Indeed, "it is this appropriation ...

of the spiritual life that first awakens within the soul an inward certitude, and makes possible that perfect freedom ...

so indispensable for every great creative work." By continually choosing and fighting for the progress of the Universal Spiritual Life, it comes to be our own in virtue of our deed and decision.

Hence man has attained freedom--the lower world no longer makes successful appeal.

He has become a part of the spiritual world, and his actions are no longer dictated by anything external, but are the direct outcome of his own self.