{"collection":"nth","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nth/unity/tot/tot17.htm","path":"nth/unity/tot/tot17.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nth/unity/tot/tot17.htm","text":"Talks on Truth, by Charles Fillmore, [1912]\nAdam 36, 136, 146; as established creation of Jehovah God, 22, 23; as man's intellect, 15-18, 20\nAdam man, 127\nAdversary, current criticism as subtle, 87\naffirmations and denials, list of: 63, 65, 152\nAnanias, and Sapphira, 126, 127\nArnold, Sir Edwin (\"Light of Asia\"), 27\natonement (at-one-ment), 161-178; and race consciousness, 164-166; meaning of, 164, 165\nauthority, external, keeps men in bondage, 104\nBeing, 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\nBhakti (Disciples of Love), 59\nbirth and rebirth, 75-78 (See Spirit)\nblood of Jesus, and Paul's conception of salvation, 167, 168\nbody (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)\nbondage, concerning, 104\nBryant, William Cullen (\"Thanatopsis\"), 48\ncause and effect, 8-10, 78, 161, 162\ncells 153, 154; beliefs in consciousness as affecting body, 49, 50; live vs. dead, and their relation to health, 152\ncharity, on evils of 95\nChrist, 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)\nChrist consciousness, vs. Jesus consciousness, 167-171\nChristianity, pure, as taught by Jesus, vs. organized Christianity, 101-113, 132, 133, 175, 176; teaching of, regarding human race, 114\nchurch 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\ncivilization, new, as higher state of consciousness, 124-126\nComforter (See Holy Spirit)\ncommunion, man's, with God, 136, 137\nconsciousness, 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\ncreation, imperfect, as man's fault, 116, 117; transitory vs. permanent, 70\ncreed (See dogma)\ncriticism (See error)\ndeath, 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\nof 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)\ndemonstration, reasons for failure in, 85, 86\ndesire, 40; and experience, 79-82; vs. fulfillment, 77, 78\nDevil (See Satan)\nDiogenes, 75\ndisciples, twelve, as faculties in the body consciousness, 52\nDisciples of Love (See Bhakti)\ndisease, not natural, 120; not of God, 56; on overcoming, 115, 116; vs. health, 39\ndogma, as obstructor of soul's progress, 104, 105\ndreams, and the Holy Spirit, 136, 137\nEden (See Garden of Eden)\nerror, magnifying, as subtle adversary, 87\nexperience, 114\nfaculties (of man's mind) (disciples), to be developed in same order as Jesus chose His disciples, 90, 91\nfaith, represented by Peter, 52-54\n\"fall of man,\" explained, 161, 163\nFather, 33-37, 64, 72, 90-92, 173, 174, 178; as man's provider and protector 94, 95; finding the, in man's\ninner 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\nfear, microbe of, 19\nflesh, as man's obedient servant, 79; as state of consciousness, 77; loosing bonds of, with words, 82, 83; vs. Spirit, 75-88\nGarden of Eden, 16, 36, 45, 96, 151; as antedating formation of this planet, 163; restoration of, on earth, 122, 123\nGod, 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)\nGodhead, man as imaging faculty in, 70, 71\nGod-man relationship, 92, 112, 113, 170, 171\ngood, 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\nguidance, 114\nhealing, metaphysical, secret of, 118-121\nhealth, 152; (life), and acquaintanceship with God, 44 (See also cells)\nhearing (receptivity), represented by Simon, afterward named Peter, 90\nheart, as faculty (center) of love, 52, 58, 62, 63\nHoly 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\nhypnotism, 36\nI 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)\nimagination, 68\ninspiration (guidance) (God), 114\nintellect, 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)\nintelligence, and life, 40 (See will; wisdom)\nIsis (See Osiris)\nJacob (dreams), 136\nJames, son of Zebedee (discrimination or judgment), 53\nJeans, Sir James (quoted), 41\nJehovah God, 14, 15, 118, 119, 135, 136; as infinite Mind in expression, 11 (See man)\nJesus, 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\nmarriage, 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)\nJohn, 66; (love), 53; on New Jerusalem, 128, 129, 159, 160\nJoseph (dreams), 136\nJoseph (husband of Mary), and dreams, 137\njudgment (discrimination, discretion), represented by James, 53\nkingdom of God, 13, 80; prophecies concerning restoration of, 122-127\nkingdom 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\nknowledge, inspiration vs. experience in attaining, 114\nKoch, Robert, 17\nLazarus (brother of Martha and Mary), 42, 47, 49\nLeeser, Isaac (\"Twenty-four Books of the Holy Scriptures\"), 42\nlife, 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)\nlife force, and misdirected desires, 40\nlogic (See reason)\nLord's body, man's place in, 115-119\nlove, 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)\nLowell, James Russell, 122\nman, 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)\nmarriage, and the spiritual consciousness, 83\nmateria medica, vs. metaphysics, 19, 20\nmediumship, 36\nmesmerism (See hypnotism)\nmetaphysics, as understanding of realm of ideas and their expression, 70\nmicroorganism, and thought, 14-27\nmillennium, dawn of, in man's keeping, 124, 125\nMind, 10, 12, 16, 18, 33, 41, 57, 72; as causative power,\n82; 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;\nperfection in, to be expressed in man, as it was in Jesus, 117-120 (See body; god)\nmiracles, vs. universal law, 111\nMoore, Thomas (\"Thou art, O God\"), 100\nMoses, 17, 157; and obedience to Spirit, 97; and the I AM, 76, 77\nNew Jerusalem, explained, 112, 125, 128, 129, 159, 160\nObedience, concerning spiritual, 93-98\nOsiris and Isis, 99\nparadise, as state of consciousness, 114\nParker, Doctor, or microbe of death, 19, 20\nPasteur, Louis, 17\nPaul, 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\nPeter, as representing one aspect of the I AM, 15, 16; (faith), as \"rock,\" 52-54, 90, 102, 103; (visions), 137\nphysiology, and body building, 147-149; vs. metaphysics, on health, 152-154\nPlato, 75; Emerson on, 9; on pure reason, 117\npower, love vs. intellect, in relation to, 58, 59 (See love)\npowers, man as user and not possessor of God's creation and, 92, 93\nprayer, 137, 138; and reconstruction of body, 107 (See communion; Holy Spirit)\nPrince of Peace, 124\nPrinciple, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost omnipresent as, 68, 69\nprophecy, and the kingdom of God, 122-125\npsychic phenomena, 158\nrace consciousness, 164-168; and death, 45, 46; and love, 61; and the visible reign of Christ, 123-125\nreason (of Spirit), pure, and body regeneration, 119\nrebirth (See birth)\nredemption (See man; regeneration; thoughts)\nreforms, and reformers, 7-9, 165\nregeneration, 34, 119, 147, 154; and obedience to Spirit, 112, 113; and the Sermon on the Mount, 86, 87 (See birth)\nresurrection, 48, 49, 164; of body, not limited to Jesus, 114, 115\nRotherham, Joseph Bryant, 87\nsalvation, and the Holy Spirit, 139, 140\nSapphira (See Ananias)\nSatan, 34; as experience, 114; as personal self, 171, 172\nScience, on self-perpetuation of man's body, 115\nscriptures, as portraying progress of mind, 16; man's tendency to make idol of, 103, 104; on light and intelligence, 69\n\"Secret Place,\" as point of contact between man and God, 72\nsects, protestant, led by Spirit in their incipiency, 109\nsensation, 45; as serpent, and the five senses, 82; vs. Spirit, 78\nsex lust, 64\nsickness (See disease)\nsilence, 107; vs. noise, 8 (See communion; prayer)\nSimon (See Peter)\nSimon Magus, 73\nsin, as \"missing the mark,\" 48, 49; as related to disease and death, 154-157\nsleep (See death)\nSolomon (dreams), 137\nson of man, 25\nsoul, pearl of great price within man's, 99, 100 (See man)\nSpirit, 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)\nSpirit of truth, 37\nstrength, represented by Andrew, 52, 53\nsubstance, 26\nsupply, and love, 55\ntheology, vs. metaphysical doctrine, 67, 68\ntheory, vs. works, 68\nthought, 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\nthoughts, as microbes, 18, 19; evil (Satan), vs. good thoughts (Christ) in man's regeneration, 34 (See man; regeneration; thoughts)\nTrinity, 134\nTruth, as written in every soul's inner sanctuary, 174; testifying in favor of, 69\nvisions (See dreams)\nWesley, John, 109\nwill, as blind without intelligence, 78, 79\nwisdom, 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)\nword, 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\nWord of God, 35, 121; as revelator to man of his powers and possibilities, 73, 74 (See holy spirit)","title":"Talks on Truth: Index","type":"page"}