T-21.VII

The Last Unanswered Question

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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Motif¶	Key moment¶	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

Primary
▲ MilestoneReduce every dilemma to one question: what do I want to see?	▲ Milestone
Pillar
Decide what you want to see; the how is given.
Thought can be used to release or to kill; choose its purpose.
▲ MilestoneThe last answer ends wavering by choosing what cannot change.	▲ Milestone
Supporting
A constant vision reveals your brother beyond attack and answers the last question.
Helplessness breeds fear and hostility; truth seems enemy until power is accepted.
Helplessness makes sin attractive; choose power instead of enemy-search.
The dream of power is bedlam: reasons vanish and enemies keep shifting.
Hatred forms false unions; real joining makes attack inconceivable.
Powerlessness is the ego’s last question; the Son’s desire answers it.
Minor
Healing cannot coexist with attack; protect whom you would heal from it.
Faith in sin manufactures enemies; desire makes a hostile world seem real.
Hate searches for a target, then turns on the mind itself.
Choose vision, or see your brother through the body’s eyes.
The powerless chase a shifting enemy; unstable happiness proves illusion.
A sinless world begins with a steady desire for it.
When truth feels threatening, the glint of sin tempts you back.
Time’s back-and-forth ends with the last decision for changeless peace.
Answer the final question by willingness to see a world without enemies.
Echo
Helplessness and treachery defend against identifying with your strength.
Choose to trade the sinful world for what He sees.
Constancy of desire: letting the world of sin be denied.
Each moment chooses: protect unity by Love, or attack and hate.

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