Memory of God

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The eternal knowledge of yourself and God that lies unchanged in every mind, placed there by God and incapable of being lost, though it can be denied through the choice for separation.

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The memory of God is an intact present remembrance—held by the Holy Spirit—restored through shared forgiveness as the mind releases conflict, sacrifice, and time-bound stories.

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Section	Memory of God

Text Introduction
Introduction
T-1. The Meaning of Miracles
I. Principles of Miracles
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
IV. Healing as Release from Fear
V. The Function of the Miracle Worker
VI. Fear and Conflict
VII. Cause and Effect
VIII. The Meaning of the Last Judgment
T-3. The Innocent Perception
I. Atonement without Sacrifice
II. Miracles as True Perception	Awakening ends the sleep; remembrance of the Creator returns.
III. Perception versus Knowledge
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
III. The Guide to Salvation	⬥The Call for God grows as it is shared.
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
II. The Alternative to Projection	Return is recognition: the mind never left God.
III. The Relinquishment of Attack
IV. The Only Answer
V. The Lessons of the Holy Spirit
T-7. The Gifts of the Kingdom
I. The Last Step
II. The Law of the Kingdom	The Holy Spirit teaches by restoring a single remembered meaning.
III. The Reality of the Kingdom
IV. Healing as the Recognition of Truth	Healing learns wholeness, and wholeness remembers God.
V. Healing and the Changelessness of Mind	Joined remembrance makes forgetting the Father impossible.
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	Every meeting becomes holy when you remember why you came.
IV. The Gift of Freedom	Freedom comes through shared remembrance, not solitary striving.
V. The Undivided Will of the Sonship
VI. The Treasure of God	The journey home is reawakening to what is already given.
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	The Course’s aim: a Guide reminds you of what you are.
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	Eternity becomes meaningful as you remember God’s open embrace.
VII. The Two Evaluations
VIII. Grandeur versus Grandiosity	You cannot be outside God’s Mind; forgetting fuels despair and attack.
T-10. The Idols of Sickness
Introduction
I. At Home in God	What is truly remembered is eternal and therefore present.
II. The Decision to Forget	▲Willingness restores what was rejected; God is in memory.
III. The God of Sickness	One mind’s acceptance can awaken remembrance throughout the Sonship.
IV. The End of Sickness	An indestructible spark preserves remembrance when light seems obscured.
V. The Denial of God	Listening to God’s call teaches you to remember eternity.
T-11. God or the Ego
Introduction
I. The Gifts of Fatherhood
II. The Invitation to Healing
III. From Darkness to Light
IV. The Inheritance of God’s Son
V. The “Dynamics” of the Ego	Accepting the Son restores remembrance of the Father, without debate.
VI. Waking to Redemption
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	Answer a brother’s appeal, and the Father’s remembrance draws near.
II. The Way to Remember God	▲God cannot be remembered alone; your brother’s healing is yours.
III. The Investment in Reality
IV. Seeking and Finding	The Holy Spirit remembers for you and guides you within.
V. The Sane Curriculum
VI. The Vision of Christ	God remains in memory; the Holy Spirit awakens you to it.
VII. Looking Within
VIII. The Attraction of Love for Love	▲The memory cannot be lost, but it can be denied.
T-13. The Guiltless World
Introduction
I. Guiltlessness and Invulnerability	Only in peace can the Father be remembered.
II. The Guiltless Son of God	Bring hidden guilt to light; the cloud between you dissolves.
III. The Fear of Redemption	The ego defends against the memory beneath its dark foundation.
IV. The Function of Time
V. The Two Emotions
VI. Finding the Present	Blessing your brother turns the world into reminders of the Creator.
VII. Attainment of the Real World	The real world leads to remembrance of what is wholly yours.
VIII. From Perception to Knowledge
IX. The Cloud of Guilt
X. Release from Guilt	Release unmerciful judgment, and the Father’s Love is remembered.
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	Let the Holy Spirit remember reality for you.
V. The Circle of Atonement
VI. The Light of Communication
VII. Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit
VIII. The Holy Meeting Place
IX. The Reflection of Holiness
X. The Equality of Miracles	Remembrance cannot occur in secret; it comes with joining.
XI. The Test of Truth
T-15. The Holy Instant
I. The Two Uses of Time	A tiny holy instant restores the remembrance of eternity now.
II. The End of Doubt	Offer an instant, and awaken gently into timeless Presence.
III. Littleness versus Magnitude	Where you place your brother is where you believe you are.
IV. Practicing the Holy Instant
V. The Holy Instant and Special Relationships
VI. The Holy Instant and the Laws of God	With the past absent, the Source takes rightful place in you.
VII. The Needless Sacrifice
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	Welcome the Father within, and wholeness replaces 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	Your link with God underwrites your ability to remember truth.
V. The Choice for Completion
VI. The Bridge to the Real World
VII. The End of Illusions	Forgetfulness is unwillingness to remember God’s forgiveness and Love.
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	Let the frame fade; choose creation over the little picture.
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
VIII. The Little Garden
IX. The Two Worlds	In forgiveness’s holy place, Memory of God eclipses all else.
T-19. The Attainment of Peace
I. Healing and Faith
II. Sin versus Error
III. The Unreality of Sin
IV. The Obstacles to Peace	Fear’s veil lifts, and the Father is gladly remembered.
T-20. The Vision of Holiness
I. Holy Week
II. The Gift of Lilies
III. Sin as an Adjustment
IV. Entering the Ark
V. Heralds of Eternity	Remember the Giver, and pain’s false laws lose authority.
VI. The Temple of the Holy Spirit	A true relationship cannot long keep the Father’s Love hidden.
VII. The Consistency of Means and End
VIII. The Vision of Sinlessness
T-21. Reason and Perception
Introduction
I. The Forgotten Song	▲An ancient hymn survives the fear that forgot its name.
II. The Responsibility for Sight
III. Faith, Belief and Vision
IV. The Fear to Look Within	Hope rises when the deeper mind still hears freedom’s song.
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	Serving the eternal loosens time and restores forgotten Identity.
T-23. The War Against Yourself
Introduction
I. The Irreconcilable Beliefs	▲Inner war ends, and remembrance shines where peace is chosen.
II. The Laws of Chaos
III. Salvation without Compromise
IV. Above the Battleground
T-24. The Goal of Specialness
Introduction	God is remembered where peace is allowed, not manufactured.
I. Specialness as a Substitute for Love
II. The Treachery of Specialness	Dropping specialness lets the Son’s radiance recall the Father.
III. The Forgiveness of Specialness
IV. Specialness versus Sinlessness
V. The Christ in You
VI. Salvation from Fear	A brother’s holiness becomes the inner frame of salvation.
VII. The Meeting Place	The memory shines in your brother and returns by sharing.
T-25. The Justice of God
Introduction
I. The Link to Truth
II. The Savior from the Dark
III. Perception and Choice
IV. The Light You Bring
V. The State of Sinlessness
VI. The Special Function	Forgiving sight turns the world into reminders of the Source.
VII. The Rock of Salvation
VIII. Justice Returned to Love
IX. The Justice of Heaven
T-26. The Transition
I. The “Sacrifice” of Oneness	Any demand for sacrifice hides the memory of wholeness.
II. Many Forms; One Correction	Loving justice opens the door to the Love kept intact.
III. The Borderland
IV. Where Sin Has Left	Forgiveness reveals Christ’s face, and home begins to draw near.
V. The Little Hindrance
VI. The Appointed Friend
VII. The Laws of Healing	Healing remembers an ancient Name shared by brother and God.
VIII. The Immediacy of Salvation
IX. For They Have Come	The shadow between brothers hides both Christ and remembered God.
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	★Present remembrance bridges the little gap in a quiet instant.
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	In stillness, echoes of eternity teach the brother’s true function.
VI. Forgiveness and the End of Time
VII. Seek Not Outside Yourself
VIII. The Anti-Christ
IX. The Forgiving Dream	As forgiveness ripens, Heaven’s melody returns from underneath the dream.
T-30. The New Beginning
Introduction
I. Rules for Decision
II. Freedom of Will
III. Beyond All Idols	Idols hide awareness, but God’s Thought of you still waits.
IV. The Truth behind Illusions
V. The Only Purpose	Christ’s face is seen first, and together we remember home.
VI. The Justification for Forgiveness
VII. The New Interpretation
VIII. Changeless Reality
T-31. The Final Vision
I. The Simplicity of Salvation	Christ in you remembers what the world was built to hide.
II. Walking with Christ
III. The Self-Accused
IV. The Real Alternative	Seeking outside forgets Presence; the Source still holds His Thoughts.
V. Self-Concept versus Self
VI. Recognizing the Spirit
VII. The Savior’s Vision
VIII. Choose Once Again

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