T-2.III

The Altar of God

Chapter 2 — The Separation and the Atonement

Turning the altar inward, the teaching presents Atonement as the only defense, undoing separation by releasing body-based protection and delay, and letting the Holy Spirit’s vision restore peace.

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Motif¶	Key moment¶	1	2	3	4	5

Primary
Atonement is accepted at the inner altar, not achieved in bodies.
Pillar
⬥ SeedOpen the inner altar and receive Atonement at the center.	⬥ Seed
The inner altar where separation is quietly undone.
Supporting
Spiritual vision looks within, past defenses, to the inner altar.
Body-protection can mask resistance to Atonement; choose the one right defense.
Fear of Atonement hides behind outer defenses.
Minor
Open the inner altar; Atonement heals separation and repurposes the world.
Protecting the body becomes a defense against Atonement.
Stop using the body for Atonement; return to the inner altar.
Procrastination keeps pain alive inside time.
Perfect trust replaces self-made comfort with God’s provision.
Look past beautiful structures to the inner altar of holiness.
Return to the inner altar where fear cannot enter.
Using the body as a path to Atonement is magic.
Atonement applies to everyone; time only delays awareness, not success.
Echo
The turning point: stopping delay and choosing the better way.
Fear starves the mind by blocking service to the Holy Spirit.
Fear signals I accepted deception instead of God’s peace.

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