Unity Metaphysics 1 (Tan Book)
FRONT MATTER
An introductory course in Unity Metaphysics designed to provide the background, understanding, and frame of reference necessary for metaphysical thinking. The course provides an overview of the basic concepts and ideas found in the writings of Charles Fillmore grouped under the following main categories:
- The Nature of God.
- The Nature of Mankind.
- The Relationship between God and Mankind.
Supplementary reading assignments will be found in the following Unity Books:
- Lessons In Truth, H. Emilie Cady
- What Are You?, Imelda Octavia Shanklin
- Know Thyself, Richard Lynch
- Christian Healing, Charles Fillmore
- Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore
- Keep a True Lent, Charles Fillmore
The Charles Fillmore books are identified in this course by means of initials as follows:
- ASP Atom-Smashing Power of Mind
- CH Christian Healing
- JC Jesus Christ Heals
- KL Keep a True Lent
- MBD Metaphysical Bible Dictionary
- MG Mysteries of Genesis
- MJ Mysteries of John
- P Prosperity
- RW The Revealing Word
- TM The Twelve Powers of Man
- TP Teach Us to Pray
- TT Talks on Truth
COURSE OUTLINE: METAPHYSICS I
Page 6: WHAT IS GOD?: (Nature of God: Absolute Good, God Is Not a Person, Being, Two Aspects of Being, God as Spirit, God as Principle, God as Law: Principle in Action, God as Mind, God as Substance, God as Love)
Page 11: THE DIVINE PARADOX: (Principle/Personal, Immanent/Transcendent, Father/Mother, Law/Grace)
Page 14: THE TRINITY: (Metaphysical Trinity, Scripture Symbols vs. Metaphysical Terms, Three in One, First in the Trinity, Second in the Trinity, Third in the Trinity, The Spirit of Truth, Key to Understanding the Trinity)
Page 18: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: (Definition of Evil, Evil: Absolute vs. Relative, Origin of Evil, Free Will & Evil, Separation From God, Sin, Sins of Omission and Commission, The Devil, Key to Understanding Evil, Reconciliation of Good & "Evil")
Page 23: THE KINGDOM OF GOD: (Planes of Life, Fourth Dimension, Recognition of the Kingdom, Externalization of the Kingdom of God, The Kingdom of Heaven, Science and Religion, Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, God's Will, The Divine Plan, Attaining the Kingdom)
Page 28: THE CREATIVE PROCESS: (How God Creates, .Involution, Evolution, The Trinity in Creation, Law of Cause & Effect, Two Creation Stories, Creation as an Ongoing Process)
Page 32: ASSIGNMENT AND READING LIST:
Page 33: SELF-KNOWLEDGE: ("Know Thyself", I AM, Living in Two Worlds, Unexplored Consciousness, Finding God, Divine Ideas, Our Many Selves, "Thought People", Life is Consciousness, Self-Observation, The Great Work)
Page 38: CONSCIOUSNESS: (Evolution of Consciousness, The "I AM", Balanced (FourSided) Consciousness, 1) Sensation, 2) Intuition, 3) Thinking, 4) Feeling, Race Consciousness) Page 42: THE TRINITY IN MAN: (The Trinity, Mind/Idea/Manifestation, 1) Spirit (Mind), 2) Soul (Idea), 3) Body (Manifestation), Activating the Trinity in Man, Mankind's Destination)
Page 46: THE THREE PHASES OF MIND: (Mind-The Crucible, Consciousness, The One Mind, T) Conscious Mind, 2) Subconscious Mind, 3) Superconscious Mind, Subconscious Impressions, Externalization of the Superconscious)
Page 50: PERSONALITY & INDIVIDUALITY: (Two Men, Individuality, Personality, The "Devil", The Second Birth, Christ/Man, "Christ in You", Your True Self)
Page 54: SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION: (Spiritual Evolution, Life of Jesus, God's Objective, What Jesus Did, Reincarnation, Crucifixion & Resurrection, Resurrection, Regeneration, New Age)
Page 59: ASSIGNMENT AND READING LIST:
Page 60: "CHRIST IN YOU": (Salvation, Christ Consciousness, The Christ Mind, Spiritual Evolution, Soul Unfoldment, Spiritual Illumination, The New Man, The Christ Life)
Page 65: THE TWELVE POWERS OF MAN: (Regeneration, "Calling the Twelve", The 3 Fold Nature of the Twelve, Divine Ideas, Manifestation of Divine Ideas, Expressing the 12 Powers, Jesus the Way Shower, Warning Against Temptations)
Page 70: PRAYER AND MEDITATION: (Mind: Our Link to God, States of Consciousness, The Christ Mind, Prayer Defined, Beyond Thinking, The Silence, Attention: The Key, Realization)
Page 75: DENIALS AND AFFIRMATIONS: (Thoughts are Things, Keys To The Kingdom, Denial and Affirmation, Cause and Effect, Good and Evil, How Denials Work, How Affirmations Work, Conserving Creative Energy, Absolute vs. Relative)
Page 80: UNDERSTANDING FAITH: (Faith, Blind Faith, Understanding Faith, FaithThinking, Faith-Thinking vs. Intellectual Thinking, Developing Understanding Faith, Basis For Understanding Faith)
Page 85: COCREATION: (Creation, Cocreation, Divine Ideas, Our Role, Involution and Evolution, Our Executive Power, The Trinity in Creation, 7 Steps in Creation, Theory vs. Practice)
Page 90: ASSIGNMENT AND READING LIST:
Transcribed by Sheri Owen on August 3, 2015.
