Being Free Now

“The cement of a higher humanity will unite all interests in the one divinity.” (Science and Health, page 571)

We are all together in this. As we recognize those binding properties of our higher and better selves, we have the power of unity with which to accomplish great things. Our higher humanity—our compassion, our morality, our integrity, our devotion to good without judgment of others—unites us to God’s purpose and that is true strength.

We must realize that this loving perspective and the action which naturally results is the truest nature of man. It is that deepest intention within us all, and when appealed to, it will rise to the occasion. Let’s recognize and love that it is God, good, Love, that is the cement that holds us together, as children of one Cause and inseparable from it. We simply can’t be in conflict, for our hearts are one in Truth.

Thus all interests are satisfied. Competition, disagreement, warring viewpoints and warring peoples, simply can’t exist within the one divinity. God is One, and His ideas are one, united in His ideal, His divine law of loving Life. We are bound together because we are all God’s children, born of His perfect Mind, conceived out of His flawless heart, built of His substance–His active, all-embracing Love.

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“You were making splendid progress; who put you off the course you had set for the truth? That sort of ‘persuasion’ does not come from the one who is calling you.” (Galatians 5: 7-8, JB Phillips translation)

Don’t be so quick to give up. Don’t jump off the train just when you are getting somewhere. Material circumstances and personal sense will try to make this journey a difficult one, perhaps not worth the effort, or paint this spiritual pursuit as some aspiration we are simply not good enough to achieve.

Hogwash. Progress is God’s law and just because you may be challenged on the way doesn’t mean you aren’t winning, advancing, growing and doing tremendous good for others and yourself along the way. Liken it to taking a class. As we achieve mastery of the subject, the assignments may become more difficult. It is because we now have the knowledge, wisdom, and experience with the ideas to be able to take on these harder lessons and get even clearer on what we know and why it matters so much.

Those voices of discouragement and apathy and doubt are not the voice of God. They are not valid advisors. Who has put you off course? It is the mortal mind and its desire to stay complacent in matter and its limits rather than to continue to advance out of those limits and into Soul’s infinite promise for Life. God is always calling you forward, onward, and He always will. Listen. You are making splendid progress, and you are ready for the next step, with God, up to where the view is even broader, clearer, brighter, and more beautiful than before.

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“He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.” (Psalms 101: 7)

While it may be wise to take this statement literally and steer clear of those who are not of the best character or who have malicious intentions, this stance goes further. We must guard against the entry of the lying thought, that which defies the word of God and lures us into its deceit. We must begin to recognize this thief when he enters our house, our consciousness.

Have you gotten caught up in a story of your life that seems only to snowball as you think of it, until your sleeping hours are as busy with it as your days are? The small lie, that accusation against your goodness, your safety, your peace, needs to be rejected and all its companions along with it. One lie tends to bring a bunch of friends to companion it, making it seem even more powerful and difficult to expel.

But that lying thought, that worrying, ruminating, self-defensive, self-condemning thinking, should not tarry with us. We don’t need to give it even a moment of our time or attention. Making that wrong idea comfortable for a time will never do us any good. It doesn’t need even a short visit with us. The lies, the accusations against our innocence and our love, won’t ever be helpful. They will only make our house dirty and even more vulnerable to intruders. Keep your consciousness focused on what is good and true and there will be no entry point for liars and no tolerance for lies.

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“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matthew 6: 22-23)

Our eye is our perspective. It indicates our vantage point, our vision, our focus. To have a divided focus, is to really have no focus at all. We can’t claim the fullness of our aspiration if we are not single-minded about this. This is not a matter of willful devotion to a human ideal or action or a human sense of achievement. It is about making God that “single” Mind, for He is that One Mind that is faithful and good.

This devotion to God’s purpose, setting our sights on what is true and right and good according to His daily declarations to us, is staying single-minded, devoted to a Mind that is light and that will always enlighten, brighten, uplift, and guide us. This dedication to God as Cause and reason will fill our bodies with light—with effortless health, buoyancy, freedom.

Conversely, if our thought is divided, worshipping matter as much as God, or giving the mortal mind and its sob stories an equal or greater part of our attention, we will not feel that lightness that is ours naturally. Our eye, focused on the dark and dreary, has rejected the Christ-light that is extended to us for our healing use. We have agreed to a mind divided from God, which having not the ring of Truth, has no power behind it for demonstration.

Surrender the entireness of your thought to God and His loving design. Take this moment to feel the light of Him alone. Don’t let that divided sense of a personal self, cast a shadow on your glory. Let your eyes sparkle with the inner acceptance of God’s unconditional and powerful Love.

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“For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.” (Psalms 107: 9)

Does it sometimes feel as if we are always longing for something—health, money, love, achievement, understanding? Does it seem as if our striving never ends? When one ideal is revealed and claimed, another one still seems to gnaw at us, like a hungry stomach in need of sustenance.

That longing, that hunger for goodness, peace, joy, is satisfied by God. Looking to any other source will never achieve lasting contentment. That burning within us to feel better, know more, be more at peace with ourselves and others is met and filled by divine Love. This Love has always been with us, and has always been caring for us, filling us with ideas and inspiration and new awareness. God’s nourishment, accepted without reservation, will always be enough to keep us well, comfortable, and comforted.

We must open our yearning hearts to God’s grace. We must be willing to give up our human expectations of life, and let God show us His grander plan, His ideal ideas made manifest. This satisfaction goes deeper. It is about feeling loved and lovable, and knowing that this is steady and certain and deserved. It is about accepting that we are worthy right now to be happy and well, and so we can be. The answer isn’t out there in the future or back in the past. It is right where you are, tenderly revealing that your life is in God, Love, so it is already harmonious, full, complete, peaceful, and forever satisfied.

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“Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.” (Proverbs 16:3)

Are you feeling confused? Is there a level of uncertainty about what you need to be doing, or what the future holds? Are you thoughts running rampant with worries or concerns about what you are doing or what is next? Is there an inner dialogue that doesn’t want to shut itself off?

There is an answer. Commit thy works unto the Lord. Consciously dedicate yourself to God, good. Give up the human sense of control over your life and its circumstances, its health, its success. Make a commitment to God, to Truth, to Love. Decide to devote yourself to what feels true and right and which is, most often, amazingly sweet and simple. Do this and you will be set free.

Our dedication to God and His purpose, set not only our experiences in good hands, but actually establishes our thoughts, gives them focus and clarity and wisdom. When we choose God as our Mind, our Life, then our thoughts and being must be obedient to that high standard, that one which is always precise, reasonable, and natural to us. Calm the thought by committing it, devoting it, giving it to God, where all things are harmonious, comfortable, comforting, and full of God’s powerful grace.

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“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. “ (I Peter 4: 10)

This is what it means to be a true servant of God. It is because of the abundant love and grace and understanding we have received ourselves, that we are not only able to give to others, but that we also have the genuine desire to do so. If we are truly recognizing what divine Love is about—its power, presence, and purpose—we will not hesitate to share this blessing freely.

The mortal mind would try to lure us away from this natural intention, by telling us that we are too poor to be generous, too weak to carry another, too ignorant to be helpful. These lame excuses are pure lies about you and your calling. To focus too much on self and our own needs alone is not only selfish. It lacks healing power. We simply won’t be our most happy and healthy selves until we lose sight of that personal sense, that focus on self, and begin our true stewardship.

This is God’s intention for us. Being a caretaker in His vineyard is not a hardship. It is utilizing a Love that by its use grows, flourishes, and blesses us and all, and it is completely natural to us. Our ministering is not a personal sacrifice. It is gratitude in action.

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“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4: 23)

Diligence is persistent effort and constancy of purpose. This active devotion to a cause or goal should be focused on what is really important, vital in fact, to our lives. We must with awareness keep a guard on our hearts, on the thoughts and intentions that undergird our actions and experiences.

If we keep a faithful watch over our thinking we are protecting our very lives. For our thought is where danger would attempt to turn us from Truth, from God. This defense also applies to our hearts—our intentions, our motives and aspirations. We must, without fear or guilt, look within and determine where our ideas and practices are coming from. What do we seek and for what intent do we seek it? Being honest in this, we can cultivate higher ideals, those which will also naturally most bless us.

Looking outside of ourselves for protection, living in fear of others and their behavior towards us or thoughts of us, will never get to the heart of the matter. The “issues of [your] life” are not resolved by others, and they are not damaged by others’ behavior. Your own thoughts and purposes determine your attitude, your expectations, and their fulfillment in experience. Let your heart know and keep guard on Truth and Love, as cause and means, and you will be safe, happy, and free.

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“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.” (Isaiah 65: 17)

As we enter into a new year, let’s make it an opportunity to take a renewed view on all things. Each day, each moment, God’s creation is newly revealed, fresh with promise and joy and activity. The divine Life does not settle in with old, limited, worn out or overwrought ideas, merely getting comfortable in a crypt of yesterday’s relics. Life lives.

And we are children of the divine Life, so we live as well. All the good there is belongs to God, so it endures. But each new moment we are subject to God’s fresh thoughts and His unchanging ability to bring forth sweet surprises and salvation and peace. A new heaven and a new earth—the reality of God’s kingdom showing itself in our daily human experience– are ours for the taking today because Soul’s infinite beauty can’t be confined or depleted.

Accept today’s glorious and loving renewal. Looking over our shoulder with regret or carrying fears forth into a day that is full of perfecting protection and affection, is an unnecessary burden. The former things, the old thinking that never did us any favors, can be left in last year without a backward glance. You are not your history. You are not even your future. You are this moment’s child, new born through grace, innocent and ready and loved by God.

Happy New Year!

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“Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.”(Philippians 3: 15)

As we claim that perfect view of ourselves and accept our status as children of God, Spirit, we can think and act accordingly. Knowing that God is the one Mind and that He is in all ways and at all times all-knowing and all-loving, we can rest in His consciousness; we can be the expression of His right thinking and acting, naturally.

No one is excluded from this holy status and the ability to live it forth. If we wait for human perfection, we will be waiting a long time! But, if we accept our true spiritual perfection, as God’s own ideas–perfect because divine Mind is flawless–we are capable of achieving what is in fact our true and original state of being. We must begin with God’s perfect ideal–with Him as Cause and us as perfect effect. God made man, and He made him just right.

Claiming this heritage without reservation, our vision is clearer, for we are not looking through the mask of a false identity, or coming from a premise of personal creation in matter. With this new and true vision, we are able to see God’s revelation. Anything that is not in line with that perfection of thought and action will be seen for its error, and can then be cast off as having nothing to do with the identity God made, the goodness and truth of our nature. No ignorance of our perfection will be allowed by infinite Mind. As we abide in the Truth, any flawed thought will be made apparent to us and its exposure to God’s light in us will cause it to disappear as we shine on, with healing beauty.

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