AM THAT I AM." All inquiry into Truth must begin with the self- evident fact that Life Is. The Truth is that which Is and so is Self- Existent.
"Never The Spirit was born;
The Spirit shall cease to be never;
Never was time It was not;
End and beginning are dreams."
Volition.—Volition means the power of conscious choice.
Choice.—Choice means the ability to choose consciously.
Will.—Will means decision coming into execution.
Volition, choice and will must be attributes of Spirit. They mean practically the same thing. We must be careful, however, not to think of these qualities of Spirit in terms of human or limited thought. When we choose, we choose between different things; but when Spirit chooses, It simply announces that It is a certain thing. The Spirit does not have to will to make things happen; things happen because it is the will of Spirit that they should be. This will, then, is simply the execution of a purpose; and since Spirit is Absolute, there can be nothing to deny Its Will. Choice, volition and will are necessary and real attributes of Self-Existent Power; for without them there would be no channel through which the Ideas of God could be expressed. In man these qualities of mentality are limited but in God they are limitless.
Power.—The energy by which everything lives.
Life.—Life means that Inner Something that makes everything live. Life and Power are necessary attributes of a Limitless Being, and go hand in hand to complete a Perfect Being. Life is That Which Lives, and Power is the Energy with which It operates. Considering Life and Power as a combined quality of Causation, we see that they combine to make the underlying basis of all manifestation visible and invisible. In the objective world, Life is the Power that binds everything together; It is the Intelligent Basis of all that exists.
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