T-27.VI

The Witnesses to Sin

Chapter 27 — The Healing of the Dream

Pain and pleasure are unmasked as chosen proof of sin, while the miracle becomes the mind’s new witness, guided by the Holy Spirit toward healing and resurrection.

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Miracle Witness to life: let the miracle replace every testimony of suffering.

Pillar

Body Pain and pleasure are witnesses for the ego’s claim that you are a body. Death / Suffering ★ Zenith Pain and pleasure speak one verdict: fear’s witness unto death. Means—End Pain and pleasure share one purpose; miracles undo their false laws. Illusions Pain and pleasure testify for sin until the miracle replaces their evidence.

Supporting

Healing Let miracles replace sin’s witnesses; pain and pleasure are calls. Holy Spirit Let His witness replace the body’s loud testimony of death. Form—Content Names do not make a witness true; purpose does. Sin / Error Replace sin’s witnesses—pain and pleasure—with the miracle’s evidence.

Minor

Fear Call every witness to suffering by one name: fear, the witness to death. Love Choose Love’s witnesses: miracles bless what you hold dear without defending the body. Teaching–Learning Your healing and happiness are the world’s needed demonstration of resurrection. Crucifixion and Resurrection The world’s resurrection follows your healed mind, not bodies. Decision Decide what you will witness: the miracle, not sin’s testimony.

Echo

Forgiveness Let the miracle witness to truth; it forgives without making pain real. Holy Instant Carry its effects: the Holy Instant replaces sin and ends chosen suffering. Salvation A deafened world needs your healing witness; let deliverance be demonstrated.