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− | All fear is past and only love is here. | + | <center>'''All fear is past and only love is here.'''</center> |
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− | All fear is past, because its source is gone, and all its thoughts gone with it.
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− | Love remains the only present state, whose Source is here forever and
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− | forever. Can the world seem bright and clear and safe and welcoming, with
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− | all my past mistakes oppressing it, and showing me distorted forms of fear?
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− | Yet in the present love is obvious, and its effects apparent. All the world
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− | shines in reflection of its holy light, and I perceive a world forgiven at last.
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− | Father, let not Your holy world escape my sight today. Nor let my ears be | + | All [[fear]] is [[past]], because its [[source]] is gone, and all its [[thoughts]] gone with it. |
− | deaf to all the hymns of gratitude the world is singing underneath the | + | [[Love]] remains the only present state, whose Source is here forever and |
− | sounds of fear. There is a real world which the present holds safe from all | + | forever. Can the world seem bright and [[clear]] and safe and welcoming, with |
− | past mistakes. And I would see only this world before my eyes today | + | all my past [[mistakes]] oppressing it, and showing me [[distorted]] forms of fear? |
| + | Yet in the present [[love]] is obvious, and its effects apparent. All the world |
| + | shines in [[reflection]] of its holy [[light]], and I perceive a world [[forgiven]] at last. |
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| + | :''Father, let not Your holy world escape my sight today. Nor let my ears be'' |
| + | :''deaf to all the hymns of gratitude the world is singing underneath the'' |
| + | :''sounds of fear. There is a real world which the present holds safe from all'' |
| + | :''past mistakes. And I would see only this world before my eyes today.'' |
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