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FREEDOM OF WILL¹

How does that relate to what we’ve been talking about?

Being infinite, being boundless, this infinite Mind – this omnipotent, omnipresent Intelligence experienced Itself infinitely.  And for lack of better words, we could say that in that Movement of Mind, which was Consciousness, God was infinitely individualized without ceasing to be One.  And the individualizations were Mankind.  And so in that basic initial Movement of Mind, the Brotherhood of Man and God as infinite Conscious Being came into existence and the Brotherhood of Man experienced Itself as Consciousness, because nothing of what God was, was withheld from that Movement of Mind.

In its activity of recognizing the Movement of God and confirming God in It, as It, the function of Being was established forever.

Now, when someone of the Brotherhood joined with another member of the Brotherhood or Sisterhood and decided to agree to create definitions of Creation different from the Father’s, and commitment was made by both of them to that agreement and to those definitions, a will not of God, and a will not actually of Man seemed to come into existence which we will call “human will.”

That is everyone’s actual will. 

You may remember that I’ve said in the past that the only right use of will is to choose not to use it – in other words, to abandon it.

When you get to the bottom of the barrel and you give up, you are in a silence.  You’re in a place where mutual agreements with others are the last thing on your mind because you feel no faith in any capacity on your part to manipulate others. 

Whew! What a relief.  Because it makes it clear to you that joining with the Father, experiencing the confirming Love of the Father is the unavoidable actual state of your Being.

Again, it’s a simple thing, not complicated like the mutual agreements you have or that you had with your Brothers and Sisters.

Now when Paul was in this very situation and gave up and reached out and we began to communicate, he was in a place where there was no self-confidence, there was no arrogance, there was utter, and to him, miserable humility.  Miserable because to him, the humility held no option for accomplishing greatness or becoming credible.  But nevertheless, in that humility he was able to hear.

In humility everyone can hear.  But in humility one no longer finds himself relating to his Brothers and Sisters as an orphan.  In actuality, one doesn’t find himself relating to his Brothers and Sisters, he or she finds himself or herself relating to the divine Will, to the Holy Spirit, to the Christ or to his or her Guide, all of which serves the same function of returning you to your right Mind.

But let’s take a look for a moment here at some of the characteristics of willfulness – of human will.

So agreements are rules, you might say . . . structures of behavior – structures of social behavior.  And so you gather your sense of who you are and how to behave from these mutual agreements, which literally means that everyone is bouncing off of everyone’s human will with the greatest amount of harmony that can be mustered up even though one is not connected with the divine Will.

Then there is the meeting of expectations you imagine others have.  Mind you, all of these things that I’m listing involve self-consciousness.  I mean that in the worse sense . . . terrible self-consciousness, unhappy self-consciousness, guilty self-consciousness,  self-consciousness where you are not at ease.

And then you busy yourself with meeting expectations and rules you have created for yourself.  As you’ve grown up, things have happened and you’ve said, “Man, I will never do that!”  And you make commitment to never doing that, whether not doing it fits later on or meets the need later on.  And you’re simply bound by a rule that you no longer realize you’re bound by.

Think about it for a moment . . . contemplate that for a moment.

That’s what it’s going to require.  That’s the beauty of what will be required.  But nevertheless, it’s something all of you will have to do. 

Is that going make everyone happy?  It will make most everyone happy.  But you will find those who feel that you’re confirming their perspective is what they need in order to feel valid.  And they will not be happy with your withdrawing from the mutual agreements that you’ve had with them.  And you’re going to have to ask yourself, “Is it worth it to continue to serve our mutual agreements? . . .  or is it really going to be necessary for me to become humble, quiet, silent, centered and attentive only to the Father’s Will, so that I might gather my comprehension and actual experience of Creation from the very Source of Creation because I have decided to let His Will, which is my only true will, be mine with no preference to express it in any other way.  Will I join purely with the Father and from there relate with Creation from our joined Perspective?”  That’s the question.

Now I promise you that it will become easier and easier to make the shift because it will become increasingly uncomfortable not to.  Why?  Well, because it’s time to Wake up.  It’s time for the human condition to yield to the divine Reality.  It’s time for illusion to be replaced with the Truth as your experience.

And so the infinitude of Being is, I’m going to say, reduced to a singularity in which harmony is the only choice because there is no room for conflict because no duality.  You see?

When you do the two-step, you shift.  You shift into the purity of conscious Being.

Now, going into the book:

Do you not understand that to oppose the Holy Spirit is to fight YOURSELF?

Remember, the Holy Spirit is your divinity held in trust while you dally with the ego.  Another way of saying that, the Holy Spirit is your right Mind while you claim to have a mind of your own, and insist upon employing it in relationship to other brothers and sisters who are employing independence themselves.

Do you not understand that to oppose the Holy Spirit is to fight YOURSELF?  He tells you but YOUR will; . .

. . . when you say, “Holy Spirit or Father, what is the truth here?” as part of the two-step, you’re asking to be told what your Will is.  But it is wise to ask for the Holy Spirit’s Perspective or the Father’s Perspective so that you don’t get your current sense of your will confused with your divine Will which is what you’re seeking to know the truth of.

. . . He . . .

. . . the Holy Spirit . . .

. . . speaks for YOU. 

You see?

In His Divinity is but your own.

The Holy Spirit is your divinity held in trust while you dally with the ego.

In His Divinity is but your own.  All He knows is but your knowledge, saved for you that you may do your will through Him.

In other words, come back into your right Mind by not claiming an independent will of your own, but asking to know what is the Will of the Father, since the Father’s Will is yours and the successful answer to that question reunites you in your unity and therefore your Sanity.

God ASKS you do your will.  He joins with YOU.  He did not set His kingdom up alone.  And Heaven itself but represents . . .

. . . what? . .

. . . your will, where everything created is for you.  No spark of life but was created with your glad consent, . .

. . . you see? . . . as co-creator . . . as that which in the fundamental scheme of things is constitute of your acknowledgement of the Father, your confirmation of the Father.

No spark of life but was created with your glad consent, as you would have it be.  And not one Thought that God has ever had but waited for your blessing to be born.

You – every single Son or Daughter of God – I’m going to say, participated in and is right now participating in the Movement of Creation, in spite of the fact that you’re paying no attention to that at all because you’re very intent upon maintaining your use of your human will to make yourself worthy, valid, recognizable, rememberable . . . memorable, in other words.

God is no enemy to you. He asks no more than that He hear you call Him "Friend."

Whew . . . that’s the simplicity of it, the singularity of it.  You are asked . . . you are asked to let yourself be in perfect harmony with the Father and draw every meaning of your current experience from Him.

How wonderful it is to do your will! For that is freedom. There is nothing else that ever should be called by freedom's name.

And so it is not a happy thing when one comes to the point of having to make a choice and abandon the familiar.  You see?  That’s inertia.  But it must be abandoned.

Unless you do your will you are not free.

Again, unless you do your divine will you are not free, even though you think that expressing your human will is complete freedom.

And would God leave His Son without what he has chosen for himself?

Would God leave you without what you have chosen for yourself?  No.   You must choose it.  You must choose for your will . . . that which is inseparable from the Father’s Will and constitutes the state of co-creation forever, with the Father in the full and true conscious experience of the divine meaning of all of Creation, instead of the miserable “physical universe” definition that you’re giving to Creation and binding yourself with.

God but ensured that you would never lose your will when He gave you His perfect answer.

See?  And so although you’re ignoring it, although you’re choosing not to avail yourself of it, you have not lost it.

Hear it now, that you may be reminded of His love, and learn your will.

And experience infinite peace and the ability to be forever in harmony in the most confirming way to your Brothers and Sisters and all of Creation, and of course, to yourself . . . but yourself as the direct Expression – the Presence of the Father.

God would not have His Son made prisoner to what he does not want. He JOINS with you in willing you be free. And to oppose Him is to make a choice against YOURSELF, and choose that YOU be bound.

What it’s really important to understand is, that that’s where you are right now.  You are opposing Him and you are making a choice against yourself, and you are choosing that you be bound.  That’s why you seem to be governed by the laws of sin, disease and death, the laws of physics, the laws of entropy . . . you see?  The laws of constant conflict – forever remaining on the fragile balance point between each other.  That’s misery and not your Birthright.  And when you get brought right to that edge, you realize it!

And at that point you generally express innate Sanity, and you give up and you say, “Father, help!” And in that act you abandon the mutual agreements, you abandon the brotherhood of orphans and you’re set free because the Will of God is still the Will of God, it is still your Will.  And when you are undefended against it, it registers with you!

Look once again upon your enemy, the one you chose to hate instead of love. For thus was hatred born into the world, and thus the rule of fear established there. Now hear God speak to you through Him Who is His Voice . . .

Now hear God speak to you through Him Who is His Voice and yours as well, . .

Now hear God speak to you through Him Who is His Voice and yours as well, reminding you that it is not your will to hate, and be a prisoner to fear, a slave to death, a little creature with a little life.

Look once again upon your enemy, . .

Your will is boundless; . .

Your will is boundless; . .

. . . it is not your will that it be bound. What lies in you has joined with God Himself in all creation's birth.

That’s how incredibly meaningful you are.  That’s how incredible Being is with freedom of will.  Freedom of will is you no longer claiming separation from the Will of the Father so that you are at One with It, and move with It, and acknowledge It for what It is and confirm God, confirm Reality.

Remember He Who has created you, and through your will created everything.

Isn’t that a much more desirable experience than the self-consciousness and misery that comes from having to meet others expectations and meeting expectations you imagine others have, and being governed by expectations and rules you have created for yourself?  You bet! 

At the bottom line:  It may mean that you will have to rearrange your associations.  You may have to let go of some of them.  I will tell you, that the most effective way to contribute to the Awakening to all of the brothers and sisters – the Awakening of mankind – is to work with those who love what happens when you join in the two-step, in humility with the Father’s Perspective.  Because as you join with them and confirm to them the Father’s Perspective and the joy of your freedom from laboring under the hassle of false expectations, the movement will spread – the movement of willingness to take that step.

Not one created thing but gives you thanks, for it is by your will that it was born.

But I will tell you, that gratitude is eternal . . . that gratitude embraces you right now, whether it’s the gratitude of a wall, a rock, a jar, a table, a plant, an animal, you are constantly surrounded by and imbued with the Love of Everything.  And when you feel It, you are confirming them as God Moving and rendered experienceable.

No light of Heaven shines except for you, for it was set in Heaven by your will.

You see what’s being said here?  You’re being given a picture of what you will experience when you dare to abandon self-will, abandon self-righteousness, abandon thinking for yourself, concluding things by yourself.  And in the absence of caring what your brothers and sisters think – which is your greatest downfall at this point – you will make the shift.  And this view . . . this experience will be yours, it will be re- illuminated in you, because it’s your right Mind that’s been present all along, held in trust while you’ve been ignoring It.

What cause have you for anger in a world which merely waits your blessing to be free?

Whew . . . Oh yeah, anger’s a hooker.  It’ll keep you around, it’ll keep you from Waking up.  “Oh yeah, I gotta get justice here.  Can’t go until I finish taking care of this lose end and rectifying an injustice.”  Oh yes you can.  You really can, because there’s a true view not governed by your mindsets, your imaginations.  And it’s available to you any moment you choose to receive it – any moment.  Nothing has to be taken care of.  No loose ends have to be tied up.

If you be prisoner, then God Himself could not be free.

Of course, that is an impossibility, therefore, it’s impossible for you not to be free, actually.  What you’re “overcoming” is the illusion that you’re not free.  Not an actuality.

For what is done to him whom God so loves is done to God Himself. Think not He wills to bind you, Who has made you . . .

. . . what? . .

. . . co-creator of the universe along with Him. He would but keep your will forever and forever limitless.

Mind you, what this is describing is present right now.  And nothing is keeping it from your sight except your insistence upon thinking for yourself, deciding for yourself, authorizing for yourself, making up what you want things to be and mean.  Stop it!  Do the two-step and persist in that humble silence in which the Oneness – the infinite Oneness of All – is your automatic experience.

This world awaits the freedom you will give when you have recognized that YOU are free.

What keeps you bound?  The idea that you are bound, but that you on your own can free yourself.  It’s not true!  You have to join with your Sanity, you have to join with the Holy Spirit – your right Mind – and want to know of It what the truth is. 

But you will not forgive the world until you have forgiven Him Who gave your will to you.

What?  Why would you have to forgive Him?  Well, you have to abandon your abandonment of Him . . . you have to abandon your abandonment of Him.  When you and another brother said, “Father, we want to make decisions for ourselves, we what a divorce,” you have to forgive the Father for not being what you wanted Him to be when you wanted your independence and He wouldn’t grant it.  So you had to get a divorce.  It’s that simple.

. . . you will not forgive the world until you have forgiven Him Who gave your will to you. For it is BY your will the world is given freedom.

The world is given freedom?  Yes, the freedom to be the Kingdom of Heaven that It is, without your constant denial of It by virtue of having a different opinion about It and making commitment to your misperception.

Nor can you be free apart from Him Whose holy Will you share. God turns to you to ask the world be saved, for by your own salvation it is healed.

God turns to you.  God turned to you and turns to you in every Movement of the infinite Mind that God Is, seeking your confirmation.  So don’t be surprised that God would turn to you to ask the world be saved.  He turns to you to see the world as It is and recognize Him and your Self in It, because that is Wholeness, that is holiness, that is your Birthright.  And that is what will end illusion. 

And no-one walks upon the earth but must depend on your decision, . .

. . . you can’t Wake up by yourself.  You can’t become clear.  You can’t experience the Atonement without every aspect of Creation being blessed by your clear vision of It.  So everything depends on your decision.

. . . no-one walks upon the earth but must depend on your decision, that he learn death has no power over him because he shares your freedom, as he shares your will.

Mind you, initially there will be those who will not see that and will defy you.  It doesn’t matter.  Work with those who do recognize it, so that in the joining the meaning of Atonement spreads.

It IS your will to heal him, and because you have decided WITH him, he is healed.

You get that? 

. . . and because you have decided WITH him, he is healed.

Work with those who will decide with you.

And now is God forgiven, for you chose to look upon your brother as a friend.

You see?  First God wants you to see Him truly and call him Friend, and then your brother must be blessed in that recognition.

I promise you, that if you do this, it will drive you back to the holy instant very quickly and will promote your more rapid growth, your more rapid movement out of the dream.