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itself. In purified man it is manifested as his eternal life.

fire of God--The Word of God in action. It burns out the dross of negative consciousness and reveals the Christ.

fire, tongues of--Illumination of thought, in demonstration of Spirit's presence and power.

firmament--Faith in mind power, a firm, unwavering place in consciousness. The firmament in the midst of the waters is an idea of confidence or faith in the invisible.

first-born--The "first-born" of every state of consciousness is the personal I. When the flood of light from the universal is let in through our declaration of the one wisdom and one love, this I of every mortal state of consciousness is slain, and there is a "great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead" (Exod. 12:30).

fish--Represent ideas of multiplication and fecundity. Accounts in which Jesus figures as a party to fish eating are symbolical of the mental side of eating, which is the appropriation of ideas.

The reason Jesus so often used fish to illustrate His teaching is that He was a living demonstration of ideas, and all that He did was in the realm of ideas rather than in the realm of effects. Fish represent ideas in which there is great possibility of increase; Jesus used these ideas to represent the inexhaustible, everywhere present abundance.

fishers of men--Spiritually quickened men who are strongly fortified in Truth and able to help others to find the light.

flame of fire--Light of understanding that flames up in the heart, yet does not consume substance. (see burning bush)

flash of intelligence--The musical genius says he hears