Think Yourself Free

  So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will  know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”  John 8:32

   You are a reproduction in individuality of the same Spirit which produces all things. Your own Thought in individuality has exactly the same quality as the Divine Thought in Universality. Accordingly, your Thought has first cause creative power—not just second cause constructive power.

   You may argue: “This is not my true experience. I am surrounded by circumstances that I do not want.” Yes, absolutely! You are always deploring your circumstances, and by so doing, they become worse. Your Thought Power is focused negatively, rather than positively. You focus on your current circumstances, instead of creating in your Thoughts the circumstances you desire, and in doing so you are constantly exercising your Divine prerogative of creation by Thought. However, because you are unaware of your power of Thought, you are using it in its inverted, negative (sinful) form. That is why you worry, are fearful, and are always waiting for the other proverbial “shoe” to drop.

   That is why the Bible constantly repeats, “Fear not, doubt not,” because you can never divest your Thought of its inherent creative quality. The only issue now is whether you will use your creative power in the ignorance of unawareness to your own detriment, or in the wisdom of truth to your own benefit.

   Jesus summed up his teaching in the aphorism that knowledge of the truth would make you free. He made no pronouncement of anything else that you have to do, or of anything that anyone else has to do for you for you to be made free. Jesus’ statement was not future, but in the present Eternal Now.

   Truth is what is now and not what is promised hereafter. In essence, Jesus said, “Know what truth is now, and you will find that the truth about yourself is that you are free now.” If knowing the truth makes you free, it can only be because you are free in truth now, but you are simply unaware of it. 

   In practical terms, you are free to reproduce on the scale of your individuality the creative power of Thought that first brought the world into existence. Take a flying leap of faith. Confidently claim your birthright of creative Thought power fearlessly, and dare to think yourself free!