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− | Forgiveness lets me know that minds are joined. | + | <center>'''Forgiveness lets me know that minds are joined.'''</center> |
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− | Forgiveness is the means appointed for perception's ending. Knowledge is
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− | restored after perception first is changed, and then gives way entirely to
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− | what remains forever past its highest reach. For sights and sounds, at best,
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− | can serve but to recall the memory that lies beyond them all. Forgiveness
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− | sweeps away distortions, and opens the hidden altar to the truth. Its lilies
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− | shine into the mind, and call it to return and look within, to find what it has
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− | vainly sought without. For here, and only here, is peace of mind restored,
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− | for this the dwelling place of God Himself.
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− | In quiet may forgiveness wipe away my dreams of separation and of sin. | + | [[Forgiveness]] is [[the means]] appointed for [[perception]]'s ending. [[Knowledge]] is |
− | Then let me, Father, look within, and find Your promise of my sinlessness | + | restored after perception first is [[changed]], and then gives way entirely to |
− | is kept; Your Word remains unchanged within my mind, Your Love is still | + | what remains forever [[past]] its highest reach. For sights and [[sounds]], at best, |
− | abiding in my heart. | + | can serve but to recall the [[memory]] that lies beyond them all. Forgiveness |
| + | sweeps away [[distortions]], and opens the hidden [[altar]] to the [[truth]]. Its lilies |
| + | shine into [[the mind]], and call it to return and look within, to find what it has |
| + | vainly sought without. For here, and only here, is [[peace]] of mind restored, |
| + | for this the dwelling place of [[God]] Himself. |
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| + | :''In quiet may forgiveness wipe away my dreams of separation and of sin.'' |
| + | :''Then let me, Father, look within, and find Your promise of my sinlessness'' |
| + | :''is kept; Your Word remains unchanged within my mind, Your Love is still'' |
| + | :''abiding in my heart. '' |
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