We have posted a new Question and Answer from Joel. In this post, Joel answers a question about life eternal and the unreality of death.
On Tuesday, the 4th of July, the United States will celebrate Independence Day. While this day has special significance for Americans, Joel taught us that it really is a universal celebration of freedom. He said,
“For us in this work … every day of the week is a Fourth of July, because the greatest thing we have gained from our study is freedom – spiritual freedom. We have attained freedom from fears, freedom from most diseases, freedom from fear of death. We are free from the fear and experience of lack, even if it is only in a measure. …
“The greatest quality, the greatest activity that ever comes into the experience of a spiritual student is freedom – freedom from theological domination, freedom from the law. … We are free from the fear and experience of lack, even if it is only in a measure. Our entire work is attaining freedom; the whole mission of the Christ is to set us free. … Therefore every day has to be a Fourth of July in which we rejoice in our freedom; in which we remember how it is attained, and how we can give it to those who come to us. … Freedom is really the whole of a spiritual activity.”[1]
To our friends in the United States and around the world on this holiday, we wish you the beautiful blessing of spiritual freedom: “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
[1] Foundation of Mysticism, Chapter 18: “Gratitude: A Spiritual Interpretation of Holidays”
We have posted a new Question and Answer from Joel in which Joel answers a question about whether a person is the maker of his own destiny.
In the World Work recording for July, Joel teaches us how to make our consciousness a holy temple, a sanctuary, and shows us how to maintain this temple in purity so that it will be a blessing, a benediction, and a healing influence to all who are seeking light, healing, forgiveness, and peace.
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