PERFECT FREEDOM
There is Perfect Freedom in the Heavenly Life. This is its great glory. This Supreme Freedom is gained by obedience. He who obeys the Highest co-operates with the Highest, and so masters every force within himself and every condition without. A man may choose the lower and neglect the Higher, but the Higher is never overcome by the lower: herein lies the revelation of Freedom. Let a man choose the Higher and abandon. the lower; he shall then establish himself as an Overcomer, and shall realize Perfect Freedom.
To give the reins to inclination is the only slavery; to conquer oneself the only freedom. The slave to self loves his chains, and will not have one of them broken for fear he should be depriving himself of some cherished delight. He clings to his gratifications and vanities, regarding freedom. from them as an empty and undesirable
