Mysteries of John, by Charles Fillmore, [1946]
Adam, 12, 13, 37; vs. Christ, 123
Adversary, 158
affirmation, 17, 18, 27-29, 98, 99, 138, 139, 168; and love, 180; appropriation of Christ life through, 173
America, 126
ancestors, worship of, and its limitations, 89, 90. see heredity
Andrew (strength), 20, 21, 68, 69, 119
angels (spiritual forces), 23
Annas, 154
apostles, 24, 25, 140, 143, 146, 155, 171
ascension, 167
at-one-ment, 129, 149. see Jesus
baptism, 17-19, 35, 41. see Holy Spirit
Barabbas, 158
Bartholomew (imagination), 21-23
Being, as impersonal principle, 76; spiritual character as foundation of, 122
Bethesda (pool), 57
Bethsaida, 21
Bible, bears witness of Saviour, 66; not sufficient to impart spiritual understanding, 65, 66; vs. living Word, 65, 66
birth, new, 33, 34, 37, 38, 82
blood, of Jesus Christ (spiritual energy), 101, 102, 123,
body, as temple of God, 29; building indestructible, 96, 97; human, as dynamo, 174; man's soul encased in, 103, 104; of Jesus, transparent, 181; quickening life centers in, 111, 112; restoration of, 109; transformation of man's, 173, 174. see God; Spirit; Temple
Caiaphas, 154
character, spiritual, 122
Children of Israel, 75, 96, 97
China, 126
Christ, 66, 76, 98, 99, 123, 134, 167; and the soul, 47, 48; as church itself, 29, 30; as discerner of thoughts, 48; as fulfillment of existence, 12; as higher self, 17; as life force, 31; as only-begotten Son, 38, 39; as perfect God idea, 64, 65; as Saviour, 101, 102; body of, 75, 112; born anew in, 82; calling on strength of, 70, 71; equal to God, 61, 62; love of, as cleanser of man's mind, 127; moves in secret, 78; must enter every heart, 170; no loss or failure in realm of, 74, 75; putting on, 19, 20, 125, 126, 144, 145; represented by Jesus, 41, 80, 84-87, 114, 128, 156; (spiritual man) cannot experience death, 92; spoke often through Jesus, 92; unity of original Spirit and indwelling, 52; vs. Adversary, 158; withdrawal of the, 59, 105, 144, 145; (Word of God), 11, 14-16. see consciousness; mind
Christ man, 13
Christ Mind, 19, 20, 23, 177; vs. Pharisaical mind, 80-83, 113
Christianity, and law of evolution, 35-37; and the Christ consciousness, 169, 170; preservation of, 129
church, as institution, 34
Comforter, 81, 133, 134, 141. see Holy Spirit
common sense, vs. fanaticism, 119
concentration, and freedom, 88, 89. see freedom
Confucius (quoted), 30
consciousness, adverse, 158; and soul unfoldment, 22; Christ, 82, 102; Christ and adulterous state of, 85; discernment of Truth establishes higher, 26, 27; I AM and "five-sense," 57; incorporating body of Christ into, 75; Jerusalem as spiritual center in, 56; Jesus' power on three planes of, 173; mixed state of, 49, 82; sense, 116, 117; spiritual, 125, 126. see denial; Jesus
consolation, 168
crucifixion, 145, 154, 162, 163, 172, 173
Darwin, Charles Robert, 36
death, as wrong conception of life, 62, 63; demonstrating over, 63, 65, 66, 92, 93, 165; denying power of, 109, 110, 168; of personal self, 179, 180; vs. life, 167, 168
demonstration, and the "Sabbath," 59; as a "sign," 118; as "fruit" of thought, 115; crucifixion as, 145; failure in, 177; importance of making one's own, 143
denial, 98, 99, 168, 169; baptism through, 17; cleansing
consciousness by, 29; of self, 17, 179, 180
desire, and fulfillment, 139; intemperate, 88, 89
Devil. see Adversary; Satan
disciples, nerve centers represented by, 24, 25
Divine Mind, Jesus' union with, 172, 173; perfect-man idea in, 39, 97, 98
divinity, believing in one's own, 38, 39
dreams, 22
Drummond, Henry (quoted), 117
energy, spiritual, 101, 102, 109-112. see blood
Ephraim (city), 114
Eve, 24
evil, as parasite, 4, 5; God's responsibility for good and, 3, 4; impregnability to, 150, 151; Jesus on the nature of, 5
evolution, law of, 36, 37. see Christianity; man
faculty, detriment from nonuse or overuse of a, 137
faith, 37, 54, 70, 128; and healing, 54, 55; and life, 110, 111; and substance, 74, 75; established in love, 179; blind, vs. "higher criticism," 172; represented by Peter (Simon), 20, 68, 69, 126, 127, 153-155, 179, 180; Spirit of life and understanding, 81. see love
fanaticism, 119
Father, 74, 75, 86; as God-Mind, 137; as principle of life within man, 131, 132; connection of man's indwelling life with, 168; going direct to, 146; Jesus' at-one-ment (unity) with, 129, 131, 132;
man's oneness with, 133, 134; Son, and Holy Ghost, as principle, ideal, and formative word, 92, 93, 136
Father-Mind, 18, 19, 73, 162, 163
Fenton, Ferrar ("Complete Bible in Modern English"), 12
flesh, vs. Spirit, 112
forehead, as seat of intellectual perception, 44
forgiveness, on, of sins, 17
"fourth dimension," 23
freedom, 88-90; imprisoned life and, 112
front brain, as seat of understanding, 171; as seat of will, 162, 171
fulfillment, 111, 139. see Spirit
Gabbatha, 161
Galilee, 24-26, 46, 47, 52, 77, 169, 170
Garden of Eden, 61
Gethsemane, 152
gift, blessing behind, 143
giving, law of, 119
God, as Christ in man, 62; as Father, 60, 89, 90; as male and female principle, 73, 74; as principle of life immanent in universe, 125, 126; as Spirit, 46, 47; body as temple of, 29; finding one's being in, 150, 151; intimate relation between man and, 130; not a person, 4; practicing the presence of, 74, 88, 89, 110, 111; Son (the Word) ever existing in, 16; subject to own laws, 36; tribal, 141. see body
God-Mind, as creative power, 59, 60; Jesus' personality
submerged in, 65, 66; Son as idea in, 61
Golgotha, "place of a skull," 162
good, vs. evil, 3-5, 36, 37, 150, 151
greatness, difference between divine and human, 124, 125
healer, true, 100
healing, importance of faith in absent, 54
heredity, freedom from race, 89, 90. see ancestors
Holy Spirit (Ghost), as activity of living Word, 18, 19; as Comforter, 143; as dispenser of substance, 143, 144; as formative word, 92, 93; as God's law in action, 141; as teacher, 103, 104; baptism of, 17-19; descent of, 128, 129, 136, 181, 182; was before time of Jesus, 136. see personality; prosperity
I AM, 24-26, 32, 35, 44, 49, 57, 58, 110, 119, 128, 152, 153, 155, 162, 170; abiding in, 138, 139; and spoken word, 132; as Christ, 134, 158, 167; as door, 102, 138, 139; as "good shepherd," 100, 101; as Saviour, 87; as Spirit, 68, 69, 169; as supermind, 105; ("Word"), 18, 19
I AM THAT I AM, 91; Christ as, 92
idea, Christ as divine, 11, 61
ideas, dealing with, 74, 76; forms as manifestation of, 22
identity, man's divine, 134
imagination, constructive vs. destructive use of, 21, 22; represented by Bartholomew, 21-23
incarnation, of Jesus, 35, 36, 137. see Jesus; reincarnation
increase, and Christ substance, 177, 178; gratitude in relation to, 67-70 see substance; vitality
India, 126
intellect, 44, 59, 91; and Spirit, 41, 42, 49, 50; arguing, 113, 114; vs. Christ, 114
intelligence, light representing, 31
intuition, 24
Israelites, 47
Jeans, Sir James (quoted), 69, 70
Jerusalem, 46, 56, 80, 109, 110, 114, 158, 172, 181, 182
Jesus, and Christianizing of all nations, 169, 170; and faith, 70; and fasting, 51; and freedom of individual, 140; and Galileans' unbelief, 52; and healing, 53-55; and His part in opening man's way into glory, 149, 150; and man born blind, 96-99; and Nathanael, 21, 22; and persecution, 142; and power of spoken word, 76, 93, 135; and substance, 68-70, 74; and the Comforter, 81, 134, 135; and the draught of fishes, 177, 178; and the Fatherhood of God, 59, 60, 73; and the law of thought and word affinity, 135; and the Pharisees, 77, 78; and
the raising of Lazarus, 107-112; and the Samaritan woman, interpreted, 46-54; and the seamless garment of Truth, 162; and triumphal entry into Jerusalem, 118; as "a King," 158; as Christ (Saviour), 41, 80, 84-87, 114, 128, 149, 156; as example to human family, 162, 163; as God manifest, 130; as God's idea of man, 3; as I AM, 24-27, 44, 49, 57, 58, 68, 69, 87, 103, 107, 110, 133, 134, 153; as "Lamb of God," 18-20; as living Word, 65, 66; as man in regeneration, 109; as product of former cycle of time, 149; as "the way," 131, 132; at-one-ment of, 128, 129, 149; body of, resurrected, 171-173, 181; crucifixion of, 145; entered spiritual realm alive and entire, 15, 173; entering into mind of, 30; following example of, 38, 39; glorification of, 147-151; Gospel of John as a symbolical life of, 12; higher law at work at death of, 164; incarnation of, as pattern for man, 35, 36; man same spiritually as, 134, 135; mission of, on earth, 120; on being "born anew," 33, 35, 37; on demonstration, 143; on denial of "self," 17; on overcoming death, 92, 93; on relation of works to spiritual power, 105; part played by intellectual and pseudospiritual forces in crucifixion of, 161, 162; power of, on three planes of consciousness, 173; sacrifice of, 123-125; service exemplified by, in washing disciples' feet, 126; Truth (Comforter) vs. personality of, 134, 135. see Father; Lazarus
Jesus Christ, asking and receiving in the name of, 132, 133; projection into race consciousness of life energy of, 123, 124. see Jesus
John, 12, 167; (love), 20, 155, 162, 180; parallel between Genesis and, 12
John the Baptist (intellect), 35, 42, and Jesus (Spirit), 12, 14, 18-20, 41; (natural man), 12, 13, 17, 18
Jordan (subconsciousness), 105
Joseph (Jacob's son), 44
Joseph of Arimathea, 165
joy, as positive force, 139
Judas Iscariot (adverse ego, or mind), 123, 127; (life principle), 128, 152; (sense consciousness), 116
Judas (not Iscariot), 135
Kidron (brook), 152
"kingdom of the heavens," as "fourth dimension," 23
larynx, as seat of power, 24, 25, 27
law, blind use of, 62; Christ and God's, 64, 65; condemnation and, 66
Lazarus, raising of, interpreted, 106-112, 115, 118
life, eternal, 47, 48, 61, 93, 147, 149, 154, 181; inner 110-112; losing one's, 119; natural vs. spiritual, 25-27; omnipresent, 52, 63, 110, 111, 168, 174; perpetual activity of, 57, 58; principle of, 125, 126, 131, 132; wisdom in use of, 62. see God
life forces, Judas and, 128
light, 28, 42, 86, 87; and intelligence, 31
loaves and fishes, parable of, 74, 75
Logos, as idea containing all ideas, 76; defined, 11, 12;
God as creative power, 11. see Word of God
love, 115-117, 127, 128, 139; and faith, 179; as fulfillment of law, 129; balancing judgment with, 65; Jesus' lesson in brotherly, 84, 85; power of, 117; represented by John, 20, 155, 162; willingness to serve as test of, 179. see faith
man, as free agent, 140; as God's offspring, 46, 47; as "joint-heir with Christ," 38, 39; as ruling power in universe, 130; as Son of God, 17, 18, 42, 43, 162, 163; as spirit, soul, and body, 32, 149; as spiritual, 37, 38, 134, 135; does not live by bread alone, 180; evolution of, 35-58, 163; fall of, 36, 37 Father principle in, 131, 132; makes own heaven or hell, 76; natural, represented: by disciples, 51; by John the Baptist, 12, 13, 17; not a person in cosmic Mind, 145; omnipresence and oneness of Father and Son in, 16; same creative process used by God and, 11; sevenfold and twelvefold nature of, 68, 69
"many mansions," 130
marriage, as union of two states of consciousness, 24, 101, 102; (in Cana of Galilee), symbolism of, 24-27
Mary, mother of Jesus (intuition), 24; (source of life), 25
Mary, sister of Martha, 106, 107, 115, 116
matter, false importance of, 126, 127
Matthew (will), 107
meditation. see prayer
mental realm. see realm
Mind, as creative force, 13; Christ's love as cleanser of man's, 126; disciplining, 28; idea, and manifestation, 11; intellectual phase of, 112; interflowing of, 123; life in relation to, 57; man's reformation starts in, 98; Paul on renewal of, 182; substance and universal, 73. see Christ; substance
mind readers, 22
miracles, 42, 52, 53, 74, 112, 172
Moses, 37, 75; as symbol of "drawing-out" process, 66; Book of, 65; vs. Jesus Christ, 15, 16
mystics, 150
Nathanael. see Bartholomew
nature, hidden forces of, 174
Nirvana, 151
omnipresence, 146; lesson on, 46, 47, 131, 132
omniscience, 146
open-mindedness, 100
overcoming, daily practice in, 149
Paradise, 37. see Garden of Eden
Passover, Feast of the, 28, 114
peace, 37, 56; of Jesus Christ, 171
personality, 133, 134; and Holy Spirit, 136; love and wounded, 117
Peter, 167; "as rock," 12, 13; failure of, 129; (faith), 20, 21, 68, 69, 126, 127, 153-155, 179, 180
Pharisees, 33-35, 60, 65, 77, 78, 82, 83, 96-99, 112, 113
Philip (power), 21, 24, 25, 68, 69, 119, 132
polygamy, 89
power, represented by Philip, 21, 24, 25, 68, 69, 119, 132
Praetorium, 156
praise, represented by Judea, 41
prayer, constructive words and, 76; of thanksgiving, 111, 115, 116; resurrection of Jesus made possible by, 172, 173; unselfish, 150. see thanksgiving
"Preparation," 164
Principle, as source of all life, 138, 139
prosperity, and Holy Spirit, 143, 144
psychic phenomena, 47
public work, withdrawing from, 70
race, new, 149
race consciousness, death and, 63; Jesus Christ and, 123, 124
realm, Pharisees in man's mental, 98, 99
regeneration, 34, 109, 173, 174; transmutation and, 27; two states of mind at work in, 17, 18; union of spirit and body in, 25
religion, Christ Spirit vs. formal, 154; "inherited," 33, 34
"river of life," 93
"Sabbath," 164; as state of consciousness, 59, 60
Salim, 41
salvation, 39, 40, 46-49, 51, 52, 66
Samaria, 44
sanctimoniousness, 87
Sanhedrin, 34
Scriptures. see Bible
self-righteousness, as greatest sin, 91
service, in a universal sense, 179, 180; value of, 126, 127
sheep (thoughts), 103, 104, 180
sickness, 61
silence, 152
Simon. see Peter
sin, 17, 29; as ignorance, 90; blood a solvent for, 123; of omission or commission, 96, 97; sickness as result of, 60
Socrates, 4
Solomon's Porch, 103
Solomon's Temple, as regenerated body of man, 96, 97
Son of God, 42, 76, 162, 163; freedom of, 90; Jesus as, 15, 161
soul, dependent on subconscious life, 115, 116; kingdom within, 139; "prophet" within, 121, 122; spiritual life and, 47, 48; duality of, 47; unfoldment of taught by acts of Jesus, 124. see Spirit
sowing and reaping, 62
Spirit, 41, 76, 77; born of, 35; equal to any situation, 70; freedom of, 112; immediate fulfillment in, 111; intellect as tool of, 42; lifting body out of matter into, 168; man's thirst for, 81; omnipresence of, 132-134; oneness with, 122; protection of, 80, 81; soul, and body, 32, 149, 180, 181; understanding laws of, 146; vs. human (animal) soul, 47. see birth
Spirit-Mind, 13. see Mind
Spirit of truth, 133, 134, 136, 141
strength, represented by Andrew, 20, 68, 69, 119
subconscious mind, 105; sleeping life in, 110, 111; soul manifestation and, 115, 116; words made active in body though, 76. see soul
substance, 115; idea of, 73, 74; increase of, 68-70; spiritual, 132, 133
success, vs. failure, 177
superconscious mind (supermind), 105; human lineage and, 90
supply, 177, 178; dependent on faith, 180, 181
Temple, at Jerusalem, 172; body, 172; subconscious courts of body, 28
thanksgiving, 111, 115, 116. see prayer
Thomas (understanding), 107, 131, 132, 171
thought, affinity of, 135; as basis of external conditions, 177; ascending, 167; destructive, 31, 32; good vs. bad, 63; intellectual vs. spiritual, 113; redemption of, 122; repeats itself, 28
transmutation, 27
Truth, concrete vs. abstract aspect of, 133, 134; no need to prove absolute, 32; seamless garment of Jesus as symbol of, 162. see Jesus
understanding, 146; represented by Thomas, 107, 131, 132, 171; spiritual, 65
unity, realization of divine, 122, 151
visions. see dreams
will, 162, 171; personal, 153; represented by Matthew, 107
wisdom, and life, 62; true source of, 47
woman, Jesus' tribute to, 162
word, man justified or condemned by own, 157; power of spoken, 32, 54, 55, 76, 103, 104, 134, 135. see Jesus
Word of God, 65; as only word, 11; overcoming power
works, 105, 134, 135, 140. see Jesus
world, withdrawal from, 150
youth, eternal, 110