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− | Sin is insanity. It is the means by which the mind is driven mad, and seeks | + | [[Sin]] is [[insanity]]. It is [[the means]] by which [[the mind]] is driven mad, and seeks |
− | to let illusions take the place of truth. And being mad, it sees illusions | + | to let [[illusions]] take the place of [[truth]]. And being mad, it sees illusions |
− | where the truth should be, and where it really is. Sin gave the body eyes, for | + | where the truth should be, and where it really is. [[Sin]] gave the body eyes, for |
− | what is there the sinless would behold? What need have they of sights or | + | what is there the sinless would behold? What need have they of [[sights]] or |
− | sounds or touch? What would they hear or reach to grasp? What would they | + | [[sounds]] or [[touch]]? What would they hear or reach to grasp? What would they |
| sense at all? To sense is not to know. And truth can be but filled with | | sense at all? To sense is not to know. And truth can be but filled with |
− | knowledge, and with nothing else. | + | [[knowledge]], and with nothing else. |
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− | The body is the instrument the mind made in its efforts to deceive itself. Its | + | The [[body]] is the instrument the [[mind]] made in its [[efforts]] to [[deceive]] itself. Its |
− | purpose is to strive. Yet can the goal of striving change. And now the body | + | [[purpose]] is to strive. Yet can the [[goal]] of striving [[change]]. And now the body |
| serves a different aim for striving. What it seeks for now is chosen by the | | serves a different aim for striving. What it seeks for now is chosen by the |
− | aim the mind has taken as replacement for the goal of self-deception. Truth | + | aim the mind has taken as replacement for the goal of [[self]]-[[deception]]. Truth |
− | can be its aim as well as lies. The senses then will seek instead for witnesses | + | can be its aim as well as lies. The [[senses]] then will seek instead for witnesses |
| to what is true. | | to what is true. |
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− | Sin is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined, issuing | + | Sin is the [[home]] of all [[illusions]], which but stand for things [[imagined]], issuing |
− | from thoughts that are untrue. They are the "proof" that what has no reality | + | from [[thoughts]] that are untrue. They are the "[[proof]]" that what has no [[reality]] |
− | is real. Sin "proves" God's Son is evil; timelessness must have an end; | + | is real. Sin "proves" God's Son is [[evil]]; timelessness must have an end; |
− | eternal life must die. And God Himself has lost the Son He loves, with but | + | [[eternal]] life must die. And God Himself has lost the Son He loves, with but |
− | corruption to complete Himself, His Will forever overcome by death, love | + | [[corruption]] to complete Himself, His Will forever overcome by [[death]], [[love]] |
− | slain by hate, and peace to be no more. | + | slain by [[hate]], and peace to be no more. |
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− | A madman's dreams are frightening, and sin appears indeed to terrify. And | + | A madman's dreams are [[frightening]], and [[sin]] appears indeed to [[terrify]]. And |
− | yet what sin perceives is but a childish game. The Son of God may play he | + | yet what sin [[perceives]] is but a childish [[game]]. The Son of God may play he |
− | has become a body, prey to evil and to guilt, with but a little life that ends in | + | has become a body, prey to evil and to [[guilt]], with but a little life that ends in |
− | death. But all the while his Father shines on him, and loves him with an | + | [[death]]. But all the while his Father [[shines]] on him, and loves him with an |
− | everlasting Love which his pretenses cannot change at all. | + | everlasting [[Love]] which his pretenses cannot [[change]] at all. |
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− | How long, O Son of God, will you maintain the game of sin? Shall we not | + | How long, O Son of God, will you maintain the game of [[sin]]? Shall we not |
| put away these sharp-edged children's toys? How soon will you be ready to | | put away these sharp-edged children's toys? How soon will you be ready to |
− | come home? Perhaps today? There is no sin. Creation is unchanged. Would | + | come [[home]]? Perhaps today? There is no sin. [[Creation]] is unchanged. Would |
| you still hold return to Heaven back? How long, O holy Son of God, how | | you still hold return to Heaven back? How long, O holy Son of God, how |
| long? | | long? |
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| [[Category: Workbook II]] | | [[Category: Workbook II]] |
| + | [[Category: Sin]] |