Jesus Christ heals, by Charles Fillmore, [1939]
Adam, 4, 40, 158; and Eve, 177, 178
Adamic man, 178
affirmation, and faith, 103; and order, 121; effect of, on body, 13, 14
affirmations and denials, list of: 22, 34, 37, 38, 61, 64-66, 137-139, 142, 144, 147, 150, 153-155, 157, 159, 161-163, 165, 167-169, 171, 173, 176, 177, 179, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 193, 194
at-one-ment, 40 (see God; realization)
attention (see concentration)
aura, spiritual, 76, 110, 138, 139, 146
Being, as aggregation of ideas, 177; defined, 24; expression inevitable in, 131; how to stir powers of, 18, 19; unchangeable laws of, 34, 59
Bible, key to, 70, 71; mysticism and inspiration of, 139
blood, 158; as symbol of primal life, 152 (see Jesus)
body, creation and interrelation of physical and spiritual, 186; flesh body vs. ideal, 52, 184; healing power stored in, 156; human, as dynamo, 14; Jesus as demonstrator of imperishable, 184, 185; natural, vs. spiritual, 186; present abode of Jesus; 11, 12; psychic, 51; race thought about, 184; regeneration of, 72, 73, 83, 84; resurrection of, 13, 14; transformation of, by right thinking, 40-42, 163; transforming process of mind and, 63 (see Jesus)
brain cells (see cells)
bread, and wine, 144, 145, 158, 159
cause and effect, 16, 92, 93, 132, 133, 136, 190, 191
cells, 130, 138, 170, 176; and ideas, 72, 73; and thought,
127, 128, 192; as electric batteries, 14, 185; body, as centers of force, 172, 173; brain, 73, 160, 161; live vs. dead, 12, 13; of body of Jesus, 41, 146, 194; transformation of, 41, 52, 163
Christ, as Jehovah, 157, 182, 183; as loving Mind, 63; as name of God-Mind in man, 178; as superman, 16; as the Word (Logos) 6; as Truth, 102; defined, 9-11; man's access to, 17; Paul on having mind of, 52; power of, 96, 97; putting on, 163, 173; spoke often through Jesus, 11; substance (body) and life (blood) of, 158, 159 (see Jesus; Son of God)
Christ I AM, 157
Christ man, 9, 10, 28, 131, 132
Christ Mind, 147, 149, 150, 153; as unifying principle of race, 131
Christianity, and modern science, 142-144; living God in, 94
church of Christ, as aggregation of ideas, 102
concentration, and realization, 45; as mental magnet, 44; equal to prayer, 48
consciousness, 64; Adam consciousness vs. Christ, 40; and life, 104, 105; and mind, 31, 33, 34; personal, 98
creation, 140, 141, 186, 187; and faith, 100, 101; God's ideal conception of, 16
Crile, Dr. George W., 191, 192
crucifixion, 184, 185; significance of, 163
Darwin, Charles Robert, 191, 192
"day of judgment," 161
death, 146; nature of, 189, 190; overcoming of, 90, 91, 131-133, 162, 163; separation of mind and body in, 73
demonstration, 175, 176; and thoughts, 112; of unseen forces, 159; secret of, 133, 134; three steps in, 109
denial, importance of both affirmation and, 129
discernment, spiritual, 92, 93, 103, 139
disobedience, and sickness, in Scriptures, 53
Divine Mind, 5, 24, 67, 77, 81, 83, 102, 121, 146, 162, 173, 175, 176, 179
doctors, 80; and faith, 107-109
doubt, 106 (see faith)
dreams, 82, 195 (see revelation)
eden (see Garden of Eden)
Einstein, Albert (quoted), 49, 50
electricity, and faith, 44, 45
Eliphaz, 144
Elisha, 75
Elohim God, 45, 140, 141,186; as universal Principle, 158
Emerson, 87, 149; on enthusiasm, 174
energy, 42, 43, 138, 145; spiritual, 104, 146, 147 (see thought)
ether, and omnipresent Mind, 140; and space, 143; spiritual, as zone of spiritual force, 83, 84, 157
Eve (see Adam)
evolution, 54, 55; Christ or Son-of-God, 10
faith, 15, 44, 53, 74, 101, 111, 144, 156; and instantaneous healing, 56; and material remedies, 104; as basis of all action, 107; as substance of mind, 35, 101; as superenthusiasm, 175; blind, 106; defined, 100, 101; miraculous power of, 75; represented by Peter, 47, 102, 103; understanding, 72; vs. doubt, 106 (see creation; man; prayer)
Father, 50, 95, 97, 135, 141, 187; access to, through Jesus Christ as Son of God, 19; as provider, 18, 68, 109; as Spirit, 98, 99; self-righteousness as barrier to
love of, 70; Son, Holy Spirit, 64, 121, 122; working in unity with, 143 (see creative mind)
Father-Mind, 4, 17, 63, 64, 83, 131, 177-179
forehead, as center of consciousness, 152
forgiveness, and healing, 57, 58, 60; and understanding, 61; of others, 60, 61, 68; significance of, 58, 59
genius, 113; and intuition, 48; musical, 49
God, as a person, vs. God as mind, 34-36; as animating principle of creation, 190, 191; as Father, 98, 109, 190; as health, 23, 30-32, 53; as lawgiver, 58, 59; as life, 29, 104; as love, 26, 27, 29, 35; as mind, 30-34, 63; as power, 25-27; as principle, 34, 71; as Spirit, 14, 17, 28, 29, 46, 47, 73, 74, 78, 185; as "still small voice," 27, 28; as Truth, 30; as wisdom, intelligence, and substance, 26, 27; character of, 177; end of old ideas about man and, 20; imaginary notions of, 70, 71; known through mind. not senses, 73, 74; man's communion with, 24, 25, 32, 33; not circumscribed, 29; present in all His creations, 36, 120; unity (at-one-ment) with, through Christ, 21, 40, 50, 131; various names of, and their meaning, 140-142; wrong concepts of, 25, 34
Godhead, man's relation to, 24
God-man, 71
God-Mind, 4, 5, 9, 46, 156, 177, 179, 180, 184, 192; and man's mind, 40, 41; faith in, 15
healing, absent, 144; and forgiveness, 58; and order, 117, 118; and receptivity, 112, 113, 176, 177; denial as good drill for, 37; instantaneous, 56; method of metaphysical, 45, 50, 51; miracle theory of, 3; nature of, 9; origin of power of, 18, 19; through
praise and thanksgiving, 137-139
health, and righteousness, 53, 54; and vitality, 104; as natural, 5, 9; as normal condition of all creation, 24; defined, 23, 24, 39; lawful way to attain, 16, 127; realizing principle of, 40, 49; singing and, 169-173; thoughts as determining, 33, 127; way to continuous, 17 (see law; mind; prayer)
"heavens." (see kingdom of heaven)
Holy Spirit, 155; as active manifestation, 63; as bond of brotherhood, 193, 194; as Logos, 161; as mediator or equalizer, 194, 195; as Mother-God, 183, 184; as personal representative of God, 148; as regarded by scientific world, 182; as Spirit of wholeness, 182; character of, 183
hygeia, 182
I AM, 22, 24, 35, 60, 64, 111, 122-126, 157, 158; and the lifted consciousness, 19; as creative power of individual, 158; as name of Jehovah, 13, 14, 164; as presiding ego in each organism, 14; in Hebrew scriptures, 122, 123; lawful and unlawful use of, 123, 124 (see Jehovah)
I AM THAT I AM, 141
I will, 24
ideas, 30, 31, 121, 122, 175, 176; and race consciousness, 130; as catching, 136; as only means of communication between God and man, 32, 33; as source of things, 35, 36; giving name ("character") to, 165 physical body carried in mind as, 186; reaction of mind to, 90, 94, 95, 129, 130
image, and expression, 113, 114
incarnation (see reincarnation)
individuality, vs. personality, 69
influence, mystery of personal, 147
inspiration, vs. intellectual reasoning, 111
intellect, and demonstration, 111; and Truth seeking, 106
intelligence, 26, 27, 37; Mind as source of, 121, 122; two types of, 24
intuition, as instinct of animal soul, 42; Einstein on, 49, 50 (see genius)
Isaiah, 81
Jacob, 71
Jeans, Sir James, allusion to, 46; (quoted), 149
Jehovah, 148, 182, 183; and Christ, 155, 156; as I AM, 13, 14, 122, 164; as individual I AM, 158 (see I AM)
Jehovah God, 141, 154, 158, 178, 186, 187
Jehovah-shalom, 122, 123, 139, 141, 142
Jehovah-shammah, 164
Jesus, alive in spiritual ethers ("heavens"), 11, 12, 83, 84, 110; and conversion of Paul, 12; and evolution, 54, 55; and faith, 101, 102, 108, 144, 157, 175, 176; and Holy Spirit, 155; and prayer, 69, 70, 78; and race consciousness, 146, 147, 159; and regeneration ("new birth"), 10, 11, 52; and the abundant life, 105, 106; and the kingdom of God (heaven), 99, 134, 135, 138, 139, 143, 150, 165; and the Lord's Prayer, 67, 68, 109; and the power of the word, 88, 99, 132, 133, 161; as appointed head of race, 19; as demonstrator and teacher of mind laws, 39, 54, 142; as example of God glorified in man, 191; as exponent of impersonal I AM, 157, 158; as fearless of disease, 57; as perfect expression of God-Mind, 9; as spiritual man, 47; ascension of, through body regeneration, 72, 73, 83, 84; body and blood of, 144, 145, 158, 159; born to save human family from extinction, 4; distinction between Christ and 9-11; healing method of, 3-5, 56, 57; mind and
body of, raised to His supermind level, 17, 18, 161, 162; mission of, 21; on false Christs, 19, 20; on healing and forgiveness of sin, 57-60; on oneness with the Father, 50, 97; on overcoming death, 90, 91, 132, 133, 162; response of, to united prayer, 12; salvation through, 165; transfiguration of, 41; used law, not miracles, 129; using name of, 155-157, 164-167, 180 (see Christ)
Jesus Christ (see Christ; Jesus)
Jethro, 164
Job, 31, 46, 53, 82, 87, 88, 144
John the Baptist, 118, 119; vs. Son of God, 61, 62
joy, healing force of, 168-170; vs. fear, 168, 169
kingdom of God, 71, 77, 125, 189, 190; externalized gradually, 115; seeking of, through thought, 78, 138, 139; spiritual understanding as key to, 98, 99
kingdom of heaven, 12, 20, 21, 130, 165, 166, 173; as realm of mind, 47, 48, 83, 84, 143; how to enter, 134, 135
Last Supper, 144, 145, 158, 159
law, 34, 44, 171-174; and health, 53; as Truth, 59, 60; man-made law vs. spiritual, 118, 119; manifesting God's, 180; spiritual, 119-124
Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm von, 55
life, current of, and right relation of ideas, 4, 5, 162; defined, 29; everywhere present, 40, 104, 105; fullness of, and life consciousness, 104, 105
light, 115, 116, 124, 140, 178; as waves (mind) and particles (matter), 187, 188
Logos, 6, 15, 144, 161, 163 (see Jesus; Word of God)
Lord, all men as chosen of, 115, 116; as translation of word Jehovah, 123
love, 26, 27, 29, 35, 183; importance of, 62; of spiritual things, 62
Lowell, James Russell, 191
Luther, Martin, 71, 72, 85, 86
man, as determiner of his own destiny, 100; as God's image and likeness, 14, 15, 46, 47, 60, 61, 74, 127, 154, 186; as God's supreme creation, 9, 22; as spirit, soul, body, 71; as temple of God, 115, 116, 174, 175, 185; as the Son of God, 191; desire of, to shift the burden or escape life's experiences, 188, 189; development of, 177, 178; faith innate in, 100, 101; inability of, to receive fullness of power, 194, 195; mind's role in consciousness of, 31; natural vs. spiritual, 10, 11, 175, 176; power of, to manifest the ideal, 16; twelve faculties of, represented by twelve tribes of Israel, 152
Mark, on following Christ, 167
"masters," and occult brotherhood, 19, 20
matter, 187, 188; and God, 26, 27; end of world of, 20, 149 (see world)
medicine, no permanent healing through, 80
meditation (see prayer)
mediumship (see hypnotism)
Melanchthon, Philipp, 71, 72, 85, 86
Messiah ("anointed") spiritual meaning of term, 10
metaphysics, and Trinity, 121, 122
mind, 187, 188; as link between God and man, 30-32; as place of origin of acts, 58, 186; as source of health, 40; creative, as the Father (also called "heaven"), 18, 47; discipline of, 97; Divine, vs. sense, 81; finding God through, 31; idea, and manifestation, 31, 54, 64, 121, 122; laws of, exact, 34, 35, 44; man and universe founded on, 3; molds matter, 186,
187; of nature as man's servant, 188; peace of, 176, 177; science of, 126, 127; study of healthy, 30, 31; unlimited ideas in, 18 (see consciousness; God; man)
miracles, 3, 41, 71, 72, 129, 142 (see healing)
Moses,53, 75, 76, 122, 139-141, 156; as master of nature, 164
Naaman, 75
Napoleon, 106
nature, healing power of, 18, 19; restorative power of, as Holy (healing) Spirit, 170, 182
"new birth" (see rebirth)
omnipresence, God's, 36, 71, 90, 191
order, divine, 117, 118, 121, 130; in body and affairs, 119, 120; in food and clothing, 120, 121
parables, 84
Paul, 4, 29, 52, 117, 118, 142, 148, 185, 193; and Silas, 75, 76; on dying daily, 163; on faith, 74, 75, 100, 101; on resurrection, 12, 13
Peter, 83, 106, 163, 166; (church), as man's immortal body, 50; (faith), 47, 102, 103
Philip, 190
Poincare, Henri, 48
Pope, Alexander (quoted), 117
power, defined, 25, 26; life-giving, 16, 17; misuse of, 26; to be invoked, 188
prayer, 175, 176; and faith, 72, 74, 75, 79, 80; and health, 39, 79-81; and spiritual ethers, 75, 76, 83, 84; and spiritual inspiration, 111; and thanksgiving, 78, 137, 138; as an affirmation of Being, 67; as invocation, meditation, concentration, denial, and affirmation, 70; consciousness of I AM presence through, 123; daily, 169; effective, 74; for realization, and its consummation, 47; importance of getting still in, 80; in Jesus' name, 84, 164-167; Jesus' directions for, 77; necessity of, 69, 125; not supplication or begging, 67, 78, 83; persistency in, 68, 85, 86; presence of Jesus felt through, 11, 12, 17, 18; related to laws of God, 76; silent vs. audible, 78, 79 (see concentration)
principle, 34
Pythagoras, 171
race consciousness, 130, 146, 147, 159
radiation, soul, 110
realization, 45, 47, 176; and health, 49; as expectancy objectified, 50, 51; meaning of, 40
receptivity, 112, 113, 176, 177
regeneration, 10, 11, 52, 72, 73, 83, 84, 97 (see body; Jesus)
reincarnation, 13; and genius, 49
repentance, 189, 190; and forgiveness, 58, 59
resurrection, 13
revelation, and meditative state of mind, 82, 83; in sleep and dreams, 82
Revelation, 6th chapter of, explained, 150, 151; 7th chapter of, explained, 152
Satan, 20; as sensation, 177, 178
science, 126, 127; and Genesis, 188; and metaphysics, 44, 45
Scriptures, 177; understanding of, and study of mind, 54
selfishness, 151; hoarding breeds, 68; vs. love, 61, 62
Shakespeare, 13, 47, 48, 50, 51, 122, 166, 171, 188, 189
sickness, denying, 103 (see disobedience; sin)
Silas (see Paul)
Simon Peter (see Peter)
sin, and sickness, as cause and effect, 5, 17, 53, 57-60; of omission and commission, 17; unreality of, 59, 60, 61, 103
sleep, 82 (see revelation)
Solomon (dreams), 82
Son of God (Christ), 10, 19, 191; life-giving power of, 16, 17
song, therapeutic value of, 169-173
"soul body," 147
Spencer, Herbert, 188 Spinoza, 170, 171
Spirit, 119, 120, 162; as source of soul and body, 71, 72; as stimulant, 130; conscious contact with, 194; defined, 28, 29, 92, 93; increasing man's faith in, 102; no beginning or ending in, 35; obeying the, 114, 115; of wholeness, 182; soul, and body, 12, 64, 71; transforming power of, in man, 193; vs. matter, 92, 93; worshiping God in, 104
Spirit of truth, 195, 196; as inner monitor, 91; as mind of God in executive capacity, 179, 180
"still small voice," 27, 28, 126; and communion, 33
subconscious mind, and conscious mind, 42, 112; and spiritual mind, 42; as storehouse of experience, 42
substance, 26, 27, 29, 35, 41; transmutation of, 145, 146
supermind (Christ Mind), 10, 17, 18, 173
telepathy, 110
thanksgiving, 78, 137-139 (see prayer)
thought, and energy, 43, 73; breaking up old structures of, 62, 63; formative power of, 143; healing forces stirred by, 18, 19; importance of, in demonstration, 112
thought stuff, 43; conservation of, and right thinking, 44; technique of molding, 42
thoughts, and character, 176; as affecting body, 53; as barriers, 33: as seeds, 112; nourishing, 127-129; of praise, 138, 139
Trinity, in Hebrew Scriptures, 122; metaphysically interpreted, 63, 64, 121, 122
Truth, importance of adhering to one system of development in, 19; possibility of expressing, 133, 134; revealed individually, 98; value of statements of, 130; words of, 87-91, 111
universe, as body of God, 161; as product of thought, 186, 187
vibration, 172
wholeness, principle of, 39 (see Spirit)
will, concentration of, 188
word, as expressing an idea, 90, 94, 95; cannot express God, 23; different uses of, 89-92; germ, 88; importance of faith in creative, 15, 89, 144, 161, 163, 175, 176; intonation of, 164; man justified or condemned by own, 15; of Spirit, next to Spirit, 154; power of the spoken, 9, 14, 15, 47, 88-98, 119, 121, 123, 132, 133, 144, 154, 161, 162; responsibility for, 174; salvation through, 162 (see Truth)
Word of God (Logos), according to John, 15, 161 (see Holy Spirit; Jesus; Logos)
world, "end" of, and the new dispensation, 20
worry, and prayer, 81
wrongs, righting, 134
Yahweh, 155; meaning of, 141, 182, 183