T-20.VI

The Temple of the Holy Spirit

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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Motif¶	Key moment¶	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

Primary
Unholy relationship is isolation—exchange the unholy instant for holy.
Pillar
The body can’t be a temple; lay it aside for love.
The temple is the joining, not the body—walk together beyond form.
▲ MilestoneWhen bodies house idols, relationships become bargains instead of joining.	▲ Milestone
▲ MilestoneThe temple is open sharing: Love cannot live with secrets.	▲ Milestone
His home is the holy relationship, not the body’s secrecy.
Supporting
Choose the holy, not the unholy instant: return from idols to peace.
The mystery of separation is revered in secrecy; time and bodies follow.
Bodies seem to give time a home; the Holy Instant undoes the wall.
Minor
The body becomes an idol when relationships are used for power.
Secrecy makes love fearful; valuing the Holy Instant keeps fear from ruling.
Choose again from idols to love; lay the body aside for the Holy Instant.
Projected sin turns bodies into walls and makes God seem frightening.
What I hide in my brother makes God seem fearful.
The Spirit’s temple is relationship: the return is shared.
Relationships are not doom; the Holy Spirit’s purpose in them is salvation.
Echo
Despair shows we’ve bowed to an idol; choose love instead of death.
Bodies and time lend separation a momentary look of reality.
A true relationship cannot long keep the Father’s Love hidden.
God’s relationship with His Son extends forever; the made one contracts.

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