That
he may use his God-given power to work
so to work, to think and to live that
he will in now way hinder the greater
from operating through him. According
to the clearness of his perception and
greatness of his realization of this power
will he provide within himself. There
will no longer be a sense of separation,
but in its place will come that divine
assurance that he is one with God, and
thus will he find his freedom from all
suffering, whether it be of body, mind
or estate.
THE
BEGINNING OF UNDERSTANDING
MAN
is beginning to realize that he has life
within himself as the great gift of God
to him. If he really has life , if it
is the same nature as the life of God,
if he is an individual and has the right
of self-choice which constitutes individuality;
then it follows that he can do with his
life what he wants to do: he can make
out of himself that which he wishes. Freedom
is his, but this freedom is with law and
never outside it. Man must obey law. If
he disobeys it, it has to act as law,
and so acting has to punish him. This
he cannot change but must submit to. Freedom
comes to the individual from understanding
the laws of his own life, and conforming
to them, thereby subjecting them to his
use, to the end of health, happiness and
success.
Law
obtains throughout all nature, governing
all things, both the seen and the unseen.
Law is not physical or material but mental
and spiritual. Law is God's method of
operation. We should think of God as the
great Spirit
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