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Metaphysical Dictionary Terms.......C.
Fillmore
Darkness -
The ignorance of the sense of man; the absence of Truth (light) in
consciousness. Darkness represents undeveloped capacity. It is caused by
lack of love. “He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother,
is in the darkness” (I John 2:9)
Crucifixion -
The crossing out in consciousness of errors that have become fixed states
of mind; the surrender or death of the whole personality in order that the
Christ Mind may be expressed in all its fullness. The crucifixion of Jesus
represents the wiping of personality out of consciousness. We deny the
human self so that we may unite with the selfless. We give up the mortal
so that we may attain the immortal. We dissolve the thought of the
physical body so that we may realize the spiritual body.
Cross -
The Cross represents that state of consciousness termed “mortal mind”.
This is the “carnal mind” of Paul also, and it burdens the body with
it various erroneous beliefs. “He went out, bearing the cross for
himself” (John 19:17). The center of action of this “carnal mind” is
in the brain, and it is here that it has to be met in the final overcoming
that I AM undertakes. “The place called The place if a skull” (John
19:17) The Cross is not a burden as commonly understood, but a symbol of
the forces in man adjusted in their right relation.
Mind, carnal -
Misuse of mind powers, arising from ignorance of the relationship between
God and man. A state of consciousness formed about a false ego or false
concept of man. All the “works of the flesh” (Gal. 5:19) are the
product of carnal mind.
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