T-25.V

The State of Sinlessness

Sinlessness is presented as the state reached when the wish to attack is relinquished through forgiveness, restoring shared vision, joining, and acceptance of one Will in the Sonship.

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Motif¶	Key moment¶	1	2	3	4	5	6

Primary
★ ZenithSinlessness is the end of attack; the brother becomes Christ.	★ Zenith
The wish to attack makes everyone an enemy; sinlessness ends it.
Pillar
Your brother’s function shifts with your choice: forgive and he saves you.
To keep the wish to attack, you must believe you are guilty.
Supporting
Attack depends on denying innocence—let Christ stand before you.
Sinlessness is shared: your brother walks beside salvation.
Your brother is the route back to shared sinlessness.
The role you assign your brother determines the path you walk together.
The role you assign is the role you meet in return.
Your brother’s sinlessness shows the way; no one returns alone.
Minor
Choose your brother’s true function; the role you give returns to you.
The role you give your brother is the role you live in.
Stop searching with closed eyes; let the brother’s gift of sight reveal the Savior.
The role you give another becomes the road you walk.
Beneath changing forms, one unchanged call keeps asking to unite.
Self-hatred makes salvation look deadly and Heaven feel like hell.
Attack makes Love seem dangerous; sinlessness reveals God is not an enemy.
Self-attack makes God seem enemy; self-love lets forgiveness reveal His Love.
Saving the brother is your gain; freedom shared means no sacrifice.
Your picture of your brother mirrors what you think God wills.
Echo
Attack and sin prop each other up until the wish to attack is gone.
Let your brother fulfill his function; it is the means to fulfill yours.
The ego’s shrieks keep the enemy image where Christ should be.
Every form of the call asks for the same healing.

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