T-13.III

The Fear of Redemption

Redemption is feared because Love exposes the ego’s defenses; this section trains the mind to bring hidden fear to the Holy Spirit and choose peace.

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Motif¶	Key moment¶	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

Primary
▲ MilestoneAttack is a cover; the deepest fear is redemption and returning to love.	▲ Milestone
Pillar
▲ MilestoneThe ego fears Love because Love would undo its foundation.	▲ Milestone
▲ MilestoneRedemption feared: Love seems to destroy the self-made world.	▲ Milestone
▲ MilestoneDo not hide pain: uncover the defended place blocking redemption.	▲ Milestone
Supporting
Redemption is feared because the ego built a fortress around concealment.
Bring hidden hurt to the Holy Spirit’s light; withheld love blocks healing.
Attack is the ego’s cover for fear of redemption and equality.
Separation is protected because it seems to offer a private gain.
Bring every hidden hurt to the Holy Spirit’s sanity for complete healing.
Concealment is the root illusion that keeps all others alive.
The ego defends against the memory beneath its dark foundation.
The darkened belief system hides in fear and resists love.
Minor
Peace needs nothing; demands for special favor fracture oneness.
Eternal sanity: use peace as reference and bring hurts to light.
Total inclusion is required: excluding anyone keeps fear alive.
Fear of redemption: the slavery story reversed by a quick remedy.
The ego protects private pain and chooses individual death over oneness.
The mind fears peace and clings to private separation and death.
Redemption restores the grandeur that guilt could never crucify.
Wanting special favor projects an unloving God and deepens loneliness.
Defiance as greatness: specialness born from leaving your place.
Fear of Love: believing God would reduce you to nothing.
Echo
The ego trusts what it made and fears the gift it didn’t author.
Hidden hatred blocks Atonement until fear is brought to awareness.
Invite the Holy Spirit’s light to look on hidden pain with you.

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