T-20.III

Sin as an Adjustment

Sin is exposed as a mind-made adjustment defended by judgment and projection, and undone in the holy relationship by choosing the Holy Spirit’s vision of shared sinlessness.

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Sin is a defended perceptual adjustment; see your brother sinless to drop fear.
Pillar
Adjustment is the ego’s interference in every relationship.
Refuse the ego’s mediation; meet your brother with simple joy.
Don’t let the world’s appraisal answer the question “What am I?”
Knowledge needs no adjustment; adjusting is how doubt enters perception.
Ego keeps you apart by adjusting; Heaven joins without limit.
Supporting
Self-judgment painted outward becomes the world you then endure.
A fearful world comes from adjustment; seeing sinlessness ends the threat.
The ego adjusts relationships to prevent union and keep you a prisoner.
You adjust to what you made; choose a saner guide.
Truth needs no adjustment; your brother’s holiness stays untouched.
See the brother as God’s gift; fear dissolves in holiness.
The world is self-judgment; forgiveness corrects the verdict by seeing innocence.
Minor
A beautiful world follows from seeing innocence within.
Happy eyes look directly and remember God within His Son.
Let perception ask the Holy Spirit, not the ego, for meaning.
Holy perception sees a world no longer outside itself.
Perfect Love sees no sin and therefore looks on all as itself.
Judgment paints a merciless world that mirrors a self-image.
Don’t let the ego adjust your method for a holy relationship.
In the fearful world we adjusted to, everyone waits for death.
Holiness stays untouched; your brother’s innocence witnesses immortality.
Stop asking what is wrong; ask how to see the holy Son.
Echo
Paradise is union without fear; the sinless brother leads you to the Father.
A murderous self-image sees danger everywhere and calls it the world.
Adjustment needs defenses because distortion must be propped up.
Share justified confidence in joining; let certainty replace fear’s distance.
Join with the holy Companion; enter Paradise and come to know God’s peace.
A brother may seem crucified, yet holiness remains untouched.

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