Wednesday, December 10, 2008

My Spirit Is Free


I know that my spirit is free from all limitation.--Ernest Holmes

I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.--Genesis 17:1

Whoever know the God who is without commencement, without end, who within this impervious[world] is the creator of the universe, who is of an infinite form, the one penetrator of the universe, becomes liberated from all bonds.--The Upanishads

Thus it is that the Tao produces [all things], nourishes them, brings them to their full growth, nurses them, completes them, matures them, maintains them, and overspreads them.--Tao Te Ching


This Chinese text tells us that the Tao, which means Spirit, produces everything, nourishes everything, and maintains everything. It spreads Itself over everything, It flows through everything and is in all things. Indeed, being all that is, there can be nothing outside It. "I am God and there is no other." [Isaiah]

The Hindu text tells us that in such degree we become liberated. And the Hebrew text says, "Walk before me and be thou perfect." We are to recognize the Divine in everything, to speak to the Divine in everything, to see It everywhere. "Lift the stone and you will find me, cleave the wood for there am I." There is a mystical Presence that pervades the universe. The fragrance of the rose, the beauty of the dewdrop glistening in the sun, the sound of water flowing to the sea, and seeing the beauty in a sunset are all manifestations of Its Presence and activity. This mystical Presence welling up in our consciousness evermore proclaims Itself as the source and root of all. This Source, Hermes tells us, forevermore proclaims Itself as "the Oneness, being source and root of all, is in all things as the root and source." And the Christian scriptures tell us, "I am over all, in all, and through all." The enlightened of the ages have told us that it is this God within us that recognizes Itself in everything we are.

I know that my spirit is free from all limitation. There is no thought of lack, limitation, fear or doubt in my Reality. I know that my mind understands the truth about myself and my Reality. I know that my physical body and my objective affairs reflect and manifest the perfection that I feel, the wholeness that I am certain of, and the prosperity that rightfully belongs to me.

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