T-3.VII

Creating versus the Self-Image

Self-image is unmasked as a made perception from the authority problem, and the mind is led from fearful defense in time to Creation, Knowledge, and the Kingdom.

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Motif¶	Key moment¶	1	2	3	4	5	6

Primary
▲ MilestoneSelf-images are made; true creation rests on God alone.	▲ Milestone
Rival authorities protect the self-image you invented.
Pillar
The self-image is perceived, not truly known.
Separation as a whole thought system in time.
Supporting
Fear guards the self-image and mistakes salvation for death.
Minor
Fear of ego collapse disguises itself as a belief in death.
Nothing happened in reality; correction returns to the Beginning.
The self-image is a made story that light quietly undoes.
Defenses protect the self-made image by attacking what would expose it.
A thought system imprisons only by the mind’s own faith.
⬥ SeedTwo kingdoms exposed: God’s reality versus ego-made opposition.	⬥ Seed
Echo
The self-image keeps the mind split against the Holy Spirit.
Only knowledge remains free of opposition.
Even with conflict, the Self remains quietly at peace.
Fear of salvation shows the ego’s choice for death.
Separation seems real only inside a time-bound world.

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