Love is Freedom by Joseph Murphy

Author:Joseph Murphy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: G&D Media
Published: 2019-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then I know even as also I am known.”

—(I Cor. 13:12)

We cannot see without eyes, nor hear without ears, nor apprehend without the power of thinking. So the act of becoming the perfect man, here and now, would be impossible if the perfect ideal has not already been created within us. We see through a glass darkly now. We do not see this Divine Presence within us, which is absolute perfection, but we instinctively and intuitively sense something divine welling up within us.

Nature provides signs which indicate future happenings. Consider the fledgling before it flies in the air. It flutters and shakes its wings. This is a promise of its power to fly. The same process takes place in man. He reads the story of Jesus who awakened here on earth, who claimed His Oneness with God, translated his body and went back to dwell in the bosom of the Absolute Father like an arrow that is lost in its mark.

Men turn to God in prayer and adoration, which is a reverent or mystic awe in contemplating our own IAMness. In this meditative mood, man contemplates his good and rejoices in anticipation. Then he may be said to feel joy before joy, to feel beauty before beauty, to feel happiness before happiness. The tree about to bear fruit puts forth shoots, flowers and leaves in anticipation. Observe the vine, a piece of God’s handicraft, with its tendrils, suckers, leaves and petals which speak to man their own language and proclaim their joy at the forthcoming fruit.

Likewise, the dawn appears and the shadows flee away. Let us become illumined by the Holy Spirit. This will lead the way to the birth of the Savior, because as Mary (the subjective) is constantly being impregnated by Christlike thoughts and ideals, the Garden of God is freed from all weeds. Then comes forth the Jesus Christ state of consciousness.

Each time we pray aright our prayer is answered. Then we see God (our good) face to face. When I see your face, I recognize you. Each time we turn to the Truth and recognize it, it recognizes us and we become one with the Truth and are free. It is the story of the prodigal who returns to his father (conscious mind realizing God-like powers within him and has the answer to all). The father does not condemn or criticise, but as the son turns to the father, the father turns to him and kisses him. He does not berate him or ask him why he ran away from home. No, he is the Absolute Lover who gives all and is no respector of persons. If we complain about our lot the answer is, “Son, thou art ever with me and all that I hath is thine.”

The scripture says “The pure in heart shall see God.” We are told that no man can see God and live.

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