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.