XII. I am Free.
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XII. I am Free.
Freedom is harmony with Law. Law is not only universal, but beneficent. I deny my past condition of servitude. I am no longer bound by the chains of appetite, passion, impulse, custom, creed, fashion, societies, politics, traditionalism, or the animal nature. I deny their power. Only the spiritual self is free, and I recognize that as my real ego. I deny the bondage of matter. It is no longer a prison-wall. I repudiate the tyranny of the senses. They are my servants; no longer masters.
I open my mind to truth, and welcome it from whatever quarter it may come. I assert my supremacy over outward circumstances, and deny the power of both physical pain and pleasure. My consciousness goes beyond the body and all its belongings, and dwells with the divine and spiritual self.
“Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
“He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.”
“For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and death.”