Editorial July 23, 1938 Issue

Establishing True Identity

George Shaw Cook

If one were remembered by means of a legacy or bequest, probably one of the first things required of him would be to establish his identity. Without taking this step he would not be able to prove his legal right to the inheritance.

In order to prove that we are in truth "heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ," one of the first things required of us is to establish in thought our spiritual identity as children of God. Obviously this cannot be done by legal means, nor through the witness of others. It can be done only through conscious realization and demonstration of the truth declared by John in his epistle when he said, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God."

It is necessary for us individually to claim and lay hold upon our divinely bestowed rights as children of the one infinite, heavenly Father-Mother God. It is right for us consciously to establish our oneness or unity with divine Principle. This can be done in no other way than by first affirming that unity, as did Christ Jesus, and then by proving it in reflecting only those qualities that express the nature of Principle, Love, and by refusing to allow ourselves to be identified with matter or with any of the many phases of sinful or mortal thinking.

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