Altar

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The altar is the sacred center of the mind where God dwells and where what you truly value is placed. What rests on your altar determines what you see, what you offer, and what you receive.

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The altar symbolizes the mind’s center of value and holiness, where we choose between ego idols and the Holy Spirit’s gift of Atonement and receive corrected perception.

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Section	Altar

Text Introduction
Introduction
T-1. The Meaning of Miracles
I. Principles of Miracles	The altar of truth is spirit, not the body.
II. Revelation, Time and Miracles
III. Atonement and Miracles
IV. The Escape from Darkness
V. Wholeness and Spirit
VI. The Illusion of Needs
VII. Distortions of Miracle Impulses
T-2. The Separation and the Atonement
I. The Origins of Separation
II. The Atonement as Defense
III. The Altar of God	⬥Open the inner altar and receive Atonement at the center.
IV. Healing as Release from Fear
V. The Function of the Miracle Worker	Discomfort points to correction, not to shame at the altar.
VI. Fear and Conflict
VII. Cause and Effect
VIII. The Meaning of the Last Judgment
T-3. The Innocent Perception
I. Atonement without Sacrifice	At God’s altar, Atonement belongs—never sacrifice.
II. Miracles as True Perception
III. Perception versus Knowledge	Right perception prepares the inner altar for certainty.
IV. Error and the Ego
V. Beyond Perception
VI. Judgment and the Authority Problem
VII. Creating versus the Self-Image
T-4. The Illusions of the Ego
Introduction
I. Right Teaching and Right Learning
II. The Ego and False Autonomy
III. Love without Conflict
IV. This Need Not Be
V. The Ego-Body Illusion
VI. The Rewards of God
VII. Creation and Communication
T-5. Healing and Wholeness
Introduction
I. The Invitation to the Holy Spirit
II. The Voice for God	Two voices come from divided devotion—choose your altar.
III. The Guide to Salvation
IV. Teaching and Healing
V. The Ego’s Use of Guilt
VI. Time and Eternity
VII. The Decision for God
T-6. The Lessons of Love
Introduction
I. The Message of the Crucifixion	A church is holy only by the purpose its altar serves.
II. The Alternative to Projection
III. The Relinquishment of Attack
IV. The Only Answer
V. The Lessons of the Holy Spirit	Remember the protected center where doubt cannot enter.
T-7. The Gifts of the Kingdom
I. The Last Step
II. The Law of the Kingdom
III. The Reality of the Kingdom	The inner altar is the clear thought that reconciles having and being.
IV. Healing as the Recognition of Truth
V. Healing and the Changelessness of Mind	Learn to see the altar of God in everyone.
VI. From Vigilance to Peace
VII. The Totality of the Kingdom
VIII. The Unbelievable Belief
IX. The Extension of the Kingdom
X. The Confusion of Pain and Joy
XI. The State of Grace
T-8. The Journey Back
I. The Direction of the Curriculum
II. The Difference between Imprisonment and Freedom
III. The Holy Encounter
IV. The Gift of Freedom
V. The Undivided Will of the Sonship
VI. The Treasure of God
VII. The Body as a Means of Communication
VIII. The Body as Means or End
IX. Healing as Corrected Perception
T-9. The Acceptance of the Atonement
I. The Acceptance of Reality
II. The Answer to Prayer
III. The Correction of Error
IV. The Holy Spirit’s Plan of Forgiveness
V. The Unhealed Healer
VI. The Acceptance of Your Brother
VII. The Two Evaluations
VIII. Grandeur versus Grandiosity
T-10. The Idols of Sickness
Introduction
I. At Home in God
II. The Decision to Forget
III. The God of Sickness	Peace returns when God is placed first on the inner altar.
IV. The End of Sickness
V. The Denial of God
T-11. God or the Ego
Introduction
I. The Gifts of Fatherhood
II. The Invitation to Healing
III. From Darkness to Light	Guard the inner temple: bring no dark comforters, and don’t go alone.
IV. The Inheritance of God’s Son	Approach the altar without condemnation; the door is already open.
V. The “Dynamics” of the Ego
VI. Waking to Redemption	Whatever you worship at the altar determines freedom or slavery.
VII. The Condition of Reality
VIII. The Problem and the Answer
T-12. The Holy Spirit’s Curriculum
I. The Judgment of the Holy Spirit
II. The Way to Remember God
III. The Investment in Reality	Bring perceptions to the inner altar; let vision be changed at its source.
IV. Seeking and Finding
V. The Sane Curriculum
VI. The Vision of Christ	Let the Holy Spirit lead you to the quiet altar of meeting.
VII. Looking Within
VIII. The Attraction of Love for Love
T-13. The Guiltless World
Introduction
I. Guiltlessness and Invulnerability
II. The Guiltless Son of God
III. The Fear of Redemption
IV. The Function of Time
V. The Two Emotions
VI. Finding the Present
VII. Attainment of the Real World	Refuse the ego’s altars of sacrifice and loss.
VIII. From Perception to Knowledge
IX. The Cloud of Guilt	Look within: quiet peace still shines on the Father’s altar.
X. Release from Guilt	The inner holy place is unchanged, even when guilt seems thick.
XI. The Peace of Heaven
T-14. Teaching for Truth
Introduction
I. The Conditions of Learning
II. The Happy Learner
III. The Decision for Guiltlessness
IV. Your Function in the Atonement
V. The Circle of Atonement	Forgiveness rebuilds the temple, and it becomes your altar of giving.
VI. The Light of Communication
VII. Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit
VIII. The Holy Meeting Place	▲At the holy meeting place, let small offerings fall away.
IX. The Reflection of Holiness	Even when idols crowd it, God’s Presence remains at the altar.
X. The Equality of Miracles
XI. The Test of Truth
T-15. The Holy Instant
I. The Two Uses of Time
II. The End of Doubt	Let the Holy Spirit translate fear’s meaning at the inner altar.
III. Littleness versus Magnitude	Don’t offer littleness; welcome holiness at the inner altar.
IV. Practicing the Holy Instant	The Holy Instant opens when every plan is released at the altar.
V. The Holy Instant and Special Relationships
VI. The Holy Instant and the Laws of God
VII. The Needless Sacrifice	Notice the ego’s altar in relationship: sacrifice as what union costs.
VIII. The Only Real Relationship
IX. The Holy Instant and the Attraction of God
X. The Time of Rebirth
XI. Christmas as the End of Sacrifice
T-16. The Forgiveness of Illusions
I. True Empathy
II. The Power of Holiness
III. The Reward of Teaching
IV. The Illusion and the Reality of Love
V. The Choice for Completion	The special relationship builds an altar between us and worships the body.
VI. The Bridge to the Real World
VII. The End of Illusions
T-17. Forgiveness and the Holy Relationship
I. Bringing Fantasy to Truth
II. The Forgiven World
III. Shadows of the Past
IV. The Two Pictures
V. The Healed Relationship
VI. Setting the Goal
VII. The Call for Faith
VIII. The Conditions of Peace
T-18. The Passing of the Dream
I. The Substitute Reality
II. The Basis of the Dream
III. Light in the Dream
IV. The Little Willingness
V. The Happy Dream
VI. Beyond the Body
VII. I Need Do Nothing	Return to the quiet center by withdrawing the body’s importance.
VIII. The Little Garden
IX. The Two Worlds
T-19. The Attainment of Peace
I. Healing and Faith	Stand together at the same inner altar where grace is given.
II. Sin versus Error
III. The Unreality of Sin
IV. The Obstacles to Peace
T-20. The Vision of Holiness
I. Holy Week
II. The Gift of Lilies	★Thorns or lilies: what you place on the altar reveals your choice.
III. Sin as an Adjustment
IV. Entering the Ark
V. Heralds of Eternity
VI. The Temple of the Holy Spirit
VII. The Consistency of Means and End
VIII. The Vision of Sinlessness	Sinlessness reveals your brother’s holy altar, already adorned with lilies.
T-21. Reason and Perception
Introduction
I. The Forgotten Song
II. The Responsibility for Sight	Leave the altar unoccupied for a moment, and let truth show itself.
III. Faith, Belief and Vision
IV. The Fear to Look Within
V. The Function of Reason
VI. Reason versus Madness
VII. The Last Unanswered Question
VIII. The Inner Shift
T-22. Salvation and the Holy Relationship
Introduction
I. The Message of the Holy Relationship
II. Your Brother’s Sinlessness
III. Reason and the Forms of Error
IV. The Branching of the Road
V. Weakness and Defensiveness
VI. The Light of the Holy Relationship
T-23. The War Against Yourself
Introduction
I. The Irreconcilable Beliefs	When division is believed, the altar seems to disappear and light grows dim.
II. The Laws of Chaos
III. Salvation without Compromise
IV. Above the Battleground
T-24. The Goal of Specialness
Introduction
I. Specialness as a Substitute for Love
II. The Treachery of Specialness
III. The Forgiveness of Specialness
IV. Specialness versus Sinlessness
V. The Christ in You
VI. Salvation from Fear
VII. The Meeting Place
T-25. The Justice of God
Introduction
I. The Link to Truth
II. The Savior from the Dark
III. Perception and Choice	Repurpose the place of attack; let it become an altar for forgiveness.
IV. The Light You Bring
V. The State of Sinlessness
VI. The Special Function
VII. The Rock of Salvation
VIII. Justice Returned to Love
IX. The Justice of Heaven
T-26. The Transition
I. The “Sacrifice” of Oneness
II. Many Forms; One Correction
III. The Borderland
IV. Where Sin Has Left	Where sin was believed, Heaven’s altar is raised and light is rekindled.
V. The Little Hindrance
VI. The Appointed Friend
VII. The Laws of Healing
VIII. The Immediacy of Salvation
IX. For They Have Come
X. The End of Injustice
T-27. The Healing of the Dream
I. The Picture of Crucifixion
II. The Fear of Healing
III. Beyond All Symbols
IV. The Quiet Answer
V. The Healing Example
VI. The Witnesses to Sin
VII. The Dreamer of the Dream
VIII. The “Hero” of the Dream
T-28. The Undoing of Fear
I. The Present Memory
II. Reversing Effect and Cause
III. The Agreement to Join
IV. The Greater Joining
V. The Alternate to Dreams of Fear
VI. The Secret Vows
VII. The Ark of Safety
T-29. The Awakening
I. The Closing of the Gap
II. The Coming of the Guest
III. God’s Witnesses
IV. Dream Roles
V. The Changeless Dwelling Place
VI. Forgiveness and the End of Time
VII. Seek Not Outside Yourself	The holy mind is God’s altar; idols cannot live there.
VIII. The Anti-Christ
IX. The Forgiving Dream	Deep within, the enduring altar remains, and Heaven’s song is heard.
T-30. The New Beginning
Introduction
I. Rules for Decision
II. Freedom of Will
III. Beyond All Idols
IV. The Truth behind Illusions
V. The Only Purpose
VI. The Justification for Forgiveness
VII. The New Interpretation
VIII. Changeless Reality
T-31. The Final Vision
I. The Simplicity of Salvation
II. Walking with Christ
III. The Self-Accused
IV. The Real Alternative
V. Self-Concept versus Self
VI. Recognizing the Spirit
VII. The Savior’s Vision
VIII. Choose Once Again

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