| Text Introduction |
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| Introduction |
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| T-1. The Meaning of Miracles |
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| I. Principles of Miracles |
Miracles begin at their Source, not at changing effects. | |
| II. Revelation, Time and Miracles |
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| III. Atonement and Miracles |
Behavior follows perception; heal the seeing to heal the doing. | |
| IV. The Escape from Darkness |
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| V. Wholeness and Spirit |
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| VI. The Illusion of Needs |
Beliefs set needs, and then demand matching experiences. | |
| VII. Distortions of Miracle Impulses |
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| T-2. The Separation and the Atonement |
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| I. The Origins of Separation |
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| II. The Atonement as Defense |
Fear assigns outside forces the power to hurt you. | |
| III. The Altar of God |
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| IV. Healing as Release from Fear |
Healing corrects the mind’s mistake, not the body’s symptoms. | |
| V. The Function of the Miracle Worker |
Nothing physical heals the mind; correction starts at thought level. | |
| VI. Fear and Conflict |
Thought produces strain; change the thinker, not the symptom. | |
| VII. Cause and Effect |
⬥Guard the mind: thoughts make experience, so choose the cause. | |
| VIII. The Meaning of the Last Judgment |
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| T-3. The Innocent Perception |
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| I. Atonement without Sacrifice |
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| II. Miracles as True Perception |
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| III. Perception versus Knowledge |
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| IV. Error and the Ego |
The body follows the choice for separation; let mind be corrected. | |
| V. Beyond Perception |
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| VI. Judgment and the Authority Problem |
Judgment breeds unrest; rejected perceptions return as fearful dreams. | |
| VII. Creating versus the Self-Image |
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| T-4. The Illusions of the Ego |
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| Introduction |
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| I. Right Teaching and Right Learning |
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| II. The Ego and False Autonomy |
Appetites are mental decisions; the body only seems to demand. | |
| III. Love without Conflict |
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| IV. This Need Not Be |
Let feelings diagnose the cause; lack of joy means choose again. | |
| V. The Ego-Body Illusion |
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| VI. The Rewards of God |
Allegiance grants power; peace and chaos reveal the chosen teacher. | |
| VII. Creation and Communication |
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| T-5. Healing and Wholeness |
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| Introduction |
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| I. The Invitation to the Holy Spirit |
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| II. The Voice for God |
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| III. The Guide to Salvation |
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| IV. Teaching and Healing |
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| V. The Ego’s Use of Guilt |
What you accept becomes real to you, and effects follow. | |
| VI. Time and Eternity |
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| VII. The Decision for God |
Loss of peace signals a past decision; decide otherwise now. | |
| T-6. The Lessons of Love |
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| Introduction |
Question the premise, and the angry conclusion dissolves. | |
| I. The Message of the Crucifixion |
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| II. The Alternative to Projection |
What you send outward begins in mind; projection is its echo. | |
| III. The Relinquishment of Attack |
Teaching attack teaches pain; teaching peace lets it be yours. | |
| IV. The Only Answer |
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| V. The Lessons of the Holy Spirit |
Mind heals the body; form cannot heal the mind. | |
| T-7. The Gifts of the Kingdom |
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| I. The Last Step |
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| II. The Law of the Kingdom |
What you extend becomes real to you—an inner law at work. | |
| III. The Reality of the Kingdom |
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| IV. Healing as the Recognition of Truth |
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| V. Healing and the Changelessness of Mind |
Choose the teacher, and effects in body and world follow. | |
| VI. From Vigilance to Peace |
Fear returns to the thinker; vigilance becomes peace through new belief. | |
| VII. The Totality of the Kingdom |
Denial borrows power from mind; withdraw it and reality returns. | |
| VIII. The Unbelievable Belief |
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| IX. The Extension of the Kingdom |
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| X. The Confusion of Pain and Joy |
Your premises decide your world; look honestly at their outcomes. | |
| XI. The State of Grace |
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| T-8. The Journey Back |
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| I. The Direction of the Curriculum |
Let results teach: loss of peace means the curriculum needs change. | |
| II. The Difference between Imprisonment and Freedom |
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| III. The Holy Encounter |
How you see your brother decides whether you both feel free. | |
| IV. The Gift of Freedom |
Peace isn’t caused by conditions; it follows your decision for joining. | |
| V. The Undivided Will of the Sonship |
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| VI. The Treasure of God |
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| VII. The Body as a Means of Communication |
Purpose decides the body’s meaning; misuse makes it seem to hurt. | |
| VIII. The Body as Means or End |
Judge the premise, not the symptom; the body reports the mind. | |
| IX. Healing as Corrected Perception |
Sickness is distorted perception made visible; heal by changing teacher. | |
| T-9. The Acceptance of the Atonement |
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| I. The Acceptance of Reality |
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| II. The Answer to Prayer |
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| III. The Correction of Error |
When you accept error as real, you make its effects inevitable. | |
| IV. The Holy Spirit’s Plan of Forgiveness |
Forgiveness cancels effects by questioning the belief that caused them. | |
| V. The Unhealed Healer |
Understanding is the cause of change; effects reveal the guide chosen. | |
| VI. The Acceptance of Your Brother |
Let joy’s effect in others reveal what you’re truly extending. | |
| VII. The Two Evaluations |
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| VIII. Grandeur versus Grandiosity |
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| T-10. The Idols of Sickness |
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| Introduction |
▲Nothing outside you causes fear; time can serve awakening instead. | |
| I. At Home in God |
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| II. The Decision to Forget |
Dissociation is a decision; fear is its predictable effect. | |
| III. The God of Sickness |
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| IV. The End of Sickness |
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| V. The Denial of God |
What you deny becomes your experience; you receive the message you send. | |
| T-11. God or the Ego |
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| Introduction |
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| I. The Gifts of Fatherhood |
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| II. The Invitation to Healing |
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| III. From Darkness to Light |
Suffering follows self-attack; give peace and find it waiting. | |
| IV. The Inheritance of God’s Son |
Only your mind can deprive you; withdrawing blame restores inheritance. | |
| V. The “Dynamics” of the Ego |
A delusional source cannot yield truth; perception witnesses your choice. | |
| VI. Waking to Redemption |
Belief stabilizes perception; choose a new interpreter for sight. | |
| VII. The Condition of Reality |
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| VIII. The Problem and the Answer |
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| T-12. The Holy Spirit’s Curriculum |
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| I. The Judgment of the Holy Spirit |
You react to meaning; let the Holy Spirit judge. | |
| II. The Way to Remember God |
The fog has no power unless you grant it. | |
| III. The Investment in Reality |
Ego identity makes a hostile world; return cause to mind. | |
| IV. Seeking and Finding |
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| V. The Sane Curriculum |
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| VI. The Vision of Christ |
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| VII. Looking Within |
Invisible causes are known by effects; watch what follows choice. | |
| VIII. The Attraction of Love for Love |
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| T-13. The Guiltless World |
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| Introduction |
Guilt is the premise; the world reflects its punishment story. | |
| I. Guiltlessness and Invulnerability |
Attack breeds guilt, and guilt hides your invulnerability. | |
| II. The Guiltless Son of God |
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| III. The Fear of Redemption |
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| IV. The Function of Time |
Time follows interpretation; heal now and the future loosens. | |
| V. The Two Emotions |
Projection makes perception; the chosen emotion builds its world. | |
| VI. Finding the Present |
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| VII. Attainment of the Real World |
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| VIII. From Perception to Knowledge |
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| IX. The Cloud of Guilt |
What you value becomes your reward; revalue and see differently. | |
| X. Release from Guilt |
Find the source of guilt where you put it: in mind. | |
| XI. The Peace of Heaven |
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| T-14. Teaching for Truth |
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| Introduction |
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| I. The Conditions of Learning |
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| II. The Happy Learner |
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| III. The Decision for Guiltlessness |
God is the only Cause; guilt loses borrowed authority. | |
| IV. Your Function in the Atonement |
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| V. The Circle of Atonement |
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| VI. The Light of Communication |
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| VII. Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit |
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| VIII. The Holy Meeting Place |
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| IX. The Reflection of Holiness |
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| X. The Equality of Miracles |
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| XI. The Test of Truth |
Test truth by results: peace confirms the lesson’s Source. | |
| T-15. The Holy Instant |
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| I. The Two Uses of Time |
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| II. The End of Doubt |
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| III. Littleness versus Magnitude |
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| IV. Practicing the Holy Instant |
Delay is a decision; willingness brings the holy instant now. | |
| V. The Holy Instant and Special Relationships |
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| VI. The Holy Instant and the Laws of God |
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| VII. The Needless Sacrifice |
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| VIII. The Only Real Relationship |
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| IX. The Holy Instant and the Attraction of God |
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| X. The Time of Rebirth |
Sacrifice is self-demanded; projection makes it seem imposed. | |
| XI. Christmas as the End of Sacrifice |
Sacrifice breeds deprivation and attack; end the chain at cause. | |
| T-16. The Forgiveness of Illusions |
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| I. True Empathy |
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| II. The Power of Holiness |
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| III. The Reward of Teaching |
The lesson you teach is the result you live with. | |
| IV. The Illusion and the Reality of Love |
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| V. The Choice for Completion |
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| VI. The Bridge to the Real World |
You see the world you value; let revaluation build the bridge. | |
| VII. The End of Illusions |
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| T-17. Forgiveness and the Holy Relationship |
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| I. Bringing Fantasy to Truth |
Fantasy can’t change reality, but it can produce fearful experience. | |
| II. The Forgiven World |
Forgiveness blesses your making; perception is released into beauty. | |
| III. Shadows of the Past |
Undo the error where it began; stop seeking solutions in effects. | |
| IV. The Two Pictures |
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| V. The Healed Relationship |
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| VI. Setting the Goal |
▲Set the goal first; the situation becomes the means. | |
| VII. The Call for Faith |
Faithlessness displaces the problem; keep cause in mind to heal. | |
| VIII. The Conditions of Peace |
Strain signals refused faith; trust truth and peace follows. | |
| T-18. The Passing of the Dream |
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| I. The Substitute Reality |
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| II. The Basis of the Dream |
Your wishes script the dream; join the will and rest. | |
| III. Light in the Dream |
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| IV. The Little Willingness |
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| V. The Happy Dream |
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| VI. Beyond the Body |
The body cannot be guilty; fantasies direct its seeming actions. | |
| VII. I Need Do Nothing |
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| VIII. The Little Garden |
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| IX. The Two Worlds |
Messages return to their sender; change the cause you send. | |
| T-19. The Attainment of Peace |
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| I. Healing and Faith |
Effects stay with their source; heal the idea, not the symptom. | |
| II. Sin versus Error |
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| III. The Unreality of Sin |
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| IV. The Obstacles to Peace |
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| T-20. The Vision of Holiness |
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| I. Holy Week |
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| II. The Gift of Lilies |
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| III. Sin as an Adjustment |
You adjust to what you made; choose a saner guide. | |
| IV. Entering the Ark |
Nothing can harm you except through power you have given it. | |
| V. Heralds of Eternity |
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| VI. The Temple of the Holy Spirit |
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| VII. The Consistency of Means and End |
Means follow goals; sight adapts to what you want. | |
| VIII. The Vision of Sinlessness |
Reclaim the power you gave away; desire restores sinless vision. | |
| T-21. Reason and Perception |
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| Introduction |
Change the mind, not the world; perception witnesses the cause. | |
| I. The Forgotten Song |
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| II. The Responsibility for Sight |
▲Take responsibility for sight; the world cannot be your cause. | |
| III. Faith, Belief and Vision |
Faith and vision belong to mind; the body serves intention. | |
| IV. The Fear to Look Within |
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| V. The Function of Reason |
Let reason reveal the ego’s premises; choose another Voice. | |
| VI. Reason versus Madness |
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| VII. The Last Unanswered Question |
Decide what you want to see; the how is given. | |
| VIII. The Inner Shift |
Undo vulnerability thoughts; unified desire receives the gift now. | |
| T-22. Salvation and the Holy Relationship |
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| Introduction |
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| I. The Message of the Holy Relationship |
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| II. Your Brother’s Sinlessness |
What you made cannot enslave you; let innocence be the cause. | |
| III. Reason and the Forms of Error |
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| IV. The Branching of the Road |
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| V. Weakness and Defensiveness |
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| VI. The Light of the Holy Relationship |
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| T-23. The War Against Yourself |
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| Introduction |
Attack produces fear; share sinlessness and love becomes the effect. | |
| I. The Irreconcilable Beliefs |
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| II. The Laws of Chaos |
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| III. Salvation without Compromise |
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| IV. Above the Battleground |
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| T-24. The Goal of Specialness |
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| Introduction |
Beliefs set the script; decisions follow as their effects. | |
| I. Specialness as a Substitute for Love |
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| II. The Treachery of Specialness |
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| III. The Forgiveness of Specialness |
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| IV. Specialness versus Sinlessness |
Attack’s purpose is in the mind; its pain is too. | |
| V. The Christ in You |
The dream reverses causality: maker feels made-to-happen. | |
| VI. Salvation from Fear |
The laws you assign your brother become your own prison. | |
| VII. The Meeting Place |
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| T-25. The Justice of God |
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| Introduction |
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| I. The Link to Truth |
Perception serves your purpose and shows you the self you seek. | |
| II. The Savior from the Dark |
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| III. Perception and Choice |
What you value becomes what you see; forgiveness restores change. | |
| IV. The Light You Bring |
Your wish assigns meaning; the light you bring changes effects. | |
| V. The State of Sinlessness |
The role you give another becomes the road you walk. | |
| VI. The Special Function |
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| VII. The Rock of Salvation |
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| VIII. Justice Returned to Love |
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| IX. The Justice of Heaven |
Injustice felt reflects injustice chosen; fairness is the way out. | |
| T-26. The Transition |
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| I. The “Sacrifice” of Oneness |
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| II. Many Forms; One Correction |
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| III. The Borderland |
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| IV. Where Sin Has Left |
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| V. The Little Hindrance |
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| VI. The Appointed Friend |
Making one illusion real invites the whole chain of pain. | |
| VII. The Laws of Healing |
▲Healing joins cause and consequence, returning sickness to the mind. | |
| VIII. The Immediacy of Salvation |
Fear is present judgment, not a future cause; salvation is now. | |
| IX. For They Have Come |
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| X. The End of Injustice |
The world seems unfair when judgment withdraws its purpose and light. | |
| T-27. The Healing of the Dream |
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| I. The Picture of Crucifixion |
Suffering is used as evidence; remove the goal and the proof fades. | |
| II. The Fear of Healing |
Healing threatens the story; innocence makes suffering purposeless and causeless. | |
| III. Beyond All Symbols |
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| IV. The Quiet Answer |
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| V. The Healing Example |
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| VI. The Witnesses to Sin |
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| VII. The Dreamer of the Dream |
▲You are the dreamer; complications hide a simple, changeable cause. | |
| VIII. The “Hero” of the Dream |
Look past the hero’s drama to the single mind-made cause. | |
| T-28. The Undoing of Fear |
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| I. The Present Memory |
What is truly past has no effects; let the present Cause speak. | |
| II. Reversing Effect and Cause |
★Return fear to the mind; when it has no effects, it ends. | |
| III. The Agreement to Join |
Healing is the effect of joining; separation’s gap is sickness’s cause. | |
| IV. The Greater Joining |
Refuse to witness fear, and the dream loses the effects you feared. | |
| V. The Alternate to Dreams of Fear |
What you share you make meaningful; the body cannot be the cause. | |
| VI. The Secret Vows |
The body follows a secret vow; change the agreement and effects shift. | |
| VII. The Ark of Safety |
Insecurity rests on a shaky foundation; choose joining and the house stands. | |
| T-29. The Awakening |
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| I. The Closing of the Gap |
The body seems to limit only because the mind wanted distance. | |
| II. The Coming of the Guest |
When the cause is welcomed, its healing effects are already here. | |
| III. God’s Witnesses |
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| IV. Dream Roles |
Anger comes from assigned roles; release your script and wake. | |
| V. The Changeless Dwelling Place |
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| VI. Forgiveness and the End of Time |
Reassign the purpose, and the world you see must change with it. | |
| VII. Seek Not Outside Yourself |
Seeking outside assigns power to idols; pain is the predictable effect. | |
| VIII. The Anti-Christ |
An idol lives by belief; withdraw the gift and it fades. | |
| IX. The Forgiving Dream |
Dream figures are toys of mind; change the maker, not the toys. | |
| T-30. The New Beginning |
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| Introduction |
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| I. Rules for Decision |
Choose your inner adviser; the day becomes the effect of that choice. | |
| II. Freedom of Will |
Your will can bless the world free; salvation’s cause is within. | |
| III. Beyond All Idols |
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| IV. The Truth behind Illusions |
Illusions persuade only the mind that wants them; decide you want truth. | |
| V. The Only Purpose |
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| VI. The Justification for Forgiveness |
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| VII. The New Interpretation |
Events are neutral; your script supplies meaning and fear reveals the author. | |
| VIII. Changeless Reality |
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| T-31. The Final Vision |
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| I. The Simplicity of Salvation |
Learned lessons make worlds; choose the simple lesson and see it. | |
| II. Walking with Christ |
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| III. The Self-Accused |
Let the mind learn freedom; the body will follow the lesson. | |
| IV. The Real Alternative |
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| V. Self-Concept versus Self |
Your reactions come from your mind, not your brother’s control. | |
| VI. Recognizing the Spirit |
Decide for Spirit, and the world becomes forgiving and harmless. | |
| VII. The Savior’s Vision |
Seeing mirrors the self you wish for; choose a new wish. | |
| VIII. Choose Once Again |
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