Charles Fillmore taught the concept of "regeneration" from the understanding that it was the natural restoration of the physical body to its original state of wholeness. He believed that regeneration was the result of consciousness being fully aligned with the true nature of Supreme Being, which is absent of any degenerative energy patterns induced by states of awareness which have resulted from the belief in separation. His theory of regeneration is supported by the love and forgiveness teachings of Jesus Christ as well as the current scientific discoveries of the body's natural tendency to reproduce new cells periodically.