T-21.VII

The Last Unanswered Question

Chapter 21 — Reason and Perception

Freedom returns as you choose again in the mind, place cause where it belongs, and let the Holy Spirit replace attack with changeless joy and joining.

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Decision ▲ Milestone Reduce every dilemma to one question: what do I want to see?

Pillar

Cause and Effect Decide what you want to see; the how is given. Attack Thought can be used to release or to kill; choose its purpose. Changelessness ▲ Milestone The last answer ends wavering by choosing what cannot change.

Supporting

Vision A constant vision reveals your brother beyond attack and answers the last question. Fear Helplessness breeds fear and hostility; truth seems enemy until power is accepted. Littleness Helplessness makes sin attractive; choose power instead of enemy-search. Dream The dream of power is bedlam: reasons vanish and enemies keep shifting. Joining Hatred forms false unions; real joining makes attack inconceivable. Sonship Powerlessness is the ego’s last question; the Son’s desire answers it.

Minor

Healing Healing cannot coexist with attack; protect whom you would heal from it. Faith Faith in sin manufactures enemies; desire makes a hostile world seem real. Projection Hate searches for a target, then turns on the mind itself. Body Choose vision, or see your brother through the body’s eyes. Illusions The powerless chase a shifting enemy; unstable happiness proves illusion. Sinlessness A sinless world begins with a steady desire for it. Temptation When truth feels threatening, the glint of sin tempts you back. Time Time’s back-and-forth ends with the last decision for changeless peace. Willingness Answer the final question by willingness to see a world without enemies.

Echo

Defenses Helplessness and treachery defend against identifying with your strength. Holy Spirit Choose to trade the sinful world for what He sees. Real World Constancy of desire: letting the world of sin be denied. Love Each moment chooses: protect unity by Love, or attack and hate.