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32. Minds that are joined and recognize they are can feel no guilt. For they cannot attack, and seeing their safety in this happy fact, they rejoice that this is so. They seek for joy because it is their purpose to behold it and rejoice. Their joy is in the innocence they see. Everyone seeks for what brings him joy as he defines it. Yet, the way the aim is seen makes the choice of means inevitable. The choice of means is beyond hope of change, unless the aim is changed. Then the
means are chosen once again. And what will bring rejoicing is defined another way and sought for differently.
33. Perception's basic law could be said, "I rejoice at what I see because I see it to rejoice." And while I think that suffering and sin will bring me joy, so long will they be there for me to see. Nothing is harmful or beneficent apart from what I wish. It is my wish that makes it what it is, in its effects on me. My choice is a means to gain these same effects, believing the effects to be the bringers of rejoicing and joy. Even in Heaven this law is true. Sharing his Father's purpose, the Son of God creates to bring joy, that his joy might be increased and God's along with his.
34. We makers of a world that is not so, will take rest and comfort in another world where peace abides. We bring this world with us for all the weary hearts that see and hear sin beat its sad refrain. Their rest can come from us. A world can rise from us they will rejoice to see and where their hearts are glad. There is a vision in us which extends to all of them and covers them in gentleness and light. And in the widening world of light, the darkness they thought was there is pushed away until it is only distant shadows, far away, not long to be remembered as the sun shines them to nothingness. And all their "evil" thoughts and "sinful" hopes, their dreams of guilt and merciless revenge, and every wish to hurt and kill and die will disappear before the sun we bring.
35. Would we not do this for the love of God? And for ourselves? We think what it would do for us. Our "evil" thoughts that haunt us now will seem increasingly remote and far away from us. And they become more distant, because the sun in us has pushed away these thoughts before its light. They linger a while in twisted forms, then are gone forever. We stand in quiet innocence, in the sunlight, unafraid. And quiet peace extends from us, so our peace can never fall and leave us homeless. Those who offer peace to everyone have a home in Heaven that the world cannot destroy. For within its peace, the home is large enough to hold the world.
36. In us is all of Heaven. Every leaf that falls is given life in us. Each bird that ever sang will sing again in us. And every flower that ever bloomed has saved its perfume and its loveliness for us. No aim can supersede the Will of God and of His Son. Heaven was created as his only home, and is restored to him. Nothing before and nothing after it. No other place, no other state nor time. Nothing beyond nor nearer. Nothing else. In any form. We can bring this to all the thoughts that entered the world, and were mistaken for a while. Our own mistakes are brought to truth by our willingness to bring the light of Heaven with us, as we walk beyond the world of darkness into light.
32. Minds that are joined and recognize they are can feel no guilt. For they cannot attack, and seeing their safety in this happy fact, they rejoice that this is so. They seek for joy because it is their purpose to behold it and rejoice. Their joy is in the innocence they see. Everyone seeks for what brings him joy as he defines it. Yet, the way the aim is seen makes the choice of means inevitable. The choice of means is beyond hope of change, unless the aim is changed. Then the
means are chosen once again. And what will bring rejoicing is defined another way and sought for differently.
33. Perception's basic law could be said, "I rejoice at what I see because I see it to rejoice." And while I think that suffering and sin will bring me joy, so long will they be there for me to see. Nothing is harmful or beneficent apart from what I wish. It is my wish that makes it what it is, in its effects on me. My choice is a means to gain these same effects, believing the effects to be the bringers of rejoicing and joy. Even in Heaven this law is true. Sharing his Father's purpose, the Son of God creates to bring joy, that his joy might be increased and God's along with his.
34. We makers of a world that is not so, will take rest and comfort in another world where peace abides. We bring this world with us for all the weary hearts that see and hear sin beat its sad refrain. Their rest can come from us. A world can rise from us they will rejoice to see and where their hearts are glad. There is a vision in us which extends to all of them and covers them in gentleness and light. And in the widening world of light, the darkness they thought was there is pushed away until it is only distant shadows, far away, not long to be remembered as the sun shines them to nothingness. And all their "evil" thoughts and "sinful" hopes, their dreams of guilt and merciless revenge, and every wish to hurt and kill and die will disappear before the sun we bring.
35. Would we not do this for the love of God? And for ourselves? We think what it would do for us. Our "evil" thoughts that haunt us now will seem increasingly remote and far away from us. And they become more distant, because the sun in us has pushed away these thoughts before its light. They linger a while in twisted forms, then are gone forever. We stand in quiet innocence, in the sunlight, unafraid. And quiet peace extends from us, so our peace can never fall and leave us homeless. Those who offer peace to everyone have a home in Heaven that the world cannot destroy. For within its peace, the home is large enough to hold the world.
36. In us is all of Heaven. Every leaf that falls is given life in us. Each bird that ever sang will sing again in us. And every flower that ever bloomed has saved its perfume and its loveliness for us. No aim can supersede the Will of God and of His Son. Heaven was created as his only home, and is restored to him. Nothing before and nothing after it. No other place, no other state nor time. Nothing beyond nor nearer. Nothing else. In any form. We can bring this to all the thoughts that entered the world, and were mistaken for a while. Our own mistakes are brought to truth by our willingness to bring the light of Heaven with us, as we walk beyond the world of darkness into light.