Here is your declaration of release from bondage of the world. And here as well
is all the world released. You do not see what you have done by giving to the
world the role of jailer to the Son of God. What could it be but vicious and
afraid, fearful of shadows, punitive and wild, lacking all reason, blind, insane
and sad?
What have you done that this should be your world? What have you done that this
is what you see? Deny your own identity and this is what remains. You look on
chaos and proclaim it as yourself. There is no sight that fails to witness this
to you. There is no sound that does not speak of frailty within you and without;
no breath you draw that does not seem to bring you nearer death; no hope you
hold but will dissolve in tears.
Deny your own identity and you will not escape the madness which induced this
weird, unnatural and ghostly thought which mocks creation and which laughs at
God. Deny your own identity and you assail the universe alone, without a friend,
a tiny particle of dust against the legions of your enemies. Deny your own
identity and look on evil, sin and death. And watch despair snatch from your
fingers every scrap of hope, leaving you nothing but the wish to die.
Yet what is it except a game you play in which identity can be denied? You are
as God created you. All else but this one thing is folly to believe. In this one
thought is everything set free. In this one truth are all illusions gone. In
this one fact is sinlessness proclaimed to be forever part of everything; the
central core of its existence and its guarantee of immortality.
But let today's idea find a place among your thoughts, and you have risen far above the world and all the worldly thoughts that hold it prisoner. And from this place of safety and escape you will return and set it
free. For he who can accept his true identity is truly saved. And his salvation
is the gift he gives to everyone in gratitude to Him Who pointed out the way to
happiness that changed his whole perception of the world.
One holy thought like this and you are free; you are the holy Son of God
Himself. And with this holy thought you learn as well that you have freed the
world. You have no need to use it cruelly and then perceive this savage need in
it. You set it free of your imprisonment. You will not see a devastating image of yourself walking the world in terror, with the world twisting in agony because your fears have laid the mark of death upon its heart.
Be glad today how very easily is hell undone. You need but tell yourself:
"I am the holy Son of God Himself. I cannot suffer; cannot be in pain; I cannot lose, nor can I fail to do All that salvation asks."
And in that thought is everything you look on wholly changed.
A miracle has lighted up all dark and
ancient caverns where the rites of death echoed since time began. For time has
lost its hold upon the world. The Son of God has come in glory to redeem the
lost, to save the helpless and to give the world the gift of his forgiveness.
Who could see the world as dark and sinful when God's Son has come again at
last to set it free?
You who perceive yourself as weak and frail, with futile hopes and devastated
dreams, born but to die, to weep and suffer pain, hear this: All power is given
you in earth and Heaven. There is nothing that you cannot do. You play the game
of death, of being helpless, pitifully tied to dissolution in a world which
shows no mercy to you. Yet when you accord it mercy will its mercy shine on you.
Then let the Son of God awaken from his sleep, and opening his holy eyes return
again to bless the world he made. In error it began. But it will end in the
reflection of his holiness. And he will sleep no more and dream of death. Then
join with me today. Your glory is the light that saves the world. Do not
withhold salvation longer. Look about the world and see the suffering there. Is
not your heart willing to bring your weary brothers rest?
They must await your own release. They stay in chains till you are free. They
cannot see the mercy of the world until you find it for yourself. They suffer
pain until you have denied its hold on you. They die till you accept your own
Eternal Life. You are the holy Son of God Himself. Remember this and all the
world is free. Remember this and earth and Heaven are one.
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