[tmtranscripts] Abraham 3-26-01

[ellen]

MEETING WITH ABRAHAM -- SPIRITUAL FREEDOM
MARCH 26, 2001
WOODS CROSS GROUP

I am ABRAHAM. Greetings. I am in understanding that you each had a full week
of spiritual learning. I must say that to view your interaction together was
touching and inspiring. We receive such great hope when we witness our
mortal brothers and sisters at work for the betterment of the whole. You are
learning the true meaning of spiritual liberty with one another. How blessed
are we that Father should give us each other to learn greater truths with.

There are some individuals who see spiritual liberty as chaos, possibly
dangerous, as if anything goes, but with the lessons on integrity we find
spiritual liberty to be a natural outworking of evolution. Liberty taken to
extremes of course verges on possible default, but the law of spiritual
liberty tells us the more we understand about it the more we receive.
Spiritual liberty is not license to self-assertion or the doing of
self-will, but the open communion with God that broadens your view and
encourages you Paradiseward.

On the other hand, those bound by traditional religious values see spiritual
liberty as an excuse to carry forth self-willed notions. Many believe the
universe to be harsh and only out to limit who they really are. Many find
that they are imprisoned by their understanding, their cultural upbringing,
their bad luck, and really this is true for them. They are always in fear of
lacking one thing or another. They can always find some worry to dwell on.
They awake each morning with a feeling of dread and unwanted obligation. How
you feel upon meeting the new day is a good measure of your level of
spiritual liberty.

Of course, you each have obligations, but those who self-imprison have
nothing else but obligations. There is not peace or joy. There is not the
enthusiasm or intrigue of daily adventure. They look to God as a jailer who
will see to their just deserts. Those imprisoned in their narrow cell do not
realize the door is unlocked. The more integrity you have the more spiritual
liberty you will receive. The less ego you exert the more spiritual gifts
you will receive. This is not a heavenly bribe, but just a natural
outworking of the universe.

My friends, there is great joy to be had in spiritual liberty. Father having
given us the power to make our own decisions holds so much value. You
understand what it is like to be without choices or liberty to see, grow and
act as you see fit. Father bestows upon us personal power that we might
eventually grow to know and find Him. He does not limit our choices or
imprison us with rules, but trusts us to evolve as we will.

To have no choices or liberty is confining and stagnating the soul. To
constantly be imprisoned by worry after worry is slowing spiritual progress.
To feel the freedom of making your own decisions is giving the soul
permission to search, learn and grow as it will. When you are using
spiritual liberty you feel not your mistakes to be so crushing, so
embarrassing and you need not be so hard on your growing soul.

Spiritual liberty is extending that mortal vision to capturing a broadened
divine view. The joy from this, my friends, is not to be described
adequately. Only by experience can you know the real joy of this freedom and
in the joy you look forward to the day's adventures. You seek not out every
negative thing. You look for Father's daily works, Father's fingerprints.
Life is not so much a test of endurance but a challenge to be savored.

We often think of the Sons of self-love and pity them for their narrowness
of vision. They had liberty beyond their own understanding, but they chose
the way of self. Their downfall was their limited patience and their need to
always be first and to never be caught short or looking foolish. They could
not release the self so that they could become more. The tighter they
grasped onto themselves the more they really decreased in all ways.

There will be times of confusion for the planet as a whole concerning
spiritual freedom, and you will each have opportunity to temper the
confusion with wisdom, common sense. You will have the option of seeing your
duties as a burden or a challenge. You can crawl through the lowly trenches
of the mortal life or you can rise above and walk tall where the view is
clear and the horizon is broadened, yes.

This week, my friends, journal upon rising to greet the new day--how do you
feel? Are you immediately focused on the days obligations? Do you wake and
greet Father with anticipation of the day's adventures? Are you filled with
dread of the new day or excited to participate in it? Ponder your own
self-imprisonment. How would you otherwise feel if you had no worries? What
would it feel like to have no daily goals but just spend the day being in
each moment and acting from a standpoint of spiritual liberty? Journal about
what self-assertion means to you and how you can learn to relax and receive
more peace from learning patience.

That is all for this evening. I take my leave, but first I would express my
love and gratitude to all of you. You are most certainly a light on my
eternal path. Until next week, shalom