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The eternal, unchangeable intention that the Son have everything, know peace, remain free, and extend creation: an intention that cannot be opposed or defeated and is identical with the Son’s deepest will.

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Across the trail, the Will of God shifts from seeming demand to recognized identity: one shared Will that, through guidance and forgiveness, restores joy and freedom.

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SectionWill 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 ⬥Real pleasure comes from God’s Will, not substitute comforts.
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 Use strain as a signal: align desire and doing.
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 Heaven is perfect accord: one Will shared with God.
III. Perception versus Knowledge
IV. Error and the Ego Remove misperception so your will can unite with the Creator.
V. Beyond Perception Knowledge is reached through union of will, not perceptual effort.
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 Prayer is answered when you ask for what is already willed.
IV. This Need Not Be
V. The Ego-Body Illusion
VI. The Rewards of God
VII. Creation and Communication God’s Will extends as communication: creation’s shared channel of Mind.
T-5. Healing and Wholeness
Introduction
I. The Invitation to the Holy Spirit
II. The Voice for God ▲The Holy Spirit speaks for God’s Will within the split mind.
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 Choosing for God means accepting care already given, not planning alone.
T-6. The Lessons of Love
Introduction
I. The Message of the Crucifixion
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 God’s Will is unlimited giving; bargaining blocks your gifts.
II. The Law of the Kingdom
III. The Reality of the Kingdom
IV. Healing as the Recognition of Truth Healing comes as your private will yields to one creation.
V. Healing and the Changelessness of Mind
VI. From Vigilance to Peace Peace follows when you release beliefs God does not know.
VII. The Totality of the Kingdom You are God’s Will: extend life and keep the Kingdom whole.
VIII. The Unbelievable Belief
IX. The Extension of the Kingdom God wills your creative inheritance: extension cannot be truly disobeyed.
X. The Confusion of Pain and Joy You may wish for what cannot be, yet you can truly will only with God.
XI. The State of Grace Joy shared with all is the sign of God’s Will.
T-8. The Journey Back
I. The Direction of the Curriculum Knowledge is God’s Will; no bargains can substitute for its conditions.
II. The Difference between Imprisonment and Freedom Freedom is learning your will cannot be coerced because it is God’s.
III. The Holy Encounter Total willingness reveals God’s Will as only joy; it cannot be forced.
IV. The Gift of Freedom Freedom is God’s Will: peace returns when you stop resisting His Voice.
V. The Undivided Will of the Sonship ▲Ask the Teacher for God’s Will and let your will be undivided.
VI. The Treasure of God One question matters: do you want to know the Father’s Will?
VII. The Body as a Means of Communication Joy comes from one purpose: accept God’s unified intent, not your own.
VIII. The Body as Means or End
IX. Healing as Corrected Perception God’s limitless Will exposes self-imposed limits as sickness.
T-9. The Acceptance of the Atonement
I. The Acceptance of Reality Fear of God’s Will is fear of your reality; accept it inwardly.
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 Measure your choices by God’s worth: peace abides in our joint will.
VIII. Grandeur versus Grandiosity If it cannot serve God’s Will, let it go as unreal.
T-10. The Idols of Sickness
Introduction God’s decision is Love; your will cannot be against it.
I. At Home in God Wanting only truth makes the dream impossible; that desire is your will.
II. The Decision to Forget Your part is willingness to remember; nothing lies outside God’s Will for you.
III. The God of Sickness
IV. The End of Sickness Peace is God’s Will; sickness and bondage cannot share His laws.
V. The Denial of God
T-11. God or the Ego
Introduction
I. The Gifts of Fatherhood ▲Healing begins when you recognize God’s Will is your own, not coercion.
II. The Invitation to Healing Let the Holy Spirit add His complete Will to your small willingness.
III. From Darkness to Light Claim God’s Will as yours and let the dark journey turn to light.
IV. The Inheritance of God’s Son God’s Will protects without limiting: the door to peace is held open.
V. The “Dynamics” of the Ego God’s purpose is the only one that can be fulfilled—and it already has been.
VI. Waking to Redemption Resurrection is God’s Will for all: no exceptions, no coercion.
VII. The Condition of Reality God wills to be known; meet the conditions and knowledge follows.
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 Remember your purpose: you still want what God wills, not fear.
III. The Investment in Reality You cannot will against God; the desire to be unlike Him breeds chaos.
IV. Seeking and Finding Truth shares the Father’s Will; death has no place.
V. The Sane Curriculum
VI. The Vision of Christ
VII. Looking Within Peace is the Father’s gift through you, not the ego’s wish.
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 Safety is guaranteed: you share God’s Will, not a rival.
VIII. From Perception to Knowledge
IX. The Cloud of Guilt
X. Release from Guilt
XI. The Peace of Heaven What God wills is already accomplished; guilt cannot stabilize.
T-14. Teaching for Truth
Introduction
I. The Conditions of Learning
II. The Happy Learner
III. The Decision for Guiltlessness Your will is holy; let guidance reveal it without strain.
IV. Your Function in the Atonement Knowing God requires guiltlessness; judgment denies what He placed in you.
V. The Circle of Atonement
VI. The Light of Communication
VII. Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit One purpose, one meaning: trust the Holy Spirit to unify perception.
VIII. The Holy Meeting Place Heaven remains God’s Will; let nothing else share the altar.
IX. The Reflection of Holiness
X. The Equality of Miracles
XI. The Test of Truth Peace tests your alignment: will for your brother what God wills.
T-15. The Holy Instant
I. The Two Uses of Time
II. The End of Doubt
III. Littleness versus Magnitude Drop the private plan; God’s Will is the only satisfying magnitude.
IV. Practicing the Holy Instant Trade your self-made salvation plan for God’s single Will of communication.
V. The Holy Instant and Special Relationships
VI. The Holy Instant and the Laws of God In the holy instant, God’s laws replace scarcity and make freedom immediate.
VII. The Needless Sacrifice
VIII. The Only Real Relationship What seems impossible must be possible when our shared Will meets God.
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
VI. The Bridge to the Real World
VII. The End of Illusions Receive the holy instant as God’s giving that proves freedom is done.
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 God’s single purpose replace specialness: relationships exist to bring happiness.
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 Beyond the dream, God’s Will has never not been done.
III. Light in the Dream Only wish to understand; God’s Will grants light within the dream.
IV. The Little Willingness ▲Unlimited power meets your little willingness; unworthiness is the only delay.
V. The Happy Dream A happy dream comes from letting God’s Will lead, not control.
VI. Beyond the Body Destructive wishes cannot change creation; conflict is only fantasy.
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 Sin would mean defeating God’s Will—so it cannot be real.
III. The Unreality of Sin Another will cannot overthrow God; the separate will is the myth.
IV. The Obstacles to Peace Obstacles to peace are barriers against God’s one Will for brothers.
T-20. The Vision of Holiness
I. Holy Week
II. The Gift of Lilies
III. Sin as an Adjustment
IV. Entering the Ark Share power only by God’s Will; His guarantee keeps you free.
V. Heralds of Eternity
VI. The Temple of the Holy Spirit
VII. The Consistency of Means and End
VIII. The Vision of Sinlessness Vision rests on what God already gave; the Holy Spirit guarantees completion.
T-21. Reason and Perception
Introduction Choose holiness over self-damnation: joining God’s Will sets the Son free.
I. The Forgotten Song
II. The Responsibility for Sight No accidents: release the ego’s separate will and let the Holy Spirit decide.
III. Faith, Belief and Vision
IV. The Fear to Look Within
V. The Function of Reason Consent restores reason: the joined Will is present now and guarantees receiving.
VI. Reason versus Madness
VII. The Last Unanswered Question
VIII. The Inner Shift Your will shares God’s power; choose sanity and complete His purpose.
T-22. Salvation and the Holy Relationship
Introduction
I. The Message of the Holy Relationship Secrets keep a private will; faith in your brother aligns with the Father.
II. Your Brother’s Sinlessness Nothing is impossible to the Creator; no exceptions remain in the holy relationship.
III. Reason and the Forms of Error
IV. The Branching of the Road
V. Weakness and Defensiveness God holds your hands: joined Will makes betrayal by fear impossible.
VI. The Light of the Holy Relationship Weakness is arrogance in disguise; serve God’s Will and remember your strength.
T-23. The War Against Yourself
Introduction Believing in weakness makes God seem fearful; re-learn His Will as strength.
I. The Irreconcilable Beliefs War with God is a mad belief; one power cannot be opposed.
II. The Laws of Chaos
III. Salvation without Compromise
IV. Above the Battleground Above conflict, accept the Father’s purpose—attack is not your will.
T-24. The Goal of Specialness
Introduction Peace belongs to you because it is what God wills; shadows cannot delay it.
I. Specialness as a Substitute for Love Specialness attacks God’s Will by denying sameness and the relationship’s holiness goal.
II. The Treachery of Specialness Choosing specialness is choosing an alien will; accept God’s undivided plan instead.
III. The Forgiveness of Specialness ▲Forgive specialness by joining God’s Will: neither wills love’s death.
IV. Specialness versus Sinlessness
V. The Christ in You
VI. Salvation from Fear One Will means no separate rules for you or your brother.
VII. The Meeting Place Purpose chooses the Son you see: shared Will or alien goal.
T-25. The Justice of God
Introduction
I. The Link to Truth The Holy Spirit knows what you really will: oneness.
II. The Savior from the Dark It is not God’s Will to be alone: will extends.
III. Perception and Choice
IV. The Light You Bring One aim outshines all others: Heaven as the only home.
V. The State of Sinlessness Your picture of your brother mirrors what you think God wills.
VI. The Special Function Accord with God’s Will gives the power to bless and heal.
VII. The Rock of Salvation No rival wish can shake God’s Will: salvation is immovable.
VIII. Justice Returned to Love
IX. The Justice of Heaven
T-26. The Transition
I. The “Sacrifice” of Oneness You cannot make God’s Son what God did not will.
II. Many Forms; One Correction The Father’s Will is fullness: accept no less in giving or receiving.
III. The Borderland
IV. Where Sin Has Left
V. The Little Hindrance You cannot lose your way: God’s Will makes return inevitable.
VI. The Appointed Friend God does not will loneliness: accept the Friend appointed for you.
VII. The Laws of Healing Healing follows one Will that gives: conflict is only perception.
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 God built the bridge: remembrance cannot fail to reach you.
II. Reversing Effect and Cause
III. The Agreement to Join
IV. The Greater Joining
V. The Alternate to Dreams of Fear Choose the shared Will that created you, not the dream of fear.
VI. The Secret Vows God’s promise outweighs every secret vow to separation.
VII. The Ark of Safety Safety is the promise of unity: Father and Son cannot be apart.
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 Your function is fixed by God: goals unlike His cannot endure.
VII. Seek Not Outside Yourself
VIII. The Anti-Christ Idols seek more than equal Love; God’s Will leaves no room.
IX. The Forgiving Dream
T-30. The New Beginning
Introduction
I. Rules for Decision
II. Freedom of Will ★Freedom is your holy will shared with God, not rebellion.
III. Beyond All Idols The will to be complete is universal: everything is yours in God.
IV. The Truth behind Illusions Let God’s plan replace idle wishes: your will is healed in alignment.
V. The Only Purpose Joined hands reveal God’s Will: shared purpose ends the enemy image.
VI. The Justification for Forgiveness Forgiveness has no exceptions because God’s Will cannot be undone.
VII. The New Interpretation
VIII. Changeless Reality
T-31. The Final Vision
I. The Simplicity of Salvation Salvation is simple: God did not will forgetting, and will is whole.
II. Walking with Christ
III. The Self-Accused
IV. The Real Alternative
V. Self-Concept versus Self
VI. Recognizing the Spirit You don’t make the path: the means are given when purpose is shared.
VII. The Savior’s Vision
VIII. Choose Once Again Joined saviors will with God: choosing again is certain and shared.

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