SELF-CONTROL Holmes equates self-control with dominion, which he considers to be an inherent, divine quality. Because we have dominion we may give orders and impose order, but self-control defines the borders of one’s domain. Dominion is not exercised by imposing our will on others, but upon our self. Living life on our own terms is not achieved by setting terms and limits for others, “… but by the proper direction of this God-given ability for the betterment of conditions, circumstances, health, and emotions.” The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 81 Dominion is not the imposition of your will, but the exercise of free will. We cannot impose our will on others without sacrificing freedom. We cannot impose controls upon others …show more content…
The attempt to control that which is free, will always meet with failure, even when it is an attempt at self-control. I think there is ample evidence in everyone’s life to prove that we can’t control ourselves. We aren’t successful in attempts at self-control because we are free. Our freedom will always trump self-control. We do not need to control or suppress our will. We need to exercise our will in ways that express Life freely. Every choice we make should result in the opportunity to make more choices: freedom. Any choice that limits our freedom, by inhibiting or prohibiting our ability to choose in the future, is a mistake. Attempts at self-control are a mistake. Freedom of expression is the alternative to the illusion of being in …show more content…
He points out that we do not, and need not, deny the experience of illness. We do not deny that it is a real experience. We do not deny the facts associated with it, or that it is a physical condition. We do not deny anything about the nature of the illness. “Your thought, backed by faith and conviction, is the start of your experience of physical wholeness, which becomes manifest to the extent of your belief in it. The fact and experience of illness is not denied, but you learn to see it for what it really is — the out picturing of a belief, idea, or pattern of thought. It is but an effect, the result of a