GLOSSARY - Samples from Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind

Trinity of Being
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Spirit, Soul and Body
Conscious, Sub-conscious and Manifestation
Spirit
God, within Whom all spirits exist. The Self-Knowing One. The Conscious Universe. The Absolute. Spirit in man is that part of him which enables him to know himself. That which he really is. We do not see the spirit of man any more than we see the Spirit of God. We see what man does; but we do not see the doer. We Treat Spirit as the Active and the only Self-Conscious Principle. We define Spirit as the First Cause or God; the Universal I AM. The Spirit is Self-Propelling, It is All; It is Self-Existent and has all life within Itself. It is the Word and the Word is volition. It is Will because It chooses. It is Free Spirit because It knows nothing out side Itself, and nothing different from Itself. Spirit is all Life, Truth, Love, Being, Cause and Effect, and is the only Power in the Universe that knows Itself.
Soul
The Creative Medium of Spirit; the subjective side of life; the Mirror of Mind, for It reflects the forms of thought which are given It. Man's soul life re-enacts the Soul Life of the Universe. Soul is subjective because it takes the thought of conscious mind and acts upon it. Its nature is subjective and It cannot analyze or reject; It can only carry out the orders given It. Infinite in Its power and ability to do, but not knowing that It does.
Body
The outward form. The entire manifestation of Spirit, both visible and invisible, is the Body of God. Within this One Body of God is included all lesser bodies. This One Body, coupled with the Intelligence running through It, is called the Son, or the Second Person of the Trinity. This, of course, includes man, both visible and invisible. It also includes every gradation of consciousness, from the simple to the complex, from a cell to an archangel. It is the entire manifestation of Spirit on any and all planes. Body is the definite outline of flesh, containing all of the ideas which go to make the complete physical instrument.

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