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− | Fear binds the world. Forgiveness sets it free. | + | <center>'''Fear binds the world. Forgiveness sets it free.'''</center> |
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− | The ego makes illusions. Truth undoes its evil dreams by shining them | + | |
− | away. Truth never makes attack. It merely is. And by its presence is the | + | The [[ego]] makes [[illusions]]. [[Truth]] undoes its [[evil]] [[dreams]] by [[shining]] them |
− | mind recalled from fantasies, awaking to the real. Forgiveness bids this | + | away. Truth never makes [[attack]]. It merely is. And by its [[presence]] is the |
− | presence enter in, and take its rightful place within the mind. Without | + | mind recalled from [[fantasies]], awaking to the real. Forgiveness bids this |
| + | presence enter in, and take its rightful place within [[the mind]]. Without |
| forgiveness is the mind in chains, believing in its own futility. Yet with | | forgiveness is the mind in chains, believing in its own futility. Yet with |
− | forgiveness does the light shine through the dream of darkness, offering it | + | forgiveness does the [[light]] shine through the [[dream]] of [[darkness]], offering it |
− | hope, and giving it the means to realize the freedom that is its inheritance. | + | [[hope]], and giving it the means to realize the freedom that is its [[inheritance]]. |
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− | We would not bind the world again today. Fear holds it prisoner. And yet | + | :''We would not bind the world again today. Fear holds it prisoner. And yet'' |
− | Your Love has given us the means to set it free. Father, we would release it | + | :''Your Love has given us the means to set it free. Father, we would release it'' |
− | now. For as we offer freedom, it is given us. And we would not remain as | + | :''now. For as we offer freedom, it is given us. And we would not remain as'' |
− | prisoners, while You are holding freedom out to us. | + | :''prisoners, while You are holding freedom out to us.'' |
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