delirium tremens. A man who has an
inherited tendency toward the disobedience of any law feels that he is
free if he has the opportunity to disobey it whenever he wants to. But
whatever the law may be, the results have only to be carried to their
logical conclusion to make clear the bondage to which the disobedience
leads. All this disobedience to law leads to an inevitable, inflexible,
unsurmountable limit in the end, whereas steady effort toward obedience
to law is unlimited in its development of strength and power for use to
others. Man must understand his selfish tendencies in order to subdue
and control them, until they become subject to his own unselfish
tendencies, which are the spiritual laws within him. Thus he gradually
becomes free,--soul and body,--with no desire to disobey, and with
steadily increasing joy in his work and life. So much for the bondage
of doing wrong, and the freedom of doing right, which it seems
necessary to touch upon, in order to show clearly the bondage of doing
right in the wrong way, and the freedom of doing right in the right way.

It is right to work for our daily bread, and for the sake of use to
others, in whatever form it may present itself. The wrong way of doing
it makes unnecessary strain, overfatigue and illness. The right way of
working gives, as we have said before, new power and joy in the work;
it often turns even drudgery into pleasure, for there is a special
delight in learning to apply one's self in a true spirit to "drudgery."
The process of learning such true application of one's powers often
reveals new possibilities in work.

It is right for most people to sleep eight hours every night. The wrong
way of doing it is to go to sleep all doubled up, and to continue to
work all night in our sleep, instead of giving up and resting entirely.
The right way gives us the fullest possible amount of rest and
refreshment.

It is right to take our three meals a day, and all the nourishing food
we need. The wrong way of doing it, is to eat very fast, without
chewing our food carefully, and to give our stomachs no restful
opportunity of preparation to receive its food, or to take good care of
it after it is received. The right way gives us the opportunity to
assimilate the food entirely, so that every bit of fuel we put into our
bodies is burnt to some good purpose, and makes us more truly ready to
receive more.

It is right to play and amuse ourselves for rest and recreation.