However, the principle of Life is Freedom, not control. Contrary to popular belief, we do not achieve freedom by virtue of being in control; instead, our efforts to control others, even our attempts at self-control, fail to liberate. This is because we are already free. In fact, we live in a state of Freedom, in which there are no external constraints, and all limits are self-imposed. Such is the nature of the infinite Life, the one Life, which is our life now. Accordingly, we are free because God is free. We do not control God, and, by God, we are not controlled. Being free, in thought and spirit, we set our own limits and get the consequences of our choices. That correspondence of choice and consequence is the essence of freedom, making our