T-13.VI

Finding the Present

Past and future collapse into the Holy Instant, where forgiving judgment and sharing vision let giving and receiving become one, and time is repurposed for joining and healing.

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Primary
Only the present can free a brother from his past.
Pillar
⬥ SeedSeeing your brother now: the still present of joining.	⬥ Seed
Perfect vision sees your brother in the present, without the past.
See your brother without his past; truth is only in the present.
Supporting
Your brothers witness the light you give and return it.
The miracle releases the brother from the past you carry.
The present joins what the past kept seeming apart.
Now holds salvation: release from time through giving and joining.
Judging the present by the past keeps condemnation alive in time.
The present brightens when Love leads and witnesses return it.
Minor
Witness wholeness without the past; those you heal testify to yours.
Guilt is always past: recognize innocence in the present.
The past clouds the present until the image is questioned.
Isolation is a sleep-dream; witnesses remind you love never stopped.
The present reunites what the past seemed to scatter.
The present is timeless because Christ has no guilty past.
In the present, joined voices answer and are answered.
Finding the present: quiet joy reveals another world.
Blessing your brother turns the world into reminders of the Creator.
The present holds unity untouched by the past’s dividing stories.
The past becomes a cloud you cast across your brother.
Only the past separates: bringing it forward recreates isolation.
Guilt drags the anger-made past forward to attack the present.
The peace you give returns as guidance through grateful brothers.
Willingness is shown by giving; love makes witnesses of us.
Echo
Fear brings darkness into the present and calls it reality.

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