T-13.IV

The Function of Time

Time becomes a classroom: the ego stretches past and future to protect guilt, while the Holy Spirit uses the present, forgiveness, and holy encounters to make time unnecessary.

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Primary
▲ MilestonePast and future defend the mind against now.	▲ Milestone
Pillar
The ego uses time to keep destruction looking like my function.
Holy Spirit time: use now to undo past and reach salvation.
Supporting
Time can prolong the ego or undo it, depending on purpose.
Healing happens only now; releasing the future requires a healed present.
Heaven feels threatening when identity is built on attack and past hurt.
Minor
Time is misused when old pain authorizes present retaliation.
Past pain writes a future only illusion can inhabit.
Payback stretches across time, guaranteeing future pain.
A holy encounter shares salvation now; time becomes a means beyond itself.
Time follows interpretation; heal now and the future loosens.
Destruction cannot prove identity; time can be re-purposed for healing.
Time defends against Heaven by making it seem annihilating.
A pastless now where holy meeting becomes possible.
Heaven’s function is creation; time becomes a doorway to now.
Let the past go so the present can become a holy encounter.
Keeping past pain is a decision; use the present for release.
Past dream figures seem to rule until you recognize they are over.
Guilt keeps ego continuity by making future payment for the past.
Echo
You fear this course because it is finally about Love.
Time serves healing; creation remains the function beyond time.

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