; ; :; ṭ 10: : r! ; CH! roj RT':- '-l c: * WIL '- T ;' O;:)':' - -\o STr- l'jjru J J T'm Ulr: 26 1932 ' - ṭ 1 FIRST PRIlCI PLES R J'IT' ;J E;'J 1 0' co ;:::-;;;;lj I ;( \ l CHARLES FILLMORE--SmAY JUNE 26 1932 FIRST PRINCIPIES \ _: (REVIE) ; 1: :': Our lesson hs rlornng s a revevl o \!ha we hav beerl over he las hree monhs: Frs Prlncple s; II 1ha le Have Learned ro111 Genes I wvuld lke o say ha Geness s consdered he key o he vlhole Bble I s very necessary ha ve undersand s real crracer and v/ha eaches l UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY UNITY ARCHJY
2 sprually I ells abou spruel n:b:'1 I s no an e)::ac record o sprual evens bu s e record o wha has aken j ' ; \ place n he creave mnd n brngng orh hs unverse and: '* ' 1 man ar!d I would say ha ha creamve mrrl n brngng orh 1 hs unverse and man; a11d I v:ould say ha ha creave mnd :; s sll a work So ve 11lUs lead he Scrpures as we would read an allegory Jesus augh n parables; so he auhor o Geness wroe n OJ l { - 1 ' I -' I! 3 'ṫ ': parables vve mus ge hs clear n our mnds beore we can undersand he rs and second chapers o Geness; nd vv'here her dovea 1; vlhere hey apply: Ijany o om heologans have '1 swllbled on he seemng conladcons beween he rs cleave I ' ' wjrk descrbed n he 1s chaper' o Geness B'ld r-e secorjd 1 ': creave ''/ork descrbed p he 2d chaper o Geness and he '! 3d chaper and all he /ay hrough The 1s cpdper o Geness I s he key o all ha ollo /s and all you need o know s ha;
4 ' ; ;: he Is che_per o Gene ss ells abou seven gree ac v es o l:nd--spr rnd God lnd The nanle o God IIElohm II s 7' : que del erl rom l-le name o God n he 2d a d 3d and 4h r and 5rl chapers Elohm means he aggregs on o all he prn- j {; cples ha ener no Beng: sel I s no epomzed or dened as sel I has o express sel rl an deny '; and ha deny s s mage and lkeness and ha deny A ' -} he mage-and-lkeness appears rl he 2d chapers 'and succeed- j + ' l 4 5 J ; ț ng chapers as Jehovah God he I God You can see ha hs ' reers o a sprual un'oldmen -And he days descrbed n Geness were no leral days : The earh and man and all he unverse were no creaed n sx I leral days Tha s chldsh bu as you look no he orgnal meanng o Geness yo'u v-ll nd ha ha vlord ranslaed days' mc ans grea per ods o ne--per ods II And he evenng end he - - mornng one dayl--ha s he ngh sn' '! ma doe-s ha
b reer o? I means ha he unoldmen beveetl he percepon o he ruh and s ulllraen s more or Ie ss a perod o dar'k: ' : ness IJow vie are unoldng deas The nne mnd he God? mnd cleaed rs a grea deal man and a gree deal 1U1verse } Then ha deal vias gven o s den T man he JehovaJ:l nla : ': j o vlork ou and ha work s sll gong on le are \vorkng ; 1U1der hs Jehovah God or I Am deny = and blngng no ; expresson hose poenales ha sprual man has l1a vrere j ': 7 :' 1 creaed n he begnnng Tha you can see s he key o he whole developdlen o man You undersand ha and you can see how -!)1a s augh as maeral evo111on s rgh no your scheme your everyday le 'e are old a s 'Ie go no he 2d ar!d 3d ch8_pers o Gene- ss ha hs rran vhch he I Am man ormed ou o he dus o - he gro1!ld and breahed no hs nosrls he breah o le ha man was pu- rlo a garden calje d Eden or Paradse and
8 he W&s old o rm and o keep and o culvae Tha s symbolcal you can see Tl)e I ma'1 he Jehovah God s he hl!)1er sel n everyone o us I s ormng a r '-' l' man ou o he unvers2l subsance and nsprng ha unversal 1 man Irdnd VI h re se poenal deas '-hch rere creaed n he begnnng Ths gves everyone o you access o a grea 'und o' knowledge a grea 'und o le subsance nellgence power I rases you '/her you undersand o he Clus 1 ; : 1 c ' 9 ;c conscousness o he Chrs l\nd and you see a once rja you c have v:lln you ever'yhng h Jesus Chrs had n HDl Slld ) ha jtou carl brng 'or h you develol! along hese lnes Vle are old he hs Ada::-:l lllbll had he power o nan:e or gve characer o he beass o' he eld he o':l1s o he ar rlg shes n he se-a all he creepng hngs: everyhng was narned or gven characer by hs Adar[l man or hs de-yelopng n-le:; '/e er e Jds'Y! 011 he one sde and on he oher Ve are
10 Chrs; or he deal remember s here ryng o ex})ress sel ;: n you rtng o use hs 'dam corlsc10usness s lmed peronal conscousness o brng orh a perec man Ho'v are you measurng up? o gha exen are you developng? Are you recognzng yoursel as a \'lorm o he 'dus brough orh n sn and conceved n nquy or are you recognzng yoursel as God's dea a perec man You vll ge resuls jus ; ;;; accordng o how you are lookng a yoursel! -* c 7# '; $ ṭ 11 r I! :c l ; ;;? Ve are old ha hs man n hs garden vas emped by a 01 ị serpen and ha rja serpen caused hll o ed o a ree called : c he r'ee o he l-:nowledge o gc'od and evl 11 and ha hrough co'!c ds eang o he ree he ell ala:v ror1 nspraon or he ddn' ls en o he Lord God and hs clohn8 vias el::en a v'ay He ound hmsel naked He clohed br'lsel \'lhg leaves Tha s all allegorcal The serpen rla emps nlan s sensaon ';le have o go back o he orgnel prncples: he'relaon n
12 1 cleg1on bevee;1 he le or energy end subsence You pu subsance snq le no ac-on and re8corj and you have a ver:; pleasan sensaol-j Th s sensa;on vie are old s he mos suble o all he creaons o rs nne mnd and nne mnd s conrolled by s law I couldn' brng orh whou hevng ol'der sem 18w could And when hs le orce s 'brough no conac n your body vlh he cells you ; Z -hav:e a pleasan sensaon and you gve yoursel up o he 1 c ' ' 13 - enjoj-men o ha sensaon and orge how o dlec you Ge a\'lay rom your gudrlg nellgence don' you? Ve rjd ourselves enjoyng sensaons o he eye o he ear o he aecons All hose sensaorjs are very pleasan vnd Ve n our race evoluon have Gven oursejves up o he 4'! sense' ons he pie asures- o he lesh nsead o I senng o ' h s gudng rel]gence I 'lould ell Us hovi o use hese :1 ': orces; rld hs s he serpen or Saan or he Devl I has; ::? ; ' c '
14 developed a corscousness n us nd lhe'l we heve a ve1-:; p1eesan j 1; r sensaor; ve say IIT'ha s good 11 Bu yo/hen ou over'\'lork yo-ur ; 'I sensaorls her'e s alviry-s a reacon You hve a headacl'e he ; ne:>: lrlornng al1d you sa; II':'rl s -Dad Tha s vlhere ;)7ou ea ' ' ț o he ree 01' he h-no\lledge o good and evl ; Isn' ha smple? jus as smple as ro1ljne o a loc;; and ye \Ie have sad ha Pda;-;l and Eve ae appless o rle ree Bond! God cursed heir 1'or e ern y because hey ae an apple Tha s ' I - 15 c 'j; E ;; ;; chld sh Vha 'e vlar s o ge a hese und amenal l''acs and ; hese lessons wll gve hem o us kan develops rs hs!un-' I danenal acules as he :'oes --n n hs uno1dmen LI Trle rjej Ie s son s rje call o Jb}'aIrl Pbram ::; a ype o aj ho le vias called ou o IOOre sense cons cousness rjo :J:ol'ler' and hgher realr o hough 1oVI bran represens he posj ve l''ah n' us vfjclls ees beyond he rrlael&l 1'lor1d; sees no he nvsble and acs Ul:JorJ ha nvsble; acs Jou hdve r6 UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY UNITY ARCHIVES
- 16 I r Abr8ln ajrl posvely; buc ve h2_ve T a knd o necajve wa:l ha s Lo These rio ele separ ed Lo ven >ac o he j ces 01' Sodor:1 arld GomorrrlB You l:no\v \'ha hey reprezen The:! ț r represen he luss o he 1e she He ad a h r; he Pnd l:brar-j j red o ge Lo's vle o go no hs hgher realm o conscous- nebs vlhere a rl Y!orks; bu srle looked back and sje vias urned : j n o a pll ar o sal Trla all means ha vlhen vie loo1r back J +ongng1y o he pleasures o he lesh lke he Chldren o I I Ṛ ; 17 Israel--hey looked back and waned o have he onons Ind he gar lc and rle; leeks o EgJ VJhenever you look back you buld up rla cqrlscousness and you are ll;:e Lols yae: you ge ;; ;; : pckled n ha old sae o mnd I s no gooq o becodle a [ I dll pckle Olr any knd o pckle Arld whenevel 'You look back C; and long or ha old sa-e o hough yon are gong back\/ard :: nsead o orward loses sad o he Chldren o Israel Go 'orv6rd I : : :
18 I I may be rla you are gong or\'rard n an appalen Qarkness' There Chldre11 o Israel ound r-a hey had a:'1 uphll me n : he' vjdernese 'j!e aye all n rle y'lderness bu all we need s o be rue o our hghes rue o he Sprj and you vlll develop a povver ha Vlll gve you a grea peace ana nner ;; conscousness o joy Tl1s s represened by he lesson on Isaac Isaac vras a vvell d:gger He dug so many o hose wells o! vlaer and he Chldren o Israel o ls day ell abou he!? I : C' - 11 19 wells o Isaac and Jacob Tha JrearlS ha when you J1r'ough ah develop an nner conscousness ; begns o sr:k deep no your subconscous and you nd Ylhn your conscousness vlhn your body o lesh even ha has undscovered poenaljes Jesus old ds \'Oman a he ':Tell abou rls vell o lvrlg waer ha exs ed vhn- er Is[;'C oscoverad ba and he:; s celled '1euGher I He vas he -ell o lvng waer you eel ha sorem(s ha you ar'e haj:jpy n spe' 01 all he adverse cond1ons
20 rl he world ; ; Trlerl 'e COlle o lje 1e sson o' he sellng o' he brhrgh o' Esau o hs broher Jacob Th6 ShO\'/8 ho'{! he rr:!d sepal'ees 'rom he body You all l-:no\'l ha Eseu \vas he hary mar he 1 :; ; physcal man He represens our bodes 1'lhle Jacob represens he mrd he nellec You }OlOY he body should evolve exacly as as as he mnd They are v/ns Esau vas rs 11Prs ha ; r whch s naural hen ha Yll'Jch s spr ual II sad Paul Ve :1 J 4:;; -l 21 evolve as chldren as CO:llJ1On everyday naural chldren; and vie should go on n our body evoluon Bu wha occurs'! The mnd # o he 'man pes ahebd o he body and wllen he body s vleary ; 1: Bnd cres ou goes and ges soroordng o ea or drnk n-!' Ī' sead o Gvng he spr1ual mnd Insead o developng sprually buys s orrltc:h vlll a lle poage o soup Tl:e s v/hs ve read n he Scrpure ha Jacob concoced 1 ' a lle le nls and cooked up and vthen Eseu vas weary w b '
22 he hun 116 gave h!:: :ha ard go :s brhrgh Tha jus ' means J1a ;le are dorlg ha evert me vhen Ve need rl6 real : susarlj-ng PQ':ver o he Spr VIe apply SOJ1e maeral hrjg o he body Gve your body he sprual v/ord Feed vh ha bread as Jesus sad ha COl'r 3S do\' rom heaven I am : he bree_d o lleaven corre down o eed he world Tben vie go orl v'h hs nellecual man; s developng : j Jacob a Behel had hs dream; saw ha ladder reachng rom 1 7! ' r * 23 he earh o he hecyens and he angels ascendng a-tld descendng Tha }oo ans br vie avlaken hrough our ah rs ard hen hrough he exercse o :h V'le begn o avaken a real sprual :1 unon be\:leen he hgrlel' a11d he lo\el realms o conscousness I and ''lhen ve conle o Jacob and Esau reconcled agarj hey go ogeher ra s anoher grea lesson or us I hnk many o us are developng r )rj oday hs reconclaon oeweel he mnd and he body ve nd ha our bodes are no developne; c' L '
24 spru8lly as nejt sbould They :rol:; old and hey ge vlea}:- 8nd nally hey de Tha s no accordng o rle lavv; so we ::' ; mus ge Jacob cnd Esau ogeher and hs s augrl n ha grea lesson ha hey mus be reconc:led and uned As we )I; go on Vlh our developmen we mus u-ly mnd and body They x r8 rns: hey v/o1k ogeher ana whaever happens o your rl1nd ;r; : ' vlll be rele ced no your body Bld v:l'la happens o your body! F / vvll be rejeced no Y our mnd I s po all mnd bu s j 'I 25 ;-! mnd and body a co-operaon and a uny - Tras brngs us o he londerul le sson on Joseph he ; ' dreamer Joseph old hs drearls o hs brol'lers and hey c vvere jealous Tha means ha Joseph represens ha 1wher developmen o ha aly n man called he ma[;naon and rla becotl1es a real domnan orce n us and he oher aculc s rebel ag ns \;r'1en he sprual mnd awoke n Herod he ElJled o kll ou; klj- all he youn?; chldren Exacly he same rlrlg happerls v:hen vie unl''old hs magnaon
26 I s reslly a sprual qualy:v/e have been usng r: a Ir;aeral lay ryng o ge good ou o ; hrlkrg ha Vas brougr; orh more ully n rle maercl 'orld buldng secre magnary srucures E'l1 he real developnlen o he magnaon ṭ s n &pr ard Ve gve expresson as Joseph js 1 llu sra 'ed as g vn nally makes U11on \'lh God mnd and n our drearre vle are augh a11d ve becorae a grea sprual * orce Vve go down no he body n Egyp and here we lay up a I! -- 27 ' T ; gree resource Jseprl s depced a s savg he Egypans and ;; no only 8vng he EgypEns bu hs ovm arrlly and hen hey ; ; all come ogeher n Egyp nally ' ' ' ' Ths s he nal lesson o he :!:Jr'ee monhs ha ve have been go1rlg over he se Ie ssons The:v' are o rs ruc us n he > ;; ' ;:! ' developmen o he soul Blld he body You can' separae your - soul and your body beca1:lse your soul s your mnd; bu hese 1 $ vcol'es are he rus o he work o he sprual lnan and
r 28 ; I I as \e go on n our cencaon o ourselves v h he sprual man Vle l up hs sense consc'ousrjess as Iloses led up he serpen n he vi3lderness So JTIUS hs son o e11 be led up and uned v h he Son o man Jesus Cl1r s accomplshed hs 1 He s he [!Fea Teacher He s he grea I:an ha ve are all ryng o becolrle; so you can see ho\7 mporan s he- you ' ge hs m8j:1 no acon and ollo\vng Hs gudance Hs glory we shall s v/h Hm on hese welv'e rjr'ones judgng he vvelve! 29 ' sons o Jacob he vjelve men ha are orlned OD:' dscples -VIe hs_ve vlel ve dsc ples and hejt are shom n he 1 vlork n rjese Scrpures; so s very neresng and very praccal ;:: o [] henl no orkng order $ } ;; Le us be hankul Ol-- hese lessons Le us be hankul ha he Lord s revealng o everyone o us hr ve are more harj le 811 and blood; ha we ro'e one v h Ghrs! : I j \ 7 '1 4 '!! UNTY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANTY UNITY ARCHIVES