Reading & Meditation (Freedom) by Rev. Christine Emmerling D.D. 7/6/2025

Today’s reading is from Studies in Divine Science copyright 1909, authored by Mrs. C.L. Baum, an early teacher and practitioner of Divine Science in Denver, CO. The following reading is from the chapter on Realization.

To realize is to make tangible, to bring into existence and possession.

We are constantly expressing that which we realize. All of the Life and Health we are expressing is the Life and Health of God. All that we are is really this great Infinite Presence in expression. We must necessarily know these things because we are expressing them in some degree all the time, but the fuller the realization, the higher the degree of expression; and since expression of the attributes of God is our goal, we must earnestly seek realization.

Whatever we dwell upon in thought becomes a reality to us. That which we dwell upon most and strongest is soonest realized. We are in a continuous growth of realization, getting tangible results of our thoughts. If we are dwelling much on health, harmony, peace, and happiness, we shall find that these will become such reality to us that they will exclude sin, sickness, and evil from our thought. This should always be our attitude.

“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live.” Deut. 30:19) We need to inquire diligently into our own mental attitude and see what we are dwelling on most, and choose life that we may live. If we hold strongly to the idea of the power of Omnipresence and our unity with it, we must ultimately realize truth and forget the shadows of unreality. This applies to our attitude toward others as well as to ourselves. We should always see only the Good in others, and purify our own conscious thought so that our very presence will be a blessing.

Meditation - Freedom

We will now go into meditation on Freedom. I invite us to turn inward to our Holy Temple, quieting our thoughts and breathe. Breathing in the life of God and exhaling the life of God, breathing in the love of God and exhaling the love of God, breathing in the peace of God and exhaling the peace of God. Peace be still...

All there is, is the Omnipresence of God. All that I am is eternal in God. I am here right now in the ever loving Presence of God.

I am joyous, I am fearless, and I am free. (Repeat)

I am a living expression of God, is the Truth that gives freedom to express the very life I came here to live. My spirit is eternal life, joyful, wise, intelligent, strong, peaceful, healthy, prosperous, generous and creative. I have just touched the hem of the garment of who and what I am. Christ in me the hope of glory. Truly I am free to be... (Silence)

As we bring our attention back let the joy of gratitude fill our hearts. With a full heart I say, Thank you, God. So it is, Amen!