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The Healed Relationship

Chapter 17 — Forgiveness and the Holy Relationship

A Holy Instant becomes stable when a relationship accepts a new purpose, letting the Holy Spirit reinterpret temptation, attack, and time as a classroom of joining and salvation.

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Primary
▲ MilestoneAfter the Holy Instant, let the relationship learn its new goal.	▲ Milestone
Pillar
Keep it by giving it: expressing the Holy Instant in relationship.
Once invited, the Holy Spirit changes the relationship’s goal.
Supporting
A new goal may disrupt old patterns until means align.
When healing begins, the ego proposes another substitute.
Holy relationship remembers the Holy Instant; what seemed disrupted is being saved.
Healing begins again together, with purpose joined before form settles.
When holiness strains a relationship, faith stays and lets it purify.
Minor
Blame makes the holy instant seem powerless, though it still remains.
Gratitude to your brother lets the holy instant be accepted and shared.
Offer the relationship to a new Goal, not the ego’s substitute.
When a relationship turns holy, ego temptation surges to make you escape.
A holy instant is remembered by expression; the goal gives relationship meaning.
A healed relationship echoes freedom through the Sonship and invites everyone to rest.
Holiness in relationship is learned through a staged reversal of purpose.
When appreciation dims, drop blame and let the Holy Instant return.
Keep the Holy Instant expressed so it is not hidden in time.
Echo
Stay open while purpose works; accept what you don’t yet understand.
A healed relationship as a major step into the Real World.

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