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Definition

An idea born entirely of fear and separation, claiming that one must lose for another to gain. Sacrifice is therefore attack, and God does not know what it is.

Arc in Brief

Sacrifice is exposed as the ego’s belief that love must cost you something, and it is undone by letting the Holy Spirit teach that giving has no loss.

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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 ⬥Atonement replaces fear’s sacrifice with mercy and true giving.
II. Miracles as True Perception
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 Egoic giving turns love into sacrifice and a bargain.
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
IV. Teaching and Healing
V. The Ego’s Use of Guilt
VI. Time and Eternity
VII. The Decision for God Sacrifice as the belief that God can lose His Son.
T-6. The Lessons of Love
Introduction
I. The Message of the Crucifixion Crucifixion reinterpreted: you are not called to martyrdom.
II. The Alternative to Projection
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
III. The Reality of the Kingdom
IV. Healing as the Recognition of Truth
V. Healing and the Changelessness of Mind
VI. From Vigilance to Peace
VII. The Totality of the Kingdom Gifts to the ego feel like sacrifice; gifts to the Kingdom return.
VIII. The Unbelievable Belief
IX. The Extension of the Kingdom Creation blesses without loss; sacrifice opposes blessing.
X. The Confusion of Pain and Joy The Holy Spirit asks nothing; sacrifice is the ego’s demand.
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 Stop projecting sacrifice onto God; truth asks no loss.
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
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
IV. The Inheritance of God’s Son
V. The “Dynamics” of the Ego
VI. Waking to Redemption The crucifixion god demands pain; resurrection demands nothing.
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
IV. Seeking and Finding
V. The Sane Curriculum
VI. The Vision of Christ The ego’s bargain offers the world and charges a hidden price.
VII. Looking Within
VIII. The Attraction of Love for Love
T-13. The Guiltless World
Introduction Salvation needs no price; the ego’s myth that it must kill to save is undone.
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 The ego’s altars: get, lay down, and call it sacrifice.
VIII. From Perception to Knowledge
IX. The Cloud of Guilt
X. Release from Guilt
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
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
XI. The Test of Truth
T-15. The Holy Instant
I. The Two Uses of Time
II. The End of Doubt
III. Littleness versus Magnitude Leaving littleness is not sacrifice; settling for less is.
IV. Practicing the Holy Instant
V. The Holy Instant and Special Relationships
VI. The Holy Instant and the Laws of God
VII. The Needless Sacrifice ▲Special relationship sacrifice breeds resentment and delayed attack.
VIII. The Only Real Relationship
IX. The Holy Instant and the Attraction of God
X. The Time of Rebirth ▲Sacrifice makes love a transaction: someone must pay a price.
XI. Christmas as the End of Sacrifice ▲Sacrifice as false safety: the bargain that keeps specialness alive.
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 ego’s religion says someone must die so I can live.
VI. The Bridge to the Real World Joining by shrinking is the ego’s false union; nothing real is lost.
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
VIII. The Little Garden
IX. The Two Worlds
T-19. The Attainment of Peace
I. Healing and Faith
II. Sin versus Error
III. The Unreality of Sin
IV. The Obstacles to Peace Peace seems costly only to the body-idol; release is not sacrifice.
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
VI. The Temple of the Holy Spirit
VII. The Consistency of Means and End
VIII. The Vision of Sinlessness
T-21. Reason and Perception
Introduction
I. The Forgotten Song
II. The Responsibility for Sight
III. Faith, Belief and Vision Sin demands payment; forgiveness recognizes no exchange and no loss.
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 Defenses cost dearly: sacrifice keeps the belief in sin protected.
VI. The Light of the Holy Relationship
T-23. The War Against Yourself
Introduction
I. The Irreconcilable Beliefs
II. The Laws of Chaos The laws of chaos: I live by the brother’s sacrifice.
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 Truth’s cost is only the end of specialness’s bargain.
III. The Forgiveness of Specialness
IV. Specialness versus Sinlessness
V. The Christ in You
VI. Salvation from Fear Brother’s holiness heals the fear that giving means losing yourself.
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
IV. The Light You Bring
V. The State of Sinlessness Saving the brother is your gain; freedom shared means no sacrifice.
VI. The Special Function
VII. The Rock of Salvation ▲The world’s law says someone must lose; the Holy Spirit says no sacrifice.
VIII. Justice Returned to Love True justice asks no sacrifice; the ego preserves sin by making victims.
IX. The Justice of Heaven Holy Spirit solutions exclude loss; compromise only multiplies problems.
T-26. The Transition
I. The “Sacrifice” of Oneness ★Sacrifice is the ego’s pivot: bargaining to keep a private self.
II. Many Forms; One Correction Every problem rests on sacrifice; correction comes when no one loses.
III. The Borderland When an illusion is seen, letting it go is not sacrifice.
IV. Where Sin Has Left
V. The Little Hindrance
VI. The Appointed Friend Make illusion real, inherit its laws—sacrifice included.
VII. The Laws of Healing Even tiny sacrifice trades wholeness for a private treasure and fear.
VIII. The Immediacy of Salvation Sacrifice is the imagined delay: losing now to gain later.
IX. For They Have Come
X. The End of Injustice Feeling wronged assumes sacrifice was caused; projection hides the source.
T-27. The Healing of the Dream
I. The Picture of Crucifixion The wish to be mistreated makes sacrifice seem holy, but spreads guilt.
II. The Fear of Healing Serenity is not bought by another’s pain; healing has no victims.
III. Beyond All Symbols
IV. The Quiet Answer Ask honestly in the Holy Instant: questions without a demand to pay.
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 Believing separation is joy makes healing seem like sacrifice—and breeds sickness.
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 Love seems to demand total sacrifice when the gap is guarded.
II. The Coming of the Guest Welcome truth’s Guest: Heaven’s way asks no loss of you.
III. God’s Witnesses
IV. Dream Roles
V. The Changeless Dwelling Place
VI. Forgiveness and the End of Time
VII. Seek Not Outside Yourself Sacrifice equals lack and death-thinking; salvation requires no renunciation.
VIII. The Anti-Christ
IX. The Forgiving Dream
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 Worldly happiness demands suffering as its currency; joy is costless.
VI. The Justification for Forgiveness Forgiveness is not surrender of rights; nothing real is yielded.
VII. The New Interpretation Different goals breed sacrifice; shared purpose restores meaning and communication.
VIII. Changeless Reality
T-31. The Final Vision
I. The Simplicity of Salvation
II. Walking with Christ
III. The Self-Accused Guilt’s prison demands sacrifice; God’s answer cancels every price.
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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