The moment I awaken to the realization that I am a soul, not merely a body, I discover the deepest freedom of my existence: the freedom to choose my direction.

I may turn inward, enthrone myself, and declare: ‘I am God.’

I may turn toward the collective, dissolve myself into the whole, and proclaim: ‘We are God.’

Or I may turn Godward, beyond myself and beyond the multitude, toward the Father who transcends all creation, and humbly declare:

‘I am neither God nor a fragment of God. I am a son of God.’

For the soul’s greatest freedom is not in what it can become, but in whom it chooses to serve.