T-28.II

Reversing Effect and Cause

Reversing cause and effect returns every symptom and grievance to the mind’s teacher-choice, where the miracle replaces fear with healing, and salvation unwinds the dream of separation.

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★ ZenithReturn fear to the mind; when it has no effects, it ends.	★ Zenith
▲ MilestoneA miracle reveals the dreamer and loosens the dream’s effects.	▲ Milestone
Pillar
World is a causeless dream; miracles exchange it for a happier one.
Reverse cause and effect: the mind made sickness, not the body.
Supporting
Fatherhood is love’s endless circle of giving and receiving.
Put cause back in mind; the One Cause brings healing’s effect.
Mind is not in the body; sickness is an effect to be reinterpreted.
Forgiving dreams ask no victims: hatred becomes causeless when effects are withdrawn.
★ ZenithMaking yourself your cause reverses causation and breeds fear.	★ Zenith
When cause returns to mind, fear loses effects and bodies become neutral.
Admit authorship: miracle swaps death scripts for healing dreams.
The mind gives itself consequences, then blames a brother for them.
Minor
Innocence lives in mind, not body, and heals.
Reversing cause and effect makes the body seem to rule the mind.
Exchange dreams by owning you dreamed it, then choose again.
Self-images and moods are effects; recognizing you made them ends their fear.
Fear shows the cause is within; the miracle reverses the story.
In creation, giving and receiving are one: you receive the gift you give.
Begin with the miracle; retrace the descent until the ladder is undone.
Echo
Creation is Love’s extension; you are Love’s effect, not self-made.
His clear instruction reverses cause and effect in enmity.

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