T-26.V

The Little Hindrance

Time is reframed as a tiny obstacle that forgiveness and the Holy Spirit undo, as the mind chooses the Holy Instant and remembers the changeless Will of God.

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Primary
▲ MilestoneThe little hindrance is only the past replayed; let it be over.	▲ Milestone
Let the past stay past: forgiveness ends time’s grip in the present.
Supporting
Two teachers, two directions: release the past’s mission and follow present light.
Time is the dream of being elsewhere; you have not moved.
Follow the real Teacher through time’s maze back to the present.
Past echoes cannot hold you; the Holy Spirit transforms time’s senseless maze.
God’s Answer was in the first instant; the past has no power.
Minor
You cannot lose your way: God’s Will makes return inevitable.
Past-made perception wavers; certainty is already established in truth.
The little hindrance: bringing the mind into present light.
Release the past’s terror; the All-Loving Father’s perfect Love returns instantly.
Time rehearses one terror as birth-to-death until the present interrupts.
A tiny hindrance delays only perception; eternity misses no note.
Judgment keeps the past alive; treat the offense as an already-corrected error.
Echo
One purpose, two teachers: the Course teaches the present, not a repaired past.
A gentle look and joined steps make the hindrance small.
Judgment is how the mind drags an old instant into now.
The past is gone; the Son is already free and restored.
Time is a brief detour; eternity was never altered.
Resurrection replaces the past when the mind stops choosing death.
Fear replays an old instant; the Holy Instant leaves the past behind.
Release the memory of a fearful instant that made God seem hate.
A small obstacle seems big only when miracle-equality is forgotten.

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