T-28.VII The Ark of Safety
1. God asks for nothing, and His Son, like Him, need ask for nothing. ²For there is no lack in him. ³An empty space, a little gap, would be a lack. ⁴And it is only there that he could want for something he has not. ⁵A space where God is not, a gap between the Father and the Son is not the Will of Either, Who have promised to be One. ⁶God’s promise is a promise to Himself, and there is no one who could be untrue to what He wills as part of what He is. ⁷The promise that there is no gap between Himself and what He is cannot be false. ⁸What will can come between what must be One, and in Whose Wholeness there can be no gap?
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God asks for nothing, and His [God’s] Son, like Him [God], need ask for nothing. ²For there is no lack in him [God’s-Son]. ³An empty space, a little gap, would be a lack. ⁴And it is only there [in lack] that he [God’s-Son] could want for something he [God’s-Son] has not. ⁵A space where God is not, a gap between the Father and the Son is not the Will of Either [Father or Son], Who [Father and Son] have promised to be One. ⁶God’s promise is a promise to Himself [God’s-Self], and there is no one who could be untrue to what He [God] wills as part of what He [God] is. ⁷The promise that there is no gap between Himself [God’s-Self] and what He [God] is cannot be false [a false promise]. ⁸What will can come between what must be One, and in Whose [What-Must-Be-One’s] Wholeness there can be no gap?Substituted
God asks for nothing, and God’s Son, like God, need ask for nothing. ²For there is no lack in God’s-Son. ³An empty space, a little gap, would be a lack. ⁴And it is only in lack that God’s-Son could want for something God’s-Son has not. ⁵A space where God is not, a gap between the Father and the Son is not the Will of Father or Son; Father and Son have promised to be One. ⁶God’s promise is a promise to God’s-Self, and there is no one who could be untrue to what God wills as part of what God is. ⁷The promise that there is no gap between God’s-Self and what God is cannot be a false promise. ⁸No will can come between what must be One; in What-Must-Be-One’s Wholeness there can be no gap.Simplified
God has promised there can be no gaps between God and His Son. God and His Son will to be One. With no gap, God’s Son can lack nothing; there is nothing he could want. No other will can come between them.2. The beautiful relationship you have with all your brothers is a part of you because it is a part of God Himself. ²Are you not sick, if you deny yourself your wholeness and your health, the Source of help, the Call to healing and the Call to heal? ³Your savior waits for healing, and the world waits with him. ⁴Nor are you apart from it. ⁵For healing will be one or not at all, its oneness being where the healing is. ⁶What could correct for separation but its opposite? ⁷There is no middle ground in any aspect of salvation. ⁸You accept it wholly or accept it not. ⁹What is unseparated must be joined. ¹⁰And what is joined cannot be separate.
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The beautiful relationship you have with all your brothers is a part of you because it [the beautiful relationship you have with all your brothers] is a part of God Himself [God’s-Self]. ²Are you not sick, if you deny yourself your wholeness and your health, the Source of help, the Call to healing and the Call to heal? ³Your savior waits for healing, and the world waits with him [your savior]. ⁴Nor are you apart from it [the world that waits for healing]. ⁵For healing will be one or not at all, its [the world’s] oneness being where the healing is. ⁶What could correct for separation but its [separation’s] opposite? ⁷There is no middle ground in any aspect of salvation. ⁸You accept it [salvation] wholly or accept it [salvation] not. ⁹What is unseparated must be joined. ¹⁰And what is joined cannot be separate.Substituted
The beautiful relationship you have with all your brothers is a part of you because the beautiful relationship you have with all your brothers is a part of God’s-Self. ²You are sick if you deny yourself your wholeness and your health, the Source of help, the Call to healing and the Call to heal. ³Your savior waits for healing, and the world waits with your savior. ⁴Nor are you apart from the world that waits for healing. ⁵For healing will be one or not at all, the world’s oneness being where the healing is. ⁶What could correct for separation but separation’s opposite? ⁷There is no middle ground in any aspect of salvation. ⁸You accept salvation wholly or accept it salvation not. ⁹What is unseparated must be joined. ¹⁰And what is joined cannot be separate.Readable
The beautiful relationship you have with all your brothers is a part of you because it is a part of God Himself. You are sick if you deny yourself your wholeness and your health. Or if you deny yourself the Source of help. Or if you deny yourself the Call to healing. Or if you deny yourself the Call to heal. Your savior waits for healing, and the world waits with him. Nor are you apart from it. For healing will be one or not at all, its oneness being where the healing is. What could correct for separation but its opposite? There is no middle ground in any aspect of salvation. You accept it wholly or accept it not. The unseparated must join. The joined cannot be separate.Simplified
Do not deny yourself help and healing. You, your brothers, your savior and the world all wait for healing. All are healed together. Healing is oneness. Oneness is being healed together.3. Either there is a gap between you and your brother, or you are as one. ²There is no in between, no other choice, and no allegiance to be split between the two. ³A split allegiance is but faithlessness to both, and merely sets you spinning round, to grasp uncertainly at any straw that seems to hold some promise of relief. ⁴Yet who can build his home upon a straw, and count on it as shelter from the wind? ⁵The body can be made a home like this, because it lacks foundation in the truth. ⁶And yet, because it does, it can be seen as not your home, but merely as an aid to help you reach the home where God abides.
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Either there is a gap between you and your brother, or you are as one. ²There is no in between, no other choice, and no allegiance to be split between the two [you and your brother]. ³A split allegiance is but [only] faithlessness to both, and merely sets you spinning round, to grasp uncertainly at any straw that seems to hold some promise of relief. ⁴Yet who can build his [one’s] home upon a straw, and count on it [one’s-home] as shelter from the wind? ⁵The body can be made a home like this [built on straw], because it [the body] lacks foundation in the truth. ⁶And yet, because it [the body] does [lack foundation in the truth], it [the body] can be seen as not your home, but merely as an aid to help you reach the home where God abides.Substituted
Either there is a gap between you and your brother, or you are as one. ²There is no in between, no other choice, and no allegiance to be split between the you and your brother. ³A split allegiance is only faithlessness to both, and merely sets you spinning round, to grasp uncertainly at any straw that seems to hold some promise of relief. ⁴Yet who can build one’s home upon a straw, and count on one’s-home as shelter from the wind? ⁵The body can be made like a home built on straw, because the body lacks foundation in the truth. ⁶And yet, because the body lacks foundation in the truth, the body can be seen as not your home, but merely as an aid to help you reach the home where God abides.Readable
Either there is a gap between you and your brother, or you are as one. There is nothing between, no other choice, and no split in allegiance between the two. A split allegiance is nothing but faithlessness to both. A split allegiance sets you spinning round. As you spin, you grasp without certainty at any straw that seems to hold some promise of relief. Yet who can build his home upon a straw, and count on it as shelter from the wind? You can make the body into a home like this, because it lacks foundation in the truth. And yet, because it does, you can see the body as not your home: a mere aid to help you reach the home where God abides.Simplified
4. With this as purpose is the body healed. ²It is not used to witness to the dream of separation and disease. ³Nor is it idly blamed for what it did not do. ⁴It serves to help the healing of God’s Son, and for this purpose it cannot be sick. ⁵It will not join a purpose not your own, and you have chosen that it not be sick. ⁶All miracles are based upon this choice, and given you the instant it is made. ⁷No forms of sickness are immune, because the choice cannot be made in terms of form. ⁸The choice of sickness seems to be of form, yet it is one, as is its opposite. ⁹And you are sick or well, accordingly.
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With this [an aid to reaching the home where God abides] as purpose is the body healed. ²It [the body] is not used to witness to the dream of separation and disease. ³Nor is it [the body] idly blamed for what it [the body] did not do. ⁴It [the body] serves to help the healing of God’s Son, and for this purpose [healing] it [the body] cannot be sick. ⁵It [the body] will not join a purpose not your own, and you have chosen that it [the body] not be sick. ⁶All miracles are based upon this choice [not to be sick], and given you the instant it [choice not to be sick] is made. ⁷No forms of sickness are immune, because the choice [of not to be sick] cannot be made in terms of form. ⁸The choice of sickness seems to be of [a choice made by] form, yet it [the choice of sickness] is one [a choice], as is its [sickness’] opposite. ⁹And you are sick or well, accordingly.Substituted
With the purpose of being an aid to reaching the home where God abides, is the body healed. ²The body is not used to witness to the dream of separation and disease. ³Nor is the body idly blamed for what the body did not do. ⁴The body serves to help the healing of God’s Son, and for the purpose of healing, the body cannot be sick. ⁵The body will not join a purpose not your own, and you have chosen that the body not be sick. ⁶All miracles are based upon the choice not to be sick, and given you the instant the choice not to be sick is made. ⁷No forms of sickness are immune, because the choice of not to be sick cannot be made in terms of form. ⁸The choice of sickness seems to be a choice made by form, yet the choice of sickness is a choice, as is sickness’ opposite. ⁹And you are sick or well, accordingly.Readable
With this as purpose is the body healed. It is not used to witness to the dream of separation and disease. Nor is it blamed for no reason for what it did not do. It serves to help the healing of God’s Son, and for this purpose it cannot be sick. It will not join a purpose not your own, and you have chosen that it not be sick. This choice not to be sick is the base of all miracles, and given you the instant it you choose. No forms of sickness are immune, because the form does not make choices. The choice of sickness seems to be of form, yet it is one, as is its opposite. And you are sick or well, as you choose.Simplified
The can be used to help you reach home with God. But do not use it for any other purpose. The body can only be sick if you choose it.5. But never you alone. ²This world is but the dream that you can be alone, and think without affecting those apart from you. ³To be alone must mean you are apart, and if you are, you cannot but be sick. ⁴This seems to prove that you must be apart. ⁵Yet all it means is that you tried to keep a promise to be true to faithlessness. ⁶Yet faithlessness is sickness. ⁷It is like the house set upon straw. ⁸It seems to be quite solid and substantial in itself. ⁹Yet its stability cannot be judged apart from its foundation. ¹⁰If it rests on straw, there is no need to bar the door and lock the windows and make fast the bolts. ¹¹The wind will topple it, and rain will come and carry it into oblivion.
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5. But never you [are sick] alone. ²This world is but the dream that you can be alone, and [can] think without affecting those apart from you. ³To be alone must mean you are apart, and if you are [apart], you cannot but [can only] be sick. ⁴This [being sick] seems to prove that you must be apart. ⁵Yet all it [being sick] means is that you tried to keep a promise to be true to faithlessness. ⁶Yet faithlessness is sickness. ⁷It [faithlessness] is like the house set upon straw. ⁸It [the house set upon straw] seems to be quite solid and substantial in itself [the-house’s-self]. ⁹Yet its [the-house’s] stability cannot be judged apart from its [the-house’s] foundation. ¹⁰If it [the house] rests on straw, there is no need to bar the door and lock the windows and make fast the bolts. ¹¹The wind will topple it [the house], and rain will come and carry it [the house] into oblivion.Substituted
5. But you are never sick alone. ²This world is but the dream that you can be alone, and can think without affecting those apart from you. ³To be alone must mean you are apart, and if you are apart, you can only be sick. ⁴Being sick seems to prove that you must be apart. ⁵Yet all being sick means is that you tried to keep a promise to be true to faithlessness. ⁶Yet faithlessness is sickness. ⁷Faithlessness is like the house set upon straw. ⁸The house set upon straw seems to be quite solid and substantial in the-house’s-self. ⁹Yet the-house’s stability cannot be judged apart from the-house’s foundation. ¹⁰If the house rests on straw, there is no need to bar the door and lock the windows and make fast the bolts. ¹¹The wind will topple the house, and rain will come and carry the house into oblivion.Readable
But never you alone. This world is but the dream that you can be alone, and think without affecting those apart from you. To be alone must mean you are apart, and if you are, you cannot but be sick. This seems to prove that you must be apart. Yet all it means is that you tried to keep a promise to be true to faithlessness. Yet faithlessness is sickness. It is like the house set upon straw. It seems to be quite solid and significant in itself. Yet you can't judge its stability apart from its foundation. If it rests on straw, there is no need to bar the door and lock the windows and make fast the bolts. The wind will topple it, and rain will come and carry it into oblivion.Simplified
Being sick makes the world of separation seem real. Faithlessness is unstable. The world of separation must fall away.6. What is the sense in seeking to be safe in what was made for danger and for fear? ²Why burden it with further locks and chains and heavy anchors, when its weakness lies, not in itself, but in the frailty of the little gap of nothingness whereon it stands? ³What can be safe that rests upon a shadow? ⁴Would you build your home upon what will collapse beneath a feather’s weight?
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What is the sense in seeking to be safe in what was made for danger and for fear? ²Why burden it [a-world-made-for-danger-and-fear] with further locks and chains and heavy anchors, when its [a-world-made-for-danger-and-fear’s] weakness lies, not in itself, but in the frailty of the little gap of nothingness whereon it [a-world-made-for-danger-and-fear] stands? ³What can be safe that rests upon a shadow? ⁴Would you build your home upon what will collapse beneath a feather’s weight?Substituted
What is the sense in seeking to be safe in what was made for danger and for fear? ²Why burden a-world-made-for-danger-and-fear with further locks and chains and heavy anchors, when a-world-made-for-danger-and-fear’s weakness lies, not in itself, but in the frailty of the little gap of nothingness whereon a-world-made-for-danger-and-fear stands? ³What can be safe that rests upon a shadow? ⁴Would you build your home upon what will collapse beneath a feather’s weight?Readable
What is the sense in seeking to be safe in a world made for danger and for fear? You can try to make it safe by burdening it with further locks and chains and heavy anchors. Its weakness lies in the frailty of the little gap of nothingness whereon it stands. Anything that rests upon a shadow cannot be safe. You would not build your home upon something that collapses beneath a feather’s weight.Simplified
The world is made for danger and fear. Do not try to make it safe. Instead realise that it’s built on a foundation of nothingness.7. Your home is built upon your brother’s health, upon his happiness, his sinlessness, and everything his Father promised him. ²No secret promise you have made instead has shaken the Foundation of his home. ³The winds will blow upon it and the rain will beat against it, but with no effect. ⁴The world will wash away and yet this house will stand forever, for its strength lies not within itself alone. ⁵It is an ark of safety, resting on God’s promise that His Son is safe forever in Himself. ⁶What gap can interpose itself between the safety of this shelter and its Source? ⁷From here the body can be seen as what it is, and neither less nor more in worth than the extent to which it can be used to liberate God’s Son unto his home. ⁸And with this holy purpose is it made a home of holiness a little while, because it shares your Father’s Will with you.