]), scientists, historians, and other scholars, sources of the spirit within us. Abiding Presence - the Spirit of God, which permeates everything. representation]. moral lesson; the characters are usu. and we must not let ourselves be misled by the association of particular forms with particular words, but should follow the sound advice of Oliver Wendell Holmes, and submit such words to a process of depolarisation, which brings out their real meaning. A New Perspective—View the Bible Metaphysically Although Unity's understanding of the Bible is not unique, “it is absolutely central to our core beliefs,” says Unity minister Rev. Hence the true worship is the study of the Universal Life-Principle "the Father," in its nature and in its modes of action; and when we have thus realised "the Law of God," the law that is inherent in the nature of Infinite Being, we shall know that by conforming our own particular action to this generic law, we shall find that this law will in every instance work out the results that we desire. It is thus a necessary inference from Jesus' own explanation of "the Father" as Spirit or Infinite Being that "the Son" is the Scriptural phrase for the reproduction of Infinite Being in the individual, contemplated in that stage at which the individual does in some measure begin to recognise his identity with his originating source, or, at any rate, where he has capacity for such a recognition, even though the actual recognition may not yet have taken place. 2. Found inside – Page 20On the one hand were those feminists who were engaged by what was known as “New Thought,” an alternative religious orientation that was engaged by Eastern ... It is their capacity for seeing the universal principles of electricity and bringing them into particular application. But Jesus fully recognised this possibility, and worked the only destructive miracle recorded of him for the express purpose of emphasising the danger. Viewed in this light, this passage is a mere jeering at our incapacity. But the volitional quality is not on this account absent from Spirit in the Universal; for otherwise whence would that quality appear in ourselves? 4. be replaced only by another myth, but that a myth can be broken (recognized as a The knowledge that "the Son," as individualised Spirit, has his correlative in "the Father," as Universal Spirit, affords the clue we need. MYTH. But the hints contained in the foregoing papers will, I hope, suffice to show that there is nothing antagonistic between the two systems, or, rather, to show that they are one--the statement of the One Truth which always has been and always will be. Found inside – Page 106New Thought & Metaphysical Bible Interpretation. ESP, Higher Consciousness Experience, Higher Self Reality. CREDIBILITY. . .THAT HAS BEEN EARNED AND ... None of the older forms of statement is more familiarly known to our readers than that contained in the Bible, and no other is entwined around our hearts with the same sacred and tender associations: therefore, I have no hesitation in saying that the existence of a marked. Mark Hicks is the founder of TruthUnity.net, a place for the study, practice and sharing of classic Unity teachings. 15255 Jefferson Hwy Baton Rouge, LA 70817 (225) 755-3043. . This varies immensely in degree, from its first adumbration in the animal to its intense development in the Great Masters of Spiritual Science. unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or It is by continually affirming and relying on the I am in ourselves as identical with the I am that is the One and Only Life, whether manifested or unmanifested, in all places of the universe, that we shall find the way to the attainment of all Truth and of all Life. The relation between these two forms the great subject of Jesus' teaching, and, therefore, it is most important to have some definite idea of what he meant by these terms if we would understand what it was that he really taught. Interpretation of scripture is for a purpose: To understand God’s word more accurately. With a better understanding of His word, we can then more accurately apply it to the area that it addresses. In this case, the passage deals with an area of the future and area of judgment. The general principle on which this claim is based by the exponents of the New Thought is the identity of Spirit in the individual with spirit in the universal, and we shall find that this, also, is the basis of Jesus' teaching on the subject. Why was this precept so particularly impressed in this particular connection? We do not have to create responsive action on the part of electricity. 2. Our desire first works on the Arupa level and thence concentrates itself through the various Rupa levels till it reaches complete external manifestation. – Zig Ziglar. (g) Spirit cannot leave any portion of its Nature behind it. deity of Christ, teaches the divinity of man, and that man can use his divine power to alter reality. And it may be noticed in passing that the great central Christian doctrine is based upon the most perfect knowledge of this law, and is the practical application to a profound problem of the deepest psychological science. (d) "Conscious"--It is the degree of consciousness that always p. 174 marks the transition from a lower to a higher Power of Life. Any one entertaining the same idea, naturally resents the attempt to deprive him of any portion of this limited quantity; and hence arises the whole crop of envy, hatred, fraud, and violence, whether between individuals, classes, or nations. . traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. “While both believers and adversaries tend to see Islam as a stand-alone religion, it actually rests on the Judeo-Christian tradition. Learners who successfully complete this 12 week online course will earn credit for BOTH Bible Interpretation, Hebrew Scriptures and Bible Interpretation, Acts through Revelation. actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; . myth) or unbroken (acceptedas literal truth, not recognized as myth). The Hidden Power, by Thomas Troward [1921], at sacred-texts.com, A DEEPLY interesting subject to the student of the New Thought movement is to trace how exactly its teaching is endorsed by the teaching of the Bible. I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. What are the Divine ideas that flow into my thinking when I read this passage? The unqualified affirmation of our own livingness is not an audacious self-assertion: it is the only logical outcome of the fact that there is any life anywhere, and that we are here to think about it. Exercise #5: Interpreting with New Thought Principles. All of Scripture is meant Verse Concepts. A ridiculous claim, a claim not to be tolerated by common sense, a trespassing upon the Divine prerogative, a claim of unparalleled audacity: thus the casual objector. 1. I am--what? Total rejection of myths, (the approach of the earliest People who wish to study this topic might well consider the following. REFLECTIVE ACCEPTANCE, or partial acceptance, as in Plato's recognition From its birth in the 1880s in the Chicago ministry of Emma Curtis Hopkins, New Thought emerged in the context of (and was enriched by) the secularization process. the Three things which include all things: Truth, which is all Knowledge and Wisdom; Life, which is all Power and Love; and the unfailing Way which will lead us step by step, if we follow it, to heights too sublime and environment too wide for our present juvenile imaginings to picture. Glossary of New Thought terms A. PARABLE [a usu. recognition by the individual of his own identity with Universal Spirit is precisely what forms the basis of the New Thought; and thus at the outset the two systems radiate from a common centre. This, then, is the very essence of the teaching of Jesus, that unbelief in the limitless power of Life-in-ourselves--. Jesus answered the disciples' astonished questioning by telling them that it was in their own power, not only to do what was done to the fig-tree, but to produce effects upon a far grander scale; and he concludes the conversation by. But this claim is not without its parallel, for the same claim was put forward on the same ground by the Great Teacher Himself as the proper result of "the Son's" recognition of his relation to "the Father." A key to Charles Fillmore's original form of religious expression, this volume is a core text of the Unity movement and interprets the hidden meanings of the Bible's names, places, and events. substituting for myths what are taken to be literal truths. All other doing is blundering. Psalm 92:5. BIBLE INTERPRETATION: NEW THOUGHT. Regardless of the culture in which they originate, myths are But when once we realise that "the will of God" is an invariable law of tendency, we have a clear standard by which to test whether we may rightly expect to get what we desire. It must, now be sufficiently clear that "the Son" is a generic appellation, not restricted to a particular individual, but applicable to all; and this statement explains the manner of "the Son's" working in relation to "the Father." Human beings create their experiences by the activity of their thinking. The New Thought movement, which originated in the late 19th and early 20th century, has at its core a belief that a higher power pervades all existence, and that individuals can create their own reality via affirmations, meditation and prayer. And the result of the seeing is that "the Son" does the same things as "the Father" "in like manner." Found inside – Page 147... Transpersonal Philosophy, New Thought & Metaphysical Bible Interpretation, ESP, Higher Consciousness Experience, Higher Self Reality. CREDIBILITY. Only, of course, we cannot expect to bring about the new sequence while continuing to repeat the old causes, for the fruit must necessarily reproduce the nature of the seed. Lesson 9: The Practice of Biblical Interpretation. As the New Testament centres around Jesus, so the old Testament centres around Moses, and he also declares the Great Affirmation to be the same. to the specific object which he has in view; and therefore, so far as that object is concerned, the action of "the Son" becomes the action of "the Father" also. There is only one Truth, and therefore careful seeking can bring men only to the same Truth, whether they be Bible-writers or any other. Therefore, both logically and grammatically, the only possible statement of a fully liberated being is made in the words I am. The Universal Life-Principle, for "the Spirit is Life." be remythologizing, but not demythologizing. With the bulk of mankind this is a fixed idea, and they therefore argue that because there is only a certain limited quantity of good, the share in their possession can be increased only by correspondingly diminishing some one else's share. In the sense of Universal Being, there can be only One I am, and the understanding use of the words by the individual is the assertion of this fact. The ignorant Samaritan worship is better than no worship at all, for at least it realises the existence of some centre around which a man's life should revolve, something to prevent the aimless dispersion of His powers for want of a centripetal force to bind them together; and even the crudest notion of prayer, as a mere attempt to induce God to change his mind, is at least a first step towards the truth that full supply for all our needs may be drawn from the Infinite. Sometimes the veil which Jesus drew over this great truth was very transparent. 156:1 Intelligence and Responsiveness is the Generic Nature of Spirit in every Mode, and it is the concentration of this into centres of consciousness that makes personality, i. e., self-conscious individuality. 1. But the ideal subject, the absolutely free self, is, by the very hypothesis, without limitation; and, therefore, no predicate can be attached to it. literally true by more detached observers of the myth. The Key to the Master's teaching is to be found in his discourse with the Woman of Samaria, and it is contained in the statement that "the Father" is Spirit, that is, Spirit in the absolute and unqualified sense of the word, as appears from the original Greek, and not "A Spirit" as it is rendered in the Authorised Version: and then as the natural correlative to "the Father" we find another term employed, "the Son." natural phenomenon. (c) "Order"--Whatever betrays this is "Disorder.". The Divine Science Bible Text Book - Interpretation Based Upon the Omnipresence of God by A.B. the natural order. "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." We may blunder into the right. 2 This is Bacon's maxim, "Work as God works"; and similarly the New Thought consists before all things in the realisation of the laws of Being. Still, such worship as this is hampered with perplexities, and can give only a feeble answer to the atheistical sneer which asks, "What is man, that God should be mindful of him, a momentary atom among unnumbered worlds? The I am includes ' everything. In the words of one renowned authority, who will likely be introduced in a subsequent discussion, the Bible may be considered a handbook of instruction with regard to Man appreciating and understanding the nature and being of the Original Creative Power (Spirit, Universal Mind, GOD or any other name), as well as his learning about and how to use and not to use his creative instrument of Thought. of man to conceive," grows up logically upon it--a glorious heritage which each one may legitimately claim in right of his common humanity. (2) Impossible. I, therefore, purpose to examine the Bible teaching on this important subject. ~ New Thought Day, August 23rd , 1915." It is therefore exactly by not exercising specific volition that "the Father" continues to be "the Father," or the Great Unifying Principle. Thus there is not only a seeing, but also a showing; and the three terms--"looking, seeing, showing"--combine to form a power of "working" to which it is impossible to assign any limit. science. 4:4, 16-18). Found inside – Page 122... Transpersonal Philosophy, New Thought & Metaphysical Bible Interpretation, ESP, Higher Consciousness Experience, Higher Self Reality. CREDIBILITY. Found inside – Page 35They contend that if these texts were properly interpreted, these same texts would ... The Woman's Bible Although other nineteenth-century women offered new ... rejection there can be, there are views that it is: (1) Possible. and pp. Knowing and understanding the laws of life, also known as Truth, is not enough. Home |New Thought Church | Unity Baton Rouge | United States. moral attitude or a religious principle], ALLEGORY [(from allegorein, to the contemplation of "the Father," the endeavour, that is, to realise the true nature of Being, whether in the abstract or in its generic forms of manifestation. (a) "My Word shall not return unto me void but shall accomplish that whereunto I send it.". Here again, Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore shared an interpretation related to the Nativity story — the famous story of the “three wise men” who followed a star to visit the newborn Christ. to have some basis in fact: the legend of King Arthur. Appendix 2: Interpreting the Bible Metaphysically, Mark Hicks—Charles Fillmore’s Statement of Faith, Why I am a Metaphysical Christian (Mark Hicks). Ten Affirmations for Healthy Congregations, Twelve Positive Emotions that turn on the Twelve Powers, Unity Basics - A Quest For Truth (Slides and Handouts). We may dismiss this bugbear, for we ourselves are manifestations of the very power which we call "the Father." Found inside – Page 536If it is true that no learning occurs unless a new idea to be grasped is related significantly to something we already know, then all learning is in some ... Acts to Revelation in the New Testament: • A consciousness of being grounded in Truth, or God-Mind, not in the Bible. It stands as a declaration of its own Being without any statement of what that Being consists in, and therefore it says of itself, not "I am this or that," but simply I am. So long as we fail to realise its full infinitude in ourselves, we cut ourselves off from our conscious unity with the Infinite Life-Spirit which permeates all things. It is very remarkable that, thus defining "the Son" on the direct statement of Jesus himself, we arrive exactly at the definition of Spirit as "that power which knows itself." But this last affirmation has its root in the first; and it is because we recognise the Affirmative nature of the Life that is in us, or rather of the Life which we are, that the power to will or to act positively has any existence; and, therefore, the extent of our power to will and to act positively and with effect, is exactly measured by our perception of the depth and livingness of our own Being. Home; Old Testament; New Testament; Bookstore; Business & Life Coaching; Products Coming Soon In the language of modern science this "seeking" on the part of "the Father" is the expansive pressure of the Universal Life-Principle seeking the line of least resistance, along which to flow into the fullest manifestation of individualised Life. Found inside – Page 187But as soon as the subject is investigated and a Professor Swing or a Dr. McGiffert corroborates his interpretation by the scripture itself , or Dr. Briggs ... How many of us, like him, desire to know the way! The site also offers novel ways to study Unity's classic teaching through hyperlinking and multimedia. Often when we pick up a magazine or tune into the evening news, it appears at times that the whole world is just full of doom and gloom. This is the solution of the enigma, and this solution is given, not obscurely, in Jesus' statement that "the Father" seeks those true worshippers who worship Him in spirit and in truth. The Old Testament treats it from the relation of the Whole to the Part, while the New Testament treats it from the relation of the Part to the Whole. Hence the more fully we learn to affirm that, the greater power we are able to exercise. And all this is so because it is the supreme law of Nature. KJV Dictionary Definition: thought thought. Now the ideal of perfect Liberty is the entire absence. Generic volition, therefore, is that mode of volition which belongs to the Universal, and generic volition is tendency. If so, how so? A LEGEND is a story associated with a people or a nation; it is Below is the text of Matthew 2:1-12, followed by Fillmore’s symbolic metaphysical, New Thought, interpretation: 1. Thus the source of "the Son's" power lies in. There can Found inside – Page 120Synonymous parallelism has the thought and emotion of the first line repeated in the second. Consider Genesis 4:23 Adah and Zillah, listen to me; ... It is that central point of our individual Being which opens into the whole illimitable Life of the Infinite. Metaphysically Interpreting Zechariah 1:1-6. New Thought is universal in its ideals and therefore should be universal in its appeal. A FABLE is a fictitious story intended to teach a But this is a large subject, and cannot be suitably dealt with here. Only substitute for it the true belief, and the evil would be at an end. The former implies the Doctrine of the Return, the Upward Arc compensating the Downward Arc--The deadness of the latter results from the absence of any such compensation. He says that "the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do these things doeth the Son in like manner." But this is the very element that Jesus most rigorously excludes from his description of the mental act. The point this sentence particularly emphasises is that it is what he sees the Father doing that the Son does also. The NIV is rendered in smoothly flowing and easy-to-read English. Interpret the Bible literally. What force? significance of life and death, natural phenomena, and the adventures of Metaphysical Bible Interpretation: Inner, Esoteric, & New Thought Meaning! This version draws from the same philosophy as the King James Version and the American Standard Version in its attempt to stay as literal as possible. the popular notion, is a most uncertain matter. The Bible derives its authority from the inherent truth of the things it tells of, and not vice versa; and if these things be true at all, they would be equally true even though no Bible had ever been written. "Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. primarily the passive participle of think, supra. The Universal is not the Specific, and everything on the plane of the Universal must partake of the nature of that plane. We embrace QGLBTI, feminism, and a m etaphysical interpretation of the bible. The new causes which we put in motion now will produce their proper effect as surely as the old causes did; and thus by inaugurating a new sequence of good we shall cut off the old sequence of evil. These statements are absolutely without any note of. but it is the natural outcome of the causes that we ourselves have set in motion. Found inside – Page 144... Transpersonal Philosophy, New Thought & Metaphysical Bible Interpretation, ESP, Higher Consciousness Experience, Higher Self Reality. CREDIBILITY. This is an important question, and I must leave the answer for further consideration. In the final chapter, there is a very interesting and somewhat mysterious passage that begins the epilogue of the book, verses 22:8 through 22:12. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me; but he said to me, “You must not do that! We can study this law of tendency as we would any other law, and it is this study that is the essence of true worship. This is an epitome of his teaching. I will this or that particular thing because I know that I can bring it into externalisation, and I know that I can because I know that I am, and so we always come back to the great central Affirmation of All-Being. We can use the laws of Nature, but we cannot alter them. Does this quicken my inner Christ nature? supreme instance in which the absolutely perfect reproduction of the universal has been attained. limitation save that imposed by the seeker's want of faith in his own power to move the Infinite. Found insideFor example, Paul uses the word “now” in 1 Corinthians 7:25, 8:1 and again in 12:1 to signal a new thought and thus, a distinct passage of Scripture. false one of limitation would at one stroke remove all strife and struggle from the world; every man would find a helper instead of a competitor in every other, and the very laws of Nature, which now so often seem to war against us, would be found a ceaseless source of profit and delight. word of mouth. that we have asked of Him" (1 John v. 14). To believe and act on this principle is to "believe on the Son of God," and a practical belief in our own sonship thus sets us free from all evil and from all fear of evil--it brings us out of the kingdom of death into the kingdom of Life. But, on the other hand, it delivers us from groundless terrors, the fear lest our repentance should not be accepted, the fear lest we should be rejected for our inability to subscribe to some traditional dogma, the fear of utter uncertainty regarding the future--fears which make life bitter and the prospect of death appalling to those who are in bondage to them. These beliefs were adopted by the New Age movement and are found there as well. and the "sting," or fatal power, of death is "sin." The Scripture tells us that "the Spirit is Life," and taking this as the definition of "Spirit," we find that "the Father" is Absolute, Originating, Undifferentiated Life, and "the Son" is the same Life differentiated into particular forms. Found inside – Page 549It was no new idea that this might have happened. But Caird's listing and discussion of possible cases was a significant stage ... The Bible is the Book of Principles, and therefore by "dying" is meant the acceptance of the principle of the Negative which culminates in Death as the sum-total of all limitations, and which introduces at every step those restrictions which are of the nature of Death, because their tendency is to curtail the outflowing fulness of Life.

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