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Metaphysical Dictionary Terms.......C. Fillmore
Consciousness
- The sense of awareness, of knowing. The knowledge or realization of
any idea, object, or condition. The sum total of all ideas accumulated
in and affecting man’s present being. The composite of ideas, thoughts,
emotions, sensation, and knowledge that makes up the conscious, subconscious
and superconscious phases of mind. It includes all that man is aware of—spirit,
soul, and body. It is very important to understand the importance of our
consciousness in spiritual growth. Divine ideas must be incorporated into
our consciousness before they can mean anything to us. An intellectual
concept does not suffice. To be satisfied with an intellectual understanding
leaves us subject to sin, sickness, poverty, and death. To assure continuity
of spirit, soul, and body as a whole, we must ever seek to incorporate
divine ideas into our mind. A consciousness of eternal life places one
in the stream of life that never fails.
Cause and Effect -
The law of sequence; the balance wheel of the universe. This law, like
all other divine laws, inheres in Being and is good. “Whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7). Man lives in two worlds,
the world of cause (the within) and the world of effect (the without).
Disease - An inharmonious
condition in mind and body brought by error thinking. Ignorance causes
all disease. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).
Organic disease has its origin in mind as truly as any other manifestation.
It has become subconscious and needs the power of the Christ Mind to reach
and dissolve the error thoughts that are causing the disease.
Devil - The mass of
thoughts that has been built up in race consciousness through many generations
of earthly experiences and crystallized into what may be termed human
personality, or carnal mind, which opposes and rejects God. The “devil”
is a state of consciousness adverse to the divine good. Other names for
this state of consciousness are the Adversary, carnal mind, the accuser,
and the old man. There is no personal devil. God is the one
omnipresent Principle of the universe, and there is no room for any principle
of evil, personified or otherwise.
Devil, how to overcome the—The
Devil is overcome by denying his existence and by affirming universal
Christ love for God and all men. The devils that we encounter are fear,
anger, jealously, and other similar negative traits, and they are in ourselves.
Christ gives us the power to cast out these devils, thereby cleansing
our consciousness.
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