, 36, 37 (see God-Mind; I AM)\nManasseh (see Ephraim)\nmanifestation, 107; and its corresponding idea in mind, 44, 45 (see cause and effect)\nMartha, 13\nMatthew (will), 116\nmeditation (see prayer)\nmediumship, 113\nmental laws (see laws)\nmesmerism (see hynotism)\nMessiah (anointed One, Savior), 75, 76; Hebrews', 23\nmind, 120, 121; affirmation and denial as dual attributes of, 51-55; and ideas, 16, 18; and spirit, as synonymous, 11, 12; as absolute and unlimited, 66; idea and expression, 20,\n21, 61; importance of studying and understanding laws of, 12, 19; on trusting logic of, 8, 9; power of, to build or destroy human body, 52-54; substance, force, and intelligence, as three constituents of, 62; the one, vs. individual mind, 97, 107. (see God-Mind; Trinity)\nmiracles, and the early Christians, 88\nmolecule, as seat of intelligence, substance, and action, 50 (see atom)\nmoney, Paul on love of, 135, 136\nMoses, and the pattern on the mount, 100, 101, 130, 131; as lawgiver, 120\n\"mount\" (see upper room)\nnerves, as transmitters of mind's messages, 45, 46, 64, 65\nNew Testament, as work on spiritual physiology, 27, 28\nNicodemus, 28\nold age, on erasing, 105\norganism, action of mind in bodily, likened to that of city telephone system, 45, 46\nPaul, 11, 20, 30, 31, 36, 106, 133; on allegory, 31, 73, 74; on sonship, 25; (visions), 102, 103\nperfection, on bringing forth, 105, 106\nPeter, as illustration of faith's victory over doubt, 91; (dreams), 102, 103; (faith), as \"rock,\" 73, 86, 91, 92; on the Christ, the Son of God, 66, 67\npineal gland (center of brain), as seat of faith, 86, 87, 89\npraise, 74-76; and increase, 80; importance of, 78-80 (see prayer)\nprayer, active trust as form of, 127; and faith, 76, 77; and praise,\n74-80; and the power of the word, 69; as cumulative, 78; as point of contact between man's mind and Divine Mind, 14, 15, 78; cause of unanswered, 80; daily, and the consciousness of the inner One, 15; law of, 80, 81; Paul on, 30, 31; supplication, vs. thanksgiving in, 75, 76 (see God's will)\nprodigal son, parable of, interpreted, 15, 35\nrace consciousness, and the parable of the prodigal son, 35, 36\nregeneration, and love, 131, 132, 137, 138; as process of body refinement, 38, 39\nrepentance, as form of denial, 57, 58\nresurrection, 35 (see body)\n\"righteous indignation,\" 125, 126\nSarah, and Abraham, as allegory, 73, 74\nSatan, as adverse will, 115, 116; as personal mind, 55, 56\nscience, vs. metaphysics, 43, 44, 67, 68\nscriptural texts (see texts)\nScriptures, on man's power and dominion, 50, 51 (see Bible)\nsecond birth (see birth)\nselfishness, 21, 22; as limitation, 92\nself-control, vs. suppression, 114, 115\nsensation, 47\nserpent, as symbol of sensation (experience), 112\nsight, 72, 75, 76; physical vs. spiritual, 89\nSimon Peter (hearing and faith), 73 (see Peter)\nsin, as missing the mark, 90; forgiveness of, as erasure of mortal thoughts, 57, 58\nsolar plexus, as body's central station, 45, 46; mind's twelve faculties massed at brain center called, 120\nSon of God, 107; vs. personal self, 115, 116\nsoul (see God-Mind; Spirit)\nSpirit, 107; as seat of power, 10, 11; inspiration of, and its attainment, 7, 8; science of, vs. intellectual standards, 7; soul, and body (as mind of God and mind of man), 21, 22, 72 (see God-Mind)\nsubconscious mind, conscious mind, and superconscious mind, 96, 97\nsuccess, 90; in world dependent on good judgment, 127, 128\nsuperconscious mind (superconsciousness), and its entrance into natural mind, 27, 28; and man's communion with God, 25; and thought unity, 24; as man's guide, 10; called the Lord, 96, 97; praise (Judah) as portal to, 75 (see Christ Mind)\nsuppression (see self-control)\ntelepathy, 66\ntexts, list of scriptural, used as affirmations and denials: 17, 29, 39, 48, 49, 60, 70, 71, 82-85, 94, 95, 106, 118, 119, 129, 130, 139-141 (see affirmations and denials)\nthanksgiving (see praise)\nThomas (understanding), 116, 117\nthought, as Son of God, and son of man, 50; formative power\nof, 40, 98, 99; not limited to brain cells, 97; unity of, as law of mind action, 24, 33 (see ether)\nthought forces, creating harmful, by condemnation, 122, 123\nthought transference (see telepathy)\nThummim (see Urim)\ntongue, brain center at root of, 63, 64\n\"Tree of knowledge,\" interpreted, 55-57\ntree of life, in Genesis, interpreted, 47\nTruth, as an individual experience, 15, 16; religious and mystical systems, vs. practical demonstration of, 20, 21\nunderstanding, 37, 78; and the All-Presence, 66, 67; represented by Thomas, 116, 117; spiritual, vs. ignorance, 113, 114; strengthening the will through, 110 (see faith)\n\"upper room\" (top of head), 27, 28, 75, 76 (see \"inner chamber\")\nUrim and Thummim, meaning of, 119, 120\nValley of Hinnom (see Hinnom, Valley of)\nvibration, effects of thought and word, 62-65, 68, 69\nvisions, 102, 103, 113, 114 (see dreams)\nwill, and understanding, 107-117; not to be retarded or broken, 109, 110, 112; perverted, 111; represented by Matthew, 116, unwise to surrender to another's, 113\nwillfullness, personal, and its results in mind, body, and affairs, 110, 112\nWord, as \"only begotten\" of God, 62; power of the spoken, 63-70, 116, 117, 136, 137 (see body; prayer; vibration)","title":"Christian Healing: the science of being: Index","type":"page"}