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− | If I am bound, my Father is not free. | + | <center>'''If I am bound, my Father is not free.'''</center> |
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− | If I accept that I am prisoner within a body, in a world in which all things | + | |
| + | If I [[accept]] that I am [[prisoner]] within a [[body]], in a world in which all things |
| that seem to live appear to die, then is my Father prisoner with me. And this | | that seem to live appear to die, then is my Father prisoner with me. And this |
− | do I believe, when I maintain the laws the world obeys must I obey; the | + | do I [[believe]], when I maintain the [[laws]] the world obeys must I [[obey]]; the |
− | frailties and the sins which I perceive are real, and cannot be escaped. If I | + | [[frailties]] and the [[sins]] which I [[perceive]] are real, and cannot be [[escaped]]. If I |
− | am bound in any way, I do not know my Father nor my Self. And I am lost | + | am bound in any way, I do not know my Father nor my [[Self]]. And I am lost |
− | to all reality. For truth is free, and what is bound is not a part of truth. | + | to all [[reality]]. For [[truth]] is free, and what is bound is not a part of truth. |
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− | Father, I ask for nothing but the truth. I have had many foolish thoughts | + | :''Father, I ask for nothing but the truth. I have had many foolish thoughts'' |
− | about myself and my creation, and have brought a dream of fear into my | + | :''about myself and my creation, and have brought a dream of fear into my'' |
− | mind. Today, I would not dream. I choose the way to You instead of | + | :''mind. Today, I would not dream. I choose the way to You instead of'' |
− | madness and instead of fear. For truth is safe, and only love is sure. | + | :''madness and instead of fear. For truth is safe, and only love is sure.'' |
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