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The Obstacles to Peace

Chapter 19 — The Attainment of Peace

Peace is reclaimed as the Holy Spirit reinterprets guilt and fear, including fear of God and the lure of death, and forgiveness dissolves specialness to restore joining.

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Peace ★ Zenith Make peace your home; let it pass every obstacle and extend. Forgiveness Forgive the symbol of sin; chains fall away as you offer and receive. Guilt Peace is resisted while guilt is sought as proof and protection. Holy Spirit Make your relationship a resting place for the Holy Spirit’s purpose.

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Fear Fear’s messengers search for guilt and make love seem dangerous. Fear of God ▲ Milestone Final obstacle: a veil of fear before Christ’s face. Death / Suffering ▲ Milestone Death is feared and desired: the ego’s dark “savior” from love. Holy Relationship Make the relationship the home of peace that extends to all. Body The body tempts by promising salvation in form. Salvation Peace cannot leave you; you give salvation by forgiving your brother.

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Ego The obstacles to peace are the ego’s monuments to death. Love Beyond each obstacle, Love attracts you past guilt and fear. Separation A tiny barrier becomes amnesia; peace returns when the wall is undone. Joining Peace radiates by joining; you lift your eyes in faith together. Sin / Error Sin’s logic demands death; forgiveness undoes the whole story. Will of God Obstacles to peace are barriers against God’s one Will for brothers. Atonement Atonement isn’t paid in death; receive its chalice through your brother. Communication What you send is the atmosphere you meet again. Giving / Receiving Gracious sight receives gratitude; peace spreads as giving and receiving. Sacrifice Peace seems costly only to the body-idol; release is not sacrifice. Attack A cherished little attack builds a wall that blocks peace’s extension. Illusions A tiny illusion of sin forms a fading wall of shadows. Miracle Every miracle gently wins you from guilt’s appeal to love’s. Projection Your chosen feeling dispatches messengers that return with matching proof.

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Faith Let the eyes of faith see innocence; trust the eternal, not the body. Guiltlessness Nothing threatens innocence: see your brother without guilt. Innocence Touch the brother with forgiveness and end the guilt procession. Oneness Peace returns because union was hidden, not broken. Punishment Punishment turns healing into murder—and keeps fear in charge. Vision Gracious eyes see innocence first, and peace becomes possible. Crucifixion and Resurrection Easter without death: forgiveness replaces the sacrifice story. Defenses A little wall of hatred blocks peace more than you think. Form—Content The body transmits without meaning; your purpose supplies the message. Judgment Fearful symbols lose power when you stop making them the cause. Means—End Let peace extend through you; every situation can be used for it. Memory of God Fear’s veil lifts, and the Father is gladly remembered. Perception—Knowledge When peace includes everyone, seeing is no longer needed—only knowing. Decision Peace returns when you choose the messenger, the purpose, and the friend. Happy Dream Messages of safety: peace surrounds the shared forgiven world. Holy Instant A shared feast of gentleness: grace said together in the Holy Instant. Idols Body as salvation-idol: peace seems like dispossession and loss. Sonship Peace is complete only when it is extended to everyone you see. Teaching–Learning Teach freedom to learn it: giving faith and mercy returns as release.

Echo

Prayer Hand over the obstacle: let it be judged for you and used for peace.