Moral Freedom?

• Diane says:

  When we follow Jesus' commandments to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves, we automatically look through the lens of Love, Soul. We will naturally treat everyone with respect, appreciation, and kindness. This is living the law of Love, in which there is no penalty or guilt. That beautiful sense of joy without guilt is "moral freedom."

  Posted on 08/02/10 @ 10:52

• fun says:

  I'm so glad you had fun asking this question! And then you got deep on it. In saying that, I realized that moral freedom is totally fun and deep at the same time. On the other hand, the things you pointed out as immoral sure would claim to be free and fun, but they're not really. They enslave and degrade us and others. No thanks. Bring on the moral freedom! It keeps us focused on what really matters and satisfies.

  Posted on 08/02/10 @ 11:59

• Joy says:

  Sometimes, when we're thinking of ourselves as a bunch of individuals trying to get our share in a world of limited resources, it might seem like there is pressure and motivation to behave immorally in order to get what we need or what will make us happy. But, as it also says in the lesson, "Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind." (S&H 60). So if we get that we are all connected to these infinite resources as reflections of Soul, then there is no reason or need to be immoral. We're free, instead, to be generous, kind, helpful, etc.

  Posted on 10/02/10 @ 09:01

• Pamela says:

  I'm so glad you posted this question. I've been pondering it too.

  I looked up "moral" in the 1828 Webster's dictionary, used in Mrs. Eddy's time, and have been including the ideas I found as I ponder her statement, "There is moral freedom in Soul." Some definitions that stood out to me are: - referring to right and wrong with the law of God as the standard - conformed to rules of right - virtuous as related to social behavior, distinct from material or physical

  Posted on 10/02/10 @ 09:51

• Ian says:

  Today, I read the rest of the paragraph which begins,"There is moral freedom in Soul." The paragraph is talking about relationships - how interesting is that. Check it out here: http://www.spirituality.com/dt/toc_sh.jhtml

  Just type in 58:12 in the second box.

  Interesting that the marginal heading is "mutual freedom" rather than "moral freedom."

  Posted on 11/02/10 @ 11:37

• Piper Foster says:

  I dont have a good answer, but wanted to write and say how valuable the question is. I am learning that sometimes quesions are more powerful, provacative, and catalyzing than their answers. Perhaps pausing to consider Moral Freedom is an act of expressing it: morality being our instinct to pause and consider our actions and their effect.

  Looking forward to others' answers.

  Posted on 12/02/10 @ 13:26

• Susie says:

  In our Sunday School class today we're going to do the exercise this girl did since "The entire education of children should be such as to form habits of obedience to the moral and spiritual law, with which the child can meet and master the belief in so‐called physical laws, a belief which breeds disease." Thanks for the good idea!

  Posted on 14/02/10 @ 09:03

• Susie says:

  PS: Class went well. It was fun and effective to use this video as a way to start a conversation that we would have had in class anyway. Thanks for making it!

  Posted on 25/02/10 @ 08:06

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