T-20.VI

The Temple of the Holy Spirit

Chapter 20 — The Vision of Holiness

Holiness is relocated from the body to relationship, as idols and secrecy are exposed and exchanged for the Holy Spirit’s Holy Instant of joining and love.

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Special Relationship Unholy relationship is isolation—exchange the unholy instant for holy.

Pillar

Body The body can’t be a temple; lay it aside for love. Holy Relationship The temple is the joining, not the body—walk together beyond form. Idols ▲ Milestone When bodies house idols, relationships become bargains instead of joining. Love ▲ Milestone The temple is open sharing: Love cannot live with secrets. Holy Spirit His home is the holy relationship, not the body’s secrecy.

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Holy Instant Choose the holy, not the unholy instant: return from idols to peace. Separation The mystery of separation is revered in secrecy; time and bodies follow. Time Bodies seem to give time a home; the Holy Instant undoes the wall.

Minor

Ego The body becomes an idol when relationships are used for power. Fear Secrecy makes love fearful; valuing the Holy Instant keeps fear from ruling. Decision Choose again from idols to love; lay the body aside for the Holy Instant. Projection Projected sin turns bodies into walls and makes God seem frightening. Fear of God What I hide in my brother makes God seem fearful. Joining The Spirit’s temple is relationship: the return is shared. Salvation Relationships are not doom; the Holy Spirit’s purpose in them is salvation.

Echo

Death / Suffering Despair shows we’ve bowed to an idol; choose love instead of death. Illusions Bodies and time lend separation a momentary look of reality. Memory of God A true relationship cannot long keep the Father’s Love hidden. Creation / Extension God’s relationship with His Son extends forever; the made one contracts.