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==54:1. TRUE AND FALSE LIBERTY==

==54:1. TRUE AND FALSE LIBERTY==

54:1.1 Of all the perplexing problems growing out of the Lucifer rebellion, none has occasioned more difficulty than the failure of immature evolutionary mortals to distinguish between true and false liberty.

54:1.1 Of all the perplexing [[problems]] [[growing]] out of the [[Lucifer rebellion]], none has occasioned more [[difficulty]] than the failure of immature [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]] to distinguish between [[true]] and [[false]] [[liberty]].

54:1.2 True liberty is the quest of the ages and the reward of evolutionary progress. False liberty is the subtle deception of the error of time and the evil of space. Enduring liberty is predicated on the reality of justice—intelligence, maturity, fraternity, and equity.

54:1.2 [[True]] [[liberty]] is the quest of the [[ages]] and the reward of [[evolutionary]] [[progress]]. [[False]] [[liberty]] is the [[subtle]] [[deception]] of the [[error]] of [[time]] and the [[evil]] of [[space]]. [[Enduring]] [[liberty]] is predicated on the [[reality]] of [[justice]]—[[intelligence]], [[maturity]], [[fraternity]], and [[equity]].

54:1.3 Liberty is a self-destroying technique of cosmic existence when its motivation is unintelligent, unconditioned, and uncontrolled. True liberty is progressively related to reality and is ever regardful of social equity, cosmic fairness, universe fraternity, and divine obligations.

54:1.3 [[Liberty]] is a [[self]]-destroying [[technique]] of [[cosmic]] [[existence]] when its motivation is unintelligent, unconditioned, and uncontrolled. [[True]] [[liberty]] is [[progressively]] [[related]] to [[reality]] and is ever regardful of [[social]] [[equity]], [[cosmic]] [[fairness]], [[universe]] [[fraternity]], and [[divine]] [[obligations]].

54:1.4 Liberty is suicidal when divorced from material justice, intellectual fairness, social forbearance, moral duty, and spiritual values. Liberty is nonexistent apart from cosmic reality, and all personality reality is proportional to its divinity relationships.

54:1.4 [[Liberty]] is [[suicidal]] when [[divorced]] from [[material]] [[justice]], [[intellectual]] [[fairness]], [[social]] [[forbearance]], [[moral]] [[duty]], and [[spiritual]] [[values]]. [[Liberty]] is nonexistent apart from [[cosmic]] [[reality]], and all [[personality]] [[reality]] is [[proportional]] to its [[divinity]] [[relationships]].

54:1.5 Unbridled self-will and unregulated self-expression equal unmitigated selfishness, the acme of ungodliness. Liberty without the associated and ever-increasing conquest of self is a figment of egoistic mortal imagination. Self-motivated liberty is a conceptual illusion, a cruel deception. License masquerading in the garments of liberty is the forerunner of abject bondage.

54:1.5 Unbridled [[self]]-[[Free will|will]] and unregulated [[self]]-[[expression]] equal unmitigated [[selfishness]], the [[acme]] of ungodliness. [[Liberty]] without the [[associated]] and ever-increasing [[conquest]] of [[self]] is a figment of [[egoistic]] [[mortal]] [[imagination]]. [[Self]]-[[motivated]] [[liberty]] is a [[conceptual]] [[illusion]], a [[cruel]] [[deception]]. [[License]] masquerading in the [[garments]] of [[liberty]] is the forerunner of abject [[bondage]].

54:1.6 True liberty is the associate of genuine self-respect; false liberty is the consort of self-admiration. True liberty is the fruit of self-control; false liberty, the assumption of self-assertion. Self-control leads to altruistic service; self-admiration tends towards the exploitation of others for the selfish aggrandizement of such a mistaken individual as is willing to sacrifice righteous attainment for the sake of possessing unjust power over his fellow beings.

54:1.6 [[True]] [[liberty]] is the [[associate]] of genuine [[self]]-[[respect]]; [[false]] [[liberty]] is the consort of [[self]]-admiration. [[True]] [[liberty]] is the fruit of [[self]]-[[control]]; [[false]] liberty, the [[assumption]] of [[self-assertion]]. [[Self]]-[[control]] leads to [[altruistic]] [[service]]; [[self]]-admiration tends towards the [[exploitation]] of others for the [[selfish]] [[aggrandizement]] of such a mistaken [[individual]] as is willing to [[sacrifice]] [[righteous]] [[attainment]] for the sake of [[possessing]] unjust [[power]] over his fellow [[beings]].

54:1.7 Even wisdom is divine and safe only when it is cosmic in scope and spiritual in motivation.

54:1.7 Even [[wisdom]] is [[divine]] and safe only when it is [[cosmic]] in scope and [[spiritual]] in [[motivation]].

54:1.8 There is no error greater than that species of self-deception which leads intelligent beings to crave the exercise of power over other beings for the purpose of depriving these persons of their natural liberties. The golden rule of human fairness cries out against all such fraud, unfairness, selfishness, and unrighteousness. Only true and genuine liberty is compatible with the reign of love and the ministry of mercy.

54:1.8 There is no [[error]] greater than that [[species]] of [[self]]-[[deception]] which leads [[intelligent]] [[beings]] to crave the [[exercise]] of [[power]] over other [[beings]] for the [[purpose]] of depriving these [[persons]] of their [[natural]] [[liberties]]. The [[golden rule]] of [[human]] [[fairness]] cries out against all such [[fraud]], unfairness, [[selfishness]], and unrighteousness. Only [[true]] and genuine [[liberty]] is [[compatible]] with the [[Law|reign]] of [[love]] and the [[ministry]] of [[mercy]].

54:1.9 How dare the self-willed creature encroach upon the rights of his fellows in the name of personal liberty when the Supreme Rulers of the universe stand back in merciful respect for these prerogatives of will and potentials of personality! No being, in the exercise of his supposed personal liberty, has a right to deprive any other being of those privileges of existence conferred by the Creators and duly respected by all their loyal associates, subordinates, and subjects.

54:1.9 How dare the [[self]]-[[Free will|willed]] [[creature]] encroach upon the [[rights]] of his fellows in the [[name]] of [[personal]] [[liberty]] when the [[Supreme Rulers]] of the [[universe]] stand back in [[merciful]] [[respect]] for these [[prerogatives]] of [[will]] and [[potentials]] of [[personality]]! No [[being]], in the [[exercise]] of his supposed [[personal]] [[liberty]], has a right to deprive any other [[being]] of those [[privileges]] of [[existence]] conferred by [[the Creators]] and duly [[respected]] by all their loyal [[associates]], subordinates, and subjects.

54:1.10 Evolutionary man may have to contend for his material liberties with tyrants and oppressors on a world of sin and iniquity or during the early times of a primitive evolving sphere, but not so on the morontia worlds or on the spirit spheres. War is the heritage of early evolutionary man, but on worlds of normal advancing civilization physical combat as a technique of adjusting racial misunderstandings has long since fallen into disrepute.

54:1.10 [[Evolutionary]] [[man]] may have to contend for his [[material]] [[liberties]] with [[tyrants]] and oppressors on a world of [[sin]] and [[iniquity]] or during the early times of a [[primitive]] evolving [[sphere]], but not so on the [[morontia]] worlds or on the [[spirit]] [[spheres]]. [[War]] is the [[heritage]] of early [[evolutionary]] man, but on worlds of [[normal]] advancing [[civilization]] [[physical]] combat as a [[technique]] of [[adjusting]] [[racial]] misunderstandings has long since fallen into disrepute.

==54:2. THE THEFT OF LIBERTY==   

==54:2. THE THEFT OF LIBERTY==